Anthem Kneeler MLB's Bruce Maxwell arrested on gun charge

Bruce Maxwell, a catcher for the Oakland Athletics, is the only Major League Baseball player to disrespectfully kneel during the National Anthem this season. Now he's been arrested on a gun charge.

Maxwell, 26, allegedly pointed a handgun at a female food delivery person in Scottsdale, Arizona.

According to Scottsdale police, officers went to Maxwell's home Saturday night after receiving a call about a person with a gun. The mediocre hitter (.237 with 3 HRs and 22 RBIs in 76 games) was booked on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and disorderly conduct.

The anti-Anthem catcher was held in custody pending an initial appearance.

TMZ Sports was first to report on the story.

Last week, Maxwell told a story of how when he visited his hometown of Huntsville, Alabama he was refused service at a restaurant because of his un-American display of stupidity. A waiter told Fox News that he was "outright lying" about what happened. "I didn't even know who Bruce Maxwell was," waiter Matt Henry said.

Sorry Maxwell, but most people don't know who you are. You're not famous and you play baseball behind a mask.  I believe the waiter's story and I believe you're just trying to 'do a Kaepernick' for your 15 minutes of fame, because you're certainly not getting it from your baseball career.

Keep taking a knee and watch the same thing happen to MLB that's happening to the NFL.

But maybe you'll be taking that knee in prison. Hey, you already have the ink to fit in.




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First Lady: Nutritionist Extraordinaire

It's so good for you, don't even try it once.

First Lady snorting broccoli

At least that's how students are thinking when it comes to their nutritious, not-so-delicious, school lunches, the result of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act passed (like explosive flatulence) in 2010.

Where there are kids left on their own (without a parent to tell them that there are people starving in Kathmandu, or some other lesser-known place) there will always be plate waste. 

The National School Lunch Week and National School Boards Association joined forces last week and released a survey showing that 84% of nationwide school districts show serious food waste by students. The survey also showed that 82% reported added lunch costs, and 77% reported a dramatic plunge in the number of kids eating in smelly school cafeterias.

Joey Vaughn, the director of the Child Nutrition Program in Huntsville, AL said, "We can offer dessert, but you end up where you can't offer it because then you can't meet the calorie limit. Basically, school food is now hospital food," (without the risk of Ebola, I might add).

Kids would rather eat food that doesn't taste like page 456 of War and Peace than eat the "food" they serve in school. 

This has upset such notable nutrition experts like Michelle Obama. When asked about why kids don't like the food she recommends she answered: "I'm the First Freaking Lady and I don't give a s**t what those little bas***ds like; they're gonna eat what I tell them they're gonna eat. They don't know what's good for them, and they better get with the program if they know what's good for them. 

"It was that damn George Bush who said he hated broccoli--it's his damn fault."


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