Overall it feels like the room in 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Also the shot immediately before that of Hanzee emerging from the trees with his M-65 and rifle was very cool.

"You can say that again!"

Don't be. The actual piece ends with the unfortunate quote: "'Charlie's outlook is positive,' said one informant." Which, phrasing.

Never thought I'd say this, AV Club, but The National Enquirer link is dead.

The East African embassy bombings were a major sign post. Steve Coll and Lawrence Wright are great on this issue.

Moving, seeing this page after being logged out for the last 4-5 hours. As a dual-national, my maternal family is all in Paris. They're all good and were more or less on lockdown at home. Numb anger feels pretty useless, but there it is.

I fear we have awakened a sleeping giant.

I wouldn't be so quick to discount historical and cultural influences on standards of beauty, though. Look at images of women in the illuminated manuscript era. High foreheads and protruding stomachs abound.

Dr. Krieger, call your office.

He's also drinking so I say we give him a pass.

Listening to the GOP talk healthcare at the most recent debate was like intercepting radio dispatches from an alien civilization.

Not a huge fan of Cuba Gooding Jr.'s take on Mike Milligan in the header.

A perennial favorite.

Jon Stewart really needs a hobby now.

“Thank You For Your Friendship” is some secular, communist, milquetoast bullshit.

This aggression will not stand, man.

You know who wasn't laughing at Fargo at all? John Kasich. Kasich was so offended when he rented the movie that he demanded Blockbuster pull the movie from its shelf. His retrospective was fucking priceless:

I did not watch my buddies die face down in the muck so Annie Hall would win.

Yet another StarWipe sock puppet.