From Star Wars to Mad Max, a new, more diverse kind of storytelling went mainstream this year – and the backlash shows how much it matters.
What to do when you’re not the hero any more
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What goes through my my mind when I read the news with my morning coffee. …Or for the Simon's Rockers in the group, this is my response journal.
From Star Wars to Mad Max, a new, more diverse kind of storytelling went mainstream this year – and the backlash shows how much it matters.
What to do when you’re not the hero any more
hmmmm
Chicago police will get new equipment and training to help them defuse tense situations and use the least amount of lethal force necessary, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said on Wednesday, seeking to soothe tensions in the city after weeks of protests over fatal police shootings.
Emanuel said at a news conference. “Just because you are trained that you can use force, doesn’t mean you should.”
Chicago mayor plots changes to police policy after deadly shootings – Yahoo News
About time, you shady, fucktard hack.
People hold portraits of late World War II “comfort women” in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea. The rally, which has been held every Wednesday since 1992, was the first since the countries reached what they consider a final settlement over Korean women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military.
Remembering S. Korean sex slaves after deal – Yahoo News
Sigh….
Liberal Washington Post columnist: Bill Clinton is ‘fair game’ for Trump | TheHill
To fair, this could be true…
…If you believe women to be perpetual victims, with no agency of their own.
It’s beyond insulting all the way to patronizing. God, I fucking loathe women-haters like this writer. This cunt-rag is just pissed because someone got some twenty years ago and it wasn’t her. I mean, hyperbole in service of being a hater much? Clinton may have cheated on his wife but he’s not fucking Bill-Roofie-Them-All-Cosby.
Newsflash, you backwards twat, women are adults too. They are empowered to employ agency in their own lives. They have the technology to say no and walk away. Sit down, shut the fuck up, and stop implying that all women are helpless victims who are incapable of acting in their own interests when hit on.
…And blaming a wife because her partner cheated is a viewpoint that belongs in the dust-heap of history. Don’t ever claim to be someone who is anything other than an ally for men seeking to make sure women stay barefoot, pregnant, and the property of male masters with that fucking attitude, you backwards horrid gash, you.
Seriously, if you want to be that kind of useless gutter-trash, go for it. Don’t try and pull every other woman down into that simpy, servile cesspool of dependence with your pathetic ass though. Your women-hating, cloaked-misogyny bullshit does not prevent other womens’ ability to be full, active, and in control participants of their own lives. That backwards shit is on you.
Wench.
The Chicago Police Department is already under a federal civil rights investigation that will look into patterns of racial disparity in the use of force.
Chicago police fatally shoot 2 as force faces growing scrutiny – CSMonitor.com
Sigh….
Family members said Bettie Jones — a mother of five — had hosted Christmas for relatives just hours before she was tragically killed.
Chicago police kill emotionally disturbed college student, 55-year-old woman – The Washington Post
Can’t we just hire cops to police the cops? Then they could kill the murderous ones with the mess, expense, and intrigue of a trial.
…Just like, the regular cops do, except these badge wearing gang members would only pick on their own kind.
Nearly 400 days after a white police officer fatally shot a black 12-year-old carrying a pellet gun in an encounter captured on surveillance video, the boy’s disillusioned family believes it’s unlikely anyone will be indicted.
Family: Charges unlikely in killing of Tamir Rice by police – The Washington Post
Grrrrrrrr
When did douchebag killers become more important than unarmed, innocent children? When did we start to refuse that the police are capable of mistakes?
Crystal Patterson didn’t have the cash or assets to post $150,000 bail and get out of jail after her arrest for assault in October.
Lawsuits seek to abolish country’s bail bond system | Miami Herald
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When a 12-year-old Idaho girl told a school lunch worker she was hungry but didn’t have any money, the woman gave her a free meal. She was later fired.
School lunch lady feeds hungry kid, gets fired
Sigh…
No medical or mental health care. No subsidized college or work training. For many who leave the U.S. military with less-than-honorable discharges, including thousands who suffered injuries and anguish in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, standard veterans benefits are off limits.
Some military discharges mean no benefits after service ends – The Washington Post
hmmm
British astronaut on board the International Space Station tweets apology to woman he rang by mistake and to whom he said, ‘Hello, is this planet Earth?’
Tim Peake says sorry for dialling wrong number from space | Science | The Guardian
heh
Hero security guard defuses hostage situation only to be fatally shot by late arriving cops
If cops faced serious, life impacting consequences for their mistakes, maybe they wouldn’t be so quick to make them.
Diane Taylor returns to the Manchester Stock Exchange, where squatters are spending Christmas courtesy of owners Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs
Gary Neville’s homeless hotel: what happened next – video | Society | The Guardian
“Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
The silent stars go by
Yet in thy dark streets shineth
The everlasting Light
The hopes and fears of all the years
Are met in thee tonight”
A judge has ordered court officials to investigate whether a former South Carolina police officer charged with murder in the killing of an unarmed driver is poor enough to receive taxpayer money to help with his defense.
South Carolina officer wants public money for murder defense – The Washington Post
Tough shit, fuckwad. Need a better lawyer than most of the people you harass? Have your fascist, lying union pay for it. Loser. Piggie. Loser.
A visit from St. Nick nearly turns tragic.
One Reason Not to Believe in Santa Claus – The New York Times
WTF is wrong with people?! First off this supposedly religious person has the hubris to draw a direct correlation between himself and Joseph, and secondly, how strong can your weak-ass faith be if your religious foundation could so easily be toppled by a visit to Santa? And lastly, why the fuck are you having a young person who can’t hold a baby hold your newborn without standing a little closer? What the fuck is wrong with you?
Anyone who goes around calling themselves a “Christian” as if their denomination is the only kind of Christian is usually really bad at being one.
The mandate that women cover their hair relies on religious misinterpretations.
This.
A tenured Wheaton College professor who, as part of her Christian Advent devotion, donned a traditional headscarf to show solidarity with Muslims has been placed on administrative leave, sparking protests on the west suburban campus Wednesday.
Wheaton College students back suspended professor wearing hijab – Chicago Tribune
Sigh…
A woman who was violently gang raped in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to 200 lashes and six months in jail after being found guilty of indecency and [having audacity to] talk to the media [regarding the incident.]
Saudi woman to get 200 lashes after being raped
Our f’ing allies? Sigh…
…or to be super crass, how very 50 Shades of Grey.
#IWillProtectYou is spreading, and veterans are responding with heartwarming messages of support.
When Donald Trump’s words scared this Muslim girl, these Army vets responded perfectly.
This.
Cop out my ass.
She’s right and you’re just pissed because you’re not Tina Fey.