On Monday, May 25, Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd. He did this in the light of day and in full view of a crowd of witnesses. The murder was recorded. Chauvin murdered the handcuffed Floyd by forcing a knee into one of his carotid arteries for 7-9 minutes, depriving his brain of...
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Ken Osmond 1943 – 2020
Ken Osmond, the man who played Eddie Haskell on “Leave it to Beaver” died yesterday. He was a television legend. From the New York Times: Ken Osmond, who played the duplicitous teenager Eddie Haskell on the long-running sitcom “Leave It to Beaver,” one moment a smarmy young man when talking to parents, the next moment...
Read MoreSteve Geppi seeks to profit over comic book shops reopening
Steve Geppi, CEO of Geppi Family Enterprises and owner of Diamond Comic Distributors, announced a cockamamie scheme to capitalize on comic book shops reopening. Most comic book shops were forced to close their doors because of COVID-19. That, and because Diamond Comic Distributors, the lone distributor of comics, decided not to distribute. They also decided not...
Read MoreGovernor Larry Hogan lifts the stay-at-home order for Maryland
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced yesterday that he is lifting his stay-at-home order. The state of Maryland will start Phase 1 of recovery Friday, March 15, at 5 PM. Nothing’s changed to make such a move warranted. The number of people infected and sick from COVID-19 grows larger each and every day. I cannot imagine...
Read MoreFunko expects 2020 Q2 sales to be 60% lower than 2019 Q2 sales
Things are not looking good for Funko. From ICv2: Funko expects its Q2 sales to be 60% below sales in Q2 2019, CEO Brian Mariotti told analysts in the company’s conference call last week. The company had revealed that its Q1 sales were down 18% and that it was moving all of its Q2 releases in...
Read MoreWhy does the Hagerstown Police Department need 33 AR-15 rifles? (Update)
I was reading The Herald-Mail newspaper Monday when I read a piece about how the Hagerstown Police Department is obtaining 33 AR-15 “patrol” rifles from the Washington County Sherrif Department. They were purchased by the Washington County Narcotics Task Force. In other news, Washington County evidently has its own narcotics task force. In a former...
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