Democracy is dead, the bad guys won, buy my shirts at 7:18 PM

No hay mar. No hay sol.

So...how about that Fiscal Control Board, huh?  It passed through and the president signed it and everything, and people who  expressed themselves against it such as Lin Manuel Marin Miranda and our Governor, suddenly decided it was the only choice.

Funny, I was reading about the Japanese Internment Camps, you know, when they rounded all the Japanese into shitty desert camp prisons because of fear they might sabotage stuff. Obviously there was a strong sense then that there was an emergency and that measures  had to be taken.

It's not good that they did that, but it's not surprising. What is surprising is that even today you see some people saying, that we had to. Despite evidence only piling up for the fact that we did it, they describe ambiguous consequences if we hadn't gone with it.

We had to. We had to violate the human rights of an entire group of people to ease our fears. We had to use nukes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We had to hold those McCarthy hearings. We had to intervene in Vietnam and Korea. We had to install dictators in various countries. We had to arm insurgents in Afghanistan. We had to invade Afghanistan. And Iraq. We had to create the Patriot Act. We had to torture people for information. We had to collect information on everyday American Citizens. We have to use Drones to kill people in other countries. Or is it only in other countries?

The phrase "necessary evil" operates from a view point where you regret evil done. You actually HAD to  do it, as the consequences showed themselves far greater than inaction. But when all evils are necessary and there's no line, that's another thing.


I don't believe that P.R.O.M.E.S.A. was "The ONLY WAY" anymore than putting  Japanese folks into inhuman camps during the 1940s was "THE ONLY WAY" to keep Japanese saboteurs from wreaking havoc and costing U.S. the war, installing dictators and accusing random folks  was "THE ONLY WAY" America could beat back the Soviets, and the same way collecting your information and blowing up foreigners with unaccountable death-machines is "THE ONLY WAY"  to keep the specter of terrorism at bay.

But it doesn't matter what I believe. The President doesn't have to listen to me: they don't let us vote for President. Congress doesn't have to listen to me, I don't have representation in there. One day the full truth will come out and we will truly see if we actually HAD to, or if we just WANTED TO.

So...I'm making some T-Shirts.  They show a darkened Puerto Rican flag, flagrantly  riding the coattails of this thing that's been making news rounds. There's a lot of dissatisfaction... and I want to turn it into di$$ati$faction.

"Hey, our flag is going into people's asses and being stepped on as we speak, but it's the correct colors as it happens!

Get your darkened  Monoestrellada shirts for men and women and show everyone that you are sad about Puerto Rico...Or Cuba. Once you remove the colors it could go either way, really.

I will  update as I make even more designs. And...please don't vote for Donald Trump. As long as we're gonna have a tyrannical colonial dictatorship, it might as well not be chosen by the Guy from Celebrity Apprentice. You guys are killing us over here.

5 Casting Choices that could piss off the Boycott Thor guys at 12:34 PM

Never Forget.

 It's Black History month in America, and I want to make a feature about it After all, I may, or not be American, or understand the struggles that blacks went though so that The Game could say he screwed Mya, but I do like looking at Brandy.

I really do.

So to celebrate, I want to figure out a casting choice that will make the guys who-don't-think-Thor's-friend Hypergrab-should-be-cast-black furious.  So if I was a casting agent, and also a troll to racists, what would I do? Well...

5)Ryu

 Invariably there's gonna be a Street Fighter movie, and invariably it's gonna be lame. But what if instead of  Ryu being Japanese Canadian(you know he's gonna be), he was Black?
What they would say :
"They're stealing away roles from White people . It is Obama's Fault!"

 4)Spider-Man

NOT THIS!

What they would say :
 We remember how cool and pointless the internet movement to get Donald Glover to be Spiderman was. But what if it had succeded?
What they would say :"How does it make sense that  a black man from Queens is a Superhero? Are there even Black People in Queens!?"

3) Duke Nukem

A Duke movie was rumored a million years ago(after the announcement of Forever,though, natch!) . But what if they had a twist on the obvious parodies Duke was doing on 80s/90s action tropes?
What they would say :
"Duke Nukem represents everything America is: that is being famous for saying things other people did way before. Have we not suffered enough?"

It's animal cruelty! Let those puppies out now!

2)Black Cat
"Hey, we're Hollywood, and we need to find a way to make you be able to tell which blond girl falls of a bridge and comes back with water powers  and dies which one is a ripoff of Catwoman. Hmm. I know, we'll make one of them black. "
What they would say :
"Didn't they learn their lesson last time? I mean, it was clearly the Blackness that screwed Catwoman up and not the acting, effects, script , or the fact it was a quick cash in using a script from 1995."
1)Joker

One day, I will marry Morphthing. I SWEAR IT!

What they would say :
"Now, come on. It doesn't get any whiter than the Joker!  How is it believable a black Man dresses in all purple, mistreats his women, and is highly casual about violence and exploitation of others in general?"

5 Casting Choices that could piss off the Boycott Thor guys at 12:34 PM

Never Forget.

 It's Black History month in America, and I want to make a feature about it After all, I may, or not be American, or understand the struggles that blacks went though so that The Game could say he screwed Mya, but I do like looking at Brandy.

I really do.

So to celebrate, I want to figure out a casting choice that will make the guys who-don't-think-Thor's-friend Hypergrab-should-be-cast-black furious.  So if I was a casting agent, and also a troll to racists, what would I do? Well...

5)Ryu

 Invariably there's gonna be a Street Fighter movie, and invariably it's gonna be lame. But what if instead of  Ryu being Japanese Canadian(you know he's gonna be), he was Black?
What they would say :
"They're stealing away roles from White people . It is Obama's Fault!"

 4)Spider-Man

NOT THIS!

What they would say :
 We remember how cool and pointless the internet movement to get Donald Glover to be Spiderman was. But what if it had succeded?
What they would say :"How does it make sense that  a black man from Queens is a Superhero? Are there even Black People in Queens!?"

3) Duke Nukem

A Duke movie was rumored a million years ago(after the announcement of Forever,though, natch!) . But what if they had a twist on the obvious parodies Duke was doing on 80s/90s action tropes?
What they would say :
"Duke Nukem represents everything America is: that is being famous for saying things other people did way before. Have we not suffered enough?"

It's animal cruelty! Let those puppies out now!

2)Black Cat
"Hey, we're Hollywood, and we need to find a way to make you be able to tell which blond girl falls of a bridge and comes back with water powers  and dies which one is a ripoff of Catwoman. Hmm. I know, we'll make one of them black. "
What they would say :
"Didn't they learn their lesson last time? I mean, it was clearly the Blackness that screwed Catwoman up and not the acting, effects, script , or the fact it was a quick cash in using a script from 1995."
1)Joker

One day, I will marry Morphthing. I SWEAR IT!

What they would say :
"Now, come on. It doesn't get any whiter than the Joker!  How is it believable a black Man dresses in all purple, mistreats his women, and is highly casual about violence and exploitation of others in general?"

The Thor controversy: How retarded should you get about it. at 10:26 PM

I regret my involvement in the Million Machine March now...

See, everybody is throwing a fuzz over this group that feels that casting a black guy in the Thor film is an attack on their white Anglo-Saxon heritage. I'ma let you catch up on that.

And now you're thinking to yourself: " How much of my higher thought functions should I lose over this? Do I go into fight or flight mode or just start limply slapping myself? "Don't worry, old Batz is here for you. Full disclosure: look at my profile pic. That's it. Soak in the Rican-ness!

First off, not too much. The group itself, well, it's a recognized hate group, with roots going back to pro segregationists.What was everyone expecting from acknowledged racists? Lemon trees don't grow pears, no matter how many black men you lynch under them.

But what about their argument? Maybe they have a point. Maybe we should listen to them.

Well, I have some points to make as well, so let's take it up.

• Argument: Marvel is clearly an anti-white, racist group.

Marvel has shown it's particularly interested in bringing in one color to theaters: green.


Marvel's has dabbled on both sides of the issue, and it's always been about money. If you think Marvel  cast  Idris Elba because it was pressured, it was: Pressure to bring in some of that "Urban demographic" alright.

This is Marvel's first African American characters. Apology accepted, jerks.

Apparently African Americans are more likely to see a film if it has black people, or so the logic of the marketing machine goes. And then the same applies to action figures, video-games, cartoons. And action figures like "That one black guy in the background who cheered for Thor"  don't sell too well.



There is no social engineering involved. It's simply one of a multitude of changes made to the source material in order to make as much money as it can from multitudes of products it'll probably have. If you're gonna claim Marvel  has secret society changing plans, at least go full crazy and say Marvel is run  by Jews who are really shapeshifting reptiles from space.That's always fun to hear.

• But you guys complain when they changed the Avatar, Dragonball, and Chun Li! Hypocrites!

First off: there is no "us guys". I always remained steadfast that aliens, and people of no real earth origin are okay to change. And Chun Li was at least half Asian, and I remained steadfast that half is enough. As long as the movies are good. Which, they, erm...weren't.

But comparisons to this are ridiculous.

See, look at the Thor poster.

See? Mostly black!

You see Hymendall in there? No?

Now try to find Chun Li, and the Last Airbender in these posters.

You may be amazed to find that the Thor Movie is about Thor, and the Avatar movie is about Aang, the last of the Airbenders.

This makes it completely different. Hiddenspell is a Thor SUPPORTING character, which means he'll probably talk to Thor some, help him out, and likely be dead by the end of it. Are there fans of  Takeahyke who wanted to see a Thor movie badly just waiting for this one guy from Thor comics, and is it a dealbreaker for them when the guy is black? I mean, the movie seems to have successfully adapted a lot of the other Supporting cast.

Whereas Airbender cause a huge stink because they where apparently going out of their way to not cast  Asian kids in the lead. And look, as much as I disagree with them, they have a point: It's not like they cast the best and brightest or the most famous. They casted assly after mostly rejecting minorities.

pro-minority groups like the ones involved don't consider "talks to the white guy about life, takes a bullet to the chest' a goal to strive for anymore. Why should pro-white groups do?

And besides, they totally did it. They changed those Asians to Whites, They even took, very real life Asians and made them Kevin Spacey, outrage or no. Can you not get the message? THEY DON'T CARE EITHER WAY! Shit is gonna get changed! Heimlichgal is now black! Prospero becomes Prospera! Jane Austen books now have zombies! Try and keep up!

• But this is an attack on my heritage and/or belief system!

Then it was before they cast Hydrothunder. See, this movie is based not on the real Norse myths, but on Marvel's loose, loose adaptation of it. By the time got  to the movies it had no chance.

For once, very few actual Norse are in this. I mean, if we're shooting for authentic Norse experience(and remember, we're actually shooting for licensing deals of underwear and toys) white guys from Australia, north America and England just won't do! And they speak in English, too!

I mean, I saw no one offended by this year's Clash of the Titans! And Greeks are, as the birthstones of Western civilization, essentially all our ancestors, if only in culture. But that was a remake of an old movie that itself was inaccurate, and so is this. Not that anyone gives a fuck as long as Russel Crow gets to stab shit with a gladius.

For God's sake, the Norse gods in this movie are multidimensional aliens wearing strange armor and pants! Is there any doubt this isn't a rune brought to life? I hope you guys don't stay awake at night wondering why people say your main gripe is derived from racial prejudice!


Look, do get it. We're nerds. You want it to be exactly like the comic/cartoon/game/book, because you're invested in it. And whether it is faux Shakespearean techno vikings or fratricide, transforming robots, you care about it transitioning intact into the movie fold. And just because I'm open to Rosario Dawson playing Lois Lane doesn't mean I'm not gonna watch it if she's cast white.

But this group behind the site is not run by fans. They  don't care about the integrity of the source material or anything. They are just plain racists masquerading behind the accuracy facade to spit venom. I can tell the difference between real indignation and feigned indignation.

So in essence, get retarded. Because tomorrow this ridiculousness will join  in a long line of stupid controversies we let live for a little bit, then ignored into oblivion once we had our fun.

The Thor controversy: How retarded should you get about it. at 10:26 PM

I regret my involvement in the Million Machine March now...

See, everybody is throwing a fuzz over this group that feels that casting a black guy in the Thor film is an attack on their white Anglo-Saxon heritage. I'ma let you catch up on that.

And now you're thinking to yourself: " How much of my higher thought functions should I lose over this? Do I go into fight or flight mode or just start limply slapping myself? "Don't worry, old Batz is here for you. Full disclosure: look at my profile pic. That's it. Soak in the Rican-ness!

First off, not too much. The group itself, well, it's a recognized hate group, with roots going back to pro segregationists.What was everyone expecting from acknowledged racists? Lemon trees don't grow pears, no matter how many black men you lynch under them.

But what about their argument? Maybe they have a point. Maybe we should listen to them.

Well, I have some points to make as well, so let's take it up.

• Argument: Marvel is clearly an anti-white, racist group.

Marvel has shown it's particularly interested in bringing in one color to theaters: green.


Marvel's has dabbled on both sides of the issue, and it's always been about money. If you think Marvel  cast  Idris Elba because it was pressured, it was: Pressure to bring in some of that "Urban demographic" alright.

This is Marvel's first African American characters. Apology accepted, jerks.

Apparently African Americans are more likely to see a film if it has black people, or so the logic of the marketing machine goes. And then the same applies to action figures, video-games, cartoons. And action figures like "That one black guy in the background who cheered for Thor"  don't sell too well.