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brentbent: C.O.C.K.R.O.A.C.H. )for all the queer super villians out there(
09/17/09

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Why isn't Guiliani on this list?
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09/17/09

@brentbent: C.O.C.K.R.O.A.C.H. )for all the queer super villians out there(: Cause he's not fictional.
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SJ_Edwards
09/16/09

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The Duke of New York.
He's A-Number-1,
He's the Big Man,
He's Isaac Hayes!
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vinylrake
09/16/09

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Am I the only one seeing a snowboarding video when I click on the Aunt Entity video? I never saw Thunderdome so don't really understand, is she one of the snowboarders? I wouldn't think so from the description, but you never know with the oblique in-jokes I find on io9.
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Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon
09/16/09

@vinylrake: That was footage from the upcoming sequel: "Mad Max 4, Beyond the slopes"
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Charlie Jane Anders
09/16/09

@Anekanta: Okay... that is very odd... allow me to fix that...
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Michael_GR
09/16/09

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Trevor Goodchild Should have been on this list. I don't know if kidnapping your deranged political opponent and installing a portal to a pocket universe in his belly so you could escape to indulge your Eon Flux / satin fetish is "corrupt" but it sure as hell bugfuck crazy enough to get him on any list with the word "mayor" in it.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
09/16/09

@Michael_GR: That's Aeon Flux, but otherwise you're right.
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Thrubeingcool
09/16/09

@Michael_GR: Yeah, vote Goodchild! He had such great lines:

"They say a cat always lands on her feet, but at this point there's really no floor."
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Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon
09/16/09

@Thrubeingcool: "What does not kill us, makes us stranger."
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AmishJohn
09/16/09

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Where does Marion Barry fit on this list? Or either Mayor Daley?
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vulcanized
09/16/09

@AmishJohn: Science fiction. Barry and Daley really happened. Somehow.
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AmishJohn
09/17/09

@vulcanized: There was fiction in the ballot box.
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DRaGZ
09/16/09

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Dude, Lando was forced to let Darth Vader in. He had no choice, mang.
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omgwtflolbbqbye
09/16/09

@DRaGZ: In a way he was a great mayor/ governor for doing so since he choose his constituents over his personal friend.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
09/16/09

@omgwtflolbbqbye: Yeah, but in doing so he completely lost the much needed Corellian smugglers vote and failed to get re-elected to a second term. Having lost such a vocal supporter, the Tibanna gas mining industry fell victim to Imperial regulations which ultimately killed the industry.
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Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon
09/16/09

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Regarding Aunty Entity: "Plus she rules with an iron fist, and forces people to fight to the death in a deadly arena. That's not the kind of leadership our post-apocalyptic cities need!"

Awww, come on... what's a little fighting to the death among friends? Like the water seller said: "What's a little fallout, eh?"

It's not like she was doing something really evil, like allowing telemarketers to set up shop in BarterTown!
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NerD: Blattella
09/16/09

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Equilibrium is the movie version of that friend I used to have that wanted me to believe in half of the conspiracy theories on X-Files and couldn't figure out that I was only at his house because he had primo weed, and a big screen TV.
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Elizabeth Weinbloom
09/16/09

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What, building a crappy power plant near the Rift so that the Earth is destroyed so you can surf home on your tribophysical waveform macro-kinetic extrapolator isn't good enough for you?

The Lord Mayor Margaret Blaine nee Slitheen is not pleased.
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Dimbo_Sama
09/16/09

@Elizabeth Weinbloom: Or Adam Susan from V for Vendetta?

okay so he's REALLLLLY the Prime Minister but considering there's only just London I don't think they had a Mayor
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Charlie Jane Anders
09/16/09

@Dimbo_Sama: Definitely considered including Adam... but decided against. He really does rule more than just London.
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Charlie Jane Anders
09/16/09

@Elizabeth Weinbloom: Ooh good one...
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redqueenmeg
09/16/09

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I nominate the mayor of Omaha when I lived there. He POSTPONED HALLOWEEN.
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Skirkster
09/16/09

@redqueenmeg: Which one would that have been?
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redqueenmeg
09/16/09

@Skirkster: PJ! as in PJ MORGAN ZOMG IT SNOWED LIKE TWO INCHES THE KIDS CAN'T HAVE HALLOWEEN!
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tetracycloide
09/16/09

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i don't think there was really enough evidence to put lando calrissian on a 'most corrupt' list. it's clear he was coerced into a deal with vader under the pretense that it would be easier than resisting. sure, that's not as nobel as just telling vader to fuck off (and then getting choked to death) but it's no where near the same level as mayor 'ha ha i fused your mouth shut and replaced your arms with machine pistons' rudgutter.
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Xicer
09/16/09

@tetracycloide: Agreed. I mean, Lando was looking out for his his city the entire time. If Lando refused to help Vader, the city would've been put under Imperial control. I also don't see how Cloud City is a "corrupt, messed-up place." It looked like a paradise to me, a refuge for people on the run from the Empire or various crime lords. Cloud City was a chance for them to start over and live a normal life. Lando also ordered an evacuation of the city when he figured out that the Empire wasn't going to leave, something he didn't have to do and risked his life doing. The Rebels also helped liberate the city after Endor, which would never have happened if Lando hadn't blown up the second Death Star.
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AngriestGeek
09/16/09

@tetracycloide: There is zero reason to put Lando on this list.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
09/16/09

@Xicer: Exactly. Lando had no choice and did the best he could for the city. It looked like a pretty good life for the folks there before Vader arrived.
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The Curse of Millhaven
09/16/09

@Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Seriously. Do you know how hard it was to get zoning for a landing pad before Lando? DO YOU?
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tetracycloide
09/16/09

@Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: i think he had a choice and he chose the city over his best friend. which might make him the best mayor ever really.
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RandomFrequentFlierDent
09/16/09

@tetracycloide: I'm going to add my voice to the clear Lando Calrissian campaign (er . . . thread). What's next, "Improvements in the Coruscant public transport system during the post-Old Republic era"?
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BloggyMcBlogBlog
09/16/09

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Sadly, the mayor of Detroit in Robocop 2 is less corrupt than their former mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick.
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CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
09/16/09

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Kudos for the inclusion of 2000AD. But wasnt Cal a cheif Judge which puts him much higher than a mayor. Infact most blocks in Megacity 1 had Electorial Mayor votes all the time considering most blocks were the size of a small city. This usually led to coruption and violence when the voting day came. It was cool because we always got to see Dredd crack heads. Dave (The Orangutan) was probably the most popular mayor the city ever had. He was allowed to run for office as there was no specific law to prohibit it, although the Judges' real motive for allowing the election may well have been to undermine the credibility of democracy as a viable system of government. After his assassination in 2107 no more mayors were elected for ten years. Then judge Volt got it all back on track. Cal was bad..very bad. But no Mayor!
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KhaiJB
09/16/09

@CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): that's right. there actually is a Mayor of Mega City 1. it's a separate office to the Chief Judge and the position is elected by the people.
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Iax
09/16/09

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You forgot the worst part of the Mayor from Perdido Street Station. He is constantly stealing his citizens eyes.
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Grey_Area
09/16/09

@Iax: The mayor in Iron Council was a nasty piece of work too.
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tetracycloide
09/16/09

@Grey_Area: it's almost like the position holds and attraction for the corrupt...
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burlybax
09/16/09

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What about the Mayor of Tromaville? He's actually a mayor
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