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Current events: November 22, 2024

Spotlight: Powerful, Poorly Aimed Review of Spotlight, directed by Tom McCarthy, Open Road Films, 2015. (Movie review, Bernie Najarian) Is Gender Off The Table for New Zealand When It Comes To Sex Crimes With The Young? Is it possibly a good thing that in this case gender was seen as having no role to play in finding this adult guilty; usually it does and women gain much less punitive legal outcomes than males for similar criminal acts. (News article, Peter Hoo) Chris Wittwer and the Nigel Oldfield lynch mob Friday, Aug. 7, Maltby, a suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. A rumor was getting around on social media.“Paedo!” the people were typing to each other, or “peado!”, as the case may be. Lydia Reed was typing to her friend Gemma Johnston on Facebook: “I didnt fkin realise he lived at the top of this road, fumin walk every day with my kids to skool.”Another neighbor, Carly Louise, got in on the horror: “He just got on our bus and we have 4 young kids with us.” Then local freelance news photographer Ryan Booth perked up his online ears. “What bus is that?” he messaged. The lynch mob was underway. (News article, Bernie Najarian) Brian Way of Azov Films convicted. Graham James, no. 1 Canada pedo,100% AOC-compliant! (News article, Bernie Najarian) Duggar:Atheists tout youth registry over 'virtue' - The Josh Duggar scandal in American politics today has caused what Star Wars fans would call 'a disturbance in the force.' (News article, Bernie Najarian)