I find it stranger to pretend there were any proper Star Wars movies at all between 1985 and 2015.

Great! Since everybody who really wanted to see it already saw it on Thursday, it’s safe to expect my Saturday night showing won’t be too full, right?

Coming this summer to a theater near you, Tessa Thompson and Emma Thompson are... The Thompson Twins!

It’s not exactly new, it’s an adaptation of a fantastic New Zealand comedy starring half of Flight of the Conchords and the director of Thor: Ragnarok. And yes, I am very interested. I’ll binge it when the season is over.

Politics Corner - The Cycle of Violence Continues. After the horrific white supremacist terrorist attack in New Zealand, I wrote at length about the injustice and catastrophic consequences of Islamaphobia. A big part of that concerned how collective blame is at the root of most of humanity’s greatest atrocities. Now…

Politics Corner - The Supreme Court has taken up its first major LGBTQ rights case since Kennedy was replaced by Kavanaugh, and it’s a big one. Are these Americans protected from employment discrimination under the laws that ban discrimination based on sex? The obvious answer should be yes, and not because…

Plunging white birth rates is an argument FOR immigration, not against it. Demographically, if we don’t maintain a viable worker:retired ratio, we’re screwed. I have zero issue with people pointing that out - I wish everybody knew that. I see no evidence that Yang is making any efforts to cultivate support from Neo…

I’ll credit you for bringing up specific quotes I wasn’t aware of, but I don’t consider SJW or virtue signaling to be alt-right terms. I really hate the term SJW, and it’s definitely the nomenclature of right-wing dbags who think there’s something perjorative about fighting for social justice, but sans any racial…

What did Buttigieg do wrong in the war? Knowing you, it would shock me if you had any answer for that beyond blaming him for other people’s actions. Do you always support judging and punishing individuals based on what group they’re in, or just when you don’t like that person? Either way, that’s terrible, but you’ve…

I like a good ‘dumb stuff people say on the internet' thread as much as anybody, but this seems particularly mean spirited.

The attack on Buttigieg tripped my BS alarm pretty hard. But if you actually do have something to back it up beyond an out of context three word snippet from 4 years ago that so distorts the meaning it flips the actual message of the speech 180 degrees, I’d be interested to hear it.

Politics Corner - FINALLY! Edition. Mueller’s report came out, and it exposed sooo many lies from the administration - including some critical lies from AG Barr. Mueller came to the conclusion that he didn’t have enough proof to prove a criminal conspiracy beyond a reasonable doubt, but he didn’t conclude that no…

Politics Corner - It’s Mueller Time? Maybe? edition. The redacted Mueller Report will be released at 10:30 AM Eastern. I’m not going to try to read the tea leaves to guess what’s in it. And when I tried divination by throwing bones, my answers conflicted with what the flight patterns of the birds augured, so unlike…

Politics Corner - Islamaphobia, Good or Bad? edition. It’s bad. If you’re reading this, you probably know that already. Bigotry is wrong. Don’t be bigots, guys. Unfortunately, a lot of people haven’t learned that lesson. And just as bad, a bunch of other, very powerful people know it’s bad, but are willing to tolerate…

Politics Corner doesn’t have any big news story today dying to be dissected. I keep meaning to do a Brexit write up, because they’ve been on the brink of leaving the EU for a while now. But I don’t feel any more sense of urgency than the British parliament. We could be on the precipice of Brexit for years to come.…

I explained in detail why what she said ISN’T antisemitic or anti-American. Can you explain why you think it is? Please be specific. For instance, how is her four words, out of context, minimizing 9/11?

Politics Corner - This Shit Again!? Edition. A combination of opportunistic demagogues and bigoted idiots are super pissed because of a purposeful misinterpretation of what Rep Ilhan Omar said. Again. This time they think, or claim to think, Omar described 9/11 as “some people did something.” The thing is, she never…

Josh Gad AND corporate cross-promotion!? Sign me up!

Politics Corner - Death of the Peace Process edition. Bibi Netanyahu called for new elections to distract from and delay his pending indictment for corruption. He pursued a strategy of firing up his right-wing base, most notably by promising to annex the highly illegal settlements that have been slowly but surely…

Thanks for the well wishes. Thankfully, I got through the epic flooding unscathed. The biggest impact I had was wrecking a tire in one of our countless gargantuan potholes. I’m very glad I don’t live in a flood plain - people just a mile or two away from me had it much, much worse.