'Chappaquiddick' movie may tap 'Fifty Shades of Grey' direct

Only a Kennedy (or a Clinton) could get away with driving off a bridge (probably drunk) save yourself allow Mary Jo to drown report it 9 hours later  get a two-month suspended jail sentence and still remain a United States Senator for 47 years!

Maybe they could get Charlie Sheen to play the part. They have a lot in common.

Imagine same scenario but a Republican. 

Chris Lee a Republican had to resign based upon this one photo.

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"Fifty Shades of Grey" director Sam Taylor-Johnson is in talks to direct a movie based on the 1969 car accident involving Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne.

"Chappaquiddick" will be distributed by Apex Entertainment with a script from Taylor Allen and Andrew Logan.

"I've done a lot of true life stories, many sports stories, but this one had a deep impact on this country," producer Mark Ciardi told The Hollywood Reporter. "Everyone has an idea of what happened on and this strings together the events in a compelling and emotional way. You'll see what he had to go through."

According to producers, "Chappaquiddick" is political thriller that unveils the true story of what is described as the seven most dramatic days of Kennedy's life. On the eve of the moon landing, Kennedy becomes entangled in a tragic car accident that results in the death of a former Robert F. Kennedy campaign worker. The Massachusetts senator struggles to follow his own moral compass and simultaneously protect his family's legacy, all while simply trying to keep his own political ambitions alive.

According to his own testimony, Kennedy accidentally drove his car off a one-lane bridge before swimming free, leaving the scene, and not reporting about the accident for nine hours. Meanwhile, Kopechne had died in the car through drowning or suffocation. Kennedy pleaded guilty to a charge of leaving the scene of a crash after causing injury and later received a two-month suspended jail sentence.

Casting is underway, according to The Hollywood Reporter, with principle photography set to begin in late spring.

Taylor-Johnson is best known for directing "Grey," which raked in more than $570 million at the box office worldwide.

'Chappaquiddick' movie may tap 'Fifty Shades of Grey' direct

How fitting...I checked it out on my iPhone and it's true

iPhone autocorrects 'Lardass' to 'Kardashian,' Twitter users react

The Internet has caught on to yet another hilarious autocorrect.

The iPhone's autocorrect will change "Larda" or "Lardass" to "Kardashians" every time a user types it in a message or blank text field.

The Kardashians are part of a new autocorrect that will change "Lardass" to their name.

Lardass is defined by Dictionary.com as "a person having usually large buttocks," which the Kardashians are known for—especially Kim Kardashian who "broke the Internet" with her butt in 2014.

The iPhone also has other autocorrects that are very common such as "Ducking" for "F---ing" and "LOL" instead of a simple, lowercase "lol."

Many have pointed out that the autocorrect exists since 2013, but the Internet just discovered it. However, others say the autocorrect appeared after the iOS 9.2 update.

Regardless, the quirk might be happening because both lardass and Kardashian have "ardas" in the same order and the iPhone instantly recognizes Kardashian since it's a more popular term. The letters "L" and "K" are also right next to each other, so it gives the OS more reason to think a user is trying to type Kardashian.

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The autocorrect feature on iPhones changes the word "lardass" to Kardashian.

As always, the Twitter users reacted to the autocorrect and posted witty things about it.

These are some of the reactions:

Type lardass and see what it autocorrects to... Gotta love the apple employers - genius.

— Sophie Sumner (@sophiesumner8) December 15, 2015

Type "lardass" into your phone and see what it tries to auto correct to?!! Someone at Apple thinks their real funny.

— Martha Followill (@MarthaKatee) December 15, 2015

Every time I type "Lardass" into my iPhone it autocorrects to "Kardashian". You're not wrong iPhone. You're not wrong.

— DJ Phoenix (@DJPh03NiX) December 15, 2015

It's true Text Lardass& autocorrect changes it to Kardashian. I'm checking to see if Dick head changes to Kanye

— Rev. Riki Rachtman (@RikiRachtman) December 16, 2015

How fitting...I checked it out on my iPhone and it's true

Jury deadlocked in cop’s trial for Freddie Gray case

Must say surprised to see this verdict. That said this trial and his fellow officers should not be conducted in Baltimore for obvious reasons. And this is just one of them.

Back in September Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

agreed to pay the Gray family $6.4 million in a civil settlement. Talk about prejudicial to the case!

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/freddie-gray/bs-md-ci-boe-20150908-story.html

Freddie Gray died of a spinal injury while in police custody supposedly after he was placed in the van. From what I have read he should have been restrained with a seat belt but wasn't. Now if this is true the charges brought against them are an overreach to say the least. Second-degree depraved-heart murder? Good luck making that stick.

Guess there's no winner here. The cops either go to jail or if acquitted Baltimore goes up in flames. And these two provided the fuel.

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BALTIMORE – A jury is deadlocked in the trial of police officer William Porter,charged in the death of black detainee Freddie Gray, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Barry Williams said on Tuesday.

Williams said he had received a note from the jury of seven women and five men after it had weighed the fate of Officer William Porter, 26, for almost 10 hours.

Williams ordered the jury to keep trying to reach a verdict. It was not immediately clear how the panel was deadlocked.

Porter is charged with involuntary manslaughter and other charges in Gray’s death from a broken neck sustained in the back of a police van. Gray’s death in April triggered protests and rioting and intensified an American debate on police treatment of minorities.

The jury of seven women and five men started deliberations on Monday. Williams earlier on Tuesday had rejected a request by defense lawyer Gary Proctor to declare a mistrial and order a change of venue.

David Jaros, an associate law professor at the University of Baltimore, said it was not surprising that the panel had been unable to reach a decision, given the complexity of the legal issues.

“I have seen juries deadlocked and come back within 10 minutes, or go for days” without reaching a decision, he said.

Jaros added that if the jury remained deadlocked, Williams could issue a so-called Allen charge, pushing them to reach a verdict.

Proctor had asked for the trial to be moved on the grounds the city is too sensitive to the case. He cited a letter sent from the head of the city’s public schools to students, staff and parents on Monday warning that violence and walk-outs would not be tolerated after a verdict.

Defense attorneys have repeatedly asked that the trial be moved, saying the unrest and publicity tainted prospects for a fair trial.

Porter is the first of six officers to face trial. He also faces charges of assault, endangerment and misconduct. Three of the six officers, including Porter, are black.

Gray, 25, was arrested after fleeing from police. He was put in a transport van, shackled and handcuffed, but was not secured by a seat belt despite department policy to do so.

Gray told Porter he needed medical aid and Porter put him on a van bench. According to testimony, Porter told the van’s driver and a supervisor that Gray had asked for aid but none was summoned.

Baltimore, a black majority city of about 620,000 people, has braced for possible trouble from a verdict.

Baltimore has opened an emergency operations center and police leave has been canceled. Officers from outside Baltimore have been readied to help if needed.

Police Commissioner Kevin Davis sent a letter to officers on Monday saying the department would protect the city at the same time as allowing peaceful protests.

Jury deadlocked in cop’s trial for Freddie Gray case

Chilling notes threatening beheadings of non-Muslims 'posted through letterboxes' in Sweden

What fools they are. Like no one saw this coming. 

Swedish people have previously held demonstrations, pictured, in solidarity with refugees fleeing Syria

You reap what you sow.

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ISIS extremists have allegedly posted notes through letterboxes across Sweden threatening to decapitate people unless they convert to Islam or pay religious tax for protection.

 Tensions have been mounting in Sweden over the influx of asylum seekers from Syria, with more than 200,000 arriving this year.

More than 200,000 refugees have entered Sweden this year with many heading to Stockholm 

The notes, which bare the group’s flag, are being investigated by police after they were distributed in cities and towns including Stockholm, Ronneba, Sigtuna and Vstroes on Thursday, December 10.

The MailOnline reported that the notes, when translated, said: 

“In the name of Allah, the merciful, full of grace. You who are not believers will be decapitated in three days in your own house. We will bomb your rotten corpses afterwards.

“You must choose between these three choices:

 1. Convert to Islam. 

2. Pay the jizya [religious tax] for protection. 

(Is this the Mafia or ISIS?) 

3. Or else, you will be decapitated.

“The police will not prevent or save you from you being murdered. (Death comes to all of you).”

The note allegedly posted through doors in Sweden

The notes are alleged to have promised attacks within three days and extra police were drafted in to patrol some regions in fear of action.

Emil Andersson, police chief in Sigutna – a town 30 miles north of Stockholm – told local radio station Radio Uppland that officers were taking the threat seriously and working to increase security measures.

The Swedish intelligence agency was involved in the police investigation, Mr Andersson said, and were examining the symbols and language used in the letters to find out more about them.

Earlier this year, members of the Assyrian community in Gothenburg were allegedly targeted by vandals, with ISIS messages reportedly graffitied onto walls.

Markus Samuelsson claimed he found messages including ‘convert or die’ and ‘the caliphate is here’ scrawled onto the walls of his restaurant. 

Swedish police are yet to have made any arrests in connection with the messages. 

So out of 200,000 refugees how many are ISIS plants? 

Chilling notes threatening beheadings of non-Muslims 'posted through letterboxes' in Sweden

All Los Angeles public schools closed due to bomb threat to 'many' schools

They got us running like rabbits!

This could be a prank. If not it's almost a certainty Muslims are involved.

 A few more incidents like this and people are not going to be so "outraged" and "disturbed" over Trump banning Muslims. 

Thank God we only have a small handful of Muslims to worry about.

Update: It's a hoax. 

But don't think this wasn't a lesson learned by terrorists.

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All Los Angeles Unified School District schools have been ordered closed Tuesday due to an unspecified "credible threat" of violence to students at numerous schools in the sprawling district, and a schools official confirmed that it was a bomb threat to the school district.

Los Angeles Unified is the nation's second-largest school district, with more than 900 campuses and more than 640,000 students. Ramon Cortines, the school system's superintendent, said the threat was against students at multiple schools. LAUSD spokeswoman Monica Carazo confirmed that it was a bomb threat.

"It was not to one school, two schools or three schools, it was many schools, not specifically identified, but there were many schools," Cortines said. "That's the reason that I took the action that I did."

Teachers and support personnel also have been ordered to stay away from schools on Tuesday. Cortines said he intends to have every one of the district's schools searched. He said that while it is not unusual for schools to receive threats, this one was "rare" and comes at a time of heightened concern about safety.

Los Angeles is an hour's drive from San Bernardino, where less than two weeks ago, 14 people were killed by two alleged terrorists. A community college in San Bernardino was also closed on Tuesday due to a bomb threat received on Monday night.

"I as superintendent am not going to take a chance with the life of a student," Cortines said.

Officials offered few details about the nature of the threat, calling it only an "electronic threat" that came in the form of a "message." Cortines said the school district plans to release more information later Tuesday and declined to comment on whether schools would reopen on Wednesday.

FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said that the FBI's Los Angeles office and the Los Angeles Police Department are assisting with the threat investigation. The L.A. County Sheriff's Department also is assisting with the search because some of the schools are outside the city limits, said deputy Jeff Gordon. Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives also are involved in the investigation.

A law enforcement official in Los Angeles said that all of the Los Angeles Unified School District schools were closed after a "credible threat" of violence was received. The threat involved backpacks and packages at the schools, the official said.

Though schools were not yet open for the day when they were ordered closed, some students had already been dropped off, officials said. LAUSD Board of Education President Steve Zimmer asked parents to pick up their children as soon as possible.

"I want to be very clear we need the cooperation of the whole of Los Angeles today," Zimmer said. "We need families and neighbors to work together with our schools and with our employees to make sure that our kids are safe throughout the day. We need employers to show the flexibility that a situation like this demands."

All Los Angeles public schools closed due to bomb threat to 'many' schools