‘Super Size Me’ Director Morgan Spurlock Tweets Confession of Sexual Abuse

Spurlock sent out a tweet detailing accusations of rape and sexual harassment made against him.
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‘Super Size Me’ Director Morgan Spurlock Tweets Confession of Sexual Abuse

Spurlock sent out a tweet detailing accusations of rape and sexual harassment made against him.
Garlands gang
* RICHARD M (6.5+ MILLION VIEWS) posted a photo:
Seen here on Liverpool Pride Day promoting the city’s well known gay nightclub Garlands.
www.garlandsbedlam.com/
Reality TV star James White utilizes his best assets to get ahead
He’s got our attention.
“Tagesthemen”-Kommentatorin fordert Polen und Ungarn zum EU-Austritt auf
“Natürlich, verehrter Herr #Orban und Co, brauchen wir Verteilungsquoten, damit Griechenland oder Italien nicht zerbrechen. Was bedeutet Solidarität denn sonst? Alle müssen mitmachen” – @isabelschayani zum Streit um Solidarität in der #EU. pic.twitter.com/nMDoNo7NLP
— tagesthemen (@tagesthemen) 14. Dezember 2017
Anfang der Woche diskutierte Deutschland noch über die von SPD-Chef Martin Schulz ins Gespräch gebrachten “Vereinigten Staaten von Europa”.
Wenige Tage später, am Donnerstag, ist von Einigkeit nichts zu spüren. Eher scheint es, als sei die EU ein bröckelndes Konstrukt.
► Wie die “Süddeutsche Zeitung” berichtet, plant die EU-Kommission, Polen für “schwerwiegende Verletzungen der Rechtsstaatlichkeit” zu rügen. Dabei geht es um die umstrittenen Justizreformen der PiS-Regierung.
► Zudem gibt es neuen Streit über die Asylpolitik.
Länder wie Polen, Ungarn und Tschechien weigern sich weiter, Flüchtlinge unter den EU-Staaten aufzuteilen. Sie wollen die EU mit einer Zahlung von 35 Millionen Euro zur Grenzsicherung in Libyen ruhigstellen.
“Tagesthemen”-Kommentatorin Isabel Schayani brachte daher am Donnerstagabend eine radikale Konfliktlösung ins Spiel. In der ARD-Nachrichtensendung forderte sie Polen, Ungarn und Tschechien auf, die EU zu verlassen.
“Ich bin für eine starke EU, wenn wir da einer Meinung sein sollten, dann bitte an Bord bleiben”, begann die WDR-Journalistin ihren Kommentar. “Ansonsten (…) wäre das jetzt der Moment auszusteigen. Das würde ich Polen, Ungarn und Tschechien auch empfehlen: aussteigen, die EU verlassen.”
Denn in der Union sei ein Ungleichgewicht entstanden, führte Schayani aus: “Die einen nehmen auf und die anderen gucken weg.” Das Solidar-Prinzip werde dadurch außer Gefecht gesetzt.
In einer Zeit der komplexer werdenden Probleme sei das nicht hinnehmbar. “Was wir Polen, Ungarn und Tschechien sagen sollten: ’Wir können nicht jeden Flüchtling reinlassen in die EU, der reinmöchte.”
Jeder Verfolgte müsse aber die Möglichkeit haben, Europa selbst um Asyl zu bitten. Die Journalistin findet: “Natürlich brauchen wir Verteilungsquoten, damit Griechenland oder Italien nicht zerbrechen. Was bedeutet Solidarität denn sonst?”
Wer nicht mitmachen wolle, solle sich eine andere Gemeinschaft suchen. “Sonst schwächt er die EU – und löst sie auf.”
So weitreichend sind die Überlegungen in Brüssel noch nicht.
Doch besonders die Bundesregierung verschärfte am Donnerstag noch einmal die Rhetorik gegenüber den Skeptikern der Verteilungspolitik, auf deren Seite sich zuletzt auch Ratspräsident Donald Tusk geschlagen hatte.
Kanzlerin Angela Merkel beharrt darauf, dass im Krisenfall alle EU-Staaten Flüchtlinge aufnehmen. Merkel erklärte in Brüssel, es gehe in Europa nicht nur um den Schutz der Außengrenzen: “Wir brauchen auch Solidarität nach innen.”
► Zur Flüchtlingspolitik hatte Tusk eine Grundsatzdebatte der Staats- und Regierungschefs angesetzt, weil die 28 Staaten seit Jahren keine gemeinsame Linie finden.
Mehrere östliche Staaten weigern sich, Asylsuchende aus den Mittelmeerländern Italien und Griechenland aufzunehmen. Als Tusk vor dem Gipfel nahelegte, das Prinzip der Umverteilung von Flüchtlingen aufzugeben, stach er in ein Wespennest.
Auch Österreichs Kanzler Christian Kern sagte: “Ich bin über die Formulierung von Tusk wirklich unglücklich.” Wenn man sich innerhalb der EU nur an Beschlüsse halte, wenn sie für das jeweilige Land vorteilhaft seien, werde die Zusammenarbeit nicht funktionieren.
Mit Material der dpa.
www.huffingtonpost.de/entry/eu-polen-ungarn-tagesthemen_de_5a32e54be4b0ff955ad14f65
Behaviour At Christmas Parties Affected By Harvey Weinstein And Sexual Harassment Scandals, Poll Finds
Workplace Christmas parties have been affected by the recent spate of sexual harassment scandals, with a quarter of male employees worried colleagues could misunderstand their behaviour at this year’s events, a new poll has revealed.
A ComRes poll for ITV News one in four people expect their Christmas party to be more subdued this year as a result of the Harvey Weinstein allegations that have rocked Hollywood, which spread Westminster and beyond, fuelled by campaigns such as #metoo.
It also found a quarter of women had experienced some form of sexual harassment at work during their career.
In signs the revelations will have a lasting effect on the UK workplace, the poll found men in particular saying they expect to take more care over general conversations at work (39%) and to tone down jokes (32%).
Men said they would also take more care over both socialising and physical contact with colleagues (34% and 31% respectively).
Last month, HuffPost UK spoke to women who described their everyday experiences of harassment at work, from the young woman up against the “Harvey Weinstein of the New York restaurant industry” to a temp worker who has nowhere to turn after a manager groped her behind.
CHRISTMAS PARTIES
* Around one in four people in employment say that the sexual harassment media stories will affect their Christmas party in some way * 31% say it will make them behave more cautiously around their colleagues (37% of men and 25% of women) * 26% say it makes them worried that their workplace might become less sociable (31% of men and 22% of women) * 24% say it makes them think that behaviour at this year’s party will be more subdued (28% men, 19% women) * One in five (20%) are worried that a colleague could misunderstand their behaviour at this year’s party (24% of men and 16% of women) * Seven percent say that their party has been shelved over sexual harassment concerns (9% men, 4% women)
While the proportion of women who have experienced sexual harassment at work is high at 25% (and men at 9%), the poll also reveals a greater willingness among women to report harassment (66% expect more reporting as a result), and an expectation among 32% of women of less sexual harassment in the workplace.
SEXUAL HARRASMENT
* 17% say they’ve experienced what they believe to be sexual harassment in the workplace or place of study – 9% of men and 25% of women * The older the person, the less likely they are to say they’ve experienced it – 22% of 18-24s but only 12% of 65+ * Just 4% say they’ve reported sexual harassment to their boss or to someone in authority (we’re asking for a filter to exclude those who haven’t experienced it) * 26% overall, and 31% of women (20% of men) say that the news stories of harassment make them more likely to report it in future; just 3% say they’d be less likely
Andrew Hawkins, chairman of ComRes, said:
“Workplace practices naturally evolve over time but the #metoo campaign has brought about a sudden change in what is considered acceptable. “Even if some feel uncertain about what this means day to day, or are worried about their own behaviour being misinterpreted at this year’s Christmas party, the campaign has clearly succeeded in forcing Britain’s workers to consider more carefully the impact of their behaviour on other people and to be ready to call out abuse when it happens.”
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/sexual-harassment_uk_5a32c67ae4b040881be8c414
Bermuda Could Become First Nation to Repeal Marriage Equality

The parliament of the Caribbean island voted this week to rescind marriage rights, months after they became legal.
Baile Dionisíaco #12 | Webert da Cruz
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O rito e o mito em existência visceral não esperam por carnaval.
Estouram no centro do concreto, nos antigos becos de uma subterrânea ratoeira.
Sons embalam renegados, por vezes mal amados fora – (Temer) desses tuneis que nos protegem de dias tão amargos.
Com ou sem roupa, com gêneros, com necessárias todas-as-cores, todos-os-amores e os tambores. Com respeito, com amor, calor, abraço, afeto, flor.
Por onze vezes chamamos Dionísio em sua casa, floresta-selva cheia de cor, luz, história, cheiro, sabor e poesia. Aqui somos tudo, do jeito que quisermos. Pulsando energia nova, despertando pra novos tempos. Novos sentidos.
Quem somos nós?
Da criação até as sequencias dos fatos, ainda não sabemos.
Somos o zodíaco, constelações, as fases da lua, sol, um novo planeta, incenso, ouro, lixo, luxo, divinos, descartáveis, vorazes, processos, ciclos…
Um ciclo que chegou ao 12, nascer, morrer, retornar.
(nos poros) ficamos sempre arrepiados com o gozo do nascimento de uma nova edição.
Somos reticências, vírgulas, aspas… Sem ponto final
Apenas
Somos
Eternos-plurais
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Paul Ryan, Salma Hayek, FCC, Truvada, DJ Earworm, Justin Bieber, Cheetos Popcorn, Loki, Disney-Fox: HOT LINKS

FCC. Net Neutrality repealed in 3-2 vote. “The agency scrapped so-called net neutrality regulations that prohibited broadband providers from blocking websites or charging for higher-quality service or certain content. The federal government will also no longer regulate high-speed internet delivery as if it were a utility, like phone services.”
PAUL RYAN. Looking for the exit? “Despite several landmark legislative wins this year, and a better-than-expected relationship with President Donald Trump, Ryan has made it known to some of his closest confidants that this will be his final term as speaker. He consults a small crew of family, friends and staff for career advice, and is always cautious not to telegraph his political maneuvers. But the expectation of his impending departure has escaped the hushed confines of Ryan’s inner circle and permeated the upper-most echelons of the GOP. In recent interviews with three dozen people who know the speaker—fellow lawmakers, congressional and administration aides, conservative intellectuals and Republican lobbyists—not a single person believed Ryan will stay in Congress past 2018.”
HER MONSTER TOO. Salma Hayek details horrific Harvey Weinstein ordeal: “Salma had to turn down the following requests allegedly made by Harvey: Taking a shower with him, letting him watch her take a shower, letting him give her a massage, letting a naked friend of his give her a massage, letting Harvey give her oral sex, and getting naked with another woman.” And Weinstein responded.
CHUCK SCHUMER. Right-wing trolls push fake document in attempt to smear Schumer: “Right-wing media trolls Mike Cernovich and Chuck Johnson promoted a forged document that accused Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) of sexually harassing a former staffer, then quickly walked back their claims when the document was reported to police as a forgery.”
FREE TRUVADA. For at-risk youths in Brazil: “The blue pill — which drastically reduces the risk of contracting the virus when taken daily — will be made available at no cost to eligible Brazilians at 35 public health clinics in 22 cities during an inaugural phase of the program. The Brazilian Health Ministry is paying Gilead Sciences, the American manufacturer of the drug, about 75 cents a dose, a fraction of the price users pay in the United States, where the pill sells for upward of $1,600 for a month’s supply.”
MERGERS. Disney to acquire majority of Fox in $52.4 billion deal: “The deal values the 21st Century Fox assets in the transaction at $66.1 billion, including $13.7 billion in 21st Century Fox debt, or $28 a share. The enterprise value of the deal is $69 billion. Disney chairman-CEO Bob Iger has extended his contract with the company for another two years, through the end of 2021, in order to oversee the integration of the assets. 21st Century Fox shareholders will receive 0.2745 Disney shares for each Fox share held, giving Fox shareholders about 25% of Disney. 21st Century Fox will spinoff Fox Broadcasting Co., Fox Sports, Fox News, Fox Television Stations and a handful of other assets into a new company that will have revenue of $10 billion and earnings of about $2.8 billion. The 20th Century Fox lot in Century City will also remain with the spinoff Fox company.”
JUSTIN BIEBER. Shirtless Christmas tree decorating.
VIRAL VIDEO. Father and son arrested after video showed them assaulting a teen together.
MARVEL. Loki will be pansexual and genderfluid in new YA novel:
Here is what I can say:
Loki is a canonically pansexual and gender fluid character.
So. t.co/frNftnhNHa— Mackenzi Lee (@themackenzilee) December 7, 2017
First, it’s about time the LGBT+ community was represented in superhero narratives.
Second, in the comics, Loki is reborn as a woman & uses female pronouns & often takes on female forms like the Scarlet Witch and Lady Sif. Odin calls him “my child who is both.”
So. t.co/1wBFxxSFmB— Mackenzi Lee (@themackenzilee) December 9, 2017
Loki is established as a pansexual genderfluid character in the Marvel comics. I’m not changing anything, just sticking to the canon. But so what if I was? Queer people need superheroes too. t.co/ciCJoi1f3z
— Mackenzi Lee (@themackenzilee) December 11, 2017
HEAVEN. Cheetos popcorn is coming to Regal movie theaters. “According to Frito-Lay, the cinema snack will be available from December 15. The recipe will see Original Cheetos mixed in with Crunchy Cheetos. Sadly there’s no mention of a Hot Cheetos spinoff.”
Humanity has peaked. pic.twitter.com/d4kKr0s2YY
— Chris Branch (@cbranch89) November 16, 2017
MASHUP OF THE DAY. DJ Earworm’s annual compilation of the year’s pop hits.
THIRSTY THURSDAY. Devin Harrison.
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Top-News To Go: EU verlängert Sanktionen gegen Putin – der zeigt sich unbeeindruckt

Die EU hat die Wirtschaftssanktionen gegen Russland abermals verlängert. Grund sind die unzureichenden Fortschritte im Friedensprozess für die Ukraine.
► Die Staats- und Regierungschefs der EU einigten sich am Donnerstagabend in Brüssel auf den Schritt, um den Druck auf Präsident Wladimir Putin zu erhöhen.
EU united on roll-over of economic sanctions on Russia.
— Donald Tusk (@eucopresident) December 14, 2017
► Die EU hatte die Sanktionen trotz Milliardenverlusten für heimische Unternehmen zuletzt im vergangenen Sommer bis zum 31. Januar 2018 verlängert.
► Sie sollen nun weitere sechs Monate gelten.
Experten gehen nach Angaben von Diplomaten davon aus, dass die Sanktionen Russland bereits einen dreistelligen Milliarden-Betrag gekostet haben. Doch auch die europäische Konjunktur wird in Mitleidenschaft gezogen.
Mit der Koppelung der Sanktionen an den Friedensplan wollen die EU-Staaten den russischen Präsidenten Wladimir Putin dazu bewegen, seinen Einfluss auf die prorussischen Separatisten in der Ostukraine stärker für eine Beilegung des Konfliktes zu nutzen.
Moskau hält die Strafmaßnahmen für ungerechtfertigt und hat im Gegenzug Einfuhrverbote für westliche Agrarprodukte wie Obst und Fleisch verhängt.
Deutschland trägt die Hautplast der Wirtschaftssanktionen. Das zeigt eine Untersuchung des Kieler Instituts für Weltwirtschaft (IfW).
Die Wissenschaftler kommen zum Ergebnis, dass die deutschen Exporte im Durchschnitt um rund 727 Millionen Dollar (618 Millionen Euro) pro Monat niedriger sind, als sie es ohne Sanktionen wären. Besonders Unternehmen im Osten Deutschlands klagen über Verluste.
Der russische Präsident Putin zeigte sich am Donnerstag (wohlgemerkt vor der Entscheidung) unbeeindruckt. Er erklärte auf einer internationalen Pressekonferenz, sein Land sei “stärker als je zuvor”.
www.huffingtonpost.de/entry/putin-eu-sanktionen_de_5a32d4c5e4b040881be8e173
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