Reuters: 'Unprecedented treachery': Democratic Party sues Trump campaign, WikiLeaks, Russia

Suit filed by the Democratic Party in federal court in Manhattan alleges "that top Trump campaign officials conspired with the Russian government and its military spy agency to hurt Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and tilt the election to Trump by hacking Democratic Party computers."

I don't know how a suit against a country is going to be able to go ahead. Call me paranoid, but this might just be an instrumentality to get some Republican Party documents into the public record by way of the legal discovery process.

...D.C. Cherry Trees Flagrantly Displaying Reproductive Organs

WASHINGTON—Expressing outrage at the crude, depraved perennials throughout the nation’s capitol, Vice President Mike Pence was reportedly horrified Tuesday by the D.C. cherry trees flagrantly displaying their reproductive organs for all to see. “Oh, no, this is completely disgusting,” said a visibly agitated Pence, who rushed around urging nearby pedestrians to keep their heads bowed so as to avoid catching a glimpse of the exhibitionistic flora.

Read the rest at (where else?) The Onion.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/18/us/puerto...index.html

Quote:Puerto Rico has suffered an island-wide power outage, Puerto Rico's power authority said Wednesday -- nearly seven months after Hurricane Maria destroyed much of the island's infrastructure and its electrical grid.
An excavator operated by a contractor apparently caused the outage, according to the authority, which estimated that power will be restored within 24 to 36 hours.

(don't know whether this belongs in GenChat or Politics)

Saudi Arabia's 35-year cinema ban ends today with Black Panther screening

"Event will be followed by a rush to build up to 40 AMC cinemas across the country"

Today's screening is an invitation-only affair, but it isn't being held at an embassy. This is important because movies contain depictions of humans, which some people in the Middle East say is a sin... including, until recently, the rulers of Saudi Arabia.

Also according to that article, it looks like women will be allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia later this year.

And by here I mean it's in my hands & the main bluray title card's on loop while I'm typing here -and blocking the textbox thanks to powerdvd being on top. So yeah I've watched it and liked it, the OFLC will probably RC it as it stands, due to the production teams henshin fetish. I'm having trouble placing it in the timeline as it's apparently 2-3 years after the first movie everyone's still hanging around Earth (unadministered world 97) enough to warrant TSAB setting up a local office in TOKYO!! And yeah they took the Nanoha is a Gundam meme and ran with it as she fought giant robots & received a few upgrades. Then the darn thing ends on a cliffhanger. Aggh, the waiting resumes.

Edit: from here https://www.elevenarts.net/animedistrbut...reflection some of you may've caught it on the silver screen & looking at the other movies that company screened I'm thinking I've missed some that might've been done by one of the local distribs (saw Sword Art Online - Ordinal Scale with not seeing a bit of the source).

Eiffel 65's song, but not their performance. Game footage is good for AMVs, right?



(Cover by Max Raabe & Palast Orchester.)

A 500-year-old Scottish castle, yet.

Multiple news sources are reporting that North and South Korea will be declaring a permanent end to the state of war which has existed between them since 1950, and defortifying the DMZ.

CNBC
USA Today
Bloomberg.com

I read this last night, and meant to post a link this morning.  The editorial board of the New York Times has published a short but powerful op-ed position piece warning against the President's intent to shut down Mueller and his investigation and putting Republicans on notice about what will happen if they continue to passively or actively support him.

The New York Times Wrote:Make no mistake: If Mr. Trump takes such drastic action, he will be striking at the foundation of the American government, attempting to set a precedent that a president, alone among American citizens, is above the law.

Is anyone else interested in this one shot book:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jawbr...ic-novel#/

Written by Diversity & Comics from YouTube

Basically Zack created the book to go up against SJW Marvel.

It only needed $5,000 to come out  It is way past that.  So, it is going to come out.