Day: October 30, 2012

George Lucas Taps Out IFRL-NaPP-Space-P07-Some-User-Assembly-Required-NASA-Recruitment-Poster

George Lucas Taps Out

Patrick October 30, 2012

USA Today reports Disney is buying Lucasfilm from its sole owner, Mr. Lucas, for ~$4.1 billion dollars....

“Democracy Distilled” — A Brief History of US Voting Rights IFRL-TLC-Scenery-may-pamintuan-76-unsplash

“Democracy Distilled” — A Brief History of US Voting Rights

Elias Isquith October 30, 2012

While this video was sent to me a bit ago, I’d forgotten to post about it until...

Bookdragon Asks… IFRL-Mindiv-annie-spratt-413815-unsplash

Bookdragon Asks…

Patrick October 30, 2012

On Mike’s comment rescue of Zic’s great comment, commentor Bookdragon asks: As I’ve grown older and look...

Hurricane Sandy, and Why Sound Risk Management Should Always Trump Populist Banner Waving IFRL-TLC-Scenery-Wunderwald-Berlin-3

Hurricane Sandy, and Why Sound Risk Management Should Always Trump Populist Banner Waving

Tod Kelly October 30, 2012

I suspect that this will have zero effect on the election, because I believe that the reason...

The South Hasn’t Risen Again IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-tate.distant-view-of-maecenas-villa-tivoli-214

The South Hasn’t Risen Again

J.L. Wall October 30, 2012

Andrew Sullivan has pulled out the Electoral College maps again to make a point about race, the...

Comment Rescue: The Challenges Women Face IFRL-Mindiv-Society-41067461641_6bd3a5869e_o

Comment Rescue: The Challenges Women Face

Mike Dwyer October 30, 2012

I’ve been bugging commenter Zic to write a guest post and she gave us the next best...

Burt Likko in reply to InMD on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaWhich is a great shame upon the nation of El Salvador.
InMD in reply to Slade the Leveller on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025This has to be unprecedented in modern US history in terms of being totally self inflicted. It's goi…
Slade the Leveller in reply to InMD on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaYep. At some point (hopefully) someone's going to have to say, "You have done enough. Have you no se…
Slade the Leveller in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Lovely. Just in time for my UK vacation. I wonder if the people who voted for Trump because they wan…
InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Dollar down 10% since inauguration day as investors abandoning it due to tariff chaos. Yikes. https:…
InMD in reply to Slade the Leveller on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaTo be clear I'm really talking about taking the L and conceding the issue for the near future, with…
bobtuse in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025"We" need only to declare a national emergency. That should speed things up bigly.
Slade the Leveller in reply to InMD on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaThat assumes there was a compromise to be had. Hell's bells, Republicans scuttled their own bill las…
Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025The law firm agreements are exactly what you expect: "One reason we know they’re not legally enforce…
Michael Cain in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025It's not an either-or situation. Well, I guess it is if you start from the position, "I want REEs mi…