I know it's pretty poor form to be doing this on the day of a concert. However Rihanna now has two back to back concerts and the US and especially the UK are now working really hard to get any form of reaction to the Chris Brown/Rihanna reunion.
The most significant of these has been the robbery of 55 UK tourists on the island of Saint Lucia on Friday (12/4/13). Basically having arrived on the island on a cruise ship the group were taking a tour of the island's attractions when their tour bus was hijacked by masked gunmen who proceeded to rob the tourists. No-one was injured and all are now back aboard the Eclipse ship operated by the Celebrity Cruise line which is making its way to it's final destination in Florida, US this weekend. As with Barbados and Jamaica St Lucia is part of the UK Commonwealth Realm meaning that it has the UK Queen as head of state. So as with Rihanna's Christmas interloper, the Imani Green shooting and the recent shooting of British tourists in Barbados this a UK attempt to put pressure on the St Lucian government through threatening their important tourist industry while forcing them to liaise with UK authorities over the investigation. The specific incident of masked gunmen hijacking a tour bus was intended to promote discussion about Chris Brown's safety and security should he attempt to continue to join Rihanna on her tour. After all masked gunmen storming the tour bus would be one way to resolve the Chris Brown problem.
There has also been lots of stories about sea-borne wildlife. In California, US authorities are investigating what has caused hundreds of malnourished and sick Sea Lion pups to wash up on a 200 mile stretch of beach between San Diego and Santa Barbara. In the UK wildlife experts are trying to keep alive a pilot whale that has washed up on a beach in Falmouth, Cornwall until it can be re-floated at high tide. Also in Cornwall authorities are again investigating what is causing sea birds to be washed up on shore covered in a strange glue-like substance. That last one is quite an interesting example of how these sort of stories work because these birds have actually been getting washed up since the start of 2013. It's just the story keeps dropping in and out of the news as the UK tries to use it to explain various different things.
I suppose you could compare sea-dwellers like Sea Lions, Whales and Guillemots to Rihanna's fanbase known as "The Navy." Along with the renewal of the relationship with Chris Brown a key element of the honour killing of Rihanna has been to drive a wedge between her and her fans through a not so great album, poor concert performances and forcing her to sanitise her Twitter/Instagram use. Therefore this spate of wildlife stories seems to be the UK and the US working in unison to make it look as though there is some great bilateral discussion about the progress in the death of the 'Navy.' After all if you want to get spies desperately interested in something just tell them it's a secret. However with all the references to death and things being washed up you can't help but feel that if the UK and the US are discussing anything it's how the operation is failing.
That sense of failure has been added to by the fact the only real reaction I've seen to Rihanna and Chris Brown's reunion has come from India who aren't exactly on the tour schedule. They've gone public with the story of an 18 month year old girl, Roona Begum who suffers from Hydrocephalus a condition that causes cerebrospinal fluid to build up on the brain. Although it only cost around USD1500 for surgery to drain this fluid away being poor the Begum family can't afford this. As a result Roona Begum has developed a massive, giant head of around 90cm in circumference. My adult male head is only around 50cm. In the UK if someone's ego far exceeds their actual importance they are said to have a big head. Therefore India's reaction to the Chris Brown/Rihanna reunion is to tell Rihanna she seems to have a slightly too high opinion of herself. Fortunately a private hospital in India is now offering - free of charge - to perform the surgery to reduce the size of the girl's massive, giant head.
Also while I think it's just a private company acting independently of all the government to government politics the French fashion house Chanel has come out and said it has no plans to work with Rihanna either now or in the future. This has got to be a bit of a kick in the teeth for Rihanna because the statement from Chanel has really been forced by Rihanna's constant hinting that she would like to work with them.
16:10 on 15/4/13.
Edited at around 19:15 on 15/4/13 to add;
Responses to the Rihanna/Chris Brown reunion have started to come in from at least one nation on Rihanna's tour schedule. Today Austria published a long awaited report into the Natascha Kampusch case. For those who don't know Kampusch is Austrian girl who was kidnapped aged 10 in 1998 and held a sex slave in a basement dungeon for 8 years. The 9 month inquiry which was carried out by Austrian, German and US (FBI) investigators concluded that Kampusch's abductor Wolfgang Priklopil acted alone debunking conspiracy theories that he had an accomplice. The timing of the announcement therefore appears to be the Austrians and the Germans turning to the US and telling them they're own their own on this Rihanna/Chris Brown operation.
Also Interpol have issued a Red Notice for Redoine Faid an infamous French gangster/armed robber who escaped from a French prison on Saturday (13/4/13). Obviously I suggested an Interpol Red Notice as a way for the US to disavow Chris Brown during his Contra Mundum tour. However Faid was escaping prison as I was escaping to Brighton so the meaning of this is not clear. It could though be France suggesting that as Contra Mundum was the final warning it might be time for European nations to step up and either issue Persona Non Grata notices to Brown's people or simply refuse him at point of entry. After all if the US are that keen on him they can keep him to themselves.
Also the US has been pushing the Audrie Pott case with the family now announcing that they will be launching a wrongful death suit. This is an attempt to promote discussion about Rihanna's record company are yet to sue Chris Brown. The reason for that is quite simple. That case would have to be heard in the same dodgy LA Court that is keeping Chris Brown out of prison.
Finally pretty much as I've been writing this two trash can bombs have exploded at the finish line of the Boston marathon. The situation is currently one of chaos however judging by the crowd of runners and spectators and the blood we are looking at fatalities and major injuries. My first instinct that this is the CIA attempting to promote discussion about their role in Boston based Mitt Romney's failure to be elected President in 2012 while Rihanna is playing concerts in the Republican heartland of Texas. There will be obvious speculation about Islamic terrorism and Boston's history of supporting the Irish Republican Army (IRA). However eventually it will be blamed on "Anti-government groups" which the Obama administration is using as a by-word to smear the Tea Party and other sort of pro-gun rights groups.
Of course it will also absolutely kill the mood ahead of Rihanna's concert so again it might be worth thinking about cancelling as a mark of respect.
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