- Carmelo Anthony’s definition of a crumbling empire needs
some revision. The New York Knicks star is the best player (i.e. tallest
midget) for a 5-29 team that has the most losses in the NBA and anyone with a
shred of objectivity would characterize the once-proud franchise as crumbling.
Yet there’s Anthony, bad knee and all, insisting that despite losing nine straight games and 19 of their
previous 20 games, the Knicks are not falling apart – a fabricated reality
Anthony attributes to rookie head coach Derek Fisher. "I think if it was
anybody else in his position, I think this probably would've crumbled
already," Anthony said after yet another blowout loss Wednesday night. "I
think he's doing a great job of keeping everybody focused on the task at hand
and believing in what we're trying to do." Really? How good can your focus
be and how strong is your belief if you haven't won in nearly a month With losing
streaks of 10, nine and six games this season and injuries ravaging what was
already a weak roster, the Knicks have displayed virtually none of the
qualities Fisher and new Knicks president Phil Jackson have tried to instill in
New York. The Knicks lack most every essential quality for a successful team,
from talent to basketball intelligence, defensive ability to teamwork and
anything in between. Worse still, Anthony admitted that because of his ailing
knee, he might not even make it to the All-Star Game, which is in New York this
year. Hosting one of the NBA’s showcase events in the midst of what may go down
as the worst season in franchise history would be an ironic twist for the
Knickerbockers and one that would fit well with their crumbling empire……..
- Someone started the New Year’s Eve celebration a little
early in sunny San Diego. That would be a certain clothes-free individual who
was found running along Interstate 8 Wednesday and taken into
custody by police. The man, whose identity was not released in keeping with
California law, was spotted by a motorist who phoned the California Highway
Patrol at 11:11 a.m., although the police did not confirm whether or not the
caller also made a wish before alerting them to the fact that there was some
mentally unstable kook doing his daily run on the interstate sans clothing. The
caller alerted the law to a nude man running in and out of traffic along
westbound lanes near Severin Drive, CHP officer Tommy Doerr said. Officers who
arrived on the scene confronted the naked man and ordered him to stop, pointing
Tasers at his ass (which was much easier to spot given his lack of pants)
before taking him into custody. “[The naked man] said he wanted to go to
heaven. He was a little unstable that’s why we took him to county mental health
for evaluation,” Doerr said. Heaven? This fool already lives in sunny southern
California, so the idea that he doesn’t already live in some form of utopia on
Earth is off-base. After doing some quality police investigative work, officers
determined that the man was involved in a three-vehicle crash nearby and was
trying to run away. The law allows for individuals such as this to be hospitalized
involuntarily for up to 72 hours if deemed a danger to themselves or others.
Oh, and this incident occurred on one of the coldest days on record in San
Diego, so there may also have been some shrinkage involved………..
- Who doesn’t think medieval drama with proper English and
corsets aplenty and immediately conjure up mental images of tattooed metal
maniacs with flying-V guitars and gnarly facial hair shredding in the
background? Everyone should and now they can because metal rockers Anthrax have
agreed to contribute a song to “Catch the Throne,” the forthcoming album
inspired by HBO’s hit drama “Game of Thrones.” The network has cranked out a
soundtrack for previous seasons of the show and the one for the fourth season
included the likes of Big Boi, Wale and Daddy Yankee. The Season 5 version will
go in a slightly different direction given Anthrax’s inclusion as well as the
previous confirmation that Killswitch engage will also be part of the album.
The complete lineup for the album hasn’t been confirmed, but an image of
Anthrax founder Scott Ian in a studio was posted on Facebook earlier this week
with the caption "Stay tuned… #CatchTheThrone #ANTHRAXalbum2015.” As for the notion that “Game of Thrones”
and heavy metal don’t mix, Ian had a counter to that argument in a recent
interview. "All of you out there who watch 'Game Of Thrones', much like
me, probably think it's a very metal TV show,” Ian said. “And just know the
reason for that is that one of the creators [D.B. Weiss] is a huge metal head. I
asked Dan, 'Hey man, what would be the possibility of us recording the drums
for the next album in the throne room?' Like we bring a mobile studio and set
up the drums, mic everything and record in here. He says, 'Oh my God, that
would be the sickest thing ever. We know the guys that can make that
possible.'" Here’s hoping the guys and ladies in the show’s writers’ room
find a cameo for one or more members of Anthrax and Killswitch at some point
this season……..
- Sometimes, a one-man riot is necessary. Not everyone
understands this, but at least one man in Turkey has a firm grasp on the
notion, leading him to loosen his grip on the multiple grenades and bullets he fired
at President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Istanbul office. This maniac
was subdued by police after lobbing multiple grenades at the president’s office
and chasing that with some gunfire. Police ended the whole attack a bit early,
which was probably a solid idea for them given that the man was also armed with
a small weapon and an assault rifle. His identity was not released, but that doesn’t
mean police don’t know precisely who this rebel is. "The individual's
identity and affiliation is obvious to us. He has spent time in prison,” Istanbul
Police Chief Selami Altinok said of the attacker. The attack itself wasn’t exactly
a precision plan, as the two grenades the attacker through did not explode and
were soon destroyed by law enforcement. The Dolmabahce Palace in downtown
Istanbul was the scene of the crime was once the residence of the founder of
the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, but police did not say whether
Erdogan was present at the time of the attack. The president has become an increasingly
divisive force in Turkey in recent months thanks to oppressive policies and a
general intolerance of opposing viewpoints, so it was about time for someone to
strap up, arm themselves to the teeth and lay siege to the palace in a
relatively benign attack that screams “homicidal psychopath” in a way that mere
words never, ever could………
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