Politics Corner May 15

 Filling In!

What's On Tonight (Saturday): Days of Hannah's bakes

Hannah Swensen Mysteries

Silly love songs! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, May 16!

Our Top Pick tonight is Hannah Swensen Mysteries (Hallmark Channel, 8 p.m. / Hallmark+, Sunday). A movie series once called Murder, She Baked, tonight's Mystery (Best Served Cold) is the baking detectives 14th outing for Hallmark. Star Alison Sweeney might be more familiar for her Days of Our Lives role or as host of The Biggest Loser.

Elsewhere, Paul McCartney is Live from New York (and maybe Ringo? [*fingers crossed*], Eurovision finds its 2026 song, Kara Swisher Lives on more time, a Duck Dynasty couple gets Lifetime movie treatment, Rooster fights a devil, and Sheryl Lee Ralph picks Two.

Jeopardy! recap for Fri., May 15

 Here are today's contestants:

- Valerie Fulton, an attorney from Greenville, South Carolina;

- Chayce Griffith, a professor of tree fruit physiology originally from Saline, Michigan; and

- Tristan Williams, a data scientist originally from Lincoln, Nebraska. Tristan is a seven-day champ with winnings of $132,900.

Are You A 'Panicrat'? And Other Friday Headlines

Happy Birthday, Richard Avedon! (May 15, 1923 - October 1, 2004) Via The Metropolitan, Detroit

Jonathan V. Last Is Trying To Assure Us 'Panicrats' [The Bulwark]

Rudy Giuliani Is Alive And Well, Drat [Wonkette]

What's On Tonight (Friday): Supervillain Taylor Sheridan No Match for the Wonderfools

The Wonderfools

The most notable premiere today is the latest Taylor Sheridan series, which stars Cole Hauser, Annette Benning and Ed Harris, but I have never watched a Taylor Sheridan series and have no interest in starting.  Instead I am bestowing today's Top Pick on the Korean superhero comedy The Wonderfools.  The trailer looks fun and it's slim premiere pickings today.

By the way, the actual translation of the title is The Wonderfuls, but Netflix knows how much it's subscribers love puns.

Second place goes to another Netflix series, the art heist action series Berlin and the Lady with an Ermine.  The series comes form the creators of Money Heist, so it's bound to be slickly produced and not make a bit of sense.  But, once again, the trailer is fun and there's just not much else piquing my interest.

⭐🔔 The Wonderfools (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'A goofy group of townies stumbles into superpowers and fights rising evil as doomsday panic grows in this wild, turn-of-the-century action comedy.'✔️

Elsewhere...

Politics Corner May 14

  

beware of Harlan Crow

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It's a show about TITS! Bra-Va!

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Jeopardy! recap for Thur., May 14

 Here are today's contestants:

- Anne Benjaminson, a foreign service officer originally from New York City;

- Nishi Kantamneni, a platform engineer originally from Pleasanton, California; and

- Tristan Williams, a data scientist originally from Lincoln, Nebraska. Tristan is a six-day champ with winnings of $113,699.

Notable Opening Nights Catchup Post, Part II, and Your Own Thursday Headlines

 

Courtesy Pinterest.

Okay, now I'm giving myself 90 minutes to play with ...

The Great British Sewing Bee, S4 E1: 'Basic Construction'

Via CB

Originally aired May 16, 2016 (Google Drive Link)

What's On Tonight (Thursday): Saint Olivia says so long for the summer

 

Via Giphy.

Tonight's Top Pick is the 27th season finale of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. I like that I don't even have to know the context of this gif without still having a pretty strong idea of what's going on.

Politics Corner May 13

   

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Politics Corner is still busy making dinner. I've forgotten how many vegetables that I've chopped just like my mom does -- with one ancient, dull paring knife. She thinks that I'm fussy and lazy for needing sharp chef knives, vegetable peelers, etc. Every so often I follow her example just to get inside her head a little bit. I like it there.

via Giphy

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Feed Me: Croutons

 

Did I actually want a salad, or just the croutons?

LOL

They were first introduced in Medieval kitchens as a means to use up stale bread, going into soups and stews.  But the word comes from the French word for "crust," as chefs started serving dishes with fried or toasted pieces of bread.

They were then served with the first Caesar salad, created in 1924 by an Italian immigrant living in Tijuana.

Here's a recipe to make your own!

Jeopardy! recap for Wed., May 13

 Here are today's contestants:

- Kyle Li, a software engineer from Saratoga, California;

- Bridget Palmer, a university teacher originally from Beaverton, Oregon; and

- Tristan Williams, a data scientist originally from Lincoln, Nebraska. Tristan is a five-day champ with winnings of $103,499.

Pray For Brains And Other Wednesday Headlines

Happy Birthday, Bea Arthur! (May 13, 1922 - April 25, 2009)

'South Carolina Republicans: Let Them Eat Horse Paste' [Wonkette]

'Ike Versus Tyke' [The Gene Pool]

What's On Tonight (Wednesday): Packing their knives and going

America's Culinary Cup

OOOOOHHHHH! Here's what's on television for tonight, Wednesday, May 13!

Our Top Pick tonight is the finale of America's Culinary Cup (CBS, 9:30 p.m. / Paramount+, Thursday). This could also be the series finale for this not-warm-welcomed culinary competition show. The criticisms are warranted. There are too many weak gimmicks and Padma is often more the star than any of the chefs. Plus I can't stand Buddha Lo. His Top Chef seasons are the worst, and his ego and self infatuation hasn't waned. I only made it through 3 episodes before tentatively checking out. But I give it some points for regularly starting on the half-hour and only being an hour-long show. Rarity!

Elsewhere, Goodbye Omens, the Boys have some mother's milk, Amazon goes Off Campus, One Chicago goes dark, we must Share the forest, and a Testament nears.

Politics Corner May 12

 

  

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No surprise, the Department of Justice is paying off criminals, including an agent who refused to investigate a white supremacist group because it was "political. " [Washington Post gift link]

via Washington Post 

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Jeopardy! recap for Tue., May 12

 Here are today's contestants:

- Will Thornton, a teacher from Worthington, Ohio;

- Laurel Gilmer, a music events director from Ithaca, New York; and

- Tristan Williams, a data scientist originally from Lincoln, Nebraska. Tristan is a four-day champ with winnings of $76,199.

Which Sally Field Movie Turned Her Own Son Gay? And Other Tuesday Headlines

The National Bird Of Denmark Is The Mute Swan, Via Pinterest

'If You Have To Say It's Not A Golden Calf, It's A Golden Calf'

Trump Nazi Has Thoughts About AIDS Patients  [Wonkette]

What's On Tonight (Tuesday): A Short Story

 

Via Giphy.

Tonight's Top Pick is Marty, Life Is Short, premiering at 3 a.m. on Netflix. Because I know my tribe. We sure as hell wouldn't approve of the Martin Short documentary being passed over for NCIS's season finale.

Politics Corner May 11

  

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After all these years of telling students that the only degrees worth getting were in STEM fields, it looks as if you can throw out that science degree. We've given the bum rush to the entire National Science Board. On the other hand a judge has informed Trump that all of DOGE's cuts to the Humanities were illegal so dust off your History degree because there's plenty of room for discussion of the Decline and Fall of the American Empire. [Reuters]

via National Science Board (for now)

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