Shearer's argument should resonate with anyone who truly understands exactly how the rich manage to keep getting richer in this country, whilst the poor keep getting poorer.

I'm sure many people who voted for Obama based on the extremely explicit statements coming out of his mouth-hole on national television for the entirety of his campaign believed they were voting for someone who was less corporatist.

Seconded. The guest stars and supporting cast hamming things up has been the sole redeeming quality of this show for a long time. The whole enterprise would be made infinitely superior by dumping Tapping's character and the Sanctuary, or at least turning them into background noise, and instead diving whole-hog into…

Seemed solid. Dean's a myopic hypocrite - just like anyone who entrusts themselves with the powers of judge, jury and executioner. He'll betray his principles and beliefs whenever it's convenient, but nevertheless he has core values that have been burned into his brain by his upbringing, and he retreats to them when…

The reason that was a laugh-worthy line is because it was shorthand for "everything you say is canned, unfunny, crazy kvetching AND YOU ARE A HORRIBLE PERSON AND NO ONE WILL EVER LOVE YOU."

Didn't we all agree on this? You are allowed to refer to anything you dislike as "double plus ungood" for the sake of hyperbole, but if you fucking DARE to refer to something as "triple plus ungood," you are going to reap the motherfucking whirlwind, because you do not joke around about "triple plus ungood." Ever. If…

According to Rich People Logic, it's only class warfare if the Enemy starts fighting back. Until then it's something much kinder and gentler and more civilized.

Seconded. It'd be a crying shame to have the Lovecraft connection go out with that pathetic whimper from last season.

Men in Black meets The Office (UK.) Two glorified government janitors, once ambitious and career-driven, are worn down to schlubby, alcoholic husks of humanity by the strain of the doublethink that allows them to lead normal, relatively oblivious lives while also being paid by the federal government (which is never…

You'd think with so many black witches around that institutionalized slavery might not have been all that viable. Or is the implication that all of American slavery was in fact a giant undercover operation, with some of the agents eventually turning colors and serving the vampires instead - maybe because the locals…

I don't think I can watch this show anymore, which is sad, because every once in awhile there's a really great, snappy piece of dialogue. Tonight I was smiling at both "I'm feeling kinda slutty!" and "because I actually like myself." Somebody, somewhere, has a good ear.