Assassinate real news? Clenched fist of truth? Freedom's safest place?

So an upgrade on the brain?

If they tried to make him look young, they didn't succeed. (In fairness, they had perhaps an impossible job.) He was 49 when the movie was released, and Marisa Tomei was 27. (And her biological clock was ticking!) She's only three years older today than Pesci was then.

Lawsuits to follow shortly after. There are reports tonight that the State Department is sending embassies its criteria for deciding who has a bona fide relationship with someone in the U.S. that would allow them to travel here. Those criteria would reportedly exclude "extended" family members, such as grandparents,…

There you go. It's all coming together. I expect you'll wake up with a billion-dollar idea tomorrow. Or maybe the next day. And then you'll have the weekend to plot the revolution.

I understand that impulse — I'm all for spiting assholes like him — and your intentions are noble, of course. By all means, do it if you get fabulously rich. (And I hope you do.) But part of the problem with doing something like that is that whenever conservatives say government should get out of providing social…

It can be two things!

Upvoted for general curmudgeonliness, for liking Southern California, and for dumping on Texas. (Also, I turned fucking old a long time ago. It's not so bad.)

An interview goes both ways. They're trying to convince you that you should want to work there as much as you're trying to convince them that they should hire you. (They should be trying, anyway.) There's no reason to feel guilty or dishonest about not being sold on the job yet.

Bee Gees, "Stayin' Alive"
Cyndi Lauper, "True Colors"
The Beatles, "Lady Madonna"
Queen, "Tie Your Mother Down"
David Gilmour, "Comfortably Numb" (Live in Gdansk)
Chuck Berry, "Johnny B. Goode"
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, "Any Way You Want It" (live)
Simon & Garfunkel, "Bookends"
R.E.M., "Imitation of Life"
No Doubt,…

This is Trump, writ small:

The Times has basically admitted that by publishing a correction. But I guess filing a lawsuit allows her (and the Trumpers) to continue to rant and rave to their followers about Fake News and the Failing New York Times. (Sad!)

You're right that the truth isn't a defense, and that this would be a different case if she weren't a public figure. But she is, and thus she has to prove actual malice — either that the Times knew it was publishing something false, or that it published with reckless disregard for whether it was true or false. She…

I think she likes attention and money.

If she goes through with this, she has no shot of winning. She — or at least her attorney — must know that. This is purely a publicity stunt, perhaps with a hefty side of fundraising from the gullibles.

His assholery?

What are the odds that the Sexiest Husband Alive and the World's Sexiest Woman would be married?

Trump out as president, and Kate Winslet in. We'd all make that trade, right? (The contrast between those two photos, and everything they represent, is striking.)

Gee, with all of his intelligence and relevant experience, I'm stunned Jared Kushner isn't the visionary who'll finally bring Israelis and Palestinians together. I was expecting him to wrap it up and bring everlasting peace to the Middle East by the end of the week.

OK, folks, let's get this straight, once and for all. Hoping for, calling for, wishing for, or talking about assassination? Not cool.