Issue #77 – Hold 322 – Countdown to Events

Posted By on May 5, 2013

Ultimate-Comics_Spider-Man_22-674x1024-300x455This week on Hold 322! Millar delivers again with his latest epic, Jupiter’s Legacy. I, Vampire finally comes to an end as does Before Watchmen. Both end with a whimper. Miles Morales says: “Ultimate Spider-Man No More!” Guardians of the Galaxy continues their epic, and speaking of epic, there are at least three ways the world could end in four different Avengers comics… IDW becomes a corporate sponsor of the CBLDF and to celebrate Mars Attacks attacks Judge Dredd, Powers is getting a series, Quicksilver and the Scarlett Witch will be in Avengers 2, and the Siegel court battle is finally over? And Thom got his prize pack.

All this, and Bob’s Question  SYCOPHANTIC INTERVIEW of the Week! Face front, true believers! It’s Hold 322!

CLICKY –> #77 Hold 322 Still Seeking 616

77_Hold322_300x300

129 The LEFT Show – No More Library

Posted By on May 5, 2013

129_The_Left_Show

CLICKY –> 129 The LEFT Show makes my bits tickle

Yup, Alex Cragun again! That dude from SLUG Magazine, you might recall him from Monday’s show. Forrest, Ultimate Bob and I welcomed him into the studio to talk about all the stuff below. Jason and Jake are still on their honeymoon, apparently, and we continue to with them well.

In other news, while you listen to this episode, we’re at the Night Flight Comics location at 6222 S State Street (across from the Fashion Place Mall) and not the Library Square. May the 4th be with you on Free Comic Book Day – we’ll start recording about 11am, and keep going till it gets hot. Or whatever.

Here are your links:

GOOD NEWS! 
France Legalizes Gay Marriage, Gay Adoptions http://bit.ly/17qZFsV
WEIRD NEWS! 
Chick-Fil-A really wants you to take your mom on a medieval date http://bit.ly/17qZRbB
Dow Drops 150 Points and Bounces Back 150 Points in 4 Minutes http://bit.ly/17r0npX
and Hacked AP Twitter Account Starts White House Attack Rumor; Markets Tank http://bit.ly/17r0q5p
The Gohmert Dipshit of the Week! 
Gohmert: Muslim Brotherhood Members In Obama Administration Are Influencing U.S. Decisions http://bit.ly/17r0uSH
Gohmert: Radical Muslims ‘being trained to come in and act like Hispanics’ http://bit.ly/17PisiI
http://youtu.be/Veq6hW2-kqQ  RIP Christina Amphlett
Barbara Bush Deflates Jeb Bush Presidential Run: ‘We’ve Had Enough Bushes’  http://bit.ly/17r0PVk
Conservative Group Photoshops Out Minorities In Mailer Opposing Pro-Voting Legislation http://bit.ly/11zN9Fa
Oh, Utah … You fucking suck
Utah at center of ‘suicide belt’; youth suicide rate troubling http://bit.ly/17r0YrW
Matheson letter confronts Congress over Obamacare http://bit.ly/17r10jl
Chaffetz: Investigators need to take closer look at bombing suspects http://bit.ly/17r142L

128 The LEFT Show – The Perry Weep [FIXED]

Posted By on May 4, 2013

128_The_Left_Show

128 The LEFT Show – Texas Weeps

Hello little bunnies! It’s a strange kind of reflective week we have in front of us, so … let’s get to it, eh? Alex Cragun from Slug Magazine joined J.M. Bell, Forrest, and FNG Ultimate Bob in the studio to cover all the bits and pieces you see below you. It was fun. Listen in!

Clean Up from Last Week
White House blows off GOP pleas, will follow the law http://on.msnbc.com/17qYaec
BAD GOVERNMENT
Gov. Rick Perry ‘disgusted’ by cartoon mocking lack of regulations in Texas http://bit.ly/17qYl9p
FAA suspends employee furloughs, bill held up by typos http://nbcnews.to/17qYg5N
Keystone Pipeline Will Create Only 35 Permanent Jobs, Emit 51 Coal Plants’ Worth Of Carbon http://bit.ly/17qYI3J
Trauma Centers Saved Hundreds Of Lives In Boston Last Week, So Why Are We Shutting Them Down? http://bit.ly/17qYObB
http://youtu.be/_aYzQb6cc5E  RIP Christina Amphlett
Shatner calls out Star Trek writers in hilarious Twitter exchange http://bit.ly/17qYUjJ
Akin Says He’s Relived ‘Legitimate Rape’ Remarks ‘Too Many Times’ http://bit.ly/17qZm19
GOP JESUS
CAND #1 – Christian fundamentalists are driving our country into the Dark Ages http://bit.ly/17qXEgf
CAND #2 – 2nd child of Pa. couple dies after only praying  http://bit.ly/17qXIg8
The KSL News Not News Story of the Week!
Llama meat trendy, but makes some hesitate http://bit.ly/17qYZnm

Issue #76 – Hold 322 – For Boston

Posted By on April 27, 2013

DW_Prisners04-cvrAThis week on Hold 322 – as we remember the true heroes in Boston this past week, we look on with lackluster enthusiasm at two of DC’s offerings in the hold this week, putting both Batwoman and Nightwing on the chopping block. Still, Justice League was great, but with so many disappointments in this series will this new arc end as badly as the previous arcs? (survey sez: YES!) We get the requisite “shocking” issue in Age of Ultron, Otto discovers the little Peter hiding in his head in Superior Spider-Man, and the tumor in Carol’s head is leading into a crossover with Avengers Assemble. Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time brings us the 4th Doctor and captures the whimsy, tone and artistic style of his comics perfectly.

All this and Bob’s Question of the Week! Face front, true believers! It’s Hold 322!

#76 Hold 322 – Seeking 616

76_Hold322_400

127 The LEFT Show – A World of Tears

Posted By on April 26, 2013

127_The_Left_Show

127 The LEFT Show Podcast <– CLICKY!

Here I am getting the post together, sticking the links up because, unlike the Fox News guys, we don’t make shit up, when I remember that, in addition to THE Ernie Gamonal joining JM Bell, Forrest Shaw, and JC Carter in the studio, Jason Williams sent along a new Bat Sh@t Crazy and I forgot to stick it in the final export. Since none of you chuckleheads actually read these posts, I’m going to assume it’s all your fault. Okay? Cool. Hang on a minute while I get Jason’s thing in here – it’s all about the GOP pissy pantsing all over themselves last week. Chickenshits, am I right? So … hang on a few minutes while I go re-edit this thing for you folks … there you go! Enjoy!

All this and more!

New Zealand Lawmakers Pass Same-Sex Marriage Law  http://n.pr/17PiS8W
Tylenol could actually reduce your fear of death  http://bit.ly/17PiKWP
West Texas Plant Told The EPA It Had ‘No Risk’ For Explosion  http://bit.ly/17Pjbk2
Google & Google Fiber: Reconsider your decision to invest in anti-LGBT Provo, UT http://chn.ge/17PjxqI
Guns 
Al Qaeda Urges Terrorists To Buy Guns In U.S.: It’s Easy; Gun Laws Are Weak http://bit.ly/17Piebs
‘Childish’ Gabby Giffords Must Stop Her ‘Emotional Bullying’ Say Right Wing Pundits http://bit.ly/17PiFCE
Scarborough On Gun Bill: GOP’s Headed ‘Toward Extinction’ http://bit.ly/17PiLKq
GOP 
Gohmert: Radical Muslims ‘being trained to come in and act like Hispanics’ http://bit.ly/17PisiI
Oklahoma Lawmaker Uses the Term ‘Jew Me Down’ and Everybody Laughs, Because Oklahoma http://nym.ag/17PiZkH
And Then: Oklahoma lawmaker: ‘I apologize to the Jews’ for ‘Jew me down’ slur http://bit.ly/17Pj344
Bad Government
Three Years After Deepwater Horizon, Congress Has Failed To Improve Drilling Safety http://bit.ly/17PhXFr
CISPA passes U.S. House: Death of the Fourth Amendment?  http://zd.net/17Piveo  http://nym.ag/17PiZkH
Kansas Bans Communities From Making Contractors Pay Prevailing Wages On Public Projects  http://bit.ly/17Pjc7t
We are Kinda Fucked
Today’s money breakdown from the Penny Arcade Report: paying for journalism with panty shots http://bit.ly/17Pi43C

126 The LEFT Show – A World Of Laughter

Posted By on April 26, 2013

126_The_Left_Show

126 The LEFT Show – Plus One! <- CLICKY

Well, shit, folks. Last week sucked. Out Loud! This week looks poised to join in the pile-on. Just a quick heads up before the intro and the links – CALL YOUR CONGRESSCRITTER TODAY! CISPA is set to pass while everyone os looking the other way. Get on the damn phone, the twitter, and the Facebook. Even MySpace. Help stop it.

Now – Ernie Gamonal joined JC, Forrest, and myself (JM Bell) in my glorious studio, and, while he wasn’t as pretty an last week’s guest, was quite funny and had a hat.

Here’s your links, ’cause Jason is AWOL again this week.

New Zealand Lawmakers Pass Same-Sex Marriage Law  http://n.pr/17PiS8W
West Texas Plant Told The EPA It Had ‘No Risk’ For Explosion  http://bit.ly/17Pjbk2
Majority Of Americans Not Informed Enough To Stereotype Chechens http://onion.com/17PineW
The Shitheads On The Loose http://bit.ly/17PikzI
Why Should I Care That No One’s Reading Dzhokhar Tsarnaev His Miranda Rights? http://slate.me/17Pip6H
Lindsey Graham Does Not Care For Stupid Constitutional Rights If Bad People Get To Have Themhttp://bit.ly/17PhSBA
Lindsey Graham Calls For Boston Bombing Suspect To Be Held As ‘Enemy Combatant’ http://huff.to/17Pi18f
During Standoff, Congressman Tweets Global Warming Joke About Boston Bombing Suspect  http://bit.ly/17Pi6bT
KSL – Dead Boston bombing suspect boxed in Utah Golden Gloves tournament http://bit.ly/17Pi8At
Fox’s Kilmeade Blames Obama’s Middle East Policy For Boston Marathon Bombings http://bit.ly/17PilDR
A Nice Thing Patton Oswalt Wrote After The Boston Marathon Bombing  http://deadsp.in/17Pj4VD

GOP Jesus Wanker of the Week

Candidate #1 – ‘Family’ Group Co-Opts Tragedy To Oppose ‘Sexual Liberalism’  http://bit.ly/17PiY0i
Candidate #2 – Ohio Catholic High School Fires Gay Teacher For Mother’s Obituary http://bit.ly/17PiWW7

#125 – The LEFT Show – One Twenty Five

Posted By on April 20, 2013

125_The_Left_Show

125 The LEFT Show’s – Not too shabby! <– CLICKY

First piece of business, for those who were wondering, friend of the show, and my long time pal, Janneke, is safe and sound back in Boston, if a little frazzled. Remember – we pre-record The LEFT Show because we haven’t found a rich person with a sense of humor enough to fund live operations, so, this was obviously recorded before the bombing.

Celina Milner and and Ray Mondo are back in the studio with JM and Forrest. Jake is still AWOL and Jason seems to have joined him. It’s a pretty sad state of affairs really. Quite pathetic and unacceptable.

Regardless, here are you links!

The KSL FEEL GOOD NOT NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/1138rI9
Swedish Gender-Neutral Pronoun, ‘Hen,’ http://huff.to/1138DqN
Republican leaders say social conservatives should not feel threatened http://yhoo.it/1138FiG
Obama, Deficit Hawk http://bit.ly/1138Muu
We Are Better Than This http://bit.ly/11397gI
Rand Paul Goes to Howard http://bit.ly/11390Sl
13 Oil Spills in the last 30 Days http://huff.to/15cwA6f
Cheney’s Warning On North Korea: ‘We’re In Deep Doo Doo’ http://bit.ly/11394kY
Eight Things More Difficult Than Owning a Gun http://huff.to/1138SCu

#124 – The LEFT Show – Plantains and Parasols

Posted By on April 20, 2013

124_The_Left_Show

#124 The LEFT Show Almost 125 <– Clicky

Better attitude this week, folks. Really.

Forrest and J.M. Bell are joined in the studio by popular area political candidate Celina Milner and popular area DJ Ray Mondo Peterson! Wow! Talk about a pair of “gets,” eh? What a delightful panel today.

Here, folks, are your links!

Kirk Cameron criticizes Stephen Hawking http://wapo.st/10SoD1g
Cleaning up the News on the #GOPwow
Honestly, You Guys, ‘Not Raping’ Is Actually Really Easy http://bit.ly/1136Sda
Morning Joe Host Blasts GOP For Putting ‘Rapists’ Rights Over Parents’ Rights’ In Gun Debate http://bit.ly/1137zTZ
Native Victim’s Assistance Program Director http://bit.ly/1136YSa
So, what DOES the bible say about marriage? http://bit.ly/1139p7i
Comedian Jonathan Winters dies at age 87 http://usat.ly/1138gwp
You’re All F’K'N Nuts … 
Everybody Should Get Regular Mental Health Checkups http://bit.ly/1137LTj
Pentagon Pushes For More Out-Of-Pocket Fees For Veterans http://bit.ly/1137TSP
Military and the Wars on Drugs http://nyti.ms/113840e
Monsanto’s Dirty Dozen http://bit.ly/11389B5
The Closing Hymn – Ryan Bingham, Mescalito

#123 – The LEFT Show – Inevitable Betrayal

Posted By on April 13, 2013

123_The_Left_Show_400

#123 The LEFT Show – JOANIE!

Shit. I have no idea what the hell you people want from me here. I mean, really. Twice a week, every week, I drop down the serious wit all over this website, and you people – what do you do? Nada. Barely a comment, never bouncing back the pith. Oh, sure, you’ll shit all over the Facebook (thanks, btw), but here? What the hell? I even changed the comments thingy to Facebook to get you little shits engaged. Still, you lazy bastards ignore it. Damn it … I miss Jake, that bastard.

Lesse – JM Bell, Forrest, JC Carter and Ultimate Bob are all in the room, and Jason has a whole new Bat Sh@t Crazy about how the GOPpers are saying we just need to give trickle down ANOTHER 30 years, especially Reagan’s old gang.

All this and more, folks!

Here’s your totally unappreciated links, you bastards:

Disney’s ‘Black Hole’ Remake Lands Writer  http://bit.ly/10FotJu
The Keystone XL Pipeline and its politics, explained http://wapo.st/10Fn7OG
Kentuky also hates the Constitution http://usat.ly/10FmOUb

GOP JESUS
Smart America is Bad for GOP Jesus http://bit.ly/10Fm8Ov
North Carolina poops on the Constitution http://bit.ly/10FmwN8
Disney Finally Kills LucasArts, Misplaced Nostalgia http://bit.ly/10FoH35
The GOP WAR On Women Continues http://bit.ly/10FmRiO
Utah Style – Sen. Scott Jenkins http://bit.ly/10FnbOF
The Article Every Liberal Needs To Show a Conservative http://bit.ly/10Fn2e4
Pet on Pet Rape http://nym.ag/10FmcOq
Final Thoughts: The Day That TV News Died http://bit.ly/10Fnskw

#122 – The LEFT Show – PROTEST!

Posted By on April 13, 2013

122_The_Left_Show_400

#122 The LEFT Show Dinky Doink

Hand to Heaven, we were planning on taking the whole bit about Monsanto VERY seriously, and devoting a whole bunch of time to it. Seriously. There’s six months to fix it, so, if you’re mad about it (and we are) it’s not too late. Then … um … there were important protests all over Europe. Important. So, it ate some of that time.

Jake was AWOL, so, Ultimate Bob filled in with JC, Forrest, and Jeff to thrill you once again with tales of Daring Do!

Here, folks, are the show links for today’s show!

Europe is better than America again http://bit.ly/10Fmchl
Monsanto Madness! 
How the Monsanto Protection Act snuck into law http://bit.ly/10Fmgxu
Monsanto Protection Act – Snopes http://bit.ly/10FmlkW
RELATED – Louis Slaughter delightful irony http://bit.ly/10Fmp4a
‘Arrested Development’ On Netflix, Order Increased To 15 Episodes http://bit.ly/10FoywJ
The KSL FEEL GOOD NOT NEWS OF THE WEEK 
Jousting, medieval games come to life at West Jordan stables http://bit.ly/10Fnl8L
Senator Wide Stance also makes other bad deciscions http://bit.ly/10FmJQo
Plucky Scots Give Trump A Thumping http://bit.ly/10FmYen
South Carolina Republicans Belittle Elizabeth Colbert Busch http://bit.ly/10Fn3i4