Horrible situation in Shreveport, Louisiana:
Apparently it was domestic violence and some of the kids killed his own.
He [police officer] said that some of the children inside one of the residences where the shooting happened were descendants of the gunman.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/us/shreveport-mass-shooting-dead-children.html
Why, oh, why, won’t these rage monsters off themselves first rather than destroying everyone in their lives? They rampage, then flee; do they really expect to get away with it?
Sell the estate and send the proceeds to France. The sons don’t deserve a dime.
In recent months, I’ve seen the phrase “I choose the bear”, regarding an hypothetical question, “would a woman rather see a random man in the woods, or a bear?” It has to do with how likely one would be believed were either to attack, and that question made me think of this horrific report, which to my knowledge isn’t on the Dope yet. I actually considered starting a thread of its own, but those don’t usually end well for me regardless of the topic. There are tons of links, and this is the first one I landed on that wasn’t an op-ed piece. Many people are interpreting “62 million hits” as “62 million users”, which I personally have not. Trigger alert: It’s a site, presumably on the dark web, about how to drug one’s wife, or other partners, into unconsciousness, rape them, and get away with it, presumably inspired by that terrible story from France.
https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/readers-opinion/guest-commentary/article315449750.html
This commentary also has actual video footage of the “bear attacks.”
I remember reading back in the 1980s that auto insurance fraud cost every American $200 a year. Not every driver, EVERY AMERICAN. According to the Inflation Calculator, that would be, depending on the year, a range from $532.60 to $801.49. I don’t think I even pay $801 a year for my own coverage, but I’m a low risk driver, and nevertheless, I find it believable. The video does contain profanity.
MrBeast, come on down!
As reported by the Los Angeles Times, in a lawsuit filed on April 22 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, former employee Lorrayne Mavromatis alleged she was subjected to sexual harassment and was then demoted when she complained. She also claims she was forced to join a conference call while giving birth and was expected to work during her maternity leave…
In the lawsuit, Mavromatis claims the company’s previous CEO, James Warren, would allegedly force her to meet him at his private home for one-on-one meetings and would often comment on her looks. When Mavromatis asked the then-CEO why she never got to work with MrBeast, she was allegedly told that “she is a beautiful woman and her appearance had a certain sexual effect on Jimmy,” and “Let’s just say that when you’re around and he goes to the restroom, he’s not actually using the restroom.”
Mavromatis claimed that Beast Industries didn’t have a proper process for employees to report such issues, and instead, employees were expected to follow the company’s handbook entitled “How To Succeed In MrBeast Production.” The lawsuit claims that this handbook says “It’s okay for the boys to be childish,” “if talent wants to draw a dick on the white board in the video or do something stupid, let them,” and “No does not mean no.”
Saw this coming. There have been allegations of misconduct against him and his company for years.
The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From The Tree, or More Fast Times on Long Island.
But let’s not rush to judgement. Maybe dad was simply helping his kid get better grades in Chemistry class.
“Give me an A or this place goes sky high!!!”
At least they didn’t first come to the authorities’ attention by their house, and some of the neighbors’ houses, disappearing in a sudden cloud of smoke and debris.
All too often the family that makes bombs together blows up together. So they have togetherness as they’re being smithereened.
North Carolinians in the news for allegedly planning out-of-state mayhem:
Dad of the 18-year-old says she’s just a fantasy video game player and it’s a big fuss over nothing.
Damn.
The problem with Kash Patel’s FBI is that it is entirely plausible that they arrested a random teen for no good reason. Without further details it’s hard to give them the benefit of the doubt.
It’s likely that Old Wild Eyes didn’t know about the investigation until agents and local police were ready to make the bust.
I’m not claiming she’s innocent. I’m just much more likely to reserve judgement at present.
While that’s true, the amount of turmoil and reassigning to the Trump-fixation-of-the-day that seems to be happening at the FBI gives us little confidence that the ones who did make the bust have the experience and judgment to do that investigation correctly.
Well, could be they’re wrongly accused in both cases.
They say that “Kill As Many Jews As Possible” is a very addictive video game, along with “Kill De Black People”. 
Garrett Morris is feeling a bit nervous right now.
I don’t think the FBI is that politicized all the way down. Yet.
If it had been, they’d have found a way to look the other way about these folks who want to commit atrocities against what the WhiteXian fascists consider to be the Horde of Inferiors.
I saw a thread on another product about grocery products that can’t seem to be given away, and one item was the Mr. Beast line of snack products, IIRC things like crackers, cheese, and meat, like nobody else has tried to market those before.
OK, first of all: It’s alleged in the lawsuit that the company handbook says that? Hasn’t the reporter gotten ahold of a copy of the company handbook? This shouldn’t be something that needs to have an “alleged” next to it.
And second: The evil is granted, but just how stupid do you have to be to actually put that in your company handbook? That’s just asking for punitive damages of “the plaintiffs now own 100% of the company”.