I had a busy yesterday so I didn't get to post much and I didn't get to watch much of the Republican Convention. When I did, I was struck by how much of it was about what Mr. Colbert dubbed "truthiness" — what you feel is true as opposed to what the facts and data show is true. Yeah, there are stats out there that show crime is down but in your heart, you know you could be murdered at any second so we've got to do something.
And in your heart, you know Obama is a Muslim and Hillary murdered those men at Benghazi and Donald Trump is a proven leader even though he's never proven it. A lot of it is Climate Change Denial extended to everything with a factual basis. I don't want it to be true so it isn't.
Another message I noticed, not so much in the speeches but in Chris Matthews' laughable attempts to get Republican spinners to answer the questions he was asking, is this: If you disagree with Donald Trump on anything, you're unfit to hold public office. Unless you're Mike Pence.
Meanwhile, I continue to prep for Comic-Con — a process which in the last few days has been interrupted by a surprising number of folks who want to know if I can help them get a panel or some other event into the programming. I had to tell those folks they're more than two months too late. The schedule has been printed, people…and all the slots were assigned in the early part of May.
Posting may be light or filled with reruns for the next week or so. I trust you understand.