- It was one of the more bizarre scenes of angry
constituents calling out a politician in recent memory. It was quite the sight
as enraged citizens encircled Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton on Lake Mille Lacs
after a temporary ban on walleye fishing went into effect. Dayton found himself
literally caught in the middle as boat after boat full of protesters circled
the governor’s boat as he tried to draw attention to the nationally recognized
bass fishing in Lake Mille Lacs. Clearly, the kind of fish one is allowed to
pull from the water matters and while fishing for bass is cool, these
protesters oppose the current three-week ban on walleye fishing, which will be
in effect until July 27 in an attempt to preserve the breed’s population. “We
couldn’t catch a fish because we had these boats circling around us,” Dayton said.
“I’m here to emphasize the positive. I’m here to talk about the positive
fishing in Mille Lacs.” In defense of the governors, most of the boats and
fishermen on the lake were not part of the protest, but for the walleye
industry, recent bans and limitations have hurt business and local resort owners
and other businesses in the area claim that profits were already on the decline
in recent years due to an increased focus on bass fishing, which they say are
largely about wealthier people and their giant, expensive boats as opposed to
the more blue-collar folks who tend to come out in search of walleye. Still,
any time there’s an aquatic battle between a governor and his citizens and no
shots are fired, it has to be considered a fun time for all involved……..
- Because who else would you want to make the star of a
musical other than the two gone-too-soon frontmen of iconic Pacific Northwest
grunge bands from the 1990s? Thus, a musical about the grunge scene in Seattle
in the 1990s has been commissioned by the Seattle Repertory Theatre, which
wants to shine a light on bands such as Nirvana and Soundgarden. The setting
will be a fictional story, but the show will feature pre-existing songs from
bands of that era to be drawn from a publishing catalog owned by BMG. Producers
will be able to channel the spirit of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, Soundgarden
frontman Chris Cornell and music from Smashing Pumpkins and Alice In Chains
too. One of the big names attached to the development of this musical project
is Janet Billig Rich, a former manager of Nirvana, so many she can help keep it
authentic. All of the music will center on the story of a prodigious grunge
musician and the rival who may have murdered him. All of this comes a few days
after grainy footage of a pre-album Nirvana surfaced online this week of the
band recording a music video for their first demo tape back in January 1988 and
there will always be interest in Cobain and all things Nirvana because they’re
one of the classic awesome bands that ended far too soon and given Cornell’s
recent suicide, there will be a certain macabre vibe hanging over all of
this………
- Australians are awesome - but even they have their limits.
They love to drink, party and fight, but if you lose a mysterious suitcase with
$1.6 million in cash inside within their borders, even they’re going to ask a
few questions. That’s why the Australian Federal Police (AFP) authored a
hilarious Facebook post asking if anyone had managed to misplace a suitcase
with the aforementioned stash of cash inside. They were investigating a suspected
drug heist in New South Wales when they found the suspicious suitcase. “We’ve
kicked off a court process to have it listed as unclaimed cash – but if you
reckon this cash is yours, we’d be very keen to speak with you,” police wrote
in the post. “And by speak with you, we definitely mean to ask where you got a
suitcase full of cash from. We have a sneaking suspicion this isn’t your
average pay pack.” In response to a comment on the post, police noted that in
cases with unclaimed money like this, all confiscated money and funds from the
sale of confiscated assets are returned to the commonwealth and placed into an
account that is managed by the Australian Financial Security Authority. “With
the approval by the Minister, those funds are then reinvested into the
community through a variety of means including local crime prevention, law
enforcement, drug treatment and diversionary measures across Australia,” they
added, presumably before turning away from the computer, clocking out and
downing their fourth beer of the day…….
- Always be building the brand. Seattle Seahawks signal
caller Russell Wilson knows how true it is and while he has a Super Bowl win
and celebrity wife in his win column, Russ knows he won't always be an elite
quarterback at the forefront of the public consciousness…so he’s working to lay
the foundation for what comes next - his quest to become the next Peyton
Manning. Manning famously runs the Manning Passing Academy in Louisiana and
Wilson attended as a high school player. In four days, he learned a lot and has
held his own one-day passing camps every summer since entering the NFL. He’s now
looking to expand that effort by partnering with former teammate Jake Heaps to
create the Russell Wilson Quarterback Academy. He wants his to be not just a
short-term camp, but one that offers training lessons, one-on-one lessons,
private sessions, on-field training, elite summer camps and even classroom work
in which instructors sit down with players and teach them different coverages
and different looks and the thought process of what they go through during the
key moments in a game. He’s planning on researching locations to potentially
hold a camp for the program in China and having worked with 8,000 kids through
his previous passing camps, and having a partner in Heaps who has coached 60
kids individually through his own passing academy, the two seem to have a good
foundation. Current packages listed on the company's web site range from $125
to $300 and aspiring quarterbacks can be as young as 10 or as old as 22. Wilson
knows he won't always be on the field with the students -- specifically during
football season -- but insists he’ll find ways to connect with them……..
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