It’s been … 42 years since the Hitchhiker’s Guide books answered the essential question of life, the universe and everything – in honor of the anniversary, our buddies at Weekend Edition Sunday talked to some superfans about what the books mean to them, and why, all these years later, y'all know exactly why we’re celebrating the 42nd anniversary and not the 40th or the 50th. Check it out here!
– Petra
According to a report from the Guardian’s Peter Stone, former assistant attorney general and high-ranking Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark is facing the very real threat he will be disbarred and face criminal charges for assisting Donald Trump in his attempts to subvert the 2020 presidential election.
Clark is accused of working hand in hand with the former president in his efforts to compel former acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen to pressure Georgia election officials to change the vote totals in the state and hand its Electoral College votes to Trump.
GOOD
Even if he doesn’t go to jail for this, he should at the very least be disbarred and no longer allowed to practice the law as should any lawyer who knowingly worked to try and destroy democracy the way he did…no one who knowingly works to break/subvert the law in order to put a fascist in power should be allowed to be a lawyer
NECA celebrated The Evil Dead’s 40th anniversary by revealing its upcoming Ash ultimate action figure. It’s due out in early 2022, so expect more information - and photos - in the near future.
The fully articulated 7" scale action figure includes three interchangeable heads, four interchangeable hands, “bookstick” gun, chainsaw, axe, lantern, and reel-to-reel recorder.






