MATCH POINT!!!!

it's a natural mullet.

It's mostly because of how publicly they protest. They announce, probably press release and I wouldn't be surprised if they got permits occasionally. Cops protect them from other people which can also help prevent them from reaching more people. They get things thrown at them, bomb threats, probably lots of online…

it's not a Fred Phelps strategy. It's a litigious cult strategy that is also used by Scientology. The difference being that the Phelps grow their legal team from within.

Most importantly, WBC is a cult. Their children and converts are brainwashed and then conditioned to consider that family their world. They think their hate is God's love. That they're saving people by screaming at them. When people hate them back, it solidifies that feedback loop. Others hate them because their…

They're true believers but not solely in the Bible. They're believers in Fred Phelps' particular brand of religion. They do believe in what they're doing but they are MOSTLY a cult using primarily their own children as converts.

oh yeah. Jews, baptists, anybody. I think when they protest locally, they've got to really dig for new topics

they've planned off and on to travel there in some sort of rapture-like event. After the power switch where Shirley was skipped over for leader, I'm not sure if they know what their next steps are.

Treating them like human beings (while tip toeing around their beliefs) can also help. I befriended Meghan Phelps-Roeper on twitter based primarily on talking about books, family, etc. Meghan and Grace left the church, i think partially because of them interacting with regular people on social media.

I've assigned my husband (who resembles Pratt) to get this for a Halloween costume. For Halloween and... other uses.

And a cinnamon roll!

Don't mention the war. I did it once but I think I got away with it. #fawltytowers4eva

FARK is also a go to site for talk radio and news shows with it's range of soft puff pieces and rarer sources for major news. I hope that because of this, news orgs will pay extra attention to these new moderation rules.

SCIENTOLOGIST!!!!! which breaks my heart since he was good in Smith's films as part of his gang and I loved him in Chasing Amy.

I nanny a kid named Champ. That's his legal name AND it's a family name that goes back generations. We're all weird.

Yeah, but it's Kevin Smith. I don't think many people can look at Smith and think the name is some pretentious b.s. He would've named his kid Harley Quinn whether he married an USA Today reporter or a Red Bank, NJ video clerk.

That's also true but "we are Chicago" and "This is Chicago" are my war cries when there's good news. With 28 people shot over the weekend, this is good news.

THIS is Chicago.

I'm assuming this is about the ghost of Corey Haim and his music career. I do not wish to be corrected.

This is great. I wish it'd happen during the regular season.