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So, basically just the path we've been on all along with mass conglomerates becoming more monolithic and controlling, which is what I got from the article. I thought I was missing some more devious angle.

That's because you don't screw with perfection.

I can see where you're coming from, but there's also the possibility that the Darkholde is actively pursuing some agenda, rather than just passively presenting information human minds can't handle. It's also possible that she's programmed to be somewhat proactive and having found a way to improve her capabilities is acting on a general directive. If that's the case, I'd expect her to show the brain schematic to Radcliffe once she's done with it. If she's actually being secretive, it points to the book being more active than passive.

The fact that the public has a skewed perception on the issue is an irritant to me, not a point of data. My personal opinion on the outcome is that Hillary was perceived as a shoe-in and that it resulted in a low mobilization by her supporters, who sat at home rather than got out and voted. So public perception got us in this mess to begin with. Edit: That's not the only factor at work, but I think it's a big one.

Between Gotham and the movies, I don't think it's likely they'll use any Bat-named characters. They've pretty much handed over a huge chunk of the Batman mythos to Arrow. He's the CW version of Batman. It could happen, but I think the chances are pretty low. While I generally dislike the Willowification of characters just to have a token lesbian on the show, I agree with bigdamnedhero that they've done a decent job of it. The actress has played the part well, and the "late bloomer" aspect has been handled decently. Of course, we get two attractive, feminine lesbians, to help us digest the added diversity. I'd love for a show to actually have at least one butch lesbian in their token couple. When that happens, I'll believe the goals of diversity are genuine rather than an attempt to boost flagging ratings. (The Walking Dead and some other shows have had at least some more average-looking ladies in their pairings, and seem more genuine about just portraying an average, mixed group of people, rather than going for ratings and/or titillation.)

Trump won the electoral college. The fact that he didn't win the popular vote is entirely irrelevant, because the goal was not to win the popular vote. Saying otherwise is like saying you can win a game of baseball by making the most touchdowns. Had the election been a straight popular vote, who would have won? It's impossible to say without actually running a popular vote election.

I was thinking the same thing re: the Presidents.

OK, so draw the path from not having content your ISP provides count against your bandwidth cap and that. Because AFAIK, what you describe is already proscribed, as is throttling. Not to mention that ISPs != search engines. Edit: Mind you, I'm not siding with the telecomms here, I'm looking for an explanation of why exactly this is bad, or how bad it is. It doesn't seem bad on the surface, but with big telecomms blocking any form of competition (such as Google fiber), there's sure to be more to it than the minor perk that it looks like on the surface. In other words, how exactly does it spell the death of net neutrality? The article doesn't make it clear to me.

I'm guessing she upgrades her AI to the point of actual self awareness, gets emotions, etc. It may change her perspective on just being a "tool," but not necessarily mean she needs to be scrapped. I like Mallory Jansen, so I hope they keep her around.

I see throttling a bigger issue than exempting a provider's own content from their data cap. Aside from what seems to me to be a small competitive edge over other content providers, what's the biggest down side?

Delta. What's that flower she's got on?

I don't see any way that could possibly go wrong. I'm kind of peeved that they come back after a break, then just give us two episodes before going on Winter break.

2016 strikes again. Lost an aunt to cancer this morning. My mother's last and closest sibling, her younger sister. She's taking it very hard, and is in the exact opposite corner of the country from me,where I can't give her any small comfort.

I blame you. Yes, zslane, it's all your fault. Get over to CW and get them to fix things.

Oh, I understand this and agree with it. But the director should be acting as a filter for what makes it to the screen. If the scene is illogical as written, the director should spot it.

I read that Stein raised $5 million for recounts. Will that be enough to cover Michigan and Pennsylvania as well?

I still say they'd be better off replacing the director than the writers. Strip the scene with the helmet gizmo down to the dialog, and it's hard to blame the writers. The director could have staged the scene in a lot more believable way without changing a word of the dialog, which is the bulk of the writer's contribution. For one, the director could have staged the thugs in a way that makes it harder for Supergirl to employ her known powers to safely rescue Mon El. For another, the director could have put Cyborg Hank in the scene to prevent Supergirl from getting any stupid ideas. Instead, we get Supergirl released from her cage with nobody even covering Mon El with a firearm. That's on the director. I'm not saying the writers are innocent, because there are plenty of times when the show suffers from conveniently forgetting Supergirls' powers, but not all of the tactical blunders are on the writers' side. And even if the writers turned in such a detailed script, the director has a responsibility to make it look right during shooting.

Time to dig down for some Fourth Party candidates. I nominate Darkseid.

Is that like Mortal Kombat?

He'll start seeing them once they explain to him that they don't only brief smart people.

Oh! LMAO, wasn't looking for that kind of an Easter Egg.

My geek fu is weak. Can you explain that one?

Why blame the Flash show runners? Supergirl's crew has proven inept from the word go. Also, I wouldn't lay that one on the writers. It's the job of the director to stage the scene. Even if the script did specify that they take Supergirl out of the cage, the director could have still ignored it and set up the scene however he or she wanted. (Of course, it's possible the writer and the director are the same person, but I didn't look it up.) What I would lay on the writers is the stupidity of fooling the Fortress of Solitude's security system by splashing some blood on Cyber-Hank's hand. So many better ways to handle that. Or maybe they wanted to have continuity of weak Kryptonian security systems with BvS.