Uncle Aleister would be proud!..Uh, no, not really

After an investigation, Dallas police discover that the Darkside Club* isn't really a church but a den of sex (with legal minors) and drugs.


*It all comes back to Grant Morrison and in this case his 7 Soldiers and Final Crisis.

Another nail in Murdoch's coffin

And now a piece of phone hacking can be directly tracked back to Rebekah Brooks of the News of the World. Now if they could only tie James Murdoch in, the Evil Empire could be destroyed.

Victim of love

Ancient city in what is now Syria survived collapse of civilizations in that region 4200 years ago. Why?

Op-ed on science and religion. I'd have something amusing (I hope) to say about it except I'm waiting on the two slowest men in the world at work and really can't stop to give it the attention it needs. Linking to read this weekend.

SDCC Thursday so far

DC Comics has their "New 52" panel. Wouldn't care except Paul Cornell is a good writer so I'm kinda looking forward to his books.

Chris Roberson is writing a Star Trek/Legion of Superheroes crossover. (Ditto Roberson)

Tim and Ben Truman are doing a Hawken, a supernatural western, for IDW. Tim Truman has been one of my favorite comic book artists since, I dunno, 198something-or-other.

"I forgive you, boy, but don't leave town"

Greg Palast on why the deficit isn't Obama's fault. Among other things, he brings up the three dozen Virginia Class submarines that Bush ordered at $1.8b a pop. The V-Class are designed to fight Soviet submarines.Congressman Cantor voted to let Bush have those subs. This is the same Cantor that is steadfastly opposed to raising the debt ceiling and taxing the rich.

Every possible location has a simple explanation

Every women's magazine in one cover.