Another totally natural death of a Russian citizen! It's definitely not suspicious or anything! Nope, nothing to see here, move along!

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russian-ballet-star-vladimir-shklyarov-found-dead-falling-apartment-ba-rcna180626

Investigators in Russia are looking into the death of Vladimir Shklyarov, a principal dancer at the world-famous Mariinsky Ballet in St. Petersburg, after he fell from an apartment block balcony and died at the age of 39.

Police in St. Petersburg, Russia’s second city, say initial information suggests his fall, which was discovered early on Saturday morning, was the result of an accident, state media have reported.

The Mariinsky said in a statement on Monday it would host a farewell ceremony for him on Thursday ahead of his funeral later that day and that members of the public were welcome to pay their respects to someone who was widely respected for his flair in executing the classical Russian ballet repertoire.

“He has forever inscribed his name in the history of world ballet,” the Mariinsky said, noting he had been the recipient in 2020 of a top state award for his artistry and taken leading roles in numerous productions.

Shklyarov was famous outside Russia too, having danced at the Royal Ballet in London and at the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich.

Irina Bartnovskaya, who runs a Telegram channel focused on ballet called “The Devil in Ballet Shoes,” was one of the first to publicize the death — part of which was captured on CCTV — on Saturday morning.

https://variety.com/2024/politics/news/robert-downey-jr-chris-evans-scarlett-johansson-avengers-endorse-kamala-harris-1236191714/
Mark Ruffalo, aka Hulk, gathered a group of his fellow Avengers to endorse Kamala Harris for President on Thursday.

“Don’t sit this one out. It’s the one where we will lose big: Project 2025, women’s reproductive rights, climate change, LGBTQIA+ rights, public education, student debt relief, Affordable Care Act, Social Security, and as of today, life saving vaccines. This shit is real and it’s going to come for you,” Ruffalo wrote on Twitter.

He posted a video that starts out with Scarlett Johansson, who says, “Thanks for jumping on the call,” as Don Cheadle says, “I think you mean assembling!” Also on the endorsement call were “Black Panther” star Danai Gurira, Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans.

“It is our pleasure to come together and to get the vote out this election,” says Gurira in the video. As the Avengers try to come up with a catchphrase for Kamala Harris, Gurira suggests, “Kamala Forever.”

Eventually they settle on “I’m Kamala Harris, and I’m down with democracy.” Though it’s doubtful the Vice President will adopt their suggested catchphrase at this point in her campaign, it couldn’t hurt to have some of the world’s most powerful superheroes in your corner.

Harris has previously been endorsed by a number of other celebrities, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Beyoncé, Sarah Jessica Parker, Drew Carey, Eminem, Andy Cohen, Ben Stiller, Willie Nelson, Cher, Mandy Patinkin, Marc Anthony, Mariska Hargitay, Lizzo, Anne Hathaway, Geraldo Rivera, Neil Young, Poorna Jagannathan, Dave Bautista, Jennifer Lawrence, Billie Eilish and more.

Normal people are revolting against the Democrat party of freak shows and circus acts
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/15/centrist-democrats-chair-dnc-00189933
Centrist Dems seize opening at the DNC: ‘I don’t want to be the freak show party’

Centrist Democrats are revolting.

As they begin to dissect their collapse in the presidential election, some Democratic National Committee members are concluding that the party is too “woke,” too focused on identity politics and too out of touch with broad stretches of America.

Those existential concerns, according to interviews with more than two dozen DNC members, are shaping the earliest stages of the race for DNC chair and, in the absence of a formal party autopsy, blame-casting among members about the causes of Vice President Kamala Harris’ defeat.

“The progressive wing of the party has to recognize — we all have to recognize — the country’s not progressive, and not to the far left or the far right. They’re in the middle,” said Joseph Paolino Jr., DNC committeeman for Rhode Island. “I’m going to look for a chair who’s going to be talking to the center and who’s going to be for the guy who drives a truck back home at the end of the day.”

Or as one DNC member from Florida put it: “I don’t want to be the freak show party, like they have branded us. You know, when you’re a mom with three kids, and you live in middle America and you’re just not really into politics, and you see these ads that scare the bejesus out of you, you’re like, ‘I know Trump’s weird or whatever, but I would rather his weirdness that doesn’t affect my kids.’"

https://nypost.com/2024/11/13/us-news/corey-burke-hacked-father-to-death-after-trumps-election-night-victory/

A space rocket program manager butchered her father with an ice ax on election night after a breakdown following President-elect Donald Trump’s victory — and was found smiling and clapping, covered in her loved one’s blood, cops said.

Corey Burke considered the bloody rampage — in which she allegedly strangled, bit and hacked her 67-year-old father in the $800,000 Seattle home they shared — an “act of liberation,” charging documents allege.

Burke, 33, is a training program manager at Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ spacecraft company, according to her LinkedIn, and is married to prominent transgender writer Samantha Leigh Allen, public records show.

https://abc7ny.com/post/food-insecurity-study-finds-1-3-new-yorkers-uses-pantry-amid-affordability-crisis/15556743/
In NYC, which has a democrat mayor, eric adams, and before that had a democrat mayor de Blasio, a democrat governor Hochul and before that democrat Cuomo. a Democrat president, biden with a democrat senate lead by ny senator chuck schumer,
1 in 3 NYC residents cannot afford food and needs to go to a food bank. that is 2 times as many as before the pandemic.
bernie sanders must be proud. this is a socialist ideal, to have people so fucking poor they are starving and need food banks. Great job biden and the dems for causing this inflation

https://www.actionnews5.com/2024/11/13/sheriffs-deputy-fired-charged-with-killing-7-dogs-during-animal-welfare-check/
I think we can all agree this is the worst thing an American cop has ever done

https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/johnson-county-neighbors-seek-answers-as-roads-crumble-in-their-development/

A group of Johnson County neighbors built their dream homes in a new development, only to watch the roads begin to crumble within a few years. They say the issue is further compounded because no one is taking responsibility for the repairs.

"It's just really frustrating because everyone's just pointing fingers instead of someone taking responsibility," said Sarah Birchmeier. She and her husband built their home for their growing family in March 2022. "The goal is for this to be a forever home," she said.

Just down the street is the country sanctuary of Paula Woods' dreams.

"It's supposed to be my retirement home," Woods said. "But unfortunately for me, every time it rains, pieces of the road actually go into my yard."

The streets in their neighborhood are falling apart. Massive potholes mark the main intersection at Rock Dove Road and Scissor Tail Drive.

"It's continuously getting worse and worse, and as you can see, it is actually undrivable at this point," said Woods.

The neighbors keep hitting dead ends with every attempt to get the roads fixed. Each municipality in Texas has its own rules and standards when it comes to the construction and maintenance of public roads. This neighborhood is outside both Godley and Joshua city limits, so they're not responsible for servicing the streets. As it turns out, neither is Johnson County.

"Everyone says the county should fix it, but the county is saying the developer should fix it," Birchmeier said. According to the county, this problem falls on the developer, Silveroak Realty. County commissioners approved the final plat in 2018, giving Silveroak Realty the ability to start selling lots, with the caveat that streets were built to county specifications.

the Trump Dance is spreading like a wildfire
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-dance-full-list-us-athletes-1988047
Full List of US Athletes Who Have Done the 'Trump Dance'
Since Donald Trump won the election, various U.S. athletes have been adopting the "Trump Dance" to celebrate major plays in their relevant sports.

Trump has been dancing at rallies and other various events for years, which consists of shaking his hips from side to side with his arms in a similar rhythm. In February, Trump's deputy director of communications shared a video of him dancing with cheerleaders and a high school marching band as part of the Super Bowl LVIII celebrations.

In October, the Republican decided to stop taking questions from the audience at a Trump town hall event in Oaks, Pennsylvania, and instead played music for 39 minutes. According to The Washington Post, "some in the crowd began to leave" after Trump said he wouldn't be taking any more questions at the town hall and instead told his team to play a succession of nine songs as he at times danced on stage.

Now several sports stars busted out the move to celebrate big plays and here, Newsweek has rounded them up.

Christian Pulisic
Soccer player Christian Pulisic, who is a star of the United States men's national team, is the latest professional athlete to celebrate on the field by performing the Donald Trump dance. On Monday night, he and some of his teammates moved their arms and hips like the president-elect after Pulisic scored the opening goal in the United States' 4-2 victory over Jamaica.

"Well obviously that's the Trump dance," Pulisic said when asked about the viral moves, per The Athletic. "It was just a dance that everyone's doing. He's the one who created it. I just thought it was funny."

He added: "I saw everyone doing it yesterday in the NFL, I saw Jon Jones do it. We're just having a bit of fun, so I thought it was a pretty fun dance."