- In the least-shocking piece of news ever, Wiz
Khalifa was busted for marijuana possession last weekend. Yes, a guy whose
breakout album was named, “Rolling Papers” was busted for possession of the
chron. Oddly enough, Khalifa was staying at a Holiday Inn – not exactly the
definition of luxury – in Nashville when some squares staying in rooms near his
complained to the front desk of a strong odor that smelled decidedly
marijuana-like wafting from under Khalifa’s door. Hotel officials contacted the
police and unforunately for the cops, they had no idea they were about to bust
a true stoner icon. Thinking fast but not fast enough, the hip-hop star
allegedly threw his spliff out of the window when officers arrived on the
scene. The rapper - real name Cameron Jibril Thomaz - was served with a
citation rather than being arrested after admitting that the ganja was his. Thomaz
is the heir apparent to Willie Nelson and Snoop Dogg as the artist whose tour
bus police around the country could easily follow and bust everyone onboard for
marijuana possession everywhere the bus goes. He has been extremely vocal about
his pot use and has even credited the habit for his musical success. "It’s
not just about the weed thing. It’s bigger than that. My career really took off
when I started smoking papers," he said when talking about the album last
year. In that respect, he continues in the footsteps of the Beatles, Jimi
Hendrix and scores of other artists whose drug-fueled efforts have become
immense musical successes. Thomaz is also staring down a $2.3 million lawsuit
by Maxamillion, who claimed that Thomaz/Khalifa’s hit single “Black And Yellow”
stole elements from his song “Pink N Yellow.” Of course, there is one great way
to relieve stress when facing serious legal issues………
- This is simply hilarious. As funny as a blind legal activist and inspirational
figure in China's rights movement fleeing the house arrest he has lived under
and getting away to a secret location in Beijing can be, anyhow. Chen
Guangcheng's escape sparked a frantic police search for him and those who
helped him and if he is ultimately successful in making it out of the country,
his flight would be a huge boost for a beaten-down civil rights community
facing rising arrests and other harassment. Fellow activists told a tale of a
daring escape in which Chen slipped away from his well-guarded rural village on
Sunday night, transported by activists and then transferred to others who
brought him to Beijing. Bob Fu, an activist based in Texas who runs the China
Aid Association and who was in contact with people helping Chen, confirmed that
as of Friday afternoon, Chen "was 100 percent in a safe location.” The
frantic police search left in the wake of the escape will undoubtedly lead to
arrests and menacing threats from The Man. Chen surfaced, relatively speaking, in
a video that was recorded this week and that activists sent Friday to the
overseas Chinese news site Boxun.com and was later posted in part on YouTube. "I
am now free. But my worries have not ended yet," Chen said in the video. "My
escape might ignite a violent revenge against my family." Chen is a self-taught
lawyer blinded by fever in infancy who served four years in prison for exposing
forced abortions and sterilizations in his and surrounding villages. He has
lived under house arrest since his release in September 2010 despite a total lack
of legal grounds for doing so. Even in his home, he has suffered several
beatings from local police. He nearly received a visit from actor Christian
Bale, but Bale was hassled and turned back by locals paid to keep outsiders
away. In Beijing, he could be snuck into foreign embassies that could provide
asylum. His escape is a huge black eye for the country’s authoritarian,
Communist government and rumors about his heroic adventure are already
swirling. Some believe he sought protection at the U.S. or another foreign
embassy, but those stories are unsubstantiated. Police have already detained a
blogger who admitted in an interview earlier Friday hat she had driven Chen
from Dongshigu village on Sunday night out of Shandong province to "a
relatively safe place." Further heightening the sheer comedy of the
oppressive government being de-pantsed, authorities in Dongshigu have had surveillance
cameras and checkpoints in place since Chen's release in 2010. In spite of
those measures, a blind dude embarrassed them and quickly surfaced in an online
video to decry their tactics and policies. "Including party leaders,
police and other civilians, around 90 to 100 people have been involved in the
persecution of my family. I hereby request to you, Premier Wen, to start an
investigation into this case," Chen said. It is a truly inspiring story of
one man fighting the power……….
- Athletes and workout warriors everywhere are always
looking for an edge. If a person can put a substance into their body to gain an
advantage over the competition and get away with it, a lot of the time that
person is going to shoot or ingest that substance. Whether it’s banging out a
few more reps at the gym or getting back on the field for a professional team
quicker, those who rely on their body for living or just are extremely proud of
it want every boost they can get. According to a new book by
Costas Karageorghis and Peter Terry, titled “Inside Sport Psychology,” there
might be a performance-enhancer out there available to literally everyone with
a pair of ears and which cannot be detected by any drug test. In the book, Karageorghis
and Terry suggest that music can have the same effect on the body during sports
as performance enhancing drugs. They write that athletes who listen to music
can have their performance boosted by up to 15 percent, a figure that, if
substantiated, could be equated to a legal version of forbidden
performance-enhancing drugs. Another interesting point in the book is that
elite athletes typically fall into the 'associators' category, meaning they
derive their motivation from internal sources, most non-elite athletes (regular
people) are 'dissociators,' which means they need some sort of external
stimulus to motivate them to push their bodies harder, to get past the
proverbial “wall.” Musica can be that motivator and anyone who has witnessed a
marathon or endurance race of any sort, either on foot or bike, can attest to
how many competitors are plugged in to their portable music device of choice to
keep them going strong…………..
- Aaaaand the pendulum swings back the other way. When the
story first broke that former LSU
defensive back and newly minted Dallas Cowboys first-round draft pick Morris
Claiborne reportedly had a score of 4 on the Wonderlic intelligence test
administered to prospects at the NFL scouting combine, the tale looked bad for
him. Too many people assumed he was just another dumb jock who survived in
school because people cut him breaks and gave him preferential treatment
because of his skills on the field. The Wonderlic consists of 50 questions that
must be answered in 12 minutes and scores are supposed to be confidential, but
Claiborne’s score leaked. In the aftermath, news broke that he suffers from a
learning disability and that seemed to explain why he may have struggled on the
test. The revelation also raised questions about why neither Claiborne nor his
agent, Bus Cook, alerted combine officials to his learning disability and
requested the allowed testing exception for those who have legitimate
disabilities. Perception swung back in Claiborne’s favor and the anonymous jerk
who leaked his test score looked like the real loser in the story. However,
Claiborne may not be quite as sympathetic a figure in the saga as he appeared
just a couple of weeks ago. In fact, he seems to have treated the Wonderlic
like the stereotypical meat-headed jock that he was initially perceived to be
when his score leaked. "I mean, I looked on the test and wasn't nothing on
the test that came with football, so I pretty much blew the test off,"
Claiborne said after being selected sixth overall Thursday night. "When it
came out, some of the things that were said ... I'm human, so I had a problem
with some of it, but I didn't let that get me down. I know what type of person
I am. I know that test doesn't reflect on how I learn or what type of a person
I am." He makes a fair point in that a Wonderlic score means little to the
success of a player’s career, but blowing it off isn't a positive sign either.
Registering the lowest reported score in a dozen years is going to stick with a
player, especially when you score a 4 and the average score for NFL prospects
is 21. Despite blowing the test off, Claiborne admitted that he was bothered by
some of the public mocking he endured over his low score. The man who will be
signing his paychecks for the next few years, Cowboys owner and general manager
Jerry Jones, insisted Claiborne's low Wonderlic score was "not an issue at
all." At least the mystery of the 4 has finally been explained……..
- Make room in the ol’ holster, Michigan residents trained and licensed to carry concealed pistols. Under
legislation approved Wednesday by the state House, these gun lovers will also be
able to possess and use an electro-muscular disruption device, a.k.a. a Taser. Technically,
an EMD is defined as a device that delivers a shock through probes attached to
wires. It is commonly known as a stun gun and thanks to fine lawmakers like state
Rep. Joel Johnson, it is legal to carry. Johnson, who is a concealed pistol
license holder, voted in favor of Senate Bills 29 and 30. "I respect that
many people are not comfortable carrying a gun," said Johnson, R-Clare.
"Tasers offer a self-defense option for personal protection that is
non-lethal to the assailant but gives the victim enough time to get away from
the danger and seek help.” Plus, blasting people with a few dozen volts of
electricity is always fun. Johnson views using a Taser as a small matter for
someone who is already licensed to carry a handgun. "People who have the
training for using a lethal weapon, such as a concealed pistol, would
definitely be qualified to operate this type of equipment," he explained.
If passed into law, the legislation would subject stun gun use to the same
requirements and prohibitions as a concealed pistol. Requirements or not, every
confrontation and bar fight in the state of Michigan just became that much more
interesting………..
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