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Q: Did They Pass Health Care Reform? A: Unicorns

Posted by mistergroonk in USA on March 22, 2010

These days we try to adopt a policy of not being political. Why? Crazy heated debates ensue. Headaches are made. Fists wish to fly on their own. Most importantly, others do that dance hella better than we ever dare. Three points do come to mind.

1) This site is made of positives and unicorns: http://didtheypasshealthcarereform.com/

2) Apparently name-calling remains the primary weapon in getting people to change their opinions/notice you.

According to Rep. Andre Carson, the protesters “were shouting the N-word” as he and two fellow black legislators left the Cannon House Office Building earlier today. Sam Stein at the Huffington Post is also reporting that “a staffer for Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) told reporters that Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) had been spat on by a protestor. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), a hero of the civil rights movement, was called a ‘ni—er.’ And Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) was called a “faggot,” as protestors shouted at him with deliberately lisp-y screams.”

Keep it classy, fuckos. What? We never claimed to be always classy.

3) It seems a Conservative Blogger Calls For Obama’s Assassination On Twitter. You can see screencaps of the message and updates on how long it’ll take the Secret Service to give this person a “good talking to” here.

That is all. Next stop comics and movies and science and weird stuff happening world round.

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Blogger Complains about Captain America #602, Streisand Effect Kicks Into Gear

Posted by mistergroonk in Comics, USA on February 11, 2010

In Captain America #602, Bucky Barnes(Captain America) and Sam Wilson(Falcon) are at some random protest doing what superheroes do: tracking down bad guys to put them in their place. The book was ready to go to the printer but it seems protest signs in a panel weren’t filled in. Marvel had a letterer do just that. The letterer referenced this sign in a panel of protesters featured in Captain America #602(see image).

A blogger, who we’re only guessing is a member of the Tea Party movement, did what the Internet does best and blogged about Marvel portraying the movement in a bad light. Something to do with Cap’s current storyline and the panel inferring that the protesters Sam and Bucky are observing are a part of that story’s current Big Bad.

Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada steps in and defends the Captain America #602 storyline while simultaneously apologizing for the panel in question.

Confused? Don’t worry. That is what controversy calls home. Read the article here for more details.

What’s not confusing is that in complaining about Captain America #602 they brought half the blogosphere and our attention to the matter. Even though this hooha doesn’t involve censorship in the strictest sense, we’re pretty sure the Streisand effect has come into play. Proof of this being we don’t read Captain America’s main continuity but now we’re damn well going to now. Multiply this curiosity by a few hundred thousand.

See what happened there?

(via comiczoneaz.com, washington times, cup o joe)

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