Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Video shows tussle over naked Hillary Clinton statue in New York
NEW YORK
A statue of a topless, hoofed Hillary Clinton appeared outside a subway station Tuesday, prompting a tussle after one woman purposely knocked it down and sat on it to prevent others from picking it back up.
The display marked the second time a life-sized, exaggerated depiction of a naked presidential nominee has surfaced outside a Manhattan subway stop during the general election campaign.
In August, an artist’s statue of an unclothed Donald Trump was eventually hauled away by city workers.
But the crowd’s reaction to the naked Clinton was markedly different from that to the Trump statue, when a largely jovial group of onlookers took photos of it and posed for selfies. Some parts of the portly Trump’s genitalia were visible in that statue.
On Tuesday, a woman can be seen on video taken by a reporter for the New York Daily News dragging the life-sized structure of the Democratic presidential nominee to the ground, stomping on it and even sitting on top of it to prevent a man from standing it back up again.
Mobile game replaces Pokemon creatures with Clinton and Trump
HANOVER, N.H.
While some voters may wish the presidential candidates would just go away, Dartmouth College has created an app for those who want to find them around every corner.
Two professors at the Ivy League college worked with developers to produce “HillaryDonald Go,” their take on the popular “Pokemon GO” mobile phone app.
Instead of searching for Pokemon creatures, those playing the new augmented-reality game must find the nearest Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump “booth” and send their preferred candidate “good vibes” that allow them to grow in support.
Once a booth has received more than 50 percent of the “good vibes” from those who have discovered it, it takes on the face of that candidate.
Players viewing the candidates will see them react with humorous expressions and hear them recite soundbites from the campaign trail.
The college says the game can be played in nearly 1 million locations in parks, libraries, monuments, cafes and other public places across the United States, as well as U.S. embassies around the world.
Associated Press