Archive for the ‘Everything Else’ Category
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A known rapist who has hidden with the tacit approval of many of the top notch actors, actresses, and directors in Hollywood, was finally arrested on an outstanding warrant that was issued more than 30 years ago. Roman Polanski, whose wife, Sharon Tate, was murdered by the Manson gang, was arrested in Switzerland after getting off of the plane to accept a Lifetime Achievement Award. That he was able to run from the long arms of the law for 30 years, and do so freely, is appalling. What is even worse, is that some people think he should be set free!
In 1978, Roman was arrested and PLEAD GUILTY TO drugging and raping a 13yr old girl. But he fled to Europe, France to be specific, before he could ever spend a night in prison. He was able to travel all over Europe without any problems. He worked with some of the most famous European AND American actors, actresses, and directors, all of whom knew what he had done. But to them, RAPE must not be such a bad thing. Because these poor excuses for human beings didn’t bat an eye about working for or with him. And now that he has been arrested, these same people want him freed.
On the View, hostess Whoopi Goldberg, who I HAD much respect for, stated that it “wasn’t rape-rape.” HUH? He was 37 years old, she was 13, he plied he with drugs and alcohol, and then ANALLY and ORALLY PENETRATED HER! And he NEVER spent one day in prison for that crime! I’d like to think that in hindsight, Ms. Goldberg has come to a different decision. But I always go with the first thing that comes out of someone’s mouth. Because that is usually how they really feel!
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I’m not going to lie, I’m not really a baseball fan at all. I haven’t been to a game in decades. I find the sport to be boring and unless you are physically at the game where you can people watch and/or get you “eat on“, I’d much rather be doing something else. Damn near ANYTHING ELSE! The only time you will see me watching part of a baseball game is if I happen to flip through and see A-Rod, Manny, or someone who might hit the ball out of the park up to bat. Other than that, baseball doesn’t grace my TV screen. But I did happen to see the beginning of the All Star game last week and I watched President Barack Obama throw out the ceremonial “first pitch.” I didn’t get to see if it was a strike or not because they didn’t show it. But I did see him throw the ball.
A few days later while surfing the web, I saw a story about someone saying that the president was wearing “baggy jeans” and how it was not something a president should do. Thinking back, I didn’t remember seeing anything wrong with the jeans. And when I did a web search, nothing changed. I then went looking for the article and the reporter who said the jeans were baggy and saw that Meredith Vieira made that statement. I guess it must have been a slow news day because that comment held no merit whatsoever.
If you are a regular follower of this blog, you already know that I spent five years working with kids who were in the system. Many of them belonged in gangs, clicks, or crews, and I can’t count the number of times I saw true “baggy jeans” being worn. The style is called “jailin” and got its origins from prison. That is how some prisoners took to wearing their pants. I can remember one kid who I literally had to stop every morning and have him pull up his pants and buckle them correctly. And if I got distracted and didn’t see him walk in the door, he would wait for me to “chastise” him about his jeans. I even teased my mother when she would wear her “denim jean” outfit and ask her if she was “jailin.”
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Shaqdeezy, Shaq-Fu-Snickens, the Diesel, the Big Aristotle, Superman. All the Same guy. Shaquille O’Neal. He’s had sooome summer hasn’t he? Let’s see. Where shall we begin!
First he all but guaranteed a championship to the Phoenix Suns only to be almost swept by the San Antonio Spurs. That really wasn’t going to happen, PERIOD. While Shaq may deliver a championship to the Suns in his second season there, he did with the Miami Heat; the Suns gave up the one guy who gave Tony Parker fits, Shawn Marion. Marion is long enough and quick enough to stay in front of Parker and if beaten, can recover quick enough to bother Parker’s shot. Or Shawn could stay in front of Ginobili and get a hand up on the jumper. So the idea of them winning this season was a joke at worse and a fallacy at best.
Second, he does the worse free style “rap” EVER. That was straight wack!! It was so bad that I could only watch half of the online video before stopping it. The rap mentioned former teammate Kobe Bryant; essentially saying that he was the reason for Shaq’s pending divorce. Because there was some offensive language in the “rap”, honorary badges given to him from cities in Arizona and Virginia were rescinded. Some of his early rap, “Biological Didn’t Bother” was right on time, but this “live performance” was awful. It was so bad that the next time I saw Shaq on the screen, I started laughing just thinking about it!
THEN, a rapper that is more famous after meeting Shaq than before, accuses him of “stalking and harassing” her. Because of the “alleged stalking”, she has been granted a Restraining Order against him. I can understand that it might not be easy for him to meet women because of who he is, but to have to stalk someone? WTF??
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