Saturday, June 12, 2021
Maher Mocks Joe Manchin as ‘The Most Powerful Republican in the Senate’ (Video)
Like a lot of people these days, Bill Maher is getting really annoyed with conservative Democratic Senator Joe Manchin. And in a joke we suspect a lot of people will agree with Maher said that Manchin is pretty much just a Republican. “The most powerful republican in the Senate” is how Maher put it. We hardly need to remind people of who Manchin is, but just to put the joke in context, he’s famous for his obstinate refusal to consider even tepid reform of the filibuster. This is of course causing problems for Democrats because it creates an artificial 60-vote…
Friday, June 11, 2021
Former Wisconsin Teacher To Plead Guilty To Filming Undressed Students
David Kruchten, 38, has agreed to plead guilty to one count of attempting to produce child pornography. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Friday, June 11, 2021
‘The Daily Show’ Solves Post-Pandemic Unruliness With Arline Where People Can Fight (Video)
Now that everyone is slowly, cautiously, reentering society as things slowly open up, there’ve been a rash of bizarre public freakouts and general bad behavior by people who seem to have forgotten how to behave during the pandemic. But on Thursday’s “The Daily Show,” Trevor Noah came up with a solid solution: A new airline where passengers are encouraged to beat each other up. The gag came during a larger discussion of some of that post-pandemic unruliness. This included the time someone dumped popcorn on Russell Westbrook’s head during an NBA playoff game, increased worries at some retailers about violent…
Thursday, June 10, 2021
Texas Man Pleads Guilty To Amazon Data Center Bomb Plot
Prosecutors said Seth Aaron Pendley, who claimed he brought a sawed-off rifle to the Capitol riot, hoped to “kill off about 70% of the internet” with his attack. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Thursday, June 10, 2021
‘Infinite’ Film Review: Mark Wahlberg Action-Thriller Overspends and Underwhelms
If you’ve ever wished that video games could look more like real life — or that real life could look more like video games — Antoine Fuqua is here to fulfill your fantasies. Many of the actors in the Paramount+ release “Infinite” might as well be avatars; You can picture the green screens as you’re watching the complicated set pieces, and there is no emotional investment required or even requested. But it delivers what it promises, in the form of expensive spectacle. Chris Evans dropped out of this project in 2019 — he cited scheduling issues, which feels like a…
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
‘Doomsday’ Dad Chad Daybell Pleads Not Guilty To Murder Charges
His plea came a day after his wife, Lori Vallow-Daybell, was committed to a psychiatric facility for 90 days. She has also been charged with murder. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
Silento's Bond Request Denied in Murder Case, Judge Says He's a Danger
Silento’s not getting out of jail, at least not for now … a judge just denied his request to be let out on bond in his murder case. The “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” rapper had a bond hearing Wednesday in DeKalb County, GA where the judge ruled… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
‘Loki': Let’s Talk About That Crazy Final Scene
(This article contains spoilers for the premiere of the Marvel series “Loki” on Disney+) Well. That sure was something. At long last, “Loki” is here. The first episode is quite a trip, as we finally find out where Loki went after he teleported himself out of Stark Tower in “Avengers: Endgame”: The middle of the desert, where he’s very quickly captured by the Time Variation Authority, or TVA. Loki’s handler at the TVA is a guy named Mr. Mobius (Owen Wilson), and it’s clear from the early goings that he has a plan for Loki. And we finally learn what…
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Ex-Wisconsin Pharmacist Who Ruined Vaccine Learns His Fate
Steven Brandenburg was sentenced to three years in prison for two felony counts of attempting to tamper with a consumer product. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Hundreds Of Criminals Tricked Into Using Messaging App Secretly Run By FBI
Criminal gangs in Australia and New Zealand thought the ANOM app was safe from snooping. It wasn’t. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
