Breakin' the Law, Breakin' the Law......

Hide Yo' Kids, Cause Dunkin Donuts franchise owners are being fined for child labor violations

BOSTON (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has fined a pair of Dunkin’ Donuts franchise owners for violating child labor laws.

Timothy E. Cloe, 44, of Dartmouth, and his business partner Sebastian Agapite, 46, of Canton, and their five franchise locations have been fined nearly $6,000 for alleged violations at five locations.

"Many teens are trying to balance jobs with their education," said Coakley. “Our child labor laws are designed to protect minors from injury and ensure that working time does not unduly interfere with learning. We will continue to enforce these laws to make sure that teens' workplace rights are protected."

Responding to complaints, investigators in the AG's Fair Labor Division conducted an audit of the company's records and discovered that on numerous occasions during 2008, the franchises employed minors without work permits.

Minors were also working before the earliest permissible hour and after the latest permissible hour and more than the maximum number of daily work hours allowed under the Child Labor Laws.

The Massachusetts Child Labor Laws include restrictions on both the occupations in which minors may be employed, as well as the hours during which they may work. Another important safeguard in the law makes it illegal for minors to work past 8:00 p.m. without adult supervision.

Read more: http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/local/dunkin-donuts-fined-for-child-labor-violations-20110606?obref=obinsite#ixzz1ObSNwemc

I'm pretty shocked to find out that children were making my iced tea, I thought we lived in the USA, not in Bangladesh. But I have to say they did one hell of a job making my iced tea and donuts and I'm confident that America is in good hands with tiny Timmy and little Lisa in charge of our future. This story pretty much discredits those who say that kids today have no sense of responsibility and no work ethic. I guess the owners of this franchise subscribed to Mugatu's beliefs on Child Labor Laws. Truthfully, with one of them being named Sebastian, I'm not all that surprised:




-KC Jones

In the Words of KC Jones, "YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!"

Dirty Weiner Comes Clean

Truth be told, that pic makes me gag, but I digress.  Congressman Anthony Weiner of NY came clean yesterday, admitting that he tweeted his dong and stuff to chicks via twitter.  His first press briefing was great because he wasn't selling anyone on anything...

What if someone tweeted me a dong while I was blogging?  Would I spend the rest of the day responding to it?  You bet your ass I would.  Weiner then finally admits to sexting his dong pics...

I was surprised he was specific with the number of dong pics he has sent to various women and I give him credit for not going with the "I need help for a sex addiction" excuse a la Tiger Tiger Woods Ya'll, but I don't see what he was trying to accomplish.  Couldn't he have gone with the 'ol Garcia Vega in the intern?  This is the problem with Democratic sex scandals, they half ass it.  Clinton was cigar-baning a fat chick and Weiner was sexting his dong inside boxer briefs.  Republicans crush these things.  Remember the South Carolina Governor, Mark Sanford, who went AWOL to hang out with his Argentinian soul mate?  He went all the way.  Remember Larry Craig, the Idaho Senator who was arrested for trying to bang anonymous dudes in a Minnesota airport?  That guy was going for the gold.

Go big or go home.

-Big Ran

*KC Jones says: With the last name Weiner, one would think he'd be careful to avoid these types of situations. But then again, I guess Weiner just couldn't contain his.

Really?

Rescuers Search For Missing Man In Collapsed Bunker On Cape

BARNSTABLE (CBS) – A massive search and rescue operation is underway in the woods of Hyannis Ponds in Barnstable, where a trench and tunnel network was discovered.

Police fear 29-year-old Jason Bryant of West Yarmouth may be buried inside after a portion of the trench collapsed, and now massive boulders are blocking entrance to the tunnels.

“This wasn’t dug in a few days, it was dug over the course of some time,” said Sgt. Sean Sweeney of the Barnstable Police Department.

Crews were seen at the site digging and passing buckets of dirt as they try to excavate the area. They spent considerable time shoring up the unstable walls of the trench made of soft sand.

The question “why was it constructed?” has been put aside for now. But they believe a missing West Yarmouth man is responsible for the bunker he apparently dug himself. His green GMC pickup truck was found in the area by dog walkers, along with personal items such as a backpack.

Police say a dog walker noticed Bryant in the woods as far back as early May, at one point carrying an axe along a trail, and the sounds of shoveling could be heard.

Bryant was gone from his family’s home over Memorial Day weekend, and when he didn’t return by Monday they grew concerned.

The discovery of the trench itself was called “bizarre.”

“You could probably put a small compact car in one of them, a tunnel goes off from that. A six-foot ladder drops into one of the pits,” said Sgt. Sweeney.

Crews sent in robotic cameras to get a closer look, but so far they have been unsuccessful. They now plan to bring in heavier equipment to move some boulders blocking access to some of the tunnels where they are desperate to search.

Now, don't get me wrong, I feel for this guy's family and friends, so I will ask this as gently as I can.  WTF is he doing digging tunnels and bunkers in the woods?  Does he think he's Steve McQueen in the Great Escape?  Listen, we've all heard the saying, "if you mess with the bull, you get the horns."  Well, if you dig tunnels underground, you're gonna get caved in on.


This dude obviously needs help beyond the rescue.  Let's hope he makes it and works long enough to pay the state back for his insanity.





-Big Ran 

Bruin Beatdown of the Canucks Makes it a Series

Obviously, everyone was debating activating Shawn Thornton and sitting Tyler Seguin because the thought was the Bs needed more offense.  Well, it turns out, Thornton was just what they needed.  He didn't have a single point, but clearly made the Canucks uncomfortable and seems to have set a tone for the Bs before they even stepped on the ice.  The dirty hit on Horton really opened the floodgates.

Overall, it was an amazing performance by the Bruins and it will be really interesting to see what happens in game 4.  Best hit of the night?  Thomas crushing Henrik Sedin and his fivehead in the third.  Now, Seguin will be activated for Horton and we'll have to see how the disciplinary hearing shakes out for Rome to see if the Canucks will be down a defenseman.

-Big Ran

The Hartford Courant is Bringing the Heat Today!

Farmington - Police say a 22-year-old drunken driver punched himself in the face, tore his shirt and threw his wallet and keys in a river in an attempt to convince police he had been assaulted.


Daniel Vagnini, of 10 Butternut Drive, sped through a stop sign at the intersection of New Britain Avenue and Red Oak Hill around midnight Saturday, according to an officer who said he witnessed it. Vagnini nearly crashed into a car that had already entered the intersection.


Police said they found his car on Indian Hill Road and heard Vagnini in the woods. As police searched for him, Vagnini called 911 to report that he was lost in the woods. Vagnini was found near the Farmington River.


He told police he had been drinking in Hartford and was physically assaulted as he got into his car to go home. The beating had caused him to black out, Vagnini said. When he regained consciousness he was in the woods, his clothes were torn and his wallet, keys and ring were missing, police said.


But the story was made up. Vagnini admitted he had punched himself in the face, causing minor facial injuries. He also tore his shirt and tossed his belongings in the Farmington River to bolster his story, police said.


Vagnini was charged with reckless driving, evading responsibility and driving under the influence. He was released on a non-surety bond.


Now, in no way, shape, or form am I condoning drunk driving.  However, I will absolutely give this dude major league style points for this.  He was on the right track here, with punching himself, and tearing his shirt, but might have taken it one step to far with the blacking out and waking up in the woods.  Then again, he concocted this story on the fly while he was drunk and being chased by the cops.  Maybe next time he should pull the old Tommy Boy move:




See everyone on the flip side.

-Big Ran

Irrational Rant...Somebody Put Paper in the F*cking Copier

I'm not sure if anyone else feels like this, but I swear to God, every time I go to the damn printer there is no paper in it.  EVER.  I work in a fairly small department and maybe 13 people might possibly use our fancy scanner/copier/printer.  The thing has like four trays for paper and I think each one holds 500 pieces.  How the f*ck can you plow through 2,000 pieces of paper every time I seem to need to print something?  I honestly think that I am the only one in my office to actually have put paper in the printer over the course of the last four years.  Maybe that's why the last guy left, he got sick of trekking down to get paper every time he needed to print an expense report.

I honestly don't know how we even go through a ream of paper in a week?  Do people still actually print that much?  Can't you just forward anything via e-mail or look at an e-mail on your phone?  This brings me to a somewhat related topic, those people that put this in their signature:

P Think GREEN before printing this e-mail

Are you kidding me?  Do you honestly think your e-mail is important enough for me to consider printing?  Why would I print your e-mail?  To have you autograph it and try to sell it on ebay or frame it?  Get over yourself.  I really think these people want to think they are helping the environment, but I have two counterpoints:

1.  You are really doing this for yourself, so people think you care about the environment.

2.  You probably drive a big ass SUV and don't recycle.

There was an Office Space Video here, but it started automatically and was a pain in the ass.

PC Load Letter?  What the f*ck does that mean?

-Big Ran

KC's comments: This is an epic post. I can feel your rage Big Ran and I promise you that I can relate. I, for one, ALWAYS make sure I put paper in the printer. BTW- do you know that trick sitting on the copier in the top picture or did you find her online? hahahahaha....

How Bizarre!

Hide Yo' Kids, Hide Yo' Wives, & Hide Yo' Husbands Cause Wild Beavers Are Terrorizin' Philadelphia

Published June 06, 2011

Three people were bitten by a rabid beaver last week in Philadelphia before the animal was killed -- and game wardens remain stumped about the "truly bizarre" attacks.

PHILADELPHIA –  Pennsylvania game wardens remained stumped Sunday about a spate of "truly bizarre" rabid beaver attacks in and around Philadelphia.

Three people were bitten by a beaver last week in Pennypack Park in the city's northeastern section before the animal was killed and officials determined it had rabies, according to MyFoxPhilly.

A married couple was fishing on Wednesday when the large beaver bit the woman's leg, then turned on her husband and bit him in both arms and on his chest, the Pennsylvania Game Commission said.

On Thursday, a child was bitten in the same park. A short time later, a park ranger located the beaver nearby. That animal was killed and tested positive for rabies at a Health Department lab. Game wardens are looking through the park for other beavers that could be infected.

Park officials were baffled by the location of the attacks and the fact that the mammal was a beaver -- not a raccoon or skunk.

"It's not that beavers are not susceptible, as all mammals are susceptible, to rabies," said Game Commission spokesman Jerry Feaser. "But a beaver in Philadelphia, that was just truly bizarre."

Another rabid beaver attacked an angler in late April on White Clay Creek in the Chester County suburbs of Philadelphia. Feaser said the attacks are the only such cases he recalls during 12 years with the commission.

"Our furbearer biologist, when he heard about this, he was just literally blown away," Feaser said.

The state Agriculture Department, which investigates rabies cases, fielded no reports of rabid beavers in 2009 or 2010.

Pennsylvania normally has between 350 and 500 confirmed rabies cases annually. Last year slightly more than half the cases were raccoons, followed in frequency by skunks, cats, bats and foxes. The state's most recent rabies fatality for humans occurred in 1984, when a 12-year-old Lycoming County boy died.

As a precaution, Game Commission officials continue to encourage residents to avoid the Pennypack Creek waterfront area between Bustleton Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard in northeast Philadelphia.

Read more on Philadelphia's beaver battle at MyFoxPhilly.com.

So, in other words, "Hide yo' kids, hide yo' wives, and hide yo' husbands because the beavers are rapin' err'body"



And a couple of other things:

1. What is an "angler"? I had no idea until I just looked it up, and found this:

an·gler/ˈaNGglər/

Noun: A person who fishes with a rod and line: "a carp angler".


They couldn't have just said 'someone fishing'?


2. How did the beaver get the guy in BOTH arms and THEN in the CHEST? This is incomprehensible. It's a damn beaver, not a bear!


3. Does anyone besides me have this song in their mind after reading the article? Especially in light of the article's line that: "Pennsylvania game wardens remained stumped Sunday about a spate of "truly bizarre" rabid beaver attacks in and around Philadelphia."




-KC Jones

Note to Self: Move to Enfield, CT (or Don't Move there, I'm Confused)

Hartford Courant - Police responded to a complaint about a group of women in bikinis Sunday evening.

Police said that a resident on Mathewson Street called police at 5:15 p.m. and said he was "alarmed" by a group of about 15 young woman in bikinis with zombie make-up taking photographs on the street.

Police said that the women, when made aware of the complaint, voluntarily moved to another street. They told police that they were make-up artists from Six Flags and were doing a calendar shoot.

Who do you think complained to the police about this?  Like, did they actually think they may have been zombies?  I guess its good that they called the police rather than busting out their shotgun and firing upon these unsuspecting Six Flags Make Up Artists.  Is that a real job?  I have so many questions about this story, I really wish I was there.


There are some really great comments on this story, though:


Hojo2086 at 1:26 PM June 6, 2011

I want to see the bikini pictures.  All of them.

avwh06 at 1:06 PM June 6, 2011

The people were just jealous because most people in Enfield can't wear bikini's

DanfromEastHampton at 12:03 PM June 6, 2011

Do you know that in New York, they could have been doing the photo shoot topless? The NY Supreme Court rules years ago that it was discrimination to allow men to go without a shirt and not let women have the same privlage. Personally, I would rather my children see a bare breast than a body with a bullet hole in their head so why do we censor breasts on TV but not heads being blown off? Makes you wonder what is acceptable these days.

Nichellemotos at 11:44 AM June 6, 2011

I was one of the zombie girls and want to be very clear. There were 3, THREE, ladies in zombie make up. We are making a zombie swim suit calendar. Its coming out awesome and you can see it on facebook. Year of the Dead.

We are in absolutely no way related or in talks or associated with Six Flags in any shape or form. We are just a group of people making an art project dream come true. Check us out! Its actually very awesome.

africansoothsayer at 7:24 AM June 6, 2011

Come see me in Farmington.  Shoot all day.  We are Zombi friendly in Farmington, unlike Enfield.

OK, so there we have it from one of the bikini clad zombies herself, setting the record straight and here are some pics:

BOOM.  I just did more research than the Hartford Courant.  No wonder print journalism is dying.  If you print a story about zombies in bikinis, you better run photos along with it.  Zombie sex sells.

-Big Ran

PS:  I really expected Donatella Vercase:

I'm Awesome at Getting People Fired up and Drunk

Well, this weekend, my wife joined the 30 year olds' club, so we hosted a party for some of her friends from college and work down at her parents' cape house.  Let me tell you something: there aren't many things I do well other than be awesome and  funny, but grilling and getting people drunk are also on that list.  Friday night everyone rolled in around 8 PM pr so, but I managed to play bartender and get people feeling good and loose, just priming the pump a bit for the next night.

Saturday comes around and I think we have 13 people in all hanging out at the Cape.  I knew there was going to be some day drinking going on, but before that started people were chilling outside, soaking up some sun.  Eventually between the early season sun, food, and day drinking, people were struggling around 4 PM.  You could call it the "calm before the storm," as they tried to say it was, but I knew better.  We needed a catalyst. So, I went to a convenience store and bought about $30 worth of Red Bull.  When I rolled up to check out, the woman working, simply responded with, "Whoa."  She knew what this was.  It was go time.

So, I get back to the house and start pouring Red Bull and Vodkas down peoples throats, and let me tell you, it worked.  It worked big time. I ran a couple shuttles out to a bar for people to get their drink on before the Bruins game and by the time everyone got back to the house, both the energy drunkenness levels were very high.  We ended up having someone puke in the sink, we had a couple get in a drunken fight, and both my dog and I tool a leak outside.  Those have always been my rules for a successful party:

1.  Did someone puke?

2.  Did people hook up or fight?

3.  Did someone pee in the back yard?

Win.  Good party.  Plus, people looked like they were beaten with shovels the next morning.  YESSSSSS!!!!

-Big Ran

*KC Jones says: This is all very true. My mother used to ask me why, whenever I went out with Big Ran, I'd come home completely annihilated and acting funny. And, as I told her one time when I was drunk, "Because he's my friend and he makes me have fun!"....YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS....Everyone loves Big Ran. 

ALSO, this post immediately made me think of this song and video:

*Big Ran Note: It is a true fact that on many occasions, back in the day, I would pour KC back into her house after a night out only to have her Mom wake up. If anyone needs a party starter, let me know.