60 years ago, Billboard #15 for the week of Nov. 5, 1962: The Four Seasons - Sherry https://youtu.be/e6LqC9_iBBA

50 years ago, Billboard #11 for the week of Nov. 5, 1972: Doobie Brothers - Listen To The Music https://youtu.be/DkytJLoxGmQ

Of course, Trump already has Scott Baio on the bench, so he's cool.

Usually when a program is going down the tubes, the producers hire Ted McGinley to help prop up the ratings. So who will be the first to give Ted the call?

In terms of dumpster fires, how does Musk's takeover of Twitter rate?

@Fur_Mama4Life Every Christmas.

“Kibosh” doesn’t equal “hex.” Michaels is driving me nuts with this.

Looks like Thursday night football has returned to normalcy, which is good if you just use football as an excuse to take a nap.

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The Empire Strikes Back https://open.substack.com/pub/thetriad/p/the-empire-strikes-back

If Mitch McConnell Is Still in the Minority It’s His Own Damn Fault https://www.thebulwark.com/if-mitch-mcconnell-is-still-in-the-minority-its-his-own-damn-fault/

Federal judge in Texas blocks Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/11/10/student-loan-forgiveness-texas-lawsuit/

At least they weren't telling customers to celebrate Kristallnacht by eating a pork sandwich. Don't ever say things can't get worse.

KFC apologises after German Kristallnacht promotion: "It's memorial day for Kristallnacht! Treat yourself with more tender cheese on your crispy chicken. Now at KFCheese!" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63499057

@Mimi_memorykeeper68 Unless Musk is willing to dig deep into his own pockets to stabilize the situation, Twitter doesn't survive. If Twitter is going to be scrapped by Musk, the only thing of value it has to sell off so he can recoup any of his investment is its user data.

Boebert takes the lead in updated results Thursday morning. There is still an eight-day period in which county clerks can accept ballots from military and overseas voters. Voters can also “cure” problem ballots in that time period. https://coloradosun.com/2022/11/09/lauren-boebert-adam-frisch-final-votes/

And that's the issue: There would appear to be no legal constraints on the world's richest man preventing him from doing whatever he wants. Billions of dollars in fines? To him, it might be cheaper than other alternatives.

'The note goes on to say that its author, who The Verge knows the identity of but is choosing not to disclose, has “heard Alex Spiro (current head of Legal) say that Elon is willing to take on a huge amount of risk in relation to this company and its users, because ‘Elon puts rockets into space, he’s not afraid of the FTC.’”'

'The FTC reached a settlement with Twitter in May after the company was caught using personal user info to target ads. If Twitter doesn’t comply with that agreement, the FTC can issue fines reaching into the billions of dollars, according to the lawyer’s note to employees.'