The hack gap how and why conservative nonsense dominates American politics

Republicans have a huge strategic advantage in shaping the news.

Sam Webb on Continuing Mission

Continuing Mission recently featured Sam Webb:

The folks at Modiphius are working hard to produce a top-quality game. But who are the exact people who make it happen?

I was able to corner Sam Webb, Star Trek Line Manager, in his geek cave (as seen in photo) to find out what makes him tick! Sam started tabletop gaming as a teenager, starting with Warhammer 40k and moving onto Dungeons and Dragons in his last year at Drama School, where he trained to be a theatre director.

Check out the Sam Webb author page to view other sightings and a full list of books!

CSPAN caller accuses Tony Perkins of being a worshipper of Donald Trump

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White House antisocialism report inadvertently makes a case for singlepayer

The Trump administration says this chart is a case against single-payer. Actually, it’s a case for it.

Nicole Scherzinger Busts Conan For Staring At Her Boobs

Watch CONAN @ teamcoco.com/video – Yes, Conan was staring at Nicole Scherzinger’s boobs, but can you blame him?!

Toxic Christianity the evangelicals creating champions for Trump

At Liberty University, students and faculty have faith in the president to help ‘create generations of rightwing Christians’- but some are uneasy

ICE gave 185 million deal to defense contractor under investigation for housing kids in office

Nine days before getting the new contract, defense contractor MVM was found to have housed migrant children in a vacant office building.

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Bird Box

When a mysterious force decimates the world’s population, only one thing is certain: if you see it, you take your life. Facing the unknown, Malorie finds love, hope and a new beginning only for it to unravel. Now she must flee with her two children down a treacherous river to the one place left that may offer sanctuary. But to survive, they’ll have to undertake the perilous two-day journey blindfolded. Academy Award® winner Sandra Bullock leads an all-star cast that includes Trevante Rhodes, with Sarah Paulson, and John Malkovich in #BirdBox, a compelling new thriller from Academy Award® winner Susanne Bier.

Brooke Baldwin says I just wanna sit on her face at Bill Cosby sentencing

CNN Anchor says “I just want to sit on her face” at Bill Cosby sentencing

Showtimes Halo Series to Begin Filming in 2019

Showtime’s television adaptation of the Halo video game franchise has set a start date and filming location for next year.

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An unusual set of circumstances brings unexpected success to a pop star.

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By One Measure Witches Outnumber Presbyterians in the United States

A Christian publication is scrambling in the wrong direction to explain this trend.

Lawsuit Says Teacher Mocked and Shamed Students for Not Standing During Pledge

Why don’t these teachers accept that protests are a form of patriotism?

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RIP Jean Grey – OH WAIT SHE’S ALIVE AGAIN, WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED

Review McFarlane Toys Debuts Star Trek Line With Impressive Kirk And Picard Figures

McFarlane Toys’ new line of Star Trek figures makes a strong debut, and has us excited for more.

The faces could use some work, but considering what we’ve gotten in statues lately, any effort is appreciated.

Mom crochets badass glowinthedark Slimer costume for her son

Crochetverse’s Stephanie Pokorny is putting all us moms to shame with the crocheted Halloween costumes she’s made for her six-year-old son Jack. Recently her all-yarn Predator costume m…

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Ford Says American Steel Is Now the Most Expensive in the World Thanks to Trump

Expensive trade wars, who the shorts REALLY want to win, and burning BMWs. This is the Morning Shift for October 23, 2018.

Launch Pad Water Deluge System Test at NASA Kennedy Space Center

This system is used to reduce extreme heat and energy generated by a rocket launch.ð??? On Oct. 15, 2018, the Ignition Overpressure Protection and Sound Suppres…

Burger King launches Philly cheesesteak burger with a Whopper of a claim

A BK location is protesting a Philly-theme burger? Puhleeze.

GIANT A10 WARTHOG WITH BRRRRT & FLARE

Kurt Tötsch performed a fantastic display with his MIBO A-10 Thunderbolt II at the Barone Rosso Airshow 2018 Model data: A-10 Thunderbolt II – Warthog Scale:…

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Amy Ratcliffe on SyFy Wire

SyFy Wire recently featured Amy Ratcliffe:

Ratcliffe is a stage host at Star Wars Celebration, has co-hosted popular Star Wars podcasts (currently Lattes With Leia, formerly Full of Sith), written numerous articles for Star Wars Insider, and writes for the official Star Warswebsite. Currently, she’s working as the managing editor for Nerdist and still writes about Star Wars. When it was announced that she would be authoring a new Star Wars book called Women of the Galaxy, I don’t think anyone was surprised. She’s a perfect fit.

Star Wars: Women of the Galaxy takes a look at 75 different characters from a galaxy far, far away. Each one is written about by Ratcliffe and new art has been commissioned by a team of 18 female and non-binary artists for each one.

Check out the Amy Ratcliffe author page to view other sightings and a full list of books!

Firefly Serenity Hallmark Keepsake Christmas Ornament with Light

Add some Serenity to your Christmas tree with this ornament. She’ll look just right nestled between the branches, as if she’s hiding from holiday Reavers. Press the button on the ornament to see the ship light up. If you wanna give away their position.

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Nightmare on Elm Street 2 Freddys Revenge

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Freddy’s back…and he wants revenge. When teenager Jesse Walsh moves to Elm Street, Freddy Krueger starts appearing in his nightmares.

As impressed as I was with the first film, the second one is better in nearly every way. There’s a great look into the boiler room Fred worked at, something only vaguely hinted at in the first movie, much more use of fire as one of Freddy’s tools, explosive birds, a father that refuses to hire help to fix the a/c in the Hellhouse, A grade gore (specifically the coach’s back in the shower, youch!), a fantastic pool party, and then wrapped up with an impressively steady long shot of one of the main characters running around the previously mentioned boiler room. It took me a couple rewinds to even figure out how they made the shot, but even knowing how it was done doesn’t lessen how impressed I was with the lighting, stability and planning that had to go into those 30-45 seconds of screen time.

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I’m guilty of this myself, back when I had my F-150 one of the best purchases I made for it was a set of neon orange tie down straps.

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Comic Review for week of October 17 2018

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  JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #400
  Lots of Dredd equals #400 issues of this magazine!
   

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  JUDGE DREDD: TOXIC! #1
  Oct 24th, 2018  ·  $3.99
   

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  Marvel Comics
  MARVEL PREVIEWS #16
  Oct 24th, 2018  ·  $0.00
   

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  THE PUNISHER #3
  There’s a double page spread right at the start of the series that blew me away, the rest of the book is just as good.  For people that know about Frank and DD’s history there’s a bit of humor there, but it all ends with Frank using knives instead of guns due to DD’s protests.  That goes about as well as you’d expect.
   

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  SHADOWMAN #8 COVER B GRANT
  Continuing it’s fun run, in this issue there’s a couple in bed, a sulking god/demon thing (moa?), and a chase scene that ends with a bunch of dead demon infused cops.
   

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  STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION: TERRA INCOGNITA #4
  Is this some kind of ongoing series or something?
   

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  STAR WARS ADVENTURES: TALES FROM VADER’S CASTLE #4
  With this running at the same time as the Castle storyline in Star Wars: Vader, I’m confusing myself on what exactly is happening in which book.
   

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  STAR WARS: DOCTOR APHRA #25
  Diamond neglected to send this to my comic shop.
   

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  TRUE BELIEVERS: WHAT IF KRAVEN THE HUNTER HAD KILLED SPIDER-MAN? #1
  I had forgotten that Kraven was borderline insane when he first came around, the following books and cartoons never really played up how absolutely bonkers he was.  This is a great What If story that really takes things to the extreme.
   

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  TRUE BELIEVERS: WHAT IF SILVER SURFER POSSESSED THE INFINITY GUANTLET #1
  In comparison to the above Kraven storyline, this one is downright tame, though I love the artwork here much more.

New Trek Animated Series Announced by author of Star Trek The Next Generation Warped An Engaging Guide to the NeverAired 8th Season

StarTrek.com has announced that they’ve ordered a two season commitment for a new animated series by Mike McMahan, author of Star Trek: The Next Generation: Warped: An Engaging Guide to the Never-Aired 8th Season:

CBS All Access has set phasers to funny with the announcement today that they’ve given a two-season commitment to Star Trek: Lower Decks, an animated comedy from Emmy Award-winner Mike McMahan. The show, which will be produced by CBS Eye Animation Productions, Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment, will follow the support crew serving on one of Starfleet’s least-important ships. CBS Eye Animation Productions is CBS Television Studios’ new animation arm.

The MAGABomber at a MAGA rally

The bomber’s van

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spider-ham from Spider-man into the spider-verse

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Hot Toys Avengers Age of Ultron Hulkbuster Deluxe Version 16th scale Collectible Figure

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Hex put on Kavanaugh at Brooklyn bookstore event met with counterprotesters

Dakota Bracciale, co-owner of Catland Books, said the ceremony was more than just witchcraft, it was a protest

No word on if there were counter-counter-protesters to tell the counter-protesters to stfu.

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