The most recent 20 comments posted to Electrolite by N in Seattle:

Is what MPs do in Parliament heckling? "Question time" and other activities may be impertinent and even confrontational, but I don't think I'd characterize it as heckling.

No, I think it's that Dubya isn't permitted to even be questioned, nor to be placed in a situation where he might be found without a prescripted response easily at hand.

I'll agree with Kevin about the resemblance, though I can't comment in the slightest about the underlying inspiration for Captain Marvel (was it "Double Indemnity" Fred or "My Three Sons" Fred?).

Thanks for your kind words about Peace Tree Farm. I'm neither prolific nor oft-read, but I do my best with what I've got.

Lenny Bailes asks:

One question I've wanted to ask about Digby's blog for a long time is this: "Is that Captain Marvel wearing a trenchcoat in the sidebar (shouting to us to cast our searchlights through the clouds of delusion)?"

Not even close, Lenny. That's Peter Finch as TV anchorman Howard Beale in Sidney Lumet's brilliant, scathing film Network (1976). The accompanying speech is also Finch-as-Beale, speaking the words of Paddy Chayefsky's screenplay.

Finch died between the announcement of the nominees for the Best Actor Oscar and the Academy Awards show. My vague recollection is that even before his death the buzz was that he should win the award. His passing made it a slam-dunk. In any case, he absolutely deserved the honor ... it was a phenomenally searing portrayal of madness as truth-telling in the face of corporate evil.

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