It's confusing having two Kara Thraces around, cause I'm not sure they agree.

It's confusing having two Kara Thraces around, cause I'm not sure they agree.

The sad thing is that most of the TV talking heads I've seen the past couple days seem to think that the debate is over and the NRA has won. They have successfully equated the regulation of guns, even clips that can hold a hundred bullets, with the taking away of "Freedom".

Citibank went ahead and purchased Travelers Group (which included Salomon Bros and Smith Barney investment houses) and owned it for about a year, technically illegally, with the approval of the Fed and Alan Greenspan ("Biggest Asshole in the Universe"-Matt Taibbi). Congress had to act in repealing Glass-Steagal to…

You're probably right. They will gloat (like they did last episode about NPR and the Giffords shooting) about how Brian Ross of ABC got the killer's name wrong, needlessly smearing a Tea Party local with the same name, because some gun nuts and the NRA provide a pre-existing narrative. I say this as someone with very…

@avclub-4c56756898d633b36107f305da70351d:disqus I used to get the "you're too nice" brush off. One time in high school I thought I had a shot with a tall blond Scandinavian girl, till she slept with the quarterback. Guess I was too respectful or something, when all I really wanted to do was get her on the floor so our…

@avclub-4c56756898d633b36107f305da70351d:disqus I used to get the "you're too nice" brush off. One time in high school I thought I had a shot with a tall blond Scandinavian girl, till she slept with the quarterback. Guess I was too respectful or something, when all I really wanted to do was get her on the floor so our…

The problem with Maria was that Louie doesn't go down on a first date. We found that out in the Melissa Leo episode.

The problem with Maria was that Louie doesn't go down on a first date. We found that out in the Melissa Leo episode.

@avclub-0a7d7a81e8e3a20e4c34748e98ef45f6:disqus I see your point, but I wouldn't call Ed O'Neill pretty.

@avclub-0a7d7a81e8e3a20e4c34748e98ef45f6:disqus I see your point, but I wouldn't call Ed O'Neill pretty.

Does he still claim to worship that Roman snake god, Glycon? That occult magic stuff makes me laugh and, to his credit, Moore seems to wink at the fact that the Glycon cult was manufactured by its supposed prophet to make money.

Does he still claim to worship that Roman snake god, Glycon? That occult magic stuff makes me laugh and, to his credit, Moore seems to wink at the fact that the Glycon cult was manufactured by its supposed prophet to make money.

Moore's next gig will be on MAD magazine movie parodies.

Moore's next gig will be on MAD magazine movie parodies.

Take it with a grain of salt, but Chris Matthews made some comments this past week (the show where he interviewed Jeff Daniels) that seemed to vouch for the verisimilitude (more truthlikeness than truthiness) of the daily turmoil of arguing with his EP and other producers in his attempt to "sharpen" the news.

Take it with a grain of salt, but Chris Matthews made some comments this past week (the show where he interviewed Jeff Daniels) that seemed to vouch for the verisimilitude (more truthlikeness than truthiness) of the daily turmoil of arguing with his EP and other producers in his attempt to "sharpen" the news.

My girlfriend's seen it and loves it. I haven't and don't care.

My girlfriend's seen it and loves it. I haven't and don't care.

@avclub-d892cfee412f049ca3da7ada13bcf9ff:disqus I carry Kierkegaard's Either/Or. I especially like the sections on the musical erotic (erotic musicals?) and the Diary of a Seducer, until you get to the part where he skips over the consummation of the seduction.