Track-for-track, the best Maiden album. Also, humble brag incoming: While in drydock in Subic, I got to know a band ("Steelers") at a club in Olongapo, who let me play "Fade To Black" with them. A week or so later, the rhythm guitarist summoned me up to play "Number of the Beast." He had to pee. 🤘

Looking forward to a future Dem administration recalling Whiskey Pete to active duty for court-martial in regard to murdering nearly a hundred people on the open seas. (I can dream, anyway.)

USC blew up the P12 largely to get away from Oregon. 🤣🤣🤣 lat.ms/47Zkq5D

"Quiet, piggy!" #DonaldTrump

When I was a kid, it was the coming Big Crunch. Recently, it became a slow heat death. And now we're back to a crunch? Someone needs to figure this out, 'cause I gotta change all my plans if that's the case. cnn.it/483J1Vv

Not sure I've ever seen a federal judge accuse a federal law enforcement official of "outright lying" under oath. In normal times, this would be a very big deal. Instead, it's just Thursday.

Honestly, if you're going to weaponize the DOJ, at least make sure you point said weapons AWAY from your own face. Good lord. 🤣🤣🤣

I coach my girls to shoot from distance instead of dribbling right up to the goal, but dang. youtube.com/shorts/BeVaE...

America 2025, encapsulated in one perfect image.

I'm just lost. I thought people coming over the border were either poor and required immediate gov't handouts, or were drug mules. Now I guess they're upper-middle class migrants with sacks of cash to buy up real estate at or above asking price? Wut?

For Veterans Day, my daughter made me this awesome card. She then went around asking her friends and our neighbors to sign it, and they did! (Not sharing because it's full of kids names.) Filled my soul. (I don't have the heart to tell her the Navy doesn't drive tanks, but she's 9.) 🥰🇺🇸⚓ #GoNavy

Between this and Trump's $400 idea to bypass health insurers, I'm starting to seriously question whether Republicans know what insurance is, or how it works. 🤔

Listening to Maggie Hasan try to justify her capitulation by blaming Republicans for the result of her vote is really something to behold. It's literally, "Republicans wouldn't negotiate with us, so else could we do but surrender?"

agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish

After their resounding victory in Tuesday’s elections, the Democrats had no choice but to surrender.

Rex's doggy daycare did a Halloween photo shoot, and OMG! 🤣

It's not just a great photo in its own right, but the meme potential will last as long as memes exist.

🤣🤣🤣 (Also, now I want a sandwich.)

Hopefully Democrats will staff this table around the clock.

This might go down as one of the all-time great closing arguments. I'm jealous, frankly.

In today's tariffs argument at SCOTUS, I feel like Roberts referring to the tariffs as a tax on Americans has sailed under the radar. I'm looking forward to Scott Bessent going on some show this week to say that John Roberts just doesn't understand tariffs (but that he should still support them).

Definitely the way for Republicans to dig out of this is to require photo ID to buy groceries

Lots of chatter tonight along the lines of, "Mamdani's about to learn how things work." And yes, it's a fair critique to say his policy ideas are, currently, largely unachievable. However. The movement that elected him will have a say in NYC council and NY state assembly races. Then we'll see.

Watching the election coverage (and Duck MBB) in multiview, I spent some time listening to Faux News, which I haven't done in a verrrry long time. And I gotta say, I get it. If you watched that fire hydrant of lies every day, you'd have oatmeal for brains, too. Good lord.

So now Trump says that the shutdown hurts Republicans? Has Mike Johnson heard about this?

Multiview for the win. 🤓

A little surprised at this, but it just shows how deeply the Republican brand is tarnished.

It's early, I know, but when do we get to declare an electoral bloodbath?

This was probably the most important election in the country today, slightly moreso than even Prop 50.

What kind of mustard?

TIL that the Ducks game against Iowa is on CBS. This means I can go another week not caring that YT-TV isn't carrying any Disney-owned channels. Woo hoo! 👍

In a military that still believed in rules and discipline, this guy would be hammered for engaging in clear political campaigning while in uniform. But because he's doing it for a Republican, odds are good that nothing happens. www.cnn.com/politics/liv...

Is the House gonna declare this auto-pen pardon void? 🤔

See, everyone says that Dems are bad at politics, but what if this was the plan all along? Acquiescing to progressive demands to abolish the filibuster by making Republicans do it for them! It's genius! 🤪

I mean, today a federal judge had to tell the director of CBP not to teargas children who are trick-or-treating on Halloween. So, yeah.

Excellent news. Now hoping that the 11 judge panel doesn't contain a majority of Trump appointees.

I guess the one bright spot is that I'm learning about all sorts of boards and commissions that I'd never heard of. 🤷‍♂️

Just finished "House of Dynamite." What a ride. Incredibly unnerving.

He's literally going to create the A-nt-I-Christ.

YAY! BEDTIME!

Baseball is a fascinating dichotomy. This is the most boring game, in any sport, I've ever watched, and yet I can't stop watching. Is this what it's like to be a cricket fan?

We’ve progressed from watching the baseball game to being held hostage by the baseball game.

Fox's outro music at the end of each inning is solid.

Is this game an extension of Scott Bessent's imaginary Canadian psyop?

This is the first MLB game I've watched in nearly a calendar year. Just because I turned it on in the 11th inning doesn't mean I'm not entitled to see this Ohtani guy do whatever he does that's such a big deal. PITCH TO OHTANI, YOU COWARDS!!!

How did Ohtani get walked? I didn't see any pitches. Can they just file an "Intent to Walk," like a filibuster in the Senate, and off he goes?

Looks like I picked the right moment to engage a passing interest in the World Series!

I dunno. Pretty sure we lost. Yeah, it took 249 years, give or take, so it was a slow burn, but I'm pretty sure those dudes wouldn't recognize 2025 America as anything remotely like what they were fighting for.