News from the USA this week that didn’t make the headlines in Canada.Dramatic video shows police officer taking down gunman who killed eight people.The shooting took place on May 6 at the Allen Premium Outlets mall in Allen, Texas and authorities say more would have died if not for the officer’s quick action..The officer’s body-worn camera footage was released by the Allen Police Department on Wednesday following a ruling by a grand jury his use of force was justified under Texas law.."This video shows how quickly a routine interaction with the public turned into a life-and-death situation," Allen Police Chief Brian Harvey said in a statement. "The officer recognized the danger, ran toward the gunfire and neutralized the threat and for his actions, the Allen community is forever grateful.".Viewer discretion..Beam him up Scotty, he’s talking weird.Actor George Takei, best known for his role as Sulu on Star Trek, might wish he was headed to where no man has gone before after taking a brutal backlash on social media. .Takai bizarrely defended nude marchers exposing themselves to children at Seattle’s Pride parade..Videos and photographs showed nude LGBTQ activists riding bicycles during the parade last weekend, with some showing children among the spectators..Observers on the right were quick to lambast the LGBTQ agenda, while those on the left defended the behaviour in order to show support for the LGBTQ movement..Count Takei among the latter, tweeting "Even if there were no naked guys on bikes this year, they would find pictures or generate them and push the same agenda anyway. There’s no 'fixing' this by calling for self-censoring." .That got the attention of more that 3,000 people on Twitter, including Dr. Jordan Peterson, who tweeted, "Ask yourself a simple question Mr. Takei. How far are you willing to take this."."One of the great tweets of all time," replied Ben Shapiro, who paraphrased the tweet as "Yes, sure, gay dudes naked on bikes in front of children is happening. But if it weren't, the Right would just AI it into existence. So we shouldn't stop doing it."."Can you just call a spade a spade and point out that being naked around children is not okay, or is that too much to ask?" read one popular response..Hundreds of thousands attend Seattle's Pride Parade Sunday.Watters replaces Carlson full-time in Fox News program changes.Jesse Watters, co-host of The Five and host of Jesse Watters Primetime moves to the 6 pm (MT) timeslot on July 17, as the full-time replacement for Tucker Carlson. The network had been rotating hosts in the time slot since Carlson was abruptly let go in April..Other program changes include Laura Ingraham’s The Ingraham Angle moving to 5 pm, and followed by Sean Hannity at 7 pm and Greg Gutfeld at 8 pm (all times Mountain)..The Washington Post reported on Tuesday staff who had worked on Carlson’s program were let go by Fox..Watters’ audience on Primetime averaged 2.6 million, compared to Tucker’s average of 3.25 million (as of March)..Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he won’t support Biden and he’s proud Trump likes him.Appearing on NewsNation with Elizabeth Vargas, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a declared candidate for the Democrat Party’s presidential nominee, said he would not commit to backing whoever ends up being the nominee, if it’s not him..He declared "of course" he would not make that pledge, reports BlazeNews..When pressed by Vargas, Kennedy did say if he does not get the nomination, he would not support Biden, adding his plan is to win the election and he doesn’t have a plan B..During the interview, Kennedy said that he is "proud" that Trump likes him, though he noted that he does not agree with Trump on most issues, adding he just wants to bring individuals together..Joe Biden announces he’s selling state secrets and the war in Iraq isn’t over .Joe Biden’s tongue confused a group of international journalists at a press conference with India’s Prime Minister Modi last week, telling them he has "sold state secrets.”.“I was just thanking, uh, anyway. I started off without you. I sold a lot of state secrets and a lot of very important things,” bumbled Biden..And Joe says Putin has his hands full with the war in Iraq, which is over.
News from the USA this week that didn’t make the headlines in Canada.Dramatic video shows police officer taking down gunman who killed eight people.The shooting took place on May 6 at the Allen Premium Outlets mall in Allen, Texas and authorities say more would have died if not for the officer’s quick action..The officer’s body-worn camera footage was released by the Allen Police Department on Wednesday following a ruling by a grand jury his use of force was justified under Texas law.."This video shows how quickly a routine interaction with the public turned into a life-and-death situation," Allen Police Chief Brian Harvey said in a statement. "The officer recognized the danger, ran toward the gunfire and neutralized the threat and for his actions, the Allen community is forever grateful.".Viewer discretion..Beam him up Scotty, he’s talking weird.Actor George Takei, best known for his role as Sulu on Star Trek, might wish he was headed to where no man has gone before after taking a brutal backlash on social media. .Takai bizarrely defended nude marchers exposing themselves to children at Seattle’s Pride parade..Videos and photographs showed nude LGBTQ activists riding bicycles during the parade last weekend, with some showing children among the spectators..Observers on the right were quick to lambast the LGBTQ agenda, while those on the left defended the behaviour in order to show support for the LGBTQ movement..Count Takei among the latter, tweeting "Even if there were no naked guys on bikes this year, they would find pictures or generate them and push the same agenda anyway. There’s no 'fixing' this by calling for self-censoring." .That got the attention of more that 3,000 people on Twitter, including Dr. Jordan Peterson, who tweeted, "Ask yourself a simple question Mr. Takei. How far are you willing to take this."."One of the great tweets of all time," replied Ben Shapiro, who paraphrased the tweet as "Yes, sure, gay dudes naked on bikes in front of children is happening. But if it weren't, the Right would just AI it into existence. So we shouldn't stop doing it."."Can you just call a spade a spade and point out that being naked around children is not okay, or is that too much to ask?" read one popular response..Hundreds of thousands attend Seattle's Pride Parade Sunday.Watters replaces Carlson full-time in Fox News program changes.Jesse Watters, co-host of The Five and host of Jesse Watters Primetime moves to the 6 pm (MT) timeslot on July 17, as the full-time replacement for Tucker Carlson. The network had been rotating hosts in the time slot since Carlson was abruptly let go in April..Other program changes include Laura Ingraham’s The Ingraham Angle moving to 5 pm, and followed by Sean Hannity at 7 pm and Greg Gutfeld at 8 pm (all times Mountain)..The Washington Post reported on Tuesday staff who had worked on Carlson’s program were let go by Fox..Watters’ audience on Primetime averaged 2.6 million, compared to Tucker’s average of 3.25 million (as of March)..Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he won’t support Biden and he’s proud Trump likes him.Appearing on NewsNation with Elizabeth Vargas, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a declared candidate for the Democrat Party’s presidential nominee, said he would not commit to backing whoever ends up being the nominee, if it’s not him..He declared "of course" he would not make that pledge, reports BlazeNews..When pressed by Vargas, Kennedy did say if he does not get the nomination, he would not support Biden, adding his plan is to win the election and he doesn’t have a plan B..During the interview, Kennedy said that he is "proud" that Trump likes him, though he noted that he does not agree with Trump on most issues, adding he just wants to bring individuals together..Joe Biden announces he’s selling state secrets and the war in Iraq isn’t over .Joe Biden’s tongue confused a group of international journalists at a press conference with India’s Prime Minister Modi last week, telling them he has "sold state secrets.”.“I was just thanking, uh, anyway. I started off without you. I sold a lot of state secrets and a lot of very important things,” bumbled Biden..And Joe says Putin has his hands full with the war in Iraq, which is over.