- Is
hate for Chris Brown still a thing? Yes, he pleaded guilty to assault
charges in 2009 after attacking then-girlfriend Rihanna and doesn’t seem like
he’s become a saint since then, plus his music is wildly overrated and there
are dozens of pop/R&B artists who can replicate what he does musically.
Still, everyone deserves a chance to move on with their life once they’ve paid
the price for their crimes….or at least they do in places where kangaroos,
koalas and walkabouts aren't staples of life. Aussies are some of the coolest
people around and if you don’t like hanging out with them you clearly have a
problem with yourself, but one thing Australian women aren't OK with is having
Brown tour their country with his special brand of crap-tacular music. Enter Australian
Minister for Women Michaelia Cash, who both has a job that sounds like a
made-up femi-Nazi wet dream and is clearly not a fan of misogynists, suggested
recently that Brown may not be allowed into the country for his upcoming tour
dates. Her remarks came after women's rights group GetUp created an online
petition calling for Brown to be denied a visa ahead of planned live gigs. This
femi-Nazi manifesto said that failure to ban Brown would "send the message
that if you brutally beat a woman, in a short amount of time you will be
forgiven, or even celebrated." Hey GetUp, get over it. Yes, Brown seems
like a d-bag and yes, he was convicted of a crime. But that doesn’t mean you
can deny him the right to enter your country six years after being convicted.
The legal system determined that he had been sufficiently punished and since
the crime didn’t occur on your soil, you don’t really get a say. Then again,
Cash said that she would push for Brown to be investigated before he is allowed
into the country by immigration minister Peter Dutton. Score one for holding a
grudge………
- Don’t
step between a man and some free Nutella waffles -
especially not when that man is a criminal with a long rap sheet and a short
temper. That life lesson was delivered the hard way to a 78-year-old California
shopper who got his face caved on by a fellow Costco customer when the old
timer dared to challenge a man less than one-third his age over the young man’s
abuse of a sample table offering free pieces of waffles smeared with Nutella. The
elder man, who hasn’t been publicly identified, said he was reaching for a
waffle at a sample table at the Costco in Burbank Derrick Gharabighi used his
speed and quickness advantages to zip in and grab all of the remaining samples
off the table. That’s when things became heated, with the old man having the
gall to complain about the greed of his younger rival. It seems the old man
pushed a button or two because the next thing he knew, Gharabighi was going
Ronda Rousey on his face and he was on his way to the hospital with a cut and swelling on the left
side of his face. Burbank police charged Gharabighi with felony elder abuse and
personal infliction of great bodily injury against a person over 70 years of
age and amazingly, at his arraignment he pleased not guilty. Not surprisingly, Gharabighi
has a criminal record and equally unsurprisingly, he’s getting a lot of heat on
his Instagram page from people who feel like pummeling a guy 13 years past
retirement age is unacceptable. In a video of the incident that surfaced
online, two other shoppers expressed the same sentiments to Gharabighi,
including one who told him, "Lay off the Nutella waffles dude." As
always, at least all of this happened for a good reason……..
- Everyone
hates mascots. Well, maybe not everyone. Children old enough not to be
terrified by giant freaks in 10-foot-tall shark, bear or monster costumers and
not yet old enough to realize how lame said freaks are tend to like them, but
the other 99.9996 percent of the world’s population who know what mascots are
hates them. The reasons aren't difficult to grasp, not when you learn about
idiots like Sparky, the mascot for Arizona State
University. Like other mascots, Sparky is tasked with creating hilarious
mischief and fun at sporting events, namely by clowning for fans, throwing out
free items and dancing like a fool. Oh, and don’t forget assaulting public
officials and causing serious bodily harm with those wacky antics. Tempe City
Councilman David Schapira was chilling on the sidelines, enjoying one of the
perks of being an elected official by getting a close view of the action, when Sparky
playfully jumped on Schapira’s back, which wouldn’t have been a problem except
for the fact that the councilman is recovering from back surgery. Schapira said
he laughed until he felt a pop, which turned out to be a torn back muscle. The
university apologized for its mascot's "excessive exuberance" and
offered to help pay medical expenses related to the injury, although getting
rid of its stupid mascot would be a better solution. Even magnanimous, Schapira said he’s not angry at Sparky and joked that
he might wear a warning sign next time
he’s on the sidelines……..
- What
you may not know abut Indonesia is that it’s the
world's fourth largest country. You also may not realize that the relatively
poor nation is among the worst polluters in the world, but Indonesia wants you
to know that it is really, really sorry about that and it promises to clean up
its act really, really soon - soon being a relative term. Specifically, Indonesia
has pledged to strengthen the protection of its forests and boost the
production of renewable energy in its target for a global climate pact. As part
of its submission to the United Nations, Indonesia pledged to reduce its
greenhouse gas emissions by 29 percent by 2030. That reduction is compared to a
business-as-usual scenario without climate action and better still, Indonesia
claimed in its report that it would raise that target to 41 percent with
international support, including access to finance and clean technology. How
would the country accomplish these lofty goals once the world opens its
collective pocketbook and doles out some free money? In large part through improved
conservation of forests, as most of
Indonesia's emissions comes from peat and forest fires as land is cleared for
farming, corporate development or oil palm plantations. As part of its new,
enviro-friendly ways, Indonesia also plans to boost the share of renewable
energy to at least 23 percent by 2025. Break out the solar panels and plastic
recycling bins, all, the party is about to begin………
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