- Bitter much, Portugal star striker Cristiano Ronaldo? Sounding
very much like a rich, spoiled brat who’s angry that the smaller, poorer,
weaker kid just beat him in a tetherball game on the playground, Ronaldo
snapped at Iceland for their defensive tactics and over-celebration after the
teams shared a 1-1 draw in the Euro 2016 Group F opener. Iceland was making its
first Euro championships appearance and by all rights, seemed legitimately glad
to be there with a contingent of fans representing about 1/8 of its island
population of about 332,000 people. When Birkir Bjarnason's goal five minutes
after halftime evened the game at 1-1, the smallest country in the competition
was jubilant. The Icelanders spent much of the game playing defense-first
soccer, knowing they didn’t have the offensive firepower of the Portuguese, who
boast one of the world’s best players and biggest whiny b*tches. “I thought
they'd won the Euros the way they celebrated at the end, it was
unbelievable," Ronaldo said. "When they don't try to play and just
defend, defend, defend, this in my opinion shows a small mentality and are not
going to do anything in the competition." In other words, though they did
nothing illegal or unethical, they didn’t make enough of a concerted,
consistent effort to score and therefore, in the words of Ronaldo, the
Icelandic defense put "the bus in the net." This world-class
bitterman outright said that his team “tried hard to win the game, Iceland
didn't try anything.” It was topped off by him allegedly refusing to shake
Iceland players' hands after the game, capping an all-around classless day for
a guy who could probably buy the whole island of Iceland with a single
paycheck………
- Everyone is responding to this week’s horrific mass
shooting in Orlando differently. Congress is continuing to do nothing in regards
to gun control, NRA kooks are tightening their grips on their rifles in case
anyone tries to take them away, gun opponents are calling for automatic weapons
bans…..and Bates County (Missouri) Sheriff Chad Anderson is spending government
dollars to make sure that residents of his county have every possible chance to
gun-up. Anderson is boldly waiving the cost of concealed carry permits for the
entire month of June for all Bates County residents, allegedly in the name of
safety. According to Anderson, he wants people who live in his community to
feel safe and the best way to make that happen is introducing a lot more guns
into the mix. The offer is actually an enticing one for those who like sending
wads of hot metal flying through the air in an deliberate attempt to wound or
kill another person, as getting a concealed carry permit can be expensive. Missouri
residents must be 19 years old to get a concealed carry permit, while the age
requirement is 18 for members of the military. It’s $100 for a first-time
permit holder and permits are valid for five years, while it’s only $50 for
permit renewals. Anderson is giving up a lot of money to allow folks to get
their gun on and the good news is that with the next concealed carry class isn’t
until next month, anyone who applies now will still get their permit for free.
Permits can take up to 45 days to process, so all the lead lovers out there who
want to take advantage of this limited-time offer will have to exercise a
little patience………
- He has an acerbic, caustic sense of humor, but this is no
joke from counterculture favorite Larry David. The creator of the cult favorite
comedy series “Curb Your Enthusiasm” will bring the show back for a ninth
season. HBO announced the news, reviving the show after five years in TV
Neverland. The show last aired new episodes in 2011, but HBO president of programming
Casey Bloys broke the news that David and his crew of mischief-making friends
were coming back. "We're thrilled that Larry [David] has decided to do a
new season of Curb and can't wait to see what he has planned,” Bloys said. That’s
in stark contrast to David's co-star Jeff Garlin saying that he thought there
was “a decent chance …not good, not bad, decent" of the show returning.
David, originally known as the co-creator of “Seinfeld,” stars as a fictionalized version of himself in
the semi-improvised show, which he also created and writes. In other words,
this show wouldn’t be coming back unless David himself was extremely committed
to making it happen. HBO never seems to have a dearth of worthwhile shows, but
its comedic offerings have lagged behind its dramatic ones of late and having a
previously dormant show roar back to life is bound to generate lot of interest,
fan reaction and support for the next round of episodes, whenever they hit
screens of all shapes and sizes. Here’s hoping David’s razor-sharp wit is as
snarky as ever……..
- Sweden isn't often thought of as a place with a lot of
rage, malice and badass-ery. That probably isn't going to change based on
Swedish police arresting four people suspected of assaulting security guards
and trespassing at the government headquarters in Stockholm, but it was still a
nice effort. These four are environmental activists planning a stunt as
part of a campaign urging the government to close state-owned utility
Vattenfall's coal operations in Germany and while climbing ladders to get onto
the roof of the entrance of the building and unfurling a banner there isn't exactly
the sort of earth-shaking effort that makes the world take notice, it’s the
thought that counts here. Perhaps realizing that they needed to add an edge to
their effort to really leave a mark, the demonstrators also engaged in an
altercation with security officers guarding the entrance, so that’s something.
No one was injured in the incident and it logically follows given the small
scale of this uprising that it won't have a major impact when the government
decides whether to approve a bid from Czech investors for Vattenfall's coal
mines and power plants in Germany. Climate activists - and four kooks with a
Spiderman complex and a weak-ass protest plan - believe that government should
dismantle the coal assets instead of selling them, but pretty much no
government is going to willfully turn its back on a large amount of cash if
someone is standing in front of them with a suitcase full of cash and a
willingness to pay a steep price for some of its assets. So nice try, four
wacky Swedish enviro-lovers, but next time aim much higher if you really want
to affect change in your battle to save our planet from whatever imminent
destruction is on its way………..
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