well OK, maybe you just watch it for the entertainment value.....

as long as you do so with a huge dose of skepticism. I think most of us here do that.

if you believe it's mostly BS.

If one has a brain, the news and fluff can be filtered out.

I get very tired of people criticizing others for watching cable news. Frankly, it's none of your damned business what other people watch. AND, we don't have to justify our television viewing habits to you or anybody else.

to start drinking.

Onion makes a fine zakuska, sort of a food chaser, to "bite" after a shot of vodka.

If you can't find dried smoked fish or pickles. (I'd avoid the lard.)

http://www.russianvodka.com/how_to_drink_russian_vodka.html

(BTW, Polish vodka is as good--after all, Russian vodka is an instance of "cultural appropriation". When Russians say, "Why can't we have anything nice?" the usual response from their government is, "What do you want? We'll invade there next, appropriate what you want, then claim we invented it and we're just restoring historical justice as is our divine right.&quot