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* “Ground Zero can’t have an Islamic cultural center, that’d be like Pearl Harbor having– Oh.” * Tea Party comics are not for the squeamish. * This photo is not from Comic Con. It’s from a conference of “intelligence” workers aka our fourth branch of government. * A t-shirt for our Social Security-raiding age… * [...]

Abbreviated entry this week. I spent all weekend gorging on Comic Con news, neglecting my surfing duties. Sorry, sir, I’ll try harder next week, sir. * ‘Wonder how bad it can get in Arizona? Watch the trailer for 9500 Liberty. * And a fake “Mafia Wars” trailer, why not. “Get ready for a ride through [...]

A mess o’ San Diego Comic Con news and stumbled upon-type stuff… * 2010 Eisner award winners include Chew, yay! * Was the crazy midnight release party for the final “Scott Pilgrim” volume proof that comics have arrived, or is that question as dorky as it sounds? * Johnny Vasquez’s next project is with… Marvel?? [...]

* I have had this Shemekia Copeland song stuck in my head, like, for a week: * More bold-voiced altos: Dig Bettye LaVette’s interpretations of British rock. * DJ Donna Summer likes it raw.

John Callahan died Saturday. ****. ****, ****, ****.

It’s Comic Con weekend! Get yer geek on. * The Futuristic World of… 2010! You can’t read that! Click to embiggen. * Tesla owners: No, no, I wouldn’t say we’re proud of being both rich and eco-minded. I’d say we’re smug. Click for full size vanity plate smugness. * Someone posts a comic about DADT [...]

* Top Secret America is a new series at WaPo you must, must, MUST follow! * App stops passive aggressive email. In other news, all the worlds’ mothers found they couldn’t send email today. * Wait, wait, WAIT– there’s BPA in receipt paper??? * Hey, London Times, ‘how’d that pay wall work out? Oh wow, [...]

* I don’t understand 4chan’s beef with an 11-year-old girl, but I am loving the remixes of her tech-savvy father. Don’t mess with his computer, ’cause he back-traced it, and reported you to the cyber police! This woman, on the other hand, is a genius and needs her own talk show: * Digital drugs? Really?? [...]

* Wait, there’s secondhand chemo?? * From an article about that creepy database breach: If all unauthorized immigrants were removed from Utah, the state would lose $2.3 billion in economic activity, $1 billion in the state gross product and about 14,219 jobs. * Yeah! Cali state workers to get full pay. For now… * There [...]

* Trek in the Park is back, baby! * Onion: Audience outraged as Bob Dylan goes electronica. Copyright 2010 Onion, who we hope won’t sue. * From a Whose Yearbook Photo Is This? contest. It’s over by now, but the photo itself is a WASP-y hoot: * I wonder who they’re after… * Usual Google [...]