Monday, June 19, 2017

Nazi guns and Aussie fun, one-named soccer tools and Chinese brawls and #becauseyoureNickelback


- No. Why? Because you’re Chad Kroeger, that’s why. That’s why every word you say is invalid when you rip  Slipknot singer Corey Taylor, arguing that his band are a “gimmick” and denounce his side-project Stone Sour as “Nickelback Lite.” Again, you’re Chad F’ing Kroeger, frontman of the biggest poseur arena rock band ever, dude who believes that his man perm he often rocks and his bedazzled lady-style jeans and tight black t-shirt worn while singing like he’s trying to pass a kidney stone are somehow acceptable. Kroeger’s selling point here is what he somewhat unbelievably promotes as the diversity of Nickelback’s music, which may be true if you consider finding new and crass ways to say things like enjoying a woman’s pants around her knees to be diverse. “I can’t think of another band that’s as diverse as we are. I can’t. And I don’t think that’s me talking from pride or ego,” the former Mr. Avril Lavigne said. He’s correct there too, because what he appears to be speaking from is either sheer insanity or outright delusion, but definitely not pride of ego. When asked if maybe Stone Sour was as diverse as Nickelback, Kroeger replied: “Yeah, because they’re trying to be Nickelback… They’re okay, but they’re not as good as Nickelback. They sound like Nickelback Lite.” Now THAT is ego talking because NO ONE - NO ONE! - is trying to emulate Nickelhack and the ‘Hack knows it as well as anyone. Kroeger trying to put down Slipknot by saying the band “had to put on masks and jump around. How good can your music be if you’ve got to beat each other up on stage, throw up in your own masks every night?” How good? Much better than yours, but then again, so is every other rock band in the whole, wide sonic world……..


- Today’s affirmation that not everyone should be a parent comes from Minnesota, where a fatherly failure is accused of abusing his infant daughter by rubbing hot sauce in her eyes, snapping a towel and throwing fireworks in her face. According to a criminal complaint, Shawn Michael Foltz was arrested and charged with neglect of a child, malicious punishment of a child and third-degree assault after the mother of his 2-month-old daughter brought the child to the hospital with bruises throughout her face and body. According to the mother, the paternal genius with whom she was somehow dumb enough to have a child crafted an elaborate tale in which the infant received those injuries when an older sibling hit her with a toy gun. Amazingly, given the level of sophistication and genius this Mensa clearly has, his cockamamie tale quickly fell apart during questioning as he admitted to police that he would snap a towel in the baby's face and hit her bottom with a wooden spoon or vinyl flooring because he was frustrated with her crying, according to the complaint. His other parenting techniques included splashing hot water on the infant and throwing fireworks at the child’s face, causing burns on her body, along with rubbing hot sauce and cayenne pepper in the baby's eyes and blocking her airway until she turned blue. Best of all, this stooge needed to spend time plotting new torture techniques for his child while he was at work, because being a bad father wasn’t enough; being a bad employee was a logical next step………


- Welcome back, soccer. It’s been a while since your typical ridiculousness  - flopping, diving, diva-ness, faked injuries, daily riots - has risen to the level of noteworthiness, but thanks to Brazil international and Shanghai SIPG midfielder Oscar has thrust his sport back into the limelight with some extremely sketchy actions sparked a brawl that saw two men sent off during the SIOG’s Chinese Super League game against Guangzhou R&F. The one-named wonder was angrily confronted by opponents after twice appearing to deliberately kick the ball at them, but insisted that he was in no way looking down on his less-famous foes. "Disrespect the opponent? It is not true," Oscar said. "I am a very dedicated player and respect sportsmanship." Yes, because a dude who goes by one name and has the diva reputation that Oscar has would never, ever diss a bunch of Chinese Super League players who haven't achieved 1/10th what he has on the international stage. But Oscar did find a supporter in the form of SIPG manager Andre Villas-Boas, who backed him up and said he had acted in the interests of the team. "Oscar is not a dirty player," he said. "I believe he was hoping to show some passion and fighting spirit. The match was very intense, and he wanted to help the team. But of course I believe this kind of conflict should be avoided." Maybe Oscar was just pissy because the game ended in a 1-1 draw, a result that leaves Shanghai four points behind leaders Guangzhou Evergrande in the standings………


- If you’re going to commit a senseless crime involving a gun, you may as well stir the echoes of Nazi ugliness in the process, eh unidentified Australian man arrested after police found a Nazi sub-machine gun and 60 rounds of ammunition in the car he was riding in during a traffic stop? New South Wales police had a real kook on their hands, given that the country’s strict gun control laws require that all firearms be registered and that people who use them have a license to do so and this idiot was toting a World War II-era sub-machine gun in the car when he was arrested. In the aftermath of their big find, police are performing a forensic exam in order to determine whether the weapon can be linked to other incidents and in the meantime, its holder  is being denied bail on a prohibited weapons charge. "It's a very robust weapon," Shane Casey, senior curator at the Australian War Memorial. "Anyone who is interested in Germany army history or the second World War would recognize this weapon immediately." This probably isn't what the Australian government had in mind last week when it initiated a national gun amnesty in response to growing terrorism threats and the flow of illicit firearms across its borders. As the suspect in this case will soon learn, anyone found with prohibited weapons can face up to 14 years in prison or fines that exceed $200,000. A similar amnesty was laid down in 1996 and in the wake of that push, the country destroyed some 650,000 firearms and gun crimes dropped sharply. Idiocy, however, is one crime that will never fully disappear……

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