Marilyn Manson, the stage name of Brian Hugh Warner and the name of his band, is synonymous with controversial rock music and theatrical performances that challenge social norms. Formed in 1989 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Marilyn Manson emerged from the South Florida music scene with a blend of shock rock, industrial, and heavy metal that garnered both widespread fame and infamy. The band’s visually arresting and often provocative performances have been a hallmark of their career. Their 1996 album Antichrist Superstar catapulted them to international stardom and was followed by other successful releases like Mechanical Animals (1998) and Holy Wood The post Complete List Of Marilyn Manson Band Members appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.

Physics is a complicated topic. There's no shame in not completely understanding the black hole information paradox, for example, or the nature of dark energy and dark matter. Physicists don't fully understand these topics either.But sometimes the misunderstandings of non-scientists can be painful to scientists, as demonstrated in a recent Reddit thread that asked "What is the worst physics take you ever heard?" Below are a few of the best/worst/most painful takes from the thread.          IFLScience is not responsible for content shared from external sites.          IFLScience is not responsible for content shared from external sites.While introducing children to simpler models and then telling them later that's not what's really going on fundamentally is a staple of the sciences, telling children that gravity is caused by the Earth's spin is just incorrect. The spin of the Earth actually creates a centrifugal force, a slightly outwards force that causes the Earth to bulge at the equator, and you to weigh slightly less while standing there.          IFLScience is not responsible for content shared from external sites.While if the Earth was further from the Sun it would definitely be cooler, it is not the reason why it is cooler at higher latitudes than lower ones."In general, the farther from the equator an area is, the colder and snowier it will be," NASA explains. "This is because higher-latitude regions receive less light and energy from the Sun than low-latitude, tropical areas."        IFLScience is not responsible for content shared from external sites.       IFLScience is not responsible for content shared from external sites.Please somebody inform a science journal that NASCAR drivers are breaking the speed of light, it feels useful to know.   IFLScience is not responsible for content shared from external sites.       IFLScience is not responsible for content shared from external sites.In fact, the Higgs Boson gained the nickname "the God particle" as a contraction of the "goddamn particle”, out of frustration of how darn elusive it was before its discovery.      IFLScience is not responsible for content shared from external sites.   IFLScience is not responsible for content shared from external sites.Hollow Earth was disproved in 1774, while Aristotle realized the Earth wasn't flat in the 4th Century BCE, even setting aside how complicated it is to believe both.   IFLScience is not responsible for content shared from external sites.   IFLScience is not responsible for content shared from external sites.Long story short, but you only feel when a force is acting upon you, not when you are in a state of inertia. Unfortunately, according to the Internet, professors are not immune.   IFLScience is not responsible for content shared from external sites.   IFLScience is not responsible for content shared from external sites.Frightening.

On the same day that President Biden implied January 6 was a darker day than 9/11 and Pearl Harbor, leftist protesters fought and shoved police and burned the American flag near the Capitol. They pulled down the American flag and replaced it with the Palestinian flag. Some flew the Hamas flag and vandalized monuments with spray-painted slogans like “Hamas is comin’” and “I commend Hamas.” The occasion was Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking to a joint session of Congress. So how would our DC-riot-hating media treat this? Some largely pretended it did not exist (like The Wall Street Journal news pages). Even Netanyahu denouncing some protesters as “useful idiots” for Iran didn’t drag out more detail. Others went into denial. On the PBS News Hour, reporter Nick Schiffrin asked former Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.) about Netanyahu calling protesters “useful idiots” for Iran. Malinowsky replied, "If you look at the protesters who are flying the Hamas flag and burning the American flag --" Schiffrin interrupted: "You mean the Palestinian [flag]." No, photographs showed Hamas flags were flown by someone. It’s funny how they avoid that. PBS reporter Nick Schiffrin asked former Dem Rep. Tom Malinowski about Bibi calling protesters useful idiots for Iran. Tom says "If you look at the protesters who are flying the Hamas flag and burning the American flag --" Nick insists: "You mean the Palestinian [flag]." pic.twitter.com/R1cfzqG1Mk — Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) July 25, 2024 On NPR’s All Things Considered, reporter Jennifer Ludden found protesters to denounce President Biden as a “silent accomplice,” but insisted they were “largely peaceful.” Shoving cops and vandalizing monuments and burning flags were not “Considered.” On NBC, you could see vandalized monuments behind anchorman Lester Holt, but he and reporter Andrea Mitchell merely used the “thousands of protesters” to underline that Netanyahu was controversial, not that the protesters were in any way controversial. No flag-burning appeared, and no violence toward police was pointed out. On NBC, Andrea Mitchell offers her usual Blinken Broadcasting Company report. Protesters are briefly seen, just to highlight Bibi is controversial. (You can see the vandalism behind Lester at the top). At least Bibi's attack on the pro-Hamas protesters is in there. pic.twitter.com/v3SrQSA58N — Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) July 25, 2024 On CBS, reporter Scott MacFarlane – who aggressively promoted the Pelosi-Picked Panel on January 6 for several years -- showed protesters burning the American flag, and described them as merely "raucous." He also highlighted protests by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (with her little black paddle with the words “War Criminal”) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who claimed it was “important not to legitimize a leader who attacked democracy.” Can't watch CBS's Scott MacFarlane report on protests without thinking of his constant demonization of January 6. Today, he showed protesters burning the US flag, and used the adjective "raucous" (also on screen). Scott also highlighted Tlaib and @AOC. How helpful. pic.twitter.com/L2K3wEtoQL — Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) July 25, 2024 Only ABC devoted an entire TV story to the protests. ABC reporter Matt Gutman showed the flag-burning and burning Netanyahu in effigy. He showed “defaced" monuments. But there was no mention of violence toward police (just officers were “swarmed”). On screen ABC put “violent” in quotation marks about the protesters. Only ABC (not CBS or NBC) did a separate story on the leftist DC protests on Wednesday. Matt Gutman showed the flag-burning and burning Bibi in effigy. "Defaced" monuments. But no ideological labels. No mention of a dragged cop (just officers "swarmed"). "Violent" in QUOTES? pic.twitter.com/kVDMBtbqMz — Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) July 25, 2024 None of these stories described the protesters with an ideological label, when the organizers are radical-left, and some are affiliated with communist parties (like International ANSWER). The New York Times offered 17 paragraphs on “activist groups” without a label, although they noted the crowd was “waving Palestinian flags.” The Washington Post, the local paper, put “U.S. flag set ablaze” in their headline, but noted “most demonstrators walked and chanted peacefully.” There were no ideological descriptions in 36 paragraphs. They were just “pro-Palestinian protesters,” They did quote the vandalized messages “All Zionists are bastards” and late in the piece, “Hamas is comin’.” But they did let a leftist rabbi denounce Netanyahu as a “zealot” with “fascist politics.” While most stories noted that scads of Democrats from Kamala Harris on down boycotted the Netanyahu speech, no one questioned whether that was controversial with Jewish voters or could harm the Democrats in the fall. It was fascinating when Harris then issued a statement condemning flag-burning, “unpatriotic” protesters associated with Hamas, and “pro-Hamas graffiti and rhetoric.”  Where did she find out about that? Too many “news” outlets buried that news. 

The House of Representatives called it quits Wednesday. Congress was supposed to be in session until August 1, but representatives ran out of things to do. Or rather, they ran out of things they believed they could get done. Spending negotiations had slowed and stumbled into vote-trading between conservatives and moderates, slowly grinding to a halt. Anything the Senate was working on could be handled in the fall. And after all, D.C. is very hot right now. After weeks of Democratic depression, both sides suddenly think they can win in November — and neither camp wants to own an unpopular shutdown. But a vacation from the capital isn’t a vacation from reality, and when they return on September 9, they’ll have to figure out how to fund the government by the end of that month, either for the short term, with a continuing resolution, or for the longer term with a massive omnibus. Conservatives have been fighting hard against the second option — but might be willing to risk its possibility if they can get something in return. Looming over the coming battle is the SAVE Act, a bill that would establish safeguards against noncitizens voting in American elections, sponsored by Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah). Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) fought loudly for it earlier this month and was able to pass it with the support of five vulnerable Democrats despite the White House’s condemnation. Then, the Senate ignored it. Congressional Republicans aren’t alone in calling for its passage before the November election. Former President Donald Trump has been a vocal proponent of the SAVE Act, and after Lee used an interview with “Blaze New Tonight” to call for it to be attached to the next must-pass legislation, Trump endorsed that strategy. Conservatives, meanwhile, spent the past few weeks calling for the House to get itself in order to prepare for a no-strings, no-spending-increases CR to last until February or March, when they hope a Trump administration will be able take the lead on negotiations, hammering out its own agenda for 2025. Now, some are willing to back off that request and accept a CR until December — that is, if leadership is willing to fight Democrats over the SAVE Act. With illegal immigration as unpopular as it is (and as important an issue as it is) across the country, they hope Democrats will be loath to fight a shutdown battle on the issue, and this way they could force the Senate’s hand before the November election. It’s a gamble, one that Republican leadership members have been squeamish over. They’re afraid Democrats’ media friends will lay the blame on Republicans no matter the facts. But illegal immigration is a big deal, and leadership is very politically minded. Right now, the nominee, the base, and the donors all want it. That’s a potent combination. But never underestimate D.C.’s ability to blame someone else. In this case, you can guess that Johnson and his team will claim it’s the Senate’s fault they can’t fight hard. They’re reluctant to even threaten the Democratic Senate. The best avenue for his colleagues on the right to force his hand might be making his re-election to leadership contingent on this negotiation tactic. It’s a strange moment in the election. After weeks of Democratic depression, both sides suddenly think they can win in November — and neither camp wants to own an unpopular shutdown. This sort of thinking can be helpful to agreeing to renegotiate spending in December, when both sides think they’ll have the upper hand after they win the White House and all those seats. This might be helpful in forcing Democrats to pass the SAVE Act to avoid that shutdown and protect American elections at a time when far too few have faith in the system. A lot will come down to whether Trump sticks with his calls to pass the SAVE Act this way and force Johnson’s hand. Will he? Or will the threat of a shutdown shake his determination? It might just depend on who’s speaking loudest in his ear this summer. Sign up for Bedford’s newsletter Sign up to get Blaze Media senior politics editor Christopher Bedford's newsletter. Tthe fire rises: City Journal: Tech titans for Trump Elon Musk and Peter Thiel aren't alone. Technologists and founders and funders like David Sacks, Ben Horowitz, and Marc Andreessen are also flirting with (or outright backing) Republicans. So what’s going on in Silicon Valley? Jon Askonas and Robert Bellafiore Jr. report: The tech industry, after all, has never exactly been a bastion of conservatism. In recent decades, its political stance has generally ranged from solidly Democratic to an apolitical libertarianism that sought to circumvent the government altogether. Republican megadonor and Vance mentor Peter Thiel, of PayPal and Palantir, has long been the exception proving the rule of tech’s alignment with liberalism. Not anymore. The nascent “tech bros for Trump” movement demands an explanation … … Something [beyond self-interest], more inchoate, explains the tech turn beyond retail politics or recent events. When Solana identified the beginnings of a “vibe shift” in February 2023, he had his finger on a deeper cultural pulse: a rising desire to cast off timidity and compliance in the name of freedom. This points to a final reason for tech’s move rightward: the Right has become the more dynamic political camp. When Trump stated in his RNC acceptance speech, “Ambition is our heritage. Greatness is our birthright,” many in the tech industry nodded along. In a similar vein, Mark Zuckerberg could praise Trump’s response to being shot as “one of the most badass things I’ve ever seen in my life.” Trump and the rise of the “New Right” have made it possible to rethink old ideas, propose crazy new ones, and offer bold, ambitious plans for revitalizing America. These plans, coalescing around an America First pursuit of the national interest, align well with an industry full of entrepreneurs and builders eager to accomplish something unprecedented, if only to prove that it’s possible …

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