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Haunted houses are more scary in today's time , than in the past.

Even the employees are now scared.

Haunted house performer shot after scaring group of Myrtle Beach visitors (msn.com)

 

performer at a haunted house in South Carolina was shot after he scared a group of visitors and one of the men in the group opened fire on him.

The man responsible for the shooting told police he thought the gun was a prop.

 

According to the Myrtle Beach Police Department, Keal Latrell Brown, 39, was attending the Hollywood Wax Museum Haunted House in Myrtle Beach last Saturday with a group of other people.

When a performer in the haunted house scared the group, police said one person fell to the floor and a gun slid on the ground and hit Brown on the foot.

Brown told police the thought the gun was a prop and "picked it up and fired twice," hitting the performer once in the shoulder. The performer survived the shooting.

Police confirm they arrested Brown on Tuesday and charged him with contributing to the delinquency of a minor "for knowingly giving the gun used in the shooting to a minor."

News station WMBF reported that the minor was Brown's teenage child and that investigators are still determining whose gun it is.

 

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1 minute ago, gurn said:

Haunted houses are more scary in today's time , than in the past.

Even the employees are now scared.

Haunted house performer shot after scaring group of Myrtle Beach visitors (msn.com)

 

performer at a haunted house in South Carolina was shot after he scared a group of visitors and one of the men in the group opened fire on him.

The man responsible for the shooting told police he thought the gun was a prop.

 

According to the Myrtle Beach Police Department, Keal Latrell Brown, 39, was attending the Hollywood Wax Museum Haunted House in Myrtle Beach last Saturday with a group of other people.

When a performer in the haunted house scared the group, police said one person fell to the floor and a gun slid on the ground and hit Brown on the foot.

Brown told police the thought the gun was a prop and "picked it up and fired twice," hitting the performer once in the shoulder. The performer survived the shooting.

Police confirm they arrested Brown on Tuesday and charged him with contributing to the delinquency of a minor "for knowingly giving the gun used in the shooting to a minor."

News station WMBF reported that the minor was Brown's teenage child and that investigators are still determining whose gun it is.

 

So this asshat criminal uses the excuse he didn’t bring the gun, and just happened to pick it up from the Floor?  

Lock this criminal loser up and throw away the key. 

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I was watching John Oliver the other night. There was a piece on interrogation techniques. Obviously when you add torture it's another level.

 

Not saying I know anything about this case but could it be a political chew toy going forward?

 

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee sues Canada for $35 million over 14-year imprisonment

 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/guantanamo-bay-detainee-lawsuit-canada-1.6428886

 

"Eventually, the torture broke him down. Slahi began to confess to the lies his interrogators put to him," the statement of claim reads. One of the false confessions concerned a plot to blow up the CN Tower in Toronto, which Slahi said he had never heard of.

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Macron beats Le Pen in French election – projections

The results: Macron beats Le Pen in presidential election

Projections show that Emmanuel Macron has secured a clear victory over far-right rival Marine Le Pen.

Just to remind you that these projections prepared by French media use a combination of real results and exit polls and are considered ultra-reliable in this two-way contest.

 

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Boos at Le Pen HQ

At Le Pen HQ in Paris

There were boos as Emmanuel Macron’s face appeared on the big screen here as the projected winner.

Le Pen supporters gathered here knowing this was her best chance yet to win the presidency - but her HQ had been hit by a wave of disappointment now that it seems her third attempt has ended in failure.

 

Cheers erupt at Eiffel Tower

With Macron supporters in Paris

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Deafening cheers beneath a sea of French and EU flags from the crowd beneath the Eiffel Tower as the projected results were announced, and Macron has been confirmed as France’s president for the next five years. There are chants of “Macron, President” and a spontaneous rendition of the Marseillais

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2 hours ago, RUPERTKBD said:

Not even close. Nice work France! :towel:

It’s good Macaroon won, but still over 40% voted for the crazy extremists.  Less than in the US, but still not good.  These crazies should be the fringe, like we see here, and not get huge numbers of votes.  Something is wrong in our western world, when these extremists’ views are accepted by so many.  

Now back to watching Snake Pliskin.  

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Just now, Alflives said:

It’s good Macaroon won, but still over 40% voted for the crazy extremists.  Less than in the US, but still not good.  These crazies should be the fringe, like we see here, and not get huge numbers of votes.  Something is wrong in our western world, when these extremists’ views are accepted by so many.  

Now back to watching Snake Pliskin.  

The fact that Le Pen was even on the ballot shows that the far-right is making inroads into politics everywhere.

 

These days, I don't get too worked up about how they lost, just so long as they lose.....

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On 4/23/2022 at 8:19 AM, gurn said:

Haunted houses are more scary in today's time , than in the past.

Even the employees are now scared.

Haunted house performer shot after scaring group of Myrtle Beach visitors (msn.com)

 

performer at a haunted house in South Carolina was shot after he scared a group of visitors and one of the men in the group opened fire on him.

The man responsible for the shooting told police he thought the gun was a prop.

 

According to the Myrtle Beach Police Department, Keal Latrell Brown, 39, was attending the Hollywood Wax Museum Haunted House in Myrtle Beach last Saturday with a group of other people.

When a performer in the haunted house scared the group, police said one person fell to the floor and a gun slid on the ground and hit Brown on the foot.

Brown told police the thought the gun was a prop and "picked it up and fired twice," hitting the performer once in the shoulder. The performer survived the shooting.

Police confirm they arrested Brown on Tuesday and charged him with contributing to the delinquency of a minor "for knowingly giving the gun used in the shooting to a minor."

News station WMBF reported that the minor was Brown's teenage child and that investigators are still determining whose gun it is.

 

I would have bet real money on this happening in Florida. 

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1 hour ago, Alflives said:

It’s good Macaroon won, but still over 40% voted for the crazy extremists.  Less than in the US, but still not good.  These crazies should be the fringe, like we see here, and not get huge numbers of votes.  Something is wrong in our western world, when these extremists’ views are accepted by so many.  

Now back to watching Snake Pliskin.  

people seem to like playing with fascist ideas every few generations. And we just have a lot of hateful monkey brains in our species still. 

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The Satanic Temple sues elementary school as after-school club rejected (msn.com)

The Satanic Temple 

has filed a lawsuit against a Pennsylvanian elementary school after the school board voted to deny the establishment of the After School Satan club.

Northern Elementary School in York, Pa., is being sued on the grounds of constitutional violation. The Satanic Temple intends to prove the school board discriminated against the temple by barring the creation of the After School Satan club, despite other organizations being allowed to operate their own programs.

Mathew Kezhaya, the general counsel for The Satanic Temple, told ABC the litigation could take up to two years to complete — potentially longer if the case were moved to the U.S. Supreme Court.

 

"The First Amendment prohibits a government from considering the popularity of communicative activity when determining whether to facilitate that communicative activity on equal terms with other, similarly situated, groups," he told ABC.

According to ABC, Northern Elementary School officials made "discrete statements" informing the temple if they removed "Satan" from the club's name, their chances of being permitted as an after-school program would increase.

Lucien Greaves, a Satanic Temple spokesperson, told Fox News it will be costly for the school and community to continue with litigation, should they still bar the After School Satan club.

"If they deny us the use of a public facility, which they have no right to do, it'll have to move into litigation — costly litigation that the community is going to have to pay for," he said.

On The Satanic Temple's website, the organization claims the after-school program does not actually involve Satan.

"The After School Satan Club is an after-school program that promotes self-directed education by supporting the intellectual and creative needs of students," they wrote.

The After School Satan Clubs meet at select public schools where Good News Clubs also operate," The Satanic Temple continued. "Trained educators provide activities and learning opportunities, which students are free to engage in, or they may opt to explore other interests that may be aided by available resources."

 

The Satanic Temple also claims the After School Satan club includes no religious instruction whatsoever.

"Proselytization is not our goal, and we’re not interested in converting children to Satanism," they wrote. "After School Satan Clubs will focus on free inquiry and rationalism, the scientific basis for which we know what we know about the world around us."

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2 minutes ago, gurn said:

The Satanic Temple sues elementary school as after-school club rejected (msn.com)

The Satanic Temple 

has filed a lawsuit against a Pennsylvanian elementary school after the school board voted to deny the establishment of the After School Satan club.

Northern Elementary School in York, Pa., is being sued on the grounds of constitutional violation. The Satanic Temple intends to prove the school board discriminated against the temple by barring the creation of the After School Satan club, despite other organizations being allowed to operate their own programs.

Mathew Kezhaya, the general counsel for The Satanic Temple, told ABC the litigation could take up to two years to complete — potentially longer if the case were moved to the U.S. Supreme Court.

 

"The First Amendment prohibits a government from considering the popularity of communicative activity when determining whether to facilitate that communicative activity on equal terms with other, similarly situated, groups," he told ABC.

According to ABC, Northern Elementary School officials made "discrete statements" informing the temple if they removed "Satan" from the club's name, their chances of being permitted as an after-school program would increase.

Lucien Greaves, a Satanic Temple spokesperson, told Fox News it will be costly for the school and community to continue with litigation, should they still bar the After School Satan club.

"If they deny us the use of a public facility, which they have no right to do, it'll have to move into litigation — costly litigation that the community is going to have to pay for," he said.

On The Satanic Temple's website, the organization claims the after-school program does not actually involve Satan.

"The After School Satan Club is an after-school program that promotes self-directed education by supporting the intellectual and creative needs of students," they wrote.

The After School Satan Clubs meet at select public schools where Good News Clubs also operate," The Satanic Temple continued. "Trained educators provide activities and learning opportunities, which students are free to engage in, or they may opt to explore other interests that may be aided by available resources."

 

The Satanic Temple also claims the After School Satan club includes no religious instruction whatsoever.

"Proselytization is not our goal, and we’re not interested in converting children to Satanism," they wrote. "After School Satan Clubs will focus on free inquiry and rationalism, the scientific basis for which we know what we know about the world around us."

These guys are fun.

I got quite a kick out of the Hail Satan? doc. 

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13 hours ago, JM_ said:

people seem to like playing with fascist ideas every few generations. And we just have a lot of hateful monkey brains in our species still. 

It wasn't just a loss for the far right in France. Slovenia also decided to say no to wannbe fascists....

 

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/opposition-wins-slovenia-vote-defeating-right-wing-populist/ar-AAWxz9s?li=AAggNb9

 

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An opposition liberal party convincingly won Sunday's parliamentary election in Slovenia, according to early official results, in a major defeat for populist Prime Minister Janez Jansa, who was accused of pushing the small European Union country to the right while in office.

The Freedom Movement won nearly 34% of the votes, compared with around 24% for the governing conservative Slovenian Democratic Party, state election authorities said after counting over 97% of the ballots.

 

Trailing behind the top two contenders were the New Slovenia party with 7%, followed by the Social Democrats with more than 6% and the Left party with 4%.

The results mean that the Freedom Movement, a newcomer in the election, appears set to form the next government in a coalition with smaller leftist groups. The party leader addressed supporters via a video message from his home because he has COVID-19.

“Tonight people dance,” Robert Golob told the cheering crowd at the party headquarters. “Tomorrow is a new day and serious work lies ahead.”

Jansa, an ally of right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary, congratulated the “relative winner” of the election in a speech.

“The results are as they are,” Jansa said, praising his government's work. “Many challenges lie ahead for the new government, whatever it may look like, but the foundations are solid.”

A veteran politician, Jansa became prime minister a little over two years ago after the previous liberal premier resigned. An admirer of former U.S. President Donald Trump, Jansa had pushed the country toward right-wing populism since taking over at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reflecting strong interest in Sunday's election, turnout was higher than usual — around 67% of Slovenia's 1.7 million voters cast their ballot, compared with 52% in the previous election in 2018.

Golob, a U.S.-educated former business executive, came out as a frontrunner shortly after entering the political scene. The Freedom Movement party has advocated a green energy transition and sustainable development over Jansa's nation-centered narrative.

Liberals had described Sunday’s election as a referendum on Slovenia’s future. They argued that Jansa, if reelected, would push the traditionally moderate nation further away from “core” EU democratic values and toward other populist regimes.

Opinion polls ahead of the vote had predicted that the leading parties would be locked in a tight race.

Jansa's SDS won the most votes in an election four years ago, but couldn't initially find partners for a coalition government. He took over after lawmakers from centrist and left-leaning groups switched sides following the resignation in 2020 of liberal Prime Minister Marjan Sarec.

Jansa, in power, faced accusations of sliding toward authoritarian rule in the Orban style, drawing EU scrutiny amid reports that he pressured opponents and public media, and installed loyalists in key positions for control over state institutions.

The Freedom House democracy watchdog recently said that “while political rights and civil liberties are generally respected (in Slovenia), the current right-wing government has continued attempts to undermine the rule of law and democratic institutions, including the media and judiciary.”

 

Who'd have thought that Melania's former country would be less inclined to install a dictator than her current home?

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28 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said:

It wasn't just a loss for the far right in France. Slovenia also decided to say no to wannbe fascists....

 

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/opposition-wins-slovenia-vote-defeating-right-wing-populist/ar-AAWxz9s?li=AAggNb9

 

Who'd have thought that Melania's former country would be less inclined to install a dictator than her current home?

thats a good trend. I guess Polievere will have to re-think posting himself on instagram with his cats. 

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