Episode from 11-25-2018

Something happened way sooner than I think that it probably should have. But this post is a landmark one. This is the 100^th post of this blog. Isn’t that special? I doubt that this would have happened as soon as it did were it not for the pure political posts that I did of this blog. We’ve had a strange ride. It was a long time before I started doing these updates on time. But I should be doing it that way for as long as possible until this show ends. What’s amazing and kind of dumb is how little this blog is actually about the TV show Madam Secretary.

Let’s get to the results of the Indiana senate race. I tried to donate to Joe Donnelly, but I don’t know if he actually got the money or not. He was the incumbent Democrat in the race. He is very moderate as he votes with Trump a very high amount of time for a Democrat. He is pro-life too. But that wasn’t good enough for them and now Republican Mike Braun will be in office instead of Joe starting on January 3^rd of next year.

When it came to the other Republicans in the primary that ran against Mike, I was thinking that while I didn’t want Joe to lose, I wanted him to lose to Mike and not the other two radicals in the race. I think that Time Magazine even called Mike a more sensible politician or something along the lines of that. (I have not read this article in question yet, although I might bring it up later, perhaps in Latin just to keep things interesting. Of course, Google translate would need a Latin option.) Since the donation to him failed, this means that it will be reassigned. I will explain more how later.

Let’s hope that Mike isn’t bad like I think (I think he is good, if that’s not clear, although I would have still preferred Joe to win) and we will see what happens in 2024 when his seat is up for reelection again. For now, I have to get to something more important in today’s world.

Perhaps by now you have heard of Brian Kemp, the governor elect of Georgia. He made headlines for purging the voting roles of minority voters and thus misusing his power as Secretary of State of Georgia (although he resigned officially shortly after the election). There’s a reason that democracy, or whatever type of government you call our country’s, is in serious peril due to the likes of people like him. I have not done the math to see if his opponent could have won with these votes nor do I know if they were actually prevented from voting. But Brian is now such a terrible Republican that he is almost certain to run for president in the future.

There’s talk about voter fraud

But it’s often thought of as broad

We then get suppression

That causes oppression

It’s a dangerous road that is trod

Movie update: On Friday, I watched Pocahontas and that is now Vantage Point. On Saturday, I watched Ghost Town and that is now The Lion King. On Sunday, I watched some of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and its replacement will be mentioned in the next post since I had to pause it in order to watch primetime.

I check the games before primetime at around 5:50. My main CBS affiliate is showing a game that is tied between the Pittsburg Steelers and the Denver Broncos. Didn’t they meet in post season back in 2016? FOX isn’t showing sports. I check my other CBS affiliate and they are airing the same game. I might have to work on the next political post of this blog because I will have to post one of those in place of any episode that doesn’t air that’s supposed to. I just don’t want it to be the 100^th post instead of this one. But I guess that we’ll see what happens.

Sticking with the game after 6, I see the Broncos get a touchdown and then a field goal. Thus, they are now in the lead. FOX is airing The Cool Kids at 6. This has to be a rerun and I won’t care enough to watch it at this point in time.

Here is what the epg says is happening in the 60 Minutes episode tonight: Scott Pelley reports on the thousands of migrant children who were separated from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border under the Trump Administration; Lesley Stahl explores cleanup efforts after the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan. I’m guessing that the border crisis will get two parts.

The Broncos end up winning the game in question due to an end zone interception. I don’t think that the shows will start at the 30 minute mark break, but I won’t be able to know for a bit whether or not it will be on that much of a break or not. I decide to watch Bob’s Burgers at 6:30, even though I have seen the episode in question before.

Today’s episode is brought to you by 33 minute delay. We begin with a person listening to music as he enters the office. This person is Blake. He gets a reminder that he’s getting fired in three days. We then get to Elizabeth talking to Henry. She talks about an upcoming trip to Haiti. There is some other issue that I miss a bit of. The person who lost the election in Haiti thinks that there were issues with it that effectively robbed him of it. Blake and Jay talk about what should be done in the future. Blake does not know what to do.

The diplomat arrives at the office. One of his workers talks to Matt about his speeches that he writes for Elizabeth. She then talks to him about various issues that they want solved. He wants to usher in a new day for the future of his country. He is turning down assistance. This opponent then talks about stuff and is then bringing in the crisis of the week.

In segment two, Conrad talks about what they should do now that the dictator of Haiti lost reelection and won’t step down. Blake can’t figure out what to do with finding a new job and talks to Jay about it. Elizabeth is worried about a burial place. Matt wants to get rid of Danny, the speechwriter of the newly elected president of Haiti. Elizabeth and Jay talk more about the situation while Blake has issues talking for some reason. Conrad orders an invasion of Haiti. She talks to Conrad about this, since she did not know about it in advance. Jabar being installed could be an issue since he might not be seen as official in a way. That’s why they have to trend carefully.

In segment three, Elizabeth wonders what the best way to handle the situation at hand is. Talking to an official over Skype, she tries to figure out a solution. Matt has to deal with issues and learns about the father of Danny and issues with him. I think that it relates to something like blacklisting. The McCords then talk about whether or not they should be buried in Arlington. Not much can be gained from that part of the conversation at this point in time. Elizabeth talks to the dictator who won’t accept any deals and thinks that his fighters are better.

In segment four, Blake then wonders more about his job and he talks to Bob, the janitor, about what he should be doing. I wish that I didn’t get Blake and Jay confused so much as I find them hard to tell from one another. Which one has curly hair? Elizabeth tries to talk about what’s going on to him. Blake is the right person that I’m thinking about and he is the straight haired person. While in the situation room, he reveals the leverage that they have is in the form of possibly illegal banks in that country. Elizabeth then tells Jabal about this, which causes the military to back him. But the dictator still won’t back down and he barricades himself in a place with some loyal followers.

In segment five, Jabal tries to work out a deal and has to accept a deal in order to get him to walk away from the deal. The US is helping Haiti because of a deal that was made that helped both of the countries in question. Matt seems to make amends with what is going on with the Haitian speechwriter. It is then that Elizabeth talks to Blake about how he is now her assistant policy adviser. What was his job before? I get confused. Elizabeth talks about how she has never been to her parent’s graves since they were put there. That seems weird to me. She finally goes there with the rest of her family. There is then a CBS cares update about skin cancer. They barely mentioned it in this episode, though.

There are no scenes from next time so I don’t think that there will be a new episode next week. It makes sense since they are promoting some concert special or something like that. We’ll see when the next update is and if it will be about an episode of this show or something political. I don’t know yet what blog could wind up with a low number in the end causing an update of a different blog. But I will say that I hope that I can have something written about it when the time comes. I don’t think that you should have much to worry about. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.