- And that’s why the New York Knicks will continue to suck
for a long, long time. They have a terrible, clueless owner and that terrible
clueless owner is fully committed to the inept, egomaniacal team president he’s
entrusted to run his franchise. In other words, Knicks owner James Dolan plans
to honor the deal he inked with Big Chief Triangle, a.k.a. Knicks president
Phil Jackson, by allowing Jackson to finish his five-year contract if he
chooses and not meddle in any player personnel affairs. "Three years ago,
I signed a contract with Phil Jackson," Dolan said. "The man who has
more championship rings as far as I know than anybody else. He was the best guy
we thought we could find to run the New York Knicks. And I made an agreement
with him. Dolan could in some situations be construed as a smart owner doing
the right thing by not meddling with his team, but has he looked at the Knicks
lately? They’ve lost 20 of 26 games to fall out of the playoffs race in the
weak Eastern Conference, their roster is a dumpster fire and Jackson has made
one good move - drafting Kristaps Porzingis - since arriving in Manhattan. Yet
Dolan wants to sit back and allow Jackson and general manager Steve Mills to
keep doing what they’re doing without any input? Dolan has no clue how to run
his franchise or how to construct an NBA team, but that simply means he’s on an
even level with Jackson in terms of getting the Knicks to championship status. The
only hope here is that Jackson exercises the opt-out clause in his contract and
allows Dolan to hire someone competent to run his team, but given that he’s
banking $12 million a year to run the Knicks terribly, don’t look for that to
happen……….
- Organized crime in Italy ain’t what it used to be. Images
of mobsters carrying guns and enforcing their will on anyone who stands in
their way aren’t the whole picture these days and that’s why police in Sicily
have confiscated four olive companies, farmland, villas and other property that
anti-Mafia prosecutors contend belong to the business empire of Italy's top
Mafia boss, who has been on the run for more than 20 years. Seizing the assets
of a mob boss on the run is a way to try to squeeze said mob boss by cutting
off access he might need to the capital that could keep him well-supplied while
on the lam. The assets were confiscated in the western part of the island
considered to be Matteo Messina Denaro's power base, with an estimated worth of
13 million euros ($14 million). Denaro, a convicted Cosa Nostra mobster, is
Italy's most-wanted fugitive and has been for a couple of decades now.
According to prosecutors, the olive businesses and 108 other properties, plus
vehicles and bank accounts, were listed in the names of accomplices to hide
their actual ownership by Denaro. Maybe Denaro is a munificent mob boss who
gives olive businesses and expensive vehicles to his underlings to reward them
for their loyalty. It’s estimated that Italy's various mafias earn billions
annually in agriculture, going to far as to use their muscle to compel grocers
to sell mobster-produced mozzarella or other products. It’s quite a racket and
now prosecutors will have to see if that noose is tightened up enough to snag Denaro………
- He’s the bad boy of indie rock, as much as a hipster icon
can be a bad boy, but even for Father John Misty, this is several steps too
far. FJM, also known as Joshua Tillman, is coming out strong in support of
Nickelhack, Chad Kroeger and his band of Canadian musical manglers. Tillman was
moved to speak after learning about recent events in which Chainsmokers were
referred to as ‘The Nickelback of EDM,” an apt description that inspired the
two bands to respond by covering each others’ terrible music. “I will ride for
Nickelback, OK?” Tillman said. “Because this whole Chainsmokers thing I read
about recently, when I was wasting time on the Internet, and someone wrote some
article about how horrible Nickelback is or something. ‘How You Remind Me’… That’s
a fucking great song. Have you heard that song? It’s great.” Oh, we’ve all
heard it and we wish we could unhear that three-minute span of arena rock
drivel. When asked why he likes that particular song, Tillman admitted, “I
don’t know,” which isn't exactly a staunch defense of anything. In the end,
Tillman is adamant about one thing and that’s his unwavering support of the
‘Hack. “But I will ride for Nickelback – I want that on the record. ‘Farmer
John Misery – I ride for Nickelback.’” Oh, it’s on the record and for that
comment, a lot of people may not want to buy Tillman’s next record……..
- Being a firefighter is a stressful job. It also doesn’t
pay as well as it should given the amount of danger involved on a regular
basis…so maybe that’s why a firefighter in Norwalk, Connecticut was arrested
for peddling cocaine while on duty. Local police had the distinct experience of
arresting one of their fellow first responders, Mark Monroe, after executing
four arrest and three search warrants. Investigators had been looking into
Malone for several months before his arrest and they were finally able to move
on him after he sold three packages of cocaine to an undercover officer, one of
five times he allegedly sold blow to the officer, including two that happened
while he was on duty with the Norwalk Fire Department, police said. Detectives
claim Monroe would direct the undercover officer to the lot of the Volk Central
Fire Station on Connecticut Avenue and carry out the transactions there, while
he did other deals in store parking lots on New Canaan and West avenues. When
they carried out a search warrant at Monroe's home, police recovered five more
bags of cocaine weighing 12.35 grams, along with illegal prescription pills and
suspected steroids, with a side dish of 300 hypodermic needles. There were more
pills and cocaine found in his vehicle and the piece de resistance was a gun
found to be stored in a dresser within reach of a child. All in all, Monroe
faces multiple drug charges and a charge of risk of injury to a minor and
failing to responsibly store a firearm. Not the proudest moment for all of the
brave men and women out there who spends their days and nights saving lives, putting
out fires and rescuing those in need of assistance……..
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