I simply cannot believe this is a thing now.

I simply can't believe this is a thing now.

From my personal unhappy experience, nothing quite as constipating as a diet of white rice.

"From my personal unhappy experience, nothing quite as constipating as a diet of white rice."

I've heard some horror stories about long-term consumption of MRE's.

https://twitter.com/Techno_Fog/status/1196644715535511553

Instead of saying "speaking truth to power" it should be "burying truth on behalf of power". Or perhaps "democracy dies in a shallow grave"?

https://twitter.com/Cernovich/status/1196904647048347648

Twofer:

https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1196791535712559109

https://twitter.com/davereaboi/status/1196912898574082049

The big takeaway from Impeachment Theater is that American voters have influence over a much smaller portion of the federal government than they believed. Washington is a feudal bureaucratic empire with a small suggestion box.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Doc_0/status/1196779710786740230

Amy need to sell many more copies of I See Rude People and Nice Manners for People Who Sometimes Say F*ck, stat!

Have You Noticed That The Crazy People Are Starting To Take Over Our Society?

Huh.

A recent UK government survey indicated that 9% of males had experienced some form of partner abuse, which amounts to around 1.4 million men. This includes stalking, physical violence and sexual assault. Indeed, a seminal US study found that male IPV victims are often slapped, kicked, punched, grabbed or choked by their partners.

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Indeed, a recent research paper by Dr. Elizabeth Bates from the University of Cumbria found that the overarching experience of male IPV victims was that "no one would ever believe me." One victim noted "I told friends, they laughed while another stated … the police, they laughed."

Incredulously, laughter is a common response to male victims of IPV.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/talking-about-men/201911/domestic-violence-against-men-no-laughing-matter

Hollywood twofer. First, make them pay their fair share!

The first such proposal would be to restore the 20 percent excise tax on motion picture theater gross revenues that existed between the end of World War II and its repeal in the mid-1950s. The campaign to end the excise tax had studio executives and movie stars talking like Art Laffer, as they noted that high taxes reduced business income, hurt investment and cost jobs.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/sunday-reflection-repeal-the-hollywood-tax-cuts

Next, make them pay their employees fairly!

Here is an amazing glimpse into the dark side of the force that is Hollywood economics. The actor who played Darth Vader still has not received residuals from the 1983 film "Return of the Jedi" because the movie, which ranks 15th in U.S. box office history, still has no technical profits to distribute.

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/09/how-hollywood-accounting-can-make-a-450-million-movie-unprofitable/245134/

If I recall correctly, David Prowse (the man in the suit) also says that Empire Strikes Back also has not turned a "profit", either.

I...uh...

Julia Roberts was suggested to play Harriet Tubman by studio exec, says Harriet screenwriter

"When someone pointed out that Roberts couldn’t be Harriet, the executive responded, 'It was so long ago. No one is going to know the difference.'"

https://ew.com/movies/2019/11/19/julia-roberts-harriet-tubman-studio-exec-suggestion/

I would simply remove the device and attach it to the chief of a suitable local constabulary's car instead. That would be returning their property, yes?

A little more than a year ago, the state of Indiana charged a suspected drug dealer with theft for removing a government-owned GPS tracking device from his SUV. This month, the state's Supreme Court began considering the case, and some justices seemed skeptical of the government's argument.

"I'm really struggling with how is that theft," said Justice Steven David during recent oral arguments.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/11/man-charged-with-theft-for-removing-police-gps-tracker-from-his-car/

This is so bad. The alternative is that it was sold on the street by someone with access.

In 2004, a man named William Boyd surrendered his dad’s .38 caliber Smith and Wesson snub nose at a gun buyback. (some mild reformatting of the quoted text)

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But then eight years later his old handgun — with the serial number J515268 — was found near the body of a dead gangster involved in a shooting with police.

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So how did this lifetime criminal get a gun purchased by police in a buyback?

None of the answers are good.

The officer who shot and killed Munive in 2016 was one Donald Garrity. The snub nose was found near Munive, but his family denies it was his or that he owned it.

They claim that Garrity planted it on the body. After all, it was in police custody, and Garrity does have a history of misconduct charges.

https://www.secondamendmentdaily.com/2019/11/gun-purchased-in-buyback-program-found-near-body-of-dead-gang-member-in-chicago-shootout/

Pffft hahahaha

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJyAyspWkAIHTBT.jpg

Shocking!

Google is secretly blacklisting certain sites to prevent them appearing in search results - despite publicly denying doing so - according to an investigation.

The Wall Street Journal report claims that the search giant has been blacklisting certain spam sites since the early 2000s, as well as those featuring child abuse or copyright infringement, to prevent them appearing in search results.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7690435/Google-keeps-blacklists-sites-targeted-conservative-news-sites-blogs-claims-report.html

Those poor, poor DACA kids . . .

More Than 100,000 DACA Applicants Have Been Arrested—Murder, Rape, DUI

mpetrie, re that "crazy people" article (excerpt):

...MA female plane passenger took to Reddit this week to share a horrifying photo of a stranger performing a rude act during her flight.
The woman, who goes by WoodySoprano on the social media platform, posted an image of a traveler resting their bare feet on her headrest. Though the Reddit user’s face is cropped, her terrified eyes tell all.
“Going to be a long flight,” she captioned the photo.

I mean, the other, unrelated CRIMINAL incidents in the article were horrific and truly terrifying, but what exactly was stopping HER from calling over a flight attendant and asking for help?

Btw, one commentator said that maybe the offender didn't really mean to be rude - he/she had swollen ankles and was possibly in pain. Not an excuse, of course, but it's still worth considering.

Correction:

mpetrie, re that "crazy people" article (excerpt):
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MA female plane passenger took to Reddit this week to share a horrifying photo of a stranger performing a rude act during her flight.
The woman, who goes by WoodySoprano on the social media platform, posted an image of a traveler resting their bare feet on her headrest. Though the Reddit user’s face is cropped, her terrified eyes tell all.
“Going to be a long flight,” she captioned the photo.
____________________________________

I mean, the other, unrelated CRIMINAL incidents in the article were horrific and truly terrifying, but what exactly was stopping HER from calling over a flight attendant and asking for help?
Btw, one commentator said that maybe the offender didn't really mean to be rude - he/she had swollen ankles and was possibly in pain. Not an excuse, of course, but it's still worth considering.

Oh, and about Julia Roberts as Harriet Tubman...

Yes, the suggestion sounds like a hoax. But not quite, given Hollywood's tendency to oppose the existence of anyone, real or fictional, who doesn't look like a fashion model.

Leaving aside race (yes, that was crazy), it's high time for Hollywood and other towns to admit that just as minorities exist and deserve to be represented in fictional roles (constantly), it's also high time for REAL-LIFE people to be represented by actors who look like them, including those cases of famous people who just weren't physically attractive. (Hint: Harriet Tubman didn't escape until age 27, and by then, she'd aged considerably by slaving as a field hand.) Take Queen Victoria - no, she did NOT look like Jenna Coleman! But even aside from her weight and 5-foot height, she wasn't pretty.

See here - she was about 34 at the time:

https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=a8fQwIY%2f&id=3D3C4E1348ED6FEAF671322567B21C7524E8309B&thid=OIP.a8fQwIY_2h8Dtfkz6JaxWQHaHJ&mediaurl=http%3a%2f%2fblogs.smithsonianmag.com%2fhistory%2ffiles%2f2012%2f06%2fVictoria-and-Albert-1854.jpg&exph=618&expw=640&q=young+%22queen+victoria%22+photos&simid=607990879602347777&selectedIndex=137&ajaxhist=0

I can't seem to find photos of her in her younger years - just paintings. Not trustworthy.

And why couldn't the makers of "The Imitation Game" find a talented, not-so-famous woman who LOOKED a little more like Joan Clarke? Granted, Clarke was more attractive than Victoria, but Keira Knightley was already too well known for her beauty, if you see what I mean.

Most movies are not about real people anyway, so it's only fair for film biographies to cast actors who may not be that famous or glamorous but who LOOK right. As I think I mentioned before, it would only make sense to do that if "Bonnie and Clyde" were filmed today - they were just scumbags anyway, even if they weren't ugly to look at. (Or particularly attractive.) There's no reason to believe that modern audiences couldn't handle that. (And while I can't be bothered to watch "Victoria" - or any other time-consuming TV series - I can only hope the series makes it clear she wasn't a nice human being; ask the Chinese or the Irish!)

Granted, portrait photography had barely started in the 1840s (Victoria was born in 1819), and those photos that were taken likely haven't survived well. So finding photos of Victoria from her 20s WOULD be difficult...

I mean, the other, unrelated CRIMINAL incidents in the article were horrific and truly terrifying, but what exactly was stopping HER from calling over a flight attendant and asking for help?

There's always the possibility that the other passenger would turn out to be an entitled shit who would then pitch a fit, throw pillows around or take a dump on the beverage cart.

Btw, one commentator said that maybe the offender didn't really mean to be rude - he/she had swollen ankles and was possibly in pain. Not an excuse, of course, but it's still worth considering.

Could very well be. Oh well, if you want to avoid somebody's smelly feet hovering over your neatly done hair, just don't fly. You'll be free from TSA genital feels, too.