Actor Adam West who was best known for playing the 1960s version of Batman has passed away.
The actor passed away after a battle with leukemia and was surrounded by his wife Marcelle, six children and five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
West also played a fictional version of himself on Seth MacFarlane's Family Guy. He portrayed the mayor of Qauhog. That was his longest serving duty as a fictionalized politician.
West and Burt Ward made Batman a success for its three seasons. The news is starting to trend on social media. His family and agent released a public statement.
"Our dad always saw himself as The Bright Knight, and aspired to make a positive impact on his fans' lives. He was and always be our hero."
DC Comics, Warner Bros. Entertainment and many entertainers are pouring sympathy to his family.
Born William West Anderson, he grew up in the city of Walla Walla, Washington.
His acting career began in the movie Geronimo and The Outlaws is Coming with The Three Stooges.
His biggest successes were his role as Bruce Wayne, the alter-ego of crime fighting superhero Batman.
As a voice actor, he played a role in Batman: The Animated Series as The Gray Ghost, a hero a young Bruce Wayne modeled his crime fighting persona after.
On Family Guy, West had done numerous roles as the character Adam West. He was a charming person in public and private life.
As an entertainer, West was always a favorite of my childhood. Growing up an 80s baby, my favorite hero was Batman. A reclusive good guy who stopped criminal activity in the city of Gotham.
He will sorely be missed.
Hopefully the Bat Signal will shine in New York tonight honoring a great entertainer.
Brigitte Gabriel is a Lebanese American conservative agitator. She is a notorious Islamophobe and far right extemist. She is sponsoring the "March Against Sharia."
Brigitte Gabriel flaunts more than her beauty.
Gabriel is a far right extremist who is the creator of this upcoming March Against Sharia. This march is supposed to be taking off in many portions of the country. It's considered an anti-Muslim protest.
Gabriel an immigrant herself is calling upon Americans to stand with her against the threat of ***drum roll,*** "radical Islam." She is also calling for stronger protection at the border and urge Congress to assist Donald J. Trump in building the wall. She also wants to ban refugees from Syria and immigrants who come from Muslim majority nations.
The language is attracting White extremists and it's going to be catnip for potential violence.
Anti-Fascists groups, civil rights and Muslim leaders are counter protesting.
U.S. law enforcement will be stretched because rhetoric from both Gabriel and her allies could inspire the potential for a terrorist attack.
Again, the junk food media is rationalizing this woman and her group Act for America.
This woman is one of the many agitators in the media trying to make Americans fear Muslims and people from the Middle East.
Terrorism isn't solely a Brown, Black or Muslim.
But the junk food media has you figuring it is!
GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE THREAT IN THE UNITED STATES.
David Joyner unleashes a huge secret about Barney & Friends, a children's television program that developed a cult following.
Who knew?
Meet the man who played an iconic children's show character.
The junk food media got in touch with David Joyner, the man behind the big purple dinosaur. Joyner now opens the secrets to his success by revealing that he was the man who played Barney. Not the voice, but the dinosaur.
The person who played the dinosaur is talking and sharing his next chapter.
Barney the Dinosaur was a popular PBS character. I used to loathe that show.
Joyner loved the show. Especially when saw them digits in the paycheck. He would make a 6 figure check putting on a 70 lb costume that got extremely hot. He had to be timed to move his body to accompany the voice actor Bob West.
West was the voice of Barney.
Joyner has no regrets about being Barney. He also a role in other television shows. In acting, he appeared on That's 70s Show, ER, 24 and The Young and the Restless.
He also dons another costume. He is the guy who play s Hip-Hop Harry.
"I'm 53 years old. And I am not ashamed to admit that I am 53 years old, still playing in costumes," he told People magazine.
"Barney was beautiful," he said. "Barney was very, very good to me. I love being Barney. I loved everything about Barney. But that chapter is gone."
Barney & Friends was a smash hit with toddlers to pre-adolescents.
It was on for nearly 20 years and talks about a revival are on the table.
Chicago man gets angry over a coffee spilling on his pants. He launches a verbal racial tirade.
Make America Great Again!
Only in Chicago, conservatives can bemoan about Black on whatever crime. But when it comes to White people committing acts of crime on Blacks, they often clam up about it.
Yeah, take The Drudge Report for example. The website is a panderer of racially charged bullshit. Or perhaps the white extremists who promote Black crime stories on their blogs or forums. I refuse to name them.
Matter of fact, what about those racial agitators who only focus on crimes by Blacks, immigrants or Muslims?
Not one peep from them.
The only time you'll hear a conservative bring up a White extremist is only when they blame progressives or the Democratic Party for the white thuggery.
William Boucher: Expect death threats. Expect you're job to be gone in flash.
Better hire a lawyer and do a whole lot of apologizing. Matter of fact, I hope to god you have a change of heart like the guy who sucker-punched a protester in North Carolina.
Thug serves a man a serving of knuckle style chili.
This event happened at a Chicago Starbucks. The man was caught on camera making a racist tirade and turning violent against those who confronted him.
The 23-year old Boucher "became irate" after someone spilled a drink on him inside the Starbucks on Tuesday afternoon.
The incident was caught on camera by a local news agitator who was in the Starbucks. In the video, you'll hear Boucher saying "You're disgusting!" and other insults in the presence of other customers and employees.
Boucher would leave the Starbucks and get into a verbal tirade outside. That's when he spits on a 30-year old man and 34-year old woman. Boucher is white. The people who he spat on were Black.
Then Boucher would throw racial insults towards two Black bystanders. He was still trying to dry out his soaked clothes.
"Shut up, slave! Do not talk to me!" Boucher yells at the two Black men, as someone who worked for Starbucks tried to break it up. He yells at them again, "Your children are disposable vermin!"
He also said, "Get on all fours! Do not walk off on two legs!"
Shortly after that, Boucher served a man "knuckle style chili." The 59-year old man didn't provoke the situation.
Boucher was soon tasting a pavement sandwich when the Black bystanders tackled his ass to the ground. The Chicago Police quickly came and placed him in the cuffs.
He was served with three misdemeanor charges of battery. He will face a judge in July. He was quickly released from Cook County lockup.
Starbucks said that the customer was a problem, but never like this. I take that he'll be forever banned from all Starbucks in the Chicago area.
"What I can tell you, though, is that we have absolutely no tolerance for this type of behavior in our stores, and are grateful to the partners and customers who stepped in to help until officers arrived," said a spokeswoman for Starbucks.
Could this Boucher guy be a supporter of Donald J. Trump?
These incidents aren't getting better. You see this shit out in the open and it's unfortunate that Americans can't see that their behavior is going to cost them their jobs, their freedoms and their reuptaution with the community.
Boucher is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Flint official fires himself out the cannon after he said a racial slur on tape.
The city of Flint has a population of 95,000 residents. It sits on the corridor of Interstate 75, Interstate 69, Interstate 475 and U.S. Highway 23. It's the county seat of Genesee County. It's about 50 miles from Detroit.
It's an economically deprived city. It's suffered a 59% loss in population after the manufacturing plants left the area. They left behind a river that is polluted and a water supply that kills residents.
The city was in the news back in 2015-16 after it was reported that residents were drinking contaminated water from the Flint River. This issue was a part of the election.
Flint residents demanded Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton address this issue. They called upon then president Barack Obama, governor Rick Snyder and city leaders to fix the problem quickly.
Flint is on the slow path to recovery. Given how Republicans are so emboldened to cut the safety net, the emergency aid to help Flint could be cut off when they present a law for Donald Trump to sign.
Emergency aid is a part of the safety net. When a disaster hits a community, the city and state ask for federal funds. Republicans believe that people have to have their privacy intruded on by taking drug and competency tests/
And even Flint, a city official is calling residents a bunch of "low-life" NIGGERS.
Phil Stair was recorded on phone saying that Flint residents who refused to pay for water services are usually NIGGERS.
"Detroit was charging all its customers for the cost; they weren't collecting from their residents. They weren't shutting the water off, they were letting bill go forever, but they were charging everybody else, they covered them. Well, Flint has the same problems as Detroit, fucking NIGGERS don't pay their bills, believe me, I deal with them. I don't want to call them NIGGERS, shit, I have, Shit, I just went to Myrtle Beach, 24 guys, and I was the only white guy. I got friends, I mean, there's trash and there's people that do this ... They just don't pay their bills. Well, Detroit didn't collect on their bills, so they charged everybody else, but Flint, Flint had to pay their bill to Detroit."
Stair resigned from the Genesee County Land Bank this week after the audio surfaced.
Stair who is White was recorded by an environmental activist.
The person who recorded Stair could face a lawsuit. Chelsea Lyon is the one who recorded the conversation. In Michigan, the state has a law that deals with recording conversations without consent.
Lyons brushed it off and told MLive that the land bank "is taking up all of the properties in Flint" and is "pushing people out of neighborhoods." She writes for a website called Truth Against the Machine.
The city could slap 8,000 residents with tax liens if they are more than six months behind in their water payments. Failure to pay water bills in Flint could result in a foreclosure of their homes.
The water crisis has dropped Flint's property value and population.
This issue won't Make America Great Again.
Racism exists. Donald J. Trump, Republicans and conservatives are the root cause of it.
XXXTentacion was served a portion knuckle style chili.
Rapper XXXTentacion was served a helping of knuckle style chili. The rapper was performing in San Diego when a person rushed the stage and served him a helping.
Security detained the person.
He was rapping and midway into his act, the person came onstage.
The attack created a riot and of course the show was shut down.
The rapper was not seriously injured and said that if he finds the dude that served him, he'll probably end up in the iron college. He spoke to the crowd telling them he's alright and the show is over.
Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy is a controversial figure. He is 19 years old and is already beefing with a lot of mainstream acts. One of the rappers he was beefing with is Rob $tone, a rapper from the area and it was a territorial claim.
More blood spills. Mass shooting in suburban Scranton supermarket.
Will it make the news?
Will they call this terrorism?
GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE THREAT IN THE UNITED STATES. OUR INEPT LEADER DONALD J. TRUMP AND THE LAWMAKERS ALLOW MASS SHOOTINGS TO CONTINUE TO PLAGUE THE UNITED STATES. WHILE THEY'RE BUSY TRYING TO PROMOTE A BIGOTED AGENDA AGAINST PEOPLE OF COLOR, EXTREMISTS ARE PLOTTING TO DISRUPT THE COUNTRY WITH PLOTS TO CARRY OUT MASS KILLINGS BY FIREARMS.
In Scranton, the community is dealing with a tragedy. Gov. Tom Wolf, Donald J. Trump, Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) and Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) were notified about this.
Four people were killed in an apparent terrorist attack. The shooter went out like a punk.
This happened at a Weis Market.
Police found two male and two female bodies inside. There was a witness inside the store.
Authorities believe that it was a domestic dispute. It' is believed one of men opened fire on the others before turning the firearm on himself.
The store wasn't open 24 hours so it apparently it was either a person who may have worked there or disgruntled former worker.
The terrorist wasn't named nor were his victims.
And yes, this stuff happens everyday. Gun violence is more of a threat than terrorism. When will Congress and the junk food media label mass shootings, an act of terror?
Terrorism isn't solely a Muslim, a Black or a Brown person. It could be White Asian, Christian, Jewish, right wing or left wing. It's an act that disrupts society.
The NICE GUY is the most dangerous person to have a firearm. When the nice guy is spurn by society either through an event (i.e. relationship, religious discrimination, racism, fired from job, divorce, anger at the government), the nice guy becomes a ticking time bomb. They are willing to scarifice themselves in order to destroy the lives of others.
The highly anticipated James Comey testimony is today. Donald J. Trump will have a campaign stop during the testimony. Trump already distracted the junk food media by pre-releasing his pick to replaced the former FBI director. And he will likely have coverage for his event by the junk food media.
Already the junk food media is loosing luster for this. Some are even believing that Trump will survive this scandal despite the mounting accusations against his top aides and former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.
The junk food media hyped up this for the past two weeks. Now we'll see if Comey could hurt or help Trump.
In a quick poll, what's your take on it?
Will the James Comey testimony help or hurt President Donald Trump?
The former FBI director was fired last month abruptly causing a ripple effect in Washington.
The most important factors to this testimony is the "loyalty" Comey refused to give to Trump.
I'll be honest with you, this will be talked about all day. I will find the livestream and you can view it here on World News Today.
A new director to the FBI. Will he be independent or a Trump lackey?
Today's announcement of FBI director comes on the eve of James Comey's testimony.
Christopher Wray is the choice of Donald J. Trump. This choice is supposed to calm the storm that the junk food media was brewing about the Comey hearing.
"I will be nominating Christopher A. Wray, a man of impeccable credentials, to be the new Director of the FBI. Details to follow," Trump shared on social media.
Wray headed up the Justice Department's criminal division from 2003 to 2005 under George W. Bush. He is a litigation partner at the Washington, DC firm King & Spalding, where he chairs the firm's Special Matters and Government Investigations Practice Group.
This replacement came at a price. Many of the most recognizable ones drops out.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), former senator Joe Lieberman, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), and Alice Fisher were top choices. They declined the nomination.
Wray is a Yale Law school graduate, where he served as an executive editor of the Yale Law Journal.
The New York Times and ABC News reports that Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III offered to resign from the post. The squinty eyed bigot who runs as the top cop is a controversial figure. He supported vile agendas as then Alabama's Republican senator. He was one of Donald J. Trump's earliest supporters.
He earned a reputation as an anti-immigrant, anti-Black, anti-LGBT, anti-Muslim and anti-science Attorney General.
Now there's tensions between Trump and Sessions.
Sessions offered to quit if Trump felt that he couldn't do the job right. There were reports of heated exchanges in the last several weeks after Sessions recused himself from the Russia probe.
The frustration comes on the eve of James Comey's testifying to an open Senate intelligence hearing.
Comey allegedly told Sessions to not leave him in the room alone with Trump.
Sessions signals no resignation.
Trump's anger over Sessions taking himself out of Russian probe has sparked tensions. Two sources close to the leader said that he has lashed out repeatedly at the attorney general in private meetings, blaming the recusal from the whole ordeal.
The Justice Department is also angered by Trump's recent firing of Comey complicated things.
Bill Cosby being aided into court by Keisha Knight Pulliam.
Disgraced comedian Bill Cosby now faces his accusers in court. The 79 year old comedian/entertainer had appeared in court to listen to accuser Andrea Constand tell the jury graphic details about her interaction with him.
Cosby continues to maintain innocence and is facing up to 25 years if convicted. He will have to register in Offender U as a TIER III for the rest of his life.
Cosby is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
On his first day to court for trial, he was accompanied by his former co-star, Keisha Knight Pulliam.
Knight Pulliam played Rudy Huxtable on The Cosby Show. The 38-year old actress supporters her former mentor and dismissed claims by some of the accusers.
Cosby seen his world collapse in late 2015. When a comedian was alluding to Cosby's cover sexual misbehavior, it launched into many claims about the entertainer's misdeeds.
Hannibal Buress became the guy who took down Cosby.
Memorable quotes from his act.
"Cosby's talking down to young Black men about their mode of dress and lifestyle. Yeah, but you raped women, Bill Cosby, so that kind of brings you down a couple notches."
He said to the audience. "Google Bill Cosby rape" and that launched the allegations.
This accuser met the statue of limitations. That's why this one sticks out the most. Cosby thought he could have the venue delayed and thrown out on the grounds of settlements paid to Constand.
NO AMOUNT OF MONEY WILL BUY OFF THE ACTIONS OF THIS DISGUSTING BEHAVIOR! RAPE IS RAPE! THERE IS NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT IT! THIS IS NOT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT! THIS IS A CRIMINAL ACT AND THOSE WHO COMMIT THIS HAVE LIKELY DONE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE!
Although Cosby isn't convicted of sexual assault, the legacy and the allegations of fathering children out of wedlock will remain an ugly scar on his legacy. The loss of his son Ennis isn't going to save him when he is placed in the iron college.
The case stems from the 2004 incident where the former Temple University female basketball coach detailed a friendship between her and Cosby. Constand had went to Cosby for advice. She accused the entertainer of taking advantage of her and fondling her while she was drugged.
Two days in and the jury heard women testify that Cosby would befriend them, win over their trust, plied them with gifts and opportunities, and then place a Quaalude into the food. Then he would sexually abuse them.
The Montgomery County Court is hearing Constand.
"She said that Cosby gave her pills he claimed were a natural remedy to ease her stress about a looming career change. 'They're your friends. They'll take the edge off,' she quoted him as saying."
"She told the jury she started feeling woozy after 20 minutes, with blurred vision, slurred words and legs that felt like rubber. Cosby then [assaulted her], she said.
"She said she was unable to push him away or tell him to stop."
Andrea Constand tells her side.
"Afterward, Constand said, 'I felt really humiliated and I felt really confused.'"
"Cosby, sitting across the room at the defense table, leaned in to listen, whispered to his lawyer and, at times shook his head."
The judge banned audio and cameras in the courtroom.
The jury is mostly white. Seven men and five women. No minority on the jury. Many of the jurors heard of Cosby and watched or seen his performances.
In Monday's testimony, a woman identified as "Victim No. 6" described being drugged and sexually molested by Cosby.
His attorneys are trying to pick apart the accusers. Over 50 women accused the entertainer of inappropriate contact between them and Cosby.
Only Andrea Constand's claim stand within the window.
Me and S.B will continue to follow the Cosby trial. We'll find out if Cosby's career comes to an end.
Another terrorist murders innocent Americans. Unfortunately, they don't talk about this because the shooter isn't a Muslim.
GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE THREAT IN THE UNITED STATES.
When the inept leader went to social media to blast the mayor of London for handling of the terrorist attack that happened over the weekend, he mentioned guns.
He tried to denounce the issue with the attackers using machetes and trucks.
"Do you notice we are not having a gun debate right now? That's because they used knives and a truck!"
Well on Monday, a terrorist attack happened in the United States. It wasn't a Muslim.
It was a White guy who had easy access to firearms. The nice guy who was spurn by his employer. The nice guy who going through tough times. A nice guy who served for his country in the military. A nice guy who had PTSD and a firearm. The most dangerous person is the nice guy with a firearm.
Mind you he's a White guy. No talk about travel bans. No talk about this guy being a thug. No talk about who takes the blame?
Terrorist murdered his boss and his co-workers after he was fired out the cannon in April.
And conservatives are still worked up over "radical Islam".
Not radical White extremism.
No one is talking about the incident in Orlando.It was workplace violence when its done by a White person. Remember San Bernadino shooter was an employee of the city. The Fort Hood shooter was a member of the military. They shot at their employers. But that's terrorism, right?
John Robert Neumann was the 45-year old terrorist who murdered five people at a local business in the city. The Army veteran was fired out the cannon in April and decided to instigate revenge on his employers.
He killed Kevin Clark, the manager of the RV awing company Fianma Inc.
The other victims include Robert Snyder, Brenda Montanez-Crespo, Jeffery Roberts and Kevin Lawson.
The terrorist is a veteran with a lengthy criminal history. Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said that the terrorist used his firearm to murder his former co-workers before he went out like a punk.
Demings is the husband of Rep. Val Demings (D-FL). She, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL), Gov. Rick Scott and Donald J. Trump were notified on Monday of the shooting.
We're coming up to the first year anniversary of the Pulse Niteclub shooting. This was the most deadliest mass shooting in the United States. Over 49 victims and the terrorist Omar Mateen were killed.
Nothing is being done. Gun crimes will continue to plague the United States and our inept leaders continue to allow it to happen.
