- There’s
not a lot of defending your case to be done when you’re stopped by police
officers and they discover nearly 1,000 pounds of marijuana in the back of the
U-Haul van you’re driving. But best of luck to Philadelphia residents Baojie
Chen and Da Fen Xiong in making their case after they were arrested when
troopers found a U-Haul van during a traffic stop on Interstate 95 in Cecil
County (Maryland). Troopers stopped the van on the northbound exit ramp from
I-95 to southbound Route 279 just after 8 p.m. for an unspecified traffic violation,
but their law enforcement spidey senses perked up and they surmised that
something wasn’t quite right. A trooper introduced a drug-sniffing dog into the
mix and with half a ton of ganja nearby, the dog didn’t take long to identify
the illegal substance in the vehicle. A subsequent search of the vehicle found
approximately 938 pounds of marijuana in the cargo hold and authorities believe
it may be the largest marijuana seizure ever in the county. “We’re thinking it
probably is the largest, if not it’s definitely up there,” Maryland State
Police JFK Highway Barrack Lt. Daniel Everett said. Everett estimated the
street value of the seized hippie lettuce at $5,000 a pound, making the seizure
worth nearly $4.7 million and meaning there is now a rather angry drug dealer
or two out their after their drivers failed miserably to keep a low profile and
complete their assignment. Chen and Xiong are charged with possession of a
controlled dangerous substance, possession of more than 50 pounds of marijuana
and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, crimes for which $4.7
million could mount a top-end legal defense……..
- Noooooooooo!
Stay away, iconic directors, from a film franchise that has come to define the
law of diminishing returns. That goes for both of you, Steven Spielberg and
George Lucas. Spielberg confirmed that he'll reunite with “Indiana Jones”
creator Lucas for the fifth installment of the iconic adventure series starring
an aged-out Harrison Ford alongside a rotating cast in increasingly awful and
poorly written films that took a huge turn for the worst with “Indiana Jones
and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” in 2008. The fifth movie in the series,
which has one advantage in that it will be tough to make a movie as bad as “Crystal
Skull,” is due out in 2019 and will see a 70-something Ford returning as the
titular whip-cracking archaeologist, while composer John Williams will score
the film as he’s always done for the franchise. "George is going to be an
executive producer on it with me,” Spielberg said. “Of course I would never
make an Indiana Jones film without George Lucas. That would be insane."
Hear that, G., that you can kill this terrible idea simply by changing your
mind and saying no. But hey, at least Spielberg sounds pumped about this. "I'm
super excited,” he said. "I think this one is straight down the pike for
fans. The one thing I will tell you is I'm not killing off Harrison at the end
of it." Lucas will act as an executive producer on the project, which is
interesting because he previously announced that he was retired from filmmaking
and made billions of dollars selling off his “Star Wars” empire to Disney………
- Score
one for gender equality in Cameroon. Up to now, adultery
has been a criminal act for women only in the African nation, but that’s about
to change now that Cameroon's parliament has voted to change the country's
penal code to criminalize adultery for men. The changes are expected to be
endorsed by both the Senate and President Paul Biya, who had proposed the
revision, so now both parties can be thrown in jail if a man cheats on his wife
with a woman who’s cheating on her husband. The current penal code stipulates
that women should be punished for adultery with two to six months in prison or
with fines of up to about $175 and in a twist that should encourage men to
either keep their pants zipped up or at least get better about cheating and
lying about cheating, men would face the same punishment under the expected
changes. It sounds like a thoroughly reasonable idea that no logical, fair
person could oppose…unless that someone is Barrister Nick Tazoh of the Cameroon
Bar Council, who claimed the law is taking the central African country backward
and will send more people to already congested prisons. Yes, refuse to hold
both parties accountable for a mutual decision because it will stunt social
progress and send men who refuse to adhere to a completely fair law to prison. This,
Cameroon, is why you cannot ever have nice things……..
- He
was once WWE’s World Heavyweight Champion. Now, pro-wrassler-turned-MMAer CM
Punk will make his UFC debut in the city that’s home to the NBA’s newly minted
world champions. Punk, birth name Phil Brooks, signed with the UFC in December
2014, and will finally make his UFC debut in a welterweight bout against Mickey
Gall at UFC 203 on Sept. 10. His debut was pushed back by a shoulder injury,
but now Punk will step into the octagon at UFC 203 in Cleveland, an event in
which hometown hero Stipe Miocic will defend his UFC heavyweight title for the
first time against Alistair Overeem. There will also be a co-main event in
which Fabricio Werdum will take on Ben Rothwell, but it’s a fair bet that there
will be a lot of eyes on the Punk-Gall bout simply because Punk has been
dangled in UFC fans’ faces for a year and a half now and most believe there is
no way he’s going to be successful in his new sport because he’s 37 years old
and despite being in great shape, he’s entering a whole new world. His foe,
Gall, is 2-0 and is a welterweight prospect fighting out of New Brunswick, New
Jersey, some 13 years younger than Punk. Gall made his UFC debut on Feb. 6 and
picked up a first-round submission win, which means he’s two wins ahead of his
next opponent and will probably be favored heading into the fight. Still,
drawing eyeballs to the action and selling pay-per-view buys is what UFC is
ultimately about whether Dana White and his business partners sell their
business or not. Punk is good for business in that respect and whether he pans
out or not, his first fight will do some good for UFC’s bottom line……..
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