- France
rarely minds adding fatty ingredients to food and the last time the French
concerned themselves with calories or health content in terms of what they put
into their mouths was never, so is it really a problem that an industrial accident turned one of its prettiest rivers
into a giant stream of churned goodness? Apparently so and as a result, France
is seeking solutions to the fact that the 39-mile-long River Odet is under
siege by renegade dairy products. A river described as one of France’s
prettiest has been polluted by a massive butter slick due to containment issued
at the nearby Beuralia dairy plant. Lumps of the smooth-sailing slick started building
up along the river’s banks after hundreds of pounds of butter product found
their way into the water. To figure out what went down, the dairy plant and
firefighters are investigating the incident and have shut off a gate that
allows water from the facility to flow into the river. At least what’s been inadvertently released
into the water isn't human waste or some sort of toxic mix of chemicals, but
just because it’s edible, organic matter doesn’t mean that everyone is simply
going to shrug this off and find something else with which to butter their
croissant. No, when the second-largest butter manufacturer in France starts putting
its creamy goods into water ways, someone must be held accountable because France
will not be bullied anything it can conceivably overcome with a butter knife
and a ceramic dish……..
- Another
“Deadpool” movie was a given. Having another superhero join its profane,
irreverent mix was not, but the creative team
behind the recent surprise hit known as “Deadpool” have said that they are open
to the idea of a crossover film with Spider-Man. “Deadpool” became the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time
after its release in February, with Ryan Reynolds portraying the Marvel
anti-hero in a film with plenty of star power. It also included Gina Carano, Morena
Baccarin, Ed Skrein and T.J. Miller, with Tim Miller and producer Simon Kinberg
stitching them together in a patchwork quilt of blood, sex, profanity, more
profanity and some extra profanity on top of that. The duo was asked about the possibility
of a Deadpool/Spider-Man crossover during the press day for the “Deadpool” Blu-ray release and were predictably
open to the idea. "Simon and I have
been trying to build bridges [with Sony],” Kinberg said. "I would love to
see it [happen]. Both of us are close with [Marvel President and Spider-Man producer] Kevin [Feige],
we respect and love Kevin. If it were even remotely possible, we will find a
way because we’d would love to see it. I just don’t know if it would be
possible." The hitch here could be that “Deadpool” was released by 21st Century Fox, while 2014's “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” was
released by Sony division Columbia Pictures. Combining their efforts and giving
any ground is bitterly difficult to do, but Sony’s willingness to keep cramming
Spider-Man on screen as much as humanly possible suggests that it could still
happen eventually……
- Any
pedestrian who has ever been assault by fast food or fast food restaurant
garbage hurled from a moving vehicle has to be balling up their fists in a
display of simmering rage hearing this next story. A pedestrian in Kansas City
is merely the latest victim of this disturbing trend, getting injured after an
ass-hatted driver hurled a cooked chicken - yes, it would have been even more
cruel to throw a frozen one, but still - at this poor individual in an incident
that also included striking the victim with the chicken tosser’s vehicle. The
incident went down around 8 p.m. on the 3900 block of Jackson Avenue, with
officers called to a scene at which a witness recounted a tale of a verbal
altercation started in the street with the pedestrian and a female driver.
The reason for the initial dispute was unclear, but what we do know is that the
driver started her attack with the uncalled-for chicken hurl, after which she
clearly felt she had made her point and drove off. In a few seconds, she
realized that perhaps she could have been more emphatic, made a U-turn and
proceeded to strike the victim with her vehicle. Thanks to quick-thinking
witnesses who called police and got them to come to the scene quickly, the
suspect was located down the street and arrested for aggravated assault. The
victim survived her beaning-by-poultry and after receiving medical attention,
is expected to make a full recovery. Still, all of this begs the question of
when all of this senseless madness will end……..
- This
feels like an, “I’m Camila Giorgi, dammit!” moment if there ever was one. Giorgi,
for those who don’t know, is the 49th-ranked women’s tennis player in the world
and the woman now acting like she just beat Serena Williams 6-0, 6-0 in the
Wimbledon final. Giorgi is having a pissing match with the Italian Tennis
Federation and risks being left off Italy's Olympic tennis squad for this year's
Rio de Janeiro Games because of it. She put herself in Olympic jeopardy by severing
ties with her national federation, something ITF president Angelo Binaghi laid
out this week when he laid of Giorgi with a verbal salvo. "The ITF rules
say that players must be 'in good standing' with their federation to qualify
for the Games. For me right now Giorgi is not in good standing," Binaghi
said. His comments came after Giorgi announced in a brief statement that she
was cutting relations with the federation and would not play on Italy's Fed Cup
team for this weekend's World Group playoff against Spain, instead choosing to compete
in qualifying for the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany, instead.
That move coincidentally came days after the ITF sent a letter to Giorgi's father and coach,
Sergio, seeking $180,000 for broken contracts. Hmm, how random. Maybe, though
if you just lost in the final of Katowice Open for the third consecutive year
to someone named Dominika Cibulkova, you don’t try to big-time anyone. Giorgi trains at a federation facility in
Tirrenia, but right now she feels like she’s put herself out on an island. We've
cared for her over the years and then when they win two matches they forget
about us," Binaghi said of Giorgi and her stage-parent father. Italy
shouldn’t really miss her, given that its Olympic team could also choose Roberta
Vinci, Sara Errani and Francesca Schiavone and Giorgi has played in five Fed
Cup ties for Italy, with a record of three wins and five losses……..
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