- Evo
Morales done done it again, y’all. The bizarre Bolivian president with his
wacky ways has a knack for gibing out weird gifts and saying bat-sh*t in sane
things made everyone do a double take and groan in embarrassment late last week
when he presented an unusual gift to the visiting Pope Francis: books about the
health benefits of coca leaves. The pope was welcoming various dignitaries -
and Bernie Sanders - to a Vatican conference on social and economic justice and
during his audience with the dude in the giant funny hat, Morales presented Francis with three books:
"Coca, a bio-bank," ''Coca, citogenic diet" and "Coca, the
anti-obesity factor." Morales seems incapable of interacting with the pope
and not embarrassing himself, as he sparked a minor diplomatic incident during
Francis' 2015 visit to Bolivia by giving the pope a crucifix fashioned as a
communist-style hammer and sickle. Ever the cool customer and a guy who seems
to not be upset by much of anything, the pope insisted he wasn’t offended and
by now, he’s probably started a pile in one of the Vatican’s spare rooms
labeled, “Weird junk from Evo Morales.” As for the books, the coca leaf, the
raw material for cocaine, is widely chewed in the Andes to fight against
altitude sickness and as a mild stimulant. Hailing from Argentina, the pope was
likely well aware of the medicinal value of the coca leaf and odds are that as
a man of God, he’s probably not going to make use of the leaf’s more sinister
purposes……..
- Leave
it to the NCAA to do the right thing and still get it all wrong. The governing
body for major college athletics has banned the creation of new bowl games
until 2019 at the earliest, which seems great on the surface. Not allowing new
bowl games after three sub-.500 teams made bowls last season is smart, but the
fact remains that Division I football still allows 80 bowl eligible teams and
that’s 63 percent of the teams in the FBS. It can't really be a reward for the best
of the best if nearly two-thirds of teams get to play in one, especially when
you consider than 19 years ago, 35
percent of college football’s programs were bowl eligible. Yet if the NCAA really
wanted to get it right, it would have not only banned the addition of any new
bowls for three years, but cut several of its existing ones. Having 40 bowls
should have become having 30 bowls and delivering a swift kick in the ass to
cities like Austin; Charleston, South
Carolina and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, which had all hoped to add bowl
games either in the near future would have been even more satisfying if it were
coupled with telling the Beef O’Brady’s and Little Caesar’s bowls to take a
hike. The reason 2019 was chosen is because most bowl contracts will be up for
renewal that year and that’s when we’ll find out which bowls live and which
ones are axed. A similar ban went into place in 2011, yet that period expired
and in came six new, wholly unnecessary bowls. Factor in an NCAA working group currently
examining whether to make bowl eligibility more stringent by changing the
threshold from 6-6 to 7-5 and it’s at least a small step in a good direction………
- If
you feel like you need to take your loaded 9mm pistol to a family barbecue,
then maybe it’s a family barbecue you shouldn’t be going to. That would have
been helpful information for the unidentified man whose piece went off and
accidentally shot a 15-year-old girl at a family barbecue over the weekend in
Houston. Instead, a teenage girl was rushed to a local hospital and listed in
stable condition as she recovered from a gunshot would that happened after a
water fight in which the gun’s owner had his clothes soaked. He took the
logical step of going inside the dry his clothes off, but when he did, the gun
he had in those clothes came loose. The man reportedly took hold of the gun and
because he clearly wants to be a cowboy, this ass hat spun the gun on his
finger and because he’s instead a moron, he pulled the trigger and accidentally
shot the girl near the collarbone. According to police, people at the barbecue
were playing with water guns when the girl was shot and the one saving grace
for the would-be Wyatt Earp is that the shooting appears to have been
accidental. Houston Police Lt. Daniel
Garza said the shooter was taken into custody and could be charged with deadly
conduct. No one has yet answered the question of why it’s necessary to pack
heat at a family barbecue, but word on the street is that it could have
something to do with uncle Terry always taking the last bratwurst from the
grill without putting any more over the open flame………
- It’s
nice that Idris Elba isn't too hood for outer space….eh, James Bond novels
author Anthony Horowitz? Horowitz once famously said that the British actor,
who happens to be black, was too hood to play the iconic Bond role on screen,
but the producers of the new Star Trek movie seem to feel that Elba’s tremendous
acting talent and on-screen persona were enough to snag him a role as a new,
"predatory" villain named Krall. The movie is due out in July and it
stars Elba alongside Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Simon Pegg. “Star Trek Beyond” has Elba playing the
film's primary antagonist, but details have been closely guarded until now.
Elba explained that Krall is a "new species in the Star Trek universe," a detail that could endear him to fans
or make him hated the way Jar Jar Binks is in the Star Wars universe. "What's
interesting about him is that he has a real beef with what the Enterprise
stands for. Krall's a character who's deeply steeped in hatred — in my opinion,
a well-earned hatred — for the Federation. It felt quite political,” Elba said
of his character. “There's a relatability to what's happening in our world. Not
everybody's happy with what everybody calls the good guys. Krall is predatory. He's
not one for big speeches. He is one for going to get what he wants. If that
means having to do it himself, outside of his army, he is not afraid to do
that." The fact that the film was delayed two weeks from its originally
scheduled release date simply means that dorks, er, fan boys will have two
additional weeks to geek out and to continue not interacting with the oppositie
sex as they plan the best setup to camp out awaiting the next chapter of their
favorite sci-fi franchise. Having Elba as a member of the cast along with a lot
of other quality actors has hope for the film very high and J.J. Abrams did
fairly well in his first turn helming Star Trek, so this should be
interesting……..
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