mcmorris rodgers katherine graham. i get emotional when i talk about this to this day. bradlee called me back. and he says katherine graham says they're not your notes, they're her notes. and if anybody is going to go to jail, she is going to go to jail. and it shows you the courage of this great publisher, that she would do that. and to me, in many ways, it's the most emotional moment of all of the coverage. and indeed, she was the possessor of the notes. >> if we hadn't been right, we'd have been dead because all the newspaper has is its credibility. and our credibility was being attacked every day. >> it took courage. it took persistence. it took honor. it took ethics to uncover the things that they uncovered for the good of the country.
by attributing what we call a red flag protocols, which will allow anyone to go to court to seize guns and revoke licences where the individual who is the possessor of the licensed poses a threat to anyone or to themselves, and when you combine these measures with the other things we have done, like banning ar—is which we did two years ago right across the country, as well as a $250 million building safer communities fund to address crime at its root causes, this is a sweeping, competitive strategy. is a sweeping, competitive strate: . is a sweeping, competitive strategy-— is a sweeping, competitive strate: . ., ., �* strategy. right, and i don't want to make _ strategy. right, and i don't want to make a _ strategy. right, and i don't want to make a direct - strategy. right, and i don't- want to make a direct equation between what happens in canada and what happens a little bit further south, of course, and what happens a little bit furthersouth, of course, but many of the most heinous crimes we have seen recently have involved mass killings with military style assault weapons. is that an area you can ever go in canada as well because can you wipe out anything that might lead to mass killings was to mark we are certainly doing
some of the provisions you mention in your introductory comments. we will make sure we raise maximum penalties against serious offenders who use guns as part of their criminal endeavours. we�*re also going to gender—based violence in connection with gun violence in introducing what we call red flag protocols, which will allow anyone to go to court, to seize guns and revoke licences where the individual, the possessor of that license poses a threat to anyone or themselves. when you combine these measures with the other things we have done, like banning ar fifteens, which we did two years ago, right across the country, as well as a $250 million building safer communities redress, this is a sweeping and comprehensive strategy. it's it�*s now time we had a look at the weather with carol.
MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law establishing Timbangan ng Bayan centers in public and private markets to protect consumers from deceptive and unfair sales acts and practices. RA 11706, signed by Duterte on April 13, amends Chapter II, Title III of RA 7394 otherwise known as the Consumer Act of the Philippines. Under the new law, Article 62-A directs all provincial, city, and municipal governments to establish accessible Timbangan ng Bayan Centers in all public and private markets, including supermarkets, and when practicable, in flea markets or tiangges and grocery stores, within their respective localities. Timbangan ng Bayan Centers will provide consumers with an effective means of checking the accuracy of the weight and the quantity of the goods that they are buying. "These centers must have the necessary instruments for determining weights and measures, which shall be available, free of charge, to all persons who need to confirm the accuracy of the quantity or measurements of products purchased or about to be purchased," the law read. The law states that the market supervisor will be in charge of the safekeeping and routine maintenance of the Timbangan ng Bayan instruments and shall be responsible for maintaining a record of every product found to be deficient in quantity or is substandard in dimension, as well as the establishment where the same was bought including the name/s of the proprietor/s or manager/s. A certificate duly issued by the market supervisor or his/her authorized representative reflecting the contents of such record will be prima facie evidence of a violation of Article 64 of this act. RA 11706 includes among the prohibited acts fraudulently altering, tampering, vandalizing or destroying any scale, balance, Timbangan ng Bayan instrument, weight or measure after it is officially sealed. As for penalties, anyone who is guilty of prohibited acts may be fined not less than PHP50,000 but not more than PHP300,000 or by imprisonment of not less than one year but not more than five years or both upon the discretion of the court. The owner, possessor, or user of instruments of weights and measures, upon conviction, will be subject to a fine of not less than PHP50,000 but not more than PHP300,000 or by imprisonment of not less than one year but not more than five years or both, upon the discretion of the court. Two successive violations will automatically result in the cancellation of the business permit of the erring individual or business establishment. The Department of the Interior and Local Government and the Department of Trade and Industry, must, in coordination with the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines, the League of Provinces of the Philippines, the League of Cities of the Philippines, the League of Municipalities of the Philippines, and other relevant government agencies and stakeholders, promulgate the rules and regulations to effectively implement the provision of this act. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of the new Article 62-A of the Consumer Act of the Philippines will be charged against the national tax allotment and other funds of the local government unit concerned. (PNA) }
Brandon Cronenberg to Adapt J.G. Ballard Novel 'Super-Cannes' as Series
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“Possessor” director Brandon Cronenberg will adapt “Crash” author J.G. Ballard’s 2000 thriller novel “Super-Cannes” as a limited TV series.
“Super-Cannes” is set in an ultra-modern high tech business park in the hills above the French Riviera city, famed for its film festival, where a global elite has gathered to form a closed, uber-capitalist and high-tech community.
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The rights for the novel, “High-Rise” writer Ballard’s 25th, were optioned by television drama production company Ringside Studios and Andy Starke from Anti-Worlds Film and Television.
If you’ve seen
Possessor, you know it’s
extremely violent. Not only that, but the violence on screen is alarmingly realistic, to the point where I came away from several scenes wondering just how the hell they pulled some of it off. Now,
Dan Martin, who was the film’s special makeup and figurative effects designer, has uploaded a neat (and somewhat graphic) thread revealing how they put together a Sean Bean puppet that could be mutilated on screen.
In
Possessor, an assassin played by Andrea Riseborough is able to upload her consciousness into other people’s heads and control their bodies. During the course of the film, she plants her mind inside a character played by Christoper Abbott in order to target his future father-in-law, played by Sean Bean. It builds towards a scene where the possessed Abbott brutally goes to town on Bean’s face with a fire poker. At one point, he even jabs the poker into Bean’s mouth and twists it around. While most movies would cut away from this, Brandon Cronenberg lets the camera linger, and we see Bean’s bloody teeth popping out of his gums. It’s gnarly, to say the least (although, believe it or not, this is one of the few films where Sean Bean
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Possessor is the second feature film by visionary writer-director
Brandon Cronenberg, son of David and Carolyn. The Toronto native made his original debut with 2012's
Antiviral, about a tech company that sells celebrity illnesses to obsessed fans. With the same gruesome verve as his father David — one of the originators of the body horror subgenre to begin with — Cronenberg's work often explores body modification, infection, technology, and interweaving of the psychological with the physical. With
Possessor, he digs even deeper into the "new flesh" to tell a story about identity in this digital age.
Andrea Riseborough stars in Cronenberg's
What to Watch on Cable and Streaming Instead of the Super Bowl
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Not even remotely interested in seeing Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes or The Weeknd do their thing at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium?
We’ve got you. Instead of watching the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs go helmet-to-helmet for a shiny Vince Lombardi, head to these platforms and channels to get your Sunday evening fix of series and flicks.
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Shows: “Kid Cosmic,” “Firefly Lane,” “Hache” (Season 2), “Invisible City,” “The Sinner” (Season 3)
Films: “The Bank Job,” “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” “Zathura: A Space Adventure,” “Shutter Island,” “The Patriot,” “Little Big Women,” “Space Sweepers,” “Strip Down, Rise Up,” “The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity”