Noteworthy News

[Thumpalumpacus]

Ok, but only if I am on top

Here's what it will be like to travel on a double decker airplane seat



https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/c...index.html

I was wondering what airlines would do about the issue of not crushing passengers together close enough to induce edema or hematoma.

[The Valkyrie]

Ok, but only if I am on top

I was wondering what airlines would do about the issue of not crushing passengers together close enough to induce edema or hematoma.

Or a surprise enema in turbulance....

[arewethereyet]

Ok, but only if I am on top

Here's what it will be like to travel on a double decker airplane seat



https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/c...index.html

I'm pretty short at 5'3" but remember that the last few times I have been on a plane, I felt like I needed a shoehorn to get into my seat.  And I am not a heavy person either.  As much as I loved flying when I was young, it has become the thing of nightmares for me.  I don't want to be that crammed in with people I know and like.  UGH

[Fake Messiah]

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Co.) reportedly had two abortions and worked as an unlicensed paid escort. During her escort work, one wealthy client in Aspen introduced her to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who subsequently encouraged Boebert to run for office.

The allegations come from American Muckrakers PAC, the group that published the viral sexually explicit video of Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) with another man and warned after Cawthorn lost his primary that they were moving on to target Boebert.

The PAC said that Boebert, 35, had her first abortion around age 18 in Grand Junction, Colorado, and the second one at age 23 at a Planned Parenthood in Glenwood Springs, Colorado; this was allegedly during the time that she was working as an escort. They claim no medical workers provided her records or health information, so HIPAA was not violated—information about the abortions came from other sources with knowledge of the situation.

https://jezebel.com/anti-abortion-rep-la...1849062919

[The Grand Nudger]

Encouraged her with money. So the story goes.

[Fake Messiah]

How to have fun in Vatican

A man said to believe he is the Archangel Michael drove through a hail of police gunfire at the Vatican after speeding past a checkpoint, spreading fear among pilgrims waiting to hear the Pope give his Sunday address.

He steered his BMW at high speed along the avenue leading up to St Peter’s Square before veering left around the columns flanking the square and into Piazza del Sant’Uffizio, where Swiss guards, fearing a terrorist attack, slammed shut the gates leading into the Vatican. Francis’s residence is close by.

Police officers in the piazza attempted to shoot the tyres of the BMW before it raced into a nearby street, where a police car blocked its path. The driver continued to press the accelerator, spinning the car’s wheels and creating a cloud of burnt rubber smoke until officers dragged him from behind the wheel.

He was named as Erjol Nako, 39, an Albanian with a record for drug dealing. Police were unable to say whether he was targeting the Vatican, but a former partner said he had recently become obsessed with religious mysticism. “He said he was the Archangel Michael and would cut off my head with a sword, just like the saint did to the devil,” she told Il Messaggero. In Christian teaching, the Archangel Michael battles and defeats the Devil when Jesus returns to Earth.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/drive...-flwdwh3v2

[Fake Messiah]

Afghan earthquake: At least 920 people killed and 600 wounded, officials say

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-61890804.amp

[brewer]

Simone Gold, MD, JD, a leader in the anti-vaccine movement and founder of noted anti-vaccine group America's Frontline Doctors, has been sentenced to 2 months in prison for her role in the storming of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.

In March, the former emergency room physician pleaded guilty to unlawfully and knowingly entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds. As a part of the plea agreement, additional charges of obstructing an official proceeding and intent to disrupt the orderly conduct of government business were dropped. Although she insisted at the time that her actions were peaceful, Gold did admit, according to news reports, that she witnessed the assault of a police officer while inside the building.

[The Grand Nudger]

Ron Johnson can't decide whether this is a partisan witchhunt, or a thing* he absolutely wasn't involved in.

[Fake Messiah]

Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Fablemans’ to Launch in New York and L.A. Theaters Early

The coming-of-age pic is loosely based on Spielberg’s formative years and his relationship with his parents. Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen and Paul Dano star alongside Gabriel LaBelle, who plays an aspiring young filmmaker. Williams will play a character based on Spielberg’s mother and Dano, his father. Rogen is playing an uncle.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies...235170449/

Well, if he's doing an autobiographical movie, wouldn't it be more interesting if he did it about the years when he met Martin Scorsese, Brian DePalma, and George Lucas? Didn't they even go to college together?