“I think that . . . is pretty terrible.”

Is it even "low key"?

Assuming the numbers are accurate, I can point to 30,000 people who have significantly, measurably had their lives improved by Mr. Beast’s clout chasing antics (to say nothing of the people who benefit from Mr. Beast’s network of food banks.) By contrast, the alleged harm is *at best* theoretical and abstract; even if…

“Yes, he’s ‘helping’ people”

So, after OJ was acquitted, Nicole Brown’s father and Ron Goldman’s parents sued OJ for wrongful death. And they won. So, the same crime, but two different legal proceedings with two vastly different burdens of proof, and two totally different outcomes. In a criminal trial, the State must prove every element of the…

Look at the voters DeSantis is courting via his bullshit fascist policies in Florida, and ask yourself whether the people whose votes he wants care at all about international law, jus cogens, multilateralism, or even human rights.

“I personally tortured terrorists” should be the opening to every stump speech he gives. Republican voters will love it, and Trump can’t (credibly) claim to have been as “hands on”. This is winner for ol’ Meatball.

True—and that's someone who was acquitted, but still lost the civil suit based on the same crime. That burden of proof really does matter.

“What did MJ do to Chris Rock or better yet what did MJ do to you?”

I would bet money that nothing will happen that requires heightened security or a crisis response team, so in that respect I agree with you. However, a part of risk management involves weighing the cost of taking precautions that may never come into play, against the potential cost/loss of a second “incident”…

An acquittal is basically meaningless within the ambit of a discussion of whether someone actually committed a crime, because it only means that a jury wasn’t persuaded “beyond a reasonable doubt” of the defendant’s guilt. A jury could decide that it’s more likely than not that a criminal defendant committed the…

“That seems… dramatic.”

Maybe “Thriller” was just THAT good?

Surprised the article doesn’t turn this around and lay the blame at the U.S.’s door for having such shitty healthcare that some Americans will brave a practical warzone in search of affordable care.

“Essentially, what Chris is saying is that if White people don’t think he should do something in front of them, he will gladly oblige, no questions asked.”

“‘What did my family ever do to you to warrant these decades of harassment and your constant bullying disguise as jokes?ʼ”

Kindly get out of my head.

“‘Right now Jada is focused on her book that will come out this year,ʼ the source stated.”

This makes some sense to me. After what MBS had done to Jamal Khashoggi, I’d be pretty unnerved too. 

The mismatch for me at least is that she’s not really been in the spotlight for a while, and her moment was like 20 years ago; they make vastly different sorts of music. I’m used to celebrity couples having some career or PR synergy—and to be fair, these two sort of do have a form of synergy, in that this is widely…