evening clickbait: Catching Fire is first film with female lead to top annual box office in 40 years; how to isolate the U.S. culturally and artistically

Sun, Jan 12, 2014

• Which clueless idiot will be the first to utter “See, women are doing just fine in Hollywood!”? “‘Catching Fire’ Is The First Film With A Female Lead To Top The Annual Box Office In 40 Years” [BuzzFeed]

• If you wanted to isolate the US culturally and artistically, this is one way to go about it. “Outrage at JFK as Customs men smash a musician’s instruments” [Slipped Disc]

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LaSargenta

Sun, Jan 12, 2014 9:53pm

Oh hell.

RogerBW

Mon, Jan 13, 2014 11:59am

Everyone I know who works in tech has already decided never to travel to the US if at all possible. Laptop searches? What is this, China?

Law enforcement in the US, and to a lesser extent in the UK (though they’re doing their best to catch up), is simply out of control through unaccountability. And kids these days don’t even realise that Judge Dredd was meant to be a parody.