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The perks of having a parent in the Oval Office… via NYMag, TheWrap reports:

… Malia Obama, who turns 16 on July 4, was spotted this past week working as a production assistant for a day in Los Angeles on the set of Halle Berry‘s upcoming sci-fi series “Extant,” an individual with knowledge of the production told TheWrap.

“She helped with computer shop alignments and the director also let her slate a take,” the insider said…

Malia attends the exclusive Sidwell Friends private school in Washington, DC, but classes let out earlier this month. She joined her parents on Friday in Rancho Mirage, where President Obama took in a round of golf, according to the Press Enterprise newspaper.

The President was in Southern California to deliver the commencement address at the University of California Irvine on Saturday.

If you are into 90s kiddie nostalgia, Variety has news that might be relevant to your interests:

“The Powerpuff Girls” will return to Cartoon Network in 2016, the cabler announced Monday. The reboot will include a new television series and a full licensing program that will roll out across all regions. The show premiered in 1998 and was created by Craig McCracken…

And NYMag‘s Vulture blog tweaks the specifics of dragon-chaining, per Game of Thrones:

… These days, chaining animals is generally regarded as inhumane treatment, and it’s tough to find an expert on that subject, so we found the next best thing: an expert on anchoring and mooring. Dave Bryant, a self-professed “diehard Games of Thrones fan” who works for online retailer Anchoring.com, was kind enough to attack this hypothetical problem.

Before the chain discussion, we needed to come up with some hypothetical dragon measurements, since for all of George R.R. Martin’s verbosity, Vulture was unable to track down any concrete numbers on dragon size and force. We focused on Drogon, the most troublesome of the dragons, and comparing Drogon’s size to Dany‘s, we estimated that he is 15 feet long and three feet wide, not counting full wingspan. (Reminder: We are measuring Drogon at his current size, not his full-grown size.) Meanwhile, a panel of Game of Thrones experts (translation: a bunch of people who have read the books) independently estimated that a teenage Drogon weighs about 200 pounds; this number was based on his size and on the fact that a dragon would need to be relatively light in order to be capable of flight…

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  1. 1.

    Suffern ACE

    Can’t believe that Buttercup would be old enough to be a college grad. Well, maybe Blossom would have finished college. Buttercup, well, she wasn’t really patient enough to make a four year commitment and probably left to start a business.

  3. 3.

    NotMax

    In actuality, there were 2 pilots, one which aired in ’95 and the other in ’96.

    (Never watched any after a lone attempt because found the animation not only lazy but seriously ugly.)

    Please shut the gate after leaving lawn.

  4. 4.

    ⚽️ Martin

    Was very nice of the President to visit us. The wingnuts were out and Orly Taitz was on hand with her birthed groupies. But everyone was really excited to have him here. OC is bluing up nicely.

  5. 5.

    TG Chicago

    Respectfully, the fact that Drogon grows to full size is a spoiler (albeit a small one). I’d rather not have known that. Maybe put that below a fold with a spoiler warning?

  7. 7.

    eemom

    What, no “Aside from [lame-ass synopsis of copy and paste], what’s on the agenda [until next copy and paste]?” I must be on the wrong blog.

  9. 9.

    David Koch

    Should this be a big fucking deal?

    Obama Just Going to Ban Anti-Gay Workplace Discrimination by Himself, If He Has To

    With job protections for LGBT people stalled in Congress, President Obama is taking action. He will sign an executive order prohibiting discrimination by federal contractors—essentially a limited version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act that the Senate passed but House Republicans have not even allowed a vote. Obama has held off on issuing an executive order, calling on Congress instead to protect all workers by passing ENDA.

    Senator Jeff Merkley, who co-sponsored the Senate’s ENDA bill, is all for Obama’s action, considering his colleagues don’t seem interested in passing laws. “With this announcement, the arc of history bends a little farther toward justice,” he said. There goes Dictator Obama again, forcing the world toward justice.

  11. 11.

    Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)

    @David Koch: This should not be a thing at all. that does not mean that the assholes won’t try to make it be one.

  13. 13.

    David Koch

    Long time BJ reader K-Thug was persuaded by my recent comment and has joined the Obots:

    Mr. Obama is having a seriously good year. In fact, there’s a very good chance that 2014 will go down in the record books as one of those years when America took a major turn in the right direction.

    First, health reform is now a reality — and despite a shambolic start, it’s looking like a big success story. Remember how nobody was going to sign up? First-year enrollments came in above projections. Remember how people who signed up weren’t actually going to pay their premiums? The vast majority have.

    …

    Then there’s climate policy. The Obama administration’s new rules on power plants won’t be enough in themselves to save the planet, but they’re a real start — and are by far the most important environmental initiative since the Clean Air Act. I’d add that this is an issue on which Mr. Obama is showing some real passion.

    …

    Oh, and financial reform, although it’s much weaker than it should have been, is real — just ask all those Wall Street types who, enraged by the new limits on their wheeling and dealing, have turned their backs on the Democrats.

    Put it all together, and Mr. Obama is looking like a very consequential president indeed…

    Geez, Paul, you could have included a hat tip to valued reader, David Koch.

  15. 15.

    ⚽️ Martin

    @David Koch: It’s a medium fucking deal. It doesn’t apply to the places where it’s most needed. I’m guessing most federal contractors aren’t the problem here, but it sets a good example and does cover a reasonable subset of the population.

  18. 18.

    gene108

    Just finished Book 5 of the Song of Ice and Fire.

    I wish the author would understand that readers want a protagonist to win in the end and not die a horrible death before the story finishes.

  19. 19.

    askew

    @David Koch:

    Seems like a pretty big deal. Another big deal by Obama:

    resident Obama on Tuesday will announce his intent to make a broad swath of the central Pacific Ocean off-limits to fishing, energy exploration and other activities, according to senior White House officials.

    The proposal, slated to go into effect later this year after a comment period, could create the world’s largest marine sanctuary and double the area of ocean globally that is fully protected.

    The president will also direct federal agencies to develop a comprehensive program aimed at combating seafood fraud and the global black-market fish trade. In addition, the administration finalized a rule last week allowing the public to nominate new marine sanctuaries off U.S. coasts and in the Great Lakes.

  21. 21.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    @Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name):

    I get it, but I’ve got to joust to protect the honor- or, as the case may be, the right to be slightly less than honorable- of someone whose gumption I find, at times, stimulating. ;)

  22. 22.

    gene108

    @Suffern ACE:

    Gack, it’s scary how long ago the 90’s were. You are right. Blossom, Buttercup and Bubbles would all be in their early 20’s by now.

    Unfortunately for me, I am stuck with a mental picture of myself as a relatively fit 24-25 old and not the fat almost 40 something I am today. When I look in the mirror I somehow do not see the the added 70 pounds I’ve gained, in the last 15 years, and somehow think the world will see me as a thinner than I am, like when I was not fat. I really do not know why that is.

  23. 23.

    Groucho48

    Wow! Just skimmed through the first 20 or so comments in the Malia link. As vile and nasty and awful a set of 20 responses as I can remember reading, anywhere. Disgusting. If you check it out. prepare yourself. As bad as your expectations, the reality will be worse.

  24. 24.

    Elizabelle

    @Groucho48:

    Eh, will take your word for it. And, at the end of the day, Malia is still spectacular and those commenters are soaked in piss and bile and jealousy.

    Not gonna look.

  25. 25.

    bago

    I just feel the pain in my ribs. I had a drunken couch swinging bike accident kind of saturday, and I’m getting too old for this kind of nonsense. Sneezing hurts. Next year I’ll be able to say that above the table I’ve been rocking this internet gig for half of my life. I’m getting old!

  27. 27.

    MRL

    @gene108: haha, well, the 7th and final book is supposedly titled “A Dream of Spring” but was originally slated to be titled “A Time For Wolves,” which would suggest that a good guy (or gal) will “win” in the end

  28. 28.

    Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)

    @bago:

    I had a drunken couch swinging bike accident kind of saturday,

    One demands the story.

  30. 30.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    @Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name):

    eemom can take care of herself

    I’m sure she can, but I’m trying to impress.

    Also, she has confused the Clash and Soft Cell in the past. One is and remains appalled.

    Completely forgivable in une femme d’un certain âge (note: I’m using this in the Catherine Deneuve sense). It’s just not in her wheelhouse. I’ll add that I find this criticism something less than valid coming from someone who thinks that first-gen Funkadelic was bass oriented.

  36. 36.

    Jordan Rules

    Sometimes I miss the first M and it becomes eeom in my mind and from there it goes to eeyore.

  40. 40.

    coin operated

    @eemom: I usually have to get into a long, ugly twitter / FB slog with a wingnut before I’m this cynical. Hope you have a better night on the intertubes than I did. Fuckers are totally impervious to reality. Funny…I didn’t know that the SOFA agreement in 2008 was an Obama sham…

  42. 42.

    Anya

    I don’t understand what’s the point of posting the Malia Obama item. What purpose does it serve? I am pretty sure there are other important things going on in the world.

  44. 44.

    David Koch

    BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAAHAHHAAHH

    the scene at a luxury resort in the Rocky Mountains quickly became a Romney revival. Minutes after the 2012 Republican presidential nominee welcomed his 300 guests, Joe Scarborough, the MSNBC host and former GOP congressman, urged them to begin a “Draft Romney” movement in 2016.

    “This is the only person that can fill the stage,” Scarborough said at the opening-night private dinner, according to attendees.

    Yet in hallway chats and over cocktails, they’ve been abuzz about recruiting someone else — Romney — into his third presidential race.

    GOP: Run Mitt, Run!

    Hopefully Mitt can take a break from his busy schedule of converting dead Jews to run for a third time.

  48. 48.

    Joel Hanes

    We are measuring Drogon at his current size, not his full-grown size.

    GRRM wrote a Westerosi “chronicle” of the Targaryen intra-family dynastic feud known as “The Dance of the Dragons” for the last piece in the Strong Women anthology he edited with Gardner Dozois, and its chronicler is much concerned with the relative sizes of dragons.

    Apparently, dragons live until something kills them, and continue to grow bigger (and their internal fire hotter) all their lives.

  49. 49.

    eemom

    Returning to teh thread at this obscene hour of the night from walking eedog — such late night walks being SOP in eefamily for reasons I am too tired to explain — I have the following:

    I am not, nor will ever be, nice.

    I lmao every time Soft Cell comes on my XM radio and blow virtual kissies in the direction of OO’s distant Wisconsin home.

    I am not ashamed of thinking that AL is a pathetic ass copycat of a blogger and never will refrain from saying so.

    There, have I missed anything?

  50. 50.

    Jordan Rules

    @eemom: Yes, you missed pointing out why you’re here and feel the need to share that bullshit. And why aren’t you nice?

  52. 52.

    Jordan Rules

    @eemom: Oh, so your question was rhetorical? “There, have I missed anything?”

    You just wanted to pop off I suppose. Seen it before. Poke out your chest out dear. E-warriors unite!!!

  53. 53.

    Arclite

    @gene108:

    Just finished Book 5 of the Song of Ice and Fire.

    I wish the author would understand that readers want a protagonist to win in the end and not die a horrible death before the story finishes.

    You can’t turn genre tropes on their heads if the good guys win. “That’s what GRRM does. That’s ALL he does!”
    Who knows what will happen, but whatever does, it will be Pyrrhic victory.

  56. 56.

    Lurking Canadian

    @gene108: You are getting the predictable push-back, but I agree with you. At this point, he’s kind of being a dick for the sake of being a dick.

  57. 57.

    The Thin Black Duke

    @Lurking Canadian: I love George R.R. Martin and I’m happy that he’s enjoying his success, but unfortunately I could tell by book 4 that he wasn’t listening to his editors anymore.

  58. 58.

    currants

    @WereBear: Meh. Far as I’m concerned, one of benefits of this blog is the links and excerpts of writing from places I’d otherwise never know about. (Thanks, AL!)

  60. 60.

    CONGRATULATIONS!

    I wish the author would understand that readers want a protagonist to win in the end and not die a horrible death before the story finishes.

    @gene108: I wish readers would understand that the esteemed Mr. Martin is writing a work of fiction as non-fictionally as possible, and in the real world (which he is trying to emulate) nobody wins and, as he is fond of cluing you in at least once per book, everyone dies.

    Valar morghulis.

  61. 61.

    Seanly

    @David Koch:

    One of the other sneaky things this accomplishes is that companies can’t have different HR policies for some employees & not others. My company has Fed & non-Fed divisions in the US but all US employees have to be treated the same.

  63. 63.

    lethargytartare

    “this number was based on his size and on the fact that a dragon would need to be relatively light in order to be capable of flight…”

    which is just silly, since Dragons are magical beasts not beholden to any physical laws.

  64. 64.

    Mnemosyne

    @CONGRATULATIONS!:

    Actually, I think Martin made a mistake by making medicine more effective in Westeros than it ever was in medieval or early modern Europe. By doing that, it requires him to actively kill characters off rather than having them die randomly of disease or childbirth as was happening during the time period he is (loosely) using.

    Hopefully the producers of the show are smart enough to realize that if they kill off Tyrion, people will stop watching. Like it or not, Peter Dinklage is the star of that show and they would have to do a whole lot of fancy footwork to save it if Martin killed the character off.

  65. 65.

    Goblue72

    @eemom: Why are you here? Trolling to get your kicks since your netherbits clearly have cobwebs? Your prison inmate pen pal stop returning your letters?

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