- Why the hell are we talking about a college cheerleader
and her thoughts on the recent presidential election? Why does anyone care
about what any cheerleader, anywhere at any level of sports has to say about
anything other than which are the best pom-poms and how much is too much
sparkle on your hair ribbons? It just seems pointless to waste time on the fact
that the University of Louisville has suspended multiple cheerleaders for
comments they made on social media after Tuesday night's election. The drama
largely centers on cheerleader Brynn Baker, who tweeted to an unidentified
recipient following the election, "stfu about racism, sexism,
whateverism." This future Mensa then sent another tweet that said,
"You act like you came off a boat." Well said, Brynn. Because lots of
people come to America by boat these days, rather than those stupid airplane
thingies. One poorly spoken, intellectually stunted college cheerleader popping
off shouldn’t be a big deal, but Louisville announced that Baker and others have
been placed under investigation for their election night posts. The school's
head spirit coach and spirit coordinator, Todd Sharp, released a statement
saying he was "very troubled and concerned about the exchanges that took
place in social media late last evening involving one or more of our student
athletes,” ignoring the fact that CHEERLEADERS AREN’T ACTUAL ATHLETES. See, if
not for the actual athletes out there on the field, there wouldn’t be any
cheerleaders on the sidelines holding up signs with letters or pictures on them
and trying in vain to get indifferent fans to stop checking them out long
enough to do actual cheers. So suspend Baker, fire her from the cheer squad, do
whatever you want to do, just don’t pretend she’s an actual athlete……..
- Nice try, state of Michigan and city of Flint. You may not
want to keep dropping Dasani on the doorstep of the people of Flint as they try
to navigate getting their home’s water supply safe following one of the biggest
environmental scandals in U.S. history, but a federal judge says you have to do
it. District Court Judge David Lawson ruled that unless government can certify
that a Flint home has a well-installed and maintained water filter, or unless a
household declines service, officials must deliver at least 96 half-liter
bottles of water per resident to each household every week until his court says
they can stop. Yes, Michigan and Flint officials must deliver bottled water to
any Flint home where the government hasn't verified that a filter is properly
working because these poor citizens can’t be assured that their water is at an
acceptable level of lead content. The city "will do everything we can to
abide by the order, including reaching out to leaders at the state level for
help," Flint Mayor Karen Weaver said in response to the decision. "We
appreciate the judge's order and agree that clean water should be easily
accessible to everyone in the city of Flint and more needs to be done to make
that happen.” This is merely the latest twist in the tale of the longstanding
crisis over lead-tainted water in the city and it helps plaintiffs who wanted
government to do more than make bottled water and tap-water filters available
at distribution points. It’s so rare for a government to try to do only the
bare minimum rather than actually try to help its citizens and meet their
needs, but thankfully the court sided with the plaintiffs in this one……..
- Ironically enough, the most abysmal political and social
experiment in recent American history is causing a bit of trouble for The
Social Experiment, a band whose lineup also includes with Chance The Rapper. The
problem involves a Grammy-nominated musician who suddenly finds himself linked
a little too closely with the worst president-elect ever in the United States
on account of his stage name. Nico Segal has long performed under the stage
name Donnie Trumpet, but he’s giving that up and doing the unthinkable for a
rock star by playing under his actual name because his assumed moniker is far
too similar to that of Human Candy Corn With A Permed Beaver Pelt For Hair
Donald Trump. “What began as a joke, a silly play on words, is not funny
anymore,” Segal wrote on his Facebook page. “I don’t want to be connected to
Trump’s hateful tone or his hurtful message. I don’t want to be misrepresented
or misunderstood. Trump’s beliefs are not mine. From this point on, call me
Nico. I am proud to be part of a multicultural family, from the great City of
Chicago. I am grateful for the diversity of friends and family who have taught
me and believed in me and encouraged me. I couldn’t stand to ever hurt them, or
you. Thank you for understanding. Peace, please, and so much love.” Segal is
part of The Social Experiment and also plays with Chance The Rapper on the rapper’s
solo tours as well, but one can’t help but find it convenient that all of this
also draws more attention to Segal’s music and gives him a publicity fix for
his future releases and tours………
- Looking to escape the United States before Donald Trump
takes office, make some extra cash AND stick it to one of the countries that
has received far too much bile from the president-elect? If so, you might be
interested to know that the Mexican government is offering a reward of 15
million pesos ($730,000) for information leading to the capture of the former
governor of Veracruz state, who's accused of money laundering and organized
crime. The whole situation is straight out of a Hollywood spy drama with a bloated
budget and a wildly overrated, big-name director (hi there, Michael Bay!) at
the helm and it began when Javier Duarte stepped down as governor Oct. 12, then
disappeared. A cynic might argue that he merely needed a vacation after such a
harrowing affair, being accused of money laundering and being involved with the
mob, while those on the other side would contend that a guy who allegedly
laundered money and had ties to organized crime resigned and disappeared because
he didn’t really want to go from the governor’s mansion to jail. Give Duarte
credit because the Attorney General's Office said Friday it wasn't able to
locate him "despite the broad deployment of criminal investigation agents
to arrest him,” so he seems to be pretty decent at hiding. He belonged to the
ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party before he was stripped of his party
rights in September and now, he’s been stripped of the life he once knew. That
means a potential huge payday for all of the would-be bounty hunters out there
- or simply those who want a new country to call home for the next four years
or so………
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