So Trump has been watching Tucker go after cities with a majority liberal population. That explains his odd comments about L.A. and San Francisco last week, when he went after them while showing he didn’t know the basic political science term, “liberal democracies” and displayed that ignorance to the world (and didn’t…

“Literally nobody is saying what he did is criminal.”

When I was in elementary school Stan and Ditko’s version entertained the hell out of me. And then as a teenager Neil and his artists’ version also entertained the hell out of me. Both can be great! Here’s a great Ditko cover...

Referring to Game of Thrones leaving in the modern coffee cup in a scene when it should have been taken out.  I don’t remember seeing the museum at that point but they totally could have messed up.

She’s awesome. As a trans friend pointed out to me, if a cis straight male finds himself attracted to a trans woman whom they didn’t realize was trans... it just means they’re attracted to women (and not that they’re somehow being tricked into doing something gay, which seems to be the fear and cause of anger, however…

You are mistaken. It wasn’t a joke, or played that way. And Bendis clearly had to get permission from editorial to do the move. Bendis has been outspoken in the need for more diversity in comics in all areas, and used his powerful position in the industry to c0-create beloved characters who are not straight white…

You’re right. But I like it when there was more traditional/accessible rock or pop aspects to what they do. It’s less innovative but easier for me to get into emotionally. Gloomy AND musically challenging is too much for me!

I miss the Thom Yorke (and Radiohead) of “In Rainbows”. I fear they may have moved on for good.

Matthews is like a tactless uncle. He means well but is kind of a boob and definitely gets too caught up in the political horse race. I find him charming (not so much in his really bad question to Harris, but generally) but can see how others don’t (including Ashley, and Jon Stewart, who really picked on him.)

Buttigieg replied in Spanish after the Latinx moderator said to him, “Buenas noches.” Not sure why his replying briefly in Spanish (even if not perfect) before going to English would bother you.  It sounded respectful to me.

Harris is saying today that she misheard the question and does not favor eliminating all private health care. Whew!

Harris definitely won the exchange and the night, but busing is unpopular even among Democrats, so Harris may have caused herself a bit of trouble with that attack beyond it’s likely effectiveness tonight in getting some (maybe a lot) of the African-American vote away from Biden. She also raised her hand for…

He’s easy to mock but his critique in the debate of the idea of ending private health care within a few years to make everyone use Medicare was pretty smart and effective. I’m glad it’s being made early as candidates who support that plan need a stronger way to defend it (better to work that out early). I think the…

Huh. I thought Warren (my favorite currently) had a pretty good, but not at all great night. For me, a solid B+. While Booker, Castro, Klobuchar, and de Blasio all beat my expectations. Booker and Castro I thought had an especially strong performance (the lower expectations likely caused me to think that a bit, no…

I think because Claremont was on the book for so long, and didn’t share plot credit I think again (except maybe during the Jim Lee days?) that he’s remembered as the X-Men writer. And he was a tremendous writer. But the books are collaborations, always, and seemed to be especially so during the Byrne era.  In any…

If you haven’t checked it out yet, I’d read the Magicians books (by Lev Grossman). Feels to me a MUCH better version of what Gillen was going for (I thought Die was hard to get into as well, and not all that interesting.) There’s the TV version of The Magicians too, which is really fun at times, but I like the books…

I use Amazon, but good to keep these kind of stories in mind...
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/23/technology/amazon-domination-bookstore-books.html?searchResultPosition=33
 

As far as his appeal, dirty mursery rhymes could entertain a lot of adolescent boys in the pre-Internet age. And he’s not a bad actor, although it seems, he’s a very misguided comedian.

I really hope you’re right but given the electoral college map and the booming economy, I think it’s going to be an incredible challenge for the Dems to win. 

Reminded me of Hillary stating during the first debate that Trump, “loves beauty contests. Supporting them and hanging around them.”