Here's an open thread for those of you online, all topics welcome.

If you're watching TV, there's the season premiere of Desperate Housewives and Brothers and Sisters. For movies, the IFC channel is replaying the depressing but good film Drugstore Cowboy with Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch. There's also a new Food Network Challenge.

A Roman Polanski update:

Poland and France intend to make a joint appeal to Switzerland and the United States to have Polanski released from his detention, Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski told the Polish news agency PAP. Sikorski said he and French counterpart Bernard Kouchner also plan to ask Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to offer Polanski clemency.

There are new security camera tapes of the minutes before the OKC bombing -- at surrounding buildings. The man who obtained them thinks they were edited.

What's on your mind tonight?

My NFL picks today (I am 6-4 on the season (.600 winning percentage):

The J-E-T-Ss host Tennessee (+2.5). The spell is broken and the Titans, holders of the original New York AFL franchise's name, win outright.

The Brett Favres host the up and coming Niners in the Metrodome. I like the Favres (-6.5), because their defense is too good for the Niners.

In my other selections, I like the Seahawks (-2.5), Denver (-2), and Arizona (-2.5).

This is an Open Thread dedicated to the speedy recovery of Tim Tebow (snark).

Not a great slate of games this college football weekend, but college football has a way of making every slate of games interesting. For the season, my record is 9-6 (.600, I count the record aainst the spread). Here are my 5 for this week.

In Happy Valley, Iowa visits Penn State (-10). I have been going back and forth on this game. If Stanzi was playing better, I would take a flyer on Iowa winning the game outright (Iowa has beaten PSU 6 of the last 8), but he's not. I'm taking the Nittany Lions (-10).

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Dollhouse premieres tonight on Fox at 9.

While my posts of late have been all Public Option All The Time, starting next week, that will be leavened with some Obama Administration cheerleading - specifically regarding foreign policy questions such as Afghanistan and Iran.

So my posts will become Centrist Hawk Central. I expect much pushback from our readers, and I strongly suspect, from Jeralyn too.

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It's back to court for me, here's an open thread for you. All topics welcome.

Your turn.

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So far, no snow in Denver or Boulder, which is where I'm headed for the dentist.

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Your turn.

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It's the afternoon on the East Coast.

What's going on today?

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I'm preparing for a court hearing tomorrow. I'm sure there was some news today, but I haven't seen it.

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My NFL picks: J-E-T-S! JETS! JETS! JETS! (+3.5) over the Tom Bradys; the Brett Favres (-10) over Detroit; the 49ers (-1.5) over the Seahawks; the Steelers (-3) over the Bears and in the big one tonight - "America's Team," the Jerry Joneses (-3) will beat my Giants.

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What are the big games today? An unemotional review would say that there are no big games at all. No big matchups against top teams. But we would not be college football fans if we were unemotional. So, in fact, there are a whole bunch of big games.

In South Bend today, Charlie Weis may be coaching for his job (in that his fate at the end of the season would be sealed) as Michigan State comes to town. Fun fact - the Spartans have won 6 straight in South Bend. The Irish are 10 point favorites. I like the Spartans with the points and I think they win outright.

Iowa plays Arizona today in a game that will determine if Iowa can continue its drive to be considered an elite team, when it hosts Arizona. I think Iowa wins and covers the 4 point spread. More . . .