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  • Three Wilmington (NC) Police officers fired over racist rants

    06/25/2020 10:23:33 AM PDT · by FewsOrange · 4 replies
    WCTI 12 ^ | June 24, 2020 | AP
    Three members of a North Carolina police department have been fired after a department audit of a video recording captured one of the officers saying a civil war was necessary to wipe Black people off the map and that he was ready. The Wilmington Police Department took the action on Tuesday against Cpl. Jessie Moore, and officers Kevin Piner and Brian Gilmore. Each was accused of violating standards of conduct, criticism and use of inappropriate jokes and slurs. After conferring with the city council, Wilmington City Manager Sterling Cheatham cleared Police Chief Donny Williams to release the details. “When I...
  • george-lucas-stole-chewbacca-but-its-okay (Vanity)

    10/05/2010 5:15:45 AM PDT · by texas booster · 11 replies
    Tumblr ^ | Various | Michael Heilemann
    Need an excuse for time wasting that even your boss will accept? This link is from a fan of "Star Wars" and contains behind-the-scenes photos from ILM. http://250577.tumblr.com/ Also follow this link to a discussion on the creation of Chewbacca: http://binarybonsai.com/2010/09/18/george-lucas-stole-chewbacca-but-its-okay/#more-4534
  • Good News: George Lucas is out of the film business!

    10/04/2006 5:56:03 PM PDT · by DCBryan1 · 17 replies · 540+ views
    Variety Magazine ^ | 04 OCT 06 | David S. Cohen
    Posted: Wed., Oct. 4, 2006, 4:52pm PT Lucas: Let's get small Helmer sees shrinking pic biz By DAVID S. COHEN George Lucas has a message for studios that are cutting their slates and shifting toward big-budget tentpoles and franchises: You've got it all wrong. The creator of "Star Wars," which stamped the template for the franchise-tentpole film, says many small films and Web distribution are the future. And in case anyone doubts he means it, Lucasfilm is getting out of the movie business. "We don't want to make movies. We're about to get into television. As far as Lucasfilm is...
  • A New Year’s Jihad Retreat (At a Presbyterian Church Campground)

    12/29/2005 5:37:23 AM PST · by Presbyterian Reporter · 9 replies · 1,586+ views
    FrontPageMagazine.com ^ | Dec 29, 2005 | Joe Kaufman
    Watching the ball drop, twirling a noisemaker, kissing your sweetheart, and making a resolution that rarely comes to pass -- everyone looks forward to the memory of a new year. But one group will be ringing in the New Year a little differently…through a children’s jihad retreat, with a guest speaker who exalts terrorists and another who is linked to al-Qaeda. The majority of Islamic organizations within the United States have, at one time or another, been cited for their connections to terrorism, whether by support of terror groups or through actual terrorist activity carried out by its members. Two...