Tuesday, 27 November 2012

news feeds nov 27 #1


The Chris Farley off big city mayors has been removed from office and is currently receding back to his van down by the river. An Ontario judge has ousted mayor Rob Ford, who violated provincial conflict of interest polices. He allegedly used city letterheads to solicit donations for his football foundation. Pretty stupid move on his part, and while not as controversial as Marion Barry, former Washington DC mayor, smoking crack on video but it is still pretty untidy. The thing is, Rob Ford seems like a pretty fun guy. He like sports, he likes beer, he likes getting arrested in Florida. I'm not saying he's a terrible guy but you'd like to grab a pint with him not have him run a city that is home to 6 million people across the Greater Toronto Area. Ford has fourteen days left in office as of the ruling yesterday. Check out his football prowess:


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Bush vs Clinton in 2016? While Obama is just starting his second and final term as American President, rumours are already circulating that Hilary Clinton may get the nod as the Democratic nominee in the next election. In the red corner, we have former governor of Florida Jeb Bush, son of HW and brother of W, who was governor during the Florida recount fiasco during the 2000 election. His brother George W. Bush won the election following a ruling by the Federal Supreme Court which stopped the recount proposed by the Florida Supreme Court. If nothing else, it would rank up there with the most exciting elections of all time and watching the two powerhouses go at it in a debate setting would be great. Jeb couldn't do a worse job than his brother, and he shouldn't be judged based on his last name but he has had his share of boneheaded moves. I guess what politician hasn't? Jeb is much more likeable to me, speaks much better than his brother, and has been critical of his own Republican party, even being accused of being Republican in name only. Which is my favourite kind. Well, the lesser evil. 
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More controversy out of the Two and a Half men camp. The 'Half' man of the equation Jake, played by Angus Jones says the show is 'filth' and if you watch it you should stop. He recently had a religious awakening and doesn't think his new found faith and his role on the show can co-exist. "Oh, I can be a Christian and be on a show like Two and a Half Men. You can't. You can not be a true God-fearing person and be on a television show like that. I know I can't. I'm not OK with what I'm learning, what the Bible says, and being on that show. You go all or nothing." CBS did not comment on the remarks made by Jones, but you have to wonder how many more changes the show can take after having to kill off Charlie Sheen's character following the actors 'winning' 2010 meltdown. Ashton Kutcher filled the void left by Sheen, playing an internet billionaire who just kind of shows up at the house then inexplicably moves in. The show has been on life support ever since, and this may be the final nail in the coffin. Or it will keep going and eventually be a one man show with Jon Cryer doing the Vagina Monologues.


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Veteran astronaut Captain Scott Kelly will embark on the longest mission ever for an American astronaut. He and Russian Mikhail Kornienko will go on the one year mission to the International Space Station to help scientists collect more information on the effects of humans living in space. Kelly has already spent more that 180 days in space already. There has only been four people to ever log more than one year continuously in space, with Valery Polyakov's 438 days (January 1994-March 1995) being the record. Kornienko has being in space 176 days total and has been working in the space industry since 1986. "The one year increment will expand the bound of how we live and work in space and will increase our knowledge regarding the effects of microgravity on humans as we prepare for future missions beyond low-Earth orbit" said William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for human exploration and operations at NASA headquarters. The mission takes off in 2015.
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One of the most influential bands in punk rock, the Descendents may be releasing new material sooner than later. Guitarist Stephan Egerton dropped the hint in a recent interview with Kill Your Stereo. "That is sort of in the works. We don't have any kind of a timeline set up for it yet, but everybody is definitely wanting to do it, and everybody is writing for it, so I'm very sure it will happen, and we're all very stoked to do it. We've been having a good time writing songs, and so I'd say we've got well over half of it written but not recorded yet. So unfortunately we can't follow a very strict timeline, the way we would if we were a full time band, just because it doesn't fit in for us. We have to sort of work around the rest of our lives, but I would like to think something could happen as early as the middle of next year." The band has released two albums since their reunion (shows here, albums there), 1996's "Everything Sucks" and 2004's "Cool To Be You." Their eighties SST Records material is among the most legendary punk music ever put to tape. If you haven't listened to the slightly angry "Milo Goes To College" or the progressive genius (and last album before their first extended break) of 1987's "All" you are seriously missing out. 



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"If you french fry when you should have pizza'd, you're gonna have a bad time!" - Thumper, super cool ski instructor.


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