- Mixed
martial artists are generally badasses. You really have to be to earn a living
or simply enjoy a hobby in which the other guy’s objective is to choke you out,
knock you out or make you submit. But what UFC middleweight contender Tim
Kennedy is dealing with right now takes MMA toughness to a whole new level because
as best anyone can tell, he’s the only fighter who has the Federal Bureau of
Investigations looking into ISIS terror threats made against him. Kennedy
shared new of the FBI investigation in a message posted on his official Facebook
page. “Just spoke with the FBI regarding some recent credible threats towards
me by #ISIS,” Kennedy wrote. “They were not overly thrilled with my
response. Let those cowards come.” So why is ISIS possibly interested in taking
out a guy who has an 18-5 record as a mixed martial artist? Because Kennedy
has spent 12-plus years in the military, having joined the U.S. Army in
2004, where he became a Green Beret serving in the elite 7th Special Forces
Group. After five years, he transitioned to the Texas Army National Guard,
where he currently serves as a sergeant first class. Defending things seems to
be his forte, as Kennedy recently started Sheepdog Response, a
group that teaches people about “all aspects of protecting
yourself and others, including, striking, grappling, weapons, and situational
awareness.” He estimated that he typically receives such threats five to 10
times per day on his various social media accounts, but this time the FBI
deemed some of those threats credible enough to follow up on. “Apparently a
couple of them were legitimate in trying to, from what the FBI said, plan
stuff,” Kennedy said. Suddenly the dude in 4-oz. gloves trying to cave your
face in with a jab doesn’t seem so threatening………
- Riot
Watch! Riot Watch! Life got interesting over the weekend in Moldova, a former
slice of the Russian empire that is now a relatively poor Eastern European
nation with an extremely angry populace hell-bent on forcing its existing
government out of power. That created quite a scene as thousands protested in
the capital city, Chișinău, raging against the nominee for prime minister and
calling for Parliament to be dissolved and early elections. In the span of a single
day, there were a whopping three protests in the Moldovan capital — two
organized by pro-Russian parties and the third by civic group Dignity and
Truth, which demands an end to what it calls endemic corruption. That much rage
by that many different people representing different causes is a thing of
beauty and the response was swift and severe after President Nicolae Timofti nominated
Technology Minister Pavel Filip as the next prime minister, which parliament is
expected to approve. That pleased off the pro-European ruling coalition, which earlier
proposed Filip, but antagonized multiple groups. Should parliament fail to approve
a government by Jan. 29, Timofti will dissolve the legislature and that would
come on the heels of parliament dismissing the previous government in October amid
corruption allegations. Oh, and there’s still the unresolved drama that has
persisted since up to $1.5 billion went missing from three banks prior to the
2014 parliamentary elections, so that’s still a thing. Does anyone get the
impression that the mystery of the missing money won’t be solved any time soon……….
- It’s
good to see Tracy Morgan getting back on track, even if his latest project is
based in a world where an overwhelming percentage of such endeavors crash and
burn in their first season. Morgan has gradually built back up to full speed in
the aftermath of a serious 2014 limo crash that nearly killed him and now, he’s
returning to TV with a new show in which he will play an ex-con who is released
from prison after 15 years and tries to get his life back on track. The “Saturday Night Live” alum has been on a wide range of shows in
the past, but his latest vehicle was announced during the Television Critics
Association's winter press tour in Pasadena, California, with the pilot episode
to be written by “Key and Peele”
star Jordan Peele and “Eastbound & Down” producer John Carcieri. Morgan, Peele and
Carcieri are executive producing and despite the number of new shows that fail
every TV season, FX is legitimately excited about the project. "What an
unbeatable combination — Tracy Morgan and Jordan Peele — two exceptional comics
joining forces with a great team of writers and producers to create and produce
this pilot for FX Networks," network exec Nick Grad said in a statement. "We've been committed to Tracy
from the start and are thrilled that Jordan, John, Eric and Joel are joining
him in developing this new project." Having suffered broken bones and a
serious brain injury in an auto accident, Morgan has clearly fought hard to get
back to where he is now, back to a show on FX like the pilot he was working on
for the network with the creators of “It's
Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” prior to the crash. Working on a basic
cable network can be a painful experience at times as well, but for Morgan,
this one should feel pretty damn good compared to what he’s been through……….
- Man,
you hate to see something like this happen. Beauty queens are such role models
for girls everywhere, what with their ability to parade around a stage in high
heels and bathing suits and answer inane questions posed to them by lecherous
old men in tuxedos while being judged by a panel of B-list celebrities in order
to win a crown that has absolutely no real-world significance. With each and
every pageant contestant on such a lofty pedestal, it’s so sad to see Stormy
Keffeler - a future local TV weather forecaster with that name - gave up her
crown as Miss Washington USA all because she’s an irresponsible lush who puts
the lives of many in danger in the name of a good time. Yes, Keffeler went from
winner of the pageant to disgraced former winter after it emerged she had been
convicted of drunk driving one month before the event, pleading guilty to DUI
in September and spending two days in jail last month. It seems that when police
stopped Keffeler in April, two of her car's tires were flat and her eyes were
"droopy, bloodshot and watery," according to a Seattle Police Department
report. "Her speech was very slurred and she was having problems putting
together full sentences," the report said. Subscribing to the, “Go big or
go home” theory, Keffeler’s blood-alcohol level was .22 — nearly three times
the legal limit. It was an impressive display of binge drinking, but it was
also one that caused Keffeler to pageant rules not for being a bad human being
by driving drunk, but because she failed to disclose the incident on her paperwork before entering
Miss Washington USA nor after she won the 2016 crown in October. But hey, at
least she’ll be forgotten just as quickly as every other random state beauty
pageant winner, just with a bit more ridicule first……….
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