Politics Corner March 23

  

beware of Harlan Crow

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Cult. When you reach AA you're weak, vulnerable, likely hopeless. And they demand that you give up what little you have left.

Step 7: Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.

Don't. Maybe most needs to go but you need to be judicial. The people that helped before need to be thanked. The people who were crabs in the bucket need to be pushed away. Don't know bucket crabs? One crab needs to be watched. Once you've got two or more you are set. One of the crabs will always climb up the side of the bucket and could easily escape but the other crabs grab ahold and drag the crab back to the bottom.

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What's On Tonight (Tuesday): The milestones just keep on coming!

 

Courtesy TV Insider.

For the second straight week, NCIS is the Tuesday Top Pick. There's a good-ish reason for the repeat: NCIS is airing its 500th episode. Once again, let's go to the numbers for scripted series: Law & Order has aired 538 episodes to date, while Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is at 588 episodes, and The Simpsons is at 805 episodes. Grey's Anatomy, with its 463rd episode airing Thursday, is just ahead of Family Guy, currently at 455 episodes. Meanwhile, the Chicago series are all somewhere in the 200s.

Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Mar. 23

 Here are today's contestants:

- Erin Howard, a community membership facilitator from Shrewsbury, Massachusetts;

- Max Genecov, a clinical psychology Ph.D. student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and

- Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Jamie is a six-day champ with winnings of $162,203.

Sportsball March 23

 

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Did your brackets survive the first weekend of March Madness?

What's On Tonight (Monday): Someone call Efrem Zimbalist Jr.!

 

Courtesy The Hollywood Reporter.

Tonight's Top Pick is the 150th episode of FBI, airing at 9 p.m. on CBS-CBS-CBS. I know next to nothing about this show. I will note that Zeeko Zaki, who plays "OA," slightly resembles model Christopher Lima.

Politics Corner March 22

  

beware of Harlan Crow

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Okay, as far as cults go, AA is cheap. They pass the hat around and just about everyone drops a dollar in. This is where I get embarrassed but not guilty. And Step 6 has a lot to do with that. I belonged to a much more expensive cult. I was taught to tithe 10% of my earnings. Once I was a confirmed member of my (Missouri Synod, not the good guys in ELCA like Patrick Ausgewahlt) Lutheran church I got my own box of envelopes for the weekly offering. I was always there. I was in the choir. I was an usher. And I tithed 10% out of my McDonald's pay. I donated more than my parents. The church counsel sent emissaries to my parents. And the church didn't want me anyway because I was gay.

Step 6: Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.

Fuck that. I'm waiting for God to remove defects of his character. There is just something about AA that that turn me off; God bless those that it helps. I wish there was an easy out too but there's no easy out.

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CBSSM: Hail Caesar!

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This week's segments can be found at the CBSSM YouTube page. Viewers in Australia/New Zealand may encounter IP geoblocking that requires a VPN to bypass.

PET SET - BETTY

 

What's On Tonight (Sunday): Fancy a cuppa with your drama?

The Forsytes

Are you 'avin a laff? Here's what's on television for tonight, Sunday, March 22!

Our Top Pick tonight is the premiere of The Forsytes (PBS, 9 p.m.). This is the latest adaptation of the John Galsworthy's novels. The 2002 one (which is excellent) helped make Damien Lewis a name. This one, from Channel 5, hasn't been as well received, but it's already been renewed for another season. Brits do love their period dramas. No, not that kind.

Elsewhere, The Comeback comes back, SNL gets an accent, Call the Midwife won't die, Fox finds the Biblically Faithful, Prime has Mercy, elemental my dear 60 Minutes, and CNN enters a Standoff.

This Weekend in Pop Culture: March 20-22

Welcome to the Weekend in Pop Culture! Let's examine what's coming out in theaters this weekend.

Project Hail Mary
A science teacher is sent into space to save the sun.

Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
Remember "Ready or Not?" It's back, now with an additional protagonist.

What have you been watching?

Gallo Wine Day And Make Your Own Saturday Headlines

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PET SET - AUDREY & THE BEACH BOYS

What's On Tonight (Saturday): Live from Korea, it's BTS night

BTS the Comeback Live: Arirang

I'ma light it up like dynamite! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, March 21!

Our Top Pick tonight is BTS the Comeback Live: Arirang (Netflix, 7 a.m.). This is the comeback for the K-pop boy group more than 5 years since their hiatus. The superstar group (aka Bangtan sonyeondan, aka Bangtan Boys, and have also gone well beyond general k-pop music) has a new album, Arirang, their 10th. While the concert airs early in the morning here in the U.S., it is a night concert in Seoul.

Elsewhere, 1874 calls the heart, Ari Shapiro has News, balls will go through baskets, and One Piece finds a clue.

Politics Corner March 20

  

beware of Harlan Crow

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Uh, the things that I've done are mine. I'm not gonna blame someone up in the sky for my shit. Is personal responsibility that difficult?

Step 5: Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.

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Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Mar. 20

 Here are today's contestants:

- David Ley, an immersive theater director originally from Ithica, New York;

- Sinecio Morales, a student originally from Rockford, Illinois; and

- Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Jamie is a five-day champ with winnings of $131,802.

RIP Chuck Norris

 

Via Giphy.

Variety -- "Chuck Norris, the martial arts champion who became an iconic action star and led the hit series Walker, Texas Ranger, has died. He was 86.

Norris was hospitalized in Hawaii on Thursday, and his family posted a statement Friday saying that he died that morning. “While we would like to keep the circumstances private, please know that he was surrounded by his family and was at peace,” his family wrote.

Irish Spring And Other Friday Headlines

Paul Mescal Via Tenor

'What Do You Take Tulsi Gabbard For? Some Kind Of Quote-Unquote *Director* Of *National Intelligence*?'

I'll Believe There's A 'MAGA Civil War' When It Really Happens [The Bulwark]

What's On Tonight (Friday): Tommy Shelby Returns...

     

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man

After a long, tumultuous process in which no fewer than three premieres competed for Top Pick, I have decided to go with the obvious one: Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man.  I made it through the first five seasons of the series before calling it quits.  I loved the show, but it was an intense watch and I figured the final season would really pull out the stops.  Watching the trailer, it looks to still have some stops to pull out.

The close runner-up for the big prize is the second season premiere of Deadloch.  The first season took a bit to win me over.   The Eddie character was so aggravating from the moment she showed up I stopped after the first episode.  Later on I started to hear and read that the show was actually really good.  I went back and by the end of the season I was really enjoying it.  

The new season doesn't appear to be set in the same place but they still managed to find a reason to bring a couple of the supporting characters along.  I don't have any issues with that, but if you don't want to be spoiled on one of them you might want to scroll past the next GIF.

My other Top Pick contender is the season premiere of Jury Duty Present: Company Retreat.  The original Jury Duty series was a surprise hit in 2023.  The first season was surprisingly funny and even moving at times.  The new season is about a man thinking he's interning at a company and having to go on a company retreat.  Hijinx ensue.

⭐🎥 Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'Birmingham, 1940. Amidst the chaos of WWII, Tommy Shelby is driven back from a self-imposed exile to face his most destructive reckoning yet.'

Elsewhere...  

Politics Corner March 19

  

beware of Harlan Crow

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Now this is where it just gets weird. Cult. If I believe in God then God already knows, we've already covered beating myself up over my faults in Step 3, and now I need to further debase myself by bringing someone else into this? How have they not been sued out of existence? This seems to demand self-harm.

Step 4: Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

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Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Mar. 19

 Here are today's contestants:

- Jordan Haynie Ware, a priest from Edmonton, Alberta;

- Jason Snell, a journalist and podcaster from Mill Valley, California; and

- Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Jamie is a four-day champ with winnings of $106,601.

Thursday Headlines Belong to You

 

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Today's Notable Opening Night, observed the day after John Kander's 99th birthday, is March 19, 1998, when Cabaret was revived at "the Kit Kat Klub," what is now the Stephen Sondheim.

Project Runway Canada, S3 E3: 'Fit For The Future'

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Via IMDb:

The designers head to TMU's Design and Technology Lab to create futuristic looks for the year 2125.

Originally aired November 28, 2025 [Link]