Bartman didn't even make that much of a difference. If Alou hadn't made the catch it would have been the same outcome- a foul. If he does, he makes the out, but that wouldn't alter the Cubs' bullpen meltdown. Nor would it alter Gonzalez suddenly becoming a one-armed shortstop the next day.

And apropos, and of all the comments downthread — let's not avoid the elephant in the room. The churches that commission stuff like Hillsong are overwhelmingly white.

I think there's a huge difference between saying "I don't like Clinton but I will vote for her" and "Clinton can do no wrong."

He did win office, he was in the Louisiana house of representatives.

Because it wasn't something that anyone really cared about before. Health issues are usually a non-issue, even with Regan (who was pretty old when he was elected) it was at most a side issue. There's a lot of sort of sexist baggage that comes with much of the Hillary coverage (example, how Matt Lauer treated her…

See above about why I think the "Ralph Nader made Gore Lose" is not quite right. Had Gore gotten his former constituents to vote for him in Tennessee Florida would not have mattered one bit. Nobody has won the presidency without their home state — not in a century at least. The Gore campaign had a bunch of problems.

Wiki uses Orange for the Old segregationists, neon green for Progressives (1912 & 1924) and a dark red for socialists. They are using yellow for Gary Johnson and green (of course) for Stein, and purple for the Constitution Party.

Also Gore would have been the only presidential candidate to lose his home state and win the presidency. Basically, if you lose your home state (we'll call that the one you hold office in for the moment) you have very little chance of winning, because if they won't vote for you who will?

I'm going to throw out something here, and it's been bothering me for a while as we watch the show.

"The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun" was pretty damned funny when it came out, but yeah, a post Columbine world makes it a bit weirder. I recall that "Transfusion" also got a lot of play on Dr. Demento (it's where i first heard it).

We had those where I grew up (I was 15 when Terminator hit the theaters) and the movies were "old" by today's standards — usually a few months or more into their theatrical run. But the time compression then wasn't so crazy, I think.

Yay! New Englandahs represent. I volunteered at the Museum of Science oh so long ago, and spent some time in that area.

I wonder if it's because the Academie Française version of French they teach is considered "proper" even by French speakers? That is, in English classes they teach the "six o'clock news" English you hear on CNN, effectively, and that's considered the right way (or "received pronunciation" if you're British). But that…

Now I want to see that. I'm from near there, (the North Shore) and I myself saw a lot of changes in the former "combat zone" over by the Common and the stretch by North Station. The cleanup was as dramatic as what happened to Times Square (Perhaps more so). Some areas have resisted gentrification, and it's interesting…

Speaking of Nimoy autobiographies, I have a copy of I Am Spock and I always thought it would be a great companion to the earlier work I Am Not Spock.

which do you think is his first? Transformer?

Something tells me even going through the motions wouldn't be bad. Especially at a venue in NYC.

Funny about the memories of R.E.M. I remember on a small black and white TV seeing the video for "Can't Get There From Here" — the old one, which was delightfully weird. And then hearing "Driver 8." It was oh, 1984-85 or so.

Speaking as a martial artist myself I can tell you — it doesn't even need to be in the throat or groin. Getting clocked in the ribs with a shin kick hurts, as does getting smacked in the back of the head — and that was with a guy with gloves on.

Also @disqus_Z9kGLrBDhe:disqus — the thing is, I don't think Lee's work is particularly "realistic." I think you're right about the power fantasy, though.