Awesome, Or Too Emo For Words?

I can’t decide: It’s “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World”:

Dennis Hopper, RIP

A fine actor and, if “Easy Riders, Raging Bulls” is to be believed, an out-of-control son of a bitch, at least in his drugged-out youth. But he will be missed. What comes to mind first- “Easy Rider”? “Blue Velvet”? “Apocalypse Now”? “Hoosier”? “Speed”? The first season of “24”?

Quote of the Day

Adam Serwer, on Andrew McCarthy’s nonsense-filled new book:

In the deranged, spittle-flecked parallel universe of Andy McCarthy, the fact that there are a few lawyers working in the Justice Department who once advocated for due process for people accused of terrorism is proof that the Obama administration is actively working to aid al-Qaeda. Aside from being detached from reality, McCarthy’s thesis is ripe with all the usual right-wing contradictions: Liberals are alternately unstoppable and vicious, but also weak and frightened. They are socially permissive but can’t wait for�Osama bin Laden to come in and force a burka onto every woman in sight. Liberals seek a “transformation” of the existing constitutional order, while it is McCarthy who dreams of a world where any Muslim accused of terrorism can be locked away forever and waterboarded to the point of insanity without ever seeing a lawyer or the inside of a courtroom.
Once a celebrated prosecutor, McCarthy has been reduced to a boiling stew of the worst kinds of right-wing paranoia, Bircherism, McCarthyism, and Birtherism all churned together with a teeth-chattering Islamophobia. But it’s important to understand that it’s not the terrorists who are the real focus of McCarthy’s wrath; it’s anyone who disagrees that the executive branch should have limitless, unchecked power to fight Islamist terrorism. These people, to McCarthy, are indistinguishable from someone who steps onto a plane with a bomb in their shoes.

ALOTT5MA looks at the different media interpretations of the great Gary Coleman’s catchphrase. Alan Sepinwall’s obituary is well worth reading, by the way.

I’m Rooting For the Flyers, But…

I really, really love the Blackhawks’ goal-scoring music, “Chelsea Dagger” by the Fratellis. It’s also known for being used in an Amstel Light commercial, and is also the goal-scoring music for dozens of soccer teams throughout the world, including (of course) Chelsea itself.

Gary Coleman Lives!

In “Avenue Q,” that is. He’ll stop being in the show when the Internet stops being for porn, I’m guessing.

Glenn Beck is a Loathsome Bastard

But we all knew that, didn’t we?

RIP Gary Coleman

One of the favorite stars of my childhood has passed away. Rest in peace, Gary.

Sports Radio Moment of the Day

An Angelo Cataldi caller today blamed the Phillies’ recent swoon- they’ve been shut out four of their last five games- to the fans’ attention being focused on the Flyers instead of them. Even though the last three losses were on the road, the entire in-studio team agreed with this utterly nonsensical analysis.

The Mob and the Fargo Four

I look at the latest gadget-related malfeasance in the newest Week in Electronics Crime.