- Usain Bolt still doesn’t suck. In fact, the world’s
fastest man can still outrun any sprinter in the world, as proven by him
sweeping his three events at the world championships in Moscow. Bolt added
three more gold medals and became
the most successful athlete in the 30-year history of the world championships.
He and his Jamaican relay mates completed their time in Russia with a win in
the 4x100 meter relay, helping Bolt erase memories of the 100 title he missed
out on in South Korea two years ago because of a false start. He won both the
100 and 200 in Moscow and his triple triumph was matched on the women’s side by
from Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, giving Jamaica the first sweep of the six sprint
events. In the surest case of a lead not being safe, American Justin Gatlin led
Bolt when the Jamaican got the baton on the anchor leg, but a botched U.S.
handoff and Bolt’s superior speed were enough to carry him, and Jamaica, to
victory. His familiar finish-line smile was on display and Bolt admitted that
he was never really worried. "I wasn't really worried about Justin. I knew
if he got the baton in front of me, I could catch him," Bolt said.
"So it was just going out there to run as fast as possible." Bolt has
yet to lose in a race that really mattered in more than five years and even
Gatlin conceded that Bolt is simply much better than everyone else. "It's
not just about the talent. It's about rising to the occasion. He understands
what that means," Gatlin said. That affirmation, plus sprint triples at
two world championships and two Olympics, should eliminate any doubt that Bolt
might be slipping as his careers progresses toward its latter states. He stands
at the top of the all-time world championships medals table with eight gold and
two silver, edging Carl Lewis, who has eight gold, one silver and one bronze.
He marked his final world championships gold by bending down and kicking out
his legs to imitate a traditional eastern European dance, much to the delight
of the crowd………
- Duuuuude,
Seattle police totally aren’t half bad, bro. With the Emerald City’s annual
Stoner-palooza, a.k.a. Hempfest, taking place over the weekend, police weren’t
looking to harsh anyone’s buzz on account of chron being legal in Washington.
Rather than try to bully and intimidate, officers elected to get their message
out about explain
the new rules surrounding recreational marijuana use in the state. They picked
the perfect vehicle, plastering words of pot wisdom on bags of Doritos. "We
knew if we did leaflets, it would turn into litter," Sgt. Sean Whitcomb
said. "We wanted people to be able to access the information. It's
actually fun to read. We wanted to do it in a way that is deliberately
ironic." Now, there is no guarantee that a bunch of baked potheads are
going to read and comprehend the message no matter how it’s communicated, but
points for a novel attempts. The Don'ts included "Don't drive while
high," and "Don't use pot in public. You could be cited but we'd
rather give you a warning." Within 30 minutes, the Doritos were gone and
that isn't surprising in a sense because there were way more cases of the
munchies going around than the 1,000 bags police had to distribute, but
surprising in a sense because stoners tend not to move that fast. The effort
was dubbed during #OperationOrangeFingers and is the latest step in a
low-intensity effort against pot that has lurched forward over the past decade
and came to a complete stop last year when voters cast ballots to make
recreational use legal. Initiative 502 mandates that residents over 21 years
old may possess up to an ounce of pot for personal use and it’s fairly clear
that the one-ounce standard is enforced very liberally………
- (Aquatic) Riot Watch! (Aquatic) Riot Watch! The seas are
heating up in disputed waters off Gibraltar as local fishermen protest
a reef put there by the British territory's government. The fishermen argued
that the reef restricts their right to fish and costs them hundreds of euros a
day per worker, but Gibraltar fired back by saying they should not be fishing there.
Gibraltar police and the fishermen squared off for about an hour late Sunday
morning, but the skirmish ended without incident. The artificial reef has
ramped up tensions between the United Kingdom, Spain and Gibralar in recent
weeks and the anger finally boiled over around 9 a.m. when Spanish fishing
boats sailed in to protest near the spot where 70 concrete blocks were dropped
into the sea to create the artificial reef. Some fishermen had vowed to remove
the blocks, but shortly before the protest, they conceded that they would not
attempt to do so. Still, the scene was tense and chaotic, with Spanish
fishermen and both Gibraltarian and Spanish police weaving around one another
and fishermen chanting and shouting at their opponents. Chief Inspector Castle
Yates of the Royal Gibraltar Police said "about 38 Spanish fishing boats
and seven or eight pleasure craft" were involved. Yates claimed the
fishermen crossed
into Gibraltarian waters where police and the Royal Navy set up a cordon and "corralled"
them. "They tried to breach the cordon several times but they were not
successful," he added. Maybe not this time, but eventually they will break
through and fulfill their cries of freedom on the high seas……..
- A new movie about the White House that doesn’t involve
terrorists attempting to kidnap the president or blow the building up won the
weekend at the box office. “Lee Daniels' The Butler” was the earnings
champion, banking $25 million in its first weekend. “We’re the Millers”
remained in second place in its second weekend, adding $17.8 million to its
cumulative domestic earnings to build its overall total to $69.5 million. Reigning
box office champion “Elysium” slipped to third in its second weekend, earning
$13.6 million for a two-week haul of $55.9 million. Fourth place went to
newcomer “Kick-Ass 2,” which debuted to $13.6 million in earnings for a solid
start. “Planes” claimed fifth place with $13.1 million and has been solid but
unspectacular in two weeks with $45.1 million. Sixth place went to “Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, which was underwhelming for a second
straight weekend with $8.4 million and has managed just $38.9 million in its
two weeks in theaters. Ashton Kutcher’s turn as nerd icon and Apple founder
Steve Jobs made $6.7 million in its debut against a $12 million budget to
finish seventh. “2 Guns” shot its way to eighth place with $5.6 million and has
amassed $59.2 million after three weeks of release. In ninth was “The Smurfs
2,” adding $4.6 million to its overall domestic total for a three-week bank
roll of $57 million. “The Wolverine” placed ninth and made another $4.4
million, giving it $120.5 million thus far and allowing it to round out the top
10. “The Conjuring” (No. 11), “Despicable Me 2” (No. 12) and “Grown Ups 2” all
lost their spots in the top 10 from last weekend………
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