- Some parents need to remove their head from their ass and
realize that they cannot shield their children from the real world forever.
Sometimes, kids need to grow up and enjoy things that might otherwise be deemed
above their head and never has that been more apparent than in the fight
between dying toy store chains Toys R Us and Florida mother Susan Schrivjer. Schrivjer, who lives in For Myers
but appears to have left her brain elsewhere, is enraged at one of the best toy
offerings ever to hit the shelves of any store. She’s peeved that Toys R Us is
selling a Walter White doll, based on the iconic protagonist of AMC’s late hit
drama “Breaking Bad.” White was a chemistry teacher turned meth dealer and he
spent five seasons boldly evading the law and building his career as a drug
kingpin. That alone should make him a hero to the masses, but Schrivjer is
missing the point entirely. This total square has launched a petition to have
all "Breaking Bad" action figures removed from Toys R Us and even
more disturbingly, her joke of a petition has received more than 2,000 online
signatures. Oh, and she doesn’t have the balls to post her petition under her
real name, going with Susan Myers instead. "Toys R Us is well known around
the world for their vast selection of toys for children of all ages," she
wrote in her post. "However their decision to sell a Breaking Bad doll,
complete with a detachable sack of cash and a bag of meth, alongside children's
toys is a dangerous deviation from their family friendly values." Blah,
blah, blah. Dangerous deviations and vast selections and honestly, people
stopped listening to your blow-hardery two words in. If you don’t want your
child having a toy glorifying a meth dealer, then don’t buy it. Besdies, “Breaking
Bad” wasn’t exactly a show geared toward kids and it’s off the air now, so it’s
unlikely that any 10-year-old brats are begging for a Walter White or Jesse
Pinkman doll this holiday season……….
- Domestic violence among athletes: It’s not just an NFL
thing. Other athletes in sports built heavily on contact and violence have
trouble containing their rage to the field of play, as evidenced by the fact
that Los Angeles Kings forward Slava
Voynov was arrested on domestic violence charges and has been suspended
indefinitely from the pending a formal investigation by the NHL. Not
surprisingly given the shady nature of the incident, the arrest took place at
12:45 a.m., when Redondo Beach police took Voynov into custody. The
investigation is ongoing and the case is still in its infancy, a fact made more
complicated because the victim in this case was offered an emergency protective
order against Voynov, but declined. Like so many battered women, she chose not
to pursue the protection she needed and because of that, there is no legal
reason to prevent the victim and Voynov from living together or remaining in
close contact. Oh, and a child witnessed the incident and now has some great
memories of two adults in his life who are supposed to be examples of good
behavior and respect beating the holy hell out of one another. Officers
responded to a house in Redondo Beach around 11:25 p.m. after a neighbor called
police, saying a woman was screaming for "the past 20 minutes and could
now be heard crying," according to the Redondo Beach Police Department. When officers arrived, there was
no one home, but 90 minutes later the victim showed up at Little Company of
Mary Hospital for "injuries that were possibly received during a domestic
violence incident." Voynov was taken into custody at the hospital and a
delightful evening got that much better………
- Oh, eastern Europe, you never fail to amuse and entertain
while simultaneously reinforcing the notion that humanity is a corrupt and
inherently devious species. Today’s prime example of a moral-free public
official and his co-conspirators accepting sh*t they shouldn’t in exchange for
political favors comes from the city of Skopje, Macedonia, where police have arrested a former Defense Ministry official and eight
others for allegedly embezzling $2.8 million from the government by filing fake
expenses related to a helicopter maintenance program. That’s right, fake
helicopter maintenance expenses. Nothing conjures up the cash quite like
claiming you did expensive and complicated repairs that those you’re asking to
pay don’t really understand and wouldn’t be able to identify if you jammed their
head into the engine of a helicopter and marked the repaired parts with sticky
notes. The suspects — all Macedonians — were arrested following an
investigation into the maintenance of six helicopters bought by the Macedonian
military from Ukraine. The scam allegedly involved flying the helicopters back
to Ukraine for maintenance between 2004 and 2009. The embezzled money was then forwarded
to companies registered by the suspects in Cyprus, Britain, Bulgaria and
Macedonia. The ingenious thinkers allegedly response for this scheme are facing
trial for various fraud-related charges, as well as forming a criminal
association. With these people in custody, the clock is now ticking on the next
band of dishonest scumbags to step up and hatch their sinister plot to take
over the world/deplete its financial resources for their own personal gain……..
- Folks are increasingly health conscious these days, always
keeping in mind that they need to monitor what they eat and whether they’re
getting enough exercise for their personal good. Just don’t bring that health-conscious sh*t to Kasabian
guitarist Serge
Pizzorno, because he’s of the opinion that there is at least one profession
where eating healthy and taking care of oneself is a ridiculous idea that
belongs in the same category as crop circles and saying Keanu Reeves can act.
In Pizzorno’s world view, there is nothing more depressing than seeing a band
come off stage "and just flip their laptop open, at online shopping. And
have some chicken and broccoli." That’s right, chicken and broccoli.
Sadly, Pizzorno did not spell out what rock stars should eat or when, electing
to leave that open for debate as long as the conclusion of that debate does not
end with people eating something green and leafy or a versatile piece of
poultry. "I won't expose any bands but there's nothing more depressing
than seeing a band come off stage at a festival, go back stage and just flip
their laptop open, at online shopping. And have some chicken and broccoli,”
Pizzorno fumed. “I'm thinking, 'Are you not gonna have a drink now? Cause some
carnage?' And they're like 'Naw mate, gotta watch the weight'. F*ck that, you
don't deserve to be doing this job." Wait….one has to want to get hammered
the instant they get off stage and not be hungry in order to be a true and
deserving rocker? Why can't a dude have a piece of grilled chicken, a side of
broccoli and three Irish car bombs as a way to celebrate a good show? Open your
mind, Serge……….
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