What's in the news?

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Plus. anyone who lives to adulthood in Australia has earned major badass points by default. ;D

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And if people think you've got a bush knife in your back pocket, that's another advantage.

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Those are awesome and fun to remember.  ;D


Sara Nilsson

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/12/us/illinois-puerto-rico-park-officer/index.html

Man was harassing a woman for wearing a Puerto Rico shirt, saying it was unamerican. oO

Lustful Bride

Quote from: Sara Nilsson on July 13, 2018, 11:11:00 PM
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/12/us/illinois-puerto-rico-park-officer/index.html

Man was harassing a woman for wearing a Puerto Rico shirt, saying it was unamerican. oO

……. that's like saying wearing a flag of Texas, California, or Virginia is unamaerican. I..ah it fries my brain trying ot think of it.

TheVillain

Quote from: Lustful Bride on July 13, 2018, 11:18:51 PM
……. that's like saying wearing a flag of Texas, California, or Virginia is unamaerican. I..ah it fries my brain trying ot think of it.

I can explain it. Trump's knack is for appealing to "low information" voters. People who don't care about the facts and just go with their gut.

And from there the fact that Peurto Rico is considered a territory of the USA isn't well known.
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Quote from: Sara Nilsson on July 13, 2018, 11:11:00 PM
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/12/us/illinois-puerto-rico-park-officer/index.html

Man was harassing a woman for wearing a Puerto Rico shirt, saying it was unamerican. oO

That video is infuriating to say the least.  Good news is the racist old man has been arrested, originally for assault and disorderly conduct, but the DA has now charged him with a hate crime.  The cop who refused to intervene and help the woman (after she asked him repeatedly for help and told him the man was making her uncomfortable) resigned after being placed on desk duty while IA investigated the incident.
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theLeslie

To be fair, some people might not know yet.  Puerto Rico has only been full of American Citizens since March.


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Arianna

Not sure if this was mentioned everywhere else, but...

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/13/entertainment/scarlett-johansson-film-exit/index.html

Scarlett Johansson withdrew from playing a trans character, due to backlash. I just had a few friends on fb make some very inappropriate comments and I am kind of fuming, so... yeah, this has happened and a lot of people think it's stupid, that acting means anyone can play any part. I don't think it's that simple.

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TheVillain

Quote from: Arianna on July 14, 2018, 09:51:39 PM
Not sure if this was mentioned everywhere else, but...

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/13/entertainment/scarlett-johansson-film-exit/index.html

Scarlett Johansson withdrew from playing a trans character, due to backlash. I just had a few friends on fb make some very inappropriate comments and I am kind of fuming, so... yeah, this has happened and a lot of people think it's stupid, that acting means anyone can play any part. I don't think it's that simple.

I heard she just quit so she could grab the lead role in the new biopic about Harriet Tubman.


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Missy

It really shouldn't come as a surprise though, with that whitewashing bs they already pulled she's (or in part someone else on her behalf) alienated some of her fanbase, if she kept up being so out touch it would get harder to sell movies with her.

RedRose

Riots to 'celebrate' the world cup. Trashed shops, burned cars. sigh. No article yet.
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Beguile's Mistress

It's something that happens in the US after a lot of championship wins, either professional or college. :-)

Sara Nilsson

But that is fine, it is a celebration. But if someone does it to protest police brutality they are thugs and need to be condemned.

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RedRose

This above… some "people" do not deserve to exist.
Reminds me of this, sadly still unsolved. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Gr%C3%A9gory_Villemin


https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/989289/world-cup-final-france-vs-croatia-riots-Paris-French-celebrations
This really annoys me. Everything is a good excuse to riot, sport, 14 Juillet...
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Sara Nilsson

https://kotaku.com/nathan-fillion-made-an-uncharted-fan-film-and-its-exce-1827624753

QuoteThe official Uncharted movie may be stuck in development hell forever, but actor Nathan Fillion and his crew have made their own 15-minute cinematic tribute to the iconic action-adventure franchise. It is wonderful.

And omg it is goooood!!!!

Eye of Horus

Just watched it. XD

Meanwhile in Britain, Vote Leave (the main pro-Brexit campaign from the 2016 referendum) has been fined £61,000 for breaching legal spending limits and has been referred to the police. While Vote Leave complain that none of their people were interviewed for the report, the Electoral Commision stated that Vote Leave refused to put forward representatives for interview, and forced them to use legal powers to obtain evidence.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44856992

Technically, as per the Venice Commission that the U.K. signed up to, proven electoral fraud requires the referendum in question to be declared null and void. In practice though this won’t happen, partly because Article 50 to leave the EU has already been invoked, and partly because most people in the current government would laugh at the Venice Commisison if anyone actually requested that they enforce it.

Lustful Bride

I...i need to find something positive.

I'm putting this news under a trigger warning because the abuse is horrible and this is just, it is stunning and I don't have words.


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RedRose

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RedRose

Can't edit. But basically I asked an Italian and he told me culturally the courts are on the man's side as much as possible in these affairs. "The doubt always benefits the rapist culturally". Ok….
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RedEve

Quote from: RedRose on July 20, 2018, 07:20:04 AM
Can't edit. But basically I asked an Italian and he told me culturally the courts are on the man's side as much as possible in these affairs. "The doubt always benefits the rapist culturally". Ok….

Hence why Asia Argento also faced a backlash in her own country after her own testimony in the Harvey Weinstein affair.
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US and European networks found to be at risk from Iranian cyberattacks, and signs of them making preparations against reginal rivals such as Saudi Arabia.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/officials-iran-has-laid-groundwork-for-extensive-cyberattacks-on-us/ar-BBKRVTj?ocid=spartandhp