My objection to police procedurals (and medical procedurals for that matter) is that by their very nature they create the mindset that the affairs depicted get neatly wrapped up by the end of the episode. In reality, crimes and maladies rarely get resolved so cleanly. But people get indoctrinated into the notion that…

I imagine that after this many years, Blue Bloods has just about tapped out that vein of copaganda. The next step would be to do a prequel series, where Selleck is still a beat cop on the verge of making detective, his dad is still commissioner, and the kids are still kids or young adults. 

Ferrara’s statements don’t make it obvious, but I won’t be a bit surprised to see the brand come back in a month once the nostalgia peaks.

No repair costs if you stop crashing.

I think that the only practical alternative fuel is alcohol. Engines designed to burn it instead of gasoline can be just as efficient, and it can be stored, shipped and pumped into vehicles just as readily as gas. The problem is still production. Until someone cracks cellulosic alcohol, or figures out something better…

I’m hoping that states will look at the word should in that manual and treat it accordingly. As a suggestion.

You’re right, I should have made it clear that I believe 99.9% of American Christians would be no more than offended by that depiction of Jesus, and would simply avoid it. The other .01% would be driven to some peaceful form of activism. But portraying Jesus as a criminal grifter is grist for the right-wing culture…

Seeing the Pajero and Samurai really make me wonder why no manufacturers are producing 2 door CUVs on their sub-compact platforms. I truly believe that young adults would eat them up.

Keep in mind that an act of violence includes things like breaking/shooting out windows and even an ineffective IED. Once someone like Ingraham spends a week decrying such a film as the woke left’s attempt to destroy Christianity, it won’t take much to incentivize a lone wolf. Carlson’s drum beating over replacement…

Not just Mitsubishi, how about Toyota and Honda? Both of them could create a solid niche by taking their subcompact CUVs and making a butched up 2 door on the same platform. I’m certain that plenty of young adults would go for a scaled down Wrangler that wasn’t as punishing to operate as a Jeep.

I feel that another significant influence of the pandemic is that people feel more mortal, like they sense they could die at any time. Why worry so much about traffic safety when some disease could kill you tomorrow? Go ahead, live for the moment. Speed and ignore traffic signals to get where you’re going. There’s no…

Yes, portraying Mohammed in nearly any way would likely result in violence, but portraying Jesus as something less than the son of God and a criminal would likely trigger at least one act of violence once Fox News made it clear that such a representation needed action.

You persist in ignoring my point that it doesn’t take large numbers of people objecting to content anymore to scare theater owners, it only takes a handful. Possibly even a single one that carries out an attack. The fact that even back in 1988, at least 4 communities banned showing of the movie and a nationwide commerc…

Yes, I agree that most American Christians are comfortable enough in their faith to accept portrayals of Christ that deviate from their beliefs, especially when those portrayals are clearly satirical. But it doesn’t take but a handful of people, whipped into outrage by our purposefully incendiary media, to act…

I’ve only seen a few of your examples, but most of them are so satirical (e.g. Family Guy) that they get a pass for not being serious. And others deviate from the standard conception of Christ, but not in a way that questions his status as the son of God. It sounds like the Under Tiberius work makes him out to be not…

I can’t imagine who would want to restore one of these, though. My wife had the non-turbo version back in the day, and there was nothing about it to get nostalgic over. 

They should start with a compact or sub-compact CUV for Chrysler. If Buick can shift thousands of Encores to Boomers, Chrysler could as well if they had a product.

A film depicting Jesus as a grifter that comes to believe in his own scam could never be shown in the US. Any theatre that tried would be the subject of constant bomb threats, if not actual bombing.

But on the down side, they can’t actually coerce her into having sex with them.

What I find saddest is that he couldn’t behind a note. His sister and (deceased) wife could have many years less of wondering and worry.