- Justice done flipped on a Venezuelan a judge less than 24
hours after he issued what was quickly deemed to be a too-lenient sentence in a
high-profile drug trafficking case. Ali Fabricio Paredes is having his judicial
integrity called into question because prosecutors believe he acted unfairly in
sentencing Walid Makled to 14 years in prison. The sentence drew immediate and
vociferous objections from prosecutors, who say they will appeal. According to
the state prosecutor's office, the judge will face charges related to
favoritism in the case of the drug kingpin. Undoubtedly, legal and governmental
officials were getting ready for a massive celebration after what they thought
would be a long and punitive sentence for Makled, who they won the right to
prosecute after his arrest in Colombia trigged a tug-of-war between their
country and the United States. After both nations vied for the right to try
him, he was ultimately extradited to Venezuela. Winning that fight only to lose
the war when the judge – for some allegedly shady reason – whiffed on the
sentencing because he was bribed/threatened/blackmailed/talked into going with
just 14 years behind bars is a huge black eye for the country. Many critics
quickly linked Paredes' detention to the case of Maria Lourdes Afiuni, who was
jailed in 2009 after then-President Hugo Chavez objected to her freeing a
banker. Her legal proceedings have dragged on for half a decade and h er
ongoing trial has sparked international condemnation. This case could take just
as long and one wouldn’t expect to hear or see much of Paredes any time in the
near future………
- Are there two genres of music that generate more polarized
responses than disco and whatever the hell it is that Skrillex does? Maybe
country, maybe polka, but disco and the sounds of Skrillex are tough to top
when it comes to the bile they produce. Those who run screaming from both types
of music will probably want to avoid the new Tron
video game soundtrack. That’s where disco producer Giorgio Moroder and Skrillex
will unite, with Moroder confirming that Disney approached him to compose the
music from the video game. "We have about five themes, electronic stuff
and let's see if he's [Skrillex] interested in remixing or re-working one of
the songs," Moroder said. Moroder actually has a lot of musical credibility
to his name, having scored films such as “Scarface,”
“American Gigolo” and “Flashdance,” and claimed that once he’s
done with this sound track, he has an offer on the table to score a major
motion picture. "I cannot tell you what, but it's… not a 150 million
dollars but a big movie, big production," he added. If working with
Skrillex weren't enough to irritate music fans, Moroder will also dive neck
deep into pop hack Lady Gaga’s new album. The producer claimed he has five or
six tracks prepared and was supposed to hit the studio with the Gagster a while
ago. "I was supposed to be in the studio with [Gaga] a week ago, but I got
a cold. I’ll see her when I’m back. I have about five or six tracks, just basic
ideas,” he said. “Drums, keyboard, bass. I’m going to be surprised, I think – I
don’t have a clue about the way she’s recording. Will she play the piano? Will
I?" In the midst of these dueling projects, Moroder is also set to release
his first solo album in 30 years and it will include guest spots from Kylie
Minogue, Mikky Ekko, Charli XCX, Sia, and others………
- Angry dogs are sometimes beneficial for humanity. For
example, a canine with an overzealous personality can be a pain in the ass if
you’re a humble runner merely passing down the street some 200 feet from said
canine’s home, but that same dog can pay handsome dividends if it’s on duty
protecting a minimum wage-earning gas station employee when some lowlife robber
comes bursting through the door looking to score a couple hundred bucks the
dishonest way. That’s precisely what happened a Portland Road gas station one
afternoon earlier this week. According to Saco, Maine Deputy Chief Jeffrey
Holland, an unidentified suspect attempted to rob the clerk working at the
station, but found more resistance than someone who’s making less than $9 an
hour typically puts up against an armed assailant who is threatening to shoot
them unless they surrender money that doesn’t belong to them anyhow. The clerk
stood his ground and refused to hand over the money, electing to hide behind
what Holland described as a "good-sized" pit bull-boxer mix. Even
though the clerk was holding onto the dog, the animal lunged at the robber and
struck pay dirt, biting the scumbag twice on the face and sending the man
scrambling for the door and bleeding. Holland said the suspect fled in a pickup
truck and is still at large, while the employee escaped unharmed due to the dog
he typically brings to work with him for situations such as this. It kinda
makes having to pick up whatever droppings the dog deposits around the property
worth it………..
- As always, the world must never forget that Bobby Petrino
is a d-bag. The man who lied about leaving one job at the University of
Louisville and then bolted after insisting he wouldn’t, quit mid-season via
form letter in players’ lockers on the Atlanta Falcons team he was being paid
millions to coach, had an affair with a half-his-age graduate assistant and
broke dozens of rules because of it while coaching the University of Arkansas
and was fired only after motorcycle crash with his blonde skank left half his
face on the asphalt and hasn’t been respected by anyone in a long time is at it
again. Last year, Petrino – having returned to Louisville for a second stint –
and his staff recruited South
Carolina's Mr. Football, Dutch Fork High star running back Matt Colburn. They
went after Colburn hard, throwing all of the promises at him that coaches
always use on players to sell them on committing to their school for the next
four years. It worked and Colburn decided to cross state lines and play for the
Cardinals. He felt pretty good about that decision, right up to the point Louisville
defensive coordinator Todd Grantham told him that there was no scholarship
available for him in 2015. Petrino and Grantham wanted Colburn to grayshirt,
delaying his enrollment until 2016. It was the ultimate d-bag move, tagged with
Grantham telling Colburn that the Cardinals needed his scholarship for
defensive backs after three left early for the NFL draft. It was such a d-bag
move that Dutch Fork coach Tim Knotts announced that Petrino and his staff were
barred from recruiting at the school. Thankfully for Colburn, Wake Forest
quickly scooped him up and he will still be able to play Division I football. "It's
just a blessing in disguise," Colburn said. "I have to look at it as
one door closing and another door opening. It is definitely a blessing, mostly
because he won't be balling for the most deceptive, despicable and soulless
a-hole in college football and instead can play under men who actually have a
conscience and at least try to live up to their promises once in a while……….
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