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Motorist “let God take the wheel” resulting in high-speed crash | Boing Boing
In Beachwood, Ohio, a 31-year-old woman accompanied by her 11-year-old daughter was driving at 100mph when she decided to “let go and let God take the wheel,” according to her statement to police. God then smashed into a car, spun into a utility pole, hit another car, and finally crashed into a house. The woman and her daughter were both evaluated for injuries but it doesn’t sound like they were very fortunate. Nobody else was hurt. According to police, she was not drunk or high. She’s been charged with felony assault, child endangerment, and driving with a suspended license….
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Twitter Must Stop Letting Trump Flout Ban By Allowing His Flunkies to Tweet for Him | News Corpse
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The Donald Trump and Bill O’Reilly ‘Sexual Predator Tour’ is Flopping Bigly | News Corpse
As the nation continues to struggle with a pandemic that stubbornly refuses to go away (or more accurately, is aided and abetted by Trumpian Republican anti-vaxxers), the demand for live music, theater, and other in-person performances has been growing steadily. The Foo Fighters recently played for a fully vaccinated audience at Madison Square Garden in New York City, in show that sold out in 10 minutes.
However, that level of anticipation is not apparently matched for the upcoming “Sexual Predator Tour“ starring Donald Trump and Bill O’Reilly. The show was announced more than a week ago, but ticket sales have been lackluster, to put it mildly. According to Politico…
“Donald Trump is having trouble selling advance tickets for his upcoming speaking tour with conservative pundit Bill O’Reilly, according to interviews with ticketing officials for the venues. […]
“The events are not until the end of the year, Trump’s camp notes. But so far, the pace of purchases has been slow compared to other acts, arena officials say. […]
“As of Thursday evening, Ticketmaster pages for the Orlando, Dallas and Sunrise events and the Axs page for the Houston event show wide swathes of available seats, with some large sections only having sold a few tickets.”
Trump and O’Reilly are not exactly packing them in. Even though there are only four dates on the tour and all of them in Trump friendly locales. Nevertheless, venues like those in Dallas, Texas, and Orlando, Florida, still have most of the ticket supply available. This despite early boasting that “This tour will be one of the most lucrative of all time.”
Even if the $7 million take is true (doubtful), it wouldn’t be anything to brag about. Since most of the “standard” seats priced at about $100 each are unsold, it would mean that they have only sold a couple of thousand seats at premium prices ($1,000 – $8,500) to the wealthiest and most zealous devotees. That’s out of a potential 80,000 available seats (approximately 2.5%). This is what happens when Trump disciples, who are accustomed to getting free entry to his cult rallies, are asked to pay substantial admission fees.
Perhaps the reason for this failure is that America isn’t anxiously awaiting to hear from a pair of notorious and abusive perverts. Trump has been accused by more than two dozen women of harassment and/or assault. O’Reilly was fired by Fox News after some multi-million dollar settlements with his female victims were disclosed. And both are hurting for cash, having lost access to their primary grifting platforms. …
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The water park near Houston was closed after a bleach and acid leak left patrons with minor skin irritation and respiratory issues
Dozens taken to hospital after chemical leak at Texas water park | Texas | The Guardian
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Northern Ireland records its highest ever temperature as UK bakes | UK weather | The Guardian
The hottest day of the year so far has been recorded in all four UK nations and forecasters believe it could be even warmer on Sunday.
It was the hottest day on record in Northern Ireland with 31.2C recorded in Ballywatticock, in County Down, at 3.40pm, beating the previous highest temperature of 30.8C, reached on 12 July 1983 and 30 June 1976.
In England, 30.3C was recorded in Coton in the Elms, Derbyshire, on Saturday, surpassing the 29.7C recorded in south-west London on 14 June.
The year’s highest temperatures so far were also recorded in Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales, at 29.6C, and in Threave, in the Dumfries and Galloway region of Scotland, at 28.2C.
But the Met Office said temperatures could rise yet higher in England and south Wales on Sunday as the summer heatwave continues. Tom Morgan, meteorologist at the Met Office, said: “Temperatures are expected to increase even further on Sunday, reaching highs of 33C in the south of the UK.” …
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Majority of Covid misinformation came from 12 people, report finds | Coronavirus | The Guardian
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