- Embattled
Phoenix Suns coach Jeff Hornacek is badly rattled and spiraling downward
quickly. Hornacek was on the receiving end of a towel toss by pouting power
forward Markieff Morris last week and although Morris was suspended for two
games, his head coach has been the one in need of a break this week. First, two
members of his coaching staff were fired in a shakeup reportedly designed to
give the head coach one last shot to salvage his gig leading the 12-21 Suns. But
after a 101-97 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers to start the week, Hornacek
showed that he’s either totally unnerved or just generally clueless. In the
immediate aftermath of the loss, Hornacek ripped Cavs guard Matthew Dellavedova
for provoking officials into calling an offensive foul on Tyson Chandler late
in the game, a charge that was clearly erroneous because Dellavedova was on the
bench during the play, in which Chandler was called for setting an illegal
screen on Iman Shumpert. "You see picks all game long that are illegal,
and then all of a sudden they're going to call that one, so that was a tough
one right there," Hornacek said. "I'm sure whether it was legal,
illegal, I can guarantee Dellavedova probably pulled Tyson. It's the trick. You
watch these games on tape, he does it all the time. He suckered the guy into
calling it." From the bench? Either Dellavadova is so far inside
Hornacek’s head that the coach needs some quality couch time with a therapist
or Hornacek can't distinguish between a short, white Australian dude and a
taller black guy with a soaring flat top, but it’s just a really bad look for a
guy who hasn’t looked good at any point this season………
- Kosher
cannabis is finally here. Because it’s been far too long for would-be Jewish
stoners waiting on someone to provide them with the clean, wholesome hippie
lettuce they desire, a New York company called Vireo
Health is here to answer the call - sort of. The company says its non-smokable
medical cannabis products have been certified as conforming to the Jewish
dietary law by the Orthodox Union, marking what it claims to be the first time
a medical cannabis product has been deemed kosher. There is the small problem
of calling any kind of marijuana non-smokable because regardless of what the
laws of physics and chemistry say, stoners are insanely resourceful on a
near-Jedi level and can a) fashion a bong out of damn near any remotely
cylindrical object and b) can probably manage to smoke ganja in just about any
form science can create. According to the Orthodox Union, it awarded
certification after inspecting Vireo's facilities to ensure the marijuana was
grown and processed according to kosher standards. Where in God’s Word does it
spell out the standards for Mary Jane? That’s unclear, but one of the standards
is insect-free plants. This seal of approval could mean big money for Vireo,
which believes it will help the company cater to patients among New York's
Jewish population, the nation's largest. Sales are slated to start next month for
patients in New York state with certain qualifying conditions, i.e. anyone who
can talk their doctor into approving medical marijuana so either they or a
friend they don’t mind breaking the law for can get high, sooo high………
- Why
would an A-list actor turn down a role in both “Star Wars” and two superhero
movies? Because HE’S FREAKING LEONARDO DI CAPRIO AND HE DOESN’T NEED THAT KIND
OF SH*T TO PULL A COUPLE DOZEN SUPERMODELS AT ONCE, MOFO. Yes, Leo has revealed that he once turned down the chance to play
Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars
prequels and also rejected the chance to play Robin in “Batman Forever” and the title role “Spider-Man” that ultimately went to
Tobey Maguire. The man-bun-wearing model magnet, known to exit L.A., Miami and
New York clubs with throngs of models in tow, confirmed that he met with George
Lucas to discuss taking the Anakin Skywalker role in “Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones” and “Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith.”
The part was poorly played by Hayden Christensen, who may not have been allowed
on a movie set since lifelessly and charisma-lessly bumbling through the part,
but it could have been Di Caprio instead. "I did have a meeting with
George Lucas about that, yes," Di Caprio said. "I just didn’t feel
ready to take that dive at that point." He said that he only met
with director Joel Schumacher about the Robin role
in “Batman Forever,” but didn’t feel ready for the part - the same thing he
said of “Spider-Man.” The Robin rejection was wise because the movie was awful,
while “Spider-Man” has been redone multiple times since Maguire’s run and the
character has been cast and re-cast during that span. In other words, Di Caprio
was just fine without either role and although he doesn’t appear to be keeping
himself in top physical shape, his recent turn in “The Revenant” is receiving
rave reviews and proving that he’s still one of the most skilled thespians
Hollywood has to offer……..
- Forgot
to get a Christmas gift for someone on your list who loves to read and might
harbor a little anti-Semitic bigotry in the deepest reservoirs of their soul? Life
just got better for you, assuming you have access to the German and French
literary market. That’s because today is the final day of the 70-year copyright
term for Adolf Hitler's autobiography “Mein Kampf,”
which as of tomorrow can go on sale in Germany for the first time since his
death. Reprinting Mein Kampf - which translates to "My Struggle" -
has been banned in Deutschland since the end of the Second World War, but a new
edition with critical commentary is being printed by the Munich-based Institute
of Contemporary History (IFZ). The tome, which will number in the thousands of
pages with the commentary, will cost $65 and hit store shelves next week. There
will also be a French version of the anti-Semitic manifesto published in France
and with those plans comes renewed cries of outrage from those who believe
Hitler's 800-page hatemongering work of idiocy should be outlawed. Just as Charlotte
Knobloch, president of the Jewish community in Munich and Upper Bavaria. She
believes that even the annotated version carries risks because it "contains
the original text” and said that right-wing extremists continue to operate
based on the very same ideas. Ditto for Roger Cukierman, the president of the
council of Jewish institutions in France, who called his country’s planned
reprints "a disaster.” Supporters claim the reprints will help students
understand and debunk Hitler's fascist beliefs. One of the worst men to ever
live wrote the book in 1924 while in jail for treason in the southern German
state of Bavaria, espousing the dual ideas of annexing neighboring countries to
gain more room for Germany and the universal hatred of Jews, whom he tried to
exterminate in the Holocaust. For 70 years, the state refused to allow the
manifesto to be republished out of respect for victims of the Nazis, but the
work is now public domain and therefore free to print at will……….
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