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Home Depot is Having One Hell of a Day
(Source) “QUINCY, Mass. (WHDH)– Thirty-six-year-old Home Depot employee, Jamal Boyd, accused of stabbing his co-worker, Corey Frederick, claims it was in self-defense.
The attack was caught on camera on the Home Depot surveillance camera in the ceiling, and while police say this is evidence of attempted murder, the defendant says it is evidence that he was acting in self-defense.
Boyd of Mattapan appeared in court Friday facing two serious charges. Boyd was stocking shelves with a co-worker at the Home Depot on Willard Street in Quincy Thursday morning at 8 a.m. when they got in a fight.
“They had been arguing recently that morning. In the middle of the store in an aisle and they started an argument. The defendant took out a knife from his pocket and the knife had a handle and a four-five inch blade and he took the knife and stabbed the victim in the leg and stabbed through an artery,” said Michelle Armour, prosecutor.
Boyd ran off but came back after receiving cellphone calls from a police lieutenant, and his wife.
Boyd claims he stabbed Corey Frederick only because he thought his life was in danger and his lawyer says he tried repeatedly to get away from Frederick.
Fredrick was seriously wounded and may have lost 50 percent of his blood. He underwent surgery at Boston Medical Center.
A customer helped save Frederick’s life by doing CPR and directing an employee to use his belt as a tourniquet.
“I’m not a hero. Everybody else, they helped out. I just took over, and told people what to do,” said Bill Brothers, help victim.
The victim is in stable condition.
The defendant in this case has at least three kids aged 14 and under, and another one on the way. Boyd’s wife and mother-in-law were here in court.
Another hearing will be held in one month.”
Home Depot used to be so innocent. Not anymore. First the racist tweet, and now apparently the workers are trying to kill each other. Tough day to be in the home remodeling business. I can say with great confidence that I will never step inside a Home Depot again. You hear that HD, you just lost a customer that has shopped at one of your stores 6 times in his life. If I was the CEO of Home Depot I’d take a page out of Michael Scott’s book and just call it quits right now.
– Ryan
P.S. Still can’t decide whether this is an elaborate rouse by Lowe’s. They’re up to something that’s for sure.
Has Anyone Been More Undeserving of a Nickname Than the “Snowboarder Bandit”?
(Source) “A Riverside man dubbed the “Snowboarder Bandit” because of his ski-type clothing and youthful appearance pleaded guilty Thursday to robbing banks throughout Orange County, including one in Newport Beach and three in Irvine.
Michael Brandon Franks, 30, was convicted of 10 felony counts of second-degree robbery and two felony counts of attempted second-degree robbery, according to the Orange County district attorney’s office.
Franks committed 10 robberies at nine banks between December 2011 and March 2012, the Daily Pilot reported.
In each of the robberies, Franks entered the bank wearing distinctive headgear that included a motorcycle helmet or beanie and sunglasses. He then slipped the bank teller a note that stated he had a gun and demanded money, prosecutors said.
Irvine police, with the assistance of FBI agents and Orange County sheriff’s deputies, arrested Franks at his home in Riverside in May 2012.
At the time of his arrest, authorities found money “fanned out” in the passenger side of Franks’ vehicle, a ripped up demand note and several used Band-Aids that were used to cover his fingertips, according to the district attorney’s office.
Franks faces up to 10 years and six months in state prison when he is sentenced in January.”
I have to admit when I read this article I was jealous of this guy. Not only is he robbing banks, but the cops slapped him with a cool ass nickname. “The Snowboarder Bandit”. Ironic, since he lives in California, but still cool. I pictured him sliding in on a snowboard in full gear and goggles and calmy saying “give me your money dudes”. All the female bank tellers secretly love him and the security guards straight up respect his style. Turns out the “snowboarder bandit” wears a sweater vest, jeans, sneakers and a winter hat. Whoever is giving out bank robbing nicknames needs to reevaluate their criteria. This is bullshit. Not one thing about this guy makes me think he goes snowboarding. Call him the “winter hat in a tropical climate bandit”. That seems a little more fitting. I’m glad this guy got arrested. That’s what he gets for living a lie.
– Ryan
Check Out The Movie Poster a Chinese Movie Theater Used to Promote Thor 2
If China wants to turn Thor 2 into a brotherly romance let them do it. Brother on brother superhero action is what sells in 2013. Natalie Portman post baby does not do it for the Chinese audience. Give the people what they want!
– Ryan
Rihanna Drinking Out of a Stiletto Heel is a Blatant Power Move
– via Celebuzz
This is how you reassert your dominance. Oh Katy Perry has more twitter followers? The Biebs is banging Brazilian whores? I’ll just casually drink my drank out of a stiletto heel like some type of monster. You don’t mess with Rihanna when it comes to doing crazy shit. She’ll twerk on your face then spit in your mouth. Just an absolute lunatic. Although drinking out of something where people put their sweaty feet is kind of disgusting. Either way, don’t fudge with Rihanna.
– Ryan
Home Depot Should Have an Interesting Weekend
Ah the old race joke, Never gets old, especially when it comes from a company such as the Home Depot. Everyone Is so preoccupied with their paint and vinyl siding that they fail to see how racist they are. I wonder if the black guys in the picture knew what they were posing for. I feel like they had to get the hint when the guy in the middle put on the monkey mask. At that point it’s almost as if they came too far to take a stand. Just sat down and started playing the fake drums on an empty bucket.
Naturally their has been some backlash on twitter to the tweet. Let’s check some out.
Lesson here: Vanessa Carlton is the key to stopping racism.
– Ryan
Rob Ford Putting the Icing on the Cake with His Latest Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M1OpCHTcLk&feature=youtube_gdata_player
I wrote yesterday about Blockbuster being the most resilient company ever. Well Rob Ford is the most resilient politician ever. The guy just refuses to quit. First he gets caught smoking crack, now he’s threatening to kill somebody in his underwear. To be honest, seeing Rob Ford in his underwear might actually be worse than death. I’d probably rip my eyes out if I ever saw that. At this point he’s going to have to die before he leaves office, which judging by his health habits doesn’t seem too far away.
– Ryan
Jennifer Lawrence Cut Her Hair and Surprise! She’s Still on Fire
There’s a recurring theme in the three pictures above: Jennifer Lawrence’s insane hotness. Short hair, long hair, straight hair, blonde hair, brown hair; unless she gets a face transplant she’s still going to be one of the hottest woman on the planet. Since we’re close to the same age and we’re pretty even in the popularity category, I’ve assumed the responsibility of protecting her from the wrath of media. Still waiting on a dinner date as a thank you.
– Ryan
“Mexico’s Fattest Brothers” Might Be the Worst Nickname Two People Could Ever Have
(Source) “At the age of 15, Juan Luis Vanegas Bravo weighed 320 pounds.
His brother, Pedro, weighed over 300 pounds at 14.
Obese from childhood, the pair came to be known as Mexico’s fattest brothers.
But following the 2005 death of their father Juan Manuel – who died from complications of his own condition after having eight surgeries – the siblings knew they had to make a change.
Becoming the first minors in the country to receive gastric bypass surgery, they are now shadows of their former selves.
‘I realized that if I didn’t lose weight, I was going to end up like my dad,’ Juan Luis told Vice.
‘We had to try hard to get the surgery, though – I was underage at the time, so government-run hospitals wouldn’t admit me.’
The pair first started getting fat when they were three because ‘there was a lot of eating.’
‘I started getting worried, so I took them swimming, to soccer practice, Taekwondo, anything,’ said their mother, Juana, 51, said.
‘My mistake was having a duplex refrigerator and filling it with cold cuts every 15 days. Anything you craved, you could find it in our fridge.’
The mom said she didn’t realize the condition her sons were in.
‘You don’t realize how fat your children are,’ she said.
‘Every year they went to school, I had their trousers custom-made.
‘I didn’t realize they were a size 38 when they were six, or 40 when they were ten. And I didn’t know how to reverse it when I did realize.’
In 2009, Juan Luis had a gastric sleeve applied in the Rubén Leñero General Hospital in Mexico City, reducing the size of his stomach between 60 and 85 percent.
Following the surgery he lost an astonishing 230 pounds.”
I’ve heard of some unflattering nicknames, but this one might take the cake. Not only are you morbidly obese, but you have the distinction of being the fattest brothers in an entire country. Millions of people in Mexico and these two get singled out as the fattest ones. That’s got to be tough to swallow. Which is ironic because these two don’t look like they’ve had trouble swallowing anything in their entire life. I guess when your pants are a size 40 at the age of 10 people start taking notice. Before you know it, you’re the fattest people in Mexico. Somehow the mother didn’t realize how fat her sons were getting. So the fact that you had to custom make their pants every year didn’t trigger an alarm? Thought it was just a fun arts and crafts project? At least they got some help; being that young and that enormous isn’t good for anybody. With that said, if these two ever make it to the states, it’s all you can eat taco bell on me.
– Ryan
