What's in the news?

[CaptainNexus616]

And play golf and tennis.  *nods*  And let's not forget his 'medical practice' *cough*

Wasn't there a game where he was also a chef/cook? Let it be said plumber or not, Mario always explored other fields of professions. For recreation or not it would seem.

[Lustful Bride]

This is honestly the strangest and most unnerving case of spousal abuse I have ever heard of.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/man%e2%80%99s-parents-fly-from-india-to-florida-to-beat-his-wife-police/ar-AArkw4z?li=BBnb4R7&ocid=HPCOMMDHP15

They flew all the way from india to beat his wife.... prison is too good for these people.

[gaggedLouise]

This is honestly the strangest and most unnerving case of spousal abuse I have ever heard of.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/man%e2%80%99s-parents-fly-from-india-to-florida-to-beat-his-wife-police/ar-AArkw4z?li=BBnb4R7&ocid=HPCOMMDHP15

They flew all the way from india to beat his wife.... prison is too good for these people.

They must have felt it was a real treat - or very necessary for reasons of family honour. *shakes head*

[Missy]

Misogynistic culture, it's not true everywhere, but theres some rural areas there where some self appointed dickweed will organize the community to rape the sister to punish the brother and everyone's chill with it. Fucked up shit.

[Lustful Bride]

There is a chance that Hurricane Irma could lead to Puerto Rico being without power for 6 months.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/irma-could-leave-puerto-rico-without-power-for-6-months/ar-AArpaD6?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=HPCOMMDHP15

Oh god I really hope not.

[Lustful Bride]

Crisis and violence in Myanmar leads to calls of 'Ethnic Cleansing' as entire villages are reported as being burnt to the ground in bombings, with women and children in the streets being gunned down by the local military.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41176488

http://www.aljazeera.com/topics/subjects/rohingya.html

There are even reports of Myanmar laying down landmines near their border with Bangladesh, right in the path of fleeing refugees.

[Trigon]

Rush Limbaugh now claiming that the past two hurricanes (i.e. Harvey and Irma) didn't actually exist (or didn't cause any damage), and as such are "fake news": https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/09/06/rush-limbaughs-dangerous-suggestion-that-hurricane-irma-is-fake-news/?utm_term=.8f43a0b14a90

And so the political Right accelerates its descent into insanity....

[Oniya]

Three things I'd say to him if I was his producer:

1) What are you smoking?
2) Bring me some.
3) You're fired.

[TheGlyphstone]

I think Limbaugh, like Alex Jones, runs his own show. So questions 1 and 2 become redundant.

[Oniya]

I'd be satisfied with number three, to be honest. 

[TheGlyphstone]

I left out #3 because it's impossible unless he somehow fires himself.

[Oniya]

Oh, I realize that.  I'd also be satisfied with a random dragon teaching him a different meaning of 'you're fired'. 

[Callie Del Noire]

Personally I hope he believes his own shit and keeps his fat ass right where it is in south Florida and Irma stomps him flat

[gaggedLouise]

I'd be satisfied with number three, to be honest.

I hope to see that one aimed at Trump one day. Very nice trio of lines though, Oniya.

[Valerian]

Personally I hope he believes his own shit and keeps his fat ass right where it is in south Florida and Irma stomps him flat

Wait, he's in south Florida?  How can anyone actually in Florida think that hurricanes are fake news?   

[TheVillain]

Wait, he's in south Florida?  How can anyone actually in Florida think that hurricanes are fake news?   

Roughly the same reason you often catch drug dealers getting high on their own supply. He's so used to giving conservatives an alternate reality that he starting to believe in it himself.

[Callie Del Noire]

Wait, he's in south Florida?  How can anyone actually in Florida think that hurricanes are fake news?   

Yup his chunky butt operates out of Palm Beach mostly where he lives any bets he's NOT doing that this week?

[AmberStarfire]

I found a funny article. :)
http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/social/internet-has-field-day-with-victoria-police-call-for-the-arrest-of-william-wallace/news-story/52eae32b6a8e0b78046999d19f5a2771

[Oniya]

I could see the train-wreck coming just from the URL. 

[AmberStarfire]

*Grins* it does give a lot away.

[Sara Nilsson]

Rush Limbaugh now claiming that the past two hurricanes (i.e. Harvey and Irma) didn't actually exist (or didn't cause any damage), and as such are "fake news": https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/09/06/rush-limbaughs-dangerous-suggestion-that-hurricane-irma-is-fake-news/?utm_term=.8f43a0b14a90

And so the political Right accelerates its descent into insanity....

https://thinkprogress.org/limbaugh-to-evacuate-south-florida-after-claiming-irma-was-a-hoax-cb3fb5fb35b8/

Rush Limbaugh will be evacuating South Florida, just days after the popular conservative radio host claimed that Hurricane Irma would not hit the United States and that scientists and the liberal media were hyping up the hurricane as proof of their global warming “lie.”

Limbaugh said the show will be back on the air Monday, but to be on the air Friday would be “legally impossible” for them do to the show out of South Florida.

Limbaugh did not recant his earlier statements about Irma, and he did not encourage his listeners in the area to evacuate. In fact, Limbaugh seemed to even double down on his earlier views.

[Valerian]

Like many people, I'm keeping an eye on the latest about Hurricane Irma, seeing if it's changed course, etc.  So I googled it just now for the latest.

Seriously, Fox News? Seriously?

I'm so, so hoping that's just something done by a bored hacker, but I'm terrified that it isn't.   

[Oniya]

Maybe - since that's labelled 'Top Stories', it reflects what's getting the clicks?  In which case, it could be that sort of 'They posted an article on that?  *click*' phenomenon.  Like how the Weekly World News used to sell papers with headlines about 'Bat Boy Spotted in Las Vegas!'

[Valerian]

It seems to be gone now, so perhaps someone realized that they maybe shouldn't go with something like that as a 'top story' even if it is getting all the clicks. 

[Regina Minx]

<giggles like a 10-year old> TOP Stories. Because she may or may not have her top off. Get it?!?!?!?!?!