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☆ Military Veteran Rates 10 Iraq War Battle Scenes in Movies and TV
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Ian Phillips | David Ibekwe | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Jay Dorleus, an Iraq War veteran, looks at how the Iraq War is portrayed in movies and TV shows. He examines how PTSD is portrayed in "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" (2016), starring Joe Alwyn, Vin Diesel, and Kristen Stewart. He explains what urban warfare in Iraq was like, as seen in "Stop-Loss" (2008), starring Ryan Phillippe, Channing Tatum, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt; and "Generation Kill" (2008), starring Alexander Skarsgård. Finally, he breaks down the infamous "Triangle of Death," as portrayed in "War Dogs" (2016), starring Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, and Ana de Armas. Follow Jay Dorleus:https://www.youtube.com/@GreenBeretChronicleshttps://www.instagram.com/green_beret_chronicles/Veterans who have been affected by PTSD can contact the PTSD Foundation of America at ptsdusa.org or the Wounded Warrior Project at woundedwarriorproject.org.

Persons: Jay Dorleus, Clint Eastwood's, Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, John Cena, Aaron Taylor, Johnson, Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Brendan Gleeson, Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Guy Pearce, Denzel Washington's, Michael B, Tom Holland, Billy Lynn's, Joe Alwyn, Vin Diesel, Kristen Stewart, Ryan Phillippe, Channing Tatum, Joseph Gordon, Levitt, Alexander Skarsgård, Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Ana de Armas Organizations: Jordan, Veterans, of America Locations: Iraq, ptsdusa.org, woundedwarriorproject.org

☆ Snake Expert Rates 11 Snake Attacks and Bites in Movies
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Ian Phillips | Benjamin Nigh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Sara Ruane, a reptile and amphibian curator at the Field Museum, rates snake attacks in movies based on their realism. She separates fact from fiction regarding whether you can suck venom out of a snake bite in "Babylon" (2022), starring Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt, and "True Grit" (2010), starring Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, and Matt Damon. She breaks down the differences between venomous and nonvenomous snakes in "Snakes on a Plane" (2006), starring Samuel L. Jackson, Kenan Thompson, and Julianna Margulies. She looks at the way different characters seek to treat snake bites in Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill: Vol. She talks about how antivenom works in "Bullet Train" (2022), starring Brad Pitt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Bad Bunny.

Persons: Sara Ruane, Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt, Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon, Jon Voight, Jennifer Lopez, Harry Potter, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Alan Rickman, Harrison Ford, Samuel L, Jackson, Kenan Thompson, Julianna Margulies, Quentin Tarantino's, Uma Thurman, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, Matthew McConaughey, Aaron Taylor, Johnson Organizations: Field Museum, Raiders, Reptiles Department

FORT LAUDERDALE Fla. (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board said Saturday it will investigate two crashes involving Florida's Brightline train that killed three people at the same railroad crossing on the high speed train's route between Miami and Orlando. Friday's crash killed driver Lisa Ann Batchelder, 52, and passenger Michael Anthony Degasperi, 54, both of Melbourne. On Wednesday, 62-year-old Charles Julian Phillips was killed when the vehicle he was driving was hit by the train. Melbourne Mayor Paul Alfrey told reporters at the scene that the SUV tried to outrun the train. “I start by saying if the arm is down don’t go around,” Alfrey told Orlando television station WKMG.

Persons: Brightline, Lisa Ann Batchelder, Michael Anthony Degasperi, Charles Julian Phillips, Melbourne Mayor Paul Alfrey, ” Alfrey, “, Sarah Taylor Sulick, That’s Organizations: Transportation Safety, Associated Press, Melbourne police, Melbourne Mayor, Orlando, NTSB, “, Press, U.S, Caltrain Locations: LAUDERDALE Fla, Miami, Orlando, Melbourne, South Florida

☆ Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores 31 as Thunder take down Bulls
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/45] Oct 25, 2023; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago Bulls forward Julian Phillips (15) arrives at United Center before a basketball game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Acquire Licensing RightsOctober 26 - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander recorded 31 points and 10 assists to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 124-104 victory over the host Chicago Bulls in the season opener for both teams on Wednesday night. Josh Giddey registered 16 points, six rebounds and six assists for Oklahoma City, which outscored Chicago 45-26 over the final 15-plus minutes. Oklahoma City shot 54.9 percent from the field, including 19 of 39 from 3-point range. Chicago scored the next six points, including DeRozan's basket to open the fourth quarter, to cut its deficit to seven.

Persons: Julian Phillips, Kamil Krzaczynski, Shai Gilgeous, Alexander, Josh Giddey, Jalen Williams, Isaiah Joe, DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine, Coby White, Nikola Vucevic, Chet Holmgren, Holmgren's, Cason Wallace, signee Torrey Craig, Joe, Craig, Vucevic, Gilgeous, Wallace, trey, DeRozan Organizations: Chicago Bulls, United Center, Oklahoma City Thunder, Oklahoma City, Chicago, Thunder, Bulls, Chicago . Oklahoma City, NBA, Thomson Locations: Chicago , Illinois, USA, Oklahoma

☆ Opinion | Put ‘Succession’ in the TV Pantheon
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Ross Douthat | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Then, too, the show’s judgment on elites can be read in two distinct ways, one more left-wing and one more right-wing. This consciousness came with varying levels of self-delusion, and none of these shows fully forgave their protagonists in the end. But the possibility of redemption existed for them at least notionally, and I think that’s why “Succession” seems like such an outlier among its peers. I think this critique is partially fair, and that, along with the strengths I described above, there is a savage superficiality to some of the characterizations in “Succession” that’s beneath the psychological level achieved on other famous TV dramas. When it comes to the desire for redemption and honesty and love, though, I’m not sure “Succession” is as barren as Phillips seems to suggest.

Persons: Kendall Roy’s, Logan, Tom Wambsgans, Roy, Naipaul, ”, Damon Linker’s, Brian Phillips’s, Tony Soprano, Walter White, Don Draper, There’s, Hank, Peggy Olson, I’m, Phillips, Shiv Roy, Shiv, Tom Organizations: “ Locations: Swedish

☆ Prince Harry and Meghan's security detail says car chase 'could have been fatal'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Max Foster | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A member of the security team protecting Prince Harry and Meghan has described a “chaotic” chase in New York involving paparazzi photographers on Tuesday, saying it could have ended with fatalities. Sanchez said he “was concerned about the principals (Prince Harry and Meghan) but more about the public because they (the paparazzi) were being so erratic. We did everything by the letter of law.”Harry and Meghan switched cars during the car chase, Sanchez said. A member of Prince Harry and Meghan's security detail told CNN a car chase involving paparazzi photographers in New York on Tuesday "could have been fatal." Selcuk Acar/Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesPrince Harry has been outspoken about the security of his family, often comparing his wife’s treatment to that of his mother, Diana.

☆ It Would Be Hard for Ukraine to Lose the War to Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-07 | by ( Holman W. Jenkins | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

World War II revisionist historian Phillips O’Brien has been fighting the good fight lately on Twitter, upholding the thesis of his 2015 magnum opus, “How the War Was Won.” To wit, Russia’s contribution to victory in the world war was relatively minor after all. German weapons and materiel consumed in battle on the eastern front calculate out to a modest fraction of those destroyed or prevented from being created by the Western air and naval war against Germany’s productive capacity. He turns on its head an old belief that allied bombing was ineffective because Nazi production for a time continued to grow in absolute terms. Mr. O’Brien suggests the effect on potential output is what matters. According to Mr. O’Brien’s figures, the lion’s share of resources went to the Luftwaffe and German navy even at the height of the ground campaign in the east.

☆ 'Context switching is the mind-killer': Elon Musk shared a strange, altered quote from 'Dune' as he juggles leading Twitter with running 4 other companies
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk has three times shared an altered version of a famous quote from sci-fi classic "Dune." "Fear is not the mind-killer, context-switching is the mind-killer," Musk tweeted Wednesday. Context switching is the mind-killer," altering the words of a famous passage from the sci-fi series: "Fear is not the mind-killer." Musk's altered quote is taken to mean that switching tasks and contexts repeatedly can be mind-numbing, while maintaining focus on one task is the real winner. The scene Musk posted to Twitter shows the sect member ordering Atreides to put his hand in a box filled with "pain."

☆ NYPD confirms it is investigating the deaths of 2 gay men earlier this year
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Matt Lavietes | Matt Lavietes Is A Reporter For Nbc Out. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The New York City Police Department confirmed Monday that it is investigating a string of robberies and assaults that may be connected to the deaths of two gay men earlier this year shortly after they left gay bars in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood. In April, Ramirez, a 25-year-old social worker, was found dead in the back of a taxi an hour after being seen leaving the Ritz Bar and Lounge with three unidentified men. About a month later, Umberger, a 33-year-old political consultant, was found dead after he and two unidentified men left another popular Hell's Kitchen gay bar, the Q. The unidentified men transferred about $20,000 out of Umberger's bank accounts and maxed out his credit cards, according to Umberger's mother, Linda Clary, who also believes her son was drugged. Neither a representative for Bottcher's office nor for the New York County District Attorney’s Office immediately responded to a request for comment.

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