alexvillage

Religion and wars go hand in hand. So yes, as religion fundamentalism grows, we will see more wars. I don't think religion will lead to anything like a civil war in the US but we will certainly see a lot of shit flying around

As everyone else should

The Nora (?) character refers to the departure as the Event, apparently. When she is interviewing the couple about their son she starts the recording by saying something about the age of the son at TOE, which I assume it is Time of Event. This just popped up in my head, for no reason. Not that I care much because I don't intend to watch the series anymore. Ray Donovan is back and I'd rather stick with that (no, I cannot do both. I don't like TV that much and don't have patience to follow more than a few shows at once)

I wish you were right but I have seen it enough times to know that most people say they are "diverse", or that they have a "diverse brain". Specifically, I am talking about the neurodiversity movement, where writers and organization leaders say they are, or a person is, "neurodiverse". Insiders, not knowing how to use the correct word for their identity.

I just have nitpicks to add: First: I don't believe for a moment that Callie would be so comfortably referring to Lena and Stef as "moms". I just don't see it. Maybe the actress should have been directed to deliver the lies when she say things like "But moms said…" in a kind of "forced" way. Second: Marianna, ONE person cannot be "diverse". A person is divergent. A group is diverse.

Peeve: Mayor lady: Can you give the chief and I a minute Wrong, mayor: the chief and me. The chief and I makes we. Can you give we a minute? Are we supposed to care about the characters? Because right now I think wherever the departed are is much better. Maybe they should be called the chosen. They scaled the boredom and the annoyance of the leftovers. That is a lot of bad writing.

I watched almost half of the episode. I will try to watch the rest. The Wayne thing is just a spin on the sexual predator theme. Nothing new there, just a few scared faces to make it seem "weird". The smoking people, no matter how the show might try to explain that, or get away with not explaining, is too ridiculous. There is no reason for the no talking rule. It is also pathetic that they think "talking" has to be so literal. People use different forms of communication all the time and it is not really a big deal or such a huge sacrifice to stop using the voice if you can still communicate mundane things by writing. It is like saying that people who can't use their voices, as in vocal cords, are either special or damaged, or not really complete, or saints, or whatever.

As with everything celebrity related, it is my perception of her. I have no idea of how she really is because I don't know her, but she strikes me as shallow, too concerned with looking forever young (she will soon be completely paralyzed by botox). I think she is the opposite of sexy and I am bisexual, with a preference for women. My observation is to be taken as tongue in cheek. Ha!

Oh, thanks. Poor guy!

Didn't know where to put this. Colbert Bump! http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/03/business/media/edan-lepuckis-novel-california-gets-a-boost-from-colbert.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpSum&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

Right, the media would call it a something-gate. I don't really like this kind of story, the weird/supernatural stuff but I was ok watching the pilot. Except for the cult. I am not interested at all in anything that has to do with cults. Or religion, for that matter. Zero. And the smoking thing, besides a terrible idea, was also forced. The actors were very unnatural smoking their precious cigarettes. The deer thing was also weird. I don't buy when shows just put things like that in the story just to make things weird. Otherwise it is just fishing for an audience I don't think Liv Tyler looks good at all. It looks like she is overly botoxed to me. And what does Jennifer Aniston has to do with all this?

No, I want then to die in excruciating pain Selma, all over again

They already do. And the only reason why the Supreme Court does not go with it it is because Scalia and Alito only have one vote each. Just wait until the next Republican President appoints a justice and he (because it will be a he, right) gets confirmed. As Andy Borowitz had Scalia say: “This has been a crappy year or so around here, what with all that gay-marriage stuff, but at least we finished strong,” The only hope for this country is a revolution. Seriously. We are hopeless, otherwise. It will get worse

I did not like this episode, except for Jude. I like anything that kid is in. And the actor is really good, seems very young but doing an incredible job with probably the most complex character on the show. I, too, was confused about the tension between Stef and Lena. It seemed a bit forced, or as if some scenes were cut and all of a sudden it is almost unbearable to live together - and it was equally strange how fast they seemed to have resolved things. I also find myself disliking Lena more and more, since the urgent need to get pregnant. I know the show is heavy on all the drama about everything and everyone but I still prefer the overload of issues to a teen cliche party

The decision is nuanced and not as "bad" as the media is spinning it now. But it creates loopholes and complicates things for the lower courts, which is not a good legacy for the Supreme Court - which is kind of given based on how this court rules: fetuses and corporations are people, women are a threat to the rights of people. The decision was a political one, and the majority is the worst kind of conservatives. They are zealots. What is incredible, reading some right wing comments, is how they all still say that their rights are being denied. When has any christian right in this country been denied? A friend of a friend cited Madison, as the reason why he opposes "the pill", as he puts it. My friend replied something like : the same Madison that never gave rights to women or slaves? Seriously, this country disappoints me beyond belief. And I still wish death to the 5 assholes. ETA: I still think that the decision is a very bad one, even if not the sky is falling kind of decision

It works for me. As long as they really die. Really, and take the Dick- Cheney too.

The decision was bad, as anything the five assholes in the supreme court do these days, but it is more nuanced than the media wants us to hear. Meanwhile, yo can have some fun reading Andy Borowitz. Best one liners ever Anyway, I really hope those five douchebags die a long and painful death.

Why would a group of people be excluded from health care? Undocumented immigrants are already excluded Republicans will never go with anything Obama proposes. And the President cannot amend anything. Even if that was an option, the senate and the house would never agree on a final draft. (I am a little confused if that part of the post is what the right wing news is saying or if it is sarcasm) This country is paralyzed and nothing will get done for a while

Thanks. I still have no idea of who he is. I must be really old for the kind of movies he makes. I went back all the way to 2000 in the IMDB and I only watched "the 40 year old virgin" and do not remember him. And the show Friends, but I can't remember much of that show either.

This will sound silly but who is Paul Rudd and what is the big deal about him? I have not watched the show yet

There are so many "charities" that only collect money to distribute among its founders. Seriously, it is so easy to do this kind of charity - not easy to get the status, too much bureaucracy - but after you do, anything goes. There is very little accountability and many, many charities pay huge salaries to their executives and spend very little of the money donated in actually helping whoever they claim to help. They also spend an enormous amount of money in advertisement and fundraising, so they can raise more money that will never reach the people they claim to help. That's one reason I stop donating, unless I know the organization

I am not sure of what other atheists call atheism. I am an atheist and to me it is just: I do not believe in any of it. I can try to believe in god, creation, whatever, but I don't. I have had pretty scary moments this first half of the year, like I am going to lose people I love the most, yet not for a moment the thought of "ask" god, pray, or things people would "normally" do, according to some things I've read, crossed my mind. I do have a problem with Bill Maher and his generalization about religious people. I would agree with him if he were talking about proselytizing, about religious people who think everyone should b religious too. And, in general, I think religion is what messes up with most everything in the world. As a personal, private thing, it does not bother me a bit. I agree with you but I would just stop at "the media". The media frustrates me a lot, in almost everything and the bar for what they call "reporting" is so low it is already sinking

I don't think Bill Maher spends much of his time thinking about Jon. Or vice versa. I mostly agree with Maher concerning the Rally but I kind of get it why Jon did that. The thing is, it was a big party and did not make a difference. In many ways Bill Maher and Jon Stewart are alike, the most evident to me is the huge ego and self-righteousness. And, in my opinion, Bill is actually much more cordial than Jon during interviews

But you did. Statistics show that the overwhelming majority of mentally ill people are not likely to harm others, they are likely to harm themselves. And linking sexual abuser with mental illness is scientifically wrong. Maybe you are thinking about pedophilia, which is a serious disorder, but Dani is not a pedophile, since Brandon is not pre-pubescent. Dani manipulated Brandon. Most of us have manipulated others at least once in our lives. If you haven't, we will. Or we may have tried and failed. By your logic, we are all mentally ill (not that this should be shameful, but it is not statistically true)

Yes, but we have a media that does not care about evidence or facts anymore, so they give air time for things like this, or like the vaccine-is-bad thing, because controversy feeds itself. I would not be surprised if the "journalists" today, or even the older ones who make a living on TV have never heard of the Manual of Journalist Ethics