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‘Pizzagate’ gunman fatally shot by police outside Charlotte in traffic stop
(www.charlotteobserver.com)
thallamabond
joined 2 years ago
For the uninitiated, this conspiracy theory would later devolve into Qanon and worse.
On October 30, 2016, a Twitter account posting white supremacist material which said it was run by a Jewish New York lawyer falsely claimed that the New York City Police Department (NYPD) had discovered a pedophilia ring linked to members of the Democratic Party while searching through Anthony Weiner's emails.[13][2] Throughout October and November 2016, WikiLeaks had published John Podesta's emails. Proponents of the conspiracy theory read the emails and alleged they contained code words for pedophilia and human trafficking.[1][14] Proponents also claimed that Comet Ping Pong, a pizzeria in Washington, D.C., was a meeting ground for Satanic ritual abuse.[15]
NC has a sordid history with Democracy.
1898-White supremacists do not like newly elected representative, decide to have a massacre etc.
As the violence continued, Waddell led a group to the Republican mayor, Silas P. Wright. Waddell forced Wright, the board of aldermen, and the police chief to resign at gunpoint.[17] Waddel's group included future U.S. Congressman John D. Bellamy and future NC Assemblyman George Rountree.[2] The mob installed a new city council that elected Waddell to take over as mayor by 4 p.m. that day.[28]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington_massacre
1969-White supremacists bring bombs, guns and violence in response to school desegregation (only 15 years after Brown v Board), then they blamed the young black protestors, who would spend a decade in prison before release. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington_Ten
2016-Republican Governor signs bill reducing power of his predecessor. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/16/505872501/north-carolina-governor-signs-law-limiting-power-of-his-successor
2023-Tricia Cotham-Ran on a progressive platform in very blue seat, changes parties because people were mean to her. https://www.wfae.org/2023-04-04/nc-house-democrat-to-switch-parties-creating-gop-supermajority
2024-Republican super-majority signs bill taking away power from incoming Democrat Governor, shifts other powers to its favor. https://www.npr.org/2024/12/12/g-s1-37837/north-carolina-gop-lawmakers-governor
So many tv shows broken by two-part episodes!
Spafford was released on $25,000 bond earlier this week. The new details in this case come from new filings from the defense, arguing to block his release.
Prosecutors reiterated why they believe Spafford is dangerous, writing that “while he is not known to have engaged in any apparent violence, he has certainly expressed interest in the same, through his manufacture of pope bombs marked ‘lethal,’ his possession of riot gear and a vest loaded with pipe bombs, his support for political assassinations and use of the pictures of the President for target practice.”
Wow. What a load of crap
5 2024 predictions:
- AI self-awareness and robot uprising
- WW3
- Global catastrophe
- Alien contact
- Asteroid colliding into Earth, but with new materials we've never seen which causes economic war.
My favorite bit is at the end where he says these are just predictions the future is uncertain.
From 2014
part of the computer system responsible for controlling the launch of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles relied on data loaded from 8-inch floppy disks
The U.S. and New Zealand are the only countries that allow direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertisements. In the U.S., television viewers are subjected to an especially increasing volume of drug commercials. In 1996, $550 million was spent by pharmaceutical companies on drugs ads. That number increased more than 10-fold by 2020, reaching $6.58 billion annually.
That's a good one, another good Robin Williams is Patch Adams.
The Constitution has changed many times
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_Five_of_the_United_States_Constitution
But, now that presidents can not be charged for "official" acts, who knows?
https://www.npr.org/2024/07/01/nx-s1-5002157/supreme-court-trump-immunity
Was super excited for the new Menu art, but when I downloaded the beta the menu art was the old style.
Went looking for what I did wrong and came across this article. It's worth a read.
New beta looking clean (15 mins in)
TL:DR
$45 'stable' release, comes with same unfulfilled promises from 8+ years ago.
I really enjoyed this game, I have over 1000 hours on steam and have no idea how much I played on ps4. Hell, the reason I built my pc was to play this game (and custom cod zombies). That being said, I would not pay $45 for the current 'stable' release, probably worth it under $10.
My main beef is $45. Thats how much you charge for a finished game, but this is far from finished. Their own roadmap includes crossplay, weather upgrades, a wardrobe, NPC's, and bandits. This roadmap is 18 months long, if they can deliver all of their promises the game will be 12 years old then. (They will not)
NPC's and bandits are especially interesting to me, because I bought this game for pc in 2017, not too long after reading this blog post
https://joelhuenink.tumblr.com/post/144526427828/bandits-weve-got-the-heavy-bandit-armor-done-and
This is just about how every alpha has gone since then, big youtube and twich promotions, lots of promises, and then, a small, incrimental update.
Last, but not least, the current game kind of sucks. The hitboxes are better than when they first updated the UNITY engine after a16, but still shit. There is a spot in the zombie's shoulder that if you hit them with an arrow, the game chokes for a couple of frames then they do a cool spin. Each and every poi has invisible barriers (and has since a16) which cause agro, so walk in room, back out, slowly hit with (object). Skill progression is tied behind xp based points, reading rng magazines, and there is a perk that increases your loot, but there are other perks to increase the specific magazine loot.
Really didn't play much since a17, but I've played a few hours of each alpha since. This 1.0 is no different, but I cannot get over that price.
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With Studios Attempting To Own Digital Likeness Forever, Lets Have a Look at Posthumous Performances
(lemmy.world)
SAG-AFTRA has gone on strike for many reasons, but one that stands out to me is an effort to make digital copies of extras and maintain the rights to use them in perpetuity. There are many implications of this, from people losing an opportunity to work, to Ethical implications ex:your likeness is used in a movie/tv show/commercial you would not want to be involved in.
I wanted to take a look at some of the past examples of entertainers likeness' being used posthumously.
Fred Astaire Vaccuum Commercial
Bob Ross Paints the Mountain Dew
Carrie Fisher Rogue 1 Turns out this is incorrect, Fisher passed after filming of Rogue 1. It was Rise of the Skywalker
There are definitly more examples out there, if you know of any, post them here.
On a personal note, I find this all to be deeply unethical without specific permission granted by the entertainer.
Some souces:
Actors are digitally preserving themselves to continue their careers beyond the grave
Dead celebrities are being digitally resurrected — and the ethics are murky
Had a good god run going, went to go change up some wands and this happened. I don't even know how many copies of things were made, 4-6 fps in this area made it unplayable.
I really like having a fresh start though, god runs get stale after a couple of days.
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