Recent Comments

1. 4 months ago on Mike du Jour

   Well, the first five movies predated the MPAA system entirely, and every movie since the introduction of the PG-13 rating had that rating. So this is “truthy” at best.

2. 7 months ago on Phoebe and Her Unicorn

   He must be a member of HELPING CHILDREN THROUGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

3. 12 months ago on Arlo and Janis

   All I know is that The Chalice from the Palace has the Pellet with the Poison, but the Flagon with the Dragon has the Brew that is True.

4. about 1 year ago on Wallace the Brave

   “I didn’t like you, so I asked a friend if he could have you murdered, and he did. This is a great lesson to learn in elementary school.”

5. about 1 year ago on Mike du Jour

   What? The “World Economic Forum” is Davos, the single biggest gathering of billionaires and capitalists in the world. If you think they are “earth-worshipping hippies” you might need to recalibrate.

6. over 1 year ago on Ted Rall

   So all of the problems listed here are entirely due to Republicans seeking power rather than looking to govern well…and you call that a “both sides” problem?

   Once again, this is a “one side is breaking things purely for the sake of chaos, but the other side isn’t as pushy on my central issue as I want” thing.

7. over 1 year ago on Mike du Jour

   @mlester101: Your argument here isn’t about how many people enjoy a thing, but the effort exerted. If the effort is the same, the pay should be the same: that’s what you’re arguing. As @Boise Ed pointed out, that includes all creative activity, a whole lot of digital goods, etc.

8. over 1 year ago on Mike du Jour

   If “Mike du Jour” appears in one newspaper, or in twenty thousand newspapers, Mike Lester exerts the same effort. So why should he be paid any more?

9. over 1 year ago on Ted Rall

   …says the media commentator who obsessively focuses on Biden and Trump, the two front-runners.

   If you really believe this, where are all your Vivek Ramaswamy and Doug Burgum cartoons?

10. over 1 year ago on Ted Rall

    “The public has already decided, rightly or wrongly, that Biden is too old to be president. That can’t be changed. Game over.”

    Really? Eighteen months before the actual voting? “Can’t” be changed. Gosh, I wonder where we were at this point in 2015….

    https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/first-read-jeb-bush-leads-gop-pack-n379601