- The world’s newest country isn't doing too well with the
idea of a cease-fire. South Sudan became the world’s newest nation a few years
ago, but has been an unstable nation-state since then and it doesn’t appear to
be improving. According to the monitor of South Sudan's peace deal, there are "near-daily
violations" of the cease-fire and says fighting could "trigger an
uncontrolled escalation of violence." The awesomely named Festus Mogae
said both sides have perpetrated "egregious violations of human
rights" including gang rape and killing of civilians, which is war at its
worst in any corner of the world. The news wasn’t good from U.N. peacekeeping
chief Herve Ladsous either; he told the U.N. Security Council behind closed
doors that South Sudan's government is delaying "as much as possible"
the deployment of an additional 4,000 peacekeepers. Not only that, but Ladsous
also called for an arms embargo, saying "the economy is bankrupt, yet
money is spent on arms" and calling it unacceptable. Wanna guess who was
the wrench thrown into the works of putting such an embargo in place? That
would be Russia's deputy U.N. ambassador, Petr Iliichev, whose country is a
permanent council member and holds veto power, and who made it clear that his
country does not support an arms embargo. Russia opposes damn near anything
that the rest of the world wants most of the time, but the truth is that even
an arms embargo isn't going to fully solve this mess……..
- For an NFL wide receiver, his hands are two of his biggest
assets. That doesn’t mean those hands are equally skilled at tasks off the
field as they are at snagging overthrown passes on the field, as evidenced by
Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant’s latest injury setback. He has missed the
past three games with a tibial plateau fracture in his right leg, but has been
hopeful of playing after his team’s bye week this Sunday. He still has a good
chance to do so, but there is a big question mark after Bryant (allegedly) cut
the middle and ring fingers on his right hand while cutting carrots for some
soup. Bryant called the cut "extremely, extremely minor” and he was on the
practice field Wednesday for the Cowboys' lone practice of the bye week, but
didn’t catch any passes. Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett addressed the issue
after practice. "He's got a cut on the inside of his hand, so he wasn't
able to catch balls today," Garrett said. "He did a good job moving
around, though. I think he's feeling better and better and better." When
asked if the team should hire a chef to make sure its star receiver could avoid
slicing and dicing his hands, Garrett joked that, "We've got to address
that somehow." That’s assuming Bryant really did cut his hand slicing
carrots in the kitchen and didn’t do what so many other professional athletes
do, getting injured in a suspicious scenario and then making up a kooky story
to cover up what really happened……..
- Ever seen a basic cable reality show where a bunch of
would-be gold-diggers bid on some abandoned storage unit after having five
minutes to inspect the interior but not really see what’s inside? Sometimes,
those bargain hunters strike gold, sometimes they strike out and other times,
they strike it weird. It’s in the eye of the beholder which of those three best
describes a man who paid $150 for a storage container at a Long Island auction
and upon exploring his new purchase, found two freezers filled with 40 dead
cats. "Some were just on the top, some were inside," the man,
identified only as Carlos, said. He found one lone cat skinned and laying atop
an aluminum tray and since he clearly doesn’t value a bunch of dead, frozen
cats, he told American Self-Storage, the company that held the auction, and the
company immediately contacted police and the American Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). An investigation is underway and the
ASPCA will conduct necropsies to find how the cats died - once the cats that
out. The storage unit was put up for auction by American Self-Storage after the
previous owner stopped paying rent in July. "Self-Storage companies do not
examine the items which tenants store in their rented units, the way apartments
landlords do not study each item which tenants bring into their rented
rooms," the company said in statement. "But we join in feeling the
shock at the mistreatment of animals.” Woah, woah, woah. Hang on there, A.S.S.
Seeing as the person who rented the unit previously is a 66-year old woman who
could easily have been crazy cat lady, there’s a solid chance those cats died
by natural means and nothing amiss happened……..
- Charlie Brooker is looking to line up the big names for
the next season of “Black Mirror” and hoping to make one of Netflix’s
most-popular shows even more enticing to fans. The Brooker-created anthology
series, which explores the darker side of technological advancement, is about
to launch its third season on the streaming service, but the ever-optimistic
Brooker is already recruiting famous
faces for Season 4 and has confirmed that Jodie Foster will direct an episode
of “Black Mirror” next year. All six episodes of the brief third season can be
seen on Netflix starting tomorrow, but Brooker was looking ahead when he
responded to a rumor that Foster would direct an episode that will also star
Rosemarie DeWitt – who is set to make an appearance in an episode of the upcoming
third season of the show. Foster has previously directed films like “The Beaver” and “Money Monster,” as well as
an episode of “House of Cards” in 2014. As for breaking new ground in Season 3,
Brooker said there could be some new innovations. “You could potentially break
the fourth wall or randomize scenes, so that different people would watch what
was fundamentally the same episode, but with a different ending or slight plot
variations,” he said. Anything to keep the show new, fresh and a step ahead of
its Netflix rivals……..
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