We literally nuked the land around Chernobyl... and it now has one of the largest animal populations in the world (fish, deer, and wolves are doing remarkably well).  As the buildings there rot and collapse and the land remains uninhabitable to humans... nature continues to find a way.

WWE is the MLB of wrestling. Get your broadcast money from a fixed group of enthusiasts willing to pay for your content and relatively consistent gates from live events. In both instances, the product’s place in the larger cultural landscape is dwindling, but the money coming in is better than ever.

The intersection of “world leaders with near absolute power” and “world leaders who compassionately rule for the greater good” is very sparsely populated!

Dany’s turn is great with me.  She deserved a Walter White level story arc to get there (much more than the handful of minutes it received).

“Unstable woman not capable of leading.  Likely set up a private raven server in her government office.”

“Breaking Bad” culminated in a story arc that showed us who Walter White had become. “The Sopranos” did the same with Tony. “The Shield” with Vic Mackey. “Deadwood” (hopefully!) will end showing who Al Swearengen really is.

I’m regularly on www.reddit.com/r/BeholdTheMasterRace

Mein Kempf was taken out of context.

Whew lord! When the Cubs banned that guy for doing it, the Sports sub on Reddit was FILLED with all the old talking points (“paranoid libs” “4chan hoax” “free speech” “SJW’s offended by everything”).

Because foosball

That PR firm was WILDLY successful in populating bots online on tons of platforms that all essentially said the same thing... “watch the full 3 hour and 29 video or you can have no opinion... they’re the victims.” Their preposterous lawsuits against the Washington Post and CNN will go nowhere... but the PR firm was…

When the WWF finally had to give up the pretense of sport, it allowed them to go batshit crazy with gimmicks, angles, and stories.  That was the basis of the Hulk Hogan era boom that cemented the product in the broader fabric of culture.  If wrestling had continued to try to play it legit, it very well could have gone…

Two years out with an extensive apology tour, maybe some jail time, separation from family, and a league minimum contract with a relatively squeaky clean contender would be a possibility...

He’ll never play another down in the NFL.  This was his (however unearned) chance at redemption.  And he abused a toddler.  “Hey- that guy breaks kids’ arms and punches them in the chest because he needs his family to be terrified of him” would be the only story in any game he plays in.  The league is about asses in…

much has been written about how this is to ensure that we are not throwing well-heeled whites in jail

Fantasy sports and the popular rise of “analytics” has done owners such a favor. Fans should be saying “please sign good players” but instead rationalize team expenditures and future salary flexibility and finding low-cost market inefficiencies and what-not.  Owners must be like “wow... they’re actively encouraging us…

Barr was not shooting for usability in releasing this.

I don’t know if it’s a drinking thing. Like, “Jacob Wohl does moronic thing” is such a rote piece now that I expect they did it with a “time to make the donuts” level of resigned obligation to do an unpleasant part of one’s job.

Glenn Close is so underappreciated by the stupid awards show circuit that it borders on criminal. Her season on The Shield as a leader gleefully endorsing asset seizure as the best way stop crime was chilling. She got your sympathy despite the nastiness of what she was about. It was brilliant.

Turn Wrestlemania into a two day festival, Saturday and Sunday nights. Two tightly booked 3-hour PPV’s. Better storytelling. Less exhausted crowd. Two paydays for Vince.