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  3. Funny Pics II: The Revenge

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    1 hour ago, wcw43921 said:

    Saw this on Facebook and thought I'd pass it along.  Rea Irvin, the artist behind the look of The New Yorker magazine, created his own superhero character--Superwoman

     

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    This was her only appearance, as National Comics, having already trademarked the name, came down on them faster than they ever came down on anyone else.  This strip was her only appearance in print.  Frankly, I don't think National had to worry about the competition, given the spoof nature of the plot and the quietly bizarre figure of the little man with the top hat and book. 

     

    I admit, I rather like the look of the character--she puts me very much in mind of Katherine Hepburn, assuming she could ever be persuaded to play a superheroine.  Perhaps Cate Blanchette could step into the role, bringing some of her Hepburn impersonation to the part.  It owuld have been interesting to see where Mr. Irvin would have gone with this.

     

    This comic is super annoying because the answer could be

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    'bee' or 'ant'.

     

  4. Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)

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    2 hours ago, unclevlad said:

    ARGH.

     

    Supreme Court does NOT suspend Texas' law to allow purported immigrants to be arrested.  Despite the fact that this has been held to be a federal power for YEARS.

     

    And they did it by just kicking it back to let the appellate courts rule.  The gutless approach.

     

    Note that 'purported immigrants' covers anyone in all of Texas that LEOs think might have immigrated illegally.  It's a "papers please" law except that they might ignore your papers anyway.

     

    Federal power to determine immigration law is usually held to derive from the Congressional power to determine citizenship, as enumerated in the Constitution.  Instead this SCOTUS, which last week was wringing its hands about the possibility of a patchwork of state laws for federal elections, allowed Texas to implement its own immigration law.

  8. Funny Pics II: The Revenge

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    1 hour ago, slikmar said:

    And sadly, I think I fit all 3 of those, though haven't seen Dune II yet, I really want to. I just have the problem of during tax season I am working 6 days a week and on my 1 day off, I rarely feel like going anywhere.

     

    I didn't buy a ticket for Villenueve Dune One because pandemic, so I streamed it.  I'm trying to see Two but it's three hours long, so it's even harder to work into my schedule than a regular movie.  I'm hoping to see it on IMAX; Dune One was gorgeous like all Villenueve films so it's a good candidate for the megascreen.

  9. NFL 2023

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    It might have been a win for Fields if the Steelers hadn't picked Arthur Smith to be their coordinator.  That guy does not know what he's doing.

     

    Otherwise it's a win for the Steelers, holding out until Fields' market dried up and then picking him up for a bag of footballs.  He's at least a midrange starting QB just based on athletic ability.  The problem for the Bears is that everyone knew they had to move on from Fields, so they were just waiting for him to get cut.

     

    Draft in 5 weeks.

  14. The Academics Thread

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    7 minutes ago, Pariah said:

     

     

    Arnel Pineda, specifically. He sounds so much like Steve Perry, it's a little spooky.

     

    They all do, even Steve Perry.  Arnel was great when I saw them in concert last year, should be a good show.  Bring back a report!

  24. Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)

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    2 hours ago, Iuz the Evil said:

    That’s an interesting article, there have been numerous cases in recent years where district courts tend to push up against (or ignore, or circumvent) Supreme Court rulings, I’m wondering if the politicization of the SCOTUS is contributing to that by reducing their perceived stature and impartiality with the lesser courts.

     

    You don't have to wonder; this is absolutely what's happening.  The thing about SCOTUS is that it has no enforcement capability of its own.  Its power derives from its perception as an impartial arbiter of law.   Today's SCOTUS includes of two openly corrupt justices, one more who stole his seat from Garland, and two shockingly unqualified justices who were installed as a reward for helping with Bush v. Gore back in the day.  Now we get rulings where logic and stare decisis are jettisoned in order to come to a predetermined political outcome, such as Dobbs, or Bruen which my state has elected to ignore, or Colorado.  Thus, trust in our institutions is eroded, as intended.

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