Rockne S. O’Bannon’s idea for Cult, about “a kind of Charles Manson-slash-Hannibal Lecter kind of cult figure,” was, in part, inspired by Farscape fans. But y’know, in a good way.

It doesn’t sound like a terrible idea for a show, although on the page it does bear some unfortunate resemblance to FreakyLinks. Of course, he’s developing it for the WB, which doesn’t have a great track record with horror of the non-Buffy (or non-Charmed) variety. I guess some of it will depend on how this year’s Supernatural does.

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And that’s it.

The Bush administration used one tragic disaster in 2001 as carte blanche to do whatever it wanted in response. It’s a shame that it’s taken another, four years later, to finally get the nation to start holding the administation accountable for that. As Mr. Grant writes:

In just a few dozen hours, a hurricane has done what five years of liberal activism only partially succeeded at: put the full scrutiny of the American People and Media on the White House.

Let’s just hope it’s not a passing phase.