Selena Gomez unfollows the Jenner girls and other eye-catching headlines
In today's "Most Useless News Item," Selena Gomez is pruning her life by removing those people she thinks bring her down rather than improve her life. Apparently Kendall and Kylie Jenner were at the top of the list.
Another person Selena has allegedly removed from her life is Justin Bieber, who was caught on his own surveillance video high-fiving someone right after the egging incident. Charges are still pending against him in that case, although they may actually be dropped.
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald T. Sterling has been captured on tape telling his girlfriend "...not to bring them (black people) to my games." He later went on to specifically name Magic Johnson as one of the blacks he does not want V. Stiviano (who is black and Mexican) to any Clippers games. When Magic heard about this he called Sterling's comments "shameful." Reporter's note: How do his African-American players continue to play for such an obvious racist? Are the millions really worth it?
Columbus Short has been fired from the hit TV show "Scandal" and there are reports claiming it was the allegations of domestic violence pending against him that led to his termination.
A middle school teacher in Houston has been arrested for allegedly giving one of her pre-teen students a full-contact lap dance.
The Buffalo Bills will be without their cheer squad, the Jills, this coming season. The operator of the squad has suspended operations after former Jills sued her company and the team. Reporter's note: If the Bills management has any smart people in it, they'll form a new squad of Jills and settle the suit.
Idaho is refusing to allow a gay veteran the right to be buried with her spouse, because the state doesn't recognize same-sex marriage. Her wife died in 2012. Hopefully SCOTUS will continue to dismantle such discriminatory laws passed by bigots.
A still unidentified couple in Valley Forge, PA, "crashed" a wedding and were caught by the bride. She knew they stood out and the couple was eventually escorted out. But the bride was very upset to discover that this couple appears in a large number of her wedding photos.
Dennis Crowley is the founder of Foursquare. He has apologized for his role in a scheme that allowed he and his wife Chelsa to run the 2014 race together. She had finished the 2013 race a few minutes before the bombs exploded, but he had not finished. That gave him an automatic spot in the 2014 race field, but she couldn't get one In desperation, they made up a fake bib. Now that they've been discovered, they are apologizing.
Warren Buffett's order of Cherry Coke was a big problem for the Four Seasons Hotel in New York City. They don't serve it. Someone had to run down to CVS and get some. Then he asked for Dairy Queen for dessert. There isn't a single Dairy Queen in Manhattan. He settled for cookies.
With "The Amazing Spider Man 2" coming out, it's interesting to learn that its female lead Emma Stone got her start in a reality-TV show "In Search of the New Partridge Family." She could have wound up as the new Laurie Partridge.
Yes gaming fans, Atari did bury hundreds of copies of the worst video game ever. Cartridges and other items related to the Atari ET game were found buried in a New Mexico landfill.
One of the Egyptian presidential candidates vows to put Sisi on trial. Reporter's note: At first glance I read Sisi as Siri and wondered what she'd done to piss off this candidate.
The mayor of Latta, SC has fired the town's police chief, allegedly because she is a lesbian. Now that tapes of Mayor Earl Bullard making homophobic statements have been released, the town is rallying around former Chief of Police Crystal Moore.
Sunday is the 100th birthday of the city of Beverly Hills, and to celebrate, they've commissioned a cake that will provide 15,000 slices, at a cost of $200,000. Reporter's note: Well, most of the city probably agreed with Marie Antoinette when she said "let them eat cake."
Once again, the Associated Press and Yahoo News get an element of a story wrong. In a blurb on the growing number of U. S. citizens becoming expatriates, some AP reporter wrote: "But some of those surrendering citizenship say their reasons are as much about life as about taxes, particularly since the U.S. government does not tax Americans abroad on their first $96,600 in yearly income." Wrong on two points. One (very minor) is that the amount is $97,600 for 2013. Much more important is the fact that the exclusion only applied to earned income. If you didn't earn it from working at a job, or running your own business, it isn't eligible to be excluded (with a few rare exceptions). Research is lacking.
A woman in Arizona won't be getting her new knee from the orthopedic surgeon of her choice, because he won't take "Obamacare patients." Julie Miller got her coverage through the healthcare marketplace but was told that Doctor David Martin "doesn't like Obamacare" and so he won't do her procedure.
Another person Selena has allegedly removed from her life is Justin Bieber, who was caught on his own surveillance video high-fiving someone right after the egging incident. Charges are still pending against him in that case, although they may actually be dropped.
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald T. Sterling has been captured on tape telling his girlfriend "...not to bring them (black people) to my games." He later went on to specifically name Magic Johnson as one of the blacks he does not want V. Stiviano (who is black and Mexican) to any Clippers games. When Magic heard about this he called Sterling's comments "shameful." Reporter's note: How do his African-American players continue to play for such an obvious racist? Are the millions really worth it?
Columbus Short has been fired from the hit TV show "Scandal" and there are reports claiming it was the allegations of domestic violence pending against him that led to his termination.
A middle school teacher in Houston has been arrested for allegedly giving one of her pre-teen students a full-contact lap dance.
The Buffalo Bills will be without their cheer squad, the Jills, this coming season. The operator of the squad has suspended operations after former Jills sued her company and the team. Reporter's note: If the Bills management has any smart people in it, they'll form a new squad of Jills and settle the suit.
Idaho is refusing to allow a gay veteran the right to be buried with her spouse, because the state doesn't recognize same-sex marriage. Her wife died in 2012. Hopefully SCOTUS will continue to dismantle such discriminatory laws passed by bigots.
A still unidentified couple in Valley Forge, PA, "crashed" a wedding and were caught by the bride. She knew they stood out and the couple was eventually escorted out. But the bride was very upset to discover that this couple appears in a large number of her wedding photos.
Dennis Crowley is the founder of Foursquare. He has apologized for his role in a scheme that allowed he and his wife Chelsa to run the 2014 race together. She had finished the 2013 race a few minutes before the bombs exploded, but he had not finished. That gave him an automatic spot in the 2014 race field, but she couldn't get one In desperation, they made up a fake bib. Now that they've been discovered, they are apologizing.
Warren Buffett's order of Cherry Coke was a big problem for the Four Seasons Hotel in New York City. They don't serve it. Someone had to run down to CVS and get some. Then he asked for Dairy Queen for dessert. There isn't a single Dairy Queen in Manhattan. He settled for cookies.
With "The Amazing Spider Man 2" coming out, it's interesting to learn that its female lead Emma Stone got her start in a reality-TV show "In Search of the New Partridge Family." She could have wound up as the new Laurie Partridge.
Yes gaming fans, Atari did bury hundreds of copies of the worst video game ever. Cartridges and other items related to the Atari ET game were found buried in a New Mexico landfill.
One of the Egyptian presidential candidates vows to put Sisi on trial. Reporter's note: At first glance I read Sisi as Siri and wondered what she'd done to piss off this candidate.
The mayor of Latta, SC has fired the town's police chief, allegedly because she is a lesbian. Now that tapes of Mayor Earl Bullard making homophobic statements have been released, the town is rallying around former Chief of Police Crystal Moore.
Sunday is the 100th birthday of the city of Beverly Hills, and to celebrate, they've commissioned a cake that will provide 15,000 slices, at a cost of $200,000. Reporter's note: Well, most of the city probably agreed with Marie Antoinette when she said "let them eat cake."
Once again, the Associated Press and Yahoo News get an element of a story wrong. In a blurb on the growing number of U. S. citizens becoming expatriates, some AP reporter wrote: "But some of those surrendering citizenship say their reasons are as much about life as about taxes, particularly since the U.S. government does not tax Americans abroad on their first $96,600 in yearly income." Wrong on two points. One (very minor) is that the amount is $97,600 for 2013. Much more important is the fact that the exclusion only applied to earned income. If you didn't earn it from working at a job, or running your own business, it isn't eligible to be excluded (with a few rare exceptions). Research is lacking.
A woman in Arizona won't be getting her new knee from the orthopedic surgeon of her choice, because he won't take "Obamacare patients." Julie Miller got her coverage through the healthcare marketplace but was told that Doctor David Martin "doesn't like Obamacare" and so he won't do her procedure.
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