- Want
to lay hands on the lions at the 200-acre Lion Park
in Johannesburg, South Africa? Act now because soon enough, visitors will be
barred from petting lion cubs at the suburban wildlife park in South Africa.
It’s a change that comes in the face of growing concern about the treatment of
lions in captivity. Park spokesman Scott Simpson said that tourist interaction
with lions, including petting cubs and walking with the predators, has
attracted negative publicity and is "going out of fashion." Yes, but
you run a wildlife park where lions are the prime attraction and while going to
a park to see them does reduce one’s chances of getting eaten as opposed to
seeing them in the wild, it’s still going to be a bummer next month when the
Lion Park moves to a larger area with a bigger focus on wildlife-viewing from
vehicles with guides. Lion-petting haters claim it has no conservation value
and is detrimental to the cubs, which don't learn how to survive in the wild
and lose fear of humans, increasing the risk of an attack. Coddling the lions
in a cushy wildlife park could have that same effect and many wildlife
advocates would probably love the idea of not keeping the animals in captivity
at all, but there are going to be a whole lot of disappointed families who
already have their trip to South Africa booked and have been dreaming of
getting up-close time with some cuddly future killing machines………
- Nebraska
football hasn’t been scoring touchdowns at its usual high rate in recent
seasons. Yet its decline in scoring hasn’t come expediently enough for one
Nebraska resident who wants to bring an end to a longstanding program
tradition. Omaha resident Randall S. Krause wants
to Huskers put an end to their tradition of releasing balloons into the air
after the team's first touchdown and has filed a lawsuit against the university
to stop the practice. This killjoy argues in his lawsuit that the red balloons
pose a threat to both young children and wildlife after they fall back to
Earth. Yes, attacking balloons. Falling balloons killing children? Unlikely theory
and given that Nebraska currently uses biodegradable natural latex and cotton
strings in its balloons, this just seems like a crotchety old dude looking for
something to complain about. Hell, Krause isn't even the first person to oppose
the tradition and yet, for some reason this kook believes he will succeed where
a Nebraska environmentalist who started an online petition opposing the
practice in 2014 failed. That petition crashed and burned with a mere 587
signatures, falling short of its 1,000-signature goal. According to Wet Blanker
Krause, the 50-plus year tradition basically amounts to "the open dumping
of solid waste," which violates environmental laws. The university is
aware of the suit, but refused to comment publicly, which is in this case
entirely appropriate because the person filing the suit is an unmitigated and
undeniable moron……..
- Some
days, you just wanna get drunk, steal a truck full of bread products and go for
a spin at 2 a.m. No one needs to tell that to Ashley
Goldson, a Florida resident and future prison inmate who (while probably
liquored up or peaking on an illegal substance) pilfered a Bagel King delivery
truck in Orlando around 2:15 a.m., taking the truck at a RaceTrac gas station
on Edgewater Drive near Lee Road while the driver was refueling. If someone is
driving a truck delivering baked goods at 2 a.m., their life probably already
sucks enough without turning around to see some ass hat speeding away in that
truck, but it didn’t take long to track the vehicle down. It was soon spotted
on I-4 near Lee Road, and a deputy followed the truck in his unmarked vehicle,
with several marked cruisers following from a distance, the Orange County
Sheriff's Office said. The bagel-venture took the stolen truck through Seminole
and Volusia counties, where other law enforcement agencies assisted, before
Goldson’s path was blocked near Doyle Road in Deltona without
incident. It would have been quality viewing for locals if this had happened
during rush hour, but the odds of having a news helicopter out to follow a
speeding box truck at nearly 3 a.m. are low and the odds of anything other than
tweakers and insomniacs being awake to see it are lower still. To top off the
absurdity of this mess, a K-9 unit was used to help apprehend Goldson, who
was taken to the Volusia County Jail. Bagel King got its truck back along with
a healthy dose of free publicity and Goldson got to wake up with (probably) a massive
hangover, a pressing need for quality legal representation and 15 minutes of unwanted
fame……..
- There
are some movies even The Rock’s tree-like arms and Greek column-like legs
cannot make interesting. The highest-grossing actor in the world last year
seems to be appearing in even more movies this year, but it’s the revelation
that he’s going to be teaming up with perpetual goofball Jack Black in a reboot
of “Jumanji” that will put Dwayne Johnson’s acting abilities to the test. Johnson
posted a photo on Instagram confirming that Black
will join him and frequent sidekick Kevin Hart in a new version of the 1995
original. “An ol' friend is ready to play in the world
of #JUMANJI... Jack (mf'n) Black," Johnson wrote. "Been a big fan of
his work over the years. A brilliant actor who I'm confident will turn in a
performance of a lifetime for JUMANJI. (when we reveal his character you'll
understand;). In our reimagining of the story of JUMANJI, Jack brings that rare
balance of cool with funny and edge with childlike joy. The "Jumanji
Breakfast Club" is coming together.. myself, Jack (mf'n) Black and Kevin
Hart." It’s cute that Johnson believes that the remake will honor
the star of the original, the late Robin Williams, but the fact is that even
Williams couldn’t make that film great and he was a fantastic, memorable actor
who could lift a lot of movies out of the doldrums. The fantasy comedy is based
on a children’s book of the same name by Chris Van Allsburg, who wrote a book about
a magical board game that comes to life and brings ll manner of wild animals
and colorful, dangerous characters to life for the players to deal with,
forcing them to complete the game in order to restore order to their world.
Johnson has clearly been working to build his brand with action films and
light-hearted quasi-action dramas, but this is not one of his better role
choices. Williams, who died in 2014, has plenty of other, better films Johnson
could choose and while his roles in “The Scorpion King” and the “Fast &
Furious” series haven't exactly been Oscar fodder in terms of their scripts or
content, going for a CGI-heavy, campy movie like “Jumanji” alongside Black and
Hart feels like a swing and miss in the making………
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