- Riot
Watch! Riot Watch! It’s always nice to be reminded that while here in the
United States, voters are so indifferent that even a bag of cash handed out
after casting a ballot may not be enough to overcome their apathy, folks in
other corners of the globe truly do give a damn about elections. A prime
example of this went down late last week in Pakistan, where police confirmed
that clashes between supporters of two political
parties have left 11 people dead and dozens injured in southern Pakistan. Pir
Mohammad Shah said the lethal clashes broke out in the suburbs of Khairpur town
during the first phase of voting for local government positions, leaving 25
others from both sides injured in the melee. The scene was so nasty that army
troops had to be called in to control the situation. The good news is that this
was merely the first phase of a three-phase election in southern Pakistan's
Sindh province and Punjab province in the country's east, so it’s not as if the
rage won't go up and the level of violence won’t increase exponentially as the
process moves along and the stakes are raised. The remaining phases will be
held later this month and next month and while deadly clashes between political
opponents are not uncommon in Pakistan, it’s worth wondering if the process
would still work should the two sides be willing to injure and maim, but not
actually kill their rivals. Something to think about before that next round of
essential elections, Pakistan……..
- You
still cannot kill “The Walking Dead.” In fact, a show about the undead
terrorzing the world is so strong that it has already spawned a spin-off, “Fear The Walking Dead,” which is set for a
second 15-episode series next year after a record-breaking first season on AMC.
But the original is so often the best and that’s why “Walking Dead” is the
top-rated show on television and why the network has announced that the zombie
drama will return for a seventh season. The show, based on Robert Kirkman’s
Image Comics series, will be right back a mere 11 months from now, making its
lurching, bloodthirsty comeback next October to continue the post-apocalyptic
story. To underscore the pull this show has, its companion chat show, “Talking
Dead,” has also been re-commissioned. Yes, there is a “Walking Dead” chat show
and it’s popular enough to also get a return ticket. “All joking aside, we are
so proud to share these shows with fans who have been so passionate,
communicative and engaged,” said Charlie Collier, president of AMC, SundanceTV
and AMC Studios. “We are grateful for and continually impressed by the talent,
effort and excellence on continuous display by Robert Kirkman, Scott Gimple,
Chris Hardwick and the many people with whom we partner to make these unique
shows possible. The result: More Walking and Talking. Hooray.” The whole
“hooray” at the end is kind of amateurish and tacky, but it’s still a nice
example of a network actually keeping a good show alive rather than sending it
shuffling off into the great TV beyond in favor of another round of remakes and
recycled ideas………
- This
is why a lot of people hate Halloween. It’s a fake holiday that people have
taken too seriously for so long that it’s actually treated as if it were real
and because it’s such a big, fake freaking deal, fools do sh*t like buying -
with money they could use to feed their families, feed the needy and starving,
help victims of natural disasters, take their children on a better vacation or
about a billion other better uses - crap like a 25-foot-tall
inflatable pumpkin. And because some ass hat bought a 25-foot-tall inflatable
pumpkin and slammed it into their front yard to celebrate a fake holiday, yet
did not bother to properly anchor down their oversized nylon quasi-squash, that
big-ass pumpkin broke free from its moorings and lazily tumbled down a
residential road near Phoenix, creating havoc for both drivers and pedestrians.
The pumpkin escaped from its display promoting
the Peoria Monster Bash, unleashing a short-lived reign of terror and carnage
that included two damaged street lights. According to Peoria police, it wasn’t
some wily prankster who set the pumpkin free, but rather strong winds. Eventually,
the rogue pumpkin came to a stop in an area park, where city officials did the
only humane thing and deflated it. Thankfully, no one but the pumpkin and the
streetlights was injured, with the gourd in need of a few repairs and owners
who aren't idiots before it can go on living its synthetic life……..
- Kristaps Porzingis will likely cause many
sleepless nights for New York Knicks fans this season, but the No. 4 overall
pick in the 2015 NBA draft will get plenty of quality REM rest in the months
ahead. Porzingis, the lanky, 7-foot-2 Latvian, enters the NBA as a major
question mark because his raw physical skills and gangly physique as well as
not playing college basketball in the United States, with his selection in the
draft reportedly causing dissent within the Knicks on account of veteran
players who don’t want to wait for him to develop and would have preferred a
more NBA-ready draft pick to help them win now. Through three games, though,
Porzingis has been fairly productive and maybe his early success can be
attributed to his one-of-a-kind Shifman mattress. Porzingis is a new endorser
for the mattress brand and as such, he received a $26,000 custom mattress
designed to fit his long frame. His deal with Shifman is undoubtedly for more
than just a mattress that costs more than a lot of new cars, but for NBA starts
like Porzingis, getting a good night’s sleep is often as tough a challenge as
there is. That mattress may not be portable enough to help him when the Knicks
are on the road, but at least for half the year, the rookie won’t be able to
blame erratic play on not being able to get the proper eight hours of shut eye
each night. Well, unless a guy from eastern Europe who was just dropped into
the middle of Manhattan and given millions of dollars somehow gets drawn in by
the New York City night life………
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