Jordan Bolker
Staff Writer
1. After the Left Shark phenomenon became popular after Katy Perry’s Super Bowl halftime show, an Orlando resident has been ordered by Perry’s lawyers to remove his line of 3D-printed toys of Left Shark that were sold online for $24.99. (MSN)
It’s just a shark that forgot his choreography. The excitement that we get from publicized events on TV has gotten worse than the minds of those who were at Woodstock in the 60s. Check out the Twitter page “Emergency Cuteness” if you want something to binge on social media instead of a man in a shark costume.
2. After a disappointing season for the Tennessee Titans, the team has decided to waive offensive tackle and “Blind Side” inspiration Michael Oher after playing 11 games and injuring his toe in December. (USA Today)
Whether or not he was injured or had the best season, let’s remind everyone that he was the prime inspiration to one of the best sports movies in history. Was this really seen as a predictable move? Maybe or maybe not, but with everyone creating bashing tweets and statuses about his poor performance last year, you might as well put him on trial like many of the other NFL players. Oher injured his toe, so what? Cut some slack Tennesseans.
3. During his weekly speech to a general audience at the Vatican, Pope Francis stands by parents and remarked that it’s OK to discipline their children by smacking them as long as a sense of dignity is implied such as not hitting them in the face. (BBC News)
This is an example of how we may have the most flexible and lenient pope in the history of Catholicism. Not only does he support discipline with every day parents, but he also understands that no kid wants to be humiliated with a giant, red hand mark across his or her face. A sense of dignity is implied to the way that parents punish their children but coming from Pope Francis himself, this is probably a piece of advice that will serve well for future generations.
4. As of January, job reports declare that U.S. employers have achieved the biggest increase in adding jobs in the last 17 years along with an increase in more than 250,000 employee payrolls.
Hopefully this continues to grow as women continue to persevere to become CEOs of large firms. There is a wonder of how much progress the job market is actually fluffed and exaggerated by the media and what is actually the truth, which is what we’re not told until it’s too late.
5. A 1993 Canadian law, that made it illegal for doctors to counsel or aid patients that are diagnosed as being suicidal, was overturned by the Canada Supreme Court after ruling that it interfered with civil rights. (New York Times)
Although many of the patients are drugged-up and medicated through this dark journey, having doctors available to help these patients seems to be a pretty good call after 11 years. What had happened to the patients who had to survive without any sort of care? Maybe that will push down the suicide ratings in Canada extensively over the next few years.
