“Gayness Is Built Into Batman” (DC comics writer interviewed)

The new issue [of Playboy] features an interview with [current Batman comics writer] Grant Morrison, talking superheroes.

This is the kind of thing he says…

“Gayness is built into Batman. I’m not using gay in the pejorative sense, but Batman is very, very gay. There’s just no denying it. Obviously as a fictional character he’s intended to be heterosexual, but the basis of the whole concept is utterly gay. I think that’s [...]

A shocking new way the government is spying on Americans

From Andrew P. Napolitano on LewRockwell.com:

If this question had been asked by a fictional character in a spy thriller, it might intrigue you, but you wouldn’t imagine that it could be true in reality. If the Constitution means what it says, you wouldn’t even consider the plausibility of an affirmative answer. After all, the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution was written to prevent the government from violating on a whim [...]

Republicans undiscover fire: “The economy didn’t just crash under a Republican president, it crashed under Republican policies. It crashed with low taxes. It crashed with deregulated markets. …”

by Mark Sumner, Daily Kos

There’s a mythology around politics, one that sees the ballot box and the floor of Congress as a battleground of ideas. In this star-spangled arena, progressives and conservatives square off in the competition to prove the worth of their opposing philosophies and the merit of their plans. Of course it’s not all high-minded rhetoric and reasoned discourse, there are selfish motives and personal ambitions, angry outbursts and [...]

MSNBC Yet Again Implies Criticism of Obama Is Racist

General Electric-owned network is earning its federal bailout money

Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
Thursday, September 1, 2011

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MSNBC has yet again implied that political criticism of Obama is racist after talking head Richard Wolffe mused that Republican opposition to Obama making a speech on a [...]

Schwarzenegger’s first project since leaving office: ‘Governator’ TV series

Image Credit: Stan Lee Comics; Chris Hatcher/PR Photos

via popwatch:

He’s been a famous body builder. He’s been a killer cyborg from the future. He’s been Governor of California. And now, in this week’s exclusive cover scoop, Arnold Schwarzenegger reveals his plans for the next phase of his extraordinary career: He’s going be a cartoon superhero, known as The Governator. “When I ran for governor back in 2003 [...]