May 2022 Current Events Thread: Statistically, Rhode Island doesn't exist

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Hyrax Attack!: Jan 13, 2009; We demand to be taken seriously

BIG HEADLINE posted:

"Save us, Aaron Sorkin!"

(he nods smugly, grabs a kilo of pure Bolivian flake, ODs, and dies)

"Ah, well then."

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Before Sorkin adapted To Kill a Mockingbird for the theatre, a different adaptation of the novel by playwright Christopher Sergel had been available for license for over 50 years. Claiming worldwide exclusivity for the professional stage rights to any adaptation of Lee's novel, lawyers acting for the company Scott Rudin formed to produce Sorkin's adaptation, Atticus LLC (ALLC), moved to shut down productions of the Sergel adaption staged within 25 miles of any city that ALLC determined to be a major metropolitan center that might eventually host a production of Sorkin's adaptation, even if that company had already paid the rights holders. Dozens of community and non-profit theaters across the US cancelled productions of Sergel's adaptation, as well as a professional tour planned in the UK. After a public outcry, Scott Rudin offered to "ameliorate the hurt caused" by making Sorkin's adaptation available to regional producers.

Threatening to sue high school drama depts with a company named after Atticus Finch, let Sorkin be Sorkin.

# ¿ May 7, 2022 05:28

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# ¿ May 17, 2024 10:18

Hyrax Attack!: Jan 13, 2009; We demand to be taken seriously

Marshal Prolapse posted:

Like I have no problems with sports betting (and it�s fun every now and then), but goddamn those ads are everywhere�and not to sound too much like Helen Lovejoy, but I�m not keen on kids and teens getting bombarded with gambling ads constantly during sporting events or hell even at the events.

I did have a sensible chuckle seeing Patton Oswalt shilling for a sports betting site, especially after he had that routine a few years ago about being paid mid-five figures for one show at a casino but how it would be beneath his integrity to start doing that all the time.

Wonder how soon until an NFL player gets caught colluding with gamblers to miss a field goal to keep a point spread within an acceptable margin. There's way too much money floating around and NFL careers are naturally short anyway to make it inevitable.

# ¿ May 9, 2022 16:10

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Yeah there are stories out of the UK that show what we have to look forward to:

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At no point during the soccer game between Stoke City and visiting Watford did anyone say, �Tonight�s match is brought to you by bet365,� one of the world�s largest online gambling companies. No one needed to. It was pretty obvious.

The game took place at bet365 Stadium, where �bet365� was stenciled across a huge swath of red seats, which were empty because of the pandemic. LED banner ads with the green-and-yellow bet365 logo blinked and rolled around the perimeter of the field throughout play. And every Stoke player had bet365�s insignia emblazoned on the front of his shirt. The company doesn�t just sponsor the team. The company owns it.

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Because of that competition, fans 40 and younger grew up inundated with gambling ads. The subtext, and sometimes the text, was that soccer and betting don�t merely go together � they enhance each other.

�I trusted the messages that football sent me,� said James Grimes, who lost $140,000, two jobs and all of his friends before he quit gambling and founded the Big Step, an antigambling group. �A slogan that I heard a lot as a kid� � from Sky Bet, an online gambling company � �was �It matters more when there�s money on it.� And I believed that.�

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/business/bet365-gambling-sports-betting.html

# ¿ May 9, 2022 20:02

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Vincent Van Goatse posted:

I once pointed out they got a fact wrong and they blocked me, so probably.

Lol that's like the host of The Dollop Dave Anthony who got mad and blocked people after he got caught plagiarizing drat Interesting for material without asking permission or giving them credit, he was fast to block folk calling him out for it. Some of their episodes were hilarious but I stopped listening around then as it was a red flag that this guy probably wasn't a trustworthy source of info, especially as he was trying to claim the moral high ground in a lot of episodes calling out historical villains. https://www.damninteresting.com/a-special-note-to-the-writers-at-the-dollop/

# ¿ May 9, 2022 21:48

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CommieGIR posted:

Ugh, that's a shame, I enjoyed the Dollop. Oh well.

Yeah it�s similar to when I enjoyed s1 of True Detective & the writer was basking in praise for his ideas & dialogue including an Emmy nomination for writing. Then it was discovered how much of the iconic dialogue was lifted without permission from Thomas Ligotti & HBO geared up their PR dept to deny it, instead of giving him proper credit & at least a six figure check.

# ¿ May 10, 2022 04:04

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Bored As gently caress posted:

https://twitter.com/SteveSchmidtSES/status/1524790057273630721?t=1ba2X0qCEsJup5JxmB0fPw&s=19

This guy has been bashing The Lincoln Project and Megan McCain.

Is he good or is this a case of the enemy of my enemy is my friend?

When I saw that guy start to pop up I immediately thought Lincoln Project 2.0. Oh wow, the big insider info is Sarah Palin was unqualified and Meghan McCain is disliked? And he�s acting like this is top secret or useful? He�s even got the little Resistance logo in his image corner.

His substack has the title �no books, no money, just the truth� wonder if the plan is to try to become a talk show regular. If he had something in the ballpark of the Access Hollywood tape on Greg Abbott ok now we�re talking but this just seems like nothing.

# ¿ May 13, 2022 14:01

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Lake of Methane posted:

Turkey is not supportive of Finland joining NATO

https://www.reuters.com/world/erdogan-says-turkey-not-positive-finland-sweden-joining-nato-2022-05-13/

�President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday it was not possible for NATO-member Turkey to support plans by Sweden and Finland to join the pact, saying the Nordic countries were "home to many terrorist organisations".

Though Turkey has officially supported enlargement since it joined NATO 70 years ago, its opposition could pose a problem for Sweden and Finland given new members need unanimous agreement.�

Wonder if he's actually opposed or just wants a bribe before allowing it.

# ¿ May 13, 2022 15:58

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lightpole posted:

Japanese 7-11 is awesome. Good bowls, sushi, whatever. I always ran through if I didn't have time for a meal.

One owner tried to push back against 12 hour work days by closing between 1am and 6am so they built a replacement 7/11 in his parking lot.

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HIGASHI-OSAKA, Japan � Across Japan, it can seem as if there�s a 7-Eleven on every corner.

Now, on a single corner in a working-class suburb of Osaka, there are two.

The unusual pairing is the latest manifestation of a grudge match between one of Japan�s most powerful companies and, arguably, one of its most stubborn men.

Mitoshi Matsumoto, a franchisee, ran one of the two 7-Elevens until the chain revoked his contract in 2019 after he dared to shorten his operating hours. For over a year, his store has sat empty as he and 7-Eleven have battled in court over control of the shop. Fed up and with no end in sight, the company decided on a stopgap: It built a second shop in what used to be Mr. Matsumoto�s parking lot.

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7-Eleven has gone to surprising lengths against Mr. Matsumoto. It hired a team of private investigators to watch his store for months, collecting grainy video that, the company asserts, shows him head-butting one customer and attacking another�s car with a flying kick. It has also compiled a dossier of complaints against him, including one over a bungled giveaway of �commemorative mayonnaise.� And now it says it plans to charge him for the cost of building the second shop next to his.

The company maintains that it moved against Mr. Matsumoto simply because he was a bad franchisee. But he argues that it is no coincidence that the company�s view of him dimmed sharply after he said he would defy its rigid demand that stores stay open around the clock.

Before his seemingly small act of rebellion, the company had deemed him a model worker. He had received praise for, among other things, having the highest sales of steamed pork buns in his region.

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He went to the news media and described the industry�s harsh labor conditions, including his own days working 12 hours or more. His story hit a nerve in a country where overwork is rampant and sometimes fatal.

His willingness to criticize 7-Eleven in ways that most other franchisees would not made him famous. It also cast a light on the hidden costs of ultraconvenience in Japan, where convenience stores fulfill many of life�s daily needs and are often held up as symbols of the country�s remarkable efficiency and customer service.

7-Eleven stood down in its clash with Mr. Matsumoto over his shorter hours. But his relationship with the company, which had always had some problems, reached a breaking point in October 2019 when he announced that he would close the store entirely for one day, on New Year�s.

In late December, 7-Eleven notified him that it would revoke his contract unless he took unspecified action to restore a �relationship of trust.� It gave him 10 days.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/30/business/japan-7-eleven.html

# ¿ May 15, 2022 04:42

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facialimpediment posted:

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Thank you for heads up got that ordered

# ¿ May 16, 2022 22:19

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A.o.D. posted:

Seth green noooo

Baffled how the Mass Effect 3 ending where Joker gets incinerated is considered a bad ending.

# ¿ May 17, 2022 17:29

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ASAPI posted:

You know what? I am fine with that.

At this point I am cheering for the people that are that stupid. Eventually they will either die or get tired of being mortally ill "to own the libs".

Current family drama is a rich relative who used to be mayor of his town wasn�t feeling great, crossed international border to attend large birthday gathering with many elderly relatives, had to be hospitalized on the drive back as of course he has covid, was hesitant to inform anyone of his diagnosis, angrily discharged himself early, drove home, and was immediately hospitalized again.

At least three people who attended the birthday have tested positive so yeah they�re not thrilled with him at the moment.

# ¿ May 20, 2022 15:04

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bulletsponge13 posted:

I'm well aware the failings of the police, particularly the Baltimore County flavor who would out right say poo poo like they could bash our heads in, that they wouldn't help us in a school shooting, and telling my mother to have me murder her ex bf next time he shows up ("he's a kid. Just break a window and call me")

The new show We Own This City has cops like that.

# ¿ May 25, 2022 04:49

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So the cops� story is a Wendy�s employee with probably minimal experience bested three officers in a gun fight then devised a nearly unbreachable barricade?

# ¿ May 26, 2022 05:26

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Defenestrategy posted:

In my experience sros are there to be creepy to the girls, recruit anyone ovee 6 foot to join the football team, and drive in a little golf cart

That�s 3 out of 3 for one of our high school security guards. The first one is what finally got him fired.

# ¿ May 26, 2022 18:56

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CommieGIR posted:

I forget the article, but there was one showing that a lot of SROs are Cops the department doesn't want on patrol for exactly reasons like this.

A buddy has a retired uncle cop who went full trump supporter. He was notable in his dept�s history for being warned not to use the women�s bathroom even if it�s late at night and he thinks it�s cleaner. Then doing so anyway and getting written up by a very annoyed commander.

He knows another guy so bad with money that despite making six figures, twice a month has to haul poo poo to a waste disposal site as his trailer lacks a septic tank and saving for a down payment would interfere with buying dogecoins/drones/another SUV. Almost needed to go on medical leave as he forgets to drink water. Still a detective with a gun and arrest powers.

# ¿ May 26, 2022 19:04

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davecrazy posted:

Conservatives hate public schools ever since Brown v Board education.

It all comes back to racism.

Yup. Just finished Nixonland and it mentioned the proliferation of Christian academies in the south in the early 1970s when desegregation began being enforced.

# ¿ May 26, 2022 19:18

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bird food bathtub posted:

They'll get raises and more funding for "training".

We don't actually fix problems in this country.

Guaranteed every cop standing around the parking lot is gonna make darn sure they get the proper OT payments for their work.

# ¿ May 27, 2022 18:12

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Defenestrategy posted:

and it'll work, because the politicians don't have the political will and some large percent of voters are too attached to any random cops nut sack to call their bluff and just disband and reform some sort of policing force with actual standards.

It was ridiculous when the NYPD turned their back on the mayor at some ceremony and it didn�t immediately result in their senior command being fired without benefits.

# ¿ May 29, 2022 05:20

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# ¿ May 17, 2024 10:18

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Handsome Ralph posted:

https://twitter.com/DinosaurDracula/status/1531066543647375365?t=AW5wUMaN4ifEH_zxoP08uw&s=19

lol hell yeah Dino Drac owns

Wasabi the J posted:

CNN: 15 people joined suspected Buffalo shooter's Discord private chat shortly before the shooting.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/19/us/buffalo-supermarket-shooting-court/index.html

I wasn't a fan of the new Batman but I guess that secret message board the riddler hosted to plan attacks wasn't too far from reality

# ¿ Jun 1, 2022 17:53

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