death tribble Posted January 19, 2022 Report Share Posted January 19, 2022 The French film director Jean-Jacques Beineix died on 13th January 2022 He directed Betty Blue and Diva. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Beineix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted January 19, 2022 Report Share Posted January 19, 2022 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-60034013 Those attending the Olympics are being advised to use a burner phone, and even create a temp email address. They are being required to use an app supplied by China to report their Covid status...and to have that app 14 days in advance of arriving. There are some flags about the app, tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted January 19, 2022 Report Share Posted January 19, 2022 8 hours ago, Cygnia said: Indonesia passes law to relocate capital to Borneo jungle Thanks for this I will ask one of my tame Indonesia experts about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjack Posted January 19, 2022 Report Share Posted January 19, 2022 On 1/7/2022 at 12:48 PM, Michael Hopcroft said: I don;t think of him as a "Black ACtor", but as an actor. In his prime, though, a lot of his films were about race, His Oscar was for Lillies in the Field, playing a down-on-his-luck handyman who finds himself rebuilding a neglected convent. This is one of the most brilliant song scenes you will every see. https://youtu.be/rn6w255CGkk I'm linking it because I didn't want to subject religion on those who don't want it. His most iconic role, of course, is Virgil Tibbs in The Heat of the Night, a Northern police detective forced to investigate a murder in the Deep South. It was Rod Steiger that got the Oscar for that one, but Poitier made the film with his combination of dignity, rage, and brilliance.. He made another film as the character, which I haven't seen, but even if it had only been one film Virgil Tibbs ranks as one of the great Hollywood detectives. There were a total of three movies with the character of Virgil Tibbs. In the Heat of the Night They Call me MISTER TIBBS The Organization I believe Mr. Poiter may have portrayed the first Black (the era’s term) heroic lead to have a series of movies. Richard Roundtree’s Shaft was the second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted January 19, 2022 Report Share Posted January 19, 2022 14 hours ago, Cygnia said: Indonesia passes law to relocate capital to Borneo jungle 5 hours ago, assault said: Thanks for this I will ask one of my tame Indonesia experts about it. I'm no Indonesia expert (although I am rather tame), but I've read for years that the city of Jakarta is built on soft ground and has been slowly sinking into it under its own weight. All the other negatives about Jakarta listed in that article are true, but in and of themselves could be dealt with. The sinking makes the site unsustainable for a city of that size in the long term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted January 19, 2022 Report Share Posted January 19, 2022 Policing for Profit. Another reason not to visit Alabama. https://www.al.com/news/2022/01/police-in-this-tiny-alabama-town-suck-drivers-into-legal-black-hole.html rravenwood 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted January 19, 2022 Report Share Posted January 19, 2022 A Tesla on autopilot killed two people in Gardena. Is the driver guilty of manslaughter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 11 hours ago, Logan.1179 said: Policing for Profit. Another reason not to visit Alabama. https://www.al.com/news/2022/01/police-in-this-tiny-alabama-town-suck-drivers-into-legal-black-hole.html If you can find an old book titled "Terror on Highway 59", it's based on a real-life sherriff in COldspring TX named Humpy Parker who did this sort thing back in the 1980s. WIth a fake lie detector to extract quick fine payments from those pulled over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 Ohio has a similar scam/problem https://www.thisamericanlife.org/629/expect-delays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 On 1/19/2022 at 10:09 AM, Logan.1179 said: Policing for Profit. Another reason not to visit Alabama. https://www.al.com/news/2022/01/police-in-this-tiny-alabama-town-suck-drivers-into-legal-black-hole.html Yeah, Brookside has been a problem for years, but during Corona, it went nuts and they even started taking down their own. Once they realized the locals couldn't afford to fight, it went all kinds of nuts- like Ludowicci, GA, in the sixties and seventies. Best advice is to not go within thirty miles of it, as I have never heard of anyone successfully defending themselves with a jurisdiction claim. Don't even go on the interstate near it. The interstate is something like twelve or fifteen mikes outside of their jurisdiction, but they run it all day long. Thirty miles between you and Brookside, always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 I'm completely unfamiliar with the character/comic, but wikipedia says the character gets killed off in issue #3, but comes back later in the series. Yes, well, that's the comics. Real life is creepier. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60054237 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 Australia's Prime Minister is a little erratic sometimes. Scott Morrison's plan to put high schoolers in forklifts fails to get off the ground Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 Work experience or internships? assault 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 Either would be good, as long as you don't have to pay them. Lawnmower Boy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 I don't remember this story, but...man.... https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33103144/deaths-woman-2-year-old-son-san-diego-padres-petco-park-ruled-suicide-homicide TL;DR: the woman held her kid and jumped. That's the verdict. The early reports speculated loss of balance. It seems unlikely that this is over. A tragic mess, no matter what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grailknight Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 2 hours ago, unclevlad said: I don't remember this story, but...man.... https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33103144/deaths-woman-2-year-old-son-san-diego-padres-petco-park-ruled-suicide-homicide TL;DR: the woman held her kid and jumped. That's the verdict. The early reports speculated loss of balance. It seems unlikely that this is over. A tragic mess, no matter what. If the last sentence in that story is true though, this is a case of tragic(for the infant) stupidity(for the woman) rather than negligence or foul play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 16 minutes ago, Grailknight said: If the last sentence in that story is true though, this is a case of tragic(for the infant) stupidity(for the woman) rather than negligence or foul play. Yeah, the conclusion is at odds with the early reporting. There's a wrongful death lawsuit that's been filed against the park. If it's suicide? Pretty sure the lawsuit has no chance whatsoever, so that has to be the first thing to challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 Louie Anderson, Emmy-Winning Comedian, Dies at 68 Logan D. Hurricanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rravenwood Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 On 1/19/2022 at 7:09 AM, Logan.1179 said: Policing for Profit. Another reason not to visit Alabama. https://www.al.com/news/2022/01/police-in-this-tiny-alabama-town-suck-drivers-into-legal-black-hole.html My thoughts keep coming back to this, and the situation really makes my blood boil. I sure hope that both the police chief and mayor get shown the door after the next round of local elections. 😠 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 Amazon's Alexa was down for an hour in Europe https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-60083088 And that is exactly what I want you to believe........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Cygnia said: Louie Anderson, Emmy-Winning Comedian, Dies at 68 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 1 hour ago, rravenwood said: My thoughts keep coming back to this, and the situation really makes my blood boil. I sure hope that both the police chief and mayor get shown the door after the next round of local elections. 😠 In the Coldspring, TX situation I mentioned back in the 1980s, the local government was happy because of the incoming money. What shut down Humpy Parker & co. was the FBI, entering in force one day and arresting the entirety of the sheriff's department en bloc on federal civil rights violations. I assume that perhaps multiple someones of importance who lived in nearby Houston (or the someones' family members, because Parker's crew preferentially pulled over cars with Houston rock radio station stickers on them) got victimized, and that caused the attention of the federal authorities in the big city to be engaged. rravenwood 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 “The total mass of plastics now exceeds the total mass of all living mammals,” says ecotoxicologist and study author Bethanie Carney Almroth. Cygnia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 6 hours ago, Cancer said: “The total mass of plastics now exceeds the total mass of all living mammals,” says ecotoxicologist and study author Bethanie Carney Almroth. I don't remember if we've posted this here; mighta been in one of my FB groups....but entirely on point. If it's a repeat, it's worth repeating. https://theoceancleanup.com/ BoloOfEarth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 Thich Nhat Hanh, revered Zen Buddhist monk and peace activist, dies at 95 https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/22/thich-nhat-hanh-revered-zen-buddhist-monk-and-peace-activist-dies-at-95 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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