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  • Rob Beschizza
    7:57 am Tue, Jun 2, 2020
    BBC coverage of 1990 tax riots in London

    BBC NEWS – Poll Tax Riots 31st March 1990Watch this video on YouTube One of the things that led up to Margaret Thatcher's resignation as Britain's prime minister was the… Read the rest of the article: BBC coverage of 1990 tax riots in London

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  • Rob Beschizza
    7:25 am Tue, Jun 2, 2020
    How to pick up a cat

    How to pick up a cat like a pro – Vet advice on cat handling.Watch this video on YouTube In this video, the Helpful Vancouver Vet explains how best to… Read the rest of the article: How to pick up a cat

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  • Rob Beschizza
    7:18 am Tue, Jun 2, 2020
    Star Wars but Cardi B does all the sound effects

    If Cardi B Did The Sound Effects For Star Wars – Episode IIWatch this video on YouTube You don't need to know who Cardi B or indeed who Star Wars… Read the rest of the article: Star Wars but Cardi B does all the sound effects

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  • Rob Beschizza
    6:07 am Tue, Jun 2, 2020
    Grindr removes ethnicity filter

    Grindr, a popular hookup app, yesterday announced it was removing its "ethnicity" filter. Announcing the change, Grindr said it had a "zero-tolerance policy for racism and hate speech" on its… Read the rest of the article: Grindr removes ethnicity filter

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  • Rob Beschizza
    12:33 pm Mon, Jun 1, 2020
    News anchor disappointed when cinder block turns out to be cat house

    when will the media stand up to the violent antifa Marxist ideology of [checks notes] ah, cat owners pic.twitter.com/h9qWQBurag — Sam Thielman (@samthielman) June 1, 2020 In this clip, a… Read the rest of the article: News anchor disappointed when cinder block turns out to be cat house

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  • Rob Beschizza
    6:43 am Mon, Jun 1, 2020
    Post-pandemic desk design may have marketing problem

    Business planners are clinging to the dream of the open-plan office despite the coronavirus pandemic. I hope that this proposal for a post-Covid shared desk setup is not the final… Read the rest of the article: Post-pandemic desk design may have marketing problem

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  • Rob Beschizza
    6:15 am Mon, Jun 1, 2020
    Hamilton County sheriffs replace U.S. flag at justice center with police "thin blue line" flag

    Officers with Hamilton County Sheriff's Office replaced the U.S. flag with their own "thin blue line" flag Sunday, hoisting the desecrated version over the Justice Center in Cincinnati. ABC News… Read the rest of the article: Hamilton County sheriffs replace U.S. flag at justice center with police "thin blue line" flag

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  • Rob Beschizza
    5:39 am Mon, Jun 1, 2020
    Cops detain black man, then free him when he IDs as an "FBI agent"

    Police Mistake Wrong Black Man for a SuspectWatch this video on YouTube In this video, two cops are seen detaining a black man. The casual racism and hostility to a… Read the rest of the article: Cops detain black man, then free him when he IDs as an "FBI agent"

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  • Rob Beschizza
    5:23 am Mon, Jun 1, 2020
    Trump cowers in White House bunker as protests hit capitol

    The MAGA Party didn't go as planned for President Trump, who fled to the White House bunker after protestors, not presidential partisans, turned up in numbers outside the executive mansion.… Read the rest of the article: Trump cowers in White House bunker as protests hit capitol

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  • Rob Beschizza
    5:08 am Mon, Jun 1, 2020
    Police response to protests against police brutality with more brutality

    Over a weekend of protests against police brutality, America's police (with exceptions) responded with as much brutality as they could muster, targeting protestors, media and bystanders alike with rubber bullets,… Read the rest of the article: Police response to protests against police brutality with more brutality

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  • Rob Beschizza
    5:44 am Sat, May 30, 2020
    iPad looks great in an SE/30 case

    At Reddit, mtietje posted this remarkable photo of their lockdown project: an iPad stand made using an old Macintosh SE/30. The display size is perfect for the 9.7" iPad, and… Read the rest of the article: iPad looks great in an SE/30 case

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  • Rob Beschizza
    5:22 am Sat, May 30, 2020
    Footage shows Louisville police shooting pepper rounds at news crew

    In the footage below, broadcast live by an NBC affiliate and posted to Twitter by Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons, a news crew moves into the street near a line of riot police.… Read the rest of the article: Footage shows Louisville police shooting pepper rounds at news crew

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  • Rob Beschizza
    5:03 am Sat, May 30, 2020
    Supreme Court rejects church lockdown exemption

    The Supreme Court ruled friday that lockdown rules during the Covid-19 pandemic do not place an unconstitutional burden on free speech. The court's four liberals were joined by chief justice… Read the rest of the article: Supreme Court rejects church lockdown exemption

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  • Rob Beschizza
    4:41 am Sat, May 30, 2020
    Deep Spock

    [DEEPFAKE] STAR TREK REBOOT starring young Leonard NimoyWatch this video on YouTube Jarkan deepfaked Leonard Nimoy into the 2009 Star Trek movie, replacing Zachary Quinto in the scene where he… Read the rest of the article: Deep Spock

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  • Rob Beschizza
    11:08 am Fri, May 29, 2020
    Cop who killed George Floyd arrested

    Derek Chauvin, the cop who killed George Floyd, was arrested today and taken into custody. The arrest follows three days of growing unrest in Minneapolis, where Floyd, suspected of passing… Read the rest of the article: Cop who killed George Floyd arrested

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  • Rob Beschizza
    7:07 am Fri, May 29, 2020
    $350 USB stick claiming to block 5G is just a cheap thumbdrive

    A $350 USB device claiming to block 5G radio signals is just a cheap unbranded thumbdrive, report security researchers. The makers of the “5GBioShield” claim their USB stick can block… Read the rest of the article: $350 USB stick claiming to block 5G is just a cheap thumbdrive

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  • Rob Beschizza
    6:30 am Fri, May 29, 2020
    Husky doesn't want to hear it

    https://youtu.be/nAX0GR_SAXA "Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah. YEAH YEAH YEAHYEAHYEAHYEAH" — Blue the husky.

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  • Rob Beschizza
    6:00 am Fri, May 29, 2020
    Twitter hides Trump tweet calling for "THUGS" to be shot

    Twitter last night hid one of President Trump's tweet behind a warning, saying that it broke the company's policy against glorifying violence. In the tweet, Trump branded protestors in Minneapolis… Read the rest of the article: Twitter hides Trump tweet calling for "THUGS" to be shot

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  • Rob Beschizza
    5:41 am Fri, May 29, 2020
    Minneapolis ablaze after prosecutor suggests no crime was committed by cops who killed George Floyd

    Fires rage in Minneapolis after the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, by local cop Derek Chauvin. Though four officers were immediately fired, local prosecutor Mike Freeman said… Read the rest of the article: Minneapolis ablaze after prosecutor suggests no crime was committed by cops who killed George Floyd

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  • Rob Beschizza
    5:45 pm Thu, May 28, 2020
    Men hired to tie up and tickle client break into wrong house

    Two men hired to break into their client's house, menace him with machetes, tie him up, then tickle him with a broom, have been acquitted of armed break-in after hitting… Read the rest of the article: Men hired to tie up and tickle client break into wrong house

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