Starter Cars Are Still Out There If You Put Your Luxury Expectations In Park
Years of a generally growing economy and cheap credit might have made us set our sights too high for our first cars.Years of a generally growing economy and cheap credit might have made us set our sights too high for our first cars.'30 seconds, no screaming, no yelling, no phones': Teacher allegedly arranged fight club for sixth-grade girls
A Florida teacher is facing criminal charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor in connection with organized fights that allegedly took place in her classroom, according to the Leon County Sheriff's Office.
Angel Drew Footman, 23, then a sixth-grade teacher at Griffin Middle School, allegedly allowed students to fight in her classroom during school hours, according to a press release from the Leon County Sheriff's Office.
"She made statements such as '30 seconds, no screaming, no yelling, no phones,' and she even asked two of the girls whether they wanted to come back during her 6th period planning period to 'run it back' (fight again)," Leon County Sheriff's Office detective Hanna Perry reportedly wrote in an affidavit acquired by the Tallahassee Democrat.
"The fighters informed me that Footman asked them whether they wanted to have a 'friendly fade' before the fights began," an affidavit obtained by WCTV reportedly said.
Several parents discovered videos and reported to school administrators. The videos were recorded by students in the classroom. Multiple incidents took place March 22, authorities said.
In the videos, Footman is seen sitting at her desk, failing to intervene, according to WCTV.
Four girls fighting on camera said the fights were preplanned and endorsed by Footman, according to court documents acquired by the Miami Herald.
Multiple school administrators identified Footman's voice on the recordings, issuing directives including "stop pulling hair" and "break it up," the outlet also said.
Footman reportedly told investigators she "did not organize fights in any way, but failed to take quick action to stop the altercations or report them to administrators."
An LCSO School Resource Deputy received the report about Footman March 23. A warrant for her arrest was issued April 5, following a preliminary investigation.
Footman turned herself in to authorities at the Gadsden County Sheriff's Office April 7.
She was arrested, booked, and released April 7. She is charged with four counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, according to LCSO's records.
Each charge could result in up to a year behind bars.
Though an archived copy of the school's website taken January 27 contains a listing for Footman, Griffin Middle's School's site currently does not list her among the school's faculty and staff.
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From Joe Rogan To ‘Fight Club’: Governments Are Colluding With Big Tech To Censor Free Speech
The CCP's extreme censorship measures would never happen in the United States, except when Joe Rogan starts asking questions.China alters ending of cult classic 'Fight Club' so that the authorities come out on top
Movie fans were outraged over the weekend after observing China's latest censorship plot, which in this case was the drastic altering of David Fincher's 1999 film, "Fight Club," to make it so that, in the end, the criminals are arrested and the authorities win.
What happened?
In the original version of the cult classic — starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter — the Narrator, played by Norton, kills off his alter ego Tyler Durden, played by Pitt, setting off a chain of explosions that destroy all bank and credit records, effectively ending consumerism and resetting the economy.
But that's not what viewers experience when watching the film on Tencent Video, a popular Chinese streaming service. In China's altered version, the film's ending is cut short ahead of the explosion scene, and viewers are informed in a short, to-the-point caption that Project Mayhem was foiled by the state and all criminals were arrested.
"Through the clue provided by Tyler, the police rapidly figured out the whole plan and arrested all criminals, successfully preventing the bomb from exploding. After the trial, Tyler was sent to lunatic asylum receiving psychological treatment. He was discharged from the hospital in 2012," the caption read, according to Vice.
FIGHT CLUB\u2019s ending for the Chinese release (on Tencent Video) was changed to this and now I\u2019m waiting for someone to fanfic a sequel based on this censored ending.pic.twitter.com/zYB0bY3Dlp— Courtney Howard @ #Sundance (@Courtney Howard @ #Sundance) 1643062101
Vice noted it remains unclear whether the ending was altered under self-censorship or by government order, adding that Tencent Video declined to comment on the news.
But a source familiar with the matter reportedly told the news outlet that the film was edited by the copyright owner and approved by the government before it was sold to streaming sites for distribution. Furthermore, the Chinese publisher of the film, Pacific Audio & Video Co., is an affiliate of Guangdong TV, a state-owned television station.
What else?
Hong Kong Free Press noted in its coverage of the news that China has some of the world's strictest censorship rules. The communist country only approves a handful of foreign films for release every year, and often requires that major edits are made.
Film fans reportedly erupted in mockery after viewing the new ending, the Hong Kong news outlet reported.
"This is too outrageous," one viewer commented, while another said the edit is proof that Chinese authorities "don’t just delete scenes, but add to the plot too."
"There is no point watching this film without that scene," another person commented on the Twitter-like site Weibo, according to VICE.
Still another commenter quipped, "Probably 'Ocean’s 11' would have all been arrested. 'The Godfather’s' entire family would end up in jail."
Anything else?
China's censorship practices were also the subject of controversy late last year when Disney drew headlines for removing an anti-China episode from its "Simpsons" catalog in Hong Kong.
In the episode, which was first broadcast in 2005, the fictional cartoon family ridicules the country during a trip to mainland China, where they visit the mummified body of notorious former Chairman Mao Zedong and Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
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'F*** Joe Biden': College football fans express displeasure with the Biden administration
In this clip, Steven Crowder highlighted a new trend happening at college football games in the south and greater southeast region of the United States.
Over the weekend, Auburn was one of multiple college football games where fans could be heard chanting "F*** Joe Biden".
"It's almost like a movement," Crowder observed, noting that it was like "planking" or the "ice bucket challenge."
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Trump Jr.: Did Biden just give China our Military technology?
In this clip, Donald Trump Jr. joined "Louder with Crowder" and discussed President Joe Biden's botched Afghanistan withdrawal as well as a few likely scenarios that could play out now that the Taliban has control of U.S. military Apache helicopters.
According to Trump Jr., the Taliban is handing the newly acquired Apache helicopters over to China who will reverse engineer the helicopters and make them better - and for 2 cents on the dollar of what the U.S. military paid to develop the technology.
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