A tweet Sarah Silverman sent nine years ago, which she says was a joke, has some labeling her a pedophile.
In July 2009, the comedic actress tweeted, "Hey, is it considered molestation if the child makes the first move? I'm gonna need a quick answer on this."

Recently Hollywood director James Gunn was fired from The Guardians of the Galaxy series for similar jokes he made years ago.  Many celebrities have come forward in his defense, which I think is mostly good.  But don't tell that to Roseanne Barr who thinks there's a double standard here

I'm disgusted to read all of the support for James Gunn's pedophile jokes-as the same people supported blacklisting me for a joke they didn't even understand.

Simply put, I found the film to be way too busy for its own good. The action sequences -- and oh boy, were there ever action sequences! -- overwhelmed whatever plot there was, and there was indeed a rather intricate plot, which served to only make matters worse to incoherent. Further, the numerous chase scenes were interminably long to the point of nonsensical.

In one chase sequence, Tom Cruise was running on foot so fast through the center of London, and running, and running, and running for what seemed like miles and miles and miles, that I was half-expecting a cloud of dust to be kicked up in his wake, like the Road Runner racing through the desert in a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon.

(If I had scored the film musically, I'd have have been sorely tempted to purloin Vangelis's "Chariots of Fire" for use in that scene, just for levity.)

Anyway, whatever empathy I had for the characters had long since dissipated a little past the halfway mark, no doubt due to sheer exhaustion on my part. I soon thereafter started looking at my watch, just waiting for the movie to end. I didn't care what happened. I just wanted it to be over.

Clocking in at a daunting 150 minutes, "MI: Fallout" could've really benefited from some seriously judicious editing. Reducing it by a good 25-30 minutes would've made for a much tighter and better 2-hour film. You'd still have lots of action, which is after all the whole point of these movies, but you'd have reduced the 8-minute fight scene in a Paris restroom and 15-to-20-minute chases, simply by cutting their length by one-third to even half.

If you're a die-hard action film fan, I cautiously recommend it because there's never a dull moment. But If you like your film experiences to also have a coherent plot that you can follow, or if you'd just like to come up for air every now and then, then it's probably best that you not waste your time and money on this hot cinematic mess, and instead wait for it to come out on Netflix or Showtime.

You stated that America was a better place to retire. That is very much not true. There are much better places to retire than the US based on costs of living and healthcare. Jeralyn once suggested looking into Ecuador.

You like facts, here are some facts for you. An emergency room visit in Nanjing costs $3. A recent foot surgery with a 4 day hospital stay cost my sister $800. A 3 bedroom apartment costs her $500 a month. My sister pays $120 per YEAR for internet service. (I pay nearly $100 a MONTH in PA).

China has high speed train service. China has over 100 cities with populations over 100 million. There are plenty of bad governments around the world. I'm too thrilled with the one in the US these days. It has become brutal toward anyone with brown skin.

I don't mind Tom Cruise but I have very  high standards for action films.  Unrealistic car chases and gunplay tend to ruin movies and TV for me.  

(If I had scored the film musically, I'd have have been sorely tempted to purloin Vangelis's "Chariots of Fire" for use in that scene, just for levity.)

My honest advice to Mister McBain, based on my life experiences of actually having lived in other counties, is that retiring in one's old age to a country like Costa Rica would have many unpleasant obstacles. I realize many Americans romanticize other countries based on their experiences as tourists - suntanning while sipping margaritas, snorkeling in a tropical ocean, or hiking a rainforest - but permanently relocating to live in another country is difficult. More so as you enter your elder years where some activities become become a struggle.

So - given your vast expertise and personal experience that you're using as a basis for this opinion, how many of your "elder years" have you spent living in Costa Rica, as opposed to say ... teen years living in some other country entirely?

Racial attitudes shape perceptions and support for the parties dramatically. And, Trump's own slogan Mage America Great Again is a call to go back to majority white America. The article has good data on the racial resentment among whites beings strongest among the WWC--the proverbial Trump voter.

Racial resentment colors the view of the economy.  The economy at present is not all that different for the WWC Trump voters but their perception of it has changed dramatically.

Armando called this one even before the election  He was tweeting he was really scared of the WWC vote in Michigan--before the election.  He was generally pooh-poohed--then.  

The Journal noted that Weisselberg was once described by a person close to the company as "the most senior person in the organization that's not a Trump."

Do you as the lawyer have a legal requirement to check that the figure your client gave you is accurate before you send your letter out or does it not matter because you are just sending it on behalf of the client, so you are not liable?

A bit of a much longer unforgettable opening to episode 2 where Anansi is called by name by a prisoner on a slave ship to help the supplicant and appears as Mr Nancy

The republican party is dying, he said.  Clearly it is.  That the future might be with a split in the democratic party.  After all the recruited recovering republicans of the TRump era.  A split between the "moderate" and "progressive" wings leaving the republican party a small and insignificant group of white nationalists and old people.  Or white nationalist old people.

The Trump administration is urging American-backed Afghan troops to retreat from sparsely populated areas of the country, officials said, all but ensuring the Taliban will remain in control of vast stretches of the country.

The Trump administration is also instructing top American diplomats to seek direct talks with the Taliban to refuel negotiations to end the war, and two senior Taliban officials said on Saturday that such talks had been held in Qatar a week ago. If they happen, the negotiations would be a major shift in American policy and would serve as a bridge to an eventual withdrawal of United States forces from Afghanistan.

"I would be willing to 'shut down' government if the Democrats do not give us the votes for Border Security, which includes the Wall!" Trump tweeted. "Must get rid of Lottery, Catch & Release etc. and finally go to system of Immigration based on MERIT!

"We need great people coming into our Country!" Trump said.

That would be Sept 30, 2018.