- Zurich
is not a place for poor people. Its streets are lined with expensive watch,
clothing and accessory stores and when rich people are done browsing those
pricy places, they can dine at fine restaurants where the poor can't afford the
appetizers. Simply put, if you’re going to rob a jewelry shop anywhere in the
world, hitting a Zurich store is a lucrative proposition. The three thieves who
burglarized a shop in downtown Zurich knew what they were doing and that’s why
they were able to get away with cash and jewelry worth well over 1 million
Swiss francs ($1 million) as part of a daring daytime raid that has Swiss
police searching for answers and uncertain about who their suspects may be. According
to police, the men entered the jeweler's shop during lunchtime and threatened
the two staff members who were present with a handgun, taking jewelry, precious
stones and cash and then fleeing on foot. It’s a bold play from guys who could
have set up their operation at night, when the store would be closed and they
would have to deal with a
state-of-the-art security system rather than a couple of low-paid employees and
so far, that play has paid of. According to the employees, two of the men spoke
broken German, but they were unable to offer police a description for the third suspect..........
- There’s
just no point in paying attention to Shia LeBouf anymore unless you’re the sort
of bizarre, kooky, experimental performance art type who thinks that you’re
smarter than and treading higher paths than the rest of the world. LeBouf’s
life has gone from subpar actor who lands major parts in terrible, big-budget
movies that suck even more than expected to dude who goes around the world
engaging in one giant publicity stunt after another all in the name of his
craft. The latest lame-ass, creepy and borderline moronic LeBouf stunt came in
the former of a 24-hour occupancy of an Oxford Union lift, during which the
former mediocre actor stood in a lift with lots of students for an art project
called #ELEVATE. Spending an entire day in an elevator is a nightmare for most
people, but for LeBouf, it was a weird journey in which a student waited in
line for several hours before approaching the centerpiece of the show with an
unusual request. “I’m a performance artist. Can you help me with completion of
my next piece by punching me in the face?” the student asked. Pretending that
punching this pretentious idiot in the face wouldn’t be fun, LeBouf initially
protest, but eventually agreed after other students encouraged him to let his
hands fly. Then there was the über-creepy stunt in which some loser with way
too many psychological issues to pin down had LeBouf try to figure out what
part of the man’s man parts he was looking at when he took a gander into the
guy’s pants, with the entire stunt sent out via Snapchat. Oh, and there was
also a conversation with the friend of another student as that friend was in
the hospital and got to hear about LeBouf’s love of hippopotamuses and the
board game Hungry Hungry Hippos. All in all, a thrilling day with zero meaning
whatsoever……….
- Ah,
the jingoism is at full steam in middle-of-nowhere America. Ravali County,
Montana sounds like a curious hybrid of ravioli and the Toyota RAV4 SUV, but
it’s also a place where a letter drafted by Ravalli County commissioners
opposing the resettlement of refugees to the Bitterroot or neighboring counties
has inflamed the anti-Muslim tendencies of the masses. After the letter went
public, some 500 people showed up to
commission chambers, forcing the powers that be to move the meeting because
folks were flowing out into the hallway
and down the stairs for their chance to explain why they didn’t want those evil
terrorists - their generic label for anything remotely Muslim - in their town.
The public hearing was moved to the Hamilton Middle School auditorium, but even
its 250 seats were insufficient to gather the assembled masses and the meeting
was moved once more, this time to the school gym. The letter
drafted by commissioners said, “The threat of the Islamic state of
Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and other terrorist groups is intensifying," adding
that it is the county's responsibility
to protect the health safety and welfare of its citizens. Somehow, ISIS
extremists are looking to move to bear country and do serious damage in the
middle of nowhere, which then explains why the commissioners (allegedly)
received a deluge of emails on the issue. They claimed the ratio was 50-1
against bringing in refugees. "It's not possible to adequately investigate
the legitimacy of each claim of refugee status," commissioner Jeff Burrows
said. One local went to a completely unrealistic place, citing the Paris
terrorist attacks and claiming that all refugees who went to the French capital
were vetted. A few dissenting voices did start and online petition - changing
the world one unverifiable, meaningless digital signature at a time! - to oppose the commission's efforts, but the
loudest voices were the ones like the ass hat who claimed that Ravalli County
would become a battlefield in which “ISIS will come after our women." Yes,
a war for the ladies of heavily forested, civilization-free and forgotten
corners of the 44th-most populated state in the U.S………..
- The
Dallas Cowboys have made a lot of regrettable decisions in recent years. Having
won two playoff games in their last 20 seasons, that makes sense, but even the
most bumbling of franchises get it right occasionally. Releasing former Cowboys
running back Joseph Randle was one of those wise calls and Randle rammed that
point home emphatically over the weekend when he was arrested for the fifth
time in 17 months. Randle is less than a quarter of a century into his time on
this planet, but he’s well on his way to double-digit arrests after he was
booked into the Sedgwick County (Kansas) Jail just after 8 a.m. on charges of
aggravated battery, possession of hallucinogens/marijuana and criminal damage
to property. Earlier this month, Randle was arrested on an outstanding warrant
in Irving, Texas and his latest brush with the law came after he (allegedly)
stopped at his ex-girlfriend's home around 3 a.m. local time. People inside the
home turned him away and called police and Randle was stopped a short time
later, at which point the outstanding warrant was discovered. Dallas broke
Randle off in early November last year amidst rumors of a gambling problem.
Less than a week later, the running back was suspended four games by the NFL
under the league's personal conduct policy and at the time, he was already off
the map dealing with unspecified personal issues the third-year player started
the first six games last season, but his life and career came off the rails
quickly. Last November, he was arrested and booked on suspicion of criminal
threat, assault of a law enforcement officer, battery, disorderly conduct,
criminal trespass, disorderly conduct and interference with a law enforcement
officer after an altercation at a Kansas casino. Mix in his arrest in February
2015 in his hometown of Wichita, Kansas - although police declined to pursue
charges against the running back after a domestic disturbance complaint - and
him getting busted in October 2014 at a Dallas area mall when police said he
tried to take a bottle of cologne and a pack of underwear from a department
store and it’s hard to see Randle ever being a free man long enough to revive
his football career……….
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