The unimportant news thread

[JBS]

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/indiana-judges-suspended-after-drunken-white-castle-fight

[Ken B]

I guess there is no such thing as bad publicity...

A comic is suing Netflix for offering her less than they paid Ellen DeGeneres or Chris Rock ...

https://www.thewrap.com/monique-sues-netflix-over-discriminatory-pay-offer-for-stand-up-special/

In Canada, frivolous lawsuits can be punished, by the award of legal fees, or in some cases barring you from further litigation.

Here is an example of the latter. It's really pretty funny except that her abuse causes people a lot of trouble.
https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2017/07/04/judge-tells-ontario-woman-who-has-sued-dozens-she-is-no-longer-welcome-in-court.html

[greg]

I guess there is no such thing as bad publicity...

A comic is suing Netflix for offering her less than they paid Ellen DeGeneres or Chris Rock ...

https://www.thewrap.com/monique-sues-netflix-over-discriminatory-pay-offer-for-stand-up-special/

In Canada, frivolous lawsuits can be punished, by the award of legal fees, or in some cases barring you from further litigation.

Here is an example of the latter. It's really pretty funny except that her abuse causes people a lot of trouble.
https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2017/07/04/judge-tells-ontario-woman-who-has-sued-dozens-she-is-no-longer-welcome-in-court.html

Or compared to Dave Chapelle.

He's the only comedian who can announce he's going to my city in the short notice of like 2 days and the shows sell out, and have people at work talking about going.

If she came here, I guarantee that no one would be talking about it at work. That's why she's making less.

[Todd]

Colin Kaepernick throws passes for 40 minutes at workout, urges NFL to 'stop running'

I fancy The Onion's take on the naughty QB's possible comeback:

Colin Kaepernick's Agents Assure Teams His CTE Has Progressed Just As Much As Other Players Over 3-Year Hiatus

[Ken B]

Twitter is not yet all of the world.
https://www.al.com/life/2019/11/covered-waffle-house-customers-step-in-to-fill-gap-at-birmingham-restaurant.html

[Ken B]

Secret Labour Party group

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7693489/amp/Labour-Election-candidate-ran-secret-Facebook-group-advises-party-Holocaust-deniers.html?__twitter_impression=true

This is my shocked face: 

[Ken B]

"I hate it here!"

Sound familiar?

https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=14003

It would take a heart of stone not to laugh. But the invocation of the spirit of George Wallace And Lester Maddox  is worth noting.

[Ken B]

Stanley Milgram, fraud. https://www.psypost.org/2019/11/unpublished-data-from-stanley-milgrams-experiments-casts-doubts-on-his-claims-about-obedience-54921

[Ken B]

Chinese camps for Uighurs https://www.businessinsider.com/china-uighur-prison-camp-suspected-locations-maps-2019-11

[Florestan]

Chinese camps for Uighurs https://www.businessinsider.com/china-uighur-prison-camp-suspected-locations-maps-2019-11

Quote: China has tried to prevent journalists from reporting on what goes on inside those camps. It has formally acknowledged the existence of some of these camps, but euphemistically calls them "re-education camps," or says they offer "free vocational training."

That nice euphemism for forced labor looks as taken straight from some posts here on GMG. 

[Ken B]

Quote: China has tried to prevent journalists from reporting on what goes on inside those camps. It has formally acknowledged the existence of some of these camps, but euphemistically calls them "re-education camps," or says they offer "free vocational training."

That nice euphemism for forced labor looks as taken straight from some posts here on GMG. 

They are looking at Christians too. https://churchleaders.com/news/366396-chinese-government-scanning-churchgoers-faces-fingers.html

[JBS]

https://www.timesofisrael.com/ag-announces-netanyahu-to-stand-trial-for-bribery-fraud-and-breach-of-trust/

[Ken B]

https://www.timesofisrael.com/ag-announces-netanyahu-to-stand-trial-for-bribery-fraud-and-breach-of-trust/

The AG is known as a straight shooter and is a member of Likud so this does not look like just politics.

Bibi should dress in blackface. Worked for our Prime Minstrel.

[Florestan]

They are looking at Christians too. https://churchleaders.com/news/366396-chinese-government-scanning-churchgoers-faces-fingers.html

I'm not surprised in the least.

[Ken B]

This article could be clearer, but the headline is borne out: the university tribunal really did say threesomes were outrageous and no rational woman would consent to one.

https://www.thecollegefix.com/judge-approves-title-ix-suit-against-university-for-saying-women-cant-consent-to-threesomes/

The new Puritans.

[Todd]

This article could be clearer, but the headline is borne out: the university tribunal really did say threesomes were outrageous and no rational woman would consent to one.

What if the threesome involved three Women and Gender Studies majors?

[Ken B]

What if the threesome involved three Women and Gender Studies majors?

Ah well, I think I answered that 

[Todd]

Ruth Bader Ginsburg admitted to hospital after chills and a fever

It's CNN, so it's fake news.

[Todd]

Borat embraces censorship.

The bit about people he deems publishers being sent to jail is surreal.  One is forced to conclude his speech was really an act.

[Ken B]

Borat embraces censorship.

The bit about people he deems publishers being sent to jail is surreal.  One is forced to conclude his speech was really an act.

So, playing along for a moment, he wants Zuckerberg et al to exert more power doesn't he? After he complains about the Super Six having so much power, he then complains they don't exercise it.

Perhaps most revealing is his remark about Goebbels and Facebook. Goebbels succeed precisely by using the force of law to restrict information and argument. You can read about China's Uighur camps on Facebook right now. Well, you can here. You cannot in China; they practice Baron-Cohenism in re Facebook.