The New York Times has a good obit up for Frank Jacobs. Take note of the part about how Frank's song parodies for MAD led to a very important Supreme Court decision.
I'm not watching the news too closely but I gather that the case against ex-cop Derek Chauvin in Minnesota is pretty strong. This increases the likelihood that he will be found guilty of something and therefore the fear of massive rioting if he isn't.
It also seems to me that Tucker Carlson is about five broadcasts away from presenting his case that the only people who should be allowed to vote in this country are non-vaccinated White Republicans who donated to the Trump campaign.
Speaking of donating to Trump: Many of you have congratulated me on not doing so in spite of the deluge of e-mails his campaign sent me. Some advertising is pretty easy to resist, people. I am also not donating to the pro-Republican operation that's now deluging me with similarly-worded entreats, obviously sent via the same mailing list.
With each passing day, we're all a little happier to not be Matt Gaetz.
I kinda understand the people who are refusing to be vaccinated because they don't want anything unusual in their bodies…GMO-modified food, eggs from chickens that don't eat worms, anything that has ever been near the Monsanto factory, strangers' body parts, etc. I have a tougher time with the ones who think it's a political statement or strategy as Amanda Marcotte describes.
Lastly for now: The San Diego Convention Center website still says that the "Comic-Con Special Edition" on Thanksgiving Weekend has an expected attendance of 130,000. That's gotta be someone just typing in the usual number for normal Comic-Cons without trying to estimate what this one will be…assuming it happens at all. The convention center has a long list of other cons scheduled beginning August 3 and none of them are listed for more than 40,000. Most are way less. That suggests to me there's still some question as to how much of the convention center will be fully functional and available this year.