- Sinister things are afoot in the Mediterranean Sea. More
specifically, allegedly evil smugglers watched as 500 Middle Eastern and African migrants were afloat, but
struggled and drowned in what witnesses say was no accident. According to a few
onlookers who spoke to an international humanitarian agency, smugglers
purposely sank their vessel and then laughed as men, women and children slipped
below the waves. It seems especially cruel and bad business if one wants others
to trust them for successful smuggling ventures in the future, but a few
survivors and other witnesses claimed to the International Organization for
Migration that the sinking was intentional. The Geneva-based international
organization with 156 member countries is probing the claims, which fit with
the well-known norms of cruelty that often accompanies desperation of
immigrants seeking a better life in Europe. According to witnesses, the angry human
traffickers rammed their boat into the crowded vessel carrying the migrants
after the travelers refused to transfer to a boat they considered unseaworthy.
At that point, sh*t went sour in a hurry. The smugglers are accused of "throwing metal bars" at the
migrants and "laughing" as they struggled to stay afloat in the
water, IOM spokesperson Leonard Doyle said. "If survivors' reports are
confirmed, this will be the worst shipwreck of migrants in years, not an
accidental tragedy, but the apparent deliberate drowning of migrants by
criminal gangs who extort money for their desperate journeys. Their actions are
as callous as they are evil," Doyle said in a statement. Ten survivors
have been confirmed, including a toddler who remains hospitalized in critical
condition. A reported 100 children were aboard the vessel, which sank on its
way from the port of Damietta in Egypt to Italy………
- San Francisco
49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick didn’t have a great Week 2 of the NFL
season. He threw three interceptions, did little as his team squandered a
17-point lead and was all but helpless as they lost 28-20 to the Chicago Bears
in a primetime game. But on top of the ignominy of losing a key game, the star
signal caller also had to deal with being fined $11,000 by the league after
receiving an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for inappropriate language. The
incident occurred early in the fourth quarter when Kaepernick tried to hit
Michael Crabtree with a pass on the left that Bears rookie cornerback Kyle
Fuller stepped in front to pick off the ball. At the end of the play, Kaepernick
and defensive lineman Lamarr Houston began jawing at each other on the sideline
and a penalty soon followed. Kaepernick was incredulous at the time and his
incredulity only increased after he received his fine from the league office. "The
player that I supposedly said something to has been quoted saying I didn't say
anything," Kaepernick said. "And I don't know him, so it's not like
he would have a reason to just randomly stick up for me." If the alleged
target of your verbal rage is backing you up, maybe that’s a sign you’re
telling the truth about your innocence. Besides, is there really a need to pile
on a guy who was the goat in a horrible come-from-ahead-to-tank loss and take
money out of his well-stocked pockets? Show some freaking compassion and stick
with forcing him to drop a dollar in the swear jar, NFL………
- Every now and then, someone with too much money and far
too generous of a heart pulls a stunt like this. They pull up to a toll both or
some other business and they plop down a huge wad of cash to pay for not only
their goods or services, but those of dozens of people in line behind them. Such
was the case this week in Abilene, Tex., where a magnanimous fast food lover
decided that chip in $1,000 to pick up the tab
for diners in dozens of vehicles at the drive-thru lanes of a Chick-fil-A
restaurant. According to employees as the fast food joint, the man came through
the drive-thru lane and informed the zit-faced high school kid working the
garbled intercom system that he wanted to pay for everyone behind him for as
long as the cash lasted. Most of the time, those responsible for such acts
remain totally anonymous by choice, but this calorie-sharing good Samaritan told
employees that his name is John and he just wanted to make everyone's Monday
better. He proceeded to fork over 10 $100 bills and according to franchise
owner Brian LaCroix, the cash was enough to pay for drive-thru food for people
in 88 vehicles over about an hour. The exact identity of the man who bought so
many chicken sammitches, chicken bites and fries for the masses remains a
mystery, but the thighs, asses and expanding waistlines of everyone who enjoyed
the fruits of his generosity will never forget the kindness of this munificent
stranger……..
- Dammit. Dammit all to hell and back. If the true,
unvarnished and mind-numbingly awful musical union of two total hacks like Avril Lavigne and Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger can't last, then what hope do
any of us have to find eternal bliss with another human being? Yes, the Canadian
musical equivalent of putting together the smells of a rotting moose carcass
and a giant vat of unprocessed human waste is over, as Lavigne and Kroeger are headed
for a split after a year of marriage. Multiple sources have confirmed that
Kroeger is going around Los Angeles telling people that a divorce is imminent
and the split comes about two years after the Nickelhack frontman popped the
question to Lavigne after dating for a month. Proposals that come after one
month of dating are almost always a solid choice, but this time it didn’t work
out. The couple wed in an intimate ceremony in the South of France in July 2013
in an event that surely made one of the coolest wedding destinations in the
world seem like tying the knot in the middle of a landfill encircled by
seagulls carrying pieces of half-cooked, two-week-old bacon in their mouths as
they fly overhead. The wedded bliss continued all the way up through this past
July, when Lavigne gushed on Twitter about the 17-carat emerald-cut ring
Kroeger gave her for their first wedding anniversary. This is the second failed
marriage to a hack-tastic rock star Lavigne has crapped out of, with her union
to Sum 41 singer Deryck Whibley lasting
a comparatively lengthy four years from 2006 to 2010. Toss in
relationships with Brody Jenner and Wilmer
Valderrama and it’s becoming clear that ol’ Avril’s taste in men might be the
only thing worse than her taste in music………..
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