Smackyface

I don't have much more to say than I did before. We remain a nation of vicious cowards. That the "question" of whether to bring torturers to justice has become partisan means we are truly lost.

Why Police Officers Are Killing the People They Are Sworn to Protect

We valorize police officers precisely because they are supposed to subordinate their own safety to that of the public, which includes Eric Garner, Michael Brown, you, and me. Police officers should not be given broader latitude in ostensibly self-defense-related uses of force than civilians because police officers are civilians. Democracies do not let soldiers perform police duties, and police codes of conduct should not resemble counter-insurgency rules of engagement.

Stefan Zweig, Wes Anderson, and a Longing for the Past

"The charge that Vienna was a forerunner of Hollywood may be the nicest thing that anyone ever said about the city."

Lemonade War

Sadly, we don't get to hear the audio of Mo Collins devouring Patton Oswalt.  Otherwise, a delight.

How Air Conditioning Changed America Forever

I can't believe they didn't say anything about how AC has resulted in the dramatic migration to and increased electoral heft of the Sun Belt.

Like A Tall Clear Glass Filled With Raw Pasta

Insecure, Frustrated Bully With Something To Prove Considering Career In Law Enforcement

I've heard that there are good cops out there. I've never met any, but I believe the people who tell me they have. I don't know what their motivations for becoming cops were, but I have to imagine they met enough people like this and figured the the only way to stop them was to become cops themselves.

The Pursuit Continues

Pro tip: don't publish this.

"It was terrifying and wonderful to watch."

L'Homme Aux Ouïes

She-Hulk is a feminist hero, not a male fantasy

Time for America to Rethink the Way It Nukes People

I like the flexibility/ambiguity of giving nukes to all the Virginia boats. The Ohios' days are numbered.

TGIF!

Madagascan Zebu Hound

I can't wait until it's dry enough to go to the off-leash park and try this.

That Was The Year That Wes

I need to see this again on Blu-Ray. I initially stumbled over the (first) framing device: two different narrators played by two different actors each. Ostensibly the Jude Law/Tom Wilkinson character is an homage to Stefan Zweig, but I don't think it adds enough to the film to overcome the resulting distancing.

And yet I was more fascinated by the grimy post-socialist 1968 scenes than the confectionery 1932 visuals. The latter were a straightforward extrapolation of "what would Anderson do with a hyper-romanticized intra-war European hotel?", whereas the former was entirely new territory for Anderson.

Hahahrawrrahaha

One does not simply get used to Dr. Malcolm.

Know Your Place

You had me at "published in 1941."

Failing Up

I have friends who work at Microsoft, and I'm not in denial about what the future of Microsoft means to the local economy. This news strikes me as the worst of all possible omens.

Twinkies And Flowers Outside Of Ghostbusters Firehouse As Tribute To Harold Ramis

See you on the other side, Egon.

Bonus

Now I know who I really work for.

If Not Now, Venn?

The Teenage Wasteland

you're not the archduke of sleds

Of course not, that title has been vacant since the tragic 1984 Winter Olympics.

Is The Pope Yonic?

It used to be a rhetorical question.

The Rabbit That Saw Tomorrow

That's exactly how I picture Fiver.

Down For The Count

It's like a Giger painting re-done by Thomas Kincade.

This Land Is Your Land

"Lead us, Pete."