@disqus_okgItcD0yy:disqus - oh, I know, I'm part German myself! There's a family story about how my Great-Grandfather got beaten up and forced to kiss an American Flag during WWI - for no better reason than speaking German to his brother while walking! My Great-Grandmother still spoke German, but nobody else on that…

Yep, @sir_winston_douchechill:disqus ….

Said Richard Castle to Kate Beckett, or Kate Beckett to Richard Castle, at least once a year, @babybiceps:disqus !

@nerdrrage:disqus - absolutely! Most resistance fighters tend to be malcontents of one kind or another, a point made in Marcel Ophüls's documentary about France during the Nazi occupation, the Sorrow and the Pity.

It could be an alternate universe where the Japanese Internment didn't happen, @disqus_okgItcD0yy:disqus - because, oh, maybe the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor this time!

@disqus_okgItcD0yy:disqus - Fuck no it doesn't!

Ah - yes, @sir_winston_douchechill:disqus .

@sir_winston_douchechill:disqus - does anybody actually believe that, or is it just an easy way to say "OMFG, a lot of bad shit that never should have happened happened, and a lot of people I like/admire/recognize died this year! How much more grieving are we going to have to do…?"

RIP to Debbie Reynolds, one of the last of the Old Hollywood Stars.

Somebody's probably already posted this here, but - Debbie Reynolds died today, a day after daughter Carrie Fisher did.

Gods - like is kind of sucking this year, huh?

Paleo-Cinema and The Martian Drive-in Podcast host Terry Frost grumbled on Facebook today about people blaming 2016 for all the deaths of celebrities and Trump's election with "Fuck 2016!" I like Terry, but sometimes he carries atheist rationalism even further than Richard Dawkins….

Maybe Battlestar Galactica, @avclub-705562aaa4a5b85bfa44373d8e6bf234:disqus ?

Not quite, but I like where your head's at, @SpiderFan14:disqus .

SOMEWHERE down that line there has to be a Progressive Democrat, @avclub-705562aaa4a5b85bfa44373d8e6bf234:disqus !

So we're stuck with some floppy-haired jerkwad pretending to be Lex Luthor again?

Somewhere in the midst of all this, I forgot to offer my condolences to George Michael's loved ones, and to his fans.

THIS IS AN IMAGINARY STORY: What if Barack Obama Was The Flash?

@avclub-0bb1967f8bcb488fb9354b97613cfc04:disqus - most likely, however it would have likely have also led to a condition similar to apartheid in the American South.

@avclub-c75240db34e6c66c3fcd8f7c74188f87:disqus - there's this how-to book written by Tom Clancy, see? It's called Debt of Honor -