- NFL players need to stay away from the following for the
remainder of the offseason and probably beyond: guns, clubs and oh yeah, cars.
Cars may seem like an odd inclusion on the list, but with a growing slate of
DUI arrests already on the ledger in the past few months, Denver
Broncos defensive end Elvis Dumervil piled on Saturday night in Miami Beach
when he and another man in his Range Rover allegedly lifted their shirts and
displayed firearms to people in another vehicle. According to the police report,
Dumervil was driving his Range Rover and following a silver Mercedes, in which
another man, Andy Aguste, was a passenger. As happens to every vehicle in the
greater Miami Beach area, the two cars became caught in traffic and when they
did, a white Chevy Impala, driven by Kristine Ramirez, merged between the two
cars. That led to a verbal argument that included horn-blowing and namecalling.
At some point during the debate, the accusers in the Impala said, Aguste exited
the Mercedes and approached them. He allegedly threatened them and then lifted
up his shirt to reveal a firearm in his waistband, police said. Passengers in
the Impala claimed report that Dumervil, a Miami native, walked up to the
Impala and lifted his shirt to display a firearm, but never said anything. Once
the men had finished their firearms pissing match, the driver of the Impala
quickly accelerated in an attempt to get away, the report stated. In an odd
twist, an employee from a nearby Victoria's Secret witnessed the incident and
called police. The employee also claimed that someone in the Impala got out of
the car during the initial verbal argument in and yelled toward Dumervil's
Range Rover, but never moved in its direction. Police arrived on the scene,
found Dumervil still stopped in traffic and ordered him out of the car at
gunpoint. He was handcuffed and lied to officers about having a gun, which they
found in the car's glove compartment. Dumervil was arrested on a charge of
aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and bonded out of jail. As always, at
least the crime really accomplished something……..
- Great white sharks: They are a worldwide menace and
someone has to stand up to them. They’re circling in the waters near Cape Cod
and they are an even bigger problem at the moment for Western Australia. In fact, great whites
are such an issue for Aussies in the western portion of the country that the
government there has called on the federal government to lift a ban on hunting
great white sharks after the fifth death in its waters within a year. Fisheries
Minister Norman Moore called the rash of attacks “cause for great alarm” after
surfer Ben Linden was bitten in half by a great white on Saturday. His death
has great white haters citing the need to reassess population numbers. Moore plans
to write to the federal government about the great white's protected status. He
will have plenty of ammunition after Linden was killed by the 15-foot-long
great white near remote Wedge Island, 100 miles north of Perth. Also over the
weekend, divers Dave Richards and Nathan Podmore were also attacked by a shark
when they went spearfishing off the western coast of Australia. The region has
long been known as the world's deadliest shark attack zone and maybe it’s time
mankind fought back. Allow Linden's girlfriend of eight years, Alana Noakes, to
be the voice of the movement. She left an emotion tribute on Moore’s Facebook
page, calling Linden “the most amazing man” who “lit up the lives of all who
knew him.” Officials opened a 24-hour window to seek and kill the shark that
killed Linden, but the animal was not located. Moore conceded that more
research was needed to plot the sharks' migration and feeding habits, although
Linden’s death makes it clear what at least some of those eating habits are.
The government has allocated $15 million to research great whites and attempt
to stop the attacks by non-lethal means………
- The world feared it, no one did anything about it and now,
a very big musical problem has resurfaced. Maybe we all just assumed that one
hack ska-popsters No Doubt went away, they would stay away. Gwen Stefani is
married with a child, a fashion line and a career as a terrible pop solo
artist. The rest of the band….well, who the hell cares or knows? But allowing
them to go their own way 11 years ago and assuming they would never reunite and
use their lack of musical powers for evil again proved to be a poor choice. The
Anaheim natives - Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal, Adrian Young and Tom Dumont - are back and
have released the first single from their new album, “Push and Shove.” The
up-tempo song, called "Settle Down," was released to radio Monday.
The album, set to be released Sept. 25, will be their first in more than a
decade and follows a hiatus during which each band member had children. No
Doubt actually toured briefly in 2009 and Stefani said says hitting the road was
exactly what No Doubt needed to get back on track. "Within a month and a half we were playing for 20,000 people at
night. It was our first time on stage together in five years," she said.
"It was so rewarding to watch your children on the side of the stage
singing No Doubt songs that were so personal. I was like, 'Oh my God!' I was
teary-eyed every night." A lot of other people were teary-eyed over those
performances as well and they’re weeping even more, just for different reasons
than Stefani………..
- Kentucky is horse-racing country. At facilities like Ellis
Park, the focus is usually on the ponies as they run in circles around the
track with midgets on their back, whipping them and wearing brightly colored
clothes. The focus changed Sunday with a new sort of participant, one
significantly shorter and cuter than a horse. It was a day for wiener dogs at
the park, continuing what has become a tradition in recent years as , wiener dog
races have
gone from one Sunday afternoon race to a whole weekend of trial races to a
championship race to finally naming the top dog. Fans can bet on the races the same way
they bet on horse races and those who take part are serious about what they
do….sort of. "Hemmy is very fast and loyal. He goes right to his mom. He's
a little bit slow, but he's fast and straight. Itsy is really fast but not so
straight," said trainer Rhonda Deskin, whose dog Hemmy runs in the races
and who is clearly one of those kooks who has no friends and therefore a)
refers to herself in the third person and b) calls herself her dog’s parent
even though she didn’t actually give birth to it. John Harty, Ellis Park’s vice
president of marketing, said Sunday’s event was the track’s biggest day since
it opened up this season's live racing on the Fourth of July. The wiener dog
races have grown to draw participants from all over the region. "We have
people here from St. Louis. We have had people from as far away as Michigan.
It's all for pride. I mean, we have a few little prizes and a trophy, but
it's all for pride and they just love to do them," Harty said.
All proceeds from betting go to animal-related charities and the championship
race is July 21………..
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