Never say die.


Don't dig Archie's grave too soon.
Hell--wee might even see a Disney buyout.

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/01/archie-comics-and-jazz-rap-the-week-in-pop-culture-writing/514727/

Quote[/size]"The characters are also a romantic vision of another time, though not in the way you might think. Sure, there's a way in which the Riverdale gang harkens back to an invented, [/size]Pleasantville[/size]-esque period of American consensus and stability. But the time that we seek through Archie and his pals isn't a historical time, but rather a personal one: adolescence. When you're a child, you thumb through an Archie digest and, like the young Aguirre-Sacasa, dream of how great it'll be to be a teenager. When you pick up one of Goldwater's revamped Archie comics as an adult, you're dreaming of how great it was to be a teenager. Either way, you're pining for those axial days of high school.

Ya know, I can get politics anywhere.
How bout a little more Archie-centric discussion?
Please?

Quote from: Alexandra Cabot on January 30, 2017, 12:49:14 AM

Quote from: SAGG on January 29, 2017, 06:11:14 PM
Say what you want about Democratically-controlled California, but after Der Arnold left, Gov. Brown raised taxes on the rich, and the state went from huge deficits to huge surpluses. Now, contrast this with, say, Kansas, where taxes were slashed, bare-bones style. Result? Huge deficits.

You fail to mention that there is so much wealth centered in California because the snobby elitist scumbags that live there only care about investing in their psuedo-liberal utopia and wouldn't even dare consider investing in "fly over" states that actually need it like Kansas or even say Michigan.  In other states, we also put a preference on allowing people access to their own earned income instead of using it to increase the dependency of those that don't want to work.

QuoteNow, I think the soda tax might be a wee bit going too far, but hey, sugar can be as addictive as nicotine or alcohol, not to mention it can help to promote diabetes, which I have. For the sake of health, paying a tad more on a tax might just discourage enough people to cut back on taking in something that could affect their health. And I can't swim, nor do I want to... 

What you describe is the creation of a nanny state.  It's not the government's place to dictate behavior like diet.  If you need Big Brother to tell you to eat a balanced diet, you have problems, namely you still have the mental state of a child.  If you have diabetes for that reason, blame yourself and stop assuming others don't have self control and need a government baby sitter.  I've never seen anything more demeaning than people that actually support these Bloomberg-esque policies.  It's also a slippery slope that can never be stopped.  You'll go from that to a mayonnaise tax to government mandated exercise regiments, which I've actually seen suggested seriously on Democratic Underground.  It's just pure idiocy.

Quote...To answer just one parrt of your comment - As far as secession goes , do you remember all the people (especially in Texas) who went on and on about seceding during Obama,s terms ?
  If not , I,ll link to Web thiings about it .

Texas was also an independent nation that joined the United States voluntarily.

1-- the diet thing is rooted in public ignorance. Quack remedies, pseudoscience, anti-vaxx-quacks & the rest of it.
2--The East/West Coasts do need to invest. Name-calling wont attract anybody.

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on January 27, 2017, 03:37:37 PM

Quote from: Captain Jetpack on January 27, 2017, 07:44:32 AM
Any word on the Sabrina 80 Page Giant?

It does usually take more than a week or so after the solicitation first appears for any product to be cancelled, so I guess you'll have to be patient for a couple of months.

My thanks for your advice.

Any word on the Sabrina 80 Page Giant?

Where can I order the Sabrina Giant #1?
I can't find it anywhere.

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on January 21, 2017, 12:38:24 AM

Quote from: Captain Jetpack on January 20, 2017, 08:19:53 AM
What is best in life?
To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.

So is that just a vote for Reggie in general, or was there some specific issue of REGGIE AND ME that you were thinking of? 

Just a very "Reggie" kind of observation.
If Reggie was into introspection, that is.

I had a crush on her when I was a kid.
First TV/movies person I ever crushed on.
I was 4 or 5.

Goodnight, Laura.

Good topic. 

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on January 21, 2017, 12:38:24 AM

Quote from: Captain Jetpack on January 20, 2017, 08:19:53 AM
What is best in life?
To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.

So is that just a vote for Reggie in general, or was there some specific issue of REGGIE AND ME that you were thinking of? 

It's a quote attributed to Genghis Khan, & I'm sure Reggie agrees.

What is best in life?
To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.

Welcome to our little virtual Riverdale. 

Decades of heritage, & bold new frontiers for the Archie Gang!
Welcome. 

Welcome!
Longtime fan here.
Mom taught me to read with her collection of 50s era Archies, now long since gone.