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April 21, 2021

And They Didn't Even Get Killed!

Two women tried to pass a fake $1,000,000 bill in a Dollar General.

Source: MSN

Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/two-women-get-caught-trying-to-use-a-fake-1-million-bill-at-dollar-general/ar-BB1fPo7l?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds

Excerpt: According to WREG Memphis, the incident occurred at a Dollar General store in Maryville, a suburb of Knoxville. The two women reportedly tried using the bill to pay for numerous gift cards, and, when confronted, they claimed they not to have known the bill was fraudulent.


An employee, however, easily identified $1 million as fake, according to UNILAD, because $1 million bills do not exist in U.S. currency. The employee reportedly called authorities around 10 a.m. to report the "suspicious incident."

Of the two women, 39-year-old Amanda McCormick is the suspect who appeared to originally be in possession of the fake bill. When officers questioned McCormick, she explained that she "received the one million dollar bill in the mail from a church." However, she "could not provide the church information."

April 16, 2021

Here We Go Again

Another day, another mass shooting.

Source: Washington Post

Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/04/16/indianapolis-fedex-shooting-airport/

Excerpt:
By
Teo Armus
April 16, 2021 at 1:34 a.m. EDT
Multiple people were shot late Thursday at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, police said.
Just after 11 p.m., Indianapolis police officers responded to reports of shots fired at the facility at 8951 Mirabel Road, police said early on Friday.
As officers arrived, they came in contact with an active shooter, said Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Officer Genae Cook. The suspect then apparently killed himself, Cook said.

April 2, 2021

This Audio Clip of John Boehner Telling Ted Cruz to "Go Fuck" Himself Is Really Delightful

I couldn't agree more!

Source: Mother Jones
Link: https://www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/2021/04/john-boehner-to-ted-cruz-go-fuck-yourself/
Excerpt:
By Abigail Weinberg

It was reported earlier this year that, while recording his audiobook, former Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) occasionally randomly veered from the script to tell off Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). Specifically, he told Cruz, “Go fuck yourself.”

Now, Axios released the audio. It’s real, and it’s spectacular. Listen:

“Freedom,” Boehner says, “means you’re free to reach as high as you want no matter where you came from, even if you’re a little kid sweeping a bar out in southwest Ohio. Take it from me. You’ll never know where you’ll end up. That’s freedom. I’ll raise a glass to that any day. P.S. Ted Cruz, go fuck yourself.”

April 1, 2021

Church barred woman from fishing trip because male pastor wanted to avoid 'false accusations'

I guess they figured she would just be too much of a temptress, all sweaty and covered in fish scales and goo.

Full Title: Church barred woman from fishing trip because male pastor wanted to avoid ‘false accusations’ of sexual misconduct
Source: WaPo
Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2021/03/31/church-fishing-trip-sexual-misconduct/
Excerpt:
By Marisa Iati
March 31, 2021 at 10:11 p.m. EDT

Always the outdoor enthusiast, Emily Smaniotto was thrilled to enter a church raffle for a bow-fishing trip. But her excitement faded quickly when she was told that an insurmountable issue stood in the way of winning: her gender.
“I remember the word ‘Really?’ coming out of my mouth,” Smaniotto, 27, said. “And I heard another woman say, ‘Are you serious?’ ”
The issue, church leaders said, was that a woman’s presence on the trip could lead to a bogus accusation of sexual misconduct. The guest pastor who raffled off the opportunity was simply protecting himself, they said.

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