- You
asked for a Christmas miracle? I give you the FBI. In a scene that would make
iconic “Die Hard” villain Hans Gruber smile, the big guns of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation turned the holiday season into a horror story for a Kansas
family who simply had the misfortune of bad information being passed to law
enforcement, linking their home to a wanted man. John Q. Law reportedly
surrounded the home in Galena after dark, believing an armed gang member was
holed up in the attic. The FBI was on hand after a federal warrant accused the
man of hopping state lines to avoid prosecution and even though Juanita Lane,
who owns the home, told police again and again that the suspect wasn't inside,
they were having none of it. Lane lives with her six children, ages 3 to 15, and
after several tense hours, police stormed the home and in the process, nearly
destroyed the house. Oh, and the suspect Lane insisted was not inside wasn’t
inside, just as she claimed. Photos of the aftermath showed broken windows, a
hole ripped through the siding, and furniture and toys strewn out on the lawn
and the backlash had the FBI promising to pay for damages including a ruined
Christmas tree and lost toys - but only after Lane goes through the long,
infuriating bureaucratic process of filing an official claim. A bureau
spokesperson claimed agents “removed” the family’s belongings from the home to
ensure law enforcement’s safety. While the Lane clan waits for justice, supporters
set up a GoFundMe page seeking $5,000 to help pay for the family’s Christmas……….
- It’s
always sad when an iconic musical act is announced for induction into the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame and thinks that the honor somehow legitimizes their
career. Fact is, any great band is fully legit long before they are up for
induction and being chosen for a hall of fame that isn’t even what it’s name
implies - any hall with Madonna, disco acts and other various pop music hacks
in it should never have the term rock and roll in its name - doesn’t mean much
of anything. It was true for The Ramones and it’s true for rap icons NWA, which
was among the inductees announced this week for the 2016 Rock And Roll Hall Of
Fame class. Along with arena rockers Deep Purple, NWA will take their message
of “F*ck the police” to Cleveland, making the cut over iconic acts such as The
Smiths and Nine Inch Nails. The list of possible inductees was announced in
October, with The Smiths, Nine Inch Nails, Janet Jackson and Chic narrowly
missing out in favor of Cheap Trick, Chicago, Deep Purple, NWA and Steve
Miller. "This means that the group's mark is solidified," NWA's Ice
Cube told. "We got some of the most creative, talented people in NWA that's
ever been compiled in one group. It's just exciting that the group as a whole
gets recognized by the whole industry as Hall of Fame-worthy." Right Cube,
but y’all were dope long before the hall came calling and if these ass hats
whose idea of rock and roll is displaying Jimi Hendrix’s lunch box from
elementary school had never called, you and the fellas would have been gangsta
to the core. Next time the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s seal of approval makes
a damn bit of difference to how great a band or artist is will be the first………
- Oh
China, how naïve you are. Or maybe it’s just the lack of breathable air/oxygen
getting to your nostrils and brain cells that’s affecting your ability to think
clearly, but either way, this is a new low even for you. It’s a new low fueled
by a Rocky Mountain high, all driven by an opportunistic Canadian company
trying to take advantage of the toxic air hanging over so, so many Chinese
cities. Vitality Air is selling air bottled at a Canadian ski resort and
recently sent its first batch of 500 canisters filled with fresh air from the
Rocky Mountain town of Banff to China, where the company says it’s seeing
increased demand. That first batch went on sale in China last month and sold
out within two weeks. "Now we're taking lots of pre orders for our
upcoming shipment. We're getting close to the 1,000 mark," said Harrison
Wang, the company’s director of Chinese operations. Morons in China are paying $14
to $20, depending on the size of the canister, all for a quick hit of clean air
that will of course quickly be absorbed into the smog-clogged filth around
them. Chinese cities are often cloaked in smog, especially during the cold
winter months when homes and power plants burn coal to keep warm, and driving
up demand for a gimmick product like this is even easier the week after Beijing
issued its first-ever red alert because of poor air quality, closing schools
and restricting traffic. Credit Vitality Air co-founder Moses Lam for coming up
with a business idea akin to the Boston resident who boxed and shipped excess
snow last winter to tools in warmer climates who wanted to own frozen water in
powder form for five minutes before it melted into a puddle. "We wanted to
do something fun and disruptive so we decided to see if we could sell air,” Lam
said. "It's time consuming because
every one of these bottles is hand bottled. We're dealing with fresh
air, we want it to be fresh and we don't want to run it through machines which
are oiled and greased.” The bottled air is a popular gimmick gift in Canada,
but delusional fools in China seem to believe that it can be something much
more for them……….
- Division
I college football is all about reloading. Top recruits come in with massive
hype based on their domination of vastly inferior high school foes, they expect
to become national stars en route to a long and lucrative NFL career and much
of the time, those dreams never fully materialize. College coaches are always
looking for the next big thing even when they already have great players already
at that position on their team and it’s an endless cycle centered around
often-immature 18-year-old athletes. What went on this week at Texas A&M
this week is equal parts outlandish expectations, immaturity and embattled
coaching staff that can't seem to keep all of its players happy. First, Kyle
Allen, a 14-game starter and another top-ranked quarterback prospect, decided
to transfer from Texas A&M. His exit was reportedly due to uncertainty with
the direction of Texas A&M's offense, the future of the offensive coaching
staff and trust issues between the quarterbacks and coaches. Part of that
strife was the competition between Allen and freshman quarterback Kyler Murray.
With Allen gone, a top recruit like Murray should be happy and ready to vie for
a bigger role next season, right? Either that or he’ll sit out the Aggies' bowl
game and transfer. Murry has been released from his scholarship at Texas
A&M. He can transfer to any school, as long as it isn't in the SEC or a
team on Texas A&M's schedule over the next four years after sitting out practice
Wednesday for what the team called "personal reasons.” At the center of
this circus is head coach Kevin Sumlin, whose team had its worst offensive
season statistically since he arrived in College Station in 2012 and must now
decide the fate of embattled offensive coordinator Jake Spavital -- who was the
primary recruiter for both Allen and Murray. Should make for a festive backdrop
for the Aggies' game against Louisville in the Franklin American Mortgage Music
City Bowl on Dec. 30………
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