I can’t understand why anyone would be categorically against vaccination, other than they are either bad in a cartoon villain sort of way (and literally just want everyone to die just because), or because they are not intelligent and/or wise enough to understand that they’re eschewing one of the greatest technological…

So I’m not sure if this is the right or wrong time to pitch my remake idea

If I’m supportive of people litigating their culturally-founded grievances in the court of public opinion whenever a Western fashion designer calls something a kimono, or a couple of white ladies put up a burrito stand in Portland without showing whatever the proper obeisance happens to be, I don’t think it’s…

I like Glover, but I don’t know how I feel about a movie shot in Cuba called “Guava Island”—is it a fictional stand-in island for Cuba? Does it take place in Cuba and somehow it didn’t occur to them to call it ‘Guayaba Island’? Is anyone involved in the production of the movie of Cuban descent?

First off, fuck Billboard. Second, Lil Nas X has demonstrated grace beyond his years throughout this whole thing. Third, song is great.

I think the City of Chicago could have done nothing, and it would be still be in the public consciousness for a while, if only because Trump has basically directed the FBI and DoJ to investigate this—which is hyper asinine, but you can’t say it came out of nowhere, as I don’t think it’s controversial to say that…

He and Seaman were mortal enemies, each of them accusing the other of being plant[.]

Timber trespass?? That sounds completely fascinating. What does a timber trespass case usually look like? Is when someone infringes on your logging rights? Where are you practicing??? I’m in Miami, so, you know... not lots of lumber-related stuff around here.

As if giving a long and thoughtful answer to literally every other question interposed except for the one about Smollett would not itself have spoken volumes. Lightfoot gave a response that keeps her perfectly neutral on the matter—she’s not saying Smollett needs to face any kind of justice; she’s not saying it was…

I am also surprised it got started because it’s so goddamn petty. However, I think the situation is very winnable. Lightfoot has called the evidence compelling, and it is; the burden of proof in civil is way lower than criminal; and because of the way the ordinance they’d be suing on is structured, the police’s…

They dropped the charges. They don’t have a leg to stand on.

No problem! It also has an attorney’s fees provision (so if Smollett were to lose, he’d have to pay the city’s legal fees and costs too).

First of all, telling someone to do better is not “shitting” on them.

I agree that that’s true, and her limited comments seem to reflect that she thinks there was something fishy about the deferred prosecution. The thing about the civil action is that it’s not about “law and order” the same way as trying someone for a crime—this would be an action for damages; basically restitution with…

Were you also opposed to prosecuting him, or do you have a particular issue with a lawsuit?

They will remember other aspects not at all, or only in jumbled and confused fragments. Such is the nature of terrifying experiences, and it is a nature that we cannot ignore.

If this was a frame job, it’s a fantastic frame job. I mean, they would need to have gone way out of their way to target Smollett by enlisting the Osundairo brothers, who have received money from Smollett in the past (for exercise training or whatever), as conspirators in the frame by buying the supplies on camera,…

Hasn’t the city paid like a jillion dollars in the settlements in the past few years for all the child killing?

But why shit on Lori Lightfoot? For all we know she could drop the suit the second she gets into office; or just hold out for a mutual release and then drop the suit.

Once Lori Lightfoot takes office, it will be her prerogative whether to maintain the suit. She was pretty tight lipped about her position on the matter during the election. Now that she’s won, I guess we’ll find out.