Is it a stage illusionist, and is the person being divided a pretty lady in fancy stockings?

That's Mussolini you're thinking of.

Hitler's interest in economics was pretty minimal, and the amount of actual Communist-style societal overthrow that took place during the regime was pretty minimal and basically died when the SA leadership got wiped out. Hitler's basic motivations were aesthetic. I think that that's an import thing to remember when…

Even the Nazis had their limits. Even Hitler wasn't into that Odin-worshiping stuff and knew that archeological attempts to link Germanic civilization to some supposed "original" human civilization were more-or-less complete nonsense.

Right in the schnozzola!

Yeah, I dunno. The logic is impeccable, but there was an article in the Atlantic the other day that argued that the groups with the most to lose in Trump's America aren't Jews, who are very well represented in the administration, but non-documented residents and Muslims. I know the alt-right has made a lot of noise,…

That's one hell of a therapy group. Isn't there a coordinator or moderator or you know, a therapist there to shut that sort of stuff down?

Because Shia is a ridiculous celebrity and that's what this site is, at its root, about. Of course, the story is tinged with sadness and despair, but then, so are a lot of things these days.

True. They also tried to "Nazify" Christianity by ridding it of its Jewish, "meek shall in inherit the earth" thing by inventing something called "Positive Christianity." That sounds lamer than any youth group you've ever been to. It pretty much petered out in the mid-thirties.

Oddly enough, in Fury Shia's character tried to turn Pitt — and everyone else in the tank — into a Very Serious Christian.

I'm reading Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch right now and it's much better than Safran-Foer's book, but I'm still getting uncomfortable flashbacks.

Shut up and give an interview.

Actually, he was a dude named Tree.

They inspect, we comply!

"Believe" makes me feel kinda wistful. The video, which is a straight 2001: A Space Odyssey rip, is also kinda cool.

Oof. She carry around a tarot deck, too?

Pearl Jam's a seventies-fetishist guitar band. It ain't a shock that Jeff's not to interested in rap, and I don't think he's obligated to be. Critics have to be even-handed, but musicians can like what they like and disregard the rest.

You're probably right in terms of influence. That was sort of a gut reaction. I grew up on punk and psychedelia, and have only really dipped my toe into metal. I tend to like the drone/doom variety that sounds like either really loud ambient or really heavy shoegaze. Nothing — and I mean nothing — turns me off like a…

Honestly, I thought they just made a bunch of vaguely bluesy, inarticulate moaning noises.

Joy Div, too, I think.