*****OFFICIAL I DIDN'T WATCH THE DEBATES TONIGHT THREAD*****

[titaniumsalute]

Came home...ate some dinner. Helped the kids with homework, checked Facebook, did some work emails, read some stuff about BERNIE today, checked the weather and now on DU. I can't give those two-bit asshat flat-earthers a second of my precious time.

So who's with me? Who didn't give a flying fuck through a rolling doughnut about the clown caboose on CNN tonight??

[monmouth4]

1. Me neither. Reading the hilarious threads here and I thank all of those who contributed to them..nt

[titaniumsalute]

2. Yes been some epic laughs on DU tongiht

[angryvet]

3. never watch them

my blood pressure couldn't stand it. Yeah Netflix

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

25. Ditto... but I do love to watch MSNBC froth at the mouth over nothing

[Agschmid]

4. Well done.

Clearly I've been watching...

[Kingofalldems]

5. Watched my boys from DC--the great Bryce Harper hit #40 tonight.

Nice.

[FSogol]

74. WOOT! 40. n/t

[book_worm]

6. Nope, I didn't either, but I thank those who did for taking a bullet for the rest of us.

And reporting it here on DU.

[titaniumsalute]

7. Amen...

[newfie11]

8. No I can't watch it. My blood pressure would go off the charts nt

[Lifelong Protester]

9. I can't take those large of doses of stupidity

all in one place? aggregate of dumb? midday sun on Mercury dumb? the primordial soup of dumb?

Sorry, no can do (or watch).

Thanks for all of you who did watch and reported back.

[pangaia]

10. Me.

I listened, for probably the 15th time, to a replay of Clara-Jumi Kang's International Tchaikovsky Competition final round.. Beethoven and Tchaikovsky violin concerti.

But as that takes about an hour and a half.. here is the Sarasate CARMEN FANTASY with Yeol Eum Son.

If this doesn't make your day, nothing will.

[librarylu]

16. Marvelous!

Thank you!

[pangaia]

18. Clara is the best violinist I have heard in my 55 years of musical life.

I went to Marvao, Portugal in August for 2 days, just to hear her play a one hour recital !! 7000 miles round trip!

[Binkie The Clown]

21. Thank you for that!

Divine. No other adjective suffices. It literally brought tears to my eyes.

And yes, it DID make my day.
( ) will have to do because there is no "standing ovation" smilie.

[pangaia]

70. TEARS! SO- you can hear it !!!! You can hear it !!!!

I am so glad, so glad...
I am in tears every time I hear her. That's why I went to Portugal from NY just for 2 days to hear her. I met her after a rehearsal and she even invited my friend and I for dinner ! Just the 3 of us. What a precious human being she is.

I tell you, there may be/were other great violinists in the world- Perlman, Kremer, Repin, Chang, Mutter, et al. I grew up with Oistrakh, Menuhin, Stern.. BUT, as great as they were/are, they are just violinists. Clara- is a gift from the gods. All human feeling and experience just flows through her. It comes from....dare I say.. above... and comes out.. like.. a blinding light.
One can not turn away.

There are many more videos on You tube. Someone had uploaded the full length Tchaikovsky Competition Medici videos, all 3 rounds but they are mostly gone. fortunately I downloaded them.
If you do facebook she just got an account (the one with the blue dress) ( she is very shy). But we have a Clara-Jumi Kang Unofficial Fan Club .. check it out if you like.

Be prepared for more tears.

[pangaia]

73. You want tears?

HERE are tears ! Do you know harmony? if so, Clara KNOWS how to play a IV chord !!

And another little present for you.

The TCHAI "Winners' concert in Moscow, July 2 I think..Valery Gergiev and the Marinsky Orchestra.
Just the last movement of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto

I have never in my life heard ANYONE play this at this tempo. it is even faster than she played it during the competition. 180mm at the beginning and 184mm by the end. And getting down and dirty.. not afraid to make 'ugly' sounds on the g string when she wants it....And she does it while smiling at and and joking around with the orchestra like she is at a garden party ! Just stunning. The house went nuts! They KNEW Clara was REALLY the Gold medalist.. not 4th place....Except of course for Putin. who does NOT like a girl winning anything.

[Binkie The Clown]

78. Incredible. Thank you again.

I used to have the orchestral score for that concerto. While listening just now I was wishing I still had it so I could follow along.

[senz]

56. Thank you. This was amazing.

Her violin is truly an extension of her self; her expressions were so beautiful, too.

[pangaia]

72. So, you can hear it also. I am so glad.

Clara is a gift from the gods.
Please see my reply to Binkie just above. :&gt

[Unknown Beatle]

62. Well that was too short.

I was enjoying it so much that before I knew it, it was over. Gotta check out some more videos on YouTube. Her sound is so pure. Fantastic.

[pangaia]

71. Please, please see my reply to Binkie, just above.

[steve2470]

11. that gop shit always gets me angry and depressed nt

[NRaleighLiberal]

12. Watched the Red Sox box score on laptop while my wife watched a knitting video on hers. Worked on

my presentation for a Mother Earth News garden festival in PA. Ate some dark chocolate.

A bit later on, we watched the Nova special on the Rising Star cave fossil discoveries (first time we've used the TV as a TV in a long, long time).

Still got all my brain cells and am relaxed and happy.

Not the least bit curious about the nincompoop festival on CNN.

[hlthe2b]

13. Late getting home after long workday and commute...Already 10 PM ET by time I got home.

so, no... Figure I'll hear about it tomorrow.

[Doctor_J]

14. I was sorting the contents of our rag bag

Couldn't pull myself away.

[bvf]

42. Interestingly, that's an apt metaphor

for actually watching, but I hear you.

[Binkie The Clown]

15. Went to a neighborhood potluck. Nobody talked politics. It was nice. n/t

[cheapdate]

17. Went to the gym.

No need to watch that clown show. They're all cretins.

[mak3cats]

19. K & R just for the Vonnegut reference...

...didn't give a flying fuck at the moon, either!

[jimlup]

20. Watched Nova tonight

It was an Excellent special on an important scientific discovery. Early hominds versus drooling ass clowns. I'll take the early hominds.

[AnnieBW]

22. Catching up on Outlander

Although I did watch Rachel.

[displacedtexan]

23. Binge watching "White Collar" on Netflix

I can no longer put up with media whores pretending Republicans are worth a damned dime.

[Triana]

24. Oh hell no. I didn't watch. They'd have to pay ME to watch that.

And provide a free gas mask for when the elephants in that circus start crapping all over the stage.

I never liked the circus.

Spent the evening watching old Frasier episodes.

[CentralMass]

26. I'm with you. I couldn't care less.

[Liberal In Texas]

27. Nope, watched an episode of "Longmire"

I figure the airwaves will be full of the best of the bloviating tomorrow.

[Doctor_J]

60. hey we did that too. episode four of the new season

Great show

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

28. Chris Matthews, Howard Feinman, et. al.: Chris Christy looked great because...

...he called Carly and Donald childish.

yep
yep
yep

That's how MSNBC is grading a Presidential Debate!

idiots

[Marrah_G]

29. I couldn't bring myself to watch it.

[PasadenaTrudy]

30. I took a peaceful

walk in nature with my dog

[a kennedy]

31. I did.....about 45 minutes of it....turned channel........movies......eom

[kentauros]

32. I was listening to a local radio show, Technology Bytes, on KPFT

(Technology Bytes, 90.1 fm)

I was wondering why there weren't any callers like normal. Totally forgot about the debates. Not like I would have watched them anyway, but I just don't read DU or other news sources closely enough to remember such minor things in life.

So, who won?

[Laffy Kat]

33. I'll wait for the "Bad Lip-Reading" version. nt

[yuiyoshida]

34. A SCIENCTIFIC REPORT STATES....

IF you didn't watch the debates, you will probably live a little longer than the average Democrat who did. Stress during debates were level 5, and were a risk to your long term health.

[historylovr]

35. Never was much into soulless vampire drama.

Watched another disc of BBC's Robin Hood instead.

[SoapBox]

36. I was ar PDX but watching Bernie's

hilarious Twitter feed.

In just a few characters, Bernie summed it all up.

[jalan48]

37. I watched the Pirates lose to the Cubs.

Better than the debates by far,

[HomerRamone]

38. Not this one or the last

But if we could have a DEMOCRATIC one...

[Aristus]

39. If the Repubs field a candidate who can so much as tie his shoes without

extensive coaching, I may try to watch what those idiots laughingly refer to as a debate.

[Populist_Prole]

40. I only had to endure a few glimpses; 10 or 12 minutes total

It was on our break room TV at work. Much consternation among some co-workers whether or not to have it on. Ironically, most were progressives wanting it on for entertainment value. I saw/heard only as long as it took to microwave my dinner and eat quickly, and refill my water bottle several times.

Summation, and noting no particular candidate(s):

-Much vitriol as they tried to out-do each other as the ultimate hawk willing/wishing to go to war...and use the big stuff.

-Pandering to christian fundamentalists; pro-life this, values that.

-An utterly pathological steadfast belief in trickle down economics, with the most outspoken ones trumpeting their bonafides.

To me, it wasn't entertainment. It was infuriating.

[progressoid]

41. Listened to some Mahler.

[zentrum]

43. Not watching.

Wrote Wasserman-Schultz though and told her to have more debates and to start doing it soon.

[SmittynMo]

45. You were smart

Although this debate seemed to be better than the other, I can sum it up to you in one sentence

The GOP is one fine display of hateful, loud mouthed, war mongering people.

P.S. They absolutely hate Clinton and Obama. (So nothing new there)

[BigDemVoter]

46. Same here. . . .

I just can't stomach watching the clown debates, but I don't mind reading the hilarious summaries of the debates on DU. . .

[abelenkpe]

47. Went swimming

Was it entertaining?

[47of74]

48. There was beer to drink.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

49. I watched the first one- didn't watch this one. Just wasn't in the mood.

Just watching the Young Turks' analysis now. Sounds like it would have been fun to watch with a few friends and maybe two rounds of drinks.

[litlbilly]

50. i did not watch one second. tomorrow will have to watch rachael tho, Bernie is her interview...

[Samantha]

51. I couldn't watch because I needed to take out the trash -- same thing (n/t)

[liberal_at_heart]

52. I didn't watch. Like you I don't give a flying fuck and I had better things to do.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

53. Grilled chicken quarters....

Served with beans and baked potato.

Then installed Linux on a laptop for a friend.

[Feeling the Bern]

54. I didn't watch. I'll watch Adult Swim because at least those cartoon characters are funny.

[Zorra]

55. I haven't had a TV for 40 years, and recommend killing your televison, but

not watching the Idiots of the Idiocracy perform live on stage is a step in the right direction.


How can any intelligent person watch that shit?

[Blue_In_AK]

57. I wasn't the least bit interested.

[bernmobile2016]

58. I didnt either

I had to have sex...MUCH more important!

[Quackers]

59. My wife and I watched Get Hard, a Will Farrell movie.

[mnhtnbb]

61. With you. Didn't watch the first and won't watch any.

[Waiting For Everyman]

63. I watched the new Million Dollar Listing LA.

I'm a big Flagg fan. But I wouldn't have watched the clown car anyway, if anything, clips the next day is good enough for them.

[hobbit709]

64. Watched Mythbusters reruns-much more intelligent and entertaining.

[Stellar]

65. I didn't watch either one.

Why watch when they will talk about it on the news for a week or more.

[LWolf]

66. What debates?

I was at work for more than 11 hours...got home at 7:30 or so, and had to do barn chores, feed critters, make dinner, and fall in bed so I could be up again at 4.

I didn't even know there WERE debates.

[TacoD]

67. I was replaying Fallout: New Vegas - great game (nt)

[nadinbrzezinski]

68. Sorry, I was out in the streets covering a local event from the NCAAP

oh wait I am not supposed to care. Ooopsie. I was told this here by a couple people with specific names, They got their wish, no link to it from me.

Writing the story at oh shit it is early though.

[lonestarnot]

69. Nope. I've seen enough of der crap.

[Baitball Blogger]

75. What poor planning on my part.

I had to watch a backlog of Cupcake War episodes to free up space on the DVR.

[muntrv]

76. Should say "I didn't watch the derp fest tonight" thread.

[liberal N proud]

77. We already know/knew what they were about - no point in torturing ourselves.

There are plenty of clips, stories and other tripe that gives us any low-lights from the circus.

[broiles]

79. Watched the Rangers whip up on the Astros. It was heavenly.