Sunday, October 02, 2016

"Archer" to end, Riot Watch! France and bodyslamming drunk MLB field crashers


- Sometimes, justice takes care of itself. It happened not long ago in Las Vegas, where a man accused of shooting someone removed himself from the equation by fleeing police on foot, trying to cross a busy street and getting struck by a semi, resulting in fatal injuries. Lewis William Borland of Las Vegas may have a connection to a shooting that occurred at the Miracle Mile Trailer Park, an incident in which the victim suffered non-life threatening injuries and was driven to the hospital by his girlfriend. Borland, totally not looking guilty at all, fled the scene in his car before crashing the vehicle into a wall near Flamingo Road and then trying to cross the freeway on foot before being killed by a semi-truck on U.S. 95. The Clark County Coroner's Office confirmed Borland’s demise, meaning that even if it’s determined that he committed heinous crimes and evils in that trailer park shooting, there’s no need to waste time and money in the criminal justice system making sure that he is properly punished for his misdeeds. Instead, another not-so-bright criminal mastermind has done the world the service of removing him or herself from the gene pool and keeping the country’s court dockets from clogging up with the cases of lowlifes, scumbags and idiots who bring harm to others because they’re #justnotthatbright. Witnesses to the shooting reported that the victim was shot multiple times at the trailer park, with five shots reported all together. In the end, it seems that karma pronounced Borland guilty and executed his sentence with prejudice and expedience……


- The San Francisco Giants entered the weekend on track for one of the National League’s two wild card spots, needing to lay the smack down on the rival Los Angeles Dodgers to ensure their place in the postseason. They did just that on Friday night, winning a crucial game, but not before outfielder Angel Pagan delivered a beatdown of his own, bodyslamming an idiot fan who got onto the field during the game. Like so many drunken ass hats before him, this fan figured it was a good idea to meander around the field during a game and as he snaked his way around the playing surface, evading AT&T Park security, he wound his way to left field where Pagan was doing his job playing baseball and trying to win a big game. But Pagan was more than willing to take some time out from his evening tracking down fly balls, trying to throw out base runners and looking to get hits for his team to manhandle the intruder. Pagan viciously body-slammed the trespasser to the ground and detained him until security arrived. On the night, Pagan tallied a run scored, a run batted in and one liquored-up tool taken to the turf. It was the kind of night a player and team can be proud of and when that bodyslammed fan sobered up later on and was able to open his eyes and survey the scene around him at the local jail, here’s hoping he was able to appreciate that he’s now the joker in the latest saga of ballpark idiocy run amok……..


- Riot Watch! Riot Watch! Sh*t got real in France this week in a place that has been inflamed with the tensions of migrant-based tensions. The latest instance of uprising came when French police fired tear gas and water cannons on protesters defending migrants in the northern city of Calais as the government prepares to shut down the city's notorious migrant camp. This uprising was a clusterf*ck of rage and the demonstrators included activists from migrant support groups, a far-left presidential candidate and migrants themselves. All who took part defied a ban by authorities on the protest, which is pretty much a core principle of any good revolt. Those who rose up said they were expressing solidarity with the migrants, who face imminent expulsion from the camp. The scene would have been chaotic had the players simply been limited to those already in the area, but hundreds of people came in by bus from other cities. Police knew they were coming and met the buses with a hail of tear gas in an effort to disperse the interlopers and prevent them from continuing their match toward the city center. There have been plenty of demonstrations against the camp as well, so this was merely the pendulum swinging in the other direction for a day. All of this action centers on President Francois Hollande’s pledge to close the Calais camp by the end of the year and transfer thousands of migrants around France while their asylum cases are examined. It’s a messy situation without a clear answer and from the looks of it, there are many rounds left in this fight………


- It’s a cult favorite, but even cult favorites have an expiration date. “Archer,” FX’s fan favorite animated series about suave master spy Sterling Archer and his adventures in both espionage and in the bedroom. The show wrapped up its seventh season back in June and according to series creator Adam Reed, the show will bring its final curtain down after its 10th season. FX ordered another three seasons this summer, giving fans hope for an even longer run, but Reed made it clear those three seasons will be the last three seasons. "The plan is to end Archer after season 10," he said. "I don't know that anybody has talked about that, but that is definitely my plan - to do 8, 9, and 10 and they're gonna be each shorter seasons of just eight episodes, and then wind it up. I was gonna end it after (Season) 8, but then I had sort of a brain explosion of a way that I could do three more seasons and really keep my interest up. So the three seasons that are coming up are gonna be pretty different from what has come before, and they’re gonna be different from each other." The show sports an impressive voice cast that includes Jon Benjamin, Judy Greer, Amber Nash, Chris Parnell, Jessica Walter, Aisha Tyler and recurring guest stars Christian Slater and Jeffrey Tambor, so it has definite star power and should have a faithful following all the way through its last three seasons…….

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