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The Rock's a Republican? You

Michael Maiello — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 18:03:45 +0000

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The Rock's a Republican? You're breaking my heart.

Actually, so is Ric Flair...

Ta-Nehisi Coates had a superb

NCD — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 17:03:27 +0000

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Ta-Nehisi Coates had a superb interview on the NPR Diane Rehm show a few weeks ago. A little off topic with super heroes, or maybe not, but those interested in him should hear it, those not familiar with him cannot fail to respect and admire him, he talks frankly about his life and recent book.

He can be funny, as well as incisive and frank.

He said a recent large cash award he received (MacArthur I think) gave him no excuse but to tackle some projects he had been afraid to start, Diane asked him what are you afraid to do? He hesitated and digressed for a minute or two, laughed, then said he was afraid to say what he was afraid to write about.

In a different vein he said every decision he made from the clothes he wore, the route he took to school, the people he ate lunch with, etc, when growing up in Baltimore was first and foremost to ensure his physical safety.

He said his family lives in Paris, he feels is son is far less likely to get shot there than the US.

Generational shifts of iconic

wabby — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 16:19:11 +0000

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Generational shifts of iconic characters have always thrown me for a loop. I don't know who Captain America is anymore. I suppose if I had grown up reading the Marvels it would resonate with me more but I was more of an Archie and Jughead girl. Nothing political there...I hope.

What about Bernie Sanders as the new Captain America? Socialism for a the people and all that.

Anywho. If the Rock wasn't a registered Republican, I'd help vote him into the Presidency only for the photo op of having him compare his guns against Putin's.

It was cool/humorous in

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 14:42:44 +0000

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It was cool/humorous in Crooklyn to see a bunch of black kids singing along to the Partridge Family, but I never imagined it was mandatory. Hell, I thought we passed that hurdle back with Mission Impossible & Room 222, and of course Star Trek. Seems as a species we take 1 step out of the tree and 2 steps back up. Amazing we figured out fire, just barely. We are DEVO, the apes figuring out how to use bones as weapons in 2001/The Dawn of Time.

BTW, rewatched "Brother from Another Planet" not long ago - a different kind of sci-fi.

They... are? It just never

Michael Maiello — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 13:54:58 +0000

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They... are? It just never ends, does it?

Of interest, racist

rmrd0000 — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 12:38:21 +0000

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Of interest, racist Conservatives are upset that there is a major black character n the new "Star Wars" movie and call for a boycott of the film

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/19/racists-urge-boycott-of...

Marvel has a host of black

rmrd0000 — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 12:18:38 +0000

In reply to When Captain America Throws His Mighty Shield

Marvel has a host of black superheroes like the Black Panther and Storm. Ta-Nehisi Coates is writing a Black Panther series for Marvel.

The racists among white Conservatives were also outraged when Idris Elba played the Norse god Heimdall in the "Thor" movie. The Conservatives remain in a perpetual state of outrage and a sense of loss of country.