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Imagine living in a place where burning literal shit is integral to the taste of your dubious food.
Indian city's cow dung ban leaves a bitter taste for street food vendors
Stall owners fear for livelihoods, saying burning dung essential to flavour of Bihari favouriteswww.theguardian.com
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Bill Cosby breaks silence in first ever jailhouse interview:
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TL;DR he dindu nuffin.
NNPA NEWSWIRE EXCLUSIVE: Bill Cosby Speaks from Prison
NNPA NEWSWIRE — He revisited his famous 2004 “Pound Cake” speech and clarified that he probably should not have addressed that controversial dissertation to all African Americans – the residents at SCI-Phoenix make for the perfect audience, Cosby stated. Cosby said he remains concerned, however...
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TL;DR he dindu nuffin.
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The 1,488' rock strikes again. Surprisingly though it was someone who works in the park this time.
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Body of woman found below Angels Landing in Zion National Park
A body of a missing hiker has been found below Angels Landing in Zion National Park.
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Even though I really feel for her, she went hiking with high chances of flash flood.The 1,488' rock strikes again. Surprisingly though it was someone who works in the park this time.
Body of woman found below Angels Landing in Zion National Park
A body of a missing hiker has been found below Angels Landing in Zion National Park.
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Yeah. It's unfortunate but you really don't want to be fucking around on wet sandstone.
Heights don't generally get to me but there's something about people falling into/off of natural wonders that holds a particular horrifying fascination. With the amount of overcrowding at both Zion and the Grand Canyon I'm surprised there aren't more people unintentionally slipping a thousand feet.
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https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/10421288/ariel-burdett-x-factor-death/amp/
Got here from an interesting discussion on a forum I lurk, however riddled with troll's remorse it was. I guess I could believe she killed herself out of people thinking she was a worse singer than she really was, and weens refusing to leave her alone on Facebook, but part of me still doesn't buy it. She clearly had other personal issues too, a few people poking at you won't magically make you not want to live.
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‘Riding Shotgun’ Argument Gets Out of Control
BLAKELY, Pa. — Police in Lackawanna County were forced to chase, tackle, and arrest two people in a bizarre and dangerous incident. A brother and sister a...
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Calling shotgun is srs bznss.
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First comment on that story is golden. "I call meth! I mean shotgun!"‘Riding Shotgun’ Argument Gets Out of Control
BLAKELY, Pa. — Police in Lackawanna County were forced to chase, tackle, and arrest two people in a bizarre and dangerous incident. A brother and sister a...
Calling shotgun is srs bznss.
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Ironically the biggest death/injury count in Zion comes from the slot canyons during flash floods. You're more likely to get caught in a flood than you are to fall.
I think for every fall there are five people who get swept up in the waters? Something like that.
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Taylor Swift is now a terrorist in addition to being a massive slut.
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Scooter Braun Asks for Meeting With Taylor Swift— “I Am Right Here, Ready to Speak Directly and Respectfully”
Just a few days before Taylor Swift took the stage at the American Music Awards where, in addition to performing she took home an armful of trophies, including the coveted Artist of the Year and Artist of the Decade, the head of her former record label, Scooter Braun, spoke at the 2019 Entertainment Industry Conference addressing the issues between Taylor and Big Machine.
According to Variety, during a Q&A session at the conference, Scooter said, “I think that these problems that are being discussed can be discussed behind closed doors and figured out pretty easily, and it’s something I’ve wanted to do for six months.”
However, later in the evening, he went on social media and addressed another alleged issue that has arisen since the rift between Taylor and Big Machine began in July. In an open letter, he revealed that the safety of his family and staff is now in question.
Scooter wrote, “Since your public statement last week there have been numerous death threats directed at my family. This morning I spoke out publicly for the first time saying I wouldn’t participate in a social media war. However, I came home tonight to find my wife had received a phone call threatening the safety of our children as well as other threats seen above. I won’t go into the details of this past week. I have been at a loss. Thinking of my wife and children, my team and their families, I have gone through a range of emotions on how to deal with this. I write this now only after a deep breath and much reflection. I am certain there is no situation ever worth jeopardizing anyone’s safety.”
Scooter Braun Asks for Meeting With Taylor Swift— "I Am Right Here, Ready to Speak Directly and Respectfully"
Before Taylor Swift took the stage at the American Music Awards, the head of her former record label, Scooter Braun, spoke out.
www.onecountry.com
Scooter Braun Asks for Meeting With Taylor Swift— “I Am Right Here, Ready to Speak Directly and Respectfully”
Just a few days before Taylor Swift took the stage at the American Music Awards where, in addition to performing she took home an armful of trophies, including the coveted Artist of the Year and Artist of the Decade, the head of her former record label, Scooter Braun, spoke at the 2019 Entertainment Industry Conference addressing the issues between Taylor and Big Machine.
According to Variety, during a Q&A session at the conference, Scooter said, “I think that these problems that are being discussed can be discussed behind closed doors and figured out pretty easily, and it’s something I’ve wanted to do for six months.”
However, later in the evening, he went on social media and addressed another alleged issue that has arisen since the rift between Taylor and Big Machine began in July. In an open letter, he revealed that the safety of his family and staff is now in question.
Scooter wrote, “Since your public statement last week there have been numerous death threats directed at my family. This morning I spoke out publicly for the first time saying I wouldn’t participate in a social media war. However, I came home tonight to find my wife had received a phone call threatening the safety of our children as well as other threats seen above. I won’t go into the details of this past week. I have been at a loss. Thinking of my wife and children, my team and their families, I have gone through a range of emotions on how to deal with this. I write this now only after a deep breath and much reflection. I am certain there is no situation ever worth jeopardizing anyone’s safety.”
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This guy is an absolute cunt. He bought up the rights to all of her early music knowing she hates his guts and is now acting like he's amazed she isn't happy about that. Fuck this guy. He's doing it to make money, not to be her fucking friend, and if he decided to play hardball and got cyberbowlied why the fuck should I shed a tear for him? Act like a fucking man you pussy.
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The bitch signed the contract. The skinny little lesbian is never getting her music back no matter how much she whines.
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I bet if Russell Greer shot him in the face she'd suck him his penis.
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Didn't Michael Jackson buy up a ton of Beatles music? It's a pretty normal practice.
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The Beatles didn't specifically hate Michael Jackson. He didn't do it just to hatefuck them, but because they were worth a lot of money. Incidentally, Sony ratfucked him viciously trying to get to that catalog while he was alive, but ultimately only ended up with it after he died. Some speculate they had something to do with setting him up for prosecution to try to force him to sell.
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Japanese store reviews plan for staff to wear menstruation badges after public outcry
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Store reconsidering plan for staff to wear badges during menstruation
A Japanese department store is reconsidering a plan for employees to wear badges when they're menstruating after it triggered a public outcry.
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I'm laughing for real rnJapanese store reviews plan for staff to wear menstruation badges after public outcry
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Store reconsidering plan for staff to wear badges during menstruation
A Japanese department store is reconsidering a plan for employees to wear badges when they're menstruating after it triggered a public outcry.
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Hawaii man cyberstalked Utah family for months, sending plumbers, locksmiths and hundreds of others to their home, feds say
(CNN)A Hawaii man is accused of conducting an elaborate cyberstalking campaign against a Utah woman and her father by sending unwanted repairmen, food deliveries and other visitors to their home.
The father estimates that between August 2018 and March more than 500 people came to their North Salt Lake home at the alleged stalker's behest, and that some of the visits stemmed from the suspect "posting the family's address on Craigslist stating that the homeowner wants drugs and prostitutes to come to the house," according to a federal motion to detain the suspect.
Loren Okamura, 44, is charged with two counts of cyberstalking, two counts of transporting an individual to engage in prostitution and a count of interstate threats, court documents show.
There are few details available about the transporting-for-prostitution charges. US Attorney John Huber declined to provide information during a news conference, and Okamura's indictment says only that in June and July of 2018, he is accused of transporting the Utah woman he allegedly stalked to Hawaii with the intent that she "engage in prostitution."
As for the threat counts, Okamura is accused of contacting the woman and, according to the indictment, telling her in an email: "Sleep with one eye open and keep looking over your shoulder you crazy bitch we are coming for you and your dumba** daddy and crazy a** mommy."
Okamura also allegedly told her, "You should just kill yourself and do your family a favor already."
The motion to detain also alleges that in January 2019, "Okamura left egregious amounts of unwanted voicemails on the adult woman's voicemail, including multiple messages per day."
Okamura allegedly continued the stalking even after the family obtained cease-and-desist orders and a civil stalking injunction in Utah, court documents say.
Okamura had a detention hearing Wednesday in Honolulu. According to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, he waived his right to a detention hearing in Hawaii, opting to instead have it in Utah.
Prosecutors have asked that he remain detained until he can be transported to Utah to stand trial.
The Office of the Public Defender in Honolulu, which is reportedly representing Okamura, was closed for Thanksgiving. He is being held without bail in the custody of the United States Marshals Service, court records show.
Authorities declined to reveal why Okamura allegedly selected the Utah family to harass and intimidate, but Huber told reporters they were not random victims.
"It's really extreme stalking," Huber said. "I'll tell you what made this an important case for Utah is that a family ... was tormented with hundreds of incidents and a course of conduct that really changed their life and even their own neighborhood -- so the victimization expanded beyond a person or home to an entire neighborhood. We' re not going to let that stand."
The stalking became so problematic that the family installed a bright yellow sign in front of their home, put a lock on their gate and even at one point parked a North Salt Lake Police car in their driveway, local media reported.
"If you have been asked to provide any services at this address such as Car Tow, Home Repair, Locksmith, Plumbing, Food Deliveries or anything else, please call the North Salt Lake Police," the yellow sign read. "We are all victims of this scam."
Okamura was indicted in October and arrested last Friday, court documents show.
Sgt. Jeffrey Plank with the Utah Department of Public Safety's cybercrime unit traveled to Hawaii last week and worked with agents from the FBI's Honolulu office to arrest Okamura, he said.
The hunt for Okamura took about 15 hours, he said, because the suspect had no permanent address or place of employment. He also used a phone app to "spoof location data," the motion to detain says.
Police eventually arrested Okamura at a supermarket without incident, Plank said.
(CNN)A Hawaii man is accused of conducting an elaborate cyberstalking campaign against a Utah woman and her father by sending unwanted repairmen, food deliveries and other visitors to their home.
The father estimates that between August 2018 and March more than 500 people came to their North Salt Lake home at the alleged stalker's behest, and that some of the visits stemmed from the suspect "posting the family's address on Craigslist stating that the homeowner wants drugs and prostitutes to come to the house," according to a federal motion to detain the suspect.
Loren Okamura, 44, is charged with two counts of cyberstalking, two counts of transporting an individual to engage in prostitution and a count of interstate threats, court documents show.
There are few details available about the transporting-for-prostitution charges. US Attorney John Huber declined to provide information during a news conference, and Okamura's indictment says only that in June and July of 2018, he is accused of transporting the Utah woman he allegedly stalked to Hawaii with the intent that she "engage in prostitution."
As for the threat counts, Okamura is accused of contacting the woman and, according to the indictment, telling her in an email: "Sleep with one eye open and keep looking over your shoulder you crazy bitch we are coming for you and your dumba** daddy and crazy a** mommy."
Okamura also allegedly told her, "You should just kill yourself and do your family a favor already."
The motion to detain also alleges that in January 2019, "Okamura left egregious amounts of unwanted voicemails on the adult woman's voicemail, including multiple messages per day."
Okamura allegedly continued the stalking even after the family obtained cease-and-desist orders and a civil stalking injunction in Utah, court documents say.
Okamura had a detention hearing Wednesday in Honolulu. According to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, he waived his right to a detention hearing in Hawaii, opting to instead have it in Utah.
Prosecutors have asked that he remain detained until he can be transported to Utah to stand trial.
The Office of the Public Defender in Honolulu, which is reportedly representing Okamura, was closed for Thanksgiving. He is being held without bail in the custody of the United States Marshals Service, court records show.
Authorities declined to reveal why Okamura allegedly selected the Utah family to harass and intimidate, but Huber told reporters they were not random victims.
"It's really extreme stalking," Huber said. "I'll tell you what made this an important case for Utah is that a family ... was tormented with hundreds of incidents and a course of conduct that really changed their life and even their own neighborhood -- so the victimization expanded beyond a person or home to an entire neighborhood. We' re not going to let that stand."
The stalking became so problematic that the family installed a bright yellow sign in front of their home, put a lock on their gate and even at one point parked a North Salt Lake Police car in their driveway, local media reported.
"If you have been asked to provide any services at this address such as Car Tow, Home Repair, Locksmith, Plumbing, Food Deliveries or anything else, please call the North Salt Lake Police," the yellow sign read. "We are all victims of this scam."
Okamura was indicted in October and arrested last Friday, court documents show.
Sgt. Jeffrey Plank with the Utah Department of Public Safety's cybercrime unit traveled to Hawaii last week and worked with agents from the FBI's Honolulu office to arrest Okamura, he said.
The hunt for Okamura took about 15 hours, he said, because the suspect had no permanent address or place of employment. He also used a phone app to "spoof location data," the motion to detain says.
Police eventually arrested Okamura at a supermarket without incident, Plank said.