Rihanna is indeed in Detroit, Michigan filming the video for "The
Monster" alongside Eminem. Although we only know of this through a
single picture posted on Eminem's Instagram/Twitter I suspect the story
of the song since its release means that this was an awkward first
meeting for all involved. Also I think that neither party is
particularly happy to hear from me at the moment. I think that's a shame
because I've always had tremendous respect for Eminem. In fact it's
almost like we're family. Unfortunately though that is the Munchhausen's
family so you know things can get a little rough.
The other big development of yesterday (20/11/13) is that Chris Brown
did make his first Court appearance since his recent arrest as
scheduled. The first revelation of this hearing is that Brown was
actually kicked out of the rehab facility he had checked himself into
after smashing up his mother's car during a violent outburst on November
10th (10/11/13). The second big revelation is that the Judge did not
once again fail to take any action and instead ordered Chris Brown to
spend a further 90 days in a Court mandated rehab facility. Brown is set
to return to Court on December 16th (16/11/13) where the issue of his
arrest in Washington D.C will be addressed.
The purpose of sending Chris Brown for a mandatory 90 day stay in rehab
was of course supposed to be interpreted as a sign that the US is now
getting tough with him and are starting to reconsider the plan to
reunite Chris Brown in Rihanna. In reality though this has completely
the opposite effect of just extending the operation. That's because
unless the Court takes the further action of instating a 10 year
restraining order keeping Brown away from Rihanna in 90 days he will
simply be back on the streets with a big sympathy vote and doctors
reports to back up his claim that he's changed. Over the course of those
90 days I do not see any possibility of Rihanna's current path changing
meaning that the restraining order is the minimum action available to
the Court.
In further efforts to convince us that the US was starting to reconsider
the plan to reunite Chris Brown and Rihanna and add more complexity to
the situation Chris Brown's Court ruling was accompanied by a shooting
at an apartment complex in Houston, Texas that left three dead and two
wounded. The intention here was to give the impression that the faction
of the US Establishment that was opposed to the resumption of Rihanna's
relationship with Chris Brown had scored a victory over the faction that
supports it - the so-called 'Whitney Houston faction.' This is of
course a nonsense because while there may well be factions the faction
opposed to the Brown/Rihanna reunion is so ineffective it may as well
not exist.
There was also a strange incident in which a Boeing 747 cargo carrying
replacement parts for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner landed at an airport in
Wichita, Kansas which is far too small to handle to handle an aircraft
of that size. So there is now an excited wait to see if the plane will
ever get off the ground again and if the 'Dreamliner' will ever get the
replacement parts it need. The 'Dreamliner' has long been used as a code
for the Brown/Rihanna relationship so this is intended to create
speculation that the US may be reconsidering the plan.
On a completely unrelated note but also happening yesterday police in
France managed to apprehend their suspect in the recent Paris shootings.
Named as Abdelhakim Dekhar the suspect is a general reference to any
number of Islamist militants operating in Libya, Algeria, Mali, Nigeria
etc. This is of course the region that hosted the famous Paris to Dakar
Rally until it had to be relocated to South America due to terrorism.
The issue of whether DNA samples recovered match the suspect is a
specific reference to Mokhtar Belmokhtar who masterminded the raid on
the In Amenas gas facility. At the time he was said to be killed but now
people are talking about him still being alive. Ideally we'd like DNA
confirmation. The fact that Dekhar had been involved in a previous high
profile shooting incident is a reference to the George Zimmerman case in
the US.
I should finish by saying to the French's credit they really did tone
this story right down the moment they were challenged on it. That is
certainly a lot more then can be said for certain other people.
(Originally Posted) 13:05 on 21/11/13 (UK date).
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