Definitely a strong motivator to not cock this up. I really hope you're right.

I’m not going to be celebrating until he’s convicted. He has explicitly stated that he lives in Romania because it’s corruptible on his budget... now, you might think that his having said that would prompt Romanian authorities to go HAM on the guy despite his prior bribes (if only to send the message to other…

I’d like to believe they’ll catch the driver, but “blue mid-size sedan” is not a lot to go on, particularly in a city like LA. Hopefully the cops can pull something of use off of the nearby security cameras, but it feels like a long shot if it’s been four days and no progress. I get that her family, friends,…

100% — or how about LeVar Burton as Geordi La forge on Next Generation?

Glad to see this verdict; regardless of where you stand on this country’s criminal-justice or carcerel systems, this Court and proceedings rendered (what I consider to be) a result based on an accurate accounting of the facts—i.e., Tory Lanez shot Megan Thee Stallion without any excuse or justification; he’s a man-baby…

“soap star Lorenzo Lamas”

I don’t think that relatively tame foray into the particulars of John Mayer’s sex life constitutes “TMI” for the podcast that originated the term “Gluck Gluck 9000". Not knocking them, but Mayer sharing what he did does not seem unusual or off-brand under the circumstances.

Headline is a little ambiguous. I expected it was going to be a story about how there was a black billionaire raising money to buy the company from Musk. It didn’t occur to me that this would be a list of rich people that “could” save Twitter in the strictest sense of the word “could” (i.e., they have the capability…

I was being facetious. Strictly speaking, one person must always be the aggressor in order for "stand your ground" laws to apply. 

I can almost see the police report now: “both were justifiably ‘standing their ground’”... somehow. 

I sometimes wonder whether it’s still true. I feel like making cheaper for the state to commit premeditated homicide is an ongoing project in Texas. 

They look like a VERY cute couple. 

True, it’s (arguably) not literally “murder”, but that’s a morally unsatisfying semantic distinction. That is, it’s probably also not technically “murder” when a dictator summarily executes their political opponents, because the dictator’s moment-to-moment edicts and actions are ipso facto lawful by dint of how…

Incarcerate them forever. It’s well within our capabilities (these aren’t super villains who can be reasonably be expected to escape Arkham—prison escapes are rare here, and moreso when you talk about max and supermax facilities.) It’s also probably cheaper than the appeals process associated with the penalty.

Somehow, she said she’s facing two charges (which she didn’t specify) and was threatened to be sent to county jail.

In any case, because women heroes and female characters in general (but not their male counterparts!) must always be compared to each other,

So this critically acclaimed movie that most people really like (i.e., Titanic,) and which was an unprecedented commercial success—you’re saying you think this movie is actually bad? Very interesting. What is your favorite Christmas movie? (is it Die Hard?)

But that’s not a factual statement, that’s a moral judgement.

Being an authority figure is not cool. It might even be the antithesis of cool.