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Black Activist Was Working Out When He Learned Texas Deputy Had Been Executed

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 He Issued This ‘Challenge’ to Obama on the Spot A video that features black activist Joe Evans, the former vice-chairman and executive director of the Jefferson County Republican Party in Texas, calling for President Barack Obama to  “denounce the black lives matter movement” has gone viral. Evans, who is running for Jefferson County Commissioner, posted the clip on his Facebook page on Saturday after learning a bout the murder of Harris County Sheriff’s Office Debuty Darren Goforth on Friday night. “Unfortunately, my workout was cut short when I saw that another officer was assassinated last night,” Evans said in the short clip.  “And many people will blame it on us not taking a serious approach to mental health, or we need stricter gun laws.” He continued, “But I think we should start by denouncing the black lives movement.” Evans went on to say that it is problematic for any one group to publicly proclaim that “their lives are better than a

The Philippines Aren’t Letting Chris Brown Leave And He’s Really Upset About It

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Chris Brown has issued a plea to President Obama for help leaving the Philippines, where he has been banned from leaving for the past three days. The singer has been documenting his time trapped in the country on Instagram and it has made headlines around the world – but Filipino officials are not backing down. Their argument is that Brown has still not compensated them for a concert he cancelled on New Year’s eve last year.  He was due to board his private jet for a flight to Hong Kong on Tuesday, but has been stuck in Manilla since. His first Instagram videos documenting the incident show him joking around about the situation, clearly believing he will soon be released, but the third video – seemingly aimed at   Barack Obama – shows the 26-year-old on his knees saying, “Please, please, let us leave, please,” but it has since been deleted. The complaint in question was filed against Brown and his promoter by religious group Maligaya Development Cor

The Interview and Kim Jong-un farce is no laughing matter

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I don't think it's a publicity stunt. I just think that a really bad film got lucky So it turns out that The Interview – the world’s most over-hyped movie since Ishtar – is a pile of poo… who’d have thunk it? I’m not a huge fan of Seth Rogen and James Franco at the best of times.  The idea that they might have somehow made a biting satirical comedy that both exposes and ridicules the hideous Pyongyang regime was the only laughable thing about the whole affair. I’m a total anti-conspiracy theorist type of guy. I can’t, however, stop thinking that, just possibly, the Sony HackingGate affair might just be the world’s greatest publicity stunt? There are queues round the block now to see this awful movie.  These defiant punters are showing Pyongyang that “nobody tells me what shit to see …” Meanwhile all Sony have to do is release some “embarrassing” stuff from in-house emails that allows them to say what they really think about their pampered stars?