I’m not telling you to run along. I have made about 20 calls to reporters today to get them to report on Hillary’s campaign finance fraud. I really am busy and hope to have more time to talk later. I’ve got to put up a post for Ed Rendell that I hope will give him heartburn.
Fair enough. It sounded a bit rude and dismissive, which is why I raised the issue. I didn't know if you meant it that way, which is why I didn't snark back. If you say your post wasn't dismissive, then it wasn't. That's good enough for me.
Deadline [ded-line], n.1, An arbitrary point in time when anything before is incomplete, and anything after is late. Usually a blunt instrument used by an editor to cudgel (q.v.) a writer or reporter.
I'm a big fan of Ambrose Bierce's "The Devil's Dictionary." The above is offered in that spirit.