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How Howard Stern Owned Donald Trump

Lol.

Also, I can't keep up with all the new groping/sexual assault allegations against Trump. Was it two on Thursday and two on Friday (legit question, no joke)?

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We went to the beach last week, and I drowned my phone. Ironically I didn't drop it in the ocean; I left it on my chair, came back, and my water bottle had turned over and leaked a puddle into my chair, so the phone was having a swim. Could have happened anywhere, but it happened mere yards from the Gulf of Mexico.

The thing about this phone is it's a good old dumb phone because I'm a dinosaur. I like my flip phone. I really, really like my flip phone. Circa 2004 an equivalent phone without a camera cost $250, and I think that was with my employee discount (Cingular Wireless back then). I bought one for me and my wife that year. Mine got laundered soon after that and I lived on old phones for awhile.

Circa 2012 we switched to Verizon prepaid phones that were sub-$15 from Wal-Mart. $15! Same basic phone plus a camera. I have steadfastly resisted the rise of smart phones. I want to be able to feel the buttons because I can text at crazy speeds with them. While carrying on an in-person conversation, which is kind of cool. And I've had everything just right on this phone for 4 years, I use it like a pocketwatch, like an alarm clock, etc. I know a tablet phone could do all that, but I want my cheapo phone.

My wife switched to an android phone at some point, then a used iphone. We put her $15 flip phone away so I could use it when mine died. So of course it was nowhere to be found when we got back from the trip where I drowned my phone! Even though I had just seen it the week before!

My phone was a Samsung Gusto 2. The Gusto 3 is the "current" model, but it is vanishing. Wal-Mart has empty slots for it with the price hanging there taunting me. I found out I could order one online for pickup at my local Wal-Mart, so I did. When I got there they apologized for not actually having the Gusto and offered me a free upgrade to a $40 android model. Kind of cool, so I took it, realizing it was a good deal and thinking I might end up with no other option. But when I got home I contemplated the $10 rise in monthly fees and the loss of my beloved physical phone buttons, and decided to order a used Gusto off of Amazon.

So of course, before that Gusto even arrived, the lost phone that used to belong to my wife showed up. Thank goodness I have a flip phone again, and one in reserve! That should keep me going as a dinosaur for another 8 years or so, maybe.

It's a wrap! Get ready for President H. R. Clinton!

Trump recorded having extremely lewd conversation about women in 2005
Billy Bush was already polarizing. His lewd Donald Trump conversation makes things much worse.
Tape Reveals Donald Trump Bragging About Groping Women
'You Can Do Anything': In 2005 Tape, Trump Brags About Groping, Kissing Women

In talking about kissing women, Trump boasted: "I'm automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything."

"Grab them by the p****. You can do anything," the Republican nominee continued, using vulgar slang for the female anatomy.

Trump also told Bush — who is the nephew of former President George H.W. Bush and cousin of former President George W. Bush and former 2016 candidate Jeb Bush — about a time he unsuccessfully tried to seduce a married woman.

"I moved on her, and I failed," he said. "I'll admit it. I did try and f*** her. She was married." He continued, "I moved on her very heavily."

He said he even took her furniture shopping to try to get her to sleep with him.

"I moved on her like a b****," he said, "but I couldn't get there. And she was married. Then, all of a sudden, I see her — she's now got the big phony t*** and everything. She's totally changed her look."

[...] In regard to trying to shift blame to Bill Clinton, Trump has also threatened to bring up the former president's infidelities in an attempt to damage his wife during the next debate. That's despite Trump's having been divorced twice and admitting to his own adultery. At the time of this 2005 recording, Trump had just married his third (and current) wife, Melania.

'America deserves far better': Republicans react to crude comments from leaked Trump audio

"No woman should ever be described in these terms or talked about in this manner. Ever," Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus said in a statement, in a sharp, unprecedented response about the party's presidential nominee.

Statement from Donald Trump:

“This was locker room banter, a private conversation that took place many years ago. Bill Clinton has said far worse to me on the golf course - not even close. I apologize if anyone was offended.”

Kim Kardashian Bound, Gagged and Held at Gunpoint: Exclusive New Details on the Robbery in Paris

The French Interior Ministry said five men threatened a concierge with a weapon, handcuffed him and forced him to open Kardashian's private apartment. Per Today, the Paris Prosecutor's office confirmed two of the men gained entry to her room. One of Kardashian's rings, worth an estimated $4.49 million, as well as a jewelry box, worth an estimated $5.6 million, were stolen.

This is a critical moment in human history.

Kentucky day care worker cited for 'smack for a snack' game

The report says two male staff members would play a "Smack for a Snack" game. The report says the only way school-age children could get a yogurt is to allow the men to hit them with a stick on their leg and/or hand. State officials say at least two students had noticeable bruising. Lexington Police cited one staff member with second-degree assault.

An ingenious cost-cutting move that builds character.

More problems are noted in the article.

https://theintercept.com/2016/09/30/hillary-clinton-center-right/

IN THE HACKED recording of a private conversation with campaign donors in February, Hillary Clinton distanced herself from progressive goals like “free college, free healthcare” and described her place on the political spectrum as spanning from the center-left to the center-right.

Clinton has been inconsistent in the past about espousing political labels. She has at times touted herself as stalwart liberal. For instance, she said last July: “I take a backseat to no one when you look at my record in standing up and fighting for progressive values.” But a few months later, she told a group in Ohio: “You know, I get accused of being kind of moderate and center. I plead guilty.”

The newly disclosed comments came in audio, apparently from hacked emails, that was revealed this week by the Washington Free Beacon, a conservative blog run by a Republican communications strategist. Clinton was speaking at a Virginia fundraiser hosted by Beatrice Welters, the former U.S. ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, and her husband Anthony Welters, the executive chairman of an investment consulting firm founded by former Clinton aide Cheryl Mills.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-supporters-audio-leak-228997

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-jumps-leaked-audio-hillary-clinton-fundraiser/story?id=42499760

I just gave a new device a password of "password". The web interface I'm using says this password is strong.

A Pennsylvania police officer ... Melissa Adamson of McKeesport, Pa, posted a photo of herself on Snapchat in uniform with the caption "I'm the law today n****.

:O I just can't understand how someone would think noone would have a problem with this behavior.

"I'm not a racist," Adamson told WTAE-TV. "That's not how I plan on portraying myself."

There are exceedingly few people who would accept that someone who would do this isn't racist. Assuming for the sake of argument that it is true, wouldn't this behavior still be incredibly offensive to lots of people around you? Are the police even trying to forge a relationship with the people they serve and protect, or are they just stomping on the ones they rule? It's a good thing this behavior has been quickly and decisively disavowed by her higher ups or it would be impossible to persuade anyone of the former. (It's difficult enough as it is, now.)

Adamson said it was a "stupid mistake," to post the picture, and believes that a former co-worker circulated the photo, WTAE-TV reported.

You bet your life it's a "stupid mistake." It's the kind of mistake that should and did cost her her job. Sounds like she's aiming at the idea that her "mistake" should be overlooked and she should be allowed to continue in a position of force and authority over the people she is denigrating here. Fortunately it doesn't sound like her department is buying it.

"An altercation happened between me and a former police officer, and he’s ... ruining my career, which has been done," she said.

I'm sure he didn't snap the picture or provide the caption, and I'm sure she willingly created this picture or engaged in its creation. Otherwise I'm sure that would have been noted in the article here. This former coworker has helped everybody by publicizing the truth about the way she acts when she thinks she can get away for it. He has held her accountable. Whatever his motivations, he has performed a great service for the public. He didn't ruin her career; she did that herself; he simply helped her employers (ostensibly the public) know why giving her this career is a very bad idea.

There is no way and should be no way for a police officer to dig themselves out of a situation like this. The only correct thing for her to say in this situation should be an acknowledgment of that fact, something akin to "Somebody who behaves like me should not be in a position of trust serving, protecting, and enforcing the law for people that I have insulted in such a horrible fashion."

Omagerd I can't even.

Some developers dropping Oculus support to protest founder’s politics [Updated]

Indie developers Polytron (best known for Fez) and Kokoromi (makers of the intriguing VR puzzle game SuperHyperCube), have joined in the developer protest against Oculus. Last year, SuperHyperCube was announced as a PlayStation VR exclusive "at launch," but today, the companies made it clear "we will not be pursuing Oculus support" for the game after that exclusivity expires.

"In a political climate as fragile and horrifying as this one, we cannot tacitly endorse these actions by supporting Luckey or his platform," they wrote (and announced via tweet). "If you are a voting citizen of the United States, please remember to register and make your voice heard this Nov. 8. Do not let bigotry, white supremacy, hate, and fear win."

Instead of making it so that any dumb VR headset can view our game, we will take a stand against bigotry (and having political opinions) and work only with Sony VRDRM.

Palmer Luckey, Millionaire Founder of Oculus Rift, Loves Donald Trump and Dates a Gamergater

It’s been an open secret for some time that Palmer Luckey, the 24-year-old founder of VR company Oculus Rift and heir apparent to the future of gaming, is a strange guy—the type who argues with his customers on Reddit and casually cosplays as My Little Pony characters. Turns out, he also appears to be an active supporter of Donald Trump and the alt-right, and in a long-term relationship with an avid Gamergater.

Rags-to-riches nerd dates a hottie, gets called out for it. No pussy for anti-social white nerds, EVER.

It's all a conspiracy to derail anti-social VR technology! Everyone who is anti-social will be exterminated! You must buy the upcoming Apple augmented reality product, which is pro-social! But not Google's, because that one is just as anti-social as VR, you problematihole!

I'm sure these articles would do "well" on the front page, but I don't want to put them there.

Maybe we need some new options for journals. For example, an option to nest journals (from friends only) between stories on the main page, or an RSS feed that lists all of the journals (if this one exists, I haven't seen it).