Just want to 2nd the endorsement of Deep Space Nine. I always liked it best of the franchise.

One joke about the former Soviet Union used to be: "There is no truth in Pravda, no news in Izvestia." Now we can add "There is no freedom in the Free Press." (Note: "pravda" is Russian for "truth" , "Izvestia" Russian for "news." and were the names of leading papers in the old Soviet Union.)

Schumer, though he voted no failed do anything to keep this from happening. He offered the Republicans a deal almost as bad, which signaled the surrender caucus that it was time to surrender. Dick Durbin, the whip, vote for the CR. Time to change Senate minority leadership.

A "joke" from the past: "What did Cricks and Watson win the Nobel prize for discovering? Rosalind Franklin's lab notes."

His wife also works, and he pays 2300 a year in rent. He can do find on 260K a year - including eating out as much as he wants to minimize cooking.

My phrasing: "Stop debating who to throw out of the sled. Fight the damn wolves."

Kipling's Epitaph for a dead statesman

I could not dig: I dared not rob:
Therefore I lied to please the mob.
Now all my lies are proved untrue
And I must face the men I slew.
What tale shall serve me here among
Mine angry and defrauded young?

Often attributed to Brendan Behan (almost certainly correctly) "I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse."