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A little while back, I hung out with a guy who – in justifying his habit of watching “Real Time with Bill Maher” – described himself as “an independent, not a Republican,” explaining that he was a die-hard atheist and believed in legalizing pot. “But, y’know, I don’t like big government or high taxes, and I’m against social programs.”

Our mutual friend (possibly seeing how visibly my skin was crawling) gestured at me and chuckled to his buddy, “Man, you are preaching to the wrong church.”

I smiled half-heartedly and listened to him yammer on about the Maher sketch, all the while wondering, “Am I just really naïve?”

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Another glimpse of “How the ‘Hand of Danger’ sausage (sausage…of ACTION!) is made.”

As all video-gamers know, every good action story needs a final villain. A “Boss” character, in old-school-NES “Double Dragon” parlance. A character that can easily beat back the hero, making his triumph all the more awesome (in this case, through judicious use of magic hand-power).

Here is the script that Chris sent me:

“TOMMY  looks up to see Mr. Smith, a young-looking man, very muscular, standing in front of the idol…

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