- Ain't
nothing gonna slow down the communists when it comes to beefing on their
arsenal for whatever war their leader may start next with his unquenchable
thirst for invasion, expansion and annexation. As should be expected of him,
Russian despot/President Vladimir Putin says Russian military's arms
modernization program won't be affected by budget cuts prompted by the
country's economic problems. Putin addressed a meeting with top military
officials and told them that last year, their outfit received hundreds of new
aircraft, missiles and armored vehicles as part of an ambitious weapons
upgrade. According to the despot, the Russian military last year received 96
new warplanes, 81 helicopters, 152 air defense systems and 291 radars among
other weapons. During his address, Putin said Russia's arms industries have
significantly reduced their reliance on imports, but lamented the fact that
they still remain dependent on some foreign-made components. In the spirit of
fortifying their communist regime from within, the dictator urged the
industries to move more quickly to develop production of local substitutes.
Putin cited new Russian weapons’ role during Moscow's air campaign in Syria, a
campaign with dubious motives and questionable results. Still, there is definitely
something to be said for being committed to who you are and pursuing those aims
with the sort of dogged determination with which Russians typically chase their
next bottle of premium vodka or a quality insulated hat ahead of their 10-month
winter……..
- One
would suspect director Christopher Nolan knows exactly what he’s doing and the
massive group of fans he’s drawing in with one specific casting choice for his
new film “Dunkirk.” Nolan has cast One Direction
member Harry Styles in the World War II thriller, which will also include Tom
Hardy, Mark Rylance and Kenneth Branagh. Combining an overly coiffed man-bander
in a movie about one of the darkest, bloodiest and ugliest conflicts in world
history doesn’t seem like a logical match, but bringing in Styles immediately
brings the attention of the millions of shrieking, irrational and mostly
teenaged females who rabidly follow One Direction’s every move. The film is based
on a real-life WWII military operation known as Operation Dynamo, which saw a
fleet consisting of over 800 boats racing to perform a miraculous evacuation of
the French seaport Dunkirk that saved the lives of 335,000 Allied soldiers
trapped in a harbor surrounded by the Nazi army. Think of it as another
take on the “Saving Private Ryan” concept, only on a much larger scale and with
a cast member whose primary talent is getting his voice auto-tuned over top
overly produced, manufactured pop music while dancing in unison with three or
four other dudes so high school girls can enjoy the show. “Dunkirk” is set for
release next July and as of now, it’s not known which character Styles will
portray. If there is any justice in the world for those who can’t stand the
steaming, stinking piles of monkey crap One Direction calls music, it will be a
character who meets a swift and bloody ending………
- When
people say that something is like a day at the beach, they rarely mean laying
on the sand and watching more than 50 pounds of the Colombian nose candy
washing ashore. Depending on who discovers this bounty of blow, it could be the
best day ever. Sadly, that does not appear to be the case for two beachgoers
strolling down a beach on Jupiter Island, Florida when they stumbled upon
bricks wrapped in black and plastic wrap. Rather than see a chance to have themselves
an epic party or even make some quick cash, this duo of squares called the
Martin County Sheriff’s department. The law responded to the scene and
determined that the find contained about $600,000 worth of cocaine in terms of
wholesale value and a possible street value of $2 million. While the finders
may not have had the means or street knowledge to capitalize on that street
value, they could have at least made a run at finding a buyer and scoring
enough money for a nice new house or a luxury car or two. Law enforcement noted
that this find - although they are unsure of the drugs’ origin and who the
intended recipient of the shipment was - indicates traffic routes have not
changed and major amounts of the Bolivian marching powder are still flowing into
south Florida on a regular basis. That’s stunning because it’s not as if Miami
with all of its clubs and nightlife has ever been known as a place where the
rich and elite come to party and go face down on a few lines of the best powder
they can find. Maybe next time 25 kilograms of coke wash up on a beach, some of
those people will find it instead of some total squares with no sense of what
fun actually is……..
- If
we’re hearing from one of the best distance runners in the world and people are
actually paying attention, it must be a Summer Olympics year. Normally, Mo
Farah saying he would love to put himself forward for daily drug testing to
prove he is a clean athlete would matter only to the running community and not
beyond that niche, but since the world’s best athletes will gather in Brazil
this summer, the double Olympic champion's words have more traction. Oh, and
there’s the fact that Farah’s coach Alberto Salazar and training partner Galen
Rupp are currently the focus of an investigation by the U.S. Anti-Doping
Agency, so that factors into. As Farah tells it, he’s willing to go to great
lengths to prove that he doesn’t dope. He’s even willing to have an electronic
tag fitted to track his every move. "I would love that," Farah said,
"I would be the first to put my hand up for that. Tag me, test me, every
day." In the next breath, however, Farah expressed complete trust in
Salazar despite the coach being in USADA’s crosshairs. The World Anti-Doping
Agency responded to Farah’s remarks by saying its testing program is already
strong and suggesting that it didn’t need to implant any tracking devices in athletes
or have an agent knocking on Farah’s door or hassling him in the locker room
for a urine sample every day. In other words, it was a great offer from Farah
because it has no chance of actually happening but it draws a lot of attention
to him and makes him look better when it comes to any allegations of doping
that might be made against him………
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