>A bitter almond.
Is it activated?
>Are these stories about NXIVM being reported by MSM other than in print?
New York TV stations are all over it.
http:// wnyt.com/news/fbi-raids-waterford-home-in-connection-to-nxivm-investigation-keith-raniere/4842157/
http:// archive.is/zK4JO
>Authorities were inside a Halfmoon house on Tuesday, after the leader of the secretive Clifton Park group NXIVM was arrested in Mexico.
>Keith Raniere is due in court in Texas on Tuesday. He's facing sex-trafficking charges after allegedly running a pyramid with levels of "slaves".
>Raniere heads NXIVM, which is pitched as a self-improvement group.
>According to a federal court complaint, sorority members are made to give collateral, like nude pictures, to join the group. They're threatened that the collateral will be released if they don't follow orders. Some were required to have sex with Raniere.
Too many people were asking about his rap career and asking if he liked the new Angus burger.
>‘Rainbow Cultural Garden’
https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Order_of_the_Rainbow_for_Girls
>Let's see if they flee to Canada like the Haitians.
The only reason the Haitians headed north is because of the large community in French-speaking Quebec.
The way to engage /pol/ is to not take yourself too seriously.
Ever seen Mel Brooks' The Producers?
>Sean Penn
>smoking
Made me think of this
http:// www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/hotel-fined-over-penn-s-smoking-at-toronto-film-festival-1.584363
>Hotel fined over Penn's smoking at Toronto film festival
>CBC Arts · Posted: Sep 15, 2006 10:23 AM ET | Last Updated: September 15, 2006
>Sean Penn will get off with a warning, but Toronto's Sutton Place Hotel, one of the key venues at the Toronto International Film Festival, faces more than $600 in fines for allowing the actor to light up during a press conference last weekend.
>The hotel will be issued a $240 fine for failing to display signage about the Smoke-Free Ontario Act, which bans smoking in enclosed places across the province. The hotel will also be fined $365 fornot informing Penn he could not smoke.
>The fines can be fought in court, like a parking or speeding ticket.
>Investigation found Penn was not informed
>An individual is fined if there is proof that he or she was informedbut chose to ignore the bylaw. This was not the case with Penn, a spokeswoman for Toronto Public Health told CBC Arts Online Friday morning.
>Toronto Public Health, which is responsible for enforcing the bylaw, initially conducted routine spot checks in hotels across the city in August, but the Penn incident drew them back to the Sutton Place Hotel this week, said spokeswoman Rishma Govani.
>Public health inspectors investigated the incident and determined that, ultimately, responsibility lay with the hotel. But the acclaimed actor should still expect some mail from health officials.
>"We're writing a letter to Sean Penn," Govani said. "We'd love to see him again in the city and to make sure he's aware of what the bylaws are. We also hope he's kicked the habit [by then]."
>Smoking photos featured prominently in media
>Many newspapers and media outlets, including CBC Arts Online, published images of the Oscar-winning actor lighting up during the press conference for his film All the King's Men, which had its world premiere in Toronto on Sunday evening and hits North American theatres Sept. 22.
>The festival press conferences are held in a Sutton Place Hotel ballroom.
>On Wednesday, Jim Watson, Ontario's Minister of Health Promotion, criticized Penn for the smoking incident and said festival organizers should remind their Hollywood guests about Ontario's smoking laws.
>My Liddle Pony: Frendship is Magic
>Q: the end will be MAGICAL
https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Little_Pony:_Friendship_is_Magic
>The show is developed at Hasbro Studios in Los Angeles, where most of the writing staff is located, and at DHX Media Vancouver in Vancouver, British Columbia, for the animation work.