- Why are you harshing everyone’s buzz, Albania? You may
think you’re doing a good deed by having your police seize and destroy 2.4
million marijuana plants discovered in the country this year, but the simple
fact is you’re merely showing what a bunch of uptight squares you are. Police
Chief Haki Cako said that the 540 acres of plants pulled up since June are four
times more than authorities confiscated last year, which could be taken as a
positive because it could indicate that despite the government’s efforts to
stamp out pot growth, sales and usage, Albanian drug outfits and stoners are
keeping demand high and trying to provide ganja to those who want it no matter
who tries to stop them. According to Cako, 248 people have been arrested for
producing the marijuana, much of it destined for Italy, Greece, Kosovo and
Montenegro. Yes, Albanian growers are trying to share their hippie lettuce with
the world - for a fair price, of course - and their government is doing nothing
to help its domestic businesses succeed. Analysts estimate that the plants were
worth about $3.3 billion, an amount equal to one-third of Albania's gross
domestic product, and it’s going to be awfully difficult to grow a smallish
economy into a European power if the government is going to keep acting this
way. But this has been a work in progress over the past three years, at which
point Albania was a major cannabis producer in Europe and the government made
disrupting the market a priority……..
- Iggy Pop has long been the J.R. Smith of punk rock. Now
knocking on the door of 70 years old, he’s still in the bait of appearing on
stage without a shirt on and while he’s mercifully never let himself go
physically and fatted out, the fact that he’s gone decades being seen mostly
shirtless in public is still curious. Now, he’s taken time to explain when and
why he lost his shirt and why he’s never bothered to try to find one over the
years. "When I dropped out of
college to start the band, I kept my library card. I've always had a student
mentality, so I would go to the library, and take books,” the rocker said. “Cult
books about culture and religion, and think about how I could apply those, and
I kept seeing these pictures of the Pharaoh. He never wore a shirt. That just
looks about right, you know? I don't know why. I feel lost in a shirt. I just
get lost." How very existential of you, Iggy. Getting lost within a shirt
is quite a conundrum and it’s a better explanation than, “Dammit, I’m a rock
star and I don’t feel like wearing a f*cking shirt, so deal with seeing my
drug-riddled, emaciated body bouncing around on stage all night long.” Of
course, Iggy Pop has turned in decades of badass, no-holds-barred punk rock as
a solo act and with The Stooges, so if he doesn’t want to wear a shirt, then he
doesn’t have to. The Red Hot Chili Peppers have taken his public nudity
mentality to new levels, so it’s clear ol’ Iggy is inspiring those who have
come after him in music……..
- The only thing worse than hiring a hitman to kill someone
with whom you’re angry is having that hitman kill the wrong person. It’s why
you really should have a defined, time-tested screening process for hiring the
right killer-for-hire and the tale of a Chardon, Ohio man should drive that
point home emphatically. Joe Rosebrook was sentenced to life in prison without
parole late last week after being convicted of arranging a contract killing in
which the hired attacker went to the wrong Ohio home and shot someone with the
same name as the intended target. A Geauga County judge sentenced Rosebrook
after he was convicted of aggravated murder and other charges in September for
the 2006 fatal shooting of Daniel Ott in suburban Cleveland. Despite the conviction,
Rosebrook maintained his innocence in court but magnanimously told Ott's family
he was sorry for their loss. According to police, a different Daniel Ott was
targeted for double-crossing Rosebrook by informing authorities when Rosebrook
hired him to kill someone in his stolen-car operation. The man convicted in the
mistaken murder is serving at least 28 years in prison and while it seems wrong
that the guy who actually killed someone will likely spend less time behind
bars than the guy who paid him to carry out that hit, Rosebrook’s sheer
stupidity and general incompetence really are more than enough to warrant the
harsh punishment he received………
- Jared Cook would like to get back on the field for the
Green Bay Packers. But more than that, he’d like to stop finding decapitated
chicken heads in his takeout orders, Buffalo Wild Wings. The former affects his
football career, but that pesky ankle injury took a temporary back seat this
week when Cook tweeted a picture of what he said was a chicken head that came
in his takeout order from the Buffalo Wild Wings just down the street from
Lambeau Field. "I had drove there, took it all the way home, got home,
started eating the first wing," Cook explained Friday. "As I was
putting the bone back in the box, I saw the chicken head and immediately spit
my food out." Obviously, there have been a lot of people seeking attention
or a quick buck from a lawsuit who have falsely claimed to find various animal
or human parts in their food or food packaging over the years, but a
professional athlete making seven figures a year wouldn’t seem to have any of
those motivations. In response to Cook’s claims, the restaurant chain issued a
statement: "Buffalo Wild Wings takes food preparation, service and quality
extremely seriously and we are looking into this situation. We've reached out
to Jared Cook and our suppliers for more information." Cook took his food
back to the restaurant and was given an odd explanation. "They were just,
like: 'We're sorry. Typically, this doesn't happen. That just means your food
was fresh,'" Cook said. "OK, that doesn't make it any better."
For a guy who plans to become a vegetarian eventually to match his wife’s
lifestyle, this could be just the development to push Cook over the top……….
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