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September 27, 2023

Ohio high school coach resigns after team's 'Nazi' playcall

BROOKLYN, Ohio -- An Ohio high school football coach resigned Monday after his team used racist and antisemitic language to call out plays during a game last week.

Brooklyn High School coach Tim McFarland and his players repeatedly used the word "Nazi" as a playcall in a game against Beachwood High School. Beachwood, a Cleveland suburb, is roughly 90% Jewish, according to the latest survey published in 2011 by the Jewish Federation of Cleveland.

The Brooklyn team stopped using the term in the second half of the game after Beachwood threatened to pull its players from the field, according to a statement from Beachwood Schools Superintendent Robert Hardis. However, several Brooklyn players continued to direct racial slurs at Beachwood players during the game, the statement read.

McFarland handed in his notice of resignation Monday morning. Brooklyn Schools Superintendent Ted Caleris said in a statement that McFarland "expresses his deepest regret" and that he and the school apologize for "hurtful and harmful speech" that will "not be tolerated."

https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/38499445/ohio-high-school-coach-resigns-team-nazi-play-call

Amazing that this guy thought to call this, even more amazing the players actually doing it.

September 21, 2023

First Bob Ross TV painting, completed in a half an hour, goes on sale for nearly $10 million

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — What would Bob Ross think?

The artist who brought painting to the people, with works completed for PBS viewers in less than a half-hour with little more than a large bristle brush, putty knife and plenty of encouragement, certainly wouldn’t have envisioned one of his works going up for sale for nearly $10 million.

But that’s the price a Minneapolis gallery is asking for “A Walk in the Woods,” the first of more than 400 paintings that Ross produced on-air for his TV series “The Joy of Painting.”

“It is season one, episode one of what you would call the rookie card for Bob Ross,” Ryan Nelson, who owns the gallery, Modern Artifact, said of the work created in the show’s debut, which aired Jan. 11, 1983.

https://www.boston.com/culture/arts/2023/09/20/first-bob-ross-tv-painting-completed-in-a-half-an-hour-goes-on-sale-for-nearly-10-million/?p1=hp_secondary

Episode here. I love watching Bob, but I honestly thought it was one of the worst ones he ever did.

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September 15, 2023

Kristi and Corey sitting in a tree... 😘

A rising Republican star tipped by many to be Donald Trump's running mate should he win the presidential nomination has been involved in a clandestine affair for years, multiple sources tell DailyMail.com.

Married South Dakota governor Kristi Noem, 51 – who stresses her belief in 'family values' – and Trump advisor Corey Lewandowski, who is also married, began carrying on in 2019, if not before.

Now news of the relationship threatens to wreck Noem's chances of joining Trump's ticket in a potential rematch with President Joe Biden.

Neither denied the affair when asked by DailyMail.com. The Governor issued a statement attacking us for the timing of the article, while Lewandowski did not respond to a request for comment

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12509093/Kristin-Noem-Corey-Lewandowski-secret-affair.html


September 9, 2023

Son of prominent conservative activist found guilty on Jan 6-related charges

Leo Brent Bozell IV, the son of conservative activist and media critic Brent Bozell, was found guilty of 10 charges related to breaching the Capitol on Jan. 6, POLITICO, Kyle Cheney reported on Friday.

In 2021, Bozell, initially faced charges of disorderly conduct, knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds, and obstructing an official proceeding.

Judge John D. Bates said Bozell’s testimony was “simply not credible.”

"Bozell pushed past police lines and entered the Capitol, after smashing two windows with a metal object. He was also convicted of two counts of destruction of govt property," Cheney wrote in an X (formerly Twitter) post Friday.

"He later surged to the Senate floor and, while there, forced a C-Span camera to face the floor so it wouldn’t capture rioters’ movements. In run up to Jan. 6 he texted associates about desire to 'take the Capitol and hang those pedo-satanistic traitors,'" Cheney wrote.

https://www.rawstory.com/jan-6-conservative-son/

His dad is a real RW douche so this comes as no surprise

August 25, 2023

Well, here they all are.

All 19 co-defendants have turned themselves in to the Fulton County jail ahead of Friday's noon deadline, including former President Donald Trump.

Trump, on Thursday evening, became the 12th of the 19 indicted people to surrender and made history as the first former president to pose for a mugshot.

Five more, including former Justice Department lawyer Jeffrey Clark, were booked overnight. And the final two co-defendants surrendered on Friday morning.

District Attorney Fani Willis has charged all of them with racketeering, alleging they engaged in a 'criminal enterprise' to overturn Joe Biden's 2020 election victory in Georgia.

None of the 19 have yet entered pleas, since the arraignment process is separate from the booking process in Georgia. Arraignments are expected to begin the week of September 5th.

Trevian Kutti, a former publicist for Kayne West, and Stephen Lee, a police chaplain from Illinois, were the final two to surrender.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12445409/FIVE-Trump-defendants-surrender-Georgia-Jeffrey-Clark-arrested-leaving-just-TWO-noon.html

August 25, 2023

The MAGATs have really gone off the deep end

They should replace those names with the names of all his co-conspirators. They are the ones that are going to do him in.

August 22, 2023

Melania Is Reportedly 'Seething With Fury' After Donald Broke This Family-Oriented Promise

While Melania Trump may be former US President Donald Trump’s “secret weapon” for battling stress, it seems that dynamic may not apply to this act that has reportedly left Melania “seething with fury.”

In a screenshot obtained by Showbiz411, it shows Donald posted a photoshopped pic of his youngest child Barron Trump, whom he shared with Melania. In the social media post, we see Barron photoshopped as a president, saying: “In an effort to level the playing field, Barron Trump will debate Joe Biden!”

Not only did this shock a lot of his followers, but insiders say Melania is beyond angry for breaking a major promise about keeping Barron out of the public eye as much as possible.

“Melania has been incredibly protective of Barron and has told Donald she would not stand for him to be exploited by anyone, even his father!” an insider said to RadarOnline. “He made a promise to protect their son — and he broke it. There’s a good chance she won’t forgive him, and the next time we see them together may be in divorce court.”



https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/melania-trump-reportedly-seething-fury-153200314.html

This guy doesn’t know when to shut up…and that makes me so happy! And if Melania is smart, she’ll bail out of this marriage as soon as possible. They’ll be nothing left of his money after all the legal fees so she better grab what she can.

August 15, 2023

Just switched on Fox

Caught the tail end of Caitlyn Jenner defending Trump and wondering why they’re not going after Biden

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