Non-Paris/Terrorist News Stuff
Charlie Sheen has disclosed the fact he is HIV positive, qualifying the disclosure by claiming the virus is no longer detectable in his bloodstream. He says he only had unprotected sex subsequent to his being diagnosed as HIV positive with two women, both of whom were aware of his condition and under the treatment of his doctor. He also said he has paid out millions of dollars (one source claiming it was more than $10 million) to people to buy their silence about his condition.
Reporter's note: I want to believe him. But during this four year period (following his being diagnosed with HIV) he was still going on drug/alcohol binges. He may not remember some of what he did during those times. I hope he remains healthy.
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27 U. S. governors (as this is written) have gone on the record as opposing anynew Syrian refugees being relocated to their states. It should be noted that of these 27 states, 26 have Republican governors. American University law professor Stephen I. Vladeck put it this way: "Legally, states have no authority to do anything because the question of who should be allowed in this country is one that the Constitution commits to the federal government."
Reporter's note: The federal government controls who enters the country. It can force states to accept refugees whether they want them or not. A state governor making such a statement is akin to the field mouse flipping the bird to the eagle swooping down to eat him.
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The Utah judge who had ruled that a lesbian couple could not be the foster parents of an infant, and then reversed himself; has now recused himself from the case.
Reporter's note: This isn't akin to closing the barn door after the cows got out. It's more like closing that door long after the cows have been slaughtered and sold to a butcher.
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Rose McGowan wrote the following in response to Caitlyn Jenner's acceptance speech at the Glamour Woman of the Year Awards:
"Caitlyn Jenner you do not understand what being a woman is about at all. You want to be a woman and stand with us- well learn us. We are more than deciding what to wear. We are more than the stereotypes foisted upon us by people like you. You're a woman now? Well f—king learn that we have had a VERY different experience than your life of male privilege."
Jenner had told a joke in her speech about the hardest part of being a woman is deciding what to wear, prompting at least part of this comment. McGowan also posted several graphic images featuring the Jenner quote.
Reporter's note: McGowan is a very outspoken woman and she has every right to express her outrage. Let's not forget she called gay men participating in a boycott of a hotel "...delusional idiots." I'm also told by a former landlord of hers that she was the prototypical "tenant from hell." None of that should limit her freedom of expression. She apologized for the comment about the gay men in the aforementioned boycott. She mentioned that she was happy for what Caitlyn Jenner has done for increased visibility for the trans community. All in all, this isn't a big deal. Or is it?
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Fox Sports is reporting that Boston Red Sox designated hitter David "Big Papi" Ortize will retire after the upcoming 2016 season. The big question is will he become the first ever DH to make it into the MLB Hall of Fame. There's no question that he will enjoy a "Retirement Tour" much like those that former Yankees Mariano Rivera and Derek Jeter did.
Reporter's note: I think he will eventually make it into the Hall of Fame. The performance enhancing drug (PED) case against him is weak. One failed research test. He's been clean ever since. The case that as a DH he never made any kind of contribution as a defensive player is stronger, but still shouldn't could that much against him. Babe Ruth didn't make the HOF based on his career fielding percentage of .968. Just FYI, it wasn't his base running either. In 240 lifetime attempts, the Babe was caught stealing 117 times. It was his hitting and pitching that got him there. Ortiz has made a career of hitting the cover off of the baseball.
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Abdul Jamil Khokhar is the owner of nine Papa John's franchise locations in New York City. He's going to be spending sixty days in jail after he pled guilty to voilations of the New York labor laws. He failed to pay his employees overtime pay they were entitled to, a misdemeanor and he filed false business records, a felony. He's also going to pay over $500,000 in restitution and damages.
Reporter's note: He's getting off easy. I just hope people remember that he, a franchisee did this, not the Papa John's company.
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#Breaking - Bobby Jindal, the sitting governor of Louisiana has announced he is suspending his campaign for the 2016 presidential nomination of the Republican party. His standing in the polls just before the most recent Republican debate was 0.8%. He cannot seek reelection to his current office due to term limits and his political future is unclear at this point.
Reporter's note: A little musical salute to Jindal as he departs the campaign trail.
Reporter's note: I want to believe him. But during this four year period (following his being diagnosed with HIV) he was still going on drug/alcohol binges. He may not remember some of what he did during those times. I hope he remains healthy.
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27 U. S. governors (as this is written) have gone on the record as opposing anynew Syrian refugees being relocated to their states. It should be noted that of these 27 states, 26 have Republican governors. American University law professor Stephen I. Vladeck put it this way: "Legally, states have no authority to do anything because the question of who should be allowed in this country is one that the Constitution commits to the federal government."
Reporter's note: The federal government controls who enters the country. It can force states to accept refugees whether they want them or not. A state governor making such a statement is akin to the field mouse flipping the bird to the eagle swooping down to eat him.
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The Utah judge who had ruled that a lesbian couple could not be the foster parents of an infant, and then reversed himself; has now recused himself from the case.
Reporter's note: This isn't akin to closing the barn door after the cows got out. It's more like closing that door long after the cows have been slaughtered and sold to a butcher.
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Rose McGowan wrote the following in response to Caitlyn Jenner's acceptance speech at the Glamour Woman of the Year Awards:
"Caitlyn Jenner you do not understand what being a woman is about at all. You want to be a woman and stand with us- well learn us. We are more than deciding what to wear. We are more than the stereotypes foisted upon us by people like you. You're a woman now? Well f—king learn that we have had a VERY different experience than your life of male privilege."
Jenner had told a joke in her speech about the hardest part of being a woman is deciding what to wear, prompting at least part of this comment. McGowan also posted several graphic images featuring the Jenner quote.
Reporter's note: McGowan is a very outspoken woman and she has every right to express her outrage. Let's not forget she called gay men participating in a boycott of a hotel "...delusional idiots." I'm also told by a former landlord of hers that she was the prototypical "tenant from hell." None of that should limit her freedom of expression. She apologized for the comment about the gay men in the aforementioned boycott. She mentioned that she was happy for what Caitlyn Jenner has done for increased visibility for the trans community. All in all, this isn't a big deal. Or is it?
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Moira
Smith was a 38 year old NYPD officer who died on 9/11 after saving
dozens, maybe hundreds of lives in the South tower. Glamour Magazine
honored her as a Woman of the Year for her sacrifice. Now her husband
James Smith, also a cop with the NYPD has announced he will be returning
the award he accepted on his wife's behalf because the magazine honored
Caitlyn Jenner. Actually, he referred to her as Bruce Jenner and as a
man in his written rant on the subject.
Reporter's
note: I suspect that if we were to measure homophobia and transphobia
by profession, we would find the highest levels of this bias among
police officers. Just my opinion. The fact this cop can't bring
himself to refer to Caitlyn by her chosen name and gender identity is
very telling.
Fox Sports is reporting that Boston Red Sox designated hitter David "Big Papi" Ortize will retire after the upcoming 2016 season. The big question is will he become the first ever DH to make it into the MLB Hall of Fame. There's no question that he will enjoy a "Retirement Tour" much like those that former Yankees Mariano Rivera and Derek Jeter did.
Reporter's note: I think he will eventually make it into the Hall of Fame. The performance enhancing drug (PED) case against him is weak. One failed research test. He's been clean ever since. The case that as a DH he never made any kind of contribution as a defensive player is stronger, but still shouldn't could that much against him. Babe Ruth didn't make the HOF based on his career fielding percentage of .968. Just FYI, it wasn't his base running either. In 240 lifetime attempts, the Babe was caught stealing 117 times. It was his hitting and pitching that got him there. Ortiz has made a career of hitting the cover off of the baseball.
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Abdul Jamil Khokhar is the owner of nine Papa John's franchise locations in New York City. He's going to be spending sixty days in jail after he pled guilty to voilations of the New York labor laws. He failed to pay his employees overtime pay they were entitled to, a misdemeanor and he filed false business records, a felony. He's also going to pay over $500,000 in restitution and damages.
Reporter's note: He's getting off easy. I just hope people remember that he, a franchisee did this, not the Papa John's company.
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#Breaking - Bobby Jindal, the sitting governor of Louisiana has announced he is suspending his campaign for the 2016 presidential nomination of the Republican party. His standing in the polls just before the most recent Republican debate was 0.8%. He cannot seek reelection to his current office due to term limits and his political future is unclear at this point.
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Huma Abedin, long-time aide to Hillary Clinton described Secretary Clinton as being "...often confused" in an email that was released by the State Department to the watchdog organization Judicial Watch. Judicial Watch had to sue to get this batch of emails.
Reporter's note: While Judicial Watch attempts to appear as a non-partisan group, it clearly has a conservative bias. But that doesn't mean the above story is untrue or slanted. I read the actual emails that were released to them. Abedin's statement is clear and not taken out of context.
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In October of this year the U. S. dropped a nuclear bomb. Well, it wasn't really a nuke because the enriched nuclear material that would have made it a nuke was not used. But it was the third test of the B-61 nuclear bomb. The test was conducted at the Air Force's Tonopah Test Range in Nevada.
Reporter's note. Had we conducted an actual nuclear test, it would have been done at the underground test facility at Mercury, NV. That would have been news. This wasn't, although perhaps it should have been.
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In October of this year the U. S. dropped a nuclear bomb. Well, it wasn't really a nuke because the enriched nuclear material that would have made it a nuke was not used. But it was the third test of the B-61 nuclear bomb. The test was conducted at the Air Force's Tonopah Test Range in Nevada.
Reporter's note. Had we conducted an actual nuclear test, it would have been done at the underground test facility at Mercury, NV. That would have been news. This wasn't, although perhaps it should have been.
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