- The bears are coming, everyone. As if there haven’t
already been enough hints, with these furry killers showing up in places bears
need not be, here comes a five-pack of bear sightings in a single day in the
Bakersfield, Calif. area. The good news, albeit in a very limited sense, is
that wildlife
officials caught three of the bears. But as anyone who knows the threat that
bears of all varieties – except perhaps koalas, which sleep for 18-20 hours a
day – pose to humanity understands, that leaves two potential killers lurking
out there in the great wide open. One of the bears was confirmed to be in a
rural area, so it was left alone to stalk the humans of its choices and eat
them alive whenever it so chooses. The fifth bear sighting was also in a rural
area, which should have suggested to the powers that be that the bears have
hatched a clever plan to station themselves in what wildlife authorities would
deem to be safe areas, but instead inspired those powers to leave the fifth
bear alone as well. The first of the three captured bears was taken into
custody in the morning in the area of Vineland and Breckenridge roads, the same
general location where officials caught a bear in the afternoon. Police caught
a third bear just off Pioneer Drive later in the morning and in the lone
reasonable response of the day, the morning bear sightings promoted class cancellations
on nearby Edison School District campuses. Still, at the end of the day,
wildlife officials talked themselves into the lie that the bears were likely
following water sources or in search of food. Keep telling yourselves
that right up to the point the bears are ripping down your front door……..
- Dallas Cowboys
cornerback Morris Claiborne needs a change in perspective. At first, he may
have been irate after being informed that Orlando Scandrick was replacing him
in the starting lineup. He may have skipped the Cowboys' walk-through practice
and angrily left the club's Valley Ranch training facility Tuesday, quitting on
his team rather than stand on the sidelines and watch on Sunday. But that’s the
wrong approach for a man who allowed five receptions for 108 yards and a
51-yard touchdown pass as the St. Louis Rams took a 21-0 second-quarter lead
before the Cowboys rallied to win 34-31 in Week 3. For starters, a guy who just
got torched that way shouldn’t be demanding that he keep his starting spot.
Secondly…has Claiborne ever seen the Saints play? Drew Brees and the pass-oriented
Saints offense put up 300 yards in the air on a near-weekly basis, Brees
remains one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL and against a terrible Dallas
defense, 50 points and 500 yards passing are not out of the question. Does
Claiborne really want his name associated with that impending debacle? Perhaps
he does, because he is expected to play Sunday night against the New Orleans
Saints after rejoining the team Wednesday morning to participate in meetings.
Oddly enough, Claiborne should have seen this coming. Scandrick didn’t start
Week 3 only because he missed the first two weeks of the season while serving a
two-game suspension, during which Claiborne filled in. Making matters worse,
blowhard owner Jerry Jones said on his weekly radio show that the third-year
cornerback had not been worth the sixth pick of the 2012 draft, which had to
sting Claiborne all the more. After Sunday, odds are he’ll wish he’d stuck with
quitting………
- Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista dreams big. Usually,
that’s a positive. In this case, it allegedly caused billions of dollars in
losses and a drastically altered stock market. There can be a fine line ‘twixt
one man’s brilliant investment strategy and another’s criminal activity and
that appears to be the line of demarcation separating Batists and f ederal
prosecutors who have charged whim with manipulating the stock market and
causing billions of dollars in losses. The prosecutor's office said in a
statement that Batista conspired with seven former directors of oil company OGX
Petroleo e Gas Participacoes to deceive investors with false information
regarding the company's production potential. In simpler terms, they promised
the company would make a sh*t-ton of money when in fact, it could make only a
fraction of a sh*t-ton of money. They manipulated financial data to make their
promises look legitimate and according to prosecutors, the lies did more than just
bilk those investors out of their money. If you believes such tall tales, the
stock manipulation caused the market to lose more than $6 billion. In what
could merely be one ginormous coincidence, OGX didn't deliver on its promises
to produce significant amounts of offshore oil even though it reported many
finds since 2010 and if a judge accepts the charges, the case will move to
trial, where a significant blow may be struck to capitalism. In that case, we
will all be losers………
- Proclamation rejected, Liam Neeson. You may be a
62-year-old badass who is beating the hell out of bad guys in remote places
around the world because they made the mistake of kidnapping people he cares
deeply about, but someone has to be bold enough to stand up to deny your insane
claim that the
third installment of the “Taken” franchise will be the last. For two
heart-pounding films, Neeson has been Bryan Mills, a retired CIA agent with a “very
particular set of skills” who travels to Turkey, Paris and anywhere else he
needs to go to make the bad guys pay. Yes, he’s approaching social security age
and a man cannot be an action hero forever – “The Expendables” notwithstanding because
it’s a walking punchline – forever. But Neeson has at least a decade of
badass-ness left and he needs to know it. "It's a rollicking good story
but I think this is the end,” the Irish actor explain. When asked about the
third and allegedly final film, Neeson was all jokes. "This time, no more
traveling. If my daughter was 'taken' again on a trip, Bryan Mills would have
to be certifiably locked up for bad parenting,” Neeson said. The story lines
for the movie are being kept under wraps, but word on the street is that Mills
will go on the run after being framed for the murder of someone close to him.
The actor added: "I have to go on the run, I’ll put it that way, from the
not-so-lawful types and the lawful authorities. Bryan Mills served his country
faithfully, but now even they are after him. They must not like me,” Neeson
added. “Tak3n” will hit theaters on Jan. 8 and with any good fortune, “Taken 4”
and its successors will be on the way in the next few years. It can be risky to
argue with a genuine killa like Neeson, but if no one does and this franchise
ends after just three movies while other, lesser franchises stagger on and on
with multiple unnecessary sequels, then there is something very wrong with the
world………
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