TheTrenchcoat Chronicles

Author: Trench Reynolds

  • It figures

    It figures

    Second Student Files Lawsuit Over Hazing Suspensions:

    As soon as suspensions were handed down in the Northbrook hazing incident, two students have filed lawsuits to keep the punishment from being enforced. What kills me is that their parents had to be the ones who got them the lawyers in the first place. Nice message to send to your kids. Do whatever you feel like, no matter how illegal it is, and then when someone tries to punish you, sue them. I wouldn’t be surprised if it turned out to be the same parents that supplied the beer. Like I’ve always said, you need a license to own a dog, but any idiot can have a kid.

  • Expulsions Imminent

    Expulsions Imminent

    Principal: School will seek expulsions for hazing:

    Well, it’s about time. Finally, a school board is doing something about a hazing incident. The principal of Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, Illinois, is stating that several students will be expelled in conjunction with the now infamous “powder puff” hazing incident. It’s finally refreshing to see an educator that isn’t afraid of taking disciplinary action.

  • 2 Hazing stories for the price of 1

    2 Hazing stories for the price of 1

    Parents Probed in ‘Powder Puff’ Hazing Incident:

    Police seem to think that parents may have supplied the beer and the feces for the Northbrook, IL, “powder-puff” hazing incident. That’s so nice, isn’t it? At what point does a parent say…”I love my child so much that I’m going to supply them with a keg of beer and a bag of shit so they can humiliate someone else’s children”? If that turns out to be true, there better be jail time involved.

    Affidavit gives details of alleged sexual assault, hazing:

    I guess the men were feeling left out because we now have another tea-bagging incident. 3 members of a high school baseball team held down one player while another dragged his genitals across his face and mouth. All 4 have been arrested on sexual assault charges. You know in my day the worst that happened to you was you got snapped with a wet towel on the ass. How long will it be before high school athletic hazing involves full-blown forced sodomy?

  • Hazing, strong enough for a man but made for women

    Hazing, strong enough for a man but made for women

    Classmates React To Alleged Hazing:

    Alleged??? What’s so alleged about it? There’s a video of it. Anyway, thanks to Badjocks.com for the link.

    I’m sure we’ve all heard of this hazing incident in Chicago by now. It seems that hazing is not just among men. Women seem to be getting into the game. Under the guise of a “powder puff” football game between female members of the senior and junior classes, but quickly degenerated into a severe beatdown on the juniors.

    One girl has a broken ankle. One girl received 15 stitches. Another girl has suffered hearing loss. And I guess, not to be outdone by the Sharpie Sodomy guys, one girl even contracted a bacterial infection after being forced to eat human waste. That’s right, she had to eat someone’s shit.

    What makes me even more sick is that some of the students feel the juniors got what they deserved. And other students are looking forward to next year. And still, there’s a question of whether criminal charges should be brought against the seniors. What’s to question? Making someone eat shit has got to be assault at the very least. But who knows? Maybe next year, someone will be forced to… you know what? I can’t even think of anything worse than that. But I’m sure they will. If no arrests are made, then there has been a severe miscarriage of justice.

  • Wrestler wins election and it’s not Jesse Ventura

    Wrestler wins election and it’s not Jesse Ventura

    Masked wrestler wins seat:

    You gotta love Japan. The Great Sasuke won a seat in the Iwate Prefectural Assembly. I’m not sure how that equates in American terms, whether that’s the equivalent of Congress or just a state senate. Anyway, I think this is so cool. Not only is Sasuke in incredible wrestler, but he ran for office with his mask still on….and won. And he still says that he’s not going to take his mask off, even when the assembly is in session. How cool is that? Sometimes I wish life was more like professional wrestling. Mad at your boss? Hit him with a folding chair. Anyway, Sasuke is not the first pro wrestler to be in Japanese politics. If memory serves me correctly, Japanese legend Antonio Inoki was elected to a major office in Japan.

    I hope this starts a trend in America. Just think of it. Rey Mysterio and the Hurricane in ’04. I’d vote for them.

  • Why not just wear the Nazi flag?

    Why not just wear the Nazi flag?

    Suspended ‘Dixie chicks’ defend attire:

    Cute play on words CNN has going on there. Anyway, 35 South Carolina high school students were suspended for wearing a t-shirt that shows chickens hatching from eggs decorated with the Confederate flag and says, “Southern chicks, better than the rest”. The student interviewed by the AP said…

    “I had no idea in the world anyone would be offended by this,”

    Oh, I don’t know. How about Blacks, Hispanics, Jews, Catholics, and anyone else the Klan finds questionable? That’s who would be offended by it.

    Talk all you want about Southern Pride. When you say that and display a Confederate Flag along with it, it’s like saying “White Power”. If you want to be proud of your Southern heritage, that’s fine, but that flag has stood for slavery since its inception and has been adopted by racist and white supremacist hate groups.

    In the eyes of the rest of the country, you’re just enforcing an old stereotype that people from the south are racist rednecks. Be proud that you’re from the south, but be ashamed of its past transgressions.

  • Mr. Not So Perfect

    Mr. Not So Perfect

    Medical Examiner: Cocaine Killed Professional Wrestler Curt Hennig:

    I’m not surprised, just disappointed.

  • Elizabeth Smart

    Elizabeth Smart

    Elizabeth Smart Found Alive in Utah:

    Who says there are no miracles anymore? Thank God she was found alive and in relatively good shape.

    What makes me sick though is as soon as she was found, the creepers started hitting the web looking for inappropriate pictures of her. For those of you who were searching for these pics, I hope the FBI busts your door down in the middle of the night.

  • CDC School Shooting Study

    CDC School Shooting Study

    CDC: Most school shooters get guns from home:

    Your tax dollars at work, people. This is all well and good. Parents should keep their guns locked up and away from children. On the other hand, it’s not addressing the underlying problem. Why are these kids grabbing the guns in the first place? Not until the parents and the schools address this problem will school shootings stop.

  • Mr. Rogers 1928-2003

    Mr. Rogers 1928-2003

    Fred Rogers dead at 74:

    It’s hard to believe he’s gone. Some things you just think will be around forever. He may have been too sappy for some, but there was a time when I was really young that Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers Neighborhood were my universes.

    Who can forget the Trolley and King Friday XIII and Speedy Delivery? Fred Rogers wasn’t just a TV show host, either. He was a well-rounded and learned individual in the field of child welfare. And how many of us have started singing the song when we were either changing shoes or putting on a sweater?

    Now cancer has taken him away from us and from the children. The way things are today, we could really use him. Today, the neighborhood will never be the same.

    My thoughts and prayers go out to the Rogers family and all of those who grew up with him.