"We are deeply disappointed that the agendas of these outside groups have so regrettably impacted East Portland and the 82nd Avenue community," parade organizers said in an emailed statement.

http://www.kgw.com/news/local/avenue-of-roses-parade-canceled-due-to-threat-reports-say/434090945

According to Mauger’s friend, it was a phenomenon. In Japan, thousands of people each year became johatsu — “evaporated people” — driven underground by the stigma of debt, job loss, divorce, even just failing an exam.

Mauger, a journalist by trade, was intrigued. And confused.

“To disappear in a country as modern [as Japan], with all the techniques of tracing, with social networks, I thought that it was amazing,” Mauger says.

https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-04-25/japans-evaporated-people-have-become-obsession-franch-couple

Someone needs a binky and to take a nappy. Oh, wait, is that triggering?

“As I went over his paper,” she wrote, “I realized that I was reading a paper that sounded word for word like something the man who raped me would say. And not only did this sound like something my rapist would say, this student fit the same demographic profile as him: white, college male, between the ages of 18 and 22.”

She said she was so upset that she could no longer grade papers or read.

https://heatst.com/culture-wars/professor-says-male-students-paper-was-so-triggering-she-had-trouble-distinguishing-him-from-her-rapist/

Killed the rabbit, killed the rabbit.

After Challenging Red Light Cameras, Oregon Man Fined $500 for Practicing Engineering Without a License

http://reason.com/blog/2017/04/26/after-challenging-red-light-cameras-oreg

Järlström is now suing the state board over that fine, arguing that it's unconstitutional to prevent someone from doing math without the government's permission. He's getting support from the Institute for Justice, a national libertarian law firm.

"Criticizing the government's engineering isn't a crime; it's a constitutional right," said Sam Gedge, an attorney at the Institute for Justice, in a statement. "Under the First Amendment, you don't need to be a licensed lawyer to write an article critical of a Supreme Court decision, you don't need to be a licensed landscape architect to create a gardening blog, and you don't need to be a licensed engineer to talk about traffic lights."

The notion that it's somehow illegal for Järlström to call himself an engineer is absurd. He has a degree in electrical engineering from Sweden, worked as an airplane camera mechanic in the Swedish Air Force, and has worked in a variety of technical jobs since immigrating to the United States in 1992. In Oregon, though, all that matters is whether he has a state-issued license.

Well look who brought DHS malfeasance to the UC system.

UC System Keeping $175M Hidden Slush Fund While Demanding Tuition Increases

I especially like the part where Napolitano calls the auditors liars, changes critical reports, and interferes with the auditing system.

No one expects the IRS inquisition.

“They threatened me with the possibility of an audit by the Internal Revenue Service,” he said. “I have been here legally for 17 years and never had a problem. But they said, ‘well, you know, you might get audited.’”

http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/25/exclusive-hillary-aides-threatened-prime-ministers-son-with-irs-audit/#ixzz4fMiYeJ5E

The case for meat.

Realistically, grazing animals do more pollution REDUCTION than creation. Unlike trains, automobiles, and the private jets environmental elitists fly when they give their speeches on saving the planet, cows contribute to the grasslands ability to absorb carbon. This actually helps prevent the release of nitrous oxide. Nitrous oxide is something scientists believe to be far more damaging to the environment than carbon emissions.

https://www.t-nation.com/diet-fat-loss/vegans-suck-at-science-heres-the-proof

Realistically, grazing animals do more pollution REDUCTION than creation. Unlike trains, automobiles, and the private jets environmental elitists fly when they give their speeches on saving the planet ...

Which means that Al Gore should ride a cow to his next environmental conference.

I would pay good money to watch AlGore ride a cow. Better, a bull. Can I throw cow pies at him as he goes by?

Oh, ESPN, we hardly new ye!

The simple truth of the matter is this -- ESPN spent way too much on sports rights just as its cable and satellite subscriptions began to collapse. On track for $8 billion in programming costs in 2017, ESPN will rack up its 15 millionth lost subscriber since 2011. Every single day so far in 2017 over 10,000 people have left ESPN. The numbers are astonishing and the collapse is rapid. All those lost subscribers add up to big money -- that's over $1.3 billion a year in money that comes off ESPN's books every year. And ESPN is on the hook for billions and billions a year for all the years ahead. That's guaranteed payments to leagues that ESPN can't escape no matter how many employees it fires.

http://www.outkickthecoverage.com/espn-firing-over-a-hundred-employees-today-042617

It's going to be interesting to see this technology mature to reach the point that full pregnancies can be safely carried in this device:

https://mobile.twitter.com/futurism/status/856983884960944128

Certainly it's helpful...

But see also.

> Al Gore should ride a cow
> to his next environmental
> conference.

Would rather the cow rode Gore.

Boom! Thanks for coming! Tip your waitress!

What a Hustler was before Larry Flynt came along.

Even the terminally stupid should know that, if you want to get out of a date, alerting the authorities with a fake highjacking plot is probably not an effective tactic.

Dartmouth Study Finds Democrats Are The Least Tolerant Students On Campus

https://twitter.com/PatrickRuffini/status/857272821185171456/photo/1

A splendid Cosh.

He's had a good year! Soldiers, abortion, addiction, food....

Montana Democratic candidate, Rob Quist, is a regular performer at an Idaho nudist resort.

According to the article, "Montana Democrat Rob Quist, a locally famous musician, is a frequent performer at the Sun Meadow Resort, Idaho's premier nudist resort for guests seeking a 'family nudist experience.'"

What the hell is a "family nudist experience?" And Eww.

United Airlines.