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Professional fighters have weight classes for a reason: no matter how adept the smaller fighter is, a much bigger one will probably have some sort of advantage. But size is rarely an issue in the snake world if a kingsnake is competing—and the little snake usually eats the bigger snake. So there’s that.
The Tesla Model 3 is supposed to make or break Tesla, and it’s supposed to go into production in just three months. But the weird thing is, no one’s seen a release candidate yet. Until now. This is a prototype just spotted running around, and if Elon’s right, that means it’s damn near production-spec.
The latest Star Wars LEGO set is a cool one, though it’s a Star Wars Celebration exclusive. The LEGO Detention Block Rescue set recreates the classic scene from Episode IV in 220 pieces.
It has Luke and Han figures in their Stormtrooper disguises. It is going to be very hard to get however, so don’t get your hopes up just yet. If you want to buy one, you need to enter a raffle on the Star Wars Celebration website between now and Thursday, April 6. Winners will be notified on the 7th, and then can buy one at the LEGO Booth (#2630) for $40(USD). Good luck!
You could always get a detention block as part of the 75159 Star Wars Death Star set, but you will have to spend a whole lot more money for that one.
[via Brothers Brick via Nerd Approved]
Today is a big day for the gaming world, as Microsoft has finally revealed the technical specifications for its incoming console known as Project Scorpio. That reveal comes in a new interview between Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry and Microsoft’s Xbox Core division. It seems that Project Scorpio will deliver on Microsoft’s promise of 4K console gaming, as what’s being revealed is … Continue reading
As the cereal’s slogan goes, just “follow your nose” ― to this fast-food chain. Burger King is coming out with a Froot Loops shake.
Starting April 17, “for a limited time,” the burger chain will offer vanilla soft-serve with crushed Froot Loops cereal, Today reported Wednesday.
The frozen concoction will also include a sweet sauce, KHAK noted, because the darn thing just won’t be sugary enough?
The shake will sell for $2.99. We could see Toucan Sam dipping his beak into this.
Given the recent cereal craze, including Kellogg’s opening a New York City restaurant last year and Ben & Jerry’s introducing “Fruit Loot” and other cereal-inspired flavors, we’ll assume BK’s shake is real ― unlike the April Fools’ Day announcement that BK was coming out with Whopper toothpaste.
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Keeping up with the many abortion-related bills working through state legislatures right now can be dizzying, particularly since President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence took office vowing to push forward an anti-abortion agenda, emboldening lawmakers who would like to see reproductive rights stripped away. As Rewire reports, in the first month of 2017 more than 167 anti-choice bills were introduced at the state level (71 percent, it should be noted, by white Republican men).
It is essential, however, not to lose sight of just how much anti-choice legislators are chipping away at abortion rights in ways that disproportionately affect low-income women and those in Southern states. Women who live in states where the government has protected abortion access, like California or Connecticut, cannot forget would be remiss to forget that in other parts of the country late-term abortion bans, TRAP laws, mandatory waiting periods and other regulations mean that abortion is a right in name, and not much more. That’s why HuffPost Women is tracking some of the more unbelievable bills being proposed and passed month-to-month around the country. Here are four just from March.
At the end of the month, Arkansas’ governor signed a law, sponsored by Rep. Charlie Collins (R), requiring abortion providers in that state to investigate their patients by requesting all medical records pertaining their pregnancy history before they are able to perform an abortion. They would not be able to do the procedure until a “reasonable amount of time and effort” is spent tracking down those records, though what that actually means is left undefined.
Supporters of the law say it bans “sex-selection abortion” ― the notion that women terminate pregnancy based solely on the sex of the fetus. But that is a false premise. There is no evidence that American women regularly have abortions for that reason. (Collins has indicated that the idea for the bill came partly from what he understands of the former one-child policy in China.)
Opponents of the law have also slammed it as an invasion of patients’ privacy. “Health care providers should never be forced to investigate patients for the reasons behind their personal, private decisions,” Lourdes Rivera, senior vice president for U.S. Programs at the non-profit Center for Reproductive Rights, said in a press release. “When a woman has made the decision to end a pregnancy, she needs high-quality health care, not an interrogation.”
Status: The law will take effect on January 1, 2018.
In late March, Texas’ Senate passed Senate Bill 25, which would prohibit patients from bringing “wrongful birth” suits against their doctors. Under SB 25, a pregnant woman would not be allowed to sue her doctor if he or she found a fetal abnormality during prenatal testing and failed to disclose the results. The bill’s proponents have argued that it protects both doctors and children with disabilities, and still allows patients to bring malpractice suits. But reproductive rights advocates ― including several OB-GYNs who have testified against the bill ― believe it has the potential to erode trust between doctors and patients and even makes it possible for care providers to “lie” to parents based on their own personal abortion-related beliefs.
“[It] is another thinly veiled attempt to prevent Texans from accessing their constitutional right to abortion,” Heather Busby, executive director at NARAL Pro-Choice Texas, the reproductive healthcare advocacy group, told The Huffington Post last month.
Status: The Senate passed the bill, and the House began hearing testimony regarding HB 434 ― the similar companion bill― this week.
The Kansas House fixated on the font size (12), font (Times New Roman) and color (black) used in information given to patients before they get an abortion. As The Wichita Eagle reports, the bill requires patients be given information about where their doctors received their medical degree, whether they have malpractice insurance and whether they’ve ever faced disciplinary action. That, however, is not information given out to patients having other types of surgery, which sends a message that abortion providers are somehow different than other medical providers, opponents of the bill say.
As far as the handwringing over font, one democratic legislator also tried to bring an amendment removing the font specifications from the bill, The Wichita Eagle reports, arguing that the government shouldn’t be involved in that level of detail. The amendment failed.
Status: The bill will now go to the Kansas Senate.
Lawmakers in the Iowa House proposed what would have been the strictest anti-choice law in the country, banning abortion once fetal cardiac activity is detectable. That can happen as early as six weeks, making the procedure illegal before many women even realize they have conceived. A day after proposing the measure, Iowa House Republicans dropped the so-called fetal heartbeat measure, moving instead to ban abortions after 20-weeks in the state, the Globe Gazette reports. (Notably, that is a very similar pattern to what happened in Ohio last December, when Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) signed a 20-week ban into law while vetoing a six-week ban, a move critics called “smoke and mirrors” and “backdoor politics,” trying to appear moderate on abortion while pushing through regulation.) The Iowa bill would allow for exceptions if the woman’s life is in danger or if there is risk of “substantial and irreversible” physical damage, but does not allow women to terminate if the fetus has abnormalities that mean it will not survive after birth.
Status: The six-week ban was dropped, but the Iowa House is debating the 20-week ban ― a version of which has already cleared the Senate ― this week.
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We all know Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick have faced their fair share of ups and downs. The pair, who were together for nine years, officially ended their romantic relationship in 2015, but continue to co-parent their three children, Mason, Penelope and Reign.
Although rumors have been flying recently claiming they’re giving their love another shot, that doesn’t appear to be the case in this clip from the upcoming episode of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians.” The Huffington Post is exclusively debuting the nearly 2-minute clip, which shows Disick talking with Kourtney’s sisters Kim and Khloe about their situation.
“I’m still turned on by her, if that’s what you’re asking,” Disick tells a curious Khloe before admitting he’s not dating anyone else. “I mean, I technically could I guess, but I just don’t feel comfortable.”
Kim chimes in to ask whether all the drama has caused Disick to give up on Kourtney.
“No, I mean, she’s a tough girl. It’s tough sometimes,” he admits, continuing, “I feel like I would never be over her. She’s the love of my life, but I try to do everything to be there for her and there’s literally no appreciation for anything, ever.”
Their breakup was reportedly triggered by Disick’s substance abuse issues ― he reentered rehab right before and a couple months after their separation ― in addition to rumors that the he was unfaithful to Kourtney. Still, Disick says in the clip that he’s aware his personal problems have caused a rift between them, but will do whatever he can to prove to Kourtney that they’re meant to be together.
“I hope that one day she understands I would never want to be with anyone but her,” he says in a taped confessional.
Watch the full clip above.
“Keeping Up with the Kardashians” airs Sunday at 9 p.m. ET on E!
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