Oh the humanity of being rich. I don't think he'd lose his fan base if he changed hairstyles or shaved the goatee. Look at how man celebs "shock" people" by doing just that.
Additionally, there are plenty of chefs who have taken the idea of comfort food done in a high-quality way that have excellent restaurants open in NYC: David Chang's Momofuku Noodle Bar and also his Ssam Bar, Andrew Carmellini's The Dutch, the Torrisi Brothers' restaurant Parm, Motorino Pizza, & etc.
Guy Fieri is a joke, and though this will likely put nary a dent in his profits, it's nice to see him taken down a peg or two.
I'm a huge foodie and regularly read the NY Times reviews + travel to NYC from upstate to eat at new locations on a regular basis. This is hardly the first sarcastic review from a NY Times critic to demolish an eatery. I point you to Sam Sifton's review of Lavo (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/10/dining/reviews/10rest.html?ref=samsifton&_r=0) and Frank Bruni's dismantling of Ninja (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/26/dining/26rest.html?pagewanted=all).
Jeb is correct in saying this is the dismantling of Fieri's faux-populist image. He makes money traveling the country visiting real independent eateries that spend decades making decent, sometimes great food for loyal patrons, and develop their own special dishes through hard work and a little luck. Guy slaps his name on a low-quality TGI-Friday's ripoff and half-steals regional dishes to sell at inflated prices and low quality. It's disgusting but par for the course from a phony like him.
I guess, feministnoise, I'm wondering what rights you stand to lose that you haven't already lost?
- like, all the women and children blown up by Obama's drones don't have a choice one way or another anymore
- no prosecution of Wall St. criminals
- continued government abridgement of civil liberties under Obama
- no attempt to deal with unemployment issues
- no attempt to curtail corporate power in politics
- no attempt to deal with climate change
So, yea, I guess we'd "lose" something if Obama lost... I'm really just not sure what. Most claims of that seem to be hot air.
Since we're getting all Politicsgum here, I'll give my opinion.
Caveat: I am a Green Party candidate for office in NY State this year.
It's hard to call this a debate, since it is run by the Commission on Presidential Debates, and the Commission was set up in 1988 by the Democratic and Republican parties to exclude other candidates. It is also funded almost entirely by large corporate contributions, from nice groups like Anheiser -Busch. Democrats and Republicans negotiate in secret on everything from podium size to lighting, to the moderator (they once rejected 80 potential moderators). Without alternative candidates there, which would be all candidates who have a possibility of winning 270 electoral votes, you get a stilted and boring debate over minutiae. Including Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate, and Gary Johnson, the Libertarian, would have immediately broadened the debate in important ways, indeed would have made it a real debate. We'd have had debates about economic policy that don't center around who gives the biggest tax cuts, but whether we should have direct job creation programs like the WPA to get back to full employment, whether we should raise the minimum wage, end the drug war, cut the military budget and fund social programs, how to deal with rising student debt, the housing crisis, renewable energy, etc.
Instead what we got was 90 minutes of hot air and very little debate on anything serious. Thankfully, Democracy Now, a wonderful radio and tv program, live-streamed the debates and had both Jill Stein (the GP candidate) and Rocky Anderson (the Justice Party candidate) respond to Lehrer's questions as if they were there. This allowed for a robust, and almost real debate, as opposed to the song and dance routine on stage in Denver. If you want to watch it, click here: http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2012/10/4/expanding_the_debate_watch_democracy_nows_full_three_hour_special
Will I watch the other debates? Yes, because I teach politics and I have to, but I find them almost impossible to take seriously. We need a law that mandates all candidates on the ballot in an election be entered into debates, and in the presidential election all candidates on the ballot in states with an electoral vote total of 270.
Cliff Claven, yes. That was a sad episode. However, a few other observations from years of watching the show (and loving it):
- how can they possibly hide in the kitchen? It's not really a separate room, and anyone in the living room could clearly hear them even while whispering.
- how much money does Frasier make? I know he's a radio star and all, but, do radio stars really make that much money when they're only on in one city (and Seattle, at that)?
It's evolving as a show - he is probably feeling more comfortable without the standup bookending (look at Seinfeld from season 1 and then later). He still uses standup when the material runs a little short, but lately it seems like he has ideas that take more than one episode.
I don't agree; it's possible that was part of his dream, but I'm hoping it wasn't. For me, the episode hit all the right notes. The holidays are a really depressing time of the year, especially if you don't really have anyone around (hence why the newscasters mention suicide rates go up). Louie spends a crazy amount of time to make Christmas perfect for his daughters, and they appreciate it but don't really know what went into it? Perfect. Him meeting Liz on the bus and then she up and dies while midnight is striking - I found this perfect because there were no long, drawn out "I love yous" we expect from Hollywood. Just "bye." Then he goes to China and finds more companionship with a random family than he had at home, or probably would have in Mexico with his relatives.
All in all, a reason why Louie is still the best comedy on television - though I hesitate to call it a comedy, because it's much, much deeper than most sitcoms dare to tread.
Hahah, perhaps he'd choose it even though he admitted early on he's not even Jewish, he just claims to be. Maybe that would be a fitting roll for Saul, then, but I see pumpernickel as a tasty, old person kind of bread to have.
Yea but, see above: Walt has a lot of money right now. Unless we assume he loses access to it all between now and season's end (possible) he could potentially hire muscle, right?
Vince Gilligan on the significance of things in the last ep: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/04/vince-gilligan-on-breaking-bad-and-the-plumbing-of-it-all/?hp
- He seems to believe Walt means it when he says he is "out"
- The MRI clearly meant something
- He doesn't know how Hank is going to react yet
- Walt and Jesse will be on more equal footing next season in some capacity
Is he coming from New Hampshire? It's possible he simply got a new driver's license from some underworld contact and has been living in hiding somewhere in New Mexico.
Walt needs a heavy machine gun/RPG to protect Jesse? He's got a boatload of money and could hire an army at this point. Something else is happening/going on where Walt is in danger, too.
I agree. He's trained Todd to do the work, and probably found someone else to help Todd, so he can be "out" and have very little connection except collecting the money at the end - which he will no longer ask Skyler to launder. This is, to me, the most likely scenario from a man who only recently was bent on building a meth empire, not getting out after three months of hard work.
As for Hank - I can see a few scenarios spinning out of this:
1. Hank spends the next 8 eps building an airtight case against Walt/Heisenberg. This may be tough because Walt has covered a lot of his tracks. Walt goes on the run to avoid Hank.
2. Hank literally cannot deal with this information and goes slightly crazy. He doesn't build a case but eventually takes on Walt outside of his capacity as a DEA agent, mano-a-mano.
3. Hank, already tired of "chasing monsters," blackmails Walt for money.
The worst case scenario for Walt - who many have subconsciously wanted to be caught - is to never be recognized by anyone for his work as the great Heisenberg. I really believe he wants to provide for his family, but also for him to die and be seen as a great meth kingpin one day. If this somehow doesn't happen, if no one ever knows *and* he loses the money, that might be worse than death for Walt.
Kelly, Kelly, are you admitting you're too young to have seen the best years of the Simpsons, or just that you refused to watch it? Is cartoon-watching and quoting a predominantly male hobby in the US? I often get told by my lady friends that cartoons are a "boy" thing. Just curious.
I could actually see that as a final subplot, but I feel like the last shootout is either between Walt and Jesse, or the DEA and Walt. If it's between a guy we meet in episode 6 of season 5 and our "heroes" it doesn't seem like it would have the same impact.
Mike is making mistakes. He has the correct instincts this season: killing Lydia, not getting involved with Walt, paying off his guys in lockup, stopping meth production or ramping it down till the DEA is less interested, trying to sell the methlymine they stole for $5 million and then retiring, and finally killing Walt when he finds out the methlymine is gone. Unfortunately for him, although his instincts are correct, he isn't acting on them most of the time. He's going to pay the price for it, and I bet pretty soon.
Go back and re-watch episode 2 or 3 where Jesse tries to dissolve his old partner's body in a ceramic bathtub and Walt gives him a chemistry lesson on how hydroflouric acid eats through everything except certain types of plastic.
I wish I felt more confident Jesse would live, but this show has always been about Walt and Jesse's relationship, and it's probably fitting that they die together, or when one dies the other one doesn't have long to live.
Oh boy. Oh boy oh boy oh boy. This season might as well be called "Mike's Right But He Makes All The Wrong Choices." They's all gonna die in the second half of this season except for Walt. I can see them getting away with it by the time the next two eps are done, then it all falling apart sickeningly until the last person to die before Walt is Jesse.
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