- That’s not the way to reverse your downward trajectory on
Nick Saban’s depth chart, Alabama offensive lineman Lester Cotton. Cotton, who
is a former top recruit nationally, began the 2016 season as the starting left
guard, was moved to right guard for three games and was so poor that toward the
end of the season, he moved to right tackle where he backed up true freshman
Jonah Williams. For a guy who’s not getting it done on the field, best not to
get arrested over the weekend and charged with second-degree possession of
marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. That’s how Cotton rolls and
according to Tuscaloosa police, he was rolling in his ride late at night when
he was pulled over in a traffic stop where the officer searched the vehicle
after detecting the odor of marijuana emitting from inside the vehicle. Saban,
fresh off getting smacked by Clemson in the national championship game, was
probably not happy when he got news that his program was in the headlines
thanks to the criminal actions of a second-string offensive lineman. "We
are in the process of determining the facts in the situation with Lester
Cotton," Saban said in a statement. "We will discipline internally
like we have done in the past." The arrest continues a string of
embarrassing off-field incidents over the past year for the program, although
Cotton is the first Alabama player arrested this offseason. Alabama has a ways
to go to match last offseason, when Cam Robinson, Laurence "Hootie"
Jones and Alphonse Taylor were all arrested, but someone’s got to get the part
started and Cotton is clearly that guy…….
- Look at you, flexing and muscling up, Montenegro. You have
no chance of actually backing down any of the people you’re looking to take on,
but credit for having a pair and trying to swing them around to much effect.
The tiny Balkan state’s prime minister has boldly informed Russia and its
allies within its own borders to stop opposing its NATO bid. Russia takes very
well to smaller nations that were once part of its Soviet bloc telling it how
to do business, so this should go over very well. Prime Minister Dusko Markovic
courageously demanded that those who want to destabilize the country by
meddling into its affairs "should keep their hands off Montenegro,” which
should have gone without saying because no one - but no one - gets handsy with
Montenegro. His comments came not long after opposition pro-Russian parties
denounced a call by Montenegro's special prosecutor urging the national
assembly to lift the immunity of two senior opposition leaders allegedly
involved in a pro-Russian plot to overthrow the government over its NATO bid,
so this situation is clearly lit. So far, about 20 people — including two
Russian citizens — have been suspected of participating in the October plot that
allegedly included plans to kill a then-prime minister and take over power to
prevent Montenegro from joining NATO, preferring to remain in the world of
communism, gulags and Vlad Putin subservience. Those governing the country
would prefer to at least try to move forward and become a bigger part of the
global community……..
- Oh good, because the American people can never have enough
of their Clinton fix. The producers of “American Crime Story” know it and
that’s why the fourth season of the popular cable series will tell the story of
the infamous Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton sex scandal. The show has pulled
from this general period in history before, as the first season, “The People v.
O. J. Simpson,” told the story of (alleged/probable) double murderer O.J.
Simpson and how he was able to get over on the American legal system despite
(almost certainly) offing his ex-wife and her new boyfriend, running last year
to critical acclaim and winning critical acclaim and winning nine Emmys
including acting honors for Sterling K. Brown, Sarah Paulson and Courtney B.
Vance. The next edition will be based on Jeffrey Toobin’s book, “A Vast
Conspiracy: The Real Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down A President,” and AHS
favorite Sarah Paulson has already been cast in an unknown role. “Sarah will be
in it but she won’t be playing Hillary [Clinton]. That’s earmarked for talks
with somebody else,” series co-creator Ryan Murphy said. “We’re casting that
now. I can’t say what Sarah is playing, but it starts shooting at the end of
this year.” Season 2, which begins filming in a few weeks, will focus on the
aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and be based on “The Great Deluge: Hurricane
Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast,” with Annette Bening cast
as Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco. The third season will debut next year and
it’s story will be the infamous 1997 murder of fashion designer Gianni Versace
on the steps of his Miami mansion……
- It’s awfully easy to attack hypocritical, philosophically jacked-up
American icon when he’s cast in stone and unable to fight back. That goes out
to whichever bored, disruptive student at William & Mary University in Williamsburg,
Virginia who had both free time and a few dollars to buy a can of spray paint,
so he or she decided to deface a Thomas Jefferson statue at the school by
painting the hands red and scrawling the words "slave owner" nearby.
University spokeswoman Suzanne Seurattan said the school is investigating the
defacement of the monument and also determining how to remove the paint without
leaving damage. Clearly, whoever did this graffiti hatchet job hasn’t had a lot
of experience tagging walls, statues and the like because if they had, the
painting would have been done on a much higher level. It’s also clear that the culprit
was looking to make a point about Jefferson’s hands being stained with the
blood of the slaves he owned despite helping establish a nation that was
supposedly built on the idea of freedom. Having said that, maybe attack some of
the ass hats and ignoramuses who are currently alive and is still actively
involved in heinous activities such as human trafficking or sexual slavery
despite the fact that WE’RE 17 YEARS INTO THE 21ST CENTURY. But never mind
confronting those people, not when you can hit up the local Walmart, grab a can
of Krylon and go to town on a stone representation of an American leader who’s
been dead and gone for a couple of centuries and change……..
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