[Breitbart] Two groups were seen arguing onboard a Carnival Sunrise cruise ship recently but the argument eventually became physical.
"The violence culminates with a man pummeling a woman while she’s on the ground and he leans over her," the Daily Mail reported Friday.
The scene unfolded near the Tides Bar when a man in a blue shirt apparently began hitting someone else who was laying on the deck.
Several people tried to break up the fight, but others appeared to join in. At one point, someone blew a whistle and the crowd appeared to calm down for a few seconds: Obviously White Supremacy Patriarchy, right, FBI?
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Overheard aboard the Titanic.
One day they'll rue
giving the savage 'his due',
and shall be treated to ghetto funk.
No more icebergs, Miss Winslet.
By tonnes of black life
great ships'll be sunk.
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I always hated having to go through New Orleans when I was working offshore. We stayed in Kenner and the sound of police sirens was constant. Definitely not a place I enjoyed being unarmed.
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Precisely what made N'Awlins a great destination in its heyday was the genteel seediness of the place. There were always places that tourists should avoid, but it was generally safe.
No more. And I don't think it will ever get turned around.
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[NYPOST] Don Lemon sounded off Thursday night, insisting that his new job co-hosting CNN ...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for... ’s morning show is a "promotion" — even as the network axed his primetime show.
Whatever you need to tell yourself to get out of bed in the morning, buddy.
CNN boss Chris Licht revealed the network’s programming overhaul on Thursday that will see the left-leaning primetime host yanked from his plum solo slot and moved to a newly created morning show that he will co-host with Kaitlan Collins and Poppy Harlow.
Should I know who they are? Should I care?
"I was presented with an opportunity that I can’t pass up at this network." Lemon insisted on his ratings-challenged 10 p.m. show "Don Lemon Tonight."
He continued: "And we have a new boss who is a morning show impresario, and he wants a morning show that will kick off the editorial direction of the network every single day, and I am honored that he would ask me to do it."
Licht has been tasked with lifting the ratings at the third-place CNN, which includes remaking the cable news network’s primetime lineup, as well as reinventing its flailing morning show, "New Day." Part of that reinvention includes moving away from punditry and toward centrist, fact-based reporting.
In recent weeks, the network canned Brian Stelter, the outspoken host of the now-canceled "Reliable Sources," and axed both John Harwood and scandal-scarred Jeffrey Toobin amid buzz that "New Day" anchors John Berman and Brianna Keilar were next.
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As a product of "participation trophy" upbringing, of course Lemon is calling it a "promotion."
Fired = "Exploring new opportunities"
Demoted = Promoted
I'm sure you can think of more examples.
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Leaving a gaping hole in their Prime Time schedule, and another one in the morning
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Missed a real rating opportunity with a show called "On the D.L." when a recently unemployed and increasingly irrelevant pop culture icon get Truman Show'd as he hits the bar scene.
“The Phantom of the Opera,” Broadway’s longest-running show, will close at the end of the year, multiple sources told The Post.
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical plans to play through the holidays, and then cap off its storied run at the end of December. I suspect the final performance will be Dec. 31 as the show’s iconic “Masquerade” number is set around New Year’s Eve.
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And there you have it, I simply waited too long to buy tickets.
[Restoring America] A national association of medical professionals has filed a lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer , alleging that the company runs a fellowship that illegally excludes white and Asian American applicants.
Do No Harm claimed that Pfizer's Breakthrough Fellowship Program violates several state and federal laws as it is racially discriminatory and requires that applicants meet its stated aim of "increasing the pipeline for Black/African American, Latino/Hispanic and Native Americans."
PFIZER FELLOWSHIP FOR MINORITIES ONLY VIOLATES CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS, LAWYERS SAY
"Pfizer’s race requirement is not neutral — it constitutes an express classification (indeed, exclusion) based on race. Pfizer is requiring that applicants not be white or Asian American to be eligible to apply to the Fellowship," the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Thursday reads .
The group, whose mission is to protect healthcare from "radical, divisive, and discriminatory ideology," argued that the fellowship violates the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the New York State Human Rights Law, the Affordable Care Act, and the New York City Human Rights Law.
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act bars discrimination for any activity or program receiving federal funding, which the lawsuit alleges applies to Pfizer as it has programs funded by the National Institutes of Health .
A spokesperson for Pfizer said that the company is an "equal opportunity employer proud of its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion as we strive to create a diverse workforce."
The fellowship in question exclusively welcomes applications from certain minorities, though the company stipulates in a frequently asked questions section that an applicant not "from a minority group identified" can apply for other programs and opportunities within Pfizer. Those who are selected for the program and are successful fellows are offered a summer internship and two years of full-time employment after graduation, followed by a fully paid scholarship for a full-time 2-year MBA, master's of public health, or M.S. statistics program.
[Breitbart] Infinity minus one isn’t a whole lot less... Still, congratulations over actually improving, however slightly, are in order. Keep up the work, guys!
Bloomberg News noted on Wednesday that while Mongolia supplies a great deal of coal to China’s hungry steel mills, “a boost in shipments could help ballast Chinese stockpiles ahead of the winter heating season,” as droughts in several provinces shut down hydropower plants and require “more fossil fuels to be burned around the country to make up the difference.”
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But Americans must be taxed to offset Chinese CO2 output to secure the Glorious Green Future™
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"Typical family enjoying Chinese environment"
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[JPost] A US appeals court on Friday upheld a Texas law that bars large social media companies from banning or censoring users based on "viewpoint".
A US appeals court on Friday upheld a Texas law that bars large social media companies from banning or censoring users based on "viewpoint," a setback for technology industry groups that say the measure would turn platforms into bastions of dangerous content.
The 3-0 ruling by the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New Orleans, sets up the potential for the US Supreme Court to rule on the law, which conservatives and right-wing commentators have said is necessary to prevent "Big Tech" from suppressing their views.
"Today we reject the idea that corporations have a freewheeling First Amendment right to censor what people say," Judge Andrew Oldham, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, wrote in the ruling.
The Texas law was passed by the state's Republican-led legislature and signed by its Republican governor.
WHO OPPOSED THE LAW AND ON WHAT GROUND?
The tech groups that challenged the law and were on the losing end of Friday's ruling include NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association, which count Meta Platforms' Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet Inc's YouTube as members.
They have sought to preserve rights to regulate user content when they believe it may lead to violence, citing concerns that unregulated platforms will enable extremists such as Nazi supporters, terrorists and hostile foreign governments.
The association on Friday said it disagreed with forcing private companies to give equal treatment to all viewpoints. "'God Bless America' and 'Death to America' are both viewpoints, and it is unwise and unconstitutional for the state of Texas to compel a private business to treat those the same," it said in a statement.
CONSERVATIVES ARE UPSET WITH BIG TECH
Some conservatives have labeled the social media companies' practices abusive, pointing to Twitter's permanent suspension of Trump from the platform shortly after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol by a mob of his supporters. Twitter had cited "the risk of further incitement of violence" as a reason.
The Texas law forbids social media companies with at least 50 million monthly active users from acting to "censor" users based on "viewpoint," and allows either users or the Texas attorney general to sue to enforce the law.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Twitter hailed the ruling as a "massive victory for the constitution and free speech."
Because the 5th Circuit ruling conflicts with part of a ruling by the 11th Circuit, the aggrieved parties have a stronger case for petitioning the Supreme Court to hear the matter.
In May, the 11th Circuit, based in Atlanta, found that most similar Florida law violates the companies' free speech rights and cannot be enforced.
Right about now, 100's of Campaigns Press Secretaries are in a panic and Dozens of Ambulances are racing to Congress due to a sudden outbreak of breathing issues and strokes.
However, with that said, I would support proper filtering of Adult content where minors are allowed to read and post.
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@#1 - Re: Filters. I wouldn't. If minors have access to a computer and have responsible parents, then the parents can put appropriate blocks into place.
It's these "little exceptions" that ultimately jeopardize free speech because there will be another little thing, then another.
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no speech should be censored. If it uses 'bad' words then let mothers censor their children's reading. When i was a boy i spent winters mostly in the library but i only chose the stuff that excited me. Mostly civil war fiction.
Understandable, but Fred has an interest in not being harassed, servers hit, etc. He determines the rules on his site and we Mods enforce as best we can. Sometimes we miss (especially me) but doing our best?
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[BBC] The cost of a typical mortgage in the US has hit its highest level since the 2008 financial crisis as the country battles to rein in soaring prices.
The average interest rate on a 30-year mortgage hit 6.02% this week, more than double what it was a year ago.
For families hoping to buy a home, the moves compound affordability problems.
The rise comes as the US central bank aggressively raises rates in an effort to reduce the pressures driving up inflation across the economy.
US consumer prices rose by 8.3% in the year to August, the fastest rate in almost 40 years, the Labor Department said this week.
The figure was higher than expected, raising expectations that the Federal Reserve will continue to raise interest rates aggressively. Mortgage rates have spiked in anticipation of the moves.
"Rates continued to rise alongside hotter-than-expected inflation numbers this week, exceeding 6% for the first time since late 2008," said Sam Khater, chief economist at Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored mortgage firm that released the interest rate data.
[Hot Air] The disastrous rail strike appears to have been averted yesterday which is good news, but it may be short-lived. The chances that the Federal Reserve is going to be able to bring down inflation without sending the country into a recession seem to be declining. The Economist says the dream of a soft landing has been dashed and the worst is yet to come.
Over the summer a wild hope took hold among investors. Inflation seemed to be falling gently even as America’s economy stayed in rude health. Perhaps the worst bout of inflation since the 1980s would be easily quelled, without interest rates rising much further or much economic pain. Now the dream has been dashed. Figures published on September 13th show that the pace of underlying inflation in August was fast and furious. Stockmarkets fell by the most since the early months of the pandemic; the price of junk bonds dropped; and short-term Treasury yields spiked. America still has an inflation problem. To fix it, the Federal Reserve must go big...
The Fed’s job is to set interest rates so that inflation reaches its target. With the economy still overheating, its work is far from done. Although the central bank has raised interest rates faster than in past tightening cycles, it has been so far behind the curve that every reminder of inflation’s stickiness is jolting markets—the opposite of what good monetary policy is supposed to achieve.
Rather than continuing the cycle of tardiness and surprises the Fed should act in bigger increments, by bringing forward to this year the interest-rate rises it had planned for 2023. The odds that a painful recession can be averted, meanwhile, look woefully long. Only in the rosiest of worlds will a mild rise in unemployment suffice to slow down price rises substantially. The worst of the fight to tame inflation is yet to come.
Yesterday the NY Times published a story which came to basically the same conclusion. Here’s the Times describing the conditions for a wage price spiral:
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Although it took its sweet time - apparently, this is a study update of the springtime event - around the time of the launch, Feb. 3.
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SpaceX recently announced it was going to put up fewer Starlink satellites than originally planned. They say this is because they will get the coverage they want with fewer satellites. Of course, that may be true, or it may also be that subscriptions have been underwhelming and the bean counters are sending up warning signals.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] 
[Hot Air] The disastrous rail strike appears to have been averted yesterday which is good news, but it may be short-lived. The chances that the Federal Reserve is going to be able to bring down inflation without sending the country into a recession seem to be declining. The Economist says the dream of a soft landing has been dashed and the worst is yet to come.
Live-cam from the fest grounds (might have to wait five seconds to view the scenes).
