Metro- A bus driver called the police on a passenger who tried to pay with pennies.
Laura Pulley, 35, was left stunned when her driver wouldn’t accept her 60p fare because 25p of it was made up in one and two pence coins. When the mum-of-two refused to leave the bus, which was on Canvey Island, Essex, the police were called to diffuse the bizarre situation. Laura said: ‘It was the most surreal experience of my life and I can’t believe it happened. ‘He watched me count the exact money out, then he expected me and my daughter to get off the bus.’ Strangely, by law, the driver was completely within his rights to reject the coppers. The Coinage Act of 1971 rules that people can refuse any payment above 20p paid in bronze coins because it doesn’t strictly qualify as legal tender. Who knew? There are moments in everyone's day-to-day life where they realize they hate what they are doing. The biggest hurdle throughout the day is avoiding those moments. To drive a bus as a profession you already have to put up with a lot of shit you would rather not put up with. However, someone taking 5 minutes to pay fare may be the end all, be all. Yeah, technically pennies are a form of money, but I have no problem with a bus driver rejecting them as such. Mass transit is supposed to make everyone's life convenient and counting to 60 one coin at a time couldn't be further from that goal. This isn't an elderly woman that has an excuse to be carrying around a socially unacceptable amount of change. This is a 35 year old. If you are a working class individual that has to pay the bus fare in pennies then you are too poor to ride the bus, regardless of your financial standing. This woman may think it's ridiculous that her poor person tokens aren't being accepted as currency, but there is a reason the law exists. It's so that people save their pennies for where they belong, wishing wells and change counters. In all honestly, this woman is lucky her child was there so she didn't get kicked down the stairs to the curb and left in the dust. You don't push a bus driver over the edge, because he's been standing on it since the first stop of his shift.
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EAG- Students questioned as part of the district’s investigation told officials the teacher cursed at them, said she hates white people, and would use racially insensitive terms in class. Hendrix also reportedly asked students about their sexuality, used homophobic insults, and threatened to issue a failing grade if they reported her antics, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Hendrix allegedly asked a female student if she was gay, then fondly recalled a lesbian experience she encountered with another female teacher at the school. A male student also said Hendrix questioned him about his sexuality, and Hendrix told Fox 30 she did it for his own good. “I called the boy outside and I said to the boy, I said, ‘What’s going on?’ and he said, ‘Kids are calling me gay,’ and I looked at him and said, ‘Well, are you gay?’” Hendrix said. “He said, ‘No,’ and I said, ‘Well, why does that bother you? – simply like that.” “Another student interviewed as part of the investigation said that Hendrix called her father and told him she was a lesbian,” according to the Sentinel. “Hendrix said in an interview with WJAX that she believes the allegations against her are part of a payback scheme orchestrated by that student.” At least one student took to the Fox 30 site to defend Hendrix, whom she credits for “saving her life.” I think at this point we all know that the word 'hate', and any and all references to race and/or sexual orientation probably aren't the best things to be using in the classroom. In fact, they are almost guaranteed to get you fired. My question, however, is can "I hate white people" be considered a racist statement if it comes from the mouth of a white woman? I suppose if it came from the mouth of Rachel Dolezal it could, but from the mouth of an old, pasty white broad? I think at that point it goes from racially insensitivity to self realization. Let's be honest with ourselves, little entitled caucasian bastards are menaces in homeroom. Who can blame this woman for getting tired of their whining? Even if she is a teacher. I understand why this teacher currently doesn't have job, but I think it's more of an indictment of how we have hamstrung our educators. By most accounts this women was a good person that had her student's best interest at mind. Should she have told a father that his daughter was a lesbian? Probably not, but if she can't hide her sexual preference from her teacher then it wasn't going to be long before her parents found out anyway. At least it helped her avoid an awkward conversation with daddy. Look at her back and forth with the kid that was being called gay. That's some 'sticks and stones, don't let words hurt you' shit. Is it tough love? Absolutely, but maybe its exactly what these kids need instead of being babied. It saved at least one kid's life and that's more than being politically correct and tip toeing around sensitive topics ever did. Her implementation is probably worthy of a suspension, but I really believe her intent was commendable.
This Fat Woman That Ran Over And Killed A JOgger Claims She's Too Fat For Prison And She Has A Point6/16/2015 Metro- The lawyer of a woman found guilty of causing the death of a jogger by driving dangerously pleaded with the judge to spare his client prison because she is ‘too overweight’.
Linda Jenns, 49, hit and killed 45-year-old Paul Stinton after running a red light in Ashford, Kent, in January last year. But Jenns’ lawyer pleaded with the judge at Canterbury Crown Court to spare his 30st client jail, saying that she is ‘grossly overweight’ and would find a prison sentence ‘extraordinarily difficult’. ‘As it is she is grossly overweight, morbidly obese and since the incident has put on even more weight,’ Ian Bridge told Judge Heather Norton, Kent Online reports. ‘She is a person for whom a prison sentence would be extraordinarily difficult and I don’t think I exaggerate when I say she might not get through it.’ I am not going to sit here and say that disgustingly fat people are exempt from the same punishments as everyone else. The fact that this woman can't control her diet or get out her arm chair without a crane isn't a reason that she avoid a prison sentence. However, as sad as it is, her lawyer has a pretty good point, no? Not only is this bitch too fat for prison, she's too fat for just about anything. I'm still trying to work out the physics on how she squeezed all that loose, abhorrent flesh behind the wheel of a motor vehicle. I imagine it was eerily reminiscent of the process of packaging cookie dough or casing sausage. Regardless, It's not unprecedented for obese people to be denied the same process as normal sized people. You're too fat on a plane? Buy 2 tickets. Too fat for a theme park ride? Sit this one out. I'm not saying that it seems right, but it has been done before. I guess if you have to miss out on certain luxuries then it makes sense to use that same logic to try to make yourself immune to jail time. Especially when jails are already dealing with overcrowding as is. Honestly, I don't know what the right course of action is. My gut instinct is take her to the zoo and feed the animals. It's not like harvesting her oversized organs is gonna help anyone live more than 5 extra minutes. Putting someone who barely moves during their daily life in a cramped little room for a few years isn't that much of a punishment. She's basically spent the last decade in her living room imprisoned by the metaphorical restraints of her cheese dog diet. I'm not sure there is a crime out there that repulsive enough to earn someone a lifetime of this woman's company. There are serial rapists that would rather spend 25 to life with Robert Durst instead of 24 hours with this whale of a human. If you have nothing to live for and your such a drain on society that even locking you in a room is an inconvenience for everyone involved than I think you should just be put to death. But hey, at least it's not prison, right? Larry Brown- Tim Donaghy says he joined a white power gang while serving his prison sentence because he wanted protection after ratting out some fellow inmates for gambling.
Donaghy was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison in 2008 for betting on games while working as an NBA referee. He served 11 months and then was released to a halfway house, but he violated the terms of his release and was sent back to finish his sentence. According to a new profile by Pat Jordan in New York Magazine, Donaghy joined a white power gang while in prison. From Jordan’s article, which says Donaghy didn’t like his experience there. “Too many criminals,” he says. Men who had killed informants, meth dealers, wives. He called his mother: “Mom! Oh my God! I don’t belong here! I could get killed.” But that didn’t stop him from ratting out his fellow inmates for gambling. Then he joined a white-power gang to avoid retribution (he didn’t want to get the tattoo and says they let him shave his head instead). Generally speaking putting the words 'white' and 'power' together is never a healthy combination. That's why Tim Donaghy is going to get criticized for lumping himself in with a bunch of skinheads behind bars. Well, you can chastise the ex-NBA referee for a lot of things. Mainly fudging the results of multiple NBA postseasons and being a hypocritical little snitch behind bars, but you can't blame him for joining a white gang in prison. There aren't many things that the majority of black men in the cell block are going to think cross the line, but compromising the integrity of NBA games is without a doubt one of them. I'm sure Tim Donaghy was like public enemy number one of the African American inmate coalition. They were probably chomping at the bit after they found out the guy that was ruining their bets for all those years was about to be jail cell adjace. Shit, they probably thought the only positive about having him around was his liberal views on sports betting. Leave it to Tim to get his surroundings mixed up. Gambling on the NBA isn't okay when you are a part of the NBA Tim, it's just fine after you are in prison for fixing the NBA. You got to do what you can to survive in prison. A dorky looking white dude that was imprisoned for fixing the outcome of sporting events to benefit himself financially doesn't have too much to hang his hat on in terms of street cred. In fact, he really has nothing other than his skin color. If that's how he has to identify himself to come out on the other side of an 15 month sentence with his limbs still attached then I can't fault him too much. Shit, I haven't done anything to piss off black people, but they are still the last group of people I am approaching upon entering prison. I would imagine everyone puts on their meanest face while serving their sentence and no one looks angrier than a pissed off black guy. Not to mention that they couldn't tarnish their image by letting someone that looks like a youth soccer coach hang around. If Tim had to be a bigot for a few months just to pay for his protection then I would say it was a wise investment. NH1- Jake Midura is a 17-year-old high school student who just finished his junior year at Trinity, a Catholic high school in Manchester. But, Jake had a secret. He is gay. It wasn't a huge shock when just before the end of the school year, Jake had to answer test questions related to homosexuality.
Jake answered d. none of the above. The correct answer, according to the school, was c. they are not open to life. Jake then posted the question to social media and it got people talking. Finding a balance between Catholic teachings and acceptance is nothing new. In 2013, Pope Francis made headlines when he famously said "Who am I to judge" when referring to gays. "Maybe it can be revised," Jake's mom, Donna Belanger suggested. "Maybe it can be done a little more tactful?" The Principal of Trinity, Denis Mailloux issued this statement to NH1: "This was a question on a test administered to students in a high school junior level class called "Life in Jesus Christ," which is a Christian Morality course. The question was taken verbatim from the textbook: "Your Life in Christ: Foundations in Catholic Morality," which is in conformity with USCCB guidelines. The correct answer is C. Far be it for me to stand behind the irrationality and the hypocrisy of the Catholic church. If there is any group that is more annoying than the people that get outraged about everything, it is the people that promote an antiquated set of beliefs based on a million year old book. However, this kid really has no grounds to stand on when it comes to changing the curriculum. What is he surprised that a Catholic school isn't a fan of homosexuality? I don't think it still counts as discrimination if you willingly choose to be discriminated against. That's like sitting in the front row of a comedy club while wearing an ugly hat. You're kind of asking for it. This is like if I walked into a Lakers game in a Clippers shirt and demanded that people were nice to me and accepted my rooting interest. That doesn't make much sense and neither does this kid trying to alter ideas that have been engrained into group of people for centuries. You can fight to change what is taught in schools, but you can't fight to change entire religions. If Catholics haven't admitted that their belief system is outdated yet, chances are they aren't going to do it anytime soon. They certainly aren't going to do it because one gay kid got upset about one question on one test. I guess this family would prefer the wording to be a bit less harsh, but the fact remains, if you are gay in Catholic school the answer is C. You want to be right then go to public school and circle D. I have a far bigger from with this kid's narcissism than I do his sexuality. Devils Continue To Adopt Newest Strategy: Signing PLayers From Overseas For Next To Nothing6/16/2015 P.S. Vojtech, defensive warrior. I like him already... NJ.com- The Devils Monday signed free agent defenseman Vojtech Mozik to a two-year entry-level contract.
If Mozik played in the NHL, his salary for the next two seasons would be $667,500 and $692,500. Mozik, 22, spent the previous three seasons with Plzen (Czech Republic) and was a member of that club's 2012-13 league championship squad. Last season, he led all defensemen in the Czech Extraliga with a career-high 10 goals. Mozik also established career highs with 19 assists, 29 points and 94 penalty minutes in 2014-15. New General Manager. New Head Coach. New system of winning. Sign me up. First it was a slick skating winger that was defecting from the KHL (no, not that one), and now it's a heavy shooting Czech defenseman. I got to say, I'm on board. Fuck all these proven NHL players. You already know what you are getting out of them, and you are undoubtedly paying too much to get it. Give me minimum salaried players that have limited highlight videos. The easiest way to maintain an optimistic viewpoint is to show me nothing to the contrary. As far as I am concerned they are the two shiniest diamonds in rough. The most spectacular gems ever to be unearthed. The less I know about these guys the better. I don't even want to know what they look like. They are the next Pavel Datsyuk and Roman Hamrlik until proven otherwise. Two key cogs in next year's Stanley Cup run. Based entirely off a pixelated video of Vojtech Mozik taking 3 different slap shots over and over I feel comfortable saying that Eric Gelinas is expendable for some scoring relief up front. Based on one 10 second video of Sergey Kalinin skating end to end and scoring I can say that he is without a doubt the next Ilya Kovalcyuk. After all, glorified, selective video highlights never lie. Free agency hasn't even started yet and the Devils have already given us two players to become irrationally excited and inevitably disappointed by. Is it October yet?!?! Clevescene- One Milwaukee resident revels in making people squirm.
Mark Gubin painted “Welcome to Cleveland” in six-foot lettering on his rooftop, located next to General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee. His massive prank aims to scare airplane passengers who might see the message and fear they’ve accidentally boarded the wrong flight. The giant white lettering first appeared on Gubin’s roof in 1978, but the sign recently went viral after being posted on Reddit last week. Located over 400 miles from Cleveland, this strange proclamation has created an uneasy feeling for many passengers over the years. In 2005, Gubin told the Milwaukee Sentinel, “There’s not a real purpose for having this here except the madness which I tend to be pretty good at.” A lot of people are going to say there is no reason to do this, and I would argue that "the madness" is probably the best reason one could possibly have. Let's face it, fucking with people is fun. Fucking with people hundreds of feet in the air is unquestionably more fun. That's why professional skydivers bust your balls on the way up. Now, this guy probably needs a more productive hobby, but don't tell me he's not original. Only so much you can do around the house when you don't a real yard I suppose. Sometimes to get out of the house you just got to go on the roof and turn arriving flights into a scene from 'Home Alone'. I mean, the last thing people want to do is have to travel any more than they are supposed to, and the last place they want to stop when doing so is Cleveland. Hell, the only way you can get people to land happily in Milwaukee is by having them think they are landing in Cleveland before hand. Not saying Milwaukee is the most enviable place to visit, but at least it's close to Chicago. The only thing Cleveland is close to is another end to a disappointing sports season. All I know is that whenever Mark Gubin needs to smile he can think about how many passengers are frantically checking their tickets as they look at his roof. It truly is the gift that keeps on giving. P.S. The fact that this has been up there since 1978 and it just went viral last week is kind of an indictment on the amount of people that are so excited to get to Milwaukee that they are looking out the window on the way down. Just When You Think They Can't Get More Personality The Clippers Trade For Lance Stephenson6/16/2015 Yahoo- In a high-risk, high-reward move, the Los Angeles Clippers have acquired guard Lance Stephenson from the Charlotte Hornets, league sources told Yahoo Sports.
The Clippers are sending forwards Spencer Hawes and Matt Barnes to the Hornets, sources said. The teams were having a trade call with the NBA office to finalize the deal on Monday evening, sources said. For the Clippers, this is a fascinating acquisition. Stephenson, 24, is a talented but temperamental player who turned out to be a free-agent bust for the Hornets. Charlotte has been desperate to unload Stephenson since early in the 2014-15 season. Well, not a lot to hate about this trade. If nothing else, the departure of Spencer Hawes and not having to see the completely underwhelming 7 footer sit on the bench during the most important moments of the season will be a welcomed absence. That albatross of a contract will no longer have to haunt the dreams of the Clippers faithful for the next three years, and that is to be considered a win in itself. If you told Clippers fans and front office alike that there was a way for them to get better while unloading Hawes and his anchor-esque contract they would have done it, no matter what the return was. Just so happens the return is a enigmatic wing player that has the potential to be great and a contract that could be up at the end of the season, depending what the team decides. Hard to argue this doesn't make the Clippers a more talented basketball team right now. In fact, the only aspect of the game in which Matt Barnes is superior to Lance Stephenson is heart. Lance is a better defender, a better passer, a better playmaker, and a better scorer. Of course this is all dependent upon keeping his head in the game, but when he is focused he can be as good as he chooses to be. There is a reason that Lance Stephensen was one of the most sought after free agents just last offseason, and one disaster of a season, while playing for an annual disaster of a franchise, isn't enough to take away from that. If there is one thing that Doc Rivers has been known to do in his time as an NBA head coach it is to motivate. He may not be the best GM. He may not be the best X's and O's guy. However, I'll be damned if he doesn't get the most out of his players. The upward trajectory of Blake Griffin, Deandre Jordan, JJ Redick, and Austin Rivers careers speaks to that ability. With any luck, the same will hold true for Lance Stephenson. He is already the second best backcourt ball handler on a team that still lacks any depth whatsoever. It shouldn't be hard to get him involved in the offense and keep him involved in the offense. Especially with an aging all-star point guard that could stand to benefit from being relieved of the pressure that comes with running the offense for 40+ minutes a night. The Clippers still have a lot to do this offseason. Jordan and Rivers are still free agents and there is still a huge hole remaining in their front court depth, but this is a step in the right direction. A calculated risk that may have cost them a bit of grit, but didn't cost them all that much talent. For better of worse, It's a pretty huge feat to gain personality in a trade that saw you lose Matt Barnes... Yahoo- A Detroit woman who was drunk when she killed a friend with a slow cooker during an argument over presidential politics was sentenced Monday to at least 23 years in prison.
A judge followed the recommended sentence in a plea deal between prosecutors and Tewana Sullivan, who has a history of bipolar disorder but was declared competent to go to trial. Sullivan, 51, beat Cheryl Livy, 66, with a slow cooker at the victim's Livonia apartment in October. At the time, Sullivan's blood-alcohol level was 0.41 — five times the level for drunken driving in Michigan, defense attorney John McWilliams said. "I didn't take my medication like I was supposed to, so I did mess up," Sullivan told Wayne County Judge Michael Hathaway. "Without me taking my medication, that was the worst thing I could ever have done." When I first started reading this story I was asking myself what could possibly get this drunk woman angry enough to kill her friend with slow cooker. I was starting to think it was just another crazy story about some meth head in Florida flying off the handle. Then I read one line and it all started to make sense... "One was for one major political party and the other was for the other major political party." And there you have it folks. This story just became totally reasonable, because the only thing more stupid than murdering someone with a cooking apparatus is arguing politics while drunk. Hell, politics are on my short list of things I won't argue, drunk or sober. You are not luring me into a conversation about religion or politics because that's an argument that will have no possible resolution. Those are the two topics that people will staunchly defend their views to an irrrational extent. Who knew all these years I had been walking away from the dinner table when the conversation switched to presidential candidates that I was saving myself a slowly cooked death? I have heard the most reasonable people say the most absurd things. The two things responsible for that shift in logic? Booze and politics. The two are so closely related it's actually disconcerting. Politics might as well be considered a mind altering drug, because while it doesn't affect your physical balance or stability, it absolutely affects your mental balance and stability. You may be able to walk straight, but you certainly aren't able to think straight. If alcohol is considered a drug then politics should be as well, and there is nothing scarier than a bunch of people high on the government. This woman can blame her inability to take her medication, but we all know where the real chemical imbalance stems from. P.S. This blood is on your hands Hillary! Spanish Man Dies After He's Served Dishwasher Detergent Instead of Wine, And Drinks It Like A Rookie6/16/2015 Sky105- A 50-year-old man has died after he was served dishwater detergent instead of white wine, suffering horrific burns to his windpipe, throat and stomach. Andres Lorente,a 50 year old man visited a café in Spain on Sunday afternoon. He ordered a glass of white wine but was killed by what was served to him instead. It appears that he was served, by the waiter, an industrial cleaner instead of white wine that he had ordered. This mistake occurred because the dishwasher detergent was poured in an empty wine bottle and was put inside the fridge. The detergent was colorless and odorless so neither the waiter nor Andres Lorente realized that it wasn’t wine in the bottle. I'm not saying we should start going around expecting there to be something wrong with wine that gets served to us in public places. However, if you are going to be a wine drinker at least be a real wine drinker. This guy may not be totally at fault, however he is definitely to blame for drinking his wine like a 19 year old college kid who just slapped the bejesus out of a Franzia bag. The fact that there was enough wine in his glass to kill him after the first pour is an indictment of his social skills to begin with. Get a sample sip for me one time dude. Can't just go around trusting the opinion of some Spanish waiter. Can't just get served a colorless, odorless wine and not be a little bit skeptical. Jesus man, give it a whiff. Maybe swirl around in your mouth a bit. Do I know what to look for when analyzing a nice glass of white? Hell no, but when drinking wine do like the wine drinkers do. At the very least it would have saved you a burnt esophagus, along with, oh I don't know, your life!? A man had to die to teach us a very valuable lesson. If you don't want to dedicate the time necessary to picking a nice pinot gris then maybe it's best to stick to beer. I need to know which guy poured dishwater detergent in an empty wine bottle and put it in the fridge. That man needs a hug. He needs to know there is someone out there that understand his pain. Who hasn't put their keys down somewhere and been like "that's a great new spot to put my keys"? You know, until a few hours later when you have completely outsmarted yourself and the keys are no where to be found. Now, that doesn't usually end in death, though a little part of you dies every time you are frantically looking around your apartment, but it's the same concept. This guy probably thought the refrigerator was a perfectly reasonable place to put a wine bottle of soap. Not entirely sure why you wouldn't pour it down the drain and throw out the bottle, but I have never worked at a Spanish cafe and I don't know their policies. This guy probably thought he reinvented the wheel. Classic case of overthinking combined with a customer's reckless consumption of vino at a classy restaurant and there you have it; the perfect storm.
WGN- This is easily the best 15-second interview you’ll see today.
While WGN was live on TV Monday night during their coverage of the Chicago Blackhawks Stanley Cup win, Marcus Leshock approached a man as he walked down the street. “How about that? How you feeling today?” Leshock asked. “You’re live on the air,”Leshock reminded him before handing over the microphone. “You know how awesome the ‘Hawks are? ” the man asked Leshock. “This is going to sound messed up, but it’s true. They’ve got black people loving hockey. Ain’t that something?” And there you have it folks. The Hawks greatness isn't predicated on 2 Stanley Cups in 3 years, or 3 Stanley Cups in 6 years, or 3 undoubtedly Hall Of Fame players that are just hitting the prime of their career. The Hawks greatness is that they are good enough to bring the entire city together. Yup, even the black people. Sure, he may have bought that shirt a few weeks ago. Sure, he may not have any idea what is going on half the game. Doesn't mean he loves it any less. Has there ever been a more universally liked team than the Blackhawks? I feel like there is a lot more acceptance and respect than there is for most Stanley Cup winning teams. Usually winning breeds contempt, no matter how impressive it may be. Just seems like a lot of people are tipping their cap as supposed to stomping it in to the ground. That's got to be a testament to the youth and talent on the Hawks roster, and the scary thing is that they aren't even close to being done. Funny when you get the best interviews, huh? Literally the only person on the entire street. Not even sure the explanation behind that. Maybe the entire city was in an alcohol induced coma by this time, but something tell me that would mean this took place at 6 AM. Don't want some context here, need it. P.S. Awkward white laugh for a $1,000 Alex. I never thought I would see the day. Never thought I would be sitting here thinking LeBron James got robbed of the NBA Finals MVP award after losing in 6 games to the Golden State Warriors. Alas, here we are. Now, It's no secret that I am not the world's biggest LeBron fan, no matter how incredible he is to watch play basketball. So, for that reason I am not not losing any sleep over him not coming away with any hardware after failing to win his 3rd NBA championship. However, I do think he was done a slight disservice. Full disclosure, I scoffed at the idea of a member of the losing team winning the award as recently as 2 games ago. Part of that is my hesitancy to give LeBron credit, and part of that is my hatred of J.S. Giguere winning the Conn Smythe Trophy when the Devils won the cup in 2003. The clear difference in those situations is that J.S. Giguere and Martin Brodeur were so evenly matched throughout those playoffs that I felt the winner of the series would have to hold the trump card. In this series, the loser winning MVP was only a legitimate discussion because James was far and away better than anyone else on the court.
I don't think you can argue against the belief that the MVP has to come from the winning team, but if you were to put forth an argument this would be the year to do it. LeBron basically just came within two games of winning a championship with a bunch of Knicks castoffs. Yeah, those Knicks. The same ones that would have failed to make the playoffs in the Eastern Conference if they didn't get shipped to Cleveland for next to nothing. He damn near averaged a triple double in the finals with not one other reliable offensive player on the floor. I don't say this to take away anything from Andre Iguodala's accomplishments. I'm actually an Iggy fan, and he had a huge impact on turning the series around, but LeBron was the ONLY reason the series needed to be turned around in the first place. I'm not shedding any tears for the guy, but this just proved that losers can't win. Probably a good thing too. Would have been really awkward to strut LeBron out there in the middle the Warriors celebration. It''s almost makes too much sense to not interrupt the victor's celebration and let the loser continue to sulk. An MVP award would basically be a moral victory of sorts, and the best player in basketball should be above moral victories at this point in his career. P.S. Got to know what the odds were for Iguodala winning MVP before the series started. Furthermore, got to know if anyone actually bet it. So that's the ad that originally leaked and, well, you don't need too much of a sense of history to know that's probably not the best way to brand your company. Anyway, shortly after it was cleared up that the actual ad looks a little something like this... Better. Actually, much better. Unquantifiably better. With that said, Why? Why J-Crew? Why make an ad that is literally a thumb nail away from promoting slavery? Of course someone is going to put their finger over it. Of course it is going to go viral. Of course people are going to believe it, it's the internet for fuck's sake. Don't these million dollar companies have entire teams dedicated to public relations? Fire them J-Crew. You can hire me as the 'Don't Do That' guy. I'll only command 10% of what you are paying them, and I'll be 90% more efficient. How bad do you have to be at addition to not understand what 'black guy' plus 'own' equals? Two second look, one "don't do that", and they could have saved themselves from a couple hundred thousand people jumping to conclusions.
Almost feel like they put 'WE OWN THEM' in SIGNIFICANTLY bigger font on purpose, right? Think about all the moving parts that have to come together perfectly to get an ad this stupid without trying. Probably the only black guy that has worked for J-Crew ever, the ridiculously bold font, and a terrible slogan that only mildly makes sense anyway. This has got to be an 'any publicity is good publicity' situation. A little public backlash to remind the people that the new line is out? Why else? "Stripes: We Own Them" makes "What Can Brown Do For You?" look like the most creative wordplay since the last good Eminem album. No one owns stripes. Stripes look terrible. Look no further than this kid's cringeworthy shorts for evidence of that. It would make more sense if they did own this kid and made him dress like that. Dad sandals? Striped short-shorts? And to top it all off a fucking hoodie tucked into the short-shorts? It's like 'How To Build A Pretentious Dickhead 101'. Hey random black man on the magazine cover, wave if you are being held against your will. Wink twice if they are taking you back to pick cotton for their fall line after this photo shoot. If this kid is getting paid anything less than 10 grand to look like this I feel comfortable calling this slavery. This fucking picture sets black people back further than a fucking white women snaking her way to the head of the NAACP. Rachel Dolezal probably saw this picture and started bleaching her skin back. There are NBA players as postgame press conferences offended by this outfit. P.S. If this kid's dick size matched his feet he would easily be popping out the bottom of those nut huggers. Yahoo- Rachel Dolezal stepped down from her position as the president of an NAACP chapter in Washington State on Monday – days after her racial identity became a national controversy.
The civil rights activist, 37, made the announcement in an open letter posted on Facebook to the organization’s executive committee and members. “It is with complete allegiance to the cause of racial and social justice and the NAACP that I step aside from the Presidency and pass the baton to my Vice President, Naima Quarles-Burnley,” she wrote. “And yet, the dialogue has unexpectedly shifted internationally to my personal identity in the context of defining race and ethnicity,” she wrote. The NAACP released a statement Friday in support of Dolezal. It says the NAACP stands behind her advocacy record and that a person's race does not qualify or disqualify him or her from taking leadership roles within the organization. Dolezal received her master’s degree from Howard University and teaches Africana studies at Eastern Washington University. You know what, I'm not mad, I am just disappointed. I got to say, I was all-in on Rachel's blackness. You put your mind to it and you can be whatever it is that you want to be in this world. When did the concept that our parents constantly instilled in us growing up start excluding the aspiration to be a black woman? Don't tell me this woman didn't do enough to be considered black. Changing her hair style and skin color? Going to fucking Howard, of all universities? Devoting her life to African American Studies and the NAACP organization? This woman has done more to prove her blackness than Drake. She has done more for the black community than Oprah. If she was that devoted to being a minority then I refuse to belittle her ability to identify as such. That is until she stepped down from her position as head of the NAACP. In my eyes this woman just went from being the female Malcolm X to being the female Vanilla Ice. I really thought she was going to make it. When the news of her being white came out and her first response was "I don't give two shits what you guys think" I was convinced she had what it took to be a black woman. That's the sassiest, blackest answer I have ever heard. Unfortunately this woman she just wasn't strong enough to persevere. You don't just get to embrace the culture and benefits of being African American when it's convenient and quit when you face a little bit of backlash. That's part of being black. You think the shit is easy? You thought you could bullshit your way through life singing all the lyrics to rap songs out loud, attending all neighborhood cookouts, and convincing white people you had rhythm and swagger without dealing with the criticism that comes with your current racial standing? Don't get me wrong, she did a hell of a job playing black, but someone that quits when the going gets tough doesn't get the right to call herself a black woman. All she had to do was stick to her guns and stand up for what she believes in and she could have been a pioneer. Instead she's just some unemployed white bitch in blackface with a degree from a Howard and a tarnished public image. Just another fraudulent honkey that couldn't hack it when she found out what being black was really about. She's basically an older, less talented Iggy Azalea without the ass to fall back on. Welcome back Rachel. Thanks for making us look bad... BSO- Brit TV star Donatella Panayiotou claims she started seeing the basketball player a month before he began dating the Australian rapper in 2013 and he allegedly LIED about being with her.
The MTV host, 31, claims she was seeing the LA Lakers star for eight months but their sex life was pretty disappointing because he wasn’t very good in bed. She blasted: “Sex was over really quickly. He’s say, ‘I just need to get used to you.’ That didn’t happen.” Claws out! But despite their steamy sessions not lasting very long, Donatella says she was very attracted to him and loved his tattoos, claiming they had a real connection. The brunette beauty thought she was the only woman in Nick’s life until she allegedly found Iggy’s hair clips in his bathroom in May 2014 – the last time they slept together. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. However, little late on this, no? Shouldn't this disdain have kicked in months ago? Did you just wakeup and decide that you wanted to try to ruin Swaggy P's life? Just had a wave of jealousy come over you a year later? You can't be mad if Swaggy P is a cheater and a one minute man. That comes with the territory. The longer you spend naked plugging away at a sidepiece the longer you give yourself to get caught. Why do you think Shaggy is still pleading his innocence? Can't spend hours upon hours fucking the side chick on the kitchen counter. That's just begging to get busted. Casual sex on the side is a sprint, not a marathon. It's result oriented. This woman needs to stop reading corny proverbs. Sometimes it really is about the destination instead of the journey. There's a difference between Swaggy P being bad in bed and him not feeling any responsibility towards being good in bed. Let me guess, he didn't even take his shoes off while he was plowing this woman. Just dropped jeans to his Jordans and went to town real quick. Time is money, and every minute spent with some British TV star is a dollar wasted. As far as I am concerned Swaggy P isn't lame sexually, he's responsible financially. You know the second I stopped believing this woman? When she said claimed that they had a 'real' connection. How do you have a real connection with someone that is completely disconnected from reality? The only reason him and Iggy work is because he is convinced he is a good basketball player, and she is convinced she is a good rapper and they are both equally delusional. That's a connection. They are both a joke. Their relationship is a joke. And whatever connection they have is a joke. That's why it works perfectly. Everything surrounding the relationship is just dumb enough to make sense. Does it suck to have the second best ass when your competition is some white broad? I'm sure it probably does, but that doesn't mean you can retroactively get upset about a professional basketball player being unfaithful after he treated you like a penalty box. Two minutes at a time. Someone Parked In Urban Meyer's Spot At Ohio State Facilities And Now They Are Paying The Price6/15/2015
Next Impulse- On Monday, someone made the unfortunate mistake of parking in Ohio State coach Urban Meyer’s parking spot.
Not one to let such a thing go unpunished, Buckeyes running back showed what Meyer decided to do to the person who took his spot; he parked directly behind the offending car and blocked it in. I want to hate this move so bad, but it's impossible to. As a man, the biggest sign of respect is your own parking spot. You may not like Urban Meyer as a person, but you have no choice to admit how much he has accomplished. He has earned the right to not have to look for parking, which is basically the nicest compliment you can give someone. Looking for parking is for average people. Winding through a parking lot like it's a maze. Peeking around corners only to see the ass end of a smart car taking up what you thought was a clear space. Going head to head with cars to see who will budge first. Waiting for people to walk back to their car and hope they are leaving. It's terrible. Every last second of it. In a word, it's dehumanizing. That's why you have to put your foot down if you are Urban Meyer. You park right behind that negligent bastard and don't even say a word about it. Just double park and go on about your day. Sure, there is going to be a moment where that person comes back to their car, and you know what their reaction is going to be? Nothing. You can't do shit when Urban Meyer is parked behind you. Are you going to approach him about it? Hell no. You will politely walk around the facility until 30 hours later when Urban is done watching game tape. You don't like it? Take an Uber. Hell, I wouldn't put it past Urban Meyer to take an Uber and just leave his car there for a week. I wouldn't put anything past someone that is responsible for a move this vindictive. Sometimes you just got to reinforce the hierarchy on campus, and you can't live up to your reputation if you don't make sure your act of retribution doesn't take the term 'power move' to an absolute extreme. P.S. If this guy didn't even attempt to do a 1,000 point turn to get out of there then he lost what little respect he already had.
WXYZ- A Detroit woman is suing a popular Greektown restaurant after she says she was mistaken for a man and kicked out of the place.
Cortney Bogorad has lived in Detroit all her life and has eaten and Fishbones multiple times. But, she hasn't returned since the January 23rd incident, when, she says, she was kicked out of the restaurant's women's bathroom - accused of being a man. Bogorad says she went to use the restroom and a security worker yelled from outside for whatever man is in the restroom to come out now. “As I came out of the stall, this gentleman - who was a security guard - came in the bathroom, and before I was even completely out of the bathroom he grabbed me by the arms and pushed me up against the wall, told me that boys aren’t allowed in this restroom," she says. "This could have happened to anybody. There are lots of females out there with short hair. Some people might think we’re boys, but, at the end of the day, we’re not" Well damn, looks like this whole transgender craze is working out for everyone except this bitch. I guess that could all change depending on the result of this lawsuit though. We now live in a world where if you look like a certain type of person we are supposed to assume that you identify as that type of person. Sure, there is a lot of females out there with short hair that don't consider themselves boys, but you can understand the confusion, right? She looks and sounds like the lead singer of every all-male, emo punk rock band that I have ever seen. The fucked up thing about this is if there were an actual man in the women's room and this security guard removed him he would be lauded as a hero. Can't we give him credit for the intent and not the result? Simple mistake, could happen to anyone. This woman said it herself, "some people might think we're boys". Well, yeah, that's because you look like a boy. Sorry there are certain conventional characteristics that coincide with gender in this country. Yell at Caitlyn Jenner. She had to look like Cindy Crawford's younger sister before she truly felt like a woman. Leave it to someone that spent half a century as a man to reinforce female gender stereotypes. At the end of the day there is no distinct difference between a woman that looks like a man and identifies as a man, and a woman that looks like a man and identifies as a woman. There is the same likelihood that this 'Pat' looking motherfucker is going in the right bathroom as there is that she is going in the wrong bathroom. It was a 50/50 shot and the security guard, who's not in the most open minded profession, guessed wrong. If there is a 50% chance of some shady shit going on then there is also a 50% chance that this women is going to feel some 'emotional distress'. That's what we call an occupational hazard. An occupational hazard that probably could have been avoided with a little eyeliner. P.S. Totally a dude. Only a man would leave the house looking like his eyes have sunk further than the Titanic. Lawyered. CNN Anchor Called The Man That Opened Fire At The Dallas Police Department "Courageous And Brave"6/15/2015 Washington Times- CNN anchor Fredricka Whitfield appears to have misspoken while referring to the gunman who opened fire on the Dallas Police headquarters as “courageous and brave.”
“It was very courageous and brave, if not crazy as well, to open fire on the police headquarters, and now you have this scene, this standoff. So you believe these are the hallmarks of more than one person’s involvement,” Ms. Whitfield said while speaking with CNN legal analyst Philip Holloway, Mediaite reported. Early Saturday morning a lone gunman armed with a rifle and a shotgun opened fire on officers outside the police headquarters. The gunman was eventually shot by a police sniper after an hours-long standoff. No one was injured in the standoff other than the gunman, who was later confirmed dead by police. Well, that seems like a hell of time for a slip of the tongue. Will someone get this lady a teleprompter? She's just stroking out words that couldn't be further from applying to the situation. Is it inconsiderate of me to have let out a really heartfelt belly laugh when I first heard this? Maybe a lunatic shooting up a police station isn't the most appropriate time to be looking for a laugh, but hey, I certainly found it. Funny is funny, no matter how unfunny the circumstances may be. We have got to give this woman a pass. We have all had those 'wait, what?' moments. Unfortunately for her she is on television so she has far more opportunities to make them. Imagine you said some something like this in front of your friends at brunch. You would instantly get chastised. I almost feel like the majority of the blame has to fall on her co-anchor. She just shat verbal diarrhea all over the set. You can't just let it sit there and stink up the entirety of the segment. Interject for me one time man. It would have taken two seconds to clean it up. You wouldn't let her sit there on television with spinach in her teeth, and you damn sure shouldn't let her sit there with shit on her lip. I feel for this woman. We all struggle with our word choice from time to time. Just so happens that I get to keep my thesaurus tab open, and this woman is in a situation where her failure to speak in a timely manner leaves her looking half retarded. It shouldn't be frowned upon for her to pause the segment to slip in a "you know what I meant", but it undoubtedly is. This damn English language can be so complicated sometimes that it leaves us all feeling stupid. P.S. Who even knows what courageous means anymore? Caitlyn Jenner just won a courage award for getting a sweet pair of tits. Maybe 'courageous' is just synonymous with 'whacky' or 'abnormal' now. No homo but I would totally get a vagina so LeBron James could put his penis in it. No homo. Say it enough times it's got to be true, right? Everyone together now, 1...2...3...NO HOMO!
Listen, I am not in a hurry to drop this whole white male thing I got going for me. Having a womb doesn't even sound cool. Like, the word 'womb' itself doesn't even make it seem desirable. Regardless, if I absolutely had to get a womb, I guess I wouldn't mind LeBron James putting a baby in it. Don't get me wrong, I hate LeBron James. Absolutely phenomenal player on the court. Completely insufferable off the court. Getting taken to Pound Town by 'The King' would have nothing to do with some undying admiration I have for him. However, consider this. The only thing better than growing up to play professional sports is having a kid that grows up to play professional sports. I would use that seed for all the super human genes that it's worth. Hell, I'd piss on a stick and at the first sign of a positive result I would murder LeBron and start prepping for my payday. Just spend the kid's entire childhood helping him unlearn the personality traits of his father, and circling all the cars I'll buy when he finally makes it to the league. I would send Calipari a picture and a DNA test the second I started showing. Really get that money train in motion if you know what I am saying. That kid would have a one year scholarship before I even crapped him out of my newly constructed baby grower. So, yeah, fuck it. If I was going to get some lady parts I would totally let LeBron fuck them, but if he pulled out I would slit his throat. No homo. P.S. This kid definitely just found the prettiest, most photoshopped picture of LeBron just so this post would seem less gay, right? Even found one that covered the hairline. Veteran move. BSO- Ashley Peterson said she is due to give birth in October to a boy. She and her husband said fans could send possible names to his Twitter account @AdrianPeterson or her account @MrsAshPeterson.
“We’re still thinking of a name,” said Ashley Peterson, who married the running back last July. “We’ve got a while to think of one.” Adriaaaaan! Noooooo! Christ Almighty man. You did such a good job of ignoring your children for all these years, and now you want to start being an active father? Now, coming off a suspension for whipping one of your children bloody, is when you want to be proactive in the naming process? Come on AD, as neglectful as you were as a father, that's how forgetful the majority of NFL fans are now. We had already started to think of you as an all-world running back again, instead of a child beating social pariah. Leave it that way. If you remind us you have children then we have no choice but to acknowledge how poorly you have treated them thus far. Hey, maybe I am wrong. Maybe a bunch of perfectly upstanding citizens on Twitter will be extremely valuable in naming your child. Maybe your mentions won't get abused like one of your kids acting up in an arcade. Maybe, just maybe, a bunch of anonymous people on the internet will finally uphold themselves to a high moral standard. I wouldn't count on it though. Not when you make it this easy, Making a Adrian Petersen assault joke in this situation is like taking candy from a baby...and then hitting it with a switch. The internet is like the last man off an NBA bench in a blowout, if you give them an uncontested layup to end the game they are going to take it every time. P.S. Name it 'Floyd Mayweather' to remind yourself that he can't be beat no matter how dumb, childish and immature he may be. |
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