Wait, the guy who beat Rodney King was a “Koon”?? Open my door ho! LAPD Cop That Beat Rodney King Is Now A Limo Driver According to TMZ reports : Stacey Koon — the former LAPD sergeant who did prison time for zapping Rodney King with a taser — has changed careers — he’s now driving a limo. An independent photog got Koon driving a limo for Music Express, the high-end private transport company. Koon, who was leaving LAX, scoffed at the photog, who asked if he had a reaction to Rodney King’s death. Koon was acquitted in the Simi Valley beating trial back in 1992 — and the acquittal triggered the L.A. riots. He was later convicted in federal court of civil rights violations and served 30 months in prison. Peep the video of this azzhole at his new day job below. Image via TMZ
Kudos to the kids for telling the “The Donald” to have a seat. Via NYDailyNews reports : Donald Trump’s hatred of Barack Obama allegedly led his three eldest kids to do an Obama-vention before the election. Eric, Donald Jr. and Ivanka discussed telling their dad to calm down, then decided collectively to approach Trump (below) and ask him to turn it down a notch with the presidential bashing. “The three of them met and went to see their dad in his Fifth Ave. office. They showed a lot of respect, but told him he’s worked too long and too hard to build up the reputation he has. They understand completely he’s always been outspoken and that he likes attention, but this is too much,” says a source who knew about the mid-October meeting. Trump’s rep denies any such meeting ever took place. What began with Trump’s public demand for Obama’s birth certificate during earlier stages of the election cycle has grown into a one-man war against the President, with The Donald blasting Obama’s reelection as a “disgusting injustice” on Twitter. “The world is laughing at us,” the billionaire tweeted. The explosive Twitter missive, like many of his other micro-rants, is difficult to find, because Trump later deletes many of his tirades — once he’s let off steam. Prior to Obama’s win, Trump also demanded Obama release his college records and passport application in return for a $5 million donation to the charity of his choice. As for Obama as a target, the “kids said they know it’s not helping,” says the source. “They told him you can’t throw this all away on this nonsense.” Since the kids are the future of Trump’s empire, the insider adds, they are also worried for themselves. “They want their dad to get respect and then the whole family does well,” the source says. Trump’s rep called the story “completely untrue,” telling us that Eric, Donald Jr. and Ivanka love his use of “free speech” and would never try to rein in their father. “They would never ever do that. It never happened. It’s simply untrue,” the rep stressed. Pure comedy! Regardless of what the rep says we hope this one is true. Dude is a major annoyance. WENN
Auntie Viv, c’mon now… Vivica A. Fox Claims That She Is “Happily Single” Via AccessHollywood “I am very happily single and I’m gonna wait for Mr. Right to come along and take my time this time,” Vivica – who is hosting the new Lifetime reality series “Prank My Mom” — told Billy Bush and Kit Hoover on Tuesday’s Access Hollywood Live. “I’m enjoying having a little bit of just me time,” she added. “But it’s not that I’m not taking applications.” “Dancing with the Stars” judge Carrie Ann Inaba and Jenny McCarthy are celebs who have both admitted to heading online to date, but when asked if she’d ever visit a site like Match.com, Vivica said no way. “No, I think people lie on the Internet,” she told Billy and Kit. “I would prefer to meet someone in person and I need to have chemistry when we meet and spend a little time together and have a couple of dates. ‘Cause you know [a great guy can] show up the first couple of dates and then three months down the line, someone else shows up and you’re like, ‘WTH!’” Girl, you know want a man as bad as people in Hell want ice water. Sure, you’ve made some questionable decisions in your love life, but dammit a woman your age, with your level of success is NOT “happily single”. Gon’ ‘head and say it: “I’m DYING to have a man, but these ninjas know I’m a lil’ throwed off, so I’ll just wait patiently until someone decides to give an aging ‘veteran’ diva another chance.” The truth shall set you free… Image via BlackMensMagazine
Okay now he’s talking good sense. Just weeks after becoming one of the biggest punchlines of the colossal failure that was the 2012 Republican National Convention, Clint Eastwood is speaking out about his role in the festivities. Via US Weekly : “If somebody’s dumb enough to ask me to go to a political convention and say something, they’re going to have to take what they get,” the 82-year-old star told Extra earlier this week about his now-infamous August 30 Republican National Convention appearance, during which he addressed an invisible Barack Obama “seated” next to him. Eastwood explained himself further to Ellen DeGeneres during a Tuesday sit-down with the comedienne. “The Democrats who were watching thought I was going senile. And the Republicans knew I was!” joked the legendary actor and director. Eastwood also seized the opportunity to clarify his political views — he’s not a Republican or a Democrat, but a Libertarian. Explaining that fiscal responsibility is what matters most to him, the San Francisco native said his views also extend to social issues, too; Eastwood revealed he takes issue with any government interference in citizens’ personal lives, including attempts to define marriage, same sex or otherwise, through legislation. Said the Gran Torino star, “[It’s] a part of the Libertarian idea: Leave everybody alone!” Later in the show, DeGeneres and Eastwood took a break from talking politics to discuss Mrs. Eastwood and Company, a reality show focused on Eastwood’s wife, Dina, and daughters Francesca, 19, and Morgan, 16. When asked how he feels about the series, Eastwood said he “doesn’t feel much.” “If they want to do a reality show, that’s fine,” the notoriously private star shared. “My only request was to please leave me out of it as much as possible!” Sorry, but as much as good ol’ Clint got clowned for talking to a chair he was still probably the best speaker at the whole RNC. Which ain’t sayin’ much. Do you agree with Eastwood’s Libertarian views? Getty Images
Those damn Log Cabin Republicans pissed off the wrong Gay Congressman! Democratic Representative Barney Frank blasted a group of LGBT Santorum lovers for backing Money Mitt. Rep. Barney Frank released a scathing statement Tuesday defending his recent comparison of the Log Cabin Republicans to Uncle Tom, saying the LGBT group is “on the wrong side of the election” by pushing Mitt Romney’s “Rick Santorum platform.” “I am not surprised that members of the Log Cabin Republicans are offended by my comparing them to Uncle Tom,” Frank wrote. “They are no more offended than I am by their campaigning in the name of LGBT rights to elect the candidate and party who diametrically oppose our rights against a president who has forcefully and effectively supported our rights.” The openly gay Democratic congressman made the comparison at least twice last week, according to the Advocate, including in an address to the Democratic National Convention’s LGBT Caucus. “I am again inclined to think that they’re called the Log Cabin club because their role model is Uncle Tom,” he said Thursday. In his statement Tuesday, Frank defended — and expanded on — what he admits is “very harsh criticism.” “[M]y use of “Uncle Tom” was based not simply on this awful fact that they have chosen to be actively on the wrong side of an election that will have an enormous impact on our right to equality,” he said, later adding that the group “may mislead people who do not share their view that tax cuts for the wealthy are more important than LGBT rights into thinking that they are somehow helping the latter by supporting Mitt Romney and his Rick Santorum platform.” In conclusion, he wrote, “Some have complained that in comparing the Log Cabin Republicans to Uncle Tom, I was ignoring the fact that they are nice. I accept the fact that many of them are nice — so was Uncle Tom — but in both cases, they’ve been nice to the wrong people.” LLS…if saying ‘Uncle Tom was nice’ is their best defense there’s no way in hell they can even begin to relate to real LGBT issues. Source Images via
He thinks Obama’s the ‘greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people’. Too bad we think he’s finally lost his marbles . “President [Barack] Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people,” Eastwood told the paper. “[Mitt] Romney and [Paul] Ryan would do a much better job running the country, and that’s what everybody needs to know. I may have irritated a lot of the lefties, but I was aiming for people in the middle.” Eastwood sounded far from defensive over criticism of his self-described “very unorthodox” speaking style, freely admitting, “I really don’t know how to” give a traditional public address. He added: “That’s what happens when you don’t have a written-out speech.” In his opinion, Eastwood said his critics in the media “are obviously on the left” and would be critical of him no matter what he said. As for Eastwood’s fans? Well, not all of them loved the speech, but it doesn’t seem to have changed their affection for the Academy Award winner. “They’ve got this crazy actor who’s 82 years old up there in a suit,” Eastwood said. “I was a mayor, and they’re probably thinking I know how to give a speech, but even when I was mayor I never gave speeches. I gave talks.” As for his now infamous conversation with an empty chair, Eastwood says he came up with the idea just moments before taking the stage. “There was a stool there, and some fella kept asking me if I wanted to sit down,” Eastwood said. “When I saw the stool sitting there, it gave me the idea. I’ll just put the stool out there, and I’ll talk to Mr. Obama and ask him why he didn’t keep all of the promises he made to everybody.” Right…we’re still confused why the heads over in Republican land thought Mr. Burns Clint was the best choice. Source Images via Twitter/WENN
If you didn’t believe it before..we’ve got proof now. Mitt …you’ve got some explaining to do. To uncover the true story behind the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s $10 million bailout of Mitt Romney and Bain & Company, Rolling Stone made a Freedom of Information Act request that forced the FDIC to release more than 500 of pages of records. (The government, which was owed more than $30 million in all, had become a creditor to Bain when it took over the failed Bank of New England in early 1991.) Prior to releasing the documents, the FDIC allowed Bain & Company to scour and redact the records. Dozens of pages were blacked out entirely, on Bain’s claim that these nearly two-decade-old records contain secret “commercial or financial information.” Most pages looked something like the image at left. After Romney took over and a ‘recovery’ was put in action…it began to fail. Bain’s revenues continued to decline, and the company was soon bleeding red ink. By March 1992 — barely nine months after the initial restructuring — Romney was hitting up the government and Bain’s other creditors for a bailout, asking that the firm be allowed to repay its debts at just 35 cents on the dollar. The documents reveal that Romney had perverse leverage: The terms of the 1991 deal gave Bain the authority to reward its executives with massive bonuses, regardless of performance. If creditors refused to allow the firm to pay down its debt at a fraction of the legal value, in other words, Romney could begin to loot the firm’s cash reserves by doling out unmerited bonus pay. Mitt…it’s time for you to come forward, release your taxes, and show us all…for once, that you’re as shady as they come. Source Images via WENN
Our favorite Spanish socialite the Duchess of Alba was spotted stuntin’ in a two-piece on the beaches of Formentara this weekend. In case you don’t know, ol’ girl is 86-years-old and she recently got wifed up by Alfonso Diez here, who is only 61. Get ‘im Duchess! And the cake shot! So… Would You Hit It? FameFlynetPictures
