- If you hated dear old dad the despot, maybe you’ll like
his daughter, Guatemala. Efrain Rios Montt is a former dictator facing
charges of genocide for massacres committed during his 1982-83 regime in the
Latin American nation and while he presided over one of the bloodiest periods
of Guatemala's civil war and oversaw a period in which about 245,000 people
were killed or disappeared during the 1960-96 conflict and the vast majority of
killings blamed on the army and paramilitary groups, his daughter his hoping
that the people won't hold that against her. Zury Rios Sosa is running for
president and the three-time member of congress announced that she would accept
the nomination of the Christian conservative Vision with Values party to
compete in general elections later this year. "Before God and all of you,
I take the responsibility and the decision to return to the political arena, to
public politics, to the office of a public servant, to submit myself to the
judgment of the people," she said. She still has the stink of her father’s
legacy hanging over her, but she was only 14 years old when her father, an army general, seized power
in a coup. She certainly didn’t make the choice to suspend the constitution and
launch a brutal campaign against political dissidents, nor was she convicted in
2013 of genocide and crimes against humanity for the killings of 1,771 Mayan
Indians by soldiers under her father’s command. Hell, she even married Jerry
Weller, who at the time was a Republican U.S. congressman from Illinois, in
2004. Sosa declined to comment on whether her father's legal case could affect
her race and also seems to believe it won't be an issue that when he was in
Congress, her husband was named
one of the most corrupt members of the House……….
- Look at Australian rockers Tame Impala, trying to make a
deep social statement with their lyrics and inspiring an entire gender to do
more and be better. The band is readying its third album and one of the tracks
on it has already created a bit of a stir. “Cause I’m A Man” is not your
average rock jam and despite what it’s title implies, it doesn’t laud dudes’
ability to do and say whatever the hell they want just because. In fact,
frontman Kevin Parker says the song is actually about how weak men are and how
they should be much better. "Lyrically I’m not usually that out there and straight up saying
things, but it’s meant to be really tongue-in-cheek at the same time,” Parker
said. “The song is about how weak men are, basically, and how we make all these
excuses but really we’re just these odorous male members of the animal kingdom.
We don’t have any self-control and are pathetic, basically. Again, that was
probably a bad description of the song, but I guess I’ll let people figure it
out for themselves." He went on to say that he hopes people won't perceive
the song as sexist, but noted that was a distinct possibility “because people
have whack interpretations of things sometimes." With or without
insightful lyrics and regardless of who it offends and why, “Currents” is still
a much-anticipated follow-up to the band’s well-received 2012 release
“Lonerism.” But now that Parker has laid out the logic behind “Cause I’m A
Man,” the rest of the album has a high standard to live up to………
- It’s a cutthroat world in the arena of New York
cardiology. Not only are there patients who, you know, are counting on their
doctors to save their lives, but rival doctors are apparently beefing with one
another and engaging in turf wars heated enough to compel them to hire hitmen
to take out their rivals. Meet Dr. Anthony Moschetto, a suburban
New York cardiologist has been charged in connection with a failed scheme to
have another physician hurt or killed. The not-so-good doctor pleaded not
guilty to criminal solicitation, conspiracy, burglary, arson, criminal
prescription sale and weapons charges in connection to what prosecutors called
a plot to take out a rival doctor on Long Island. The case is serious enough
that Moschetto had to post a $2 million bond and surrender his passport. Two
co-conspirators, James Chmela and James Kalamaras, also pleaded not guilty and were
released on bail. Moschetto's attorney, Randy Zelin, said his client "will
be defending himself vigorously.” “Doctors are supposed to ensure the health
and wellbeing of people, but Dr. Moschetto is alleged to have replaced that
responsibility with brazen, callous and criminal acts," Acting Nassau
District Attorney Madeline Singas said in a statement. The entire story is so
bizarre and over-the-top, with police officers allegedly discovering
approximately 100 weapons at Moschetto's home, including hand grenades,
high-capacity magazines and knives. Grenades and knives? Was this guy looking
to off a rival or stage a coup in a Third World nation? There was even a hidden
room behind a switch-activated bookshelf to conceal many of the weapons and
this case got rolling a few months ago when undercover officers began buying
heroin and oxycodone pills from Moschetto in what was initially a routine
investigation into the sale of prescription drugs. The doctor later (allegedly)
sold the officers two semiautomatic assault weapons as well as ammunition,
prosecutors said, and told them that he needed dynamite to "blow up a building."
He ultimately went with arson instead of incendiary devices, and here we are
trying to sort the whole mess out in court………..
- Kris Bryant has found the place where he belongs. The top prospect
made his major league debut Friday, one day after he was called up from a
totally transparent two-week minor league stint to start the season so the
Chicago Cubs ensured he can't be eligible for free agency until after the 2021
season, and his first MLB game proved he is a Cub to the core. Bryant struck
out in his first three at-bats against James Shields in the Cubs’ 5-4 loss to
San Diego. After the Cubs selected Bryant's contract from Triple-A Iowa and
immediately inserted him into their starting lineup as the cleanup hitter and
third baseman, he proceeded to whiff on three pitches for an inning-ending
strikeout following a two-out walk to Anthony Rizzo in the bottom half of the
first inning. He received a standing ovation before the at-bat and as the crowd
snapped photos, Bryant went to work living up to his lengthy future with the
Cubs. He batted again in the fourth inning, quickly fell behind 0-2 before working
the count full and then swinging over another changeup. His final strikeout
came in the bottom of the fifth after the Cubs scored twice and he was able to
bring the rally to a screeching halt to by striking out on a cutter with
runners at second and third. To Bryant’s credit, he played solid defense and
one day doesn’t define his worthiness to help the Cubs win their first World
Series title in 107 years, but having the most-hyped player to come through
your organization in years look badly overmatched and fall flat on his face in
his debut is so befitting the most snakebitten and perennially inept team in
baseball that it’s almost sad………
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