- When involved in a bar brawl that leaves one participant hospitalized and another under arrest on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, it’s important to at least have a good reason for the fight, right? Thankfully, two men in Fort Worth, Texas were involved in such a brawl and they most certainly had a very good reason. And that reason would be…….one of the men thought the other had failed to wash his hands after using the restroom. Yeah, that’s an acceptable reason to start a massive fight and land in jail or in the hospital, because dude at the next stall over didn’t wash his hands after taking a leak. Look, I know the thought of him grabbing some pretzels or beer nuts out of the bowl on the bar that you are also eating pretzels or nuts out of isn't appetizing or sanitary, but how about just not eating those snacks rather than assaulting him? What would you have done if he’d accidentally peed on the floor or forgotten to flush after taking a dump, shoot him in the head? But of course, these kinds of things never happen when massive amounts of alcohol are involved……..
- Free speech is still under assault from the government, in case you were wondering. The New York Times is in court asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block the government from reviewing the phone records of two reporters in the government’s investigation of a leak in a story about a terrorism-funding probe. Judith Miller and Philip Shenon wrote their stories in 2001 about the feds plan to freeze the assets of two Islamic charities. It’s amazing how much crap the government can get away with under the auspices of national safety and security, invading the most fundamental rights granted American citizens by our very own Constitution. here
- Of course, it could be worse, as proved by this story from Azerbaijan. There, the government has cut off broadcasts from the country’s first independent TV station in order to silence their message. Government opposition claimed the move was a part of a wider effort to suppress those who would speak out against the government. Nice to know there are still places in the world where the government is so insecure and controlling that they won't let those who disagree with them run a TV station and broadcast messages of dissent.
- A public service announcement for you on the off chance that you got a HoneyBaked ham or turkey for Thanksgiving……..you are going to want to head to your local emergency room on the off chance that your meat product of choice was one of those possibly contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, a microorganism that can cause serious symptoms or fatal infections in people consuming infected food. What’s really super is that the offending products were produced over a two-plus month span, leaving 46, 941 pounds of potentially infected meat. So for those of you who thought that spending hours trapped with your family on Thanksgiving was the real hazard, you may now have this to remind you that the trauma isn't quite over yet.
- I’ve been saying for weeks now that what the world needs, specifically from the music and entertainment industry, is more Fergie, right? Either that, or I’ve been saying that her music is abominably bad and utterly unlistenable, and that she lacks even the most rudimentary lyrical and musical talent. So you can imagine how enthused I was to hear that the aforementioned Stacy Ferguson (think I’ll call you by your actual name, since nothing you’ve done has earned you the right to a nickname) is interested in a part in an upcoming biopic about James Brown. Actually, I suppose giving her a part might be a good idea, on two conditions: 1) she cannot, in any way shape or form, sing as a part of her role, and 2) she receives a lifetime ban from recording any music that will be foisted on the public’s unexpecting ears. So Stacy, if you can agree to those two conditions, I fully support your quest to play the part of one of James Brown’s four wives in this movie.
- Brett Favre used to be likeable, at least marginally. The good ol’ boy, the gunslinger quarterback who loved to play football and was always smiling. Now, though, as he perpetually postpones retirement and drags out his career interminably, something bad has begun happening. And no, despite a decline in his level of play, he’s not bad enough yet for that to be the problem. Worse yet, he’s become irrelevant in pro football, a peripheral character who just doesn’t matter. Worst of all, the NFL and networks airing the NFL have yet to figure this out. Favre’s team, the Green Bay Packers, have been bad, awful even, for several years. This year, they are “better”, better being a relative term. They’re 4-6 with no chance at all to make the playoffs, yet ESPN still has them on Monday night football this week and it’s not their only prime time appearance of the season. News flash: we knew they were going to be bad this season, it’s not a surprise. So why are they still in the showcase games? No, watching Favre run for his life behind a makeshift offensive line and throw bad passes to places they shouldn’t go, with mediocre receivers trying to catch them, isn't entertaining. Know what we would like to see? The good teams in the league playing one another, that’s what. Wake up NFL and networks, get a clue and realize that Favre’s time as a relevant, pertinent figure in pro football is over.
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