What's in the News? 2.0

[gaggedLouise]

Major power shortage (though not a total blackout, it seems) hits London and large parts of England and Wales - suspected failure on the national grid level.

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/09/europe/uk-power-outage-gbr-intl/index.html

They're lucky this happened in August and not in the depths of winter.

[Lustful Bride]

Straight Pride leader has a Freudian slip, and says he is part of a racist group.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/crowd-erupts-into-laughter-as-modesto-straight-pride-leader-says-hes-part-of-racist-group/ar-AAFx98p?ocid=spartanntp

[Shekinah]

Major power shortage (though not a total blackout, it seems) hits London and large parts of England and Wales - suspected failure on the national grid level.

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/09/europe/uk-power-outage-gbr-intl/index.html

They're lucky this happened in August and not in the depths of winter.

Problem is already resolved.
Also it was strange because the place I live, there were no problems, but two blocks further the power was out.
Another good thing was that cellphone service still worked so things became clear to a lot of people quickly.

[Oniya]

Straight Pride leader has a Freudian slip, and says he is part of a racist group.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/crowd-erupts-into-laughter-as-modesto-straight-pride-leader-says-hes-part-of-racist-group/ar-AAFx98p?ocid=spartanntp

But we're a peaceful racist group!  (That was just priceless.)

[Lustful Bride]

I don't think I trust this.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/white-house-proposal-would-have-fcc-and-ftc-police-alleged-social-media-censorship/ar-AAFAbES?ocid=spartanntp

[Tolvo]

We could use a lot more regulations for online communities and content and ways to hold people responsible for what they do online, I sure as hell do not trust this administration or any I've seen with that. It is very obvious how it is going to be used given the focus on social media rather than sites that host things like domestic terrorist groups, though I'd not trust this administration with that either. Of it is really being considered it's simply going to be censorship pure and simple, actual censorship.

[Regina Minx]

Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his cell overnight, an apparent victim of suicide.

[Hades]

Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his cell overnight, an apparent victim of suicide.

While I would have preferred him spending the rest of his life in prison, a quote from Mark Twain seems appropriate here:

"I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure."

[Kurogane]

Seems like he took the coward's way out. I would have been happier believing that some of the prison gangs took pleasure in his body on a daily basis as he had subjected girls in life.

[Oniya]

All that evidence they got can still point to some other defendants.

[Tolvo]

That is a shame, if he were alive there are many he could have flipped and ratted on. But like Oniya said hopefully at least all the evidence the collected can still catch up with others who he associated with and worked with.

[Lustful Bride]

Russia had abit of an accidental detonation (with some radiation included) during a missile test.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russian-nuclear-agency-confirms-role-in-rocket-test-explosion/ar-AAFBljc?ocid=spartanntp

[Tolvo]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/norway-mosque-shooting-attack-latest-oslo-injured-al-noor-islamic-centre-gunman-a9051436.html

There has been another mass shooting. This was at a Mosque in Norway. Though it technically might not be categorized as a mass shooting, since while the gunman entered to fire upon the crowd so far only one has been reported injured, and it is reported that people immediately tackled him to the ground and disarmed him. Police identified him as a young white man but it is still very early so more information may come out.

[Iniquitous]

Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his cell overnight, an apparent victim of suicide.

How do you commit suicide when you are on suicide watch?  Suicide watch means you are in a room with nothing but your bed and you sleep in your boxers. No pens, no papers, nothing.  Not too mention, you are checked on regularly (or have a camera that monitors all activity in the cell).

Just seems... fishy... to me.

[Oniya]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jeffrey-epstein-found-dead-nyc-jail-n1041081

(Article possibly triggering due to comments about suicide and the charges against Epstein, relevant part quoted here.)

Epstein, 66, was in his federal jail cell in downtown Manhattan but was not on suicide watch at the time of his death, multiple people familiar with the investigation told NBC News.

This does lead to the question 'Why the fuck not?'

[Iniquitous]

Really!  You attempt suicide once, you go on suicide watch... so who eff'd up??

[Regina Minx]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jeffrey-epstein-found-dead-nyc-jail-n1041081

(Article possibly triggering due to comments about suicide and the charges against Epstein, relevant part quoted here.)

This does lead to the question 'Why the fuck not?'

According to ABC. he was on suicide watch following the incident on July 23, but not last night. The NY Times discusses the procedures of the Manhattan Detention Center where Epstein was held, and discusses some of the safeguards built in for inmates on suicide watch. I don't want to point fingers at the Bureau of Prisons at this point...if Epstein managed to convince the psychiatrist and officials at the prison that he was not a danger to himself, it makes sense that the conditions of his detainment would have been relaxed to enable him to carry through with his earlier attempt.

[Iniquitous]

According to ABC. he was on suicide watch following the incident on July 23, but not last night. The NY Times discusses the procedures of the Manhattan Detention Center where Epstein was held, and discusses some of the safeguards built in for inmates on suicide watch. I don't want to point fingers at the Bureau of Prisons at this point...if Epstein managed to convince the psychiatrist and officials at the prison that he was not a danger to himself, it makes sense that the conditions of his detainment would have been relaxed to enable him to carry through with his earlier attempt.

I feel for his victims that do not get to see justice served.  I also wonder if those names uncovered will ever come to light now that he is dead.

[Deamonbane]

Still seems fishy to me. There are a lot of people that don't want the Epstein investigation to continue, the kind that wouldn't mind making sure that he wasn't alive come time to testify.

[TheGlyphstone]

Not to mention people who would happily 'look the other way' if he did want to kill himself.

[Oniya]

Spreading conspiracy theories isn't going to help matters, though.

[Deamonbane]

Fair enough.

Just hope that the investigation doesn't go away, and they keep digging into this.

[Oniya]

Fair enough.

Just hope that the investigation doesn't go away, and they keep digging into this.

100% with you there.  They do have all of the stuff that came from the search warrants, and Epstein's death may impact (in a prosecutor-friendly way!) the admissibility of that evidence in other trials.

Just popped over to Twitter, and it seems that stuff is happening at the Second Circuit Court.  The case to keep an eye on is this one.  Initial source: KlasfieldReports of CourthouseNews.

[Tolvo]

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/10/us/walmart-armed-man-missouri-second-amendment/index.html

A man in Missouri walked into a Walmart wearing body army with hundreds of rounds of ammunition while openly carrying a weapon. He started pushing a cart around and shopping, panic ensued and he surrendered to an off duty fireman and was arrested. According to him, it was a social experiment which he filmed to see if Walmart "Honored the 2nd amendment." What a fucking moron.

[Lustful Bride]

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/10/us/walmart-armed-man-missouri-second-amendment/index.html

A man in Missouri walked into a Walmart wearing body army with hundreds of rounds of ammunition while openly carrying a weapon. He started pushing a cart around and shopping, panic ensued and he surrendered to an off duty fireman and was arrested. According to him, it was a social experiment which he filmed to see if Walmart "Honored the 2nd amendment." What a fucking moron.

That man is the epitome of the phrase 'Looking for trouble'. He's lucky someone else who had concealed carry didn't blast him without question.