Slayer - The Antichrist
Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast

A whole bunch of appropriate songs out there.

Control of the national security state goes to... the Orange One!
Control of the drone program goes to... the Orange One!
Ability to wage war without a DoW by Congress goes to... the Orange One!

Remember how many people said we shouldn't complain about the security state so much, because Barry is a decent fella who wouldn't abuse it? It was a mighty thin argument back then, but now it's just Monty Python material.

Some bloke on Twitter had it right: "Whatever power you give the government, remember that one day it will be wielded by a Trump."

*ban
Barrys- Reviews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYeLsosYdLc

Yeah? Well here he is as Barry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMrVH_4oxgI

I want to see *one* major US sport take a real hardline approach and make all the others look bad.

What if, for example, the NHL started a new and more rigorous doping testing program. Frequent random tests, and if you ever test positive (with verified results), you forfeit the rest your contract, all of your records / statistics are invalidated, and you are never allowed to play for the league again. Teams would still be charged with the salary cap hit from any of their players who test positive, so they would be encouraged to enforce the system also.

Just think about how that could be marketed for any sport that had the guts to initiate it. Put up images of Barry Bonds and insult MLB for allowing his (and other dopers) records and statistics to stand. Then fade out and pop up with "But here in the {NHL / NFL / NBA / whatever}, cheaters NEVER WIN."

I think that would generate a lot of interest / revenue for whatever sport got the ball rolling.

Well yes, but they really raised the bar. More local to you though, I'm still scratching my head over it being Barry O'Farrell who was seemingly the only one caught out by ICAC.

Needs some Barry White, or perhaps porn music if you like your comedy with extra cheese.

...And one more thing that I think is interesting:

In many cases, even if it is 100% proven that somebody did some very bad things, I don't personally think that should (necessarily) negate our respect for the good things they did.

Michael Jackson may have been a serial pedo, which is pretty damning in general. BUT, *that* doesn't make his music bad, or make people who like his music bad.

Cosby almost certainly did drug and have sex with a whole bunch of women, without their consent. That is a very shitty thing to do. But it doesn't make his impact on comedy any less real. It doesn't make The Cosby Show a shitty TV program, that I/we should feel ashamed of having enjoyed.

OJ Simpson almost certainly got away with murder. I think that makes him a scumbag, but I can accept that many people think/thought of him as "OJ Simpson, running back, actor, announcer, etc." rather than "OJ Simpson, murderer". And even though I personally dislike the notion that he got away with killing people, I can watch video of him playing football and appreciate his undeniable talent, or watch him in The Naked Gun and still chuckle.


Sports figures like Barry Bonds and Lance Armstrong are a different story, at least for me personally. Even though doping or using steroids isn't even remotely comparable to the objective badness of pedophilia, rape, or murder ... those two guys were respected specifically for their sports accomplishments, which they "cheated" to obtain. For me personally at least, that completely invalidates those accomplishments, which were pretty much the only reasons to look up to them. In the meantime, I might think that OJ is a terrible human being, but at least I can still respect what he did on the football field.

Maybe that is a weird distinction to make, but it makes sense to me, anyway.

Cosby was (still is, even) a personal hero or idol to a whole lot of people. I think we're all tempted to put the blinders on and be *very* reluctant to accept any accusations of wrongdoing against people that we look up to like that.

Michael Jackson, OJ Simpson, Lance Armstrong, Barry Bonds ... all got a hefty dose of benefit of the doubt from their fans way past the time that more clearheaded people started thinking "there might be something going on there".

I don't think that makes Whoopi a stupid or shitty person. Just a fallible person that *wants* to believe the best about people that she has respect for.

I can't watch these videos without hearing Barry Zuckerkorn saying "Those are balls" in my head.

I was going to dodge your reply but I always enjoyed the games I attended when Barry Bonds tore shit up, even at the cost of my home team.

But I've witnessed first hand several of Piazzas's epic grand slams. Most games are like, well, ok that was boring, if not medatative, but not those Piazza games.

Sort of like this surgery. Most surgeries are just so boring. But this is home run leading shit right here.

Barry Manilow, Could this be magic. Sung by Donna Summers.
http://youtu.be/_ts-H-1noK4

Was that a cover of a Barry Manilow song?

The star powers are all explained here (linked from the FAQ).

I like your avatar, too, and recognise both Chris Barrie as Arnold J. Rimmer and Mr. Flibble Quarantine was one of the best episodes ever.