CA city cracks down on sexy coffee houses.

latimes- Coffeehouses in parts of Orange County have become known not only for iced coffee and smoothies but for employing waitresses who serve those drinks in various states of undress, including women who wear sheer undergarments and pasties.
Now the Garden Grove City Council is cracking down on not only the skimpy attire and occasional nudity,  but also on the illegal gambling and smoking that police say is occurring in some of the city's 37 coffeehouses, mostly located in Little Saigon. More of these shops are in nearby Santa Ana and Westminster.
On Tuesday night, the council unanimously passed an amendment to an ordinance that would ban  smoking and gambling in the shops. The amendment, which could become effective by June 25, would also ban employees from exposing genitals and breasts.
In March, police raided 20 coffeehouses and arrested 23 people for illegal gambling and seized 186 "amusement devices," which are usually games such as Pac-Man rigged to become illegal gambling machines. Police also seized $145,000 in cash, believed to be related to gambling.
Garden Grove Police Chief Kevin Raney said it's almost impossible to tell the difference between a Pac-Man game and a blackjack machine. Technology has allowed a user to flip a switch or use an application on a smartphone to turn the games to illegal use.
He also said the indecent exposure of the women has gone too far. "It's just a business model," he said. "And a very inappropriate one." For years the women have served coffee in lacy lingerie, but over the past couple of months, the department has received complaints about the attire becoming more revealing.
Nguyen Uong, a 52-year-old programmer from Fountain Valley, said the shops are not good for the city's image.
"I strongly believe this is a disease," he said, adding that at a local shop, the waitresses' garments are so racy that the pelvic area is exposed through sheer underwear.

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Damn it! Why do I always find out about these places after they crack down on the nudity? First it was the topless donut shop in Maine, and now this. The people of Garden Grove, or as I like to call it Nazi Germany, are a bunch of pussies. Who gives a shit if the girls working at these shops are showing a little skin? It's not like it's bad for business, there's 37 fucking coffeehouses in the town. That's an insane amount. And I love how they had to pass an ordinance banning smoking and gambling in the coffeehouses as well. Wasn't it already illegal to do that? Now it must be super-illegal.

Regardless, I guess the people of Garden Grove have spoken, and they don't want sex used to sell coffee anymore in their fair city. Luckily they don't feel the same way about their local news.

p.s. I found this picture of Brandi Hitt on a website dedicated to the babes of KTLA. This channel is ridiculous. Just look at what they're putting on the air. Haven't seen a concentration of talent like that since the 2000 Miami Hurricanes.

(There's even one for the cougar fans.)

British Man Cleared of Racial Abuse Charges: Says Use of N-Word Was 'Term of Endearment'

 

 

guardian- A court has cleared a man who shouted the word "nigger" at a black man of racial abuse, after he claimed he was a rap music fan who used the term as an endearment.

Christopher Jones was found by North Staffordshire magistrates to have used the term widely seen as one of racist abuse, but not to have used it in a hostile way.
He told magistrates he used the term regularly on the streets around his home in Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent.
Jones was charged by police and in court pleaded not guilty to using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour which was racially aggravated.
After his acquittal, Jones said he had more black friends than white ones and added: "I can be sat with a black friend and I will say 'What up, nigger?' and it's a term of endearment."
Jones told his local newspaper, the Sentinel: "I am not a racist, it was used as slang. For me it is a term of endearment, not something racist.
"I like hip-hop and it is a word that is used all the time in music."
Jones, whose Facebook page describes him as a "chief tokin futha mucka", was arrested in September after a row outside his home where the term was used, and during the incident his wife was injured. It was alleged he used the term while detained by the police.
In court, his lawyer, Rob Holt, said: "He is from an estate where the phrase is frequently used.
"This word has crept into the English language and is used on a regular basis.
"His use of the word is popular culture."
Peter Herbert, a part-time judge and chair of the Society of Black Lawyers, said: "Staffordshire is not known for its multiculturalism or hip-hop culture.
"The 'N' word is generally unacceptable in the UK, including in rap music circles and on the streets. It is much more common in the United States."

Nice try Christopher Jones you chief tokin futha mucka you. You almost had me when you said you had more black friends than white ones in court. But there is one slight problem with your story. Nobody says "What up, nigger?" Everybody knows that the correct way to say it is "What up, nigga?" with an "A" at the end. The only people that leave the "R" on the end are absolutely without a doubt, racists. And don't say correct pronunciation was lost in translation. You're from England dude, where they invented the English language, so you can't use that as an excuse. Also, the incident occurred during a dust up outside of your home. It doesn't sound like the black gentleman in question was a friend of yours. Just because you have black friends that are cool with you calling them the n-word (and just a heads up, if you ever cross the pond, that shit doesn't fly in the states. The writer of the article should remember that too.), doesn't mean screaming "nigger" at a guy in a fight should be considered a term of endearment. I demand a retrial!

PS- How was this a crime? See this is why we can't get rid of guns in this country. The police would run out of things to arrest people for, and silly laws like this would become the norm.


Dispatches from the War on Christmas: CA senior apartment complex bans Christmas tree.

Newhall, CA- Residents in a Newhall senior apartment complex are protesting an order from management to remove their beloved Christmas tree from the community room because, they were told, it's a religious symbol. On Wednesday, two dozen residents in the 75-resident complex gathered in the lobby to place a neon green sign that read: "Please Save Our Tree."
On Tuesday, Tarzana-based JB Partners Group Inc. sent a memo to staff at The Willows senior apartment building demanding they take down Christmas trees and menorahs in communal areas.
"We're all angry. We want that tree," said Fern Scheel, who has lived at the complex for nearly two years. "Where's our freedom? This is ridiculous." Max Greenis who has lived at the complex for a year with his wife, Bonnie, said he's considering withholding his rent in protest of what he calls an abomination of the holiday tradition.
"I've got grandkids and they come here and now they'll ask, `Grandpa, where's the Christmas tree?' Then I'll have to explain that someone said we couldn't have one. What kind of message is that sending to the kids?" Greenis asked. After the protest - really more of a gathering over coffee and doughnuts to angrily air their concerns - some residents got so riled that they began taking the tree apart themselves. Some even took parts of the artificial tree back to their apartments in defiance. "For some folks this is the only Christmas tree they'll have all season," resident Robert Troudeau said. "There are people overseas fighting for our freedoms and dying and we're here fighting over things like this. It's a shame."

The folks over at JP Partners really fucked up this time. You think the Occupy Wall street protesters were a tough bunch to get rid of, imagine two dozen senior citizens with nothing better to do but protest the forced removal of a shitty Christmas tree in the common area of an apartment complex. That is absolutely beyond insane. Unless JB Partners can somehow cut off the supply lines of coffee and donuts that are keeping these brave men and women in the fighting spirit, I could definitely see this protest continuing well into the new year, or at least until Jeopardy starts.

PS- Max Greenis can drop the sob story. I'm sure his grandkids will have much more important questions to ask when they come and visit like, "When are we leaving?"

PPS- I have no problem with Robert Troudeau bringing the troops into this. This is, after all, a war on Christmas.

Leonardo DiCaprio's new girlfriend is kind of cute.

Not bad, DiCaprio. Not bad.

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are making a Whitey Bulger movie.

deadline- Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are reuniting in their first real picture partnership since  Good Will Hunting. The Boston guys are taking on the story of New England’s most notorious gangster, Whitey Bulger. Warner Bros will make the film, Affleck will direct, co-star and produce with Damon, who’ll play Bulger. They’ll produce under their Pearl Street Films banner. Boardwalk Empire creator and writer Terence Winter is penning the script. Casey Affleck, who also starred in Good Will Hunting and Gone Baby Gone, will play a supporting role as well.

This sounds like a great idea. Affleck has become a pretty good director. Especially with movies about Boston's criminal underworld. And with Terence Winter writing the script, its probably going to be pretty awesome. I'm sure some people are wondering why Affleck and Damon don't just write the script themselves, they won an Oscar for Good Will Hunting after all, the only movie they ever wrote. I'm not really surprised, because I bet they never actually wrote Good Will Hunting in the first place. Think about it. If they won an Oscar for the first thing they ever wrote, why wouldn't they try it again? I know that they both became big stars right after winning the Oscar, and Matt Damon still is, but don't you think when Affleck's star began to fade after a few bombs (Daredevil, Gigli, Jersey Girl) he would've written himself another great movie to star in and turn his career around? Sylvester Stallone did the same thing when he wrote Rocky for himself in 1976. He then became a huge star, but he also kept writing parts for himself. Something he's done over 20 times. So why didn't Affleck do the same thing? Because he can't. Affleck and Damon are frauds.

Would you spend the night stuck in a baby swing for $100?

timesheraldonline- A Vallejo man was found in a child's swing Saturday morning after reportedly being stuck for about nine hours, police said.

At about 6 a.m., a groundskeeper of Blue Rock Springs Park heard a man screaming when he arrived at work. He then called the police to investigate.

Upon arrival, police found a 21-year-old man stuck in a child's swing, which has two leg holes.

The man told police that he had been stuck in the swing since 9 p.m. Friday after he allegedly made a $100 bet with his friends. He proceeded to lube himself with laundry detergent to get into the swing, police said.

The friends then reportedly left him swinging through the night.

Vallejo firefighters then were called to rescue him by cutting the swing chains off. He was then transported to Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center, where firefighters used a cast cutter to cut the swing off his body, firefighters said.

He sustained non-life threatening injuries.

I wonder what his non-life threatening injuries were. It had to be cock and/or ball related, right? If the swing is so small that you need to lube yourself up with laundry detergent just to get into it, chances are that 9 hours spent hanging in it are going to do some serious damage to your junk. A hundred dollars is a hundred dollars, and its even sweeter when it comes from gambling, but I don't think it's worth losing your dick for. At least this guy knows he has friends he can count on.

Ukraine accused of killing stray dogs in preparation for Euro 2012.

(Soccer Dog should probably sit next years tournament out.)

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Animal welfare groups accuse Ukrainian authorities of using illegal and inhumane methods of killing stray dogs that cause long, agonizing deaths. They say dogs are often poisoned or injected with banned substances as officials rush to clear streets ahead of the Euro 2012 soccer championship next summer.

Euro 2012 organizers deny any involvement in a stray eradication campaign.

Full official statistics are hard to come by, but figures and estimates provided to The Associated Press by authorities in the Euro 2012 host cities of Kiev, Donetsk, Kharkiv and Lviv show more than 9,000 dogs have been put to death over the past year. Animal protection groups believe the number is far higher.

Ukraine has a large stray dog population, estimated at tens of thousands in some cities. The dogs, often running in packs, can be seen on streets, in parks and even children's playgrounds. Nearly 3,000 people reported being bitten by stray dogs last year in Kiev and about 1,900 in Kharkiv, according to city officials.

Is anybody really surprised that this is happening in Ukraine? Before you condemn the way that the Ukrainian officials are handling their stray dog problem, you have to remember that these are the same people that allowed this dog problem to get out of control in the first place. How the hell do tens of thousands of stray dogs take over a city anyway? Local government officials in these cities must be absolute morons. At least they're finally taking some initiative, though. Sure, feeding the dogs poisoned sausages may not be the best way of dealing with the problem, but at least it's something. My brother lived in Ukraine for a few years and he said the stray dogs were a big problem. They were all over the place. One winter night he was walking down the street and he saw a dead dog that was frozen solid in a garbage can. Apparently somebody had found the dog dead on the street and threw it away. And believe me, that's better than just leaving it on the street, because another time over there he saw a dead dog on the street getting banged by a fellow stray dog. Nobody should have to see that, especially not a visiting soccer fan.

So it's pretty obvious that something has to be done about the stray problem with the start of Euro 2012 rapidly approaching. Sure, we have to think about the welfare and safety of the fans, but I think more importantly, we should be thinking about the welfare and safety of all the whores that are shipped in to service those fans. Everybody knows that the success of an international soccer tournament is judged soley on the quality and availability of the whores. And the whores can't exactly avoid the dogs by hiding in their hotel rooms until kick-off now can they? Fuck no, they have to be out there on the front lines, pounding the pavement, and selling that ass. And if you think anybody is going to pay a premium price when there are bite marks from a stray dog all over said ass, you're probably a perfect candidate for local government in Ukraine.