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November 21, 2022
Colorado Live presser..police chief is reading pro nouns of each victim
That will piss off rightwingers
November 21, 2022
Colorado Club Q shooting press conference starts in 8 minutes
https://krdo.com/news/top-stories/2022/11/21/watch-live-police-to-hold-press-conference-on-mass-shooting-at-colorado-springs-lgbtq-nightclub/
November 21, 2022
(CNN Business)In a move that shocked Hollywood, Bob Iger, one of the most notable CEOs in the history of the Walt Disney company, is returning to once again run the media empire.
Bob Chapek, who replaced Iger in 2020 as CEO, is stepping down immediately.
"We thank Bob Chapek for his service to Disney over his long career, including navigating the company through the unprecedented challenges of the pandemic," Susan Arnold, Chairman of the Board for Disney, said in a statement on Sunday night. "The Board has concluded that as Disney embarks on an increasingly complex period of industry transformation, Bob Iger is uniquely situated to lead the Company through this pivotal period."
The announcement, while surprising to the media industry, comes at a time of great evolution for Disney. The company is coming off a lackluster earnings report that showed growth for its streaming endeavors. However, that came at a great cost. Disney's streaming business lost $1.5 billion in the fourth quarter. That report sent Disney's stock tumbling after a year of sluggish to bad performance.
Chapek guided the company through the pandemic, one of its most tumultuous periods in its nearly 100-year history, but ultimately Disney decided that its future was in better hands with Iger.
Away from the pandemic, Chapek had a short but bumpy tenure as the head of Disney. Chapek, who served as chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products before taking over for Iger, found himself dealing with issues regarding pay with Scarlett Johansson, one of the company's biggest stars, as well as Disney's battles with Florida, and its own employees, regarding the state's controversial bill restricting certain LGBTQ topics in the classroom.
Bob Iger returns from retirement to lead Disney. Bob Chapek out
https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/20/media/disney-bob-iger-ceo/index.html(CNN Business)In a move that shocked Hollywood, Bob Iger, one of the most notable CEOs in the history of the Walt Disney company, is returning to once again run the media empire.
Bob Chapek, who replaced Iger in 2020 as CEO, is stepping down immediately.
"We thank Bob Chapek for his service to Disney over his long career, including navigating the company through the unprecedented challenges of the pandemic," Susan Arnold, Chairman of the Board for Disney, said in a statement on Sunday night. "The Board has concluded that as Disney embarks on an increasingly complex period of industry transformation, Bob Iger is uniquely situated to lead the Company through this pivotal period."
The announcement, while surprising to the media industry, comes at a time of great evolution for Disney. The company is coming off a lackluster earnings report that showed growth for its streaming endeavors. However, that came at a great cost. Disney's streaming business lost $1.5 billion in the fourth quarter. That report sent Disney's stock tumbling after a year of sluggish to bad performance.
Chapek guided the company through the pandemic, one of its most tumultuous periods in its nearly 100-year history, but ultimately Disney decided that its future was in better hands with Iger.
Away from the pandemic, Chapek had a short but bumpy tenure as the head of Disney. Chapek, who served as chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products before taking over for Iger, found himself dealing with issues regarding pay with Scarlett Johansson, one of the company's biggest stars, as well as Disney's battles with Florida, and its own employees, regarding the state's controversial bill restricting certain LGBTQ topics in the classroom.
November 21, 2022
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration has declined to issue fines after over 14,000 violations of a sex trafficking law by Florida hotels and lodging establishments.
An investigation published on Sunday by the Sun Sentinel found that 6,669 hotels and other lodging establishments had received 14,279 citations since a 2019 sex trafficking law required them to make modest changes to protect victims.
In one case, The Plaza Hotel was cited five times after a 17-year-old girl was choked because she would not turn over all her earnings to her sex trafficker.
The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation told the paper that no fines had been issued because the establishment had corrected the problems within a 90-day grace period provided by the law.
State Sen. Lauren Book passed the law and was shocked to find out that state enforcers had required no fines.
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It's not clear why DeSantis has not ordered his government to use the law to crack down on sex trafficking.
Ron DeSantis issues zero fines after 6,600 hotels rack up sex trafficking violations
https://www.rawstory.com/florida-trafficking-fines/Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration has declined to issue fines after over 14,000 violations of a sex trafficking law by Florida hotels and lodging establishments.
An investigation published on Sunday by the Sun Sentinel found that 6,669 hotels and other lodging establishments had received 14,279 citations since a 2019 sex trafficking law required them to make modest changes to protect victims.
In one case, The Plaza Hotel was cited five times after a 17-year-old girl was choked because she would not turn over all her earnings to her sex trafficker.
The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation told the paper that no fines had been issued because the establishment had corrected the problems within a 90-day grace period provided by the law.
State Sen. Lauren Book passed the law and was shocked to find out that state enforcers had required no fines.
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It's not clear why DeSantis has not ordered his government to use the law to crack down on sex trafficking.
November 21, 2022
https://abc7.com/dodger-stadium-assault-elton-john-concert-la-arrest-lapd/12476094/
Arrest made in attack of couple at Elton John concert in LA
Both elderly husband and wife were knocked unconcious. No one helped..only filmed attack
https://abc7.com/dodger-stadium-assault-elton-john-concert-la-arrest-lapd/12476094/
November 21, 2022
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/19/business/media/george-lois-dead.html
George Lois, Visionary Art Director, Is Dead at 91
He brought the counterculture to advertising and designed memorable covers for Esquire magazine, many of them wordless critiques of
American society.
In the early 1980s, Mr. Lois, by his own account, almost single-handedly rescued MTV from an early death. The cable channel, launched in New York in 1981 with a 24-hour rock ‘n’ roll format, was in his words “an abject failure” after its first year, scorned by cable operators, advertisers, music publishers and recording companies.
Asked to step in, Mr. Lois produced a campaign of commercials with a voice-over ending, “If you don’t get MTV where you live, call your cable operator and say (with a cutaway to Mick Jagger bellowing), “I want my MTV.”
In six months, every rock star in the nation joined the parade, and MTV became the most popular phenomenon on television. Today, 90 million households receive MTV. Without it, fans say, generations might never have seen music videos or partied in basements.
George Lois died..creator of this and other famous ads
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/19/business/media/george-lois-dead.html
George Lois, Visionary Art Director, Is Dead at 91
He brought the counterculture to advertising and designed memorable covers for Esquire magazine, many of them wordless critiques of
American society.
In the early 1980s, Mr. Lois, by his own account, almost single-handedly rescued MTV from an early death. The cable channel, launched in New York in 1981 with a 24-hour rock ‘n’ roll format, was in his words “an abject failure” after its first year, scorned by cable operators, advertisers, music publishers and recording companies.
Asked to step in, Mr. Lois produced a campaign of commercials with a voice-over ending, “If you don’t get MTV where you live, call your cable operator and say (with a cutaway to Mick Jagger bellowing), “I want my MTV.”
In six months, every rock star in the nation joined the parade, and MTV became the most popular phenomenon on television. Today, 90 million households receive MTV. Without it, fans say, generations might never have seen music videos or partied in basements.
November 20, 2022
California ER patients spilling into parking lots during ‘tripledemic’ surge, state reports
Families with children under 2 will face tough decisions this holiday season.
An RSV surge spreading in California puts infants and toddlers at the greatest risk of severe illness, and two other respiratory viruses — COVID and flu — have begun straining health systems, California’s health secretary said at a news conference Thursday. “We are dealing with three threats at once,” California Health and Human Services Secretary Mark Ghaly said, referring to a combination of viruses that doctors have called a “tripledemic.”
“The simplest way to say it is that in every category that we track ... we’re seeing increases for RSV, flu and COVID.”
Among the youngest Californians, he said, test positivity rates for RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, “rival peaks from other years.” In early November, 33% of children’s tests in the state were positive, significantly higher than rates at the same time in the previous two years.
Read more at: https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/article268900852.html#storylink=cpy
California ER patients spilling into parking lots during 'tripledemic' surge, state reports
https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/article268900852.htmlCalifornia ER patients spilling into parking lots during ‘tripledemic’ surge, state reports
Families with children under 2 will face tough decisions this holiday season.
An RSV surge spreading in California puts infants and toddlers at the greatest risk of severe illness, and two other respiratory viruses — COVID and flu — have begun straining health systems, California’s health secretary said at a news conference Thursday. “We are dealing with three threats at once,” California Health and Human Services Secretary Mark Ghaly said, referring to a combination of viruses that doctors have called a “tripledemic.”
“The simplest way to say it is that in every category that we track ... we’re seeing increases for RSV, flu and COVID.”
Among the youngest Californians, he said, test positivity rates for RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, “rival peaks from other years.” In early November, 33% of children’s tests in the state were positive, significantly higher than rates at the same time in the previous two years.
Read more at: https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/article268900852.html#storylink=cpy
November 19, 2022
Halted at the beginning of the pandemic, monthly loan bills are set to resume in January unless the pause is extended for a ninth time. But current and former students, including one who owes a staggering $118,000, said the looming payments are simply above their pay grades, especially in post-pandemic America.
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Yazan Alswaeer, 38, of New Castle, Pennsylvania
Total debt: $118,000
Occupation: IT system administrator
Education: Pittsburgh Technical College; Capella University
Prior monthly payment: n/a
Alswaeer expects to receive his master’s degree in information technology in December, some nine years after the Jordanian native arrived in the United States. The proposed $20,000 relief would’ve been a drop in the single father’s debt bucket, but now he’s desperately emailing the White House for help. “I have no plan,” Alswaeer told The Post. “My plan is I am not going to make payments.” Biden’s campaign promise to forgive tuition-related federal student debt was the “only reason” Alswaeer voted for the Democrat.
“With the school debt that I have, there’s no way I will ever think about buying a house or settling down,” he said. “It hurts seeing many Americans suffering financially while a great country such as ours has the resources it needs to make every American live a decent life.”
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Nicholas Linkey, 31, of Providence, Utah
Total debt: $25,000
Occupation: Unemployed
Education: Utah State University; University of the People
Prior monthly payment: $300
Linkey said he’s “had enough” of the whirlwind debt rigmarole and says Biden could easily cancel the total debt using executive action granted in the Higher Education Act of 1965, but “never really intended” to do so, he said. Linkey also wants to see loans fully dischargeable in all bankruptcy cases rather than in cases where borrowers can prove their payments cause undue hardship.
“Absolutely not,” Linkey said when asked if he’ll buck up and pay. “I’m not gonna feed this monster anymore. I’m done. This loan thing is done.”
Student debtors refuse to pay back loans: 'I'm not gonna feed this monster anymore'
https://nypost.com/2022/11/19/four-student-debtors-tell-why-they-refuse-to-pay-back-loans/Halted at the beginning of the pandemic, monthly loan bills are set to resume in January unless the pause is extended for a ninth time. But current and former students, including one who owes a staggering $118,000, said the looming payments are simply above their pay grades, especially in post-pandemic America.
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Yazan Alswaeer, 38, of New Castle, Pennsylvania
Total debt: $118,000
Occupation: IT system administrator
Education: Pittsburgh Technical College; Capella University
Prior monthly payment: n/a
Alswaeer expects to receive his master’s degree in information technology in December, some nine years after the Jordanian native arrived in the United States. The proposed $20,000 relief would’ve been a drop in the single father’s debt bucket, but now he’s desperately emailing the White House for help. “I have no plan,” Alswaeer told The Post. “My plan is I am not going to make payments.” Biden’s campaign promise to forgive tuition-related federal student debt was the “only reason” Alswaeer voted for the Democrat.
“With the school debt that I have, there’s no way I will ever think about buying a house or settling down,” he said. “It hurts seeing many Americans suffering financially while a great country such as ours has the resources it needs to make every American live a decent life.”
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Nicholas Linkey, 31, of Providence, Utah
Total debt: $25,000
Occupation: Unemployed
Education: Utah State University; University of the People
Prior monthly payment: $300
Linkey said he’s “had enough” of the whirlwind debt rigmarole and says Biden could easily cancel the total debt using executive action granted in the Higher Education Act of 1965, but “never really intended” to do so, he said. Linkey also wants to see loans fully dischargeable in all bankruptcy cases rather than in cases where borrowers can prove their payments cause undue hardship.
“Absolutely not,” Linkey said when asked if he’ll buck up and pay. “I’m not gonna feed this monster anymore. I’m done. This loan thing is done.”
November 19, 2022
The head of Twitter Inc.’s crypto development team has left the company, part of a mass exodus of employees since new owner Elon Musk issued a blanket ultimatum to staff.
Tess Rinearson, who was tapped to spearhead Twitter’s crypto team last year, posted a tweet late on Thursday with the salute emoji, followed by a blue heart -- the former being a symbol for departing Twitter employees to signal their goodbyes.
Rinearson also changed the Twitter bio on her now private account to “did not click the button”, referring to Musk’s requirement for all remaining staff to opt in to remain employed at the firm by clicking “yes” on a form before Thursday’s 5 p.m. Eastern Time deadline. If they did not respond, employees were offered three months’ severance.
She wasn’t the only exit from Twitter’s crypto unit that day, with Hamdi Allam, a senior software engineer on the project, also posting a tweet to say he’d left the business. Both didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.
Twitter's Crypto Head and Staff Resign in Mass Musk Exodus
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/twitter-crypto-head-staff-resign-190633380.htmlThe head of Twitter Inc.’s crypto development team has left the company, part of a mass exodus of employees since new owner Elon Musk issued a blanket ultimatum to staff.
Tess Rinearson, who was tapped to spearhead Twitter’s crypto team last year, posted a tweet late on Thursday with the salute emoji, followed by a blue heart -- the former being a symbol for departing Twitter employees to signal their goodbyes.
Rinearson also changed the Twitter bio on her now private account to “did not click the button”, referring to Musk’s requirement for all remaining staff to opt in to remain employed at the firm by clicking “yes” on a form before Thursday’s 5 p.m. Eastern Time deadline. If they did not respond, employees were offered three months’ severance.
She wasn’t the only exit from Twitter’s crypto unit that day, with Hamdi Allam, a senior software engineer on the project, also posting a tweet to say he’d left the business. Both didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.
November 18, 2022
Bautista isn’t optimistic. He has lost access to crypto assets valued at roughly $35,000, according to a screenshot he took in the days before FTX tanked and shared with NBC News.
“Everything is gone in an instant, just like that? I’m pretty sure there’s no way to get it back,” he said. “It’s lost at this point.”
Bautista, 34, got the FTX itch thanks in part to flashy advertising.
He was lured by the firm’s wall-to-wall internet promotions and celebrity endorsements, and invested thousands of dollars in his FTX portfolio every two weeks, snatching up blocks of cryptocurrencies like Chainlink, Ethereum and Solana.
Bautista is now driving for a ride-share service to make ends meet while he figures out his next career chapter.
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Thomas Pompon, 23, who lives in Paris, saw FTX as the equivalent of a bank for his cash holdings and treated it the way people might use Venmo or Zelle — a way to pay friends, request cash, and transfer funds to financial institutions. FTX offered sizable interest rates — as much as 8% — for people who kept their assets, including U.S. dollars, on the platform.
Pompon, the chief technology officer of an NFT marketplace, lost access to just over $165,000 in holdings when FTX froze all accounts and blocked users from making withdrawals Friday, according to a screenshot he took the previous day and shared with NBC News.
They put their trust in FTX. Now their money is frozen -- and maybe wiped out.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/crypto/put-money-ftx-now-money-frozen-maybe-wiped-rcna57251Bautista isn’t optimistic. He has lost access to crypto assets valued at roughly $35,000, according to a screenshot he took in the days before FTX tanked and shared with NBC News.
“Everything is gone in an instant, just like that? I’m pretty sure there’s no way to get it back,” he said. “It’s lost at this point.”
Bautista, 34, got the FTX itch thanks in part to flashy advertising.
He was lured by the firm’s wall-to-wall internet promotions and celebrity endorsements, and invested thousands of dollars in his FTX portfolio every two weeks, snatching up blocks of cryptocurrencies like Chainlink, Ethereum and Solana.
Bautista is now driving for a ride-share service to make ends meet while he figures out his next career chapter.
____
Thomas Pompon, 23, who lives in Paris, saw FTX as the equivalent of a bank for his cash holdings and treated it the way people might use Venmo or Zelle — a way to pay friends, request cash, and transfer funds to financial institutions. FTX offered sizable interest rates — as much as 8% — for people who kept their assets, including U.S. dollars, on the platform.
Pompon, the chief technology officer of an NFT marketplace, lost access to just over $165,000 in holdings when FTX froze all accounts and blocked users from making withdrawals Friday, according to a screenshot he took the previous day and shared with NBC News.
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