In the comments to these weekly posts (and only these posts), it's your chance to go as off topic as you like. Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.
The British Government (using the term loosely) is now looking into increasing preparations (using the term even MORE loosely) for a no-deal Brexit as complete paralysis and confusion sets in. There's the deal the PM wants that no one else likes, the deal that others think they can get that the EU has said "Not happening" to, several times, and the no-deal that will likely cause unprecedented levels of chaos.
Meanwhile, not to be outdone,
POTUS45 is considering allowing the US Government to partially shut down this week if he doesn't get approval for a $5 billion allocation to build his border wall.
Considering some of his comments about when that happened before one does realise, yet again that a primary failing of his is a serious irony deficiency.
Meanwhile, the US Senate has released a report
that states categorically that Russian meddled in social media in the run up to the 2016 election, with a special focus on targetting conservatives with stories focussing on immigration, race and gun rights.
In what sounds more like a sitcom subplot than an actual thing,
A hunter in Missouri has been sentenced to watch Bambi at least once a month whilst he's in prison for poaching "possibly several hundred" deer.In more optimistic world news, because we could dowith some, a ceasefire in a key Yemen port seems to be holding.
And in Iraq,
reconstruction of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri at Mosul, where Daesh declared their new "caliphate" in 2014, has begun.Voltron: Legendary Defender came to an end after 8 seasons, I'll try to avoid spoilers since not everyone will have had a chance to view all thirteen episodes. Things maybe didn't end the way fans would have liked (though I was not on board at least one of the major ships, acres of delightful fanart to one side), but such is life. I did enjoy one particularly geeky Voltron easter egg in the final montage, and it ended with a final scene which would have been completely unthinkable a mere handful of years ago, so I'll give it some props for that.
Tumblr's new TOS start today, and have been greeted with an arctic level of warmth. I think I'll hang around there for a while yet, see how things go.
Late addendum: Caught up on the "Elseworlds" Arrowverse/Supergirl crossover, and that was a lot of fun, even if the nominal villain was a little underwhelming. On the other hand, we got to see the Flash of Earth-90, and Grant Gustin and Steve Amell in matching outfits with black leather jackets and cute little bandanas as "The Trigger Twins"? Woof! We might have just achieved maximum implied gayness here!)
Expect an an announcement shortly about our festive/anniversary theme.
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