I attended the Eastern Idaho State Fair with my family this weekend and it was one of the worst mistakes of my life.

You see, behind the vendors and rides and animal judging lurks a dark underbelly. There is a man running a foul and evil enterprise on the fair grounds and if you keep a keen eye, you can see it for yourself.

I was oblivious to this fact for the first hour that we were there. Then I followed some shifty eyed men to an unmarked building and was surprised to find this.

Sheep Executioner

That’s right. A sheep executioner. This horrible creature has the job of killing any sheep or goats that refuse to allow themselves to be ogled and fondled and petted by the endless mob of humans that line up at the fair’s gates.

Executioner sheep 2

Yes, there were more than one. This enterprise is so huge that I saw no less than ten of the filthy beasts in this side area that most people would never even walk by. The one in the next photo is the worst.

The Supreme Champion Sheep executioner

That’s right, dear readers. This is the Supreme Champion sheep executioner in Idaho. They say that it has killed over a thousand of its fellow sheep and that it drinks nothing but blood and goat’s milk.

The only way for the animals on display at the fair to guarantee that they don’t face these awful beasts, is to win a ribbon. But even sometimes those that do can be forced to endure endless tortures. The sheep pictured below has had a bowling ball tied to its tender parts. There it will hang until the sheep relents and allows itself to be dragged back into the spotlight.

Sheep torture

There are also a whole breed of goats that are bred for one purpose and one purpose alone. The fights.

Many people from the east are not aware of this, but goat fights are the cock fights of the northwest. Farmers train their goats in gladiatorial combat throughout the year in the hopes that their malicious animal can win a top prize at the state fair’s seedy underground arena, where the prize money is fantastic.

The man behind this madness takes home quite a pretty penny from the gambling that goes on with these fights. I found proof of this business behind the large barn at the edge of the fair. See the photo below.

The place of slaughter

While perusing the midway, I also noticed that one of the rides had a sign reading that it was shut down. Yet the workers were still letting people in if their palms were slickened enough with cash. In this house of horrors ride, the entrants are allowed to watch as hooded men and the dreaded sheep executioners slaughter and torture the helpless animals on display at the fair that don’t win a ribbon.

These slaughtered animals are then turned into the burgers, foot-long corn dogs, smoked turkey legs, lamb kabobs, deep-fried goat heads, cow brain omlettes, mutton tacos, horse entrails stew, and deep-fried rocky mountain oysters on-a-stick that are sold by the food vendors scattered throughout the fair grounds.

Here is a picture of two horrified children that just came out of that disgusting slaughter house. They haven’t spoken for days since.

These boy's just left the man's house of horrors

I then asked around and after some research found the repulsive man behind the whole underground fair operation. Mr. Eduardo Benifico Sanchez. A more disturbed individual you will never meet, let me tell you now.

His photo is below.

Eduardo Benefico Sanchez. The man behind the horror.

I was able to interview the man briefly. He gave me his evil Cheshire Cat grin and denied everything. But I refused to stop there. Below is a picture of a sign I found taped to the window of Mr. Sanchez’s office at the fair grounds.

Disgusting, I know. It seems that Mr. Sanchez’s operation runs into more than just animal mistreatment.

Found this on Mr. Sanchez's office door

More questions revealed that Mr. Sanchez’s operation travels with much of the rides and equipment to states all around the country.

I immediately reported the man to the local authorities. They assure me that the will be looked into. Then I walked out of the building and saw Mr. Sanchez entering the rear of the police station from a black limousine. The Sheriff greeted him at the door with a laugh and a shake of his cash-filled hand and I realized that the man will not be easily brought to justice.

I leave this up to you, dear reader, spread the word. This man will be at YOUR state fair next.

Update 9/8 It gets worse. At the Minnesota State Fair Mr Sanchez has a live canine genitalia removal exhibit.

Edgewriter Hisself here.

Imagine this:

You are invited to a friends house. They are all excited and want you to watch a video they made. So you act enthusiastic and they put this on:

You watch in horror, trying not to laugh and feeling embarassed for them. Then they tell you about their aspirations of stardom and you try to be positive while the whole time you are screaming inside, wishing you could escape.

An hour later after you have found an excuse to slip away, you leave the driveway just as more of their puzzled looking victims are arriving at the house.

Well Jan Terri and Mark Gormley have produced some of the most embarrassed friends and acquaintances ever. They evidently have quite a cult following despite the horribleness of the videos.

Let’s start with our buddy Mark Gormley. He is actually on very talented SOB. Musically his songs are quite good. Unfortunately the dude looks like my old junior high english teacher Mr. Ferguson. He should not appear in his own music videos.

(BTW notice the bandaid on his chest in that one?)

Now to Mark’s credit, he is pretty grounded for a internet sensation. in this interview, you can see that he isn’t looking to jump into fame. He even turned down Jimmy Kimmel. He is however looking for a new “signifigant other”. So ladies . . .

Jan Terri on the other hand . . . Why oh why in the name of all that is holy did this woman decide to make music?

Please kill me now. You will want to after watching this:

(1:35 dan dan dong??? Even she gets bored of the video after a while)

Here is one Pop up video style:

And so mch more . . . .

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=jan+terri&aq=f

Special thanks to the folks over at the Rifftrax Blog for bringing the joy of Jan Terri and Mark Gormley into my hum-drum life.

Barney’s longtime grudge with Team Teletubbies was finally vindicated. After his usual overly-eccentric entrance into the arena and a few idiotic demonstrations from his delinquent associates, Barney’s satanic voiced opening lines proved prophetic:” Teletubbies! You mock my songs, you show uncomfortable videos of my friends on your bellies, but tonight you’re going DOWN! The only video you’ll be showing tonight is ME pounding the LAALAA out you pip-squeak WANNABES.” 

Barney's longtime grudge with Team Teletubbies was finally vindicated

Moments later as their theme song began to play, Tinky Winky and his crew, Dipsy, LaaLaa and Po entered the building, sprinting to the ring and with pyrotechnics blazing, climb each turnbuckle and spew colored liquid out of their mouths and onto the crowd below. Soon TW took the microphone and replied with sarcasm, “Uh oh – the Dinosaurs are gonna get boo-boos!”
Quickly Tinky Winky sprints towards Barney, springboards off Laalaa’s back and delivers a flying cross-body attack to the unsuspecting Dinosaur.
Seemingly undeterred, Barney throws TW off his oversized, anthropomorphic body and into the corner ropes followed by a powerful three-point-stance clothesline. Next, the sneaky Baby Bop reaches over the ropes and chokes TW with her “Blanket of Death” that draws a series of boos from the audience.
After Baby Bop released TW at the demands of the referee, Barney grabs the obviously stunned Tinky Winky from the corner, wallops him again with a series of standing head-buts, and as if in one motion, follows with a double-mule-kick knocking Tinky Winky over the ropes. 

"Uh oh - the Dinosaurs are gonna get boo-boos!"

Fortunately for the former world champion, just as Barney was about to cannonball dive off the turnbuckle to a completely knocked out Tinky Winky laying helplessly outside the ring, LaaLaa jumped in, stunning Barney with a big punch to the groin, then pulling off a devastating top-rope Frankensteiner to bring Barney wildly to the mat.
Of course, LaaLaa began her famous victory “ride-em cowboy” dance, causing BJ and Riff to jump into the ring, each with a folding chair in hand. BJ quickly smashes the distracted LaaLaa in the face, and then together, BJ and Riff pick up the yellow party-girl and double-power-bomb her onto an un-folded chair, knocking her out and breaking her big curly antenna completely off.
Dipsey, seeing his friends in such a predicament, jumps in the ring, grabs the celebrating BJ and Riff by the back of their necks and smacks their heads together causing them to drop to the mat. Picking up BJ by his large Protoceratops head, Dipsey whips him into the opposite corner turnbuckle followed by a complex aerial display ending in a spinning-bulldog DDT leaving BJ knocked out and face first on the mat.
Determined to demonstrate the extreme hatred felt for Barney and his friends, Po had crept into the ring to sabotage the main event by smacking Riff in the face with Barney’s intercontinental belt, simultaneously handing Barney a win by disqualification and an apparent chance at WWE Champion Snufflupagus at Survivor Series.
After the bell, the staggering purple dinosaur lumbered into the crowd, smashing a mysterious-looking Big Bird over the head with double fists, only to be carried away by a struggling arena security. Afterward, Big Bird delivered the warning: “There WILL be BLOOD to pay!” We’ll see if Barney’s as big a dinosaur as he thinks when these two meet next week.

"There WILL be BLOOD to pay!"

Los Angeles (Glen Simmons-Staves-AP) – Hours after Bryant’s “I’ve got incredibly large nuts” dance; he was traded to Sale Lake City in exchange for Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer, ending a long saga involving the expected deal. NBA officials approved the swap Friday afternoon by conference call.  Star guard Derek Fisher said in Los Angeles, where he’s part of All-Star weekend. “You’re sad to lose a friend on and off the court. At the same time, Kobe and I just had this conversation that it’s part of the business and we knew it was a possibility.”  “I’m really looking forward to playing for coach Rodman.  I’ve always looked at him as a role model–someone who can help me to take my game to the another level.” Kobe said to Jazz officials.
Utah also gets guard Jordan Farmar and cash considerations, while Los Angeles will receive guard Deron Williams, forward Carlos Boozer and a future Knicks first-round draft pick. It’s lottery-protected, essentially meaning the first time the Knicks make the playoffs after this season, their first-rounder goes to Utah. Essentially, if Utah did not get that first-round pick in 2010, it would automatically get that pick in 2011.
“This is a win-win for both Utah and Los Angeles and we wish Kobe and Farmar the best,” said Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak.
Utah and Los Angeles discussed the deal for weeks and, with the trade deadline looming Wednesday, decided to move forward.
Utah also was linked to trade talks with several other teams, including Phoenix and Miami and perhaps was able to coax the draft pick out of Los Angeles by waiting so long to make the deal.

"I definitely feel insulted. I'm still in shock. I still can't believe this happened

All players involved will likely have to pass physicals, which can be waived by agreement.  Veteran NBA forward Carlos Boozer is angry about the trade to the Los Angeles Lakers this week. “I’m still in disbelief,” the 6-foot-9 inch Boozer said in a telephone interview. “I definitely feel insulted. I’m still in shock. I still can’t believe this happened. I felt like I was the scapegoat after all of my injuries and failures and lack of defense.”

We at Edgewriter.WordPress.Com want to list “the 10 Reasons why you might not be a Kobe Bryant fan”  We need your comments to complete the list…, just submit your suggestions at the comments box.

10 Reason’s why I’m not a Kobe Bryant fan.

1. The “I’ve got big balls” dance – not only incredibly crude, but disrespectuful of the fans who’ve paid good money to take thier families to a NBA game and then have to see that type of poor behavior from a profesional.  Kobe, save that stuff for the playground!

2. Kobe tends to get the blocking fouls that really should be called as charging fouls: How long is he going to get away with a lowered shoulder in this league?

3. 47 shot attempts = ball hog.

4. Jacking up desperation 28 footers when he’s off balance and strongly guarded in the 4th quarter - especially when Derek Fisher is wide open.

4. (This could be your comment)

Updated: Feb 11th, 2006, 9:33 AM ET
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"I'm disappointed, I love this franchise, but I didn't do what I was paid to do, that was to win a championship" Sloan told The Salt Lake Tribune. "I didn't do the job. I wish them well and I will move on.

Salt Lake City - Jerry Sloan is no longer the NBA’s dead man walking. His “career” as coach of the Utah Jazz is over; finally ending what may have been the most drawn-out firing in sports history.
Now Dennis Rodman gets the job of coaching the overpriced, under-achieving roster of the Utah Jazz.
The Jazz put Sloan out of his coaching misery Thursday, ending weeks of uncertainty by firing the Hall of Fame coach and replacing him with Dennis Rodman, the 14 year NBA veteran and arguably the best rebounding forward in NBA history–also a recently baptized Mormon.
“I’m disappointed, I love this franchise, but I didn’t do what I was paid to do, that was to win a championship” Sloan told The Salt Lake Tribune. “I didn’t do the job. I wish them well and I will move on.
“I had a great run at it, I love this franchise, I love these Mormon people in Utah, they just feel that even after all these years that I didn’t do what I came to do,” a teary-eyed Sloan said. “I mean, I won over 1000 games and coached over 120 different players with the Jazz.”

The Jazz put Sloan out of his coaching misery

Sloan had a year left on his deal and told the Tribune that he thinks he deserves the balance, but he may have to fight to see all of it. The Jazz are expected to claim they’re not obligated to pay the full contract.
With no financial settlement reached, Edgewriter.WordPress.com has learned that a clause in Sloan’s contract designates NBA commissioner David Stern as the arbitrator of any financial dispute between the sides, meaning the final chapter of this drama has yet to play out.
“Jerry has had a long and storied career. We hired him with the expectation that he would be with the Jazz for a long time,” Greg Miller said in a statement. “Sometimes decisions work and sometimes they don’t.
“After careful consideration, despite the best intentions from everyone involved, the “old Utah Jazz” structure doesn’t work for us any more and I don’t think things will improve next season.”

Throughout this season, Jazz players say they have been confused about their roles with the team, as Sloan has used more than 40 different starting lineups, easily the most in the league.

In January Miller said Sloan would return next season. But less than a month later, reports surfaced that Miller was looking to buy out Sloan’s contract.
Sloan had said that he may never leave the Jazz sideline, even if replaced, so the Jazz began biding their time. That created an awkward situation in which Sloan — who called himself a “dead man walking” because of the ailing health of Larry H. Miller– was running the Jazz’ workouts of draft prospects without knowing his ultimate role.
“No one in our organization is happy with this season and we all accept responsibility for our performance and injuries,” Greg Miller said in the statement. “This has been a difficult time for the entire organization and our fans.
“Jerry Sloan is a great coach, but for various reasons, having him here with the Jazz did not turn out the way we had hoped and we wish him the best in the future.”
It’s the second straight disappointing season for Sloan despite leading Utah to the NBA finals in both 1997 and 1998 only to fall a game or two short each trip.

The use of C.J. Miles has been particularly questionable, because it was expected that he would start alongside Kirilenko in the backcourt. Instead, he frequently comes off the bench while Sloan tries to decide if he is better suited to being the point guard or shooting guard.

The bickering with Andrei Kirilenko — a favorite of Kevin O’Connor, Jazz General Manager — just added to the chaos. Sloan and Kirilenko clashed, and the relationship was closely watched.
Kirilenko vowed to shoot more freely next season, saying Sloan’s team-oriented offense wasn’t leading to enough wins. Sloan fired back that Kirilenko already had enough freedom and should do what was best for the team, and the back-and-forth continued for four days before Sloan pulled Kirilenko aside to settle it.
Kirilenko did not immediately return a message left on his cell phone.
And one Utah player, who did not want his name used for fear of reprisal, said members of the team were instructed that all comments on the matter were to come through the Jazz’ public relations department.
Throughout this season, Jazz players say they have been confused about their roles with the team, as Sloan has used more than 40 different starting lineups, easily the most in the league.
The use of C.J. Miles has been particularly questionable, because it was expected that he would start alongside Kirilenko in the backcourt. Instead, he frequently comes off the bench while Sloan tries to decide if he is better suited to being the point guard or shooting guard.

Rodman becomes the Jazz' eighth coach of the Utah Jazz.

Still, O’Connor said he would try to get Sloan the kind of players he wanted to improve the team next season. Instead, the Jazz decided it would be easier to change the coach than overhaul the roster.
Despite a payroll that soared well past $120 million this season, the Jazz missed the NBA Finals for the second straight year. They haven’t won more than 1 game in the Western Conference Finals game since 1998.
Rodman becomes the Jazz’ eighth coach of the Utah Jazz.
Will Sloan add another team?

Will he add another team?

Information from the Glen Simmons-Staves Associated Press was used in this report.

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