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I chuckled during the ebola/MTP re-hash when Willie said it's difficult to trust what gov't tells us, given its history of lying "over the past two decades." More like the last seven decades, to my knowledge.

Good to see that RO is helping to spread information instead of misinformation. For anyone here who is interested in some specifics re curative/medicinal benefits of THC: Check out the CBD vertical column at this link, and the results across the board for CBD and some of the other cannabinoids under "Analgesic" and "Anti-Inflammatory." https://weedmaps.com/medical-marijuana-testing And then some quite promising results of CBD pre-clinical studies: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cam/cannabis/healthprofessional/page4 I'm so glad that RO is promoting this type of public education because it's badly needed.

I still remember the day this issue of VF came in the mail. I read this article first, and then I read it again. I think about it every time one of those rat bastards shows up on my TV screen. WTF? http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/10/iraq_billions200710#

^^^ I caught a quick glimpse of one, don't know if it's what you saw. She reclines on the hood of a classic Mustang, all legs and fuck-me heels IIRC, while he leans back against it with hands in pockets. Our BMOC and his Homecoming Queen/Head Cheerleader.

I kinda sorta like NW so far but I'm dealing with my personal side issue: she reminds me too much of Kody Brown's #1 wife, Meri. (I think there's a strong resemblance, especially their mouths and their voices.) I don't get to watch every day so I'm not yet acclimated to seeing her here, and during the long shots I'm still "whaaa?" (I always channel check'd when she showed up on Morning Joe.)

Am I the only one who missed this? Watching a re-broadcast now, at 0:dark thirty. http://www.bravotv.com/inside-the-actors-studio/season-20/mariska-hargitay

Losing the "T" is my biggest peeve about living in Utah. They've been doing it, oops, I mean they've been doing ih, for years. Button is buh-in, cotton is cah-in, butter is buh-er. I try really hard to decode the context of what they're saying (mangling) so I can guess the secret word. !!! Luckily cat is still "cat," so I feel safe in assuming that it's a geographic rather than a genetic abnormality. Bless their hearts.

Thank you for knowing that what I needed was to fall off my chair, laughing.

re the concept of happiness (and not referring to anyone who is afflicted with depression, which gallops in my family): my mom used to say that there are too many ups and downs when your goal is happiness, and that there is much less deviation from your norm and more satisfaction in your life when your goal is being content. Not that you should consistently settle for less than you deserve, of course, which doesn't bring contentment. More like "bloom where you are planted," I think. I am enjoying the new View so, so much. I hope the previous incarnation has at least some realization of how far off the mark they were, although they probably do not. Not that they can/will acknowledge, anyway. I can hardly wait for when this new bunch is settled in and comfortable and being their true selves every day, because I like a whole lot of what they are showing me thus far.

Oh, and reminiscent of Mika on Paris Hilton, Mika began to read something (Hillary-related IIRC) and Joe said "No!" and grabbed the page from her hand.

Joe's hair was on fire during his opening rant this morning, that Hillary seeks attention by playing coy re a presidential bid. Hiking her speaking fees by not committing to a public decision. "Lead, follow, or get out of the way." Jeb Bush - "Lead, follow, or get out of the way." What has 25 years of Bush/Clinton leadership accomplished? Mika appeared genuinely frightened by Joe's wrath. She had the control room in her ear, the morning's guest(s) will not be appearing with their planned footage, changes will be made. Joe asked if there are tranqs in his coffee, Mika offered "I hope so."

The Bobby Goren show. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0gDT7OEosU

Good to know, thank you. Harold Ford needs to check his facts, and I need to check what I hear on TV.

They cited a stat this morning that I had not heard before: the highest incidence of domestic violence in the US happens on Super Bowl Sunday.

A restaurant in Baltimore is trading free pizzas for Ray Rice Ravens jerseys, and donating $2.70 to a local domestic violence organization for each jersey redeemed. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hershs-Pizza-and-Drinks/105310766246592 I was pretty impressed with the MoJo coverage of and comments about both RR and Penn State. And then Mika showed her true colors and her, um, true Value(s).

Does anybody watch POV? Caught an ep tonight called "The Genius of Marian." http://video.pbs.org/video/2365202416/ I was very much drawn into this family's story, especially during the scenes with Pam's pregnant daughter interspersed with vintage home movies of Pam as a young mother. Sigh ...

Very well said, stafford. All summer long, well, I guess beginning in the spring, I've been thinking that this feels like the 60s. One lousy damn thing after another, week in, week out, and all within just a few months. It really is getting to be too much. I will be staying up 'til 4am here so I can see what the MoJos and guests have to say about these two latest messes.

Pink fleece. Whoa there, pilgrim. Hold up. Pink. What was the big "in" secret re flights from NYC to West Palm Beach? That all flight attendants talk about and the MoJo Fambly was not-so-subtly not-referring to? Mika's simper has sorta been on low this week but the pretentious is pegged out. Is Joe tranq'd? He hasn't lost the talk-over but he sounds so conciliatory lately. I did like the "Did you know I was in Congress" followed by Mika chirping "Really?"

Newport Pop Festival in SoCal in '68: Iron Butterfly Blue Cheer Jefferson Airplane Country Joe & the Fish the Byrds Canned Heat Chambers Bros Steppenwolf Eric Burdon & the Animals (there was more but I was pretty baked, so ?) otherwise: Led Zeppelin, Arlo Guthrie, James Taylor, Carole King, the Beach Boys, Linda Ronstadt, Robert Plant & the Honeydrippers, Jimmy Page/Paul Rodgers - The Firm, the Doobie Bros, Bryan Adams, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill & Tim McGraw, Toby Keith

Bob Wills Is Still The King!

Roger: surely you like this one? http://youtube./O75SCSbUjDk LOL

And the latest category of "people" who "come up to" Joe is "new" immigrants (as opposed to old immigrants). They recognize him from seeing him on the TV. They tell him what America is. Is neo-Gibran Joe's most recent persona? "Love is ever humble" and "love prevails." Mika was not wearing a sheath dress, but a skirt and tucked-in blouse. They were not wearing red-white-and-blue with two US flags as a backdrop. The times they are a-changin'.

Old Joe or New Joe, thank goodness "people" still "come up to him" ... "everywhere."

BBM: http://instagram.com/p/sCjMqeILkE/

I'm pretty well fed up with THs who report only a portion of an event. Nothing new, right? I was sure it was an unjustified shooting for the first couple days but then the facts started emerging. The perp may have been unarmed but he was 6'4" and weighed in at 292. If he wasn't obstructing traffic by strolling down the middle of the street, carrying the cigarillos he obtained 10 minutes earlier by strong-arming an elderly 100-pound man, he wouldn't have been noticed and told to move to the sidewalk. If he'd moved to the sidewalk the LEO would have continued on his way, except that the BOLO came over the radio just then. There is infrequent mention of the LEO being pummeled inside his vehicle and sustaining an orbital blowout fracture while the perp tried to take his weapon. The LEO is lucky he was able to see his shooting target, let alone hit it. It seems like Scarborough can't decide which side of the event to support. Pfffffttt.