Honey Graduates + Diddy Doomsday + RIP Pink Taco + The New Assault On Al Jazeera + VICE is Broke + Emmy's 2.0 + Louisiana Lana
I feel like it’s been sooo long (two weeks!) since we caught up over here. So much has happened… Netflix now has ads, Honey graduated from doggy school two points above failing. She also bit the teacher and can officially add “bite risk” to her resume. Like, blood dripping from her hand and me on the verge of fainting. Honey also stepped on a bee and is also learning about dog parks (finally). If you ever wonder why I’m not online, it’s because I’m literally trying not to pass out in the middle of whatever Honey crisis is scheduled for the week. Literally spent a day looking for real bootcamps to ship her off to, then pouting because how could I ever send her off. She’s about 10 steps forward and 3 steps back at this point. Monumental progress. She rightfully loves dogs more than she likes humans, which is completely understandable considering all she’s been through. Also, I can’t remember everything, but wasn’t there also heatwave, then an earthquake, and also everything was on fire? We’re OK now. On to this week’s issue.
(Her teacher was thankfully understanding and Honey is not banned from future courses, no need yet for us to start the Honey legal fund).
It’s been a busy week for my favorite maniac. I first started smelling something funky last September, raising flags about the suspiciously abrupt change of heart that led him to actually, finally pay former Bad Boy artists for their work. What could possibly be driving Diddy’s need to heavilyyyyy publicize this new “generous” era? Just weeks later, as Cassie’s lawsuit dropped, we got our answer.
A lot has happened since then — almost half dozen new lawsuits, an FBI raid, the leak of his violent hotel attack on Cassie, and now, jail. Let’s recap this week in Diddy:
Diddy randomly spotted loitering around Central Park and …playing hacky sack?
Diddy’s lawyer presents a wildly desperate bail package, which gets denied
He did get at least one “win” this week — that $100M judgement from two weeks ago gets thrown out
RIP Pink Taco. Thank you for the weak drinks, room temperature queso, periodic food poisoning, and for being the most regrettable pitstop on my post-work Happy Hour loop (starring Chateau, Tower Bar, and Saddle Ranch). (Eater)
“If they stop doing it [killing us], we can stop reporting on it.” — Zein Basravi, Al Jazeera Bureau Chief
Yesterday, Israel army officers stormed the offices of Al Jazeera’s West Bank outpost in Ramallah, forcing the journalists who’ve been diligently reporting their war crimes, off the air. Predictably done in an attempt to stall reporting on Israel’s new plan to advance from the now-decimated Gaza Strip onto destroying the West Bank.
“After shutting down Al Jazeera in Jerusalem, the Israeli government has ordered the closure of our offices in Ramallauh. Where we are now, in the occupied West Bank, is the core news-gathering hub from where Al Jazeera has carried out uninterrupted storytelling spanning three decades. In that time, our journalists have worked to bring our viewers stories of the Palestinian experience. Everything from home demolitions to air strikes, raids and assassinations, the construction of separation barriers, and the absurdity of occupation in the 21st century. The expansion of illegal settlements and the terror of settle violence. The humiliation and economic burden of checkpoints. The suffering of thousands of incarcerated Palestinians and the impact on their families. The pain and anger of people that UN officials have described as “living under apartheid.” (Al Jazeera English)
Footage of the raids captured below becomes even more terrifying when you remember the hundreds of journalists, both accredited and guerrilla, this army has targeted and killed in the last year alone.
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