No, I don't sleep with the fishes, because of Sandy or any other events last Saturday. I actually got out of Dodge (New York) Sunday morning because I had a hearing in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. (Still here today because my flight was cancelled last night. Hopefully back in the States by tonight.)

Here's something funny - Jeff Goldberg's (I think tongue in cheek) theory for why New Jersey Governor Chris Christie undermined Mitt Romney on Hurricane Sandy:

Chris Christie loves Bruce Springsteen. (This story, by yours truly, explains why.) Bruce Springsteen loves Barack Obama. Bruce Springsteen does not love Chris Christie. Being overtly supportive of Barack Obama might get Chris Christie his holy grail: The approval of Springsteen, even a meeting with him. Believe me -- he'd rather meet with Springsteen than with Obama, or anyone else.

Ha! Open Thread.

(Jackson Browne and Joan Baez.) Hurricane Sandy is expected to hit landfall today. Let us know how your are doing.

At least you don't have to deal with this group in charge:

Please send good thoughts to the inmates at Rikers Island and MCC Manhattan and MDC Brooklyn, and the thousands more in local county jails in the affected regions..

This is an open thread, all topics welcome.

This week's picks (2 units unless otherwise indicated, BEST BETS in BOLD):

Michigan +1½ over Nebraska (4 units), Oklahoma -13 over Notre Dame (5 units), Baylor +3 1/2 over Iowa State, Alabama -23 over Mississippi State, Oregon State -3½ over Washington (6 units), Texas A&M -14½ over Auburn (5 units), South Carolina -14 over Tennessee (4 units), Penn State +1 over Ohio State (3 units), Georgia Tech -3 over BYU, Missouri -14 over Kentucky, Arizona State -7 over UCLA (8 units), Maryland +3 over Boston College, Arkansas -6 over Mississippi, Wisconsin -6 over Michigan State (3 units), Arizona TO WIN +210 over USC, Georgia +7 over Florida, TCU +7 over Oklahoma State, Kansas State -7½ over Texas Tech.

Go Gators! Open thread.

No rest for the weary.

Here's another open thread, all topics welcome.

Update: Michael Skakel lost his bid for parole. (Background here) It will be five years before he gets another chance.

I will be very busy at work and in court until late Friday afternoon. I won't have much, if any, time to check the news. I'm not sure of Big Tent Democrat's schedule, so there may be a lot of open threads until then.

Here's one for today, all topics welcome.

BTD - My schedule is sh*t. Lots of Open Threads coming your way.

The 11 Show, starring me, will discuss last night's debate and Mitt Romney's presentation of a "humble foreign policy" last night in the mold of George W. Bush in 2000. Romney's lack of interest and knowledge was on shocking display last night.It was George W. Bush all over again. And Romney is advised by the same crew that brought us the most disastrous 8 years in the history of American foreign policy.

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Open Thread.

I'm sorry, but I have a situation that has come up that will prevent my live blogging tonight's debate. Sorry about that.

Open Thread.

The 11 Show, starring me, will discuss tonight's debate.

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Open Thread.

Sooo, HOW ABOUT THEM GATORS!!!!!!!!!!!

I woke up this morning, and my thoughts returned to politics and, I thought, maybe I'll watch the Sunday shows. So I went to see who would be on, Atrios:

Face the Nation has Rubio, Kevin NotJohn Madden, Stephanie "I Will F[*]ck Your Shit Up" Cutter, Nooners, Sangers, Kleiners, Dickensoners

This Week has that asshole Rahm, Rubio, Debbie W-S, America's Pastor Ralph Reed, Van HitlerStalinPolPot Jones, Greta Van, Matty Dowd.

Meet the Press has AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH RUBIO MUST CREDIT MEET THE PRESS, America's sweetheart Rob Portman, Zombie Dee Dee Myers, Zombie Mike Murphy, The Moustache of Understanding, Helene Cooper.

Really? I mean really? Sanger, ok. But Ralph Reed, Peggy Noonan, The Moustache, Mike Murphy? Is this freaking 1996? They were terrible then and they are terrible AND irrelevant now.

So no, I'll watch Newcastle-Sunderland instead.

Open Thread.

Many "investments" today (2 units unless otherwise indicated):

Baylor +9 over Texas, Miami (Florida) +21 over Florida State, Penn State +3 over Iowa, Alabama (-20) over Tennessee, Oklahoma -35 over Kansas (3 units), North Carolina -10½ over Duke (5 units), Notre Dame -14 over BYU, Navy -3 over Indiana, Tulsa -22 over Rice, Kentucky +27 over Georgia, Louisville -6 over South Florida (4 units), Michigan State +9 over Michigan, TCU +2 over Texas Tech (5 units), UNLV +28 over Boise State, Bowling Green -18 over Massachusetts, Temple +4½ over Rutgers (3 units), Purdue +19 over Ohio State (3 units), Virginia Tech +8½ over Clemson, Stanford -3 over California, Northwestern +7 over Nebraska (3 units), Wisconsin -17 over Minnesota, Army -3 over Eastern Michigan, LSU -3½ over Texas A&M, Northern Illinois -17 over Akron, Maryland +3 over North Carolina State (4 units), Iowa State +14 over Oklahoma State (4 units), Boston College +14 over Georgia Tech (4 units).

Late edition - South Carolina +3 1/2 over Florida. Nonetheless, GO Gators!

Open Thread.

Staying with today's theme.....an open thread, all topics welcome. (h/t to Ruffian.)

Update: President Obama is on the Daily Show tonight. Among the topics: Libya.

Do voters really want a return to the politics of yesterday and mores of the 1950's?

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court ruling that DOMA is unconstitutional.

They [the judges]found that gays and lesbians are entitled to heightened protection from the courts, based on the history of discrimination the group has suffered.

"Homosexuals are not in a position to adequately protect themselves from the discriminatory wishes of the majoritarian public," Judge Dennis Jacobs wrote for the majority.

The evangelical producer Dinesh D'Souza of "2016" resigned from Kings College today due to his affair with a woman not his wife. He brought her to a family values conference last month, introducing her as his fiance. He hadn't even filed for divorce yet.

This is an open thread, all topics welcome.