Year: 2005

Hitting the newswires is an article that purports to prove one thing but actually proves another.

“Sen. John F. Kerry’s grade average at Yale University was virtually identical to President Bush’s record there, despite repeated portrayals of Kerry as the more intellectual candidate during the 2004 presidential campaign.”

Basically, Kerry’s Yale cume average was 76 while Bush’s was 77.

The thing is, if you read the article, Kerry tanked his Freshman year, with several D’s and one failed course. But during his subsequent three years his grades steadily improved. He was never çûm laude or anything, but the point is…he learned from his mistakes.

Whereas Bush started off with an average of 77 and didn’t deviate from it for four years. Kerry improved exponentially. Bush didn’t.

But, hey, what else to expect from the supposedly liberal-leaning press than an article that essentially tries to say that Kerry is no smarter than Bush.

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Well, I thought that was certainly the best Tonys in a while. Which, of course, means that the ratings will come back and report that it was the least-watched Tonys ever.

I’m not sure how “Spamalot” won best musical when other shows won best book and best score, but hey, I’m not knocking it. However it is infuriating that they had the absolute least time allotted to them to make their acceptance speech. Erid Idle never even got to say anything.

Hugh Jackman and Aretha Franklin in a duet: Can’t ask for better than that. However, I am tempted to put a sequence in “Spider-Man” wherein Wolverine wanders by Aunt May watching TV, and he asks her what she’s watching. She tells him it’s the Tonys. “Who’s the guy singing and dancing around?” “That’s Hugh Jackman.” And Wolverine snorts and says, “Wouldn’t catch ME doing high kicks.”

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We had wanted to wait on an announcement to have the final contracts signed (they’re not) and having sample artwork from the new artist (we don’t). But Bob Wayne just announced at the Wizard Philly Con that “Fallen Angel” is going to IDW, so the timing ship has just sailed from the harbor.

So yeah, “Fallen Angel” will be relaunching in December (we hope) from IDW. The first storyline will reveal the Angel’s true origin and, thus, will be an ideal jumping on point for anyone who hasn’t read it until now.

More details will be available shortly in a detailed interview on Newsarama.

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At Enigma Con recently, Harlan Ellison had this to say about the upcoming “War of the Worlds”:

“What annoys me is that Spielberg is such an egomaniac these days that it has to be ‘Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds. No, you puss-bag. It’s H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds, and it wouldn’t kill you to put his f–king name on it.”

I think Harlan’s right about that. I certainly think the authors of such classics deserve to be acknowledged up front.

On the other hand, I can just see William Shakespeare seeing the Baz Luhrmann-directed “William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet,” calling his agent, and saying “Get my name the hëll off this thing.”

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Yes, that’s right, #81 ran so late that #82–which was on time–came out a week later.

So whad’ja think?

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I cannot recommend highly enough “The Plot: The Secret Story of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.” Will Eisner’s last work, it is a remarkable history of a hoax that’s had more staying power than the Loch Ness monster, and a far higher body count. Read how “Protocols,” a supposed secret history of how Jews plan to take over the world, has been discredited over and over and over again…and yet, like the hydra of myth, every time you whack off one of its head, another two sprout.

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Thought you guys might be interested in the really positive write-up the latest Hulk received in aintitcoolnews.com. Plus I finally figured out how to insert links, and I’m having fun doing that.

http://www.aintitcoolnews.com/display.cgi?id=20354

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