Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Anthony Kiedis Hospitalized, Band Cancels KROQ Weenie Roast Headlining Slot

He suffered stomach pain.  On a scale of 1 to 10 the pain level was “get me a damned ambulance.”  The show at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre didn’t go on for the Hot Chili Peppers to the disappointment of fans but the the fans did get to enjoy listening to Weezer. Other bands  included Panic! at the Disco, Empire of the Sun, Garbage, Lumineers, Fitz and the Tantrums and Miike Snow. Blink-182 also performed a surprise set.

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Steven Spielberg Reacts to BFG Author Roald Dahl’s Anti-Semitism: ‘This Is a Story About Embracing Our Differences’

People who go around calling people racist and anti-Semitic are generally just trying to justify their own prejudices against the people they are attacking.  From what I read it appears Ronald Dahl had a general feeling against all religions because of his life experiences; though he wasn’t consumed by any dislike or hatred.  It just was what it was.

The wiki on him is pretty interesting

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl

But the part of the criticism comes from:

In 1983 he told a reporter: “There is a trait in the Jewish character that does provoke animosity, maybe it’s a kind of lack of generosity toward non-Jews. I mean, there’s always a reason why anti-anything crops up anywhere; even a stinker like Hitler didn’t just pick on them for no reason.”

And also supposedly: In 1990, shortly before his death, he said in an interview that he was “certainly anti-Israel” and that he had become anti-Semitic.

But if Jewish groups want to use that against his legacy and to stop children from enjoying his stories, it kind of would prove his point.  That Steven Spielberg would do a movie based on one of his stories kind of disproves his point.

The truth is that there is good and evil in all groups.  And a person shouldn’t stereotype either to say they are all wonderful or that they are all evil.  If you can’t see each individual tree for looking at the forest, then it is easy to get lost and scared and never find your way back from where you came.

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That Office Depot and Staples were not allowed to merge was a good decision.  There was no benefit to the merger except to hurt customers and to hurt suppliers and to potentially hurt ma & pa stores that might be bought by either.

Both Office supply chains need to roll up their sleeves and figure out how they can make money in today’s economy.  Being distracted by Wall St. games in trying to build a monopoly was of no benefit to either company.  A lot of companies like these two need to understand that bigger is not always better.

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