- How
does a man win the lottery and still lose big? You roll the way Thammarong Keawsuanjik rolled when he won nearly $1
million in a Thai lottery. Keawsuanjik had himself a day when he won the 30
million baht ($857,000) prize and for a clothing store security guard in
northeastern Thailand, that’s a massive sum. Winning that money can change a
person’s life and that’s precisely what Keawsuanjik had in mind when he
surveyed his existence and tried to figure out what he wanted to do with the
golden opportunity life had given him. The first step was shaking free of the
unsightly hag with whom he was currently involved. Yes, Keawsuanjik decided to
break up the woman with whom he was living, who also happened to be the mother
of his son. Better still, he broke her off via text message just a few weeks
after winning the lottery. The woman, Saowanee Thongwiset, received a text
message from Thammarong saying, "Let's break up.” That was bitter news for
Thongwiset, who not only saw the man she loved walk out the door, but saw that
man take nearly $1 million with him. What’s a scorned woman to do? How about
sue her now-former lover for child support in the amount of 10 million baht
($286,000), one-third of that her common law husband won. Her lawyer, Theerapon
Pochanukul, claims that the couple cashed the winnings together at a local bank
and deposited the money in the man's account. A few days later, Keawsuanjik transferred
700,000 baht ($20,000) into the accounts of the wife and their son, which is
being maintained by the mother. Somewhere along the way, he did an about-face
and bought land with the money, land upon which he is now building a house. In
addition to wanting to get paid, Thongwiset also wants the Juvenile and Family
Court to make the man register their baby as his lawful son. In the ultimate
“F*ck you” moment, Keawsuanjik has now suggested that he might actually
counter-sue for custody of the 8-month-old baby he was perfectly willing to
walk out on a few weeks ago……..
- Should
have gone to the University of Montana or Idaho State, Benjamin Knox and Lamar
Robbins. The two University of South Florida football players have been
arrested and suspended from team activities for allegedly firing a gun on
campus and while such antics might be easier to explain at schools located in
über-rural, bear-infested states, maybe you just want to Glock-down and not
squeeze off a few rounds regardless of your setting. Police arrested Robbins
after an investigation into the Oct. 11 arrest of Knox, a freshman reserve
offensive lineman. According to the long arm of the law, Knox fired a gun at a
dorm on the campus near Tampa and in the process, he may or may not have passed
his piece to his teammate to join in on the fun. That’s not the story these two
knuckleheads told police that night, according to police, who said a statement
that they spoke with Robbins early in the investigation and he gave false
information. Amazingly, this future Mensa didn’t spin a convincing enough tale
and following further investigation, Robbins was charged with discharging a
weapon on campus, a second-degree felony, and giving false information to a law
enforcement officer. "They will remain so as we continue to gather more
information through the proper authorities," the university’s athletic
department said of the two’ players suspended status. "We cannot state
strongly enough our commitment to the values of our institution and that any
behavior inconsistent with those will not be tolerated." Yes, schools
rarely tolerate bench players and third stingers doing stupid sh*t like this.
Now, if these two were All-Americans and future first-round NFL draft picks……….
- Why
can't the just chill out, pack a bowl and relax man? Why does The Man need to
be so harsh on former TSA officer Deondre Smith,
who has been charged with counts of conspiracy to distribute marijuana and
bribery of a public official for allegedly accepting bribes to allow checked
bags filled with marijuana to pass through security checkpoints at Los Angeles
International Airport. The South Los Angeles resident allegedly accepted at
least $500 to make sure checked baggage filled with marijuana pass through
screening checkpoints at the airport, according to the indictment, which is
disappointing because he should have asked for some of that quality dank as payment
instead of cash. In this scam of which Smith was a small, yet important piece,
the bags of ganja were flown to Charlotte Douglas International Airport in
North Carolina and from there, they were distributed for sale on the street.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, there were at least nine incidents
over a two-year period where Smith allowed marijuana to pass through security. “Knowing
that the luggage contained marijuana, Smith would temporarily take possession
of the luggage from the other co-conspirators and either personally escort the
luggage through LAX baggage screen checkpoints, or deliver the luggage to make
sure the baggage containing marijuana passed through security,” the indictment said.
U.S. Attorney Eileen M. Decker, putting on her judging pants, was all too ready
to drop the hammer on Smith. “I expect all federal employees to meet the high
standards of ethical behavior. Any acceptance of bribes to influence official
conduct will not be tolerated,” Decker said of Smith, who is facing a maximum
5-year sentence for drug trafficking conspiracy and a maximum 15-year sentence
for the bribery count. All in the name of helping stoners get their hands on
some decent lettuce……….
- They’re
quite an odd pair. On the one hand, you have dreadlocked, heavily tattooed Christian metal band P.O.D. and on the other, the
quintessential fabricated, stylized and overproduced pop singer, Katy Perry. It
just feels weird to have P.O.D. rushing to defend Perry, i.e. Katy Hudson,
amidst the “revelation” that the band used her as a backing vocalist back in
the day before she sold out and became a label creation who combined limited
musical ability with the best professional songwriting and marketing money could
buy. For some reason, Perry's forgotten cameo on P.O.D.’s 2005 track “Goodbye
for Now” is suddenly a thing and the footage of her appearing in a supporting
capacity during the band’s appearance on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” is
viral. Perry, who previously had an underwhelming early career in Christian
music before going mainstream pop, has been labeled as a former backup singer
for P.O.D. and the band is having none of it. "This is revisionist history
and disrespectful to our girl Katy who was NEVER a back-up singer,” the band
said in a statement making unnecessary use of the CAPS LOCK key on its
keyboard. “We invited her to participate on our record as she was and is still
is one of the few pop artists with strong musicianship roots… She paid her dues
not as a back-up singer but in a van going town to town.” The funny thing is
that the quality of Perry’s pop music rates on a level for which she should
still be traversing America in a jam-packed conversion van, playing in dive
bars for crowds numbering in the dozens. But as always, there is no explaining
musical taste………
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