Can't make this (stuff) up

[O Really]

A resisting arrest charge was dropped against Damon, per the Sentinel, and both have bonded out of jail.

Privilege?

Yeah, I'm sure if he'd been a Black guy he'd be dead, or beat up, and still in jail. But this is the way cops used to know how to deal with drunks, and should be standard. Since when did cops get so timid they were frightened into lethal force by an obnoxious drunk? Only when the drunk is Black.

[Vrede too]

Yeah, I'm sure if he'd been a Black guy he'd be dead, or beat up, and still in jail. But this is the way cops used to know how to deal with drunks, and should be standard. Since when did cops get so timid they were frightened into lethal force by an obnoxious drunk? Only when the drunk is Black.

Could very well be, but I was thinking of wealthy star athlete privilege. Maaaybe David Ortiz or Manny Ramírez would have also gotten the resisting arrest charge dropped and affordable bail.

[GoCubsGo]

Whoa...

... Damon struggled to keep still and walk in a straight line, per the Orlando Sentinel. His blood alcohol level was measured between .294 and .300, per the police report.

Knew he was hammered, but that's three quarters of the way to death from alcohol poisoning.

[O Really]

Yeah, I'm sure if he'd been a Black guy he'd be dead, or beat up, and still in jail. But this is the way cops used to know how to deal with drunks, and should be standard. Since when did cops get so timid they were frightened into lethal force by an obnoxious drunk? Only when the drunk is Black.

Could very well be, but I was thinking of wealthy star athlete privilege. Maaaybe David Ortiz or Manny Ramírez would have also gotten the resisting arrest charge dropped and affordable bail.

Star athlete privilege notwithstanding, cops ought to know how to deal with rowdiness without enhanced violence.

[Vrede too]

Star athlete privilege notwithstanding, cops ought to know how to deal with rowdiness without enhanced violence.

In general absolutely, but there's no reasoning with a drunk. Whether things got violent was probably more in the Damons' hands than the cops', as shown by her "crazy" stupidity.

[Vrede too]

Metal detecting kids dig up cool find in Virginia — and then their parents call 911



... Deputies arrived and “kept an eye on things” until the proper authorities arrived; in this case, members of the Naval Weapons Station.

“They identified the object as a late Civil War cannonball from the Union Army. The cannonball possibly contained black powder based on the design,” the sheriff’s release said.

Since old age doesn’t mellow out explosives, authorities “advised they would be disposing of it,” the release said. They planned to blow it up with an explosive of their own.

Cool, possible disaster averted. I'm sharing because this struck me as funny:

... Shortly after hearing the news of the cannonball, another county resident called police, worried they might also be in possession of an old explosive waiting to go off.

Authorities inspected the metal ball, which the caller had found several years ago, and determined it was safe.

“EOD responded and determined it was a shot-put (which could look similar to a cannonball….Better safe than sorry)!”

... For a decade, one North Carolina woman believed she had a cannonball on her hands, but after consulting an expert, learned it was “round, old looking ball of concrete,” McClatchy News previously reported.

A bit of a let down, she said, but when life takes away a cannonball, it gives a “cool conversation piece” in return. Or at least a unique doorstop.

“I’m going to keep it,” she decided. “I love it now. Even if it’s not (a cannonball), I love it.”

No word on the possible historic value of the shot-put or the ball of concrete.

[GoCubsGo]

... Does she actually have any talent?

Some, not enough unless she really soaks up the AI coaching. Then again, I am certainly no expert.

So what happened to Claudia?

She get bounced?

[Vrede too]

So what happened to Claudia?

She get bounced?

She barely advanced. The final audition is Sunday. Then, the competition begins with the "Hollywood Week: Genre Challenge" on March 21.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Idol_(season_19)

If the judges still vote I'll bet the producers make her stay if she's any good at all. If the audience votes and the tallying is not rigged, idk. Just to be clear, imo she's not awful by any means. She just may not have "Idol" potential.


Claudia Conway Sings Adele Song And Shocks The World To Earn A Golden Ticket - American Idol 2021

[GoCubsGo]

So what happened to Claudia?

She get bounced?

She barely advanced. The final audition is Sunday. Then, the competition begins with the "Hollywood Week: Genre Challenge" on March 21.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Idol_(season_19)

If the judges still vote I'll bet the producers make her stay if she's any good at all. If the audience votes and the tallying is not rigged, idk. Just to be clear, imo she's not awful by any means. She just may not have "Idol" potential.


Claudia Conway Sings Adele Song And Shocks The World To Earn A Golden Ticket - American Idol 2021

Go Katy!

Ok, she has some talent but does need work. Also, her constipation face while singing is not very attractive.

[Vrede too]

Yeah, I'm sure if he'd been a Black guy he'd be dead, or beat up, and still in jail....

You're not alone.

Johnny Damon's arrest video shows the treatment of citizens by police is very much a Black-or-white issue

... Think for a moment about the video of Floyd's death. Of the eight minutes and 46 seconds of Chauvin kneeling on Floyd's neck, his hand in his pocket, a Black man killed in broad daylight over an accusation that he might have passed a counterfeit $20 bill.

And then watch the video of former MLB outfielder Johnny Damon and his wife, Michelle, during a February traffic stop in Florida. They are combative, ignore officers' commands, and at one point Damon pushes one of the officer's hands away from his wife.

Never at any point are the Damons mistreated....

For Black Americans, this kind of event is mostly met with gallows humor, like Chicago sports radio producer Herb Lawrence, who tweeted, "Rest In Peace to Johnny Damon and his wife. They should have complied to the officer's demands and they would not be dead now. Wait...what was that?!"

... The Damons behaved the way they did because they knew, subconsciously or consciously, that being white, and especially being white and rich, meant that they would never be mistreated, despite Damon being a clear danger to anyone else on the road with them.

They were never in any danger of being shot for their behavior, never suspected for a second that they might take the end of a billy club to the mouth for trying to shout down officers.

And they shouldn't have to have those concerns, even as they were clearly in the wrong and being disrespectful.

All we want is that same standard to apply to everyone that doesn't look like the Damons.

[Vrede too]

And, shockingly doubling down on stupid.

I don't think her lawsuit is very promising.

Woman Arrested for Coughing, Pepper-Spraying Asian Uber Driver in SF

... The dashcam video shows (Arna) Kimiai (right) and (Malaysia) King (left) coughing in Subhakar’s direction. Kimiai is also seen grabbing Subhakar’s phone and mask. The riders eventually left the car, but one of them allegedly reached into an open window and pepper-sprayed Subhakar. King, 24, was arrested Thursday in Las Vegas on a warrant for assault with a caustic chemical, assault and battery, conspiracy, and violation of health and safety code. Meanwhile, Kimiai, who is also 24, plans to turn herself in, according to her lawyer....

What is arrested in Vegas doesn't stay there but is extradited to San Francisco.

[Vrede too]

Mother 'used deepfake to frame cheerleading rivals'

A mother allegedly used explicit deepfake photos and videos to try to get her teenage daughter's cheerleading rivals kicked off the team.

Raffaela Spone from Pennsylvania, US, reportedly sent the content - which showed members of the Victory Vipers team "naked, drinking and smoking" - to the coach.

Deepfakes use artificial intelligence to doctor images and videos.

Mrs Spone has been charged with multiple counts of harassment.

She is also accused of sending abusive messages to the team, their parents and owners of the cheerleading gym, using fake phone numbers....

That's awful, but I'm wondering who retaliated by creating this deepfake of Raffaela Spone:



No one really looks that horrid, do they?

[neoplacebo]

Tammy Faye Bakker comes to mind for me. And maybe Yoko Ono.

[neoplacebo]

Whoa...

... Damon struggled to keep still and walk in a straight line, per the Orlando Sentinel. His blood alcohol level was measured between .294 and .300, per the police report.

Knew he was hammered, but that's three quarters of the way to death from alcohol poisoning.

Not being much of a baseball fan, I'm not sure how Jesus being caught with 21 pounds of meth in his BMW is going to play with the Cubs organization.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/cubs-prosp ... 32786.html

[Vrede too]

Not being much of a baseball fan, I'm not sure how Jesus being caught with 21 pounds of meth in his BMW is going to play with the Cubs organization.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/cubs-prosp ... 32786.html

GoCubsGoGoGoGoGoGoGoGoGoGoGoGoGoGoGo

There went the team's season stash and its hopes for a 2021 return to glory.

[neoplacebo]

Not being much of a baseball fan, I'm not sure how Jesus being caught with 21 pounds of meth in his BMW is going to play with the Cubs organization.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/cubs-prosp ... 32786.html

GoCubsGoGoGoGoGoGoGoGoGoGoGoGoGoGoGo

There went the team's season stash and its hopes for a 2021 return to glory.

Yeah, and only if Jesus hadn't been speeding and swerving between lanes, he would likely have been ok. The only thing I can figure is he dropped his beer in the floor and was trying to get it.

[GoCubsGo]

We're putting the fun back in baseball!

[Vrede too]

So what happened to Claudia?

She get bounced?

She barely advanced. The final audition is Sunday. Then, the competition begins with the "Hollywood Week: Genre Challenge" on March 21.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Idol_(season_19)

If the judges still vote I'll bet the producers make her stay if she's any good at all. If the audience votes and the tallying is not rigged, idk. Just to be clear, imo she's not awful by any means. She just may not have "Idol" potential.

Claudia Conway Sings Adele Song And Shocks The World To Earn A Golden Ticket - American Idol 2021

It'll be on YT soon. This round is still judges' cuts. New and better look for Claudia and Kellyanne was there being a stereotypical supportive and weird mom. It's a little hard to tell since they only showed a snippet - maybe the full version is on the AI website? - but I thought it was better than the audition and all 3 judges clapped. She advanced to the next round.

[GoCubsGo]

So what happened to Claudia?

She get bounced?

She barely advanced. The final audition is Sunday. Then, the competition begins with the "Hollywood Week: Genre Challenge" on March 21.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Idol_(season_19)

If the judges still vote I'll bet the producers make her stay if she's any good at all. If the audience votes and the tallying is not rigged, idk. Just to be clear, imo she's not awful by any means. She just may not have "Idol" potential.

Claudia Conway Sings Adele Song And Shocks The World To Earn A Golden Ticket - American Idol 2021

It'll be on YT soon. This round is still judges' cuts. New and better look for Claudia and Kellyanne was there being a stereotypical supportive and weird mom. It's a little hard to tell since they only showed a snippet - maybe the full version is on the AI website? - but I thought it was better than the audition and all 3 judges clapped. She advanced to the next round.

Glad she took my advice and got rid of the constipation face (mostly).

[Vrede too]

Glad she took my advice and got rid of the constipation face (mostly).

That's probably the same part of the song that they put on the air. There was more of Kellyanne in the segment, I wonder why they cut her from the YT version. Anyhow, no great loss - not hostility, it just wasn't very interesting.

This 15 year old is better, audition:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebchYiYZT8o

Casey starts at 1:00, last night -


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yjiNwKW2a4

They advanced.