Thursday, January 30, 2014

Do things look grim for Congressman Grimm and other eye-catching headlines

Congressman Michael Grimm (R) from New York apologized on Wednesday for having threatened a reporter the night before, following an interview.  Grimm had threatened to throw the reporter from the balcony and "...break you in half like a boy."  He said there was "no excuse" for the threat and then offered excuses like "...I was out of breath..." and that he'd had a "long day."

Sources are saying that actress Nicollete Sheridan will get a new trial in the case where she claims she was wrongfully terminated from the show "Desperate Housewives."  She apparently was able to prove she did not need to exhaust her administrative remedies before filing suit, as an appeals court had previously ruled.

TMZ reports that Justin Bieber has more legal troubles, this time in Toronto.  The accused egger/DUI singer was charged with assault.

Things looked good for the Miami Heat on Wednesday night when they lead the Oklahoma City Thunder by a score of 22-4 in the first quarter of their game.  It was all downhill from there as OKC roared back to extinguish the Heat.  Final score of the game was Thunder 112, Heat 95.

In his last appearance on "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno as the host, Bill Maher said that if you're going to engage in bestiality, doing it with a seal is better than doing it with a walrus, because the seal will applaud afterward.

Zachery Reeder is a 31 year old former teacher who was sentenced to ten years in prison for posing as a young girl on Facebook to get boys to send him explicit photos.  His wife filed for divorce following his arrest.  There's a message for Mr. Reeder at 2:02 in this video clip:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I_GYgGjxFM

Next time someone calls you a Neanderthal, smile and nod.  Turns out we all have at least a little Neanderthal DNA in us.

Christie Brinkley will turn 60 on February 2nd, and she still looks great.  But perhaps the claims that she looks "just as good in a bathing suit today as she did in Sports Illustrated" are a tiny bit overstated.

The hot sauce business in the U. S. is exploding, with a growth rate of more than 150% since the year 2000.

A tiny liberal arts college in Salt Lake City will send more athletes to the Winter Olympics in Sochi.  23 students from Westminster College will compete at the Games.

As pointed out in this blog months ago, when the language of "Obamacare" was written, someone forgot to include language to allow the IRS to enforce the "penalty" for failing to comply with the individual mandate.  So if you are assessed a penalty, the only way the IRS can collect is if you are owed a tax refund.

A McDonald's employee in Pittsburgh was adding a little extra to the Happy Meals she was selling in the drive-thru.  Heroin.  She was arrested for dealing after cops ran an undercover buy operation at the fast-food eatery.

The former aide to Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander who took his own life after being arrested and charged with possessing child pornography left behind a letter.  Jesse Ryan Loskarn said that he himself had been sexually abused as a child.

Jon Cryer won a victory in court when a judge refused to grant his ex-wife's petition for an increase in her $8,000 child support.  Sarah Trigger had requested a bump up to $88,000 per month because she claimed her son was unable to enjoy the same level of lifestyle his Buckley School classmates did.  Basically the judge told her to get a job.