These hilarious pre-show State of the Union memes will restore your faith in America
Grab the booze because in just a few hours Donald Trump will give his first State of the Union address before Congress.
Monthly Archives: January 2018
Rostam, Scott Baio, Adele, Dolly Parton, Melania Trump, Amazon Berkshire, Oligarch List, Hawaii: HOT LINKS
Rostam, Scott Baio, Adele, Dolly Parton, Melania Trump, Amazon Berkshire, Oligarch List, Hawaii: HOT LINKS
HEALTHCARE DISRUPTION. Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JP Morgan form independent health care company: ‘The three companies provided few details about the new entity, other than saying it would initially focus on technology to provide simplified, high-quality health care for their employees and their families, and at a reasonable cost. They said the initiative, which is in the early planning stages, would be a long-term effort “free from profit-making incentives and constraints.”’
SCARCE. Melania blindsided by Stormy Daniels hush money revelations, is pissed.
GOLF. Trump cheats like hell, says LPGA star, in news that surprises no one: “He cheats like hell,” the 15-time LPGA Tour winner said. “So I don’t quite know how he is in business. They say that if you cheat at golf, you cheat at business.”
OLIGARCH LIST. Trump administration cribbed Forbes magazine to create congressionally-mandated list designed to punish Russia for interfering in the US election. “The revelation is likely to invite criticisms of the thoroughness of the Treasury Department’s report and reinforce the notion that the list is primarily a who’s who of Russian elite rather than an official accounting of Kremlin-linked political corruption as some US lawmakers intended.”
I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU. Adele pays tribute to Dolly Parton and Dolly answers back: “And I will always love you!”
HAWAII. Employee who sent false missile warning thought an attack was imminent. “The FCC said Tuesday that Hawaii has been testing alert capabilities, and the employee mistook a drill for a real warning about a missile threat. He responded by sending the alert without sign-off from a supervisor.”
MILO VENTIMIGLIA. Putting on a gun show.
VIRGINIA. $20 fee proposed for people to watch porn online: ‘Virginia House Bill No. 1592, known as “The Human Trafficking Prevention Act” was introduced Jan. 19 and proposes making it, “unlawful for any person to distribute or sell any product that makes content accessible on the Internet unless the product possesses an operating digital content blocking capability that renders obscene content, including obscene items, obscene performances, or obscene exhibitions, inaccessible.”
DENIAL OF THE DAY. Scott Baio’s Facebook Live denial of Nicole Eggert’s sexual assault allegations.
CREEPY TRAILER OF THE DAY. Steven Soderbergh’s Unsane. “A young woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution where she is confronted by her greatest fear — but is it real or is it a product of her delusion?”
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE DAY. Rostam “Bike Dream”.
TOO HOT FOR TUESDAY. Douglas Souza.
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Paar macht Strandurlaub – Tage später können sie nicht mehr gehen
Paar macht Strandurlaub – Tage später können sie nicht mehr gehen
- Ein kanadisches Paar konnte nach einem Besuch am Strand nicht mehr laufen
- Der Grund: Sie hatten sich mit Wurmlarven infiziert
Zuerst hätte es an den Füßen nur gekratzt. Das berichtet der Kanadier Eddie Zytner dem US-Sender CNN über seinen Urlaub mit seiner Freundin Katie Stephens in der Dominikanischen Republik.
Der Urlaub sollte zu einem Horrorerlebnis werden. Denn beim Kratzen blieb es nicht. Bilder des Paares auf Facebook zeigen Rötungen und Geschwüre an den Füßen.
Mit der Zeit sei es immer schlimmer geworden. Die Bilder dokumentieren das Fortschreiten der Rötungen. Schließlich seien die Schmerzen so schlimm gewesen, dass weder Zytner noch seine Freundin hätten laufen können.
► Nach mehreren Besuchen im Krankenhaus hätten sie schließlich eine Diagnose erhalten: Das Paar hatte sich beim Barfußlaufen über die Strände von Punta Cana offenbar Larven von Hakenwürmern eingefangen.
“Tragt Schuhe!”
Die Larven rufen die Hautkrankheit Larva migrans hervor, eine der häufigsten Hautkrankheiten in warmen Klimazonen – die schreckliche Bilder entstehen lässt.
Katie Stephens warnte in einem Facebook-Post alle Reisenden, bei tropischen Stränden vorsichtig zu sein. Ihr Freund sagte zu CNN nur lakonisch: “Tragt Schuhe!”
Die Hautkrankheit verschwindet auch ohne Behandlung nach etwa sechs Wochen, berichtet CNN. Das Paar habe allerdings antiparasitäre Medikamente eingenommen und könne nun laut eigenen Angaben wieder ohne Krücken laufen.
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Carillion Collapse: Ministers Perform U-Turn On Apprenticeship Wages
Carillion Collapse: Ministers Perform U-Turn On Apprenticeship Wages
The Government has performed a U-turn and vowed Carillion apprentices will continue to be paid beyond January, according to reports.
HuffPost UK revealed how the Official Receiver only planned to pay apprentices cut adrift by the bankrupt outsourcing giant until the end of January.
But the Government has now “caved to pressure” and confirmed they will pay apprentices until they find a new placement.
Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner said they must now stick to their promises.
A Department for Education spokesman has said placements had been found for around half of the 1,400 apprentices trained by Carillion.
Ministers were working round the clock to secure the rest and said “all former Carillion apprentices will continue to be paid while alternative employers are being sought.”
Carillion, which was the UK’s largest construction trainer, went bankrupt earlier this month, leaving behind £5bn of liabilities, just £29m in cash and a long list of unfinished public works.
It had a £6.5m public contract to train apprentices. When the firm collapsed, apprentices told HuffPost UK how they were kept in the dark about their pay.
The DfE spokesman said: “We have taken steps to protect learners by transferring the training of all Carillion apprentices to the Construction Industry Training Board.”
Rayner said some apprentices still have not been contacted, however.
She said: “If the Government has finally caved in to pressure from Labour and trade unions and agreed to continue paying the Carillion apprentices, that is welcome news for hundreds of people who had been left to face the prospect of their wages drying up by the end of the week. We hope that this is the final u-turn and this time they stick to their promises.
“The apprentices have done nothing but work hard for jobs and qualifications, yet they have faced the threat of being abandoned without pay, work or continued training. It is a shame that Ministers have created such fear and uncertainty by failing to give clear and simple guarantees.
“Even now, it is not clear that every Carillion apprentice has been contacted. The Government must ensure that they are all able to complete their training and get the skills that both they and the wider economy need.”
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/apprenticeshiputurn_uk_5a70c9c4e4b0a6aa48740a8f
Clea DuVall Receives HRC Visibility Award for LGBTQ Work
Clea DuVall Receives HRC Visibility Award for LGBTQ Work
21 Inspirations to Make It Through Winter
21 Inspirations to Make It Through Winter
www.advocate.com/photography/2018/1/30/21-inspirations-make-it-through-winter
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“Religious” straight couple refuse to be served by gay waiter. What happened next is even worse.
‘Glee’ Star Mark Salling Dead of Apparent Suicide
‘Glee’ Star Mark Salling Dead of Apparent Suicide
Mark Salling by Kristin Dos Santos – cropped (CC BY SA 2.0)
Glee star Mark Salling has died of an apparent suicide at the age of 35, according to TMZ.
We’re told his body was found at the Los Angeles River in Sunland … the area where he lived. We do not yet know the manner of death.
The former “Glee” star was awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography involving a pre-pubescent minor. Prosecutors say he had 50,000 images of underage children.
Salling was expected to face 4 to 7 years in prison as part of a plea deal, pay $50,000 to each victim seeking restitution, and “register as a sex offender and participate in counseling or psychiatric treatment,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Salling played Puck on the Ryan Murphy hit about the William McKinley High School glee club called the New Directions, from 2009 to 2015
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Abschiebepolizist wurde bedroht – so will die Gewerkschaft ihre Beamte schützen
Abschiebepolizist wurde bedroht – so will die Gewerkschaft ihre Beamte schützen
- Ein Polizist, der Abschiebungen begleitet, soll von zwei Männern bedroht worden sein
- Die Polizei-Gewerkschaft fordert eine Auskunftssperre über die Beamten und die Möglichkeit, die Dienstwaffe nach Hause holen zu können
Ein Vorfall in Mönchengladbach sorgt für Diskussionen. Ein Bundespolizist, der an Abschiebe-Flügen beteiligt gewesen sein soll, sei von zwei Männern bedroht worden, berichtete die “Bild”-Zeitung am Montag.
Die beiden Tatverdächtigen seien “ihrem äußeren Erscheinungsbild nach dem islamistischen Spektrum zuzuordnen”.
Die Dienststelle des Polizisten hat die Attacke nun gegenüber “Focus Online” bestätigt. Die Polizei-Gewerkschaft verlangt Konsequenzen.
Polizei-Gewerkschaft hat drei Forderungen
► “Wir fordern eine sofortige Auskunftssperre für alle Personenbegleiter“, sagte der Vorsitzende der Deutschen Polizei Gewerkschaft, Ernst Walter, zu “Focus Online”. “Damit wird sichergestellt, dass niemand mehr personenbezogene Daten über die Kollegen bekommt, etwa über das Kennzeichen oder über das Einwohnermeldeamt.”
► Die Bundespolizeigewerkschaft will deshalb auch den Polizisten erlauben, ihre Dienstwaffen zum Eigenschutz mit nach Hause nehmen zu können.
“Wer sich bedroht fühlt, muss seine Waffe mitnehmen können. Damit Polizisten dies tun können, muss der Dienstherr künftig die Waffenschränke bezahlen. Bisher mussten das die Kollegen selbst tun”, betonte Ernst Walter.
Gewerkschaftschef war schockiert
Der Gewerkschaftschef fürchtet, dass die Suche nach Personal für die Bundespolizei noch schwieriger werden wird.
► Er forderte daher gegenüber “Focus Online”: “Wir müssen diesen Job attraktiver machen. Wir brauchen eine Zulage für diese Leute, bis jetzt gibt es weder eine Erschwernis- noch eine Gefahrenzulage.”
Von dem Vorfall in Mönchengladbach sei er schockiert gewesen. “Das ist die erste Bedrohung eines Personenbegleiters, von der ich gehört habe”, betonte Walter. “Wir kennen Bedrohungen bisher nur aus anderen Bereichen, etwa der Fußball-Fan-Szene.”
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