Here's another Lance Armstrong ditty for you:
Lance Armstrong got into a hit-and-run accident on December 28, 2014 when he hit two parked cars with his SUV and ran from the scene.
This loving boyfriend and symbol of courage over adversity (as well as a drug cheat, etc.) decides he's going to tell police his girlfriend did it!!
He's been cited for the hit and run -- no word on whether filing a false report or lying to a police officer goes with it.
Way to Livestrong, Lance. Just remember that when you put on that yellow rubber bracelet.
What a sham.
Thursday, February 5, 2015
"No More" is a SHAM, Part 396.
My friend pointed this out to me today, and we are both utterly STUNNED.
No More is a FUCKING SHAM. And Deadspin put up an article today to (further) prove it.
I believe Deadspin had already put out a list of the companies and spin doctors which basically proved on Super Bowl Sunday that the whole No More initiative is a scam.
Before they do, they try to address that "any help is welcome".
I disagree, because I believe No More to be nothing more than a fucking cover-up by a $10,000,000,000/year industry which WOULD NOT EXIST without abuse and violence in all of it's forms.
Without domestic violence, rape, abuse of all violent forms, etc., THERE IS NO FOOTBALL.
And that operates on all ends of the spectrum, and manifests itself to all parties involved. From the CTE and it's induced criminality to the overt criminality allowed by Football Man as Protected Man, the sport and game do not exist without this violence, and anyone with a brain knows it.
And, to make matters worse, it now appears as if some of the exposition of the violence and corruption has actually HELPED the sport: This year's Super Bowl, between an open team of Cheats and an open team of Thugs, with two weeks of talk about mostly the former, was the highest-rated program in US television history. Latest figures put viewership at over 114 million.
So why would the NFL do any more than just hope to wave it's hands and let the people think something is being done about domestic violence.
How about we ask the wife of Rob Bironas, who probably saw her husband get so brain-damaged that he'd combine alcohol and Ambien and sleep-drive his way to death...
Much to my shock, the Deadspin article actually reports the No More brand (meant to unify the anti-domestic violence initiatives of a number of companies under one nice bow) was NOT created by the NFL in 2014. It was actually somewhere between 12 and 18 months old by then. Started in research in 2009, it launched officially (complete with logo products) in 2013.
When asked by the writer of the article what No More was actually supposed to mean, it became clear pretty quickly that it was the domestic-violence ripoff of the AIDS ribbon -- to put a nice, neat little package on the situation and raise awareness in that manner (and do precisely ZERO more than that!).
EVERYTHING about No More is corporate, the article reveals -- from the makers of the logo product to Jane Randel, the CYA expert the NFL brought in to cover it's tracks.
And the article then goes as to how the corporatization and the monetization of the logo and the words No More goes about the same route the AIDS ribbon did when the original awareness was destroyed for making a buck or two.
Basically, the final paragraph Deadspin's Diana Moskovitz put to the article said it better than I could, so I'll end it with that (emphasis mine):
No More is a FUCKING SHAM. And Deadspin put up an article today to (further) prove it.
I believe Deadspin had already put out a list of the companies and spin doctors which basically proved on Super Bowl Sunday that the whole No More initiative is a scam.
Before they do, they try to address that "any help is welcome".
I disagree, because I believe No More to be nothing more than a fucking cover-up by a $10,000,000,000/year industry which WOULD NOT EXIST without abuse and violence in all of it's forms.
Without domestic violence, rape, abuse of all violent forms, etc., THERE IS NO FOOTBALL.
And that operates on all ends of the spectrum, and manifests itself to all parties involved. From the CTE and it's induced criminality to the overt criminality allowed by Football Man as Protected Man, the sport and game do not exist without this violence, and anyone with a brain knows it.
And, to make matters worse, it now appears as if some of the exposition of the violence and corruption has actually HELPED the sport: This year's Super Bowl, between an open team of Cheats and an open team of Thugs, with two weeks of talk about mostly the former, was the highest-rated program in US television history. Latest figures put viewership at over 114 million.
So why would the NFL do any more than just hope to wave it's hands and let the people think something is being done about domestic violence.
How about we ask the wife of Rob Bironas, who probably saw her husband get so brain-damaged that he'd combine alcohol and Ambien and sleep-drive his way to death...
Much to my shock, the Deadspin article actually reports the No More brand (meant to unify the anti-domestic violence initiatives of a number of companies under one nice bow) was NOT created by the NFL in 2014. It was actually somewhere between 12 and 18 months old by then. Started in research in 2009, it launched officially (complete with logo products) in 2013.
When asked by the writer of the article what No More was actually supposed to mean, it became clear pretty quickly that it was the domestic-violence ripoff of the AIDS ribbon -- to put a nice, neat little package on the situation and raise awareness in that manner (and do precisely ZERO more than that!).
EVERYTHING about No More is corporate, the article reveals -- from the makers of the logo product to Jane Randel, the CYA expert the NFL brought in to cover it's tracks.
And the article then goes as to how the corporatization and the monetization of the logo and the words No More goes about the same route the AIDS ribbon did when the original awareness was destroyed for making a buck or two.
Basically, the final paragraph Deadspin's Diana Moskovitz put to the article said it better than I could, so I'll end it with that (emphasis mine):
"This is how low our standards are. Gesture toward a good cause and you're practically unassailable. No More gave Goodell and the NFL a cheap and perfect way out of a public relations disaster and we shouldn't be surprised. We do the exact same thing every day when we throw on our Toms, our pink baseball hats, and our latest rubber bracelet of choice, shopping our way into another day with pure hearts and clean consciences."
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Boy, the NFL is off to a flying start this off-season...
Too bad most of it isn't real problems, outside the situation with the former Baltimore Raven...
Add Dallas' Joseph Randle -- pot possession, second time in four months -- to the arrest blotter.
And D'Qwell Jackson (yeah, he of DeflateGate fame), also arrested today in an assault over a parking spot.
When are we finally going to get to the bottom of the FACT that allowing these footballs Protected Man status pretty much ensures this kind of stuff coming out.
Add Dallas' Joseph Randle -- pot possession, second time in four months -- to the arrest blotter.
And D'Qwell Jackson (yeah, he of DeflateGate fame), also arrested today in an assault over a parking spot.
When are we finally going to get to the bottom of the FACT that allowing these footballs Protected Man status pretty much ensures this kind of stuff coming out.
Day 3 of the off-season, and here's another one!
(Deadspin.)
I guess we can add the Packers to the early list.
Letroy Guion, a defensive tackle for Green Bay, got arrested with THIS in his pickup truck in Florida:
That's about two-thirds of a pound of marijuana, a 9mm handgun, and over $190,000 in cash!
He also had to post a bail-bondsman's worth of $10,000 on $100,000 bail for that too, which I almost have to think is some degree of "possession with intent".
Appears to me like simply being on the marijuana this is NOT!
I guess we can add the Packers to the early list.
Letroy Guion, a defensive tackle for Green Bay, got arrested with THIS in his pickup truck in Florida:
That's about two-thirds of a pound of marijuana, a 9mm handgun, and over $190,000 in cash!
He also had to post a bail-bondsman's worth of $10,000 on $100,000 bail for that too, which I almost have to think is some degree of "possession with intent".
Appears to me like simply being on the marijuana this is NOT!
It's either time to get the UFC under control or shut Dana White down. Pick one!
You know, I had more faith than I probably should have had in Dana White and the Ultimate Fighting Championships.
But, with each passing card, I am becoming less and less "faithful" in that decision.
The most recent UFC pay-per-view had a main event of Anderson Silva vs. Nick Diaz. Both are major names in the history of mixed martial arts.
BOTH have also failed drug tests regarding this pay per view, according to MSN.
Silva was on steroids, Diaz on marijuana. This probably means Silva (who was out a year with a badly broken leg) will be banned for a period to be determined by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, and Diaz will as well (since this is his THIRD failed test for pot, and he's already been suspended TWICE by the NSAC (six months for a 2007 offense, a year in 2013), and the fight (which Silva, unsurprisingly now we know he was on 'roids, won by unanimous decision) will be declared a no-contest.
It's not out of the question to believe both fighters may be banned PERMANENTLY.
Here's the real stupid part: The Silva steroids positive was out-of-competition, on January 9!! So, did Dana White cover this up to get the PPV off the ground? According to MMA blogger Kevin Iole of Yahoo!, the test was not returned from a lab in Salt Lake City until yesterday!
It's time. Either get mixed martial arts under control for these drug situations (which have permeated the sport, especially in the last year or two) or shut the damn thing down!
But, with each passing card, I am becoming less and less "faithful" in that decision.
The most recent UFC pay-per-view had a main event of Anderson Silva vs. Nick Diaz. Both are major names in the history of mixed martial arts.
BOTH have also failed drug tests regarding this pay per view, according to MSN.
Silva was on steroids, Diaz on marijuana. This probably means Silva (who was out a year with a badly broken leg) will be banned for a period to be determined by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, and Diaz will as well (since this is his THIRD failed test for pot, and he's already been suspended TWICE by the NSAC (six months for a 2007 offense, a year in 2013), and the fight (which Silva, unsurprisingly now we know he was on 'roids, won by unanimous decision) will be declared a no-contest.
It's not out of the question to believe both fighters may be banned PERMANENTLY.
Here's the real stupid part: The Silva steroids positive was out-of-competition, on January 9!! So, did Dana White cover this up to get the PPV off the ground? According to MMA blogger Kevin Iole of Yahoo!, the test was not returned from a lab in Salt Lake City until yesterday!
It's time. Either get mixed martial arts under control for these drug situations (which have permeated the sport, especially in the last year or two) or shut the damn thing down!
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Josh Gordon out for at least the 2015 season...
In another uncategorical failure of the NFL drug policy, Josh Gordon has been banned for at least the 2015 regular season.
The Cleveland Browns took a flier on this guy, and this should finish it off. He failed a league test for alcohol (the substance abuse policy allows for this -- ask Brett Favre after his Vicodin speech, as he couldn't even have champagne after his team won the Super Bowl 18 years ago), and that's the third time Gordon has been banned by the league.
Gordon is now effectively banned from the NFL. He is banned one year, and must apply for reinstatement.
And the question which has to be asked, but isn't: What's more "NFL" these days? Marijuana and alcohol, or dirty hits, brawls, and beating the shit out of your spouse?
Perhaps, and not in the conventional parlance of the term, Gordon doesn't belong in the NFL.
The Cleveland Browns took a flier on this guy, and this should finish it off. He failed a league test for alcohol (the substance abuse policy allows for this -- ask Brett Favre after his Vicodin speech, as he couldn't even have champagne after his team won the Super Bowl 18 years ago), and that's the third time Gordon has been banned by the league.
Gordon is now effectively banned from the NFL. He is banned one year, and must apply for reinstatement.
And the question which has to be asked, but isn't: What's more "NFL" these days? Marijuana and alcohol, or dirty hits, brawls, and beating the shit out of your spouse?
Perhaps, and not in the conventional parlance of the term, Gordon doesn't belong in the NFL.
Super Farce XLIX, The Cheat Champions: Gronkowski Admits He Should've Been Tossed
... not that he'll state it that way, but...
It was basically apparent immediately upon watching a fight that basically disgraced football (More for the stage it was on than the level -- there have, obviously, been worse fights. Just never at a Super Bowl and never so obviously a team getting pissy about not winning it!) that only ejecting one Seattle player was a farce.
Well, Rob Gronkowski of the Patriots was very forthright with Jimmy Kimmel: "Screw it, it's the last game of the year, I'm throwing some haymakers."
In the nice, non-violent, player-safety world of the NFL...
Yeah. Tell us another one, Rob.
(New York Daily News.)
It was basically apparent immediately upon watching a fight that basically disgraced football (More for the stage it was on than the level -- there have, obviously, been worse fights. Just never at a Super Bowl and never so obviously a team getting pissy about not winning it!) that only ejecting one Seattle player was a farce.
Well, Rob Gronkowski of the Patriots was very forthright with Jimmy Kimmel: "Screw it, it's the last game of the year, I'm throwing some haymakers."
In the nice, non-violent, player-safety world of the NFL...
Yeah. Tell us another one, Rob.
(New York Daily News.)
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