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I never bothered to turn on the game last night.

I think Bill should refuse to pay any such fine and let the League come after him. I'd still like to see a team refuse to play and take the forfeit, but that will never happen.

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I fingered a cowl flap yesterday and got B-17 juice all over myself. Later, she blew smoke in my face.



(eye bleach is over here on the counter)

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Say, in case everybody missed it last night, brother TriSec has obtained two tickets to the next Warren/Brown debate through his Union....next Monday night at the Tsongas Arena (Lowell, MA) there might be some live-blogging going on.

"Stop it. This is hard. You want to try it? Get in the ring,” she said. “This is hard and, you know, it’s an important thing that we’re doing right now and it’s an important election and it is time for all Americans to realize how significant this election is and how lucky we are to have someone with Mitt’s qualifications and experience and know-how to be able to have the opportunity to run this country."

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"Stop it. This is hard. You want to try it? Get in the ring,” she said. “This is hard and, you know, it’s an important thing that we’re doing right now and it’s an important election and it is time for all Americans to realize how significant this election is and how lucky we are to have someone with Mitt’s qualifications and experience and know-how to be able to have the opportunity to run this country."

Link (with audio) here.

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OK gang, TriSec is worried.

Along with my regular "Chemo Track", I am now tracking my weight on a daily basis. Unfortunately, it's trending down. I lost 2 pounds in as many days this weekend.

I checked, weight loss is not specific to any drug I"m on, but is a general characteristic of chemo. Unfortunately, the ACS's recommendation for adding calories all make me cringe; it's mostly dairy-based foods that I now find repellent.

Maybe I could eat a box of Ho-Hos, or something.



(And that's discounting my apparently now bi-weekly pretreatment depression, but I'm dealing with that OK today.)

Hayes: This is what plutocracy looks like


by Chris Hayes
Story of the Week,
Up w/ Chris Hayes

COMMENTARY

The video of Mitt Romney talking to donors that Mother Jones posted last week is an incredible artifact from an entire culture and civilization that exists in our midst, but which we hardly ever get to see: the world of the high-end donor. And, whoo boy it is not pretty. The first thing that jumps out is that a lot of the questions are really inane.

In fact, I almost feel sorry for Mitt Romney having to sit there and politely smile and nod as donors pick through their salad and tell him that what he really needs to do to win is "take the gloves off" or "show your face more on tv"—something he's been doing more or less non-stop.

The folks in the room all but advise Romney to simply tour around the country reading passages of Ayn Rand novels out loud at his campaign rallies and hectoring the idiotic masses to bow before their obvious superior. Romney, who is many things, but not a total fool, gently explains that that probably is not the best way to go about attempting to win over the Obama voters he needs to be elected. Almost none of the advice Romney gets during the tape is very good, some of it's terrible.

That's not novel, of course, everyone who watches politics closely thinks they have the secret insight that will win the election. Unlike the millions of other political junkies and backseat drivers, this small coterie of folks, by sole virtue of their wealth, gets to impose their invaluable insights on the actual candidate. It would be like the head coach of the Giants, Tom Coughlin, having to spend most of the week between games meeting with the opinionated fans who call into sports talk radio with their theories about how the Giants should be blitzing on every down, or lining up two quarterbacks under center.

This is the power of money not just in politics, but in society more broadly: the power to make people listen to your ideas no matter how dumb or uninformed. The other thing that stood out to me was just how under siege, persecuted, and victimized these extremely wealthy people appear to feel.

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Admittedly, I am being a smart ass, Tri. Mala's suggestion might be the best, the protein bars or a protein suplement might not be a bad thing.

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OK gang, TriSec is worried.

Along with my regular "Chemo Track", I am now tracking my weight on a daily basis. Unfortunately, it's trending down. I lost 2 pounds in as many days this weekend.

I checked, weight loss is not specific to any drug I"m on, but is a general characteristic of chemo. Unfortunately, the ACS's recommendation for adding calories all make me cringe; it's mostly dairy-based foods that I now find repellent.

Maybe I could eat a box of Ho-Hos, or something.



(And that's discounting my apparently now bi-weekly pretreatment depression, but I'm dealing with that OK today.)

What about stuff that weightlifters use, like protein bars?

Weed! Scoop, tell him.

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Oh, I concur on that. Clif bars are yummy; been a fan of them for a while.

There's always the big can o' mixed nuts route, or trail mix. That's good. (I make a mean homebuilt trail mix, too.)

I have drank an ocassional Ensure recently. That's soy-based and I can tolerate it pretty well. Except the taste part, I mean. (actually, the chocolate ones aren't bad.)

We are full o' good ideas today. Check with your docs to see which they think will be best for ya. Like you won't do that...

Well, we do provide care for people who don't have insurance," Romney said. "If someone has a heart attack, they don't sit in their apartment and die. We pick them up in an ambulance, and take them to the hospital and give them care. And different states have different ways of providing for that care."

So, if you're in critical condition and you can get to a phone, you're good to go. Never mind the fact that if you had been getting regular health care, you might not be in critical condition.