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The never-ending conversation on life, liberty, and sequential art…

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Archive for September, 2008

Then again, maybe there isn’t a credit crunch:

Posted on September 30th, 2008 by Shawn L.

From the Washington Post: We collect money from local savers, and we lend it in the local community,” said William Dunkelberg, chairman of Liberty Bell Bank in Cherry Hill, N.J. “We’re doing fine. There are 9,000 financial institutions out there, and most of them are small and most of them are doing fine.… The most […]

Must Read Blogging on the Credit Crisis

Posted on September 30th, 2008 by Shawn L.

The blogging on the credit market crisis that I’ve found most helpful has been from Megan McArdle.From about a week and a half ago on, she’s been the best on explaining what’s going on and why this is dire enough to require some sort of financial rescue of the market by the government. If you […]

Posted on September 28th, 2008 by Shawn L.

One of the goals of my writing on politics is to encourage people who are reluctant to participate in politics, or engage in talk and debate. I want more people thinking and talking and doing when it comes to politics. Unfortunately, things like this post at Instapundit show that there are too many people willing […]

Debate Commentary:

Posted on September 27th, 2008 by Shawn L.

Virignia Postrel: McCain is rambling and incoherent, and Obama keeps repeating the untruth that there’s hardly any regulation on Wall Street. I want to puke.

Best headline of the week.

Posted on September 16th, 2008 by Shawn L.

“SOME DAYS YOU JUST CAN’T GET RID OF AN F-BOMB”

Acting like a TWiT. (and I thought he was better than that.)

Posted on September 15th, 2008 by Shawn L.

From Augie DeBlieck’s Pipline:You get used to the “Bang! Pow! Zap!” headlines from the stalwart old media. It doesn’t make their lack of creativity any less stultifyingly silly, but you get to be numb after awhile. Plus, those headlines create a signal that the story you’re about to read is likewise written from a position […]

Bill Ayers responds to critics via comic strip.

Posted on September 15th, 2008 by Shawn L.

Recently Obama has been criticized for his association with former domestic terrorist Bill Ayers. Ayers who was a member of the Weather Underground, a group which had issued a “Declaration of a State of War” and bombed a variety of targets here in the U.S. in protest of the Vietnam War.In addition to bombings the […]

McCain’s cabinet: The Legion of Doom.

Posted on September 15th, 2008 by Shawn L.

When a recent cover of a magazine used photos that some said made McCain look like Lex Luthor, this photoshop was created by Ace of SpadesSo, what Legion of Doom member would hold what cabinet post?Solomon Grundy for Secretary of Interior? Riddler for Secretary of Education?

John Cleese on biological destiny

Posted on September 15th, 2008 by Shawn L.

So where’s the gene that keeps me from posting reports on CGSSS and BangPop?via Megan McArdle

CP at CGSSS

Posted on September 5th, 2008 by Shawn L.

On my way to the Comic Geek Speak podcast’s gathering of fans and friends of the show, the CGS Super Show ‘08.I’ll be twittering and posting when possible. But, I’ll be busy socializing and the quality of Internet availability has yet to be determined. (Though I must say the net connection in the Conn. hotel […]

Understanding, Reinventing, and Creating Comics Web Browsers

Posted on September 2nd, 2008 by Shawn L.

Google is about to announce their new web browser “Chrome” and release it into beta tomorrow.The news has leaked early due to the early distribution of a comic book that Google had made to explain how web browsers work, and how Chrome was designed to get them to run quicker, and with greater security.As I […]