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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - May 7, 2020
May 7, 2020
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Funny story from Alberta, Canada, where a woman dressed in a Stormtrooper costume to celebrate May the Fourth was approached by a couple of members of the Lethbridge Police, who asked her to drop her blaster. She did, but when they told her to kneel down, she told them that kneeling would be difficult for her in the costume. And so the police then cuffed her, forced her to the ground and caused "a minor injury to her nose. The "blaster" was then confirmed to be fake and she wasn't charged.
Now, however, the woman says the cops roughed her up as they put handcuffs on her, allegedly shoving her face into the ground and making her nose bleed.
The final note to the story is that none other than "Star Trek" actor WILLIAM SHATNER sent his “contempt” to the police department on Twitter. And the Lethbridge Police Service now says they’ll be investigating the officers’ conduct.
Problems for the famous LA club, the Troubadour. For 60 years, the club has brought live music to West Hollywood. But with the coronavirus problems, it's closed down and unfortunately, with reopening insight, CA Governor GAVIN NEWSOM has announced that the various Los Angeles music venues will be among the last to open. That could put the reopening of the club sometime in the middle of next year, and maybe with fewer people because of the usual six-foot between customers' rules. With a capacity of 500 people whittled down by a quarter, the Troubadour's GM, CHRISTINE KARAYAN says “I can’t foresee being able to ride this out like that... We know there’s going to be a huge fatality rate as far as how many venues will not be able to open again when/if this thing ever ends. We’re just looking to survive, like everybody else.”
And... some sad news for cruise enthusiasts --CNN reports Norwegian Cruise Lines has filed a note with the Securities and Exchange Commission which says it might be forced to go out of business because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
To keep things running, Norwegian is reportedly borrowing $400-million from an investment firm to raise the money it needs to keep going thru the coronavirus crisis. They'll reportedly have to pay it back in 2026. The question now becomes --will the cruise industry and firms like Norwegian be able to survive --and pay back the debts they've sustained.
FYI: Norwegian also operates Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises brands as well, with a total of 28 ships. And Norwegian says it still intends to go forward with plans to add another nine ships to its fleet through 2027.
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