Cohen gets 3

Meanwhile at “The Defenders of Justice League”

The IRS scandal, Benghazi, F&F, Clinton emails, Iran nuke deal… you name it.

I’m still waiting. All talk no action. This just turns my stomach on so many levels!!!

Professional grillers without one kill to their credit unless you count ‘Stedman’s slap on the wrist. They couldn't convict the guy who cleans the floor after the Congressional hearings even if they had a video of the rape he committed.

Cohen gets 3

Once again CA leads the way in stupidity

Text messages might be next to face California tax, reports say

Is it any wonder? This is the same state that produced the likes of Nancy Pelosi, Diane Feinstein, and Barbra Boxer all first class idiots. Oh...and lets not forget about 'Moonbeam' Jerry Brown. If they catch you drinking from a plastic straw in CA and you didn't pay your 'text tax' you'll get more time in jail than Wesley Snipes unless of course you're here illegally and get a free pass.

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California state regulators have been working on a plan to charge mobile phone users a text messaging fee intended to fund programs that make phone service accessible to the low-income residents, reports said Tuesday.

The California Public Utilities Commission is scheduled to vote on the proposal next month, but critics have already come out against the scheme, the San Jose Mercury News reported.

“It’s a dumb idea,” Jim Wunderman, president of the Bay Area Council business group, told the paper. “This is how conversations take place in this day and age, and it’s almost like saying there should be a tax on the conversations we have.”

While the amount consumers would be expected to pay remained unclear, some business groups are saying the new charges could cost wireless users more than $44 million a year, FOX11 Los Angeles reported.

“It’s a dumb idea. This is how conversations take place in this day and age, and it’s almost like saying there should be a tax on the conversations we have.”

— Jim Wunderman, Bay Area Council president

Charges may also be applied retroactively to messages sent in the past five years, which has raised questions concerning the proposal’s legality, Rufus Jeffress, vice president of the Bay Area Council, told the San Francisco Bay Area's KNTV-TV. The “alarming precedent” could chalk up to a bill of more than $220 million for consumers, the Mercury News reported.

The wireless industry argues that the fees would put carriers at a disadvantage since competing messaging services like Facebook’s Messenger and WhatsApp would not be charged the new fees, FOX11 reported.

Those against the proposal said that wireless customers already pay into the state’s Public Purpose Programs, which they call “healthy and well-funded” with nearly $1 billion in its budget, the Mercury News reported. But state regulators disagree, saying the budget has increased more than $300 million over six years, KNTV reported.

Residents lamented the potential tax, calling it “dumb” and “unfair.”

“To have them charge us something else is just dumb,” a Bay Area resident told KNTV. “I think it’s very unfair, especially for the people that can barely pay for their cell phone plan already.”

Once again CA leads the way in stupidity

More than 6,000 mail-in ballots in Florida were not counted: officials

What else does this bitch have to do to remain fired?

Update:

Brenda Snipes, Broward County Elections Chief, Rescinds Resignation in Latest Fight With Governor

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More than 6,000 mailed ballots in Florida went uncounted in November's midterm elections.

Officials at the Florida Department of State informed a federal judge last week that 6,670 ballots that were mailed in ahead of the Nov. 6 midterm elections were left uncounted because they arrived after Election Day.

Ballots mailed inside the U.S. must reach election offices by 7 p.m. on Election Day under current Florida law. It is not yet clear why the ballots did not make it to the election offices on time. 

The missing ballots came from 65 of Florida's 67 counties.

The news comes after three races in the state — the Florida Senate race between Sen. Bill Nelson (D) and Gov. Rick Scott (R), the race for agriculture commissioner and the gubernatorial race — all went to recounts.

More than 6,000 mail-in ballots in Florida were not counted: officials

Time Magazine Person of the Year 2018 honors journalists

Time magazine has had their share of controversial figures as Man of the Year (as it was known back then). Hitler, Stalin, Khrushchev, and the Ayatollah Khomeini come to mind.

Using their own criteria...

The magazine's tradition - begun in 1927 as "Man of the Year" - recognizes the person who "for better or for worse... has done the most to influence the events of the year".

Most assuredly that would be Donald J. Trump. No second thought required.

Around the clock non-top MSM coverage almost 100% negative. Now if they weren't 'influenced' by Trump then I don't know WTF influenced means! 

To be honest with you I never heard of Khashoggi until Mohammed bin Salman had him killed. I bet 98% of Americans would tell you the same thing. Bet 98% of the world's population could tell you who Donald J. Trump is. 

Let's face it. Trump is the most loved and the most hated (mostly hated) man in the world. It seems to me Trump would have to possess a lot of influence to garner these two distinct sentiments. Naturally, Time magazine didn't see it that way. 

Time

Killed and imprisoned journalists - "The Guardians'" - have been named 2018's "Person of the Year" by Time.

Four different Time covers feature journalists from around the world.

Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in the Saudi embassy in Turkey earlier this year, appears alone in one, while staff from the Capital Gazette, the US newspaper where five people were killed this year, feature in another.

Pictures of Maria Ressa, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo appear on the final two.

Ms Ressa is the editor of Rappler, a Philippine news website critical of the country's leadership, while Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were imprisoned in Myanmar for investigating the massacre of Rohingya Muslims.

According to Time, they were chosen "for taking great risks in pursuit of greater truths, for the imperfect but essential quest for facts, for speaking up and for speaking out".

Time

Last year, the magazine named "the Silence Breakers" - women and men who spoke out against sexual abuse and harassment - as its "Person of the Year".

This year's readers' poll chose Korean pop band BTS as their winner, with Planet Earth coming second.

The magazine's tradition - begun in 1927 as "Man of the Year" - recognizes the person who "for better or for worse... has done the most to influence the events of the year".

The great majority of people selected have been individuals - but by no means all. In 2014, "Ebola fighters" were recognized while in 2011 "The Protester" acknowledged the significance of the so-called Arab Spring.

It was in 1950, Time explains, that the magazine decided groups, as well as individuals, could be chosen as "Person of the Year".

"The American fighting-man" was chosen that year and was followed by the Hungarian people in 1956 and later on Scientists, Americans under 25 and Mr. and Mrs. Middle America. 

In 2006, the Person of the Year was simply "You", with a mirror cover design, reflecting the importance of user-generated internet content.

Time Magazine Person of the Year 2018 honors journalists

Roger Ailes documentary earns less than $13K at box office

Let's be honest. If they were truly interested in making a movie about a sexual deviant they would have picked this guy.

Clearly, the sole purpose of this film was to give FOX a black eye. Looks like they failed miserably.

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© The Hill Roger Ailes documentary earns less than $13K at box office. A new documentary on former Fox News CEO and Chairman Roger Ailes earned just $12,431 on Friday and Saturday after its release, according to ComScore data first reported by The Hollywood Reporter (THR).

The film, "Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes," was released to just 13 theaters, putting its two-day location average gross at $900. It also was simultaneously released on video-on-demand.

The Ailes documentary performed best in New York, grossing $2,990.00 at one location in Manhattan. Conversely, the film earned just $190.00 at a theatre in Baltimore and $236.00 at a theatre in Columbus, Ohio, meaning just 26 people showed up to see the film in those two locations, according to data compiled by THR's Pamela McClintock.

Ailes died in May 2017, just 10 months after his departure from Fox News amid sexual harassment allegations.

Ailes resigned from Fox in July 2016 just two weeks after Gretchen Carlson, then a Fox afternoon host, accused him of making unwanted sexual advances, prompting an internal investigation. Multiple women, including then-Fox prime-time host Megyn Kelly, came forward. Ailes denied the accusations up until his death.

He launched Fox News in 1996 and quickly built it into a juggernaut that has commanded the cable news landscape. The network has topped its competition for the past 203 consecutive months - dating back to 2001 - while being the most-watched channel on basic cable for the past 29 months.

"Divide and Conquer" is one of three offerings on Ailes. Actor John Lithgow will play him in an upcoming, still-to-be-named biopic. The Emmy award winner will join a star-studded cast that includes Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, and Charlize Theron.

Academy Award-winning actor Russell Crowe will also portray Ailes in Showtime's adaptation of Gabriel Sherman's book, "The Loudest Voice in the Room." The Crowe Ailes project will run as a limited series, reportedly to air in 2019.

(Judging by the 2 paragraphs above they haven't learned their lesson)

The top-grossing movie for the past weekend was Disney's "Ralph Breaks The Internet," taking in an estimated $16.1 million.

Roger Ailes documentary earns less than $13K at box office