News Miscellany

[specious_reasons]

Originally Posted by Stephen Maturin

Seems likely that Ms. Storm was "moved" by the same forces that "move" anyone to do crazy shit on a plane, i.e., alcohol and/or pills.

Jesus and an extreme sense of entitlement can do it, too. Considering that the source of this news is her own Instagram video, she may have been hoping it would go viral, but not in a "bean dad" way.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Pink hits back at DeSantis book bans by giving away books at Florida concerts

[Miss Shelby]

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/17/n...t-protest.html
Parade marches on despite boycott.

[ChuckF]

lol how does one even “boycott” a televised parade

[Miss Shelby]

Originally Posted by ChuckF

lol how does one even “boycott” a televised parade

I guess you just watch football instead.

[LarsMac]

So, "One Million Moms" can't get more than 33000 signatures for their boycott?

Carry on, Macy's.

[Ari]

Originally Posted by Miss Shelby

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/17/n...t-protest.html
Parade marches on despite boycott.

I was sad to read that it wasn't because they were going to paint a boys finger nails or teach a girl she has personal worth right there on stage in front of everyone! Instead it's just because two non-binary people exist.

NYTimes

One Million Moms is protesting the participation of two nonbinary actors: Alex Newell, the Tony Award-winning performer who stars as Lulu in “Shucked,” and Justin David Sullivan, who plays May in the musical “& Juliet.” Both are likely to take part in musical acts during the event, along with hundreds of other performers from Broadway and elsewhere.

[seebs]

I'm sad, I tried to get "One Million Moms" to boycott me but they did not. I was hoping it would draw attention to a thing I was doing.

[Miss Shelby]

Originally Posted by seebs

I'm sad, I tried to get "One Million Moms" to boycott me but they did not. I was hoping it would draw attention to a thing I was doing.

Did your “im a white woman” and picture of Elizabeth Montgomery not convince them?

[Miss Shelby]

Originally Posted by Ari

I was sad to read that it wasn't because they were going to paint a boys finger nails or teach a girl she has personal worth right there on stage in front of everyone! Instead it's just because two non-binary people exist.

NYTimes

One Million Moms is protesting the participation of two nonbinary actors: Alex Newell, the Tony Award-winning performer who stars as Lulu in “Shucked,” and Justin David Sullivan, who plays May in the musical “& Juliet.” Both are likely to take part in musical acts during the event, along with hundreds of other performers from Broadway and elsewhere.

Non binary? Or non tryinary? Because it doesn’t take much to fool all of these moms.

[Ari]

Besides, here's the queers they need to worry about,
Self-proclaimed 'gay furry hackers' breach nuclear lab | Engadget

Engadget

The nuclear research hub Idaho National Laboratory (INL) confirmed that it fell victim to a data breach on Tuesday. SiegedSec, a group of self-proclaimed "gay furry hackers," took responsibility for the attack and claimed they accessed sensitive employee data like social security numbers, home addresses and more.

"We're willing to make a deal with INL. If they research creating irl catgirls we will take down this post," SiegedSec wrote in a post announcing the leak on Monday.

While their goal is a noble one, I do worry about the type of potentially radioactive catgirls a nuclear lab would produce.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

'47 Ronin' Director Squandered Netflix's Money for Sci-Fi Series: NYT

lol, crypto, Ferrari, stock market fails, his wife hired a forensic accountant.

[Ari]

"We had access to too much money, too much [drugs], and little by little, we went insane." - Francis Ford Coppola

According to the wikipedia he started taking some top quality Amphetamines in 2019.

Wikipedia

Rinsch sent strange emails to Netflix executives involved in the project, stating that he had a way to map "the coronavirus signal emanating from within the earth." His wife filed for divorce; in 2021 according to his wife's lawyers, Rinsch told her that airplanes were "organic, intelligent forces" and that he sent texts to her saying he had the power to predict lightning strikes and volcanic eruptions.

[seebs]

I feel like people could just give me money and get better results than they get from crypto bros. Like, I would just waste the money, but it'd at least be funny-on-purpose.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Japan ordered to compensate wartime 'comfort women'

South Korean high court orders compensation from Japan for comfort women. Japan responds as expected.

[JoeP]

Japan again:

Foiled robbery attempt sees demand for ancient samurai weapon soar in Japan | Japan | The Guardian

[JoeP]

Man, 84, dead after explosion destroys house in Edinburgh - BBC News

Seems like a gas explosion. I'm surprised there aren't more gas explosions destroying houses in Britain.

[Ari]

Police raid Moscow gay bars after a Supreme Court ruling labeled LGBTQ+ movement extremist; | AP News

AP

The raids follow a decision by Russia’s Supreme Court to label the country’s LGBTQ+ “movement” as an extremist organization.

The ruling, which was made in response to a lawsuit filed by the Justice Ministry, is the latest step in a decadelong crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights under President Vladimir Putin, who has emphasized “traditional family values” during his 24 years in power.

Activists have noted the lawsuit was lodged against a movement that is not an official entity, and that under its broad and vague definition authorities could crack down on any individuals or groups deemed to be part of it.

Mark my words, similar to how murders are given a second chance in Russian society after serving time in the war, I bet those convicted of hidden charges will be given a chance to repatriate as a heterosexual Russian if after being sent to the front with no supplies they manage to survive.

[ChuckF]

Originally Posted by Ari

Mark my words, similar to how murders are given a second chance in Russian society after serving time in the war, I bet those convicted of hidden charges will be given a chance to repatriate as a heterosexual Russian if after being sent to the front with no supplies they manage to survive.

All they have to do is not get shot in the front or the back.

[Pyrrho]

Or fall out a window.

[JoeP]

Or drink tea.

Or touch doorknobs.

[Miss Shelby]

'Lady Baller' Film Gets Hundreds of Positive Reviews Despite LGBTQ+ Backlash

[seebs]

I can't believe that conservatives in the US, of all people, would astroturf. Shocking!

[Ari]

One of the amusing things I remember from art history is that as the church took over and representations of sinful nudity were outlawed, depictions of the Garden of Eden grew steadily in length and girth as the church viewed nudity before sin morally acceptable.

So now the Daily Wire has made their first feature film comedy of men dressing as women so that their audience of men who spend their time looking for peen on instagram can feel ok watching men pretend to be women.

At this point, come out already Ben Shapiro!

[Miss Shelby]

peen. LOL.