That’s very true but part of what’s broken about the system is that the bulk of our electorate gets “TL;DR” when a policy debate comes up, preferring to give time to the sassiest or most hyperbolic speakers. Occasionally we find people who can engage with policy on significant level *and* deliver zingers but our…

Sigh. I wish she accepted that to the point of realizing that her campaign had to have a plan for handling it when, for example, her opponent’s surrogates decided it was a good time to teach their version of, for example, Whitewater. The excerpts coming out of her book makes it sound like she thought “Well, nobody I…

Ironically, she’s dividing the party by reviving the “he’d rather burn the party down than no be its nominee!” animosity. Perhaps the original cries were a matter of projection.

Keep in mind that warrants are sometimes issued for things such as unpaid tickets or a failure to appear in court on a traffic citation.

Thank you. While as a lesbian parent she hasn’t *yet* been targeted by Trump’s policies, she was one of the groups he promised to go after, has dropped trial balloons about attacking (which in itself is an attack) and he has strongly allied himself with people who have made their life’s work attacking her rights. She…

That usually works for me but oddly during my last fruit fly invasion I bought a fresh bottle of apple cider vinegar, made some lures... and found nothing. A couple frustraded days later, I found a bunch of dead fruit flies floating on the top of the closed (as tight as I could get it without breaking the cap) bottle…

Yeah, I remember how Flockhart’s weight was scrutinized by the media. I don’t find it contradictory that some of the female cast members worked to keep her from seeing it (at much as they could, at least) while feeling pressured by producers to match her petite frame.

I watched it originally and it felt fresh then but it’s the kind of influential show that looks like a collection of tired cliches after so many shows has followed its influence. That said there are some amazing performances, the first few episodes with Lucy Liu are great. The Practice has probably aged better but…

Copying and pasting isn’t that hard, you could respond to my actual words instead of paraphrasing me in a way that greatly changes its meaning.

Misogyny will be a huge factor if only because boys are raised to think that there’s something emasculating about watching something so heavily branded/conceived with feminine viewpoints. Even if the pilot tests through the roof there’s always the chance the network will reject it as “too female” as what happened with…

Have you checked out Hulu’s Dimension 404? I though it felt like an 80s anthology show, tho it’s more about tech than horror. Still, it’s much more American and doesn’t aim so highbrow than Black Mirror so you get episodes with Constance Wu & Megan Mullaly or Patton Oswalt & Sarah Hyland. (Also it’s got Mark Hamill as…

I still remember that and rage, IIRC it was in a city with a fairly large Asian-American population like Seattle, too.

That reminds me of a reading group I participated in Hawaii. At one point we found a local author, a woman with a Japanese name, who was willing to join the group so we read one of her novels. Coming from Hawaii it didn’t phase us to learn she was a white woman with a Japanese husband (he was keeping their kids…

I loved Frontier House, it had just the right mix of reality drama and educational content. The feud between the Glenns and the Clunes was pretty great, especially since the Brooks were focused on trying to do the experiment.

Yeah, I watch him when the days news leaves me seeking some good reading. That said, it’s the Chris/Rachel combo who are kindred spirits.

I think I read somewhere that Mignola is more involved in this version and that’s the point of the reboot.

Yes! I walked out of Atomic Blonde hoping that this was the beginning of an amazingly kickass franchise.

Even better, according to a screencap going around, he asked for a men-only screening of Thor or clown-only screening of It. The response was “That It screening sounds like a great idea!”

Is this the scene you’re thinking about?

I know! I better get my fill before September 5! At least L&S2 will still be around, story isn’t as strong but its got more cute moments.