- Just
so everyone knows, trying to pretend that the attempted mass extinction of an
entire race of people never happened is still illegal…at least in France. A
French high court has upheld the law singling out Holocaust denial as a crime
on the basis that the World War II genocide is of a "different
nature" than other crimes against humanity. The decision stems from the
case of a math teacher who was fired after being convicted of Holocaust denial
challenged the law because it (allegedly) unfairly punished only those
disputing or denying the Jewish Holocaust, but not other crimes against
humanity. It was a bullsh*t argument that a 10-year-old younger brother might
use when his parents ground him for lying about breaking a valuable vase in the
living room and he throws his sister under the bus because she didn’t tell
anyone about putting a scuff mark on the wood floors with her high heels. Nice
try, a-hole math teacher. You’re no less of a scumbag because the law doesn’t
punish others the same way if they pretend other, lesser crimes against
humanity didn’t happen. Thankfully, the Constitutional Court ruled that the
Nazi Holocaust "has in itself a racist and anti-Semitic significance"
and, additionally, was committed in part on French territory. Back in 1915,
France recognized the 1915 Armenian genocide and declared slavery a crime
against humanity and the United Nations has also recognized the Tutsi genocide
committed by the Hutus in Rwanda in 1994. Denying or disputing those other
atrocities is not a crime, but then again, they didn’t take place partially in
France so maybe this math teacher wants to stop grasping for straws and being a
total piece of garbage……….
- Being
a cheater who ruined his chances to get into the Baseball Hall of Fame with
what he injected into his body stings, eh Roid-ger Clemens? The 354-game
winner, who retired in 2007 but once again failed to gain HOF status in voting
this week, will continue to sit on the outside looking in with his seven Cy
Young Awards and at least one fellow pitching great seems all right with that.
Two-time Cy Young Award winner Roy Halladay, who retired in 2013 with 203 wins,
2,117 strikeouts and a 3.38 ERA, barely waited for the ink in this year’s ballots
to dry before he fired a shot against Clemens’ bow on Twitter. Halladay posted
a tweet which said: “When you use PEDs you admit your not good enough to
compete fairly! Our nations past time should have higher standards! No Clemens
no Bonds!” He wrote what a hell of a lot of people think on the topic even
though both Clemens and Bonds have never officially been linked to using PEDs,
but Clemens continues to use that lack of official proof as a weak shield to
defend himself. He fired back at Halladay, calling it "disheartening" to hear about
"an ill-informed player making an asinine statement." Clemens went so
far as to release a statement in which he reminded a man who was his teammate
for one year in Toronto that Halladay himself had faced what he deemed false
PED accusations. "Just to enlighten him, he was accused of using
amphetamines by the 'strength coach,'" Clemens said in the statement.
"You should be very careful when putting tweets out while not having your
facts on the matter at hand." Halladay slept on that, came back the next
morning and replied, “I'll let my reputation speak for itself.” Clemens’ real
fight shouldn’t be with Halladay, but rather with the remaining 31 percent of
voters he needs to win over to rise from the 44 percent he received this year
to the 75 percent needed for election……….
- Today
is a big day for the cows of the sea. Yes, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
has proposed to remove the West Indian manatee from the endangered species list
and reclassify it as "threatened," which doesn’t seem like a huge
positive unless you know what it feels like to have your species almost
completely disappear from Earth. The agency made the proposal after
"significant improvements" in the manatee’s population and habitat
conditions, a noteworthy development because the portly creatures were among
the first species added to the list in 1972. Back in 1991, the agency began
conducting aerial surveys of the population and found a mere 1,267 manatees in
Florida. That number has grown to more than 6,300 in the state, a 500-percent
increase. "The manatee's recovery is incredibly encouraging and a great
testament to the conservation actions of many," Cindy Dohner, the
service's Southeast regional director, said in a release. “Today's proposal is
not only about recognizing this progress, but it's also about recommitting
ourselves to ensuring the manatee's long-term success and recovery." The
sea cow-huggers with various conservation groups reacted to the announcement
with much less enthusiasm than would be expected, with many questioning the
wisdom of applying the status to the entire West Indian species, which includes
manatees in the Caribbean and Central and South America. The Endangered Species
Act defines an endangered species as one currently in danger of extinction
throughout all or a significant portion of its range, while a threatened
species is one that is likely to become endangered within the foreseeable
future. Now there will be a 90-day comment period in which the public is
invited to submit scientific or technical feedback to help the service reach
its final decision on the proposal. Let the uninformed spewing of opinions
begin……..
- You
cannot kill “Deadwood,” at least not yet. The former cult favorite HBO drama aired for three seasons between 2004-06 and ever since,
fans have been pining for its revival in some form. Now, the network has
decided to give the people what they want. HBO programming president Michael
Lombardo confirmed that series creator David Milch has initiated talks for a “Deadwood”
TV movie and that project is now officially in the pipeline. "David has
our commitment that we are going to do it,” Lombardo said. "He pitched
what he thought generally the storyline would be — and knowing David, that
could change. But it’s going to happen." The premium cable Western
starred Ian McShane and featured a cast that
included Timothy Olyphant, Molly Parker, W. Earl Brown, John Hawkes and Brad
Dourif. There is no word on who would or wouldn’t be a part of the movie even
though Lobardo expressed optimism that all of the key players would return and
said that would be at Milch’s discretion, but getting the project done is going
to take some time because as Lobardo explained. “Milch is currently working on
another project. "The understanding is that when he is done with that, he
will turn his attention to [writing the] script for the ‘Deadwood’ film,”
Lobardo said. All of this has to come as a relief to fans who were tortured
with rumors of two feature-length TV films that never materialized………
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