Yeah, it’s a reverse of the mind trick scene in TFA, where Rey suddenly knows what Kylo won’t admit, that he’ll never be as powerful as Darth Vader. If she can pluck his repressed fears out of his head, surely he can do it to her.

While I don’t think it’s been explicitly confirmed, the opera scene in RotS heavily implies that Darth Plagueis used the Force the cause Anakin’s conception. Palpatine’s comment is that “[Plagueis] could use the Force to influence the midichlorians to create life,” and the only instance we know of that ever having…

The prequels gave us midichlorians, but the idea of a family legacy has always been a part of the story. In the first act of the first film, we learn that farmboy Luke is actually the son of a Jedi knight and the best star pilot in the galaxy, and Ben bequeaths his father’s legacy upon Luke when he gives him Anakin’s…

This is exactly how I feel about it. Even just refusing to give Rey a last name was a deliberately suspicious choice. We’ve got official surnames for an endless cast of nobodies, from Ponda Boba to Elan Sel’Sabagno, but they forgot to give one to the heroine of this new trilogy? If she was always supposed to be no one…

Meyer should have canned Zach Smith in 2015, but that wouldn’t have helped Courtney any. Zach’s not getting another high-profile coaching job like he had with the Buckeyes, so all being fired would accomplish is a big cut in the alimony and child support payments Courtney gets. Zach would still be out on the street…

“that file was sealed until recently to protect Zach Smith’s career”

Bruce was a lover and a fighter!

I don’t see how Lee DOESN’T get the drop on him. Ali started boxing at 12, all his fight training was built on western boxing orthodoxy - in a ring, nothing below the belt, against an opponent who plays by the same rules. Lee’s not going to come at Ali AS a boxer, he’s going to go for Ali’s legs and beat him on the…

“sports fandom ... is a fucking disease”

Meyer does have Tim Tebow’s number...

This is a bullshit ploy to trick gullible gun nuts into giving them money. After eight years of drumming up sales with “Obama’s gonna take your guns!” paranoia, they need a new gimmick to spur memberships and donations. Waiting to capitalize on another school shooting isn’t lucrative enough, so they’re taking a page…

Yeah, if you want to fly a flag that symbolizes overthrowing British rule, the actual US flag would seem the obvious choice there.

Winning isn’t rare at Ohio State, and Urban Meyer isn’t any more precious to the school than Woody Hayes and Jim Tressell were. I don’t think he lasts the month.

My five year old loves that song, slam dances to it in the living room like a buffalo stampede. I expect child protective services to arrive before week’s end.

The Chief Noc-A-Homa caricature was abominable. Tomahawks... eh. Swords and spears and shit.

He was never even charged with anything.

It absolutely was. There was a story two weeks back about a container ship of soybeans literally racing the clock to get into a Chinese harbor before the tariff was officially implemented. Third quarter growth is going to be half of the second quarter number.

Yeah, I can’t say I have high expectations for Pelosi House 2.0, but at this point, a Congress that does nothing at all would represent a tremendous improvement.

Thanks for posting. I knew 538 had a copy but was a pain trying to find on my phone.

In terms of actual indictments rendered, this investigation is rocketship fast compared to other executive branch inquiries. With impeachment incredibly unlikely in a split Senate, I’m all for this whole thing dragging out into 2020...