- Isn't war wonderful? You can have one, bomb and shoot the
sh*t out of your enemy and dispense so much ordinance/explosive devices that
seven decades later, people are still discovering undetonated incendiary items
you left behind. Such is life in Europe, where unexploded World War II bombs
are always lurking somewhere in famous, historic cities. The latest such
instance comes from London, where police say two of the city's busiest bridges
have been partially closed after a suspected World War II bomb was found in the
River Thames. According to the Metropolitan Police force, officers were called
to the area to investigate “reports of suspected World War II ordnance in the
river." In response to the potential undetonated boom-boom in the river,
police closed roads in the area, including northbound lanes of Waterloo Bridge
and Westminster Bridge, near the Houses of Parliament. Specialists were called
in to assess the device and determine whether or not it’s a threat to blow up
part of London, which should be a rare occurrence, except that London was
heavily bombed by Nazi Germany during the war, meaning that finding undetonated
munitions is less of a “holy sh*t, no way” occurrence and more of an
every-other-Wednesday thing in cities like London and others that were prime
Nazi targets during the second world war. Germany also finds its share of
unexploded bombs lying around its cities as well, so both sides of the war
still receive regular reminders of how terrible the conflict truly was……….
- Fool us once, shame on you. Fool us twice, shame on us.
Fool us three times and we’ll finally get around to getting rid of you. Welcome
to the meandering football tale of former LSU, former Mississippi Gulf Coast
Community College and former Arizona Western College defensive lineman Travonte
Valentine, who has taken the latest step in his downward trajectory from one of
the top defensive line recruits in the country to a man without a team after
LSU dismissed him from its football team for a second time. Head coach Ed
Orgeron announced his decision, blaming the decision on the always-popular
violation of team rules. "At this point in time, Travonte is no longer
part of our football program. We wish him the best," Orgeron said. Valentine
seems to be quite a human being, as this marks the third time that a program
has dismissed him in the past 19 months. During his freshman year, when he was
not playing because he was waiting to be cleared academically, former LSU coach
Les Miles kicked Valentine off the team before he could play a single down. He
dropped down to the junior college level and tried to hack it at Arizona
Western College, but a guy with Division I talent was booted just a few months
after stepping onto campus. Undeterred, he claimed to have gotten his act
together during a six-month stint at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
and convinced Miles to give him another shot last summer. Even the opportunity
to come back to Baton Rouge as a key player on the defensive line for a team
with national title aspirations couldn’t keep the 356-pound lineman on track.
His conditioning was called into question, his weight fluctuated and now, he’s
weighing some serious questions about how life went so wrong, so quickly……….
- Customize your greasy meat puck slathered in a
calorie-and-fat-laden sauce, America. McDonald’s has been trying to reshape its
flabby, cholesterol-clogged image in recent years, realizing that people are
generally paying more attention to the health content of what they eat and don’t
want to power down a greasy burger topped with three kinds of cheese, mayo,
bacon and toppings and ingest 1,500 calories in a single item. There’s also a
tendency toward customization and individualism in America, so factoring all of
that in, the fast food chain is coming out with two expansions on its most
famous sandwich, the Big Mac. Now, the original Big Mac will be joined by the Mac
Jr. and Grand Mac, which will offer new options for those who prefer either slightly
reducing their chances of heart disease in comparison with a standard Big Mac
or feel like that standard Big Mac doesn’t ratchet up those chances far enough.
After successful test markets earlier this year in Ohio and the Dallas/Fort
Worth area, McDonald’s is rolling out its new sammitches nationwide. The
original Big Mac famously has two burger patties instead of one and is topped
with its famed special sauce. It will now be dwarfed by the Grand Mac, which
will upsize both patties to top out at one-third of a pound of beef. On the
opposite end of the spectrum, the Mac Jr. has just one larger patty, sans the
middle bun, but with the special sauce. It’s the latest Mac-volution of a
sandwich that was invented in 1967 by Michael "Jim" Delligatti at his
franchise in Uniontown, Pa. The Big Mac is clearly the driving force behind Delligatti
eventually owning 48 franchises, although he sadly passed away at the age of 98
in November, just weeks after McDonald's
first announced plans for the Grand Mac and Mac Jr………
- Here’s hoping the next album from Lil’ Cray is titled “Delicious
Irony.” That’s the only reasonable option given that the little-known rapper is
in deep legal waters on account of filming part of his music video in a
Cleveland courtroom. The irony stems from the fact that Lil’ Cray was staring
down serious charges ahead of the shoot, including but not limited to criminal gang
activity, attempted murder and weapons possession. You’d think that a man
staring down a potential long prison sentence wouldn’t want to spend any more
time in a courtroom than he’s legally required to, but Cray was undeterred and
filmed in the courtroom of Judge Michael Ryan at the Cuyahoga County Juvenile
Justice Center. Amazingly, Judge Ryan allowed the shoot to do ahead on the
grounds that he opened his courtroom after hours for an old friend who is also
a music producer. A man who makes a living based on what’s supposed to be sound
judgment did so without asking questions such as, “Is the star of the video a
man who is facing pending felony charges who is currently out of jail on house
arrest?” “Last time I checked the Constitution, everyone is innocent until
proven guilty.” Ryan said. “I’m always about helping young people especially
when I see that they have promise. They have talent.” Yes, and what better way
to prove you’re down with the kids and that daggone rap music they love than to
allow one of them to turn your courtroom into the sound stage for their next
music video? Here’s hoping to video includes a stripper in the judge’s chair,
another as the bailiff and 12 more in the jury box. Ryan said he probably wouldn’t
allow any more music videos to be filmed in the courtroom, which is going to
kill a lot of musical dreams for aspiring rappers throughout the greater
Cleveland area……..
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