That is a fair perspective. However, the refusal to acknowledge that part of Kobe’s life occurred almost immediately after his televised statement, the one with his wife looking on, and continued post retirement, to the point where he was giving Oscar speeches with only a few journalists talking about it. 

There are people, many of whom I respect (e.g., Marc Lamont Hill and Jemele Hill) paying glowing tributes to Bryant, and they are doing it in an uncritical way. And I suspect it is based on the impact Kobe had on them personally. It is a feeling I sympathize with. I also suspect part of it has to be the suddenness of…

Their not bad movies, their quality and storytelling is about as good as any of those superhero movies Disney is churning out.

What? There have been politicians tortured to death literally nothing. Relax a bit with your fandom.

Or Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce? Or perhaps Florence Griffiths Joyner (she still holds the records for sprints, both Olympic and World)? Or Marta the Brazilian footballer? What is up with Americans always wanting to crown some athlete or the other as the greatest?

That’s your perspective about Suits the TV show. But the point still stands about hard work and talent, Harry did not need to work (or have a specific talent) to get where he is in life.

Just a point of correction, “Clap Back” was released in 2003 at the height of the Shady/Aftermath and Murder Inc. beef.

The question I have is why is the phrase “clap back” censored in the attached video? Americans for all their love of violence enshrined by the 2nd amendment are very sensitive.

It just means the boomer generation is paying more attention and is more engaged with the election than other generations.

Please don’t do that. Don’t give a pass to this white woman. By her own acknowledgement she for a long time sought to defend her father as a segregationist and not a vile racist. That kind of apathy or self-awareness has claimed the lives and humanity of many black people over the centuries..

Probably because sexual contact is a vague term, legally speaking. It is open to some interpretation and in professions where handling deceased people is common that definition could be a problem. 

Yeah, he and that woman are totally having sex. When I first heard of it I shrugged it off as good friends showing affecting for each other. But that sort of hand holding demonstrated a level of affection that comes with people who have ‘Let’s Get It On’ by Marvin Gaye on their sex playlist.

The Democratic Party has changed, or at least the arm of the party that Harris sought to win over has changed. Harris is centrist democrat who sought buy-in with the demographic that supports Bernie and Warren. Leaving Biden with all the boomers. It was not a strategy that was bound to lose. That’s what’s so tactful…

Also they are not defending the person’s actions. They are compelling the state to prove its case. In this situation, the state had to prove beyond a doubt that the killing was intentional (That she died by strangulation was not in doubt, but whether strangulation was intentional or just an unfortunate accident was…

Hopefully, this marks the end of the trend in nostalgic television. As with this show, it was cute for a few episodes, but it soon got tiresome.

Let’s also not forget her abusive tendencies. I think we as a society gave her pass when we saw the video; probably because the guy did not complain and because it appeared little physical damage was done. Barf to that kind physical display of anger, or whatever spurred her to throw hands.

What is up with Americans always rushing to crown some athlete (or performer) as the greatest of all time? Why even engage in this exercise? Why not just enjoy the performance and feats of magnificence when you can? Anytime you turn on any kind of sports discussion it is always some back and forth about some athlete…

The Casey Calvert aspect of it is what makes it even weirder. Every performer has a “no list” (i.e., performers they are unwilling to work with for whatever reason) particularly, those performers who have some kind of longevity and hence some influence with regards to who they work with. I would assume that Casey…

I am somewhat confused by Dana Vespoli’s comments. Is she, as a director, unable to tell stories about women’s experiences “with rough sex and their attitudes about consent and agency”, without using performers accused of assaulting women? If that is the premise of the film then you don’t need rapists for that.

This sounds like it was long before she was seriously famous, when she was a popular dancer/stripper with a big booty. There are plenty of “men’s” magazines that have photographs of strippers and models. The spreads are more along of the lines of playboy. King Magazine and Mixed Magazine are examples. The…