From the weekend: President Biden shocked NATO and the world by calling for the ouster of Putin as the head of Russia.
Ukranian fighters and citizens in Mariupol, surrounded and under siege, have refused to surrender and continue to hold out as a bastion of freedom against tyranny.
A scrappy number ten seeded UM Basketball team fell in the elite eight to number one seed Kansas while St. Peters, a tiny college in New Jersey - the NCAA version of Ukraine, finally fell to North Carolina, setting up a blockbuster Duke-UNC final four.
But that is not what everyone is talking about.
The shot heard round the world is that some spoiled actor who was upset about some jokes about his wife while sitting in the front row of the Oscars and nominated for best actor walked on stage at the Oscars and on world-wide- but not US television- slapped at, or slapped, comedian Chris Rock, who apparently doesn't know how to defend himself physically.
This is such a waste of time.
First, how many countless jury trials have we seen with assaults or battery charges less serious than what occurred at the Oscars? There will be no charges here, because sometimes people just do stupid things and criminal court doesn't need to be involved. Perhaps it is time for Ms. Rundle and her compatriot State Attorneys to approach the Florida Legislature and re-write the criminal code to reduce simple battery with no harm to a civil infraction and reduce all misdemeanor assaults to civil infractions.
Second, the Smith/Rock slap will get more airtime, an Oprah or Netflix special, and more commentary than the brave Ukrainian people of Mariupol defending democracy for the world, and that stinks.
Third, the slap and the F-bombs were shown to the entire world, presumably even in Russia, Venezuela, and North Korea, but not in the United States, where censors deemed the American Public needed to be protected from the slap. How stupid is that?
WARNING!!!: THE FOLLOWING VIDEO SHOWS ONE SPOILED ACTOR SLAPPING ANOTHER. THE AUTHORITES HAVE DEEMED THIS VIDEO AS DANGEROUS AND HARMFUL TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. PLEASE PROCEED WITH CAUTION.