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  • Wild video shows woman beat, pepper-spray Los Angeles taco vendor

    08/09/2023 9:57:32 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 65 replies
    NY Post ^ | 08/09/2023 | Snejana Farberov
    Wild video allegedly captures a freeloader trashing a Los Angeles taco stand and attacking the vendor with pepper spray and body blows after refusing to pay for her food. The vendors told KTLA that the woman polished off her food Sunday and then flipped when pressed for money. She is seen going to her distinctive pink Lexus and returning with a can of pepper spray, according to the cellphone footage recorded by one of the victims. “When she finished spraying me, she started throwing everything and then she grabbed me and started to hit me,” Joanna Vasquez told KTLA in...
  • NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell Departs Following Misconduct Investigation

    04/23/2023 1:27:29 PM PDT · by thegagline · 17 replies
    Hollywood Reporter ^ | 04/23/2023 | Abbey White
    NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell is departing the company following an investigation into misconduct involving an “inappropriate relationship.” Comcast and Shell jointly announced the news Sunday in a statement that noted the two “have mutually agreed” on the decision. Shell will depart effective immediately. The decision follows a company-led investigation conducted by outside counsel “into a complaint of inappropriate conduct.” “Today is my last day as CEO of NBCUniversal. I had an inappropriate relationship with a woman in the company, which I deeply regret,” Shell said in his own statement. “I’m truly sorry I let my Comcast and NBCUniversal colleagues down,...
  • Vehicle repossessions are surging, report finds

    07/27/2022 11:07:32 AM PDT · by RomanSoldier19 · 57 replies
    consumer affairs ^ | 07/26/2022 | Mark Huffman
    From dealers to lenders to tow truck operators, reports have poured in this month about a disturbing trend of rising car and truck repossessions. Lisa Beilfuss Popeo, who covers the economy for Barron's, recently reported that vehicle repossessions have doubled among “prime” borrowers, which includes consumers with good credit scores. "One red flag is the rate of repossession for prime borrowers is starting to rise. It's not just subprime borrowers that are having problems," Popeo told CBS News. The reason for the sharp increase in repossessions is not exactly clear. Some point to a bubble in the car market that...
  • Dozens of Teens Arrested as TikTok Trend Spirals ‘Out of Hand’

    03/25/2022 12:57:13 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 27 replies
    Yahoo News! ^ | Thu, March 24, 2022 | Justin Rohrlich
    “Squishy and smooth, kids and adults alike will love the soothing sensory experience of Orbeez!” Spin Master Ltd., the company behind Orbeez, explains on its website. “There’s no limit to the ways you can play. Explode them, squish them, squeeze them, bounce them, crush them or let them flow through your hands! Use your imagination and have endless amounts of fun with Orbeez!” The official description sounds innocuous enough. But the polymer beads also play a central role in a viral social media trend popular among teens and have caused serious injuries across the country. The so-called Orbeez Challenge—which may...
  • 'Door-kicking' TikTok trend mistaken for home invasions

    12/02/2021 12:57:17 PM PST · by mikelets456 · 55 replies
    Fox ^ | 12/2/2021 | Fox
    Police are alerting schools, parents and community members of a potentially-dangerous challenge seen on TikTok which encourages others to kick in the doors of homes. In videos shared on TikTok, young people kick doors to the beat of the song "Die Young" by musical artist Kesha before running off. Some use enough force where doors are kicked open entirely. Jennifer Pritchard of the Petaluma Police Department in Petaluma, Cali., said danger is heightened when people are unfamiliar with TikTok trends and could interpret the prank as a "a real life or death situation." Pritchard said those participating in the door-kicking...
  • Numbers do matter: 10 signs of a disturbing trend in America's churches

    10/06/2021 7:36:44 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 31 replies
    Christian Post ^ | 10/06/2021 | Thom S. Rainer
    One census was ordered by God. The other was instigated by Satan.God said that numbers do matter. He ordered a counting of all the people of Israel shortly after the people fled Egypt. You can see the specific mandate in Exodus 30:12-14. An entire book of the Bible is devoted to the progress and results of the census. The book is aptly named Numbers.But another census of the people of Israel was clearly instigated by Satan. The Bible is straightforward on that matter in 1 Chronicles 21:1: “Satan rose up against Israel and caused David to take a census of...
  • Days After Girls Accused of Fatal Carjacking in DC, Two More Teens Arrested for Carjackings

    03/28/2021 7:20:31 PM PDT · by blueplum · 25 replies
    NBC4 via msn ^ | 28 Mar 2021 | Briana Trujillo
    Two 13-year-old boys are charged with two armed carjackings that occurred blocks from each other Friday night in D.C. This comes almost a week after another pair of teens were accused of a fatal carjacking also in the District... D.C. Police said that in both cases, the drivers were inside their cars... ...While exploring what appears to be a troubling trend in D.C., News4’s Shomari Stone reported that at least 19 carjackings in the District this year out of 95 have involved juveniles.
  • With Fewer Teens In School, Carjackings Spike Nationwide

    03/27/2021 2:02:21 AM PDT · by deks · 6 replies
    Odometer ^ | March 1, 2021 | Eric Z. Gasa
    “To them, it’s just a game, like ‘Grand Theft Auto,’?” Chicago Police Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan said in an interview. “They’re extremely young, terrorizing people, and a lot of them feel, ‘It’s just somebody’s car, it’s no big deal.” The Washington D.C. area experienced 345 carjackings in 2020 alone, compared to 142 the year before. The trend doesn't seem to be ending anytime soon though. So far, D.C. area police have recorded 46 carjackings in early February alone. Experts say that the rise in crime nationwide can be linked to the increase in unemployment nationwide. But the increase in...
  • With Biden closing in more Jews than Usual Favored Trump (trunc)

    11/05/2020 4:03:26 PM PST · by Stepan12 · 17 replies
    The Jewish Press ^ | November 5, 2020 | David Israel
    Orthodox Jewish Woman on the Beach in Miami, Florida.On Wednesday, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden won most of the “blue wall” in the Mid-West Trump succeeded in flipping in 2016, taking Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois. Trump also flipped Arizona, placing him at 264 electoral votes, 6 votes, or one state away from the 270 vote majority of the Electoral College. President Trump, meanwhile, remained stuck at 214 votes, as the slow count of mailed-in ballots in states he seemed to have won handily Tuesday night shows they are slipping away from his hold: Georgia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. Trump...
  • The Death of Flair: As Friday's Goes Minimalist, What Happens to the Antiques?

    03/10/2018 6:09:29 AM PST · by vannrox · 44 replies
    Collectors Weekly ^ | 11AUG16 | Lisa Hix
    Tall windows flood the vast dining room with natural light, illuminating a minimalist mix of rectangular and round tables—each ringed by tasteful, Modernist chairs—beneath a grid of industrial light fixtures and exposed wooden beams. Is this the city’s hottest new restaurant that everyone’s been talking about, the one with the locally sourced ingredients served on artfully presented plates? No, it’s the new T.G.I. Friday’s. “It was like you opened the door to your grandmother’s attic, and the stuff was just tumbling down the steps.” That’s right, Friday’s, the once-popular singles bars and burger joints found in the parking lots...
  • So...is Kaspersky software safe to use?

    11/15/2017 6:43:19 PM PST · by EinNYC · 32 replies
    A query from a friend about Kaspersky | 11/15/17 | Me, Myself, & I
    I came home tonight to find an answering machine message from a friend considering installing Kaspersky Internet Security on her computer. But, she had heard of the recent Israeli hack into Kaspersky and the rumors that Kaspersky is collecting info for the Russian government. I have read several authors' discussions about whether Kaspersky is safe to use. I have used it for about a decade or so, and find it to be excellent. I'd be interested to know what FReepers think, particularly those of you with a computer security background!
  • Dutch men hold hands to protest against homophobia

    04/05/2017 2:36:00 PM PDT · by Ennis85 · 41 replies
    BBC News ^ | 5th April 2017 | BBC News
    Dutch men are uploading pictures of themselves holding hands on to social media to stand against homophobia. The trend was sparked by an alleged attack on two gay men on a street in the Netherlands on Sunday. The images are being shared via the hashtags #handinhand and #allemannenhandinhand (all men hand in hand). Politicians, celebrities, football pundits and workers have joined in, throughout the Netherlands and beyond. Jasper Vernes-Sewratan, 35, and Ronnie Sewratan-Vernes, 31, say they were attacked by a group of men in the early hours of Sunday morning in Arnhem, in the country's east. Their story was widely...
  • Donald Trump Has Less than 5% of the Delegates He Needs to Win the Nomination

    02/21/2016 6:14:54 AM PST · by Praxeologue · 152 replies
    RedState ^ | February 21, 2016 | Leon H. Wolf
    Right now, the clueless media, who are desperate for the continuation of the Trump-driven ratings boost they have received are gleefully reporting that the race is all but over, Trump has won, get ready for President Hillary. The media does not understand conservatives in the least, and they never have. They have correctly calculated that mounting pretend attacks on Trump increases his standing with his own base of support, which works well to their advantage. But their lack of understanding about conservative voters has led them to look at what Trump has accomplished in the primary thus far, and conclude...
  • And You Thought the Japanese Were Weird: from Ukraine, Behold the 'Barbie Doll' Look-

    03/15/2013 10:58:26 AM PDT · by Reaganite Republican · 93 replies
    Reaganite Republican ^ | 15 March 2013 | Reaganite Republican
    The bizarre craze was started by a (blonde) Ukrainian model in her early 20s named Valeria Lukyanova, when -although already a great-looking gal- she went and got various plastic surgeries in order to appear more like a human Barbie Doll, while starving herself skinny and wearing elaborately-constructed makeup to enlarge the appearance of her eyes, etc. (apparently she already had the legs for it). For some time Lukyanova was publicizing herself with a like-minded, 19-y.o. friend, (redhead) Anastasiya Shpagina, but since they reportedly had a doll-fight over who-was-getting-how-much-attention on a Japanese TV interview, the two parted ways. The strange fantasy...
  • Trends In Mass Shootings

    12/21/2012 8:23:00 AM PST · by marktwain · 5 replies
    justoneminute.typepad.com ^ | 20 December, 2012 | Tom Maguire
    The trend will be your friend if you are the NRA, Hollywood,or video game manufacturers trying to deflect blame for rising gun violence in America. Per both mass killing expert Alan Fox, there is no particular evidece suggesting we are in the grip of a rising wave of mass shootings. A Mother Jones team has put together their own database of mass shootings since 1980 (timeline) and their chart suggests a similar conclusion. And for the factually oriented, this paper by criminologist Duwe from 2006 (hat tip to Jesse Walker of Reason) is fascinating. The media loves a narrative, which...
  • Cyberbaiting On The Rise Across The Country

    01/11/2012 5:43:35 AM PST · by WOBBLY BOB · 31 replies
    fox 35 ^ | 1-5-2012 | Susanne Brunner
    SALINAS, Calif. - Bullying is taking a new form online, but it's not kids attacking other kids. Now, they're turning on their teachers. What kids are doing is they're pushing their teachers over the edge, secretly recording it on their phone and uploading it to Youtube. It's becoming a teachers' worst nightmare. Students are purposely getting them angry so they can capture it all on camera. You can find a number of "Cyberbaiting" videos students are posting on Youtube. In one of them, a teacher is accused of spitting on a student, another one shows a teacher throwing and smashing...
  • New report confirms Arctic melt accelerating

    05/03/2011 7:45:38 AM PDT · by quantim · 34 replies
    AP/WorldMag ^ | May 3, 10:29 AM EDT
    STOCKHOLM (AP) -- A new assessment of climate change in the Arctic shows the ice in the region is melting faster than previously thought and sharply raises projections of global sea level rise this century. The report by the international Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program, or AMAP, compiles the latest science on how climate change has impacted the Arctic in the past six years. A summary of the key findings obtained by the AP on Tuesday shows Arctic temperatures during that period were the highest since measurements began in 1880.
  • Need Help-- Articles that show trend of regulation

    02/16/2011 10:04:50 AM PST · by agooga · 20 replies
    Little help here? I think we all operate on the general assumption that industry and us, personally, are far more regulated in small and large ways than we were - say - 50 years ago. A quick trip to the search engines didn't find me the articles I needed to back up my point. Can anyone link me to some good ones that show that the overall trend is toward more regulation over time? This should be a no-brainer.
  • PARTY TREND HAS YET TO KICK IN (Presaging an even larger GOP Mid-term Victory)

    08/28/2010 11:28:54 AM PDT · by no dems · 27 replies
    DickMorris.com ^ | August 25, 2010 | Dick Morris & Eileen McGann
    Don’t confuse the dramatic swell of the Republican tide that is becoming increasingly evident to the pundits of the country with party trend. Right before Election Day, the numbers will get even better and presage an even larger Republican victory. Party trend usually indicates itself in the ten days before an election when voters who do not typically follow politics closely tune in and decide for whom to vote. Until this window, they usually describe themselves to pollsters as “undecided.” There will be a huge Republican party trend this year, but it hasn’t happened yet. The huge Republican poll numbers...
  • Vodka Eyeballing - Bizarre New Trend Requires 'Shot' of Booze into the Eye

    05/31/2010 3:54:23 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 23 replies · 863+ views
    National Ledger ^ | May 31, 2010 | Cyndi James
    What is vodka eyeballing? A new fad among some kids in Europe may be spreading to the US. In online videos it is dubbed vodka eyeballing and now the claim is that some American teens have tried the odd way to get a buzz. It is just as it sounds - supposedly it is a shot of vodka into the eye. This bizarre new "trend" has found a home on YouTube and some say they are concerned for US kids as the claim is that it will get you a buzz quicker than taking a shot of vodka by mouth....