- No matter how far the world moves from one of its darkest,
ugliest and most sinister eras, there will apparently always be ignorant,
anachronistic ass hats who insist on trying to keep it - and its hateful legacy
and principles - alive. Some of those ass hats clearly live in Ukraine, where
unidentified vandals have spray-painted Nazi graffiti at a memorial cemetery
where some Poles are buried. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin addressed
the vandals' action at the Bykivnia memorial on the outskirts of Kiev, the
Ukrainian capital, denouncing their message of hate in a locale that is a
burial place for victims of the Soviet secret police, including some Poles, who
were executed in the 1920s-1940s. In a display of asininity from a bygone era,
the vandals spray-painted the name of SS division Galicia, a Nazi unit
consisting of Ukrainian volunteers, on one tombstone at Bykivnia, along with
the name of UNA-UNSO, a Ukrainian far-right nationalist organization. The
ironic part of this incident is that Poland and Ukraine have friendly ties even
though there remain some in Poland who retain bitter memories about the
killings of up to 100,000 Poles by Ukrainian nationalists in 1943-1944 in Volyn
and the eastern Galicia regions, which are now part of Ukraine. There’s been
more than enough ugliness in Ukraine in recent years thanks to their
overbearing, overreaching and downright oppressive neighbors in Russia, but
thanks to a small group of tools with access to the paint section of a local
hardware store for proving that there’s always more hate to be brought to the
table…….
- At long last, good news relating to college football bowls
has arrived. The number of bowls has been unnecessarily trending upward for
years, to the point where 40 bowls exist, the problem being that there aren’t
80 teams with winning or even .500 records on an annual basis. That means bowls
have opened their doors to only the best 5-7 teams in America, but two of those
teams will have to stay home next season because at long last, the San Diego
County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl is finished after 12 years. The demise of
the Poinsettia Bowl comes in the wake of the San Diego Chargers bolting down in
search of solidifying their status as the third most popular NFL team in Los
Angeles, meaning their former home of Qualcomm Stadium is likely to close down
soon. San Diego’s original bowl game, albeit with a different sponsor, is the
Holiday Bowl and it might need to move to baseball's Petco Park to survive.
However, the San Diego Bowl Game
Association announce that it is dropping the Poinsettia Bowl to focus on the
Holiday Bowl and is talking with the San Diego Padres about the possibility
of playing the game at Petco Park if
Qualcomm Stadium closes after 2018. The city is weighing the very real
possibility of closing the aging Qualcomm Stadium after 2018 rather than pay to
maintain it, but noted liar Mark Neville, executive director of the bowl game
association, insisted the choice to axe the Poinsettia Bowl was not related to
the Chargers leaving. "This is purely a decision made for our
organization," he lied………
- There are long cons and then there’s what Cynthia Mills is
accused of pulling off. Mills is accused of a massive con in which she’s suspected
of stealing $14 million while working for Matthews International Corp. from
1999 to 2015, bilking the Pittsburgh monuments and engraving firm out of enough
money to purchase a life of luxury that apparently included a $645,000 yacht,
two Mercedes automobiles and a Ford Focus prosecutors are now attempting to
seize from her as part of the case. The real outlier here is the Ford Focus
because who the hell steals eight figures’ worth of cash over a decade and a
ahlf, buys a freaking yacht and two Mercedes and thinks, “You know what? I need
a fuel-efficient, reasonable daily driver to round out my fleet.” According to
prosecutors, Mills cashed checks made out to Matthews or had them routed to a
bank account of a bogus company she controlled and her attorney, Phil
DiLucente, isn't exactly claiming his client’s innocence. He claims his client
has and will continue to cooperate with the federal government and the company
and will "continue to right the situation by relinquishing any interest
she owns, including valuables and money.” Yes, but you can't simply right the
situation by surrendering dozens of Louis Vuitton handbags, a yacht and 19 fur
coats you bought thanks to tax evasion and money laundering. You also have to
“make things right” by going to jail and surrendering your freedom for a while
as well……..
- Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Take cover, world. Anyone with
working ears needs to be warned because noted Canadian poseur rockers
Nickelhack could be set to announce their ninth album as early as next week. There
are nasty rumors circulating that guttural-voiced frontman Chad Kroeger (a.k.a.
the Former Mr. Avril Lavigne) and his merry band of hacks, who last released an
album in 2014 with ‘No Fixed Address,” are ready to torment the music fans of
the world once more. After it was confirmed that the group has signed a new
worldwide record deal with BMG, who are distributed by Warner Music Group, the
threat became that much more real. It’s great news for Republic, a division of
Universal Music Group, with whom Nickelback released their last few records, because
their association with the worst band in the world is now over. The bad news is
for everyone else, as Nickelhack has a “major announcement” planned for Feb. 1,
prompting very valid fears that the news will be a new album. It’s been confirmed
that the band are currently in the studio working on material for a new
full-length album and a recent statement from the ‘Hack doesn’t allay those
fears. “We are honored to partner with the global BMG team and look forward to
releasing new music for our fans. Sharing our vision and passion with such a
dedicated team while being surrounded by some of the greatest music artists of
all time is very humbling and we couldn’t be more excited,” the statement
reads/threatens. Time to duck and cover, all, duck and cover……..
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