Sunday, January 31, 2021
‘Glitch in the Matrix’ Film Review: Trippy Documentary Questions the Nature of Reality
Director Rodney Ascher’s specialty is obsession, but his approach succeeds as compassion. After giving voice to people consumed by “The Shining” (“Room 237”), ventriloquist dummies (“The Wooden Boy”) and sleep paralysis (“The Nightmare”), he’s shifted his attention to simulation theory with “Glitch in the Matrix,” premiering at Sundance just before it goes into wider release. A subject tailor-made for college, festival and midnight audiences, simulation theory questions human determination by positing that we are merely avatars, and that some greater force — an external gamer, if you will — is our master manipulator. Much of this concept comes directly from…
Saturday, January 30, 2021
FBI: Capitol Rioter Arrested After She Boasted On Video She Wanted To Shoot Nancy Pelosi
“We broke into the Capitol,” said Dawn Bancroft in the selfie video. “We were looking for Nancy to shoot her in the friggin’ brain, but we didn’t find her.” Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Saturday, January 30, 2021
Bill Maher Could Barely Believe Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Insane ‘Jewish Space Lasers’ Thing Is Real
If you were on Twitter or just read the political news after 12:00 noon on Thursday, you’re probably familiar with “Jewish Space Lasers,” the nickname for an absolutely insane conspiracy theory Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green seems to believe in. But apparently, Bill Maher went off the grid all day because he learned about it for the first time during the most recent episode of “Real Time” and could hardly believe what he was hearing. You can read more about it here, but in short: Greene, who is already well known for espousing myriad racist and antidemocratic conspiracy theories, proposed…
Saturday, January 30, 2021
FBI: Pipe Bombs At RNC, DNC Were Planted Night Before Capitol Riot
It is not clear whether that means the pipe bombs were unrelated to the next day’s riot or were part of the riot planning. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Saturday, January 30, 2021
Northwestern Cheerleader Sues, I Was Treated Like a 'Sex Kitten' for Drunk Fans
An ex-Northwestern cheerleader is suing the school — claiming she was pressured to present herself as a “sex kitten” to please the fan base … and subjected to sexual harassment and assault in the process. The woman behind the suit is Hayden… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Friday, January 29, 2021
People Have Jokes About Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Insane ‘Jewish Space Lasers’ Conspiracy Theory
A lot of very funny people had a lot of funny jokes on Twitter Thursday night at the expense of Georgia Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, causing the term “Jewish Space Laser” to trend. Like this one: Call me a Luddite but I’m perfectly happy with my Jewish Space Inkjet. https://t.co/ggp2DB6qX6 — Danny Zuker (@DannyZuker) January 29, 2021 Don’t worry, we’ll get to more of those jokes in just a second. First, we need to explain just what the heck is happening. Now, Greene is well known for holding extremist, racist and antidemocratic political views and for promoting a litany…
Friday, January 29, 2021
Miya Ponsetto Off the Hook for Drunk in Public Case, Mom Gets Community Service
Miya Ponsetto, infamously known as “SoHo Karen,” is off the hook for one of her arrests last year — the one at the Peninsula Hotel in Bev Hills … before she made national headlines. The 22-year-old caught a break during her hearing Thursday in… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Liberty HS Students Want Body Slam Officer Fired, Trust in Cops Destroyed
The students of Liberty High — where a teen was body-slammed by a resource officer — say the cop has no business being on campus anymore, because he’s a menace. Students at the Florida school tell us … the sentiment among classmates is pretty… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Facebook to Extend U.S. Politics Restrictions, Expand Them Globally, Says Zuckerberg
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday that the company is satisfied with policies regarding political and civic groups that it enacted for U.S. users during the 2020 election, and will extend them “for the long term.” In addition, Facebook intends to roll those policies out worldwide, and is also looking for ways to “reduce” how much political content users see in their news feeds. The announcement came early on in Facebook’s fourth quarter earnings call Wednesday morning, as Zuckerberg was discussing the company’s community goals for the coming year. Zuckerberg began by boasting that Facebook helped “4 million people register…
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Man Arrested After Allegedly Injecting People With Fake COVID-19 Vaccine
Johnny Stine is accused of injecting people across the country with his self-made vaccine for $400 to $1,000. At least one person was later hospitalized with the virus. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
