Tja.... Saturdays's news wasn't worth commenting on, but

I spent a great deal of time this morning seeing how 'Lambchop' has been doing.

Am speaking of Chris Hayes, editor at the magazine 'The Nation' and an economic whiz, and I believe he is a good friend and protogé of Rachel Maddow... she's graced the beginnings of his own show. The 'Lambchop' thing happened one of the first times he was on Rachel's show, and he was nervous and said, 'Hey, Mad!' Then excused himself. And she said, 'It's ok, Lambchop.' The rest is history.

He did some guest hosting when she was on vacation, got good ratings... so now he has his own show. Only early mornings on weekends for now....

But am very much liking what I see. He's still nervous and a bit giddy, and there are glitches in his production team... like not smoothly putting up a clip when he needs them, but it's endearing, somewhow to watch something coming together.

The show is called UP... and I still don't know why, but hey, why not?

It is a much-needed counter-balance to MSNBC'S insidious Morning Joe, where pompous bloviating and self-aggrandisement are the order of the day.

UP is immensely 'watchable'. And informative. It's sort of an informal round-table discussion with the sort of people I would love to join in and have discussions with. Geeky and charming. And Hayes has the audacity to have on conservatives... real ones... who make the discussion lively by injecting actual ideas rather than 'talking points'. I guess they are the disaffected middle who have been disowned by the right-wing. That in itself is refreshing. Everyone is polite, no one cross-talks or interrupts, and there is a lot of back and forth where people can concede that the others have a point and aren't basically wrong.

It used to be called polite discussion... way back in the mists of time before everything polarised.

It's a breath of fresh air, hey....

There is a lot of emphasis on economics, because that is what Chris Hayes really knows best, and I hear you yawn.. But it isn't like that at all. Everything is explained in layman's terms, and it is all easy to follow. And actually entertaining.

It's like being in college, or young, and in on a clique, and they throw ideas around... And there are interviews. He had one on yesterday who wants to ban Planned Parenthood... and was way too polite. That woman was a horror. The only thing missing was a string of pearls at four a.m. as she was in San Francisco and was on the 7 a.m. segment eastern time. He was way too polite. Only faux pas so far. He could have really gone at her, although he did have the facts to refute her allegations.

He just didn't state them strongly enough.

That was the only jarring note this past month. Yeah, I watched a month's worth.

So... if you're up early on a weekend, I'd recommend watching that other than the pompous idjits on the weekends who think they run the world.

Am interested in how the show will develop.

When I pulled up my browser?

Top search of the moment on German Yahoo was depression, and I don't think it was about the financial crisis. I didn't wanna look. I'm sure my dearest friend would agree. She just lost her long-time pet companion, Boy, a beautiful, beautiful black cat.

It's gonna half kill her.

And am so sorry for that.

Best news of the day?

No one was drunkenly singing in the courtyard. They gotta work tomorra...

Tja.