- Riot Watch! Riot Watch! Pakistan is trying to destroy
itself, or at least cause a whole lot of hell in the wake of a
government-imposed ban on demonstrations. That sort of ban is basically an open
challenge to anyone with a soul and a spine to rise up and fight back and that’s
precisely what happened this week when stone-throwing supporters of
cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan who are rallying in Islamabad in
defiance of the demonstration ban rose up in the face of The Man and Pakistani
police charged with batons and fired tear gas in response to the gathering. It
all went down as supporters of Khan's opposition party were making their way
toward his residence in for the rally, so technically the sh*t hadn’t even
gotten real yet when the sh*t got real. In response to the clashes, Khan boldly
proclaimed that he will go head will a planned "million men" march on
Nov. 2 in Islamabad to force the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to resign. It’s
not as if this is some renegade movement created by ragtag outsiders with no
hopes of affecting change; pressure has mounted on Sharif to quit since his
family members were named as holders of offshore bank accounts in leaked
documents from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. While promising to prove he
and his family aren't involved in corruption, Sharif has refused to quit and
sounds very much like he’s digging in for a fight - one he hopes to win by
using military and legal muscle to suppress the voices of those who want to see
him face justice………
- Does it strike anyone else as bizarre that the iconic
frontman of one of the greatest rock bands ever is touting modern day rappers
as “the “only people saying things that matter” in music these days? Seeing The
Who frontman Roger Daltrey take a few minutes out of his visit to the Desert
Trip festival in California, a two-weekend event held at the same site as
Coachella and headlined by The Who, and fellow musical icons Bob Dylan, The
Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Neil Young and Roger Waters, and reflect on the
reality that rock and roll is dead is equal parts sadness and weirdness. “The
sadness for me is that rock has reached a dead end… the only people saying
things that matter are the rappers and most pop is meaningless and
forgettable,” Daltrey said. “You watch these [new pop stars] and you can’t
remember a bloody thing.” On the surface, it could be construed as yet another
person denouncing the vapid, shallow and glossy nature of modern pop music as
it fills up with songs all about parties, being rich, going the club, being
really attractive and not much else, but hearing a rock icon like Daltrey
praise rappers as the only ones actually speaking out on subjects that matters
is hard to absorb even though he said back in 2014 that most mainstream
musicians these days lack “angst and purpose.” At least the old dude is staying
consistent(ly bitter) in his final years……..
- Well played, real estate prankster of Orange County,
California. You figured you would jerk with a bunch of other people’s lives and
turn one woman’s existence into a temporary hell and so it appears you have
succeeded. The target of this prank is an Orange County resident who found out
the hard was that someone had posted a fake ad online trying to rent out the
home in which she lives. That much became clear when three people showed up at
her door on three separate occasions over the last two days asking to see the
house they read about on Zillow.com, a popular real estate website. Wondering
what the hell was going on, this woman went online and found an ad offering the
home listed at her address for $1,000 per month with all utilities included.
Funnier still, the prankster included directions for those interested in seeing
the home to enter through the backyard and knock on the back door. The current
resident has two young girls living in the home, so that was a particularly
vicious twist in the prank. She checked with her landlord, who confirmed that
he did not post the ad. Since this all began, the woman has posted a note on
her front door warning people they're responding to a false advertisement. One
of the inquiring minds who came to see the home told the woman that the number
he called to respond to the add was from a Tennessee extension. The Orange
County Sheriff's Office said it can only take action if the landlord files a
complain and at that point, detectives can begin tracking down the man
pretending to be renting out her home…….
- Go ahead and assume that Richard Harkaway, a.k.a. Double-Birding
Philadelphia 76ers Fan, a.k.a. North Philadelphia urologist/wannabe stand-up
comedian, got exactly what he wanted from his 15 minutes of fame and that his
sham-tastic apology means about as much as a free ticket to one of his comedy
shows. Harkaway became the star of one of the last great Vine videos before
Twitter killed the video sharing service, flashing double middle fingers at
Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook after Westbrook’s fast break
basket in the first quarter of both teams’ season opener earlier this week. Harkaway
was sitting in the second row of the baseline seats when he stood up and put
his middle fingers directly toward Westbrook's face during the first quarter
and said, "F--- you!" and Westbrook looked incredulously at the
nearby referee with a confused look and said, "Can he do that?" It
was bizarre to see a fat, gray-haired dude in a throwback Allen Iverson jersey that
enraged at a relatively meaningless play in the first quarter of the first game
of the season, but now that we know Harkaway is an aspiring comedian with an
uninspiring day job, it all makes sense. Dude wants attention and he’s getting
a lot of it now, including a statement he released through - and this is true,
he does have one of these for some reason - a personal representative. "In
this instance, after standing up to boo and being provoked by Russell Westbrook
calling attention to my being overweight, my action in response was clearly
inexcusable and I am embarrassed. I sincerely apologize to my fellow Sixers
fans, the Sixers organization, my colleagues and patients, and to Mr. Westbrook
for my behavior," Harkaway said in the statement. It’s a vague statement
that insinuates that one of the best players in the NBA is calling some
suburban urologist with season tickets a fat ass in the middle of a game, which
seems like a reach. But maybe if you’re a grossly overweight person with
extreme sensitivity about their girth, maybe you want to do much less to draw
attention to the fact that you’re a grossly overweight person with extreme
sensitivity about their girth………
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