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FoxNews: But at least it wasnt CBD, right?
Headline: Graduation cigar saga involving HS lacrosse team boils over as school officials, family attorney trade barbs
This is the beginning-of-my-morning stupid story that triggered this post. Ipswich HS in Massachusetts had their lacrosse team make it to the state semis, when they were forced to forfeit. What was the crime, you ask? Well...
- Pictures on social media surfaced of 6 graduating members of the team smoking post-graduation cigars, a no-no for them according to their state athletic association.
-They claim they were 'fake' cigars, containing "Chammomile and English breakfast tea", because "they were aware of the rule and didn’t want to jeopardize the team going into their "Final Four" game."
-The father of one of the students was not only the one who posted the pictures, but procured the cigars for the boys, "so the kids could follow the tradition of smoking cigars after graduation."
-While the picture showed to the media just had the boys holding the 'fake cigars', the School board had another picture they didn't release- one where it " showed smoke and a lighter, as well as the fact that the cigars were significantly shorter than they were in the first photograph." In addition, the photos were all swiftly- but not swiftly enough- pulled off of Facebook.
- and finally, the father produced a receipt for the "fake cigars"- with the date and time of purchase conveniently "smudged out."
So here's your chicken or egg moment: what was the cause of this? Stupid parent, stupid kids, or stupid tradition?
GB News: Seems reasonable to me
Headline: Zack Polanski suggests pro-Palestine activist who broke police officer's spine with sledgehammer shouldn't go to prison
Zack Polanski, BTW, is the leader of the British Green Party, which is apparently a holding tank for idiots and lunatics. My case? He thinks a 7-year, eight-month sentence is "gut wrenching" and far too long "protesting to save lives in Gaza, with 'terrorism' used despite no jury convicting them of it."
The crime?
-After breaking into an arms factory with 2 buddies, Fatema Rajwani took a sledgehammer and broke the back of policewoman Sgt Kate Evans. Not to mention they caused £1.2million in damages in the factory. This factory was apparently an arms supplier to Israel.
The UK has become a literal cesspool of stupidity. Two teenage and younger girls go to trial because one of them brandished an axe at an immigrant who wanted to kidnap and rape the other- after months, the charges were finally dropped against THEM this week. But the Green party thinks breaking someones back should be a misdemeanor as long as it is in favor of the immigrant. You try to justify that; I say, if you don't believe that satan is real and ruling in England, you are blind.
Moscow Times: Sounds like just another day on MSNBC
Headline: SPIEF 2026 Was A Tragicomic Encapsulation of Russia's Economic Quagmire
This is a rather long opinion piece on the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), held in early June, by writer Tatyana Rybakova. It was amusing reading, but I get the average joe will fall asleep weeding through to the good stuff. But some highlights are fun reading, to wit:
-The conference was pre-opened by a Ukrainian drone attack, which shut down the airport and made some delegations late. The ones that made it were "entertained" by a pair of media moguls who told the crowd (in her paraphrase) " In brief: if Russia continues its killing and defeats and robs its enemies, grabbing the world by its throat, everything will turn out well for Moscow. But if the war ends, everything would get worse. Much worse."
-There was excitement about having "an American delegation" at the forum. That definitely unofficial delegation? " ...an architect advising Trump on the construction of the White House ballroom, along with ever-present actor Steven Seagal and Candace Owens, a blogger and conspiracy theorist."
- There was more excitement- and perplexity- when businessman Kirill Dmitriev announced that plans for a tunnel connecting Russia and Alaska "would be signed as soon as tomorrow". This tunnel, by the way, is speculative at best. According to a linked article, the "Trump-Putin tunnel" is more joke than reality, with cynics suggesting they should hire displaced Palestinians from Gaza to build it, since they are so good at tunneling underground ( a future job for sledge hammer boy?). When the disbelieving crowd turned on Dmitriev, he had to admit that the signing was just for a firm to do a feasibility study.
-The Governor of the Central Bank was a no-show, and speculation led to two different 'official stories'- one that she was at a funeral, and then later that she was on sick leave. This led to the pithy truism by our author: " In Russia, the presence of two purported truths is interpreted as the lack of any truth. "
- Finance Minister Anton Siluanov came out saying the budget is so empty that it will be 2029 at least before the economy turns around. After which, he tried to calm the crowd by saying that " he noted that people were afraid that tax rises had gone too far, but insisted they hadn’t. " Sure, buddy.
-Apparently Putin committed a Biden (or Trump, to be honest) when he said that Russia was doing so well that they had conquered "2,400 thousand square kilometers" of Ukraine, when Ukraine only has just under 604,000 square kilometers. Realizing that they have not yet conquered 4 full Ukraines, the 'thousand' was removed from the official transcript.
-Finally, in the exhibition halls were several displays our author commented on, but her favorite? "The most impressive of all was the stand run by Donetsk separatists, which displayed regionally themed fragrances with names “The Resilience of Metal.” Or “Steppe Wind.” " Personally, I can't wait for Dove Men+ Care to market a 'resilience of metal' body spray.
Okay, so these were pretty windy posts, let me see if I can find a good, short knockout closer.
Xinhua: One picture worth a thousand square kilometers, er, words
Headline:Crayfish-themed parade held in Xuyi, China's Jiangsu
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