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Official News Thread - Misc To Replace CNN

Ascended Dialga

Ascended Dialga

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A reminder to you all: THOUSANDS OF PUERTO RICANS STILL DON'T HAVE POWER. They've resorted to repairing the power lines themselves, even if they lack the know-how.


Furthermore, a recent Harvard study has found the death toll in Puerto Rico since Hurricane Maria to be 4,645.
 
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Mr. Reloaded

Mr. Reloaded

Cause a pirate is free
I take it everyone's heard of the newspaper shooting in Maryland?

2018 can't be this bad.. Right?..
 
Ascended Dialga

Ascended Dialga

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Mr. Reloaded said:
I take it everyone's heard of the newspaper shooting in Maryland?

2018 can't be this bad.. Right?..
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Yep, I heard about it too. Just... wow. And you know what's terrifying? I don't even feel fazed by these kinds of tragedies anymore, as I've gotten so used to hearing such news come up. Time for more "thoughts and prayers", I guess.

The shooter had a grudge against that newspaper. He's now in custody and was identified as a 38-year-old while male named Jarrod W. Ramos

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-gazette-shooting-20180628-story.html
 
FlorgesPower2

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I just hate it took so long for any real serious charges to pop up.

The "Weinstein effect" has put so many people in their place and out of the industry, but the main culprit is just now being seriously dealt with.

It's dumb.
 
Kutie Pie

Kutie Pie

"It is my destiny."
Nodqfan said:
CBS CEO Les Moonves faces sexual misconduct investigation.
https://www.engadget.com/2018/07/27/les-moonves-sexual-misconduct-investigation-cbs/
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Of course, stuff like the #metoo movement has gotten so out of hand that false allegations are running rampant on top of actual sexual misconduct to the point where I can't take these things seriously anymore without legit physical evidence, but Hollywood's been losing its shit and eating itself alive and taking down its seemingly-invincible giants with it, so whatever. Just going to sit back and watch it all come tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down.
 
Kutie Pie

Kutie Pie

"It is my destiny."
Asia Argento Paid Off Sexual Assault Accuser

Asia Argento, the Italian actress who was one of the first to publicly accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault, secretly paid off a young male actor accusing her of sexual misconduct in the months after her revelations about the disgraced movie mogul.

According to a report in The New York Times, Argento paid former child actor Jimmy Bennett $380,000. Bennett claims that in 2013, a then 37-year-old Argento assaulted him in a California hotel only two months past his 17th birthday. The age of consent in California is 18.

The Times reports that is has seen the legal documents that layout Bennett's assault claims and the payments arranged between his lawyers and Argento's.

Bennett's lawyers sent a notice of intent to sue Argento in November, claiming that the sexual assault was so traumatic that it affected his mental health and stymied his acting career. The notice was sent to Richard Hofstetter, the late Anthony Bourdain's longtime lawyer, who was representing Argento at the time.

The legal documents outlining the accusations against Argento were sent not long after she went public with her own sexual assault allegations against Weinstein. Argento accused Weinstein of raping her when she was 21 in an incident that took place in 1997 in a bombshell New Yorker report published on Oct. 10.

The avalanche of sexual assault allegations against Weinstein by dozens of women sparked the global #MeToo and Time's Up movement that exposed sexual harassment by men in the entertainment industry and wider society. Since the Weinstein allegations became public, Argento, with the support of Bourdain who was her boyfriend until his suicide in June, has spoken out about sexual harassment both in Hollywood and her home country of Italy and also gave high profile talks on the subject at Harvard University and at the Cannes Film Festival.

The Times reports Bennett's account of the incident, as laid out in the documents. He claims that he arrived at the Ritz-Carlton in Marina del Rey to meet Argento in her hotel room on May 13, 2013, with a family member. Argento asked to be alone with Bennett and the family member left. Bennett claims Argento gave him alcohol and also showed him notes she had made on hotel stationery. She then proceeded to kiss him and perform oral sex before having intercourse with him.

The documents say that Argento then asked to take a number of photos with him. Photos of Argento and Bennett semi-clothed in bed, as well as an Instagram post of their faces taken on that day, were included in the notice of intent to sue.

Bennett's lawyers claim that Argento presenting herself as a victim of sexual assault as well as taking a prominent role in the #MeToo movement triggered memories of his own assault, according to the legal documents.

Argento and Bennett worked together on the 2004 film The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, which Argento also wrote and directed. Bennett, a 7-year-old at the time, played Argento's son, who is neglected and sexually assaulted by a boyfriend of Argento's character.

The two seemingly kept in touch on Twitter up until August 2012 (see tweets below) and Instagram until May 2013, though Bennett's Twitter account is no longer active. Argento and Bennett referred to each other on social media as mother and son, a reference to theirThe Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things characters, and he claims she was a mentor in the legal documents.

Now 22, Bennett was a prolific child actor and notably starred as a young James T. Kirk in the 2009 Star Trek reboot. He also had roles inPoseidon, Evan Almighty and Firewall. His lawyers claim that the assault affected him emotionally and was detrimental to his career. Since the incident, Bennett only has a few film and TV credits to his name.
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IT ALL RETURNS TO NOTHING
IT ALL COMES TUMBLING DOWN TUMBLING DOWN TUMBLING DOWN
 
Mega Altaria

Mega Altaria

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M.P. said:
Stefan Karl Stefansson, a.k.a. Lazy Town's Robbie Rotten, has died aged 43. :(
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RIP one of the best meme legends ever. I remember he sang We Are Number One back when it was a meme.
 
Mr. Reloaded

Mr. Reloaded

Cause a pirate is free
M.P. said:
Stefan Karl Stefansson, a.k.a. Lazy Town's Robbie Rotten, has died aged 43. :(
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F***!

At least the money people managed to raise around the time of the meme gave him at least a year more.

That hurts.
 
Kutie Pie

Kutie Pie

"It is my destiny."
M.P. said:
Stefan Karl Stefansson, a.k.a. Lazy Town's Robbie Rotten, has died aged 43. :(
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I'm honestly amazed he lived longer than expected, but it's really commendable that he stayed positive to the end, including celebrating with his fans and returning their kindness with a little fun. It sucks the good have to die young. Luckily, he's been immortalized by the Internet, so we'll never forget him.
 
FlorgesPower2

FlorgesPower2

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If you go back and pause frame at the right moment, you can actually see a red dot being pointed at the competitor on the right side. Super scary stuff.

Do we know if the shooter was a player or completely unrelated?
 
Mr. Reloaded

Mr. Reloaded

Cause a pirate is free
He was.

He lost $5000

UPDATE: So from what's being told now, he didn't lose a match and shoot in a fit of rage, he had the gun from the start and had specific targets in mind. All of which were apparently hit.

The two people who actually beat him are alive and unharmed.
 
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