- Craigslist
is a bizarre and terrifying place. There are freaks of all types looking for
everything from sexual fetish material to those seeking human organs and
anything in between, but every now and then, something on the list of weird
offerings on the site is simply weird and nothing more. Enter Cornish, Maine
resident Bob Solomon, who’s looking to move a half-century-old tank on
Craigslist. Solomon’s M-114 tank dates back to the Vietnam War era, but he’s
not sure if it ever saw combat. In a truly Craigslist tale, Solomon got the
tank in a trade about a year ago. “I’m always trading, and wheeling and
dealing. That’s what you’ve got to do in Maine, right?” he said. Sure, but who
the hell is making a deal for a car, boat or large household appliance and
says, “Hey Bob, I don’t have the cash for that, but what I do have is this
semi-functional, 50-year-old tank?” Solomon is asking $10,000, but his ad says he’ll
consider some interesting trades – namely vintage “Star Wars” merchandise. He
claims he doesn’t want to sell, but said his family needs the money. Sadly, for
those looking to start their own local militia, the tank starts and runs, but has
been stripped of its armor and weapons. Solomon and his three sons originally
planned on rebuilding the top of the fighting vehicle so his sons could “have
their buddies ride in the tank,” but the need for disposable cash eventually
won out because Solomon suffered a back injury that affected his ability to
work. According to state authorities, the tank could be made street-legal with
a lot of work, but didn’t explain how any dude purchasing it should explain it
to his wife……..
- Bitter
much, Dallas Mavericks reserve forward Charlie Villanueva? Villanueva has
apparently appointed himself the NBA equivalent of the town leaders in “Dirty
Dancing,” decreeing that the nightly pregame dance party between Oklahoma City
Thunder superstar guard Russell Westbrook and rookie guard Cameron Payne is
inappropriate. Villanueva blatantly initiated a minor confrontation before Game
2 of the two teams’ first-round playoff series when he stepped between
Westbrook and Payne during their normal pregame dance routine in front of the
scorer's table at midcourt. Westbrook shoved Villanueva out of the way, but
Villanueva walked between his dancing foes a second time and kept his
anti-dancing crusade going in a video he recorded and posted online. "If
you want to go dancing and stuff like that, go to a nightclub," Villanueva
said. "Go to a club and dance. Go to 'Dancing With the Stars' and be a
dancer. You want to battle and dance, we can battle, but not in a basketball
game. Plus, they were in my way, too, so I wasn't necessarily interrupting
their dance." He tried to explain how he loves pregame hype and rituals,
but said dancing is a step too far. “I wasn't feeling all that right in front
of me. Take that to the nightclub or to your side of the court. All due
respect, but naaah,” Villanueva added. Hey Chuck….you and every other “old
school’ type in every sport who tries to stamp out fun, dancing, celebrations
and showmanship out of their sport needs to stop. There is nothing so sacred or
holy about any sport that a guy two-stepping or freestyling before or during
the game is sacrilege. Just appreciate that your team won the game and stop
being so damn bitter about what happened on the side of the court before
tip-off……..
- A
gallon of gas for your soul, Nigeria? With disagreements between the government
and fuel importers topped off with a foreign currency crisis caused by plunging
oil prices, the African nation is locked in yet another fuel shortage and that’s
impacting more than just citizens’ ability to get around. The fuel scarcity has
left many without gas for cars and fuel for generators, which many people rely
on for electricity. In a disturbing sight, drivers are queuing up for hours and
even overnight in the hope of landing some of the few remaining drops of petrol
available at fuel stations around Abuja, Lagos and other cities around the
country. To compound the crisis, the recent explosion of an important pipeline
and that has negatively affected electricity supplies. State officials are
trying to reassure the public that the crisis would be resolved quickly, but
that was weeks ago and as they wait, Nigerians are taking to Twitter, using the
hashtags #NoFuel #NoLight and #EndFuelCrisisNow to share their experiences. They’ve
used valuable power on their mobile devices or computers to share images of
long fuel lines and snarky observations, lamenting their petrol-based problems regarding
power for lighting, appliances and devices such as mobile phones. Worst still,
the country’s water supply has also been affected because pumps are often
powered by generators. Even though Nigeria is Africa's main oil exporter, it lacks
facilities to refine it and depends on imports. President Muhammadu Buhari and Minister
of State for Petroleum Resources Emmanuel I. Kachikwu have done little outside
of posting useless videos on Facebook and considering that a similar crisis happened
in May last year, a pattern appears to be developing here………
- An
odd trend has emerged with “Game of Thrones,” which returns to the small screen for a sixth season on Sunday night. Ahead of the
much-anticipated season, various characters on the show are being linked to
different political and pop culture figures. First, we have Iwan Rheon
explaining that he based his “Thrones”
character on former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher. Rheon plays Ramsay
Bolton in the hit series and much like Gallagher, his character is extremely
unpopular and hated by many. Rheon said he played Bolton "somewhere
between the Joker from The Dark Knight and Dennis the Menace, with a little bit
of Liam Gallagher in there.” Up next is British
actor Jonathan Pryce, who plays High Sparrow on the show and has had his
on-screen persona likened to Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn. “It was all with
good intentions; he had lived a very debauched life, he was very rich, and he
woke up one morning and said, ‘This is wrong’ and walked out with bare feet.
He’s stayed barefooted ever since,” Pryce said of his character's defining
quirk. “It’s funny, or perhaps ironic, but if you look on the Internet there
are images of me and Jeremy Corbyn as a looky-likey. That could be interesting.
A faith militant.” Given the sheer volume of characters on the show, if this
trend picks up speed, Season 7 could be in the books before the world finishes
deciding which public figures most resembles every member of the cast…….
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