Citing murder, adultery & other personal failures.

David, a man who knew how to get a head.

“Adjutorium nostrum in nomine Domini” — King David / Painting of David with the Head of Goliath by Caravaggio circa 1610

I’m a victim, you’re a victim, everyone wants to be a victim too.

Because nothing puts an end to an Italian stereotype like threatening to break someone’s legs and throw them down a flight of stairs.

Overcoming rich, white privilege isn’t easy.  To elevate yourself from privileged to victim is even tougher.  But not for rich, white CNN strongman Chris Cuomo.  Cuomo  erupted at a man in public who called him “Fredo,” in a wild moment caught on video that went viral Monday night.  The encounter between Cuomo and the man happened at a Shelter Island bar — that appears to be Sunset Beach — on Sunday. The video, surreptitiously filmed by the man Cuomo was shouting at, was uploaded to Twitter by a user who said he was sent the clip.

The CNN anchor was caught on video laying into an unidentified man who taunted him in public as “Fredo,” in a reference to Fredo Corleone, the ineffectual middle son of Don Vito Corleone in “The Godfather.”

Cuomo was approached by a chap ostensibly seeking a photo with the CNN star.  One witness says he was just asking for a photo and thought his name was Fredo from being an avid listener of @RushLimbaughEIB

But “****-*** b* from the right call me Fredo,” Cuomo told the man, who claimed he thought the CNN anchor was named Fredo. “My name is Chris Cuomo. I’m an anchor on CNN.  Fredo is from The Godfather.  They use it as an Italian aspersion. You Italian?” Cuomo continued. “It’s an insult to your ******* people. It’s like the N-word for us.”

They went back and forth, and at one point Cuomo said, “I’ll ******* ruin your ****. I’ll ******* throw you down these stairs like a ******* punk.”

In his fury, it evidently slipped Cuomo’s mind that he once referred to himself as Fredo in a 2010 radio interview with Curtis Sliwa.

According to social commentator, Ben Shapiro, “the important thing to remember is that you don’t have to actually be a victim, you just have to feel like one.  Sure, Cuomo is rich, famous, white, and well-connected – indeed he really is the personification of ‘White Privilege’.  But as long as he feels like a victim, he’s golden. Or at least olive.”

Cuomo is off air this week. CNN told the media due to his pre-planned attendance at a victim’s conference on the French Riviera.

Seeking pay parity with NBA.
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Dorothy J. Gentry, who covers the Dallas Wings for The Athletic WNBA, told “All In” podcast recently that the only time she has seen mainstream media seize on the Wings was following Liz Cambage’s history-making 53-point performance in 2018. She said national broadcast media was neither in Dallas before Cambage’s historic moment nor following the single-day coverage after it. This underscores the trend that WNBA players must have extraordinary, if not extreme, on-court performances to draw the national media’s gaze.

But mainstream media entities seem more willing to show interest in the league when there’s a scandal.

Some fans, however, continue to be unstirred.  One male fan, who identified himself as a government economist, sounded a little disappointed. “Even when the ladies collide.  It’s still a Yawn City.  All of this is really a function of supply and demand.  There’s plenty of supply, but demand – not so much.  I appreciate that the players on the WNBA are fighting parity with the guys.  But, face it:  they still fight like girls.“

Animal Rights Activists enraged, confused.

This is the heart-stopping moment a group of tourists on safari following a male lion witness it attack an antelope in the middle of the road.  The safari group had been following the lion for 3 kilometers when the unexpected confrontation happened at the Kruger National Park, northeastern South Africa.

Once it spots its prey the lion breaks into a confident jog before the two beasts tussle in the road in front of their spectators. The lion manages to pull the powerful male antelope to the ground, just off the road, where it lays struggling and kicking for a few moments before it dies.

PETA condemned the unprovoked attack, blaming U.S. President Trump for inciting a climate of hatred, racism, and bigotry.  The group also launched a Go Fund Me page designed to promote the benefits of a vegan diet to the lion population.