The Daily Populous

Sunday November 12nd, 2017 day edition

image for Vietnam dissident locked in home for 'Piss on you Trump' protest

A dissident musician dubbed the 'Lady Gaga' of Vietnam was locked in her home by plainclothes police Saturday after she flashed a sign reading "Piss on you Trump" as the US president arrived in town for a state visit.

On Saturday, Mai Khoi held up a banner reading "Piss on you Trump" as the president's motorcade rolled through town, where he is meeting top officials on Sunday.

Several plainclothes police escorted her to her home and locked her inside for several hours.

Her plainclothes escorts had left her house by late Saturday, but she said she was too nervous to leave home.

The 34-year-old musician was barred from running for Vietnam's rubber stamp parliament last year, and routinely faces harassment from authorities.

Analysts also say that Trump's muted criticism of Vietnam's rights record have allowed the crackdown to go unchecked.

Human Rights Watch has said that authorities have become more aggressive in recent months, deploying plainclothes police to assault dissidents. »

BILL GATES BUYS BIG CHUNK OF LAND IN ARIZONA TO BUILD 'SMART CITY'

Authored by kgw.com

The proposed community, made up of close to 25,000 acres of land, is called Belmont.

According to Belmont Partners, a real estate investment group based in Arizona, the goal is to turn the land into its own "smart city.".

"Bill Gates is known for innovation and those kind of things and I think he picked the right place. »

George Miller sues Warner Bros over Mad Max: Fury Road earnings

Authored by smh.com.au

More than two years after Mad Max: Fury Road became a worldwide hit – going on to win six Academy Awards – director George Miller is suing Hollywood studio Warner Bros over unpaid earnings.

It's a dispute that seems to show why Miller is yet to make two more long-planned Mad Max movies.

Link George Miller on the set of Mad Max: Fury Road with Charlize Theron. »

Denver council unanimously votes to ban cat declawing

Authored by denverite.com

The Denver City Council on Monday night moved to make Denver the first U.S. city outside of California to ban the practice of removing cats’ claws.

The ban would make it illegal to declaw cats if there isn’t a specific medical reason, such as a tumor or a malformed paw.

Declawing involves the removal not just of the claw but of the outermost phalanx of the paw from which it grows. »