The source of all our problems is right in front of our eyes and on far too many wrists: the Apple Watch.The Apple Watch is bad. It’s really bad. It’s an abomination. It’s a crime against nature. The pressing desire to know all these detailed metrics about our body throughout the day isn’t spiritually healthy.If we wanted to pinpoint the moment everything started going down the tubes, we would find ourselves staring at the release date of the first Apple Watch. Once we crossed that threshold, everything started slipping. OK, I might be exaggerating a little. The Apple Watch is not a crime against humanity. It’s not the worst thing in the world. But it’s not good. I know this will anger many who have given into the Apple Watch craze, but someone must tell the truth about this pointless device.Techno-communist The Apple Watch is ugly. No one in his right mind would try to convince you that this nondescript, black cube that hangs off your wrist is elegant or attractive. It’s not pleasing to look at or wear. It’s not strong or powerful in any understandable way, either. It’s nothing at all. Aesthetically, it barely exists.Who looks worse with an Apple Watch — men or women? It’s hard to tell. It looks equally ridiculous on both. It looks pointlessly geeky. The smooth black front and the tapping at the touch screen looks less retro-futurism 1986 and more senior special at Del Boca Vista. It looks less Harrison Ford in "Blade Runner" than it does Rick Moranis in "Spaceballs."For guys, the fragile aesthetic doesn’t exude any kind of strength. It feels overly fastidious and annoyingly particular. It almost feels blandly androgynous, or techno-communist, for lack of a better word.Traditionally, there are two kinds of men’s watches. Watches that are formal and elegant and watches that are rough and rugged. The Apple Watch is neither. It’s a secret, ugly third thing. It’s confused, and it makes every outfit look confused. Jeans, a flannel shirt, and boots look strong. Add an Apple Watch, and it looks confused. A sport coat, poplin button-down, and khaki chinos look classic. Add an Apple Watch, and it looks bizarre.Femininity killer For women, the size and shape of the Apple Watch looks dreadfully clunky and unfeminine. No woman’s wrist looks delicate or beautiful with an Apple Watch. The same bland androgynous effect that we see with men is felt with the women. A woman’s watch should be small and delicate. It should be dainty. It should suit the size of her wrist and exude a kind of feminine elegance. It should feel like jewelry. The Apple Watch on a woman looks like a post-prison ankle monitor or some kind of experimental monitoring device they put on you in the hospital when you are knocking on death’s door. I have seen women in dresses, heels, and Apple Watches. It’s absurd. The ensemble is one of elegance, and then out of nowhere, the Apple Watch is slapped on the wrist, and it feels like it had to have found its way there by accident. No woman would intentionally wear this thing with a dress, would they?Slave to sleepIt’s enough to oppose the Apple Watch on aesthetics alone, but that's not the only strike against it. The very idea of the Apple Watch is offensive and neurotic. Unless you have a serious medical condition, you really don’t need to be monitoring your daily bodily functions and variations this closely.I know that endlessly obsessing over sleep is a trendy thing today among those who have too much time on their hands, but if you are a young and healthy person, you should be able to live your life without turning every day and night into an Excel spreadsheet.The pressing desire to know all these detailed metrics about our body throughout the day isn’t spiritually healthy. It isn’t normal. It isn’t vital. It’s pointlessly obsessive. The Apple Watch exacerbates this decadent obsession of our age more than any other device. This obsession is driving people nuts even if they don’t know it yet. Deep down, you know you don’t really need to know all this stuff. You know it isn’t making your life better in any meaningful way. It’s all just pointless data collection. If you really want to wear an Apple Watch when you exercise, fine. This makes sense. But this silly device really shouldn’t be on your wrist outside the gym. Ugly pieces shouldn’t be staples in a wardrobe, and the Apple Watch is an ugly piece.Pointless overkillApart from the obsessive heath monitoring, the other features of the Apple Watch are completely redundant. You don’t need a watch to receive reminders from your calendar, messages, or emails. You have a phone for this, and nine times out of ten, your phone is sitting right next to you on the table. You end up with two devices within three feet of each other both sending you the same notifications. It’s pointless overkill.As if all that weren’t enough, the price is the final kick in the shins. You are looking at spending hundreds of dollars on a redundant device that exacerbates your neuroticism while looking ugly and polluting every outfit you wear. Sounds great, huh? Don’t take the bait. Don’t waste your money on an Apple Watch. Buy a Timex for 50 bucks and call it a day. Grab a $25 Casio for a real retro-futuristic look. Whatever you do, for God’s sake, never buy an Apple Watch.

Elon Musk recently took a shot at Jennifer Lopez after she told women not to vote for Trump, sarcastically asking, “How many people did she warn against Diddy?” While Trump's win seems to have killed off the celebrity political endorsement for good, it’s still a question worth returning to. From the looks of it, the answer is none.A witness later claimed to have seen a female hand toss a weapon from the car, an observation that led some to suggest Lopez might have been more involved than initially believed. Lopez’s relationship with Sean “Diddy” Combs, from 1999 to 2001, spanned one of the most turbulent chapters of his life. While the slippery showman was then at the height of his power, he also weathered explosive controversies — most notably a notorious 1999 nightclub shooting.This sudden burst of violence cast a long shadow over everyone involved — Lopez included. More on that in a moment.Coincidental connection?The timing of Lopez and Diddy’s relationship coincided with her ambitious pivot from acting to pop stardom. A wise pivot, I might add — anyone who saw her stumping for Kamala Harris knows she’s better suited to lip-syncing than line reading.Her debut album, “On the 6,” was in its early stages when she began dating Diddy, the head of Bad Boy Entertainment, a powerhouse label under Sony — the same company backing Lopez.As her rise in the music world mirrored her time with Diddy, speculation mounted that their connection was more calculated than romantic, more strategic than sincere. Known for mentoring stars like Mary J. Blige and Usher, Diddy was key in shaping Lopez’s image as a credible singer. Lopez herself often called him a mentor, one who guided her through the creation of her first album.Then came the night of December 27, 1999. Lopez and Diddy were at Manhattan hot spot Club New York when an altercation between Diddy’s crew and another group erupted into gunfire, injuring bystanders. Amid the chaos, Lopez stood beside Diddy, bearing witness to an incident that would dominate headlines for months.In the aftermath, the police arrested Lopez, Diddy, and other members of their group after a gun was found in their vehicle during a high-speed attempt to flee the scene. A witness later claimed to have seen a female hand toss a weapon from the car, an observation that led some to suggest Lopez might have been more involved than initially believed. However, the exact nature of her role remained unclear. Despite her arrest, Lopez was eventually released without facing charges, while Diddy prepared for a lengthy legal battle.Fall guyDuring the trial, reports emerged that he had offered his chauffeur, Wardell Fenderson, money and even a diamond ring — a gift from Lopez — to take the blame for the gun found in the car. Although Fenderson initially complied, he later recanted. Throughout the ordeal, Lopez kept a low profile, avoiding public comment on the shooting or her relationship with Diddy. Her silence, however, only fueled the flames. Was she complicit in a cover-up, or was she strategically distancing herself to protect her rising career? Public appearances and interviews sidestepped the trial, focusing instead on her music and god-awful movies. Meanwhile, Diddy’s defense, led by high-profile attorneys Johnnie Cochran and Benjamin Brafman, successfully painted him as uninvolved in the shooting, while Moses "Shyne" Barrow, a young rapper on Diddy’s Bad Boy label, bore the legal consequences. Barrow's defense admitted he fired a gun in self-defense, contrasting sharply with Diddy’s complete denial. In the end, Diddy walked free, while Barrow took the fall, serving nine years in prison. Lopez’s choice to stand by Diddy until the trial’s end only intensified the intrigue. Yet their relationship, like her career today, quickly faded into obscurity.But the ghosts of the past have a strange way of resurfacing.Barrow — now a member of the House of Representatives in Belize — is making the rounds as the subject of a new documentary, which can't help but put renewed scrutiny on that fateful night. Jenny from the (cell) block?As Diddy faces new federal charges of racketeering and other alleged crimes, the possibility of the nightclub shooting re-emerging in court looms. Lopez’s presence that night places her in the spotlight — as a potential witness or, conceivably, a participant. Her testimony, or lack thereof, could be pivotal if investigators decide to revisit the incident as part of a broader investigation into Diddy’s criminal associations. But Lopez’s entanglement with Diddy runs far deeper than that single night.The recent lawsuits lay out allegations stretching from the 1990s through 2022, a time when Lopez and Combs were America’s ultimate celebrity power couple.A 37-year-old woman claims that Combs assaulted her when she was just 13 — with the help of an unnamed male and female celebrity — at an afterparty Combs hosted following the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards. The lawsuit doesn’t reveal the identities of Combs’ alleged accomplices, but Lopez was his date that night, taking home the award for Best Dance Video.Jenny may be from the block, but she could soon find herself looking at a very different kind of block — concrete walls and cold steel.

Blaze Media correspondent and now official “felon” Steve Baker has just pled guilty to four misdemeanor charges stemming from his presence at the Capitol during the January 6 riot. While Baker was there as a journalist, like so many others who did not feel the wrath of the DOJ upon them, the justice system seems to believe he was there as a rioter. “You must have been so relieved when Trump was elected,” Pat Gray of “Pat Gray Unleashed” tells Baker, who confirms Gray’s assumption. “That was a big part of my decision, because my pre-trial hearing was the morning after the election,” Baker explains. “It was brutal. The judge really showed his intolerance.” “He showed that he was going to be completely inflexible in the trial, he dismissed all of our motions — deny, deny, deny, deny — and then the most important motion that we had is we were requesting from the government discovery on the other 80 to 100 journalists that went through the building and weren’t charged with anything,” he continues. “So we were demanding discovery, and the judge says, ‘No, it’s not necessary,’” he adds. Gray can’t believe it, questioning how the judge “can just decide arbitrarily what evidence can be introduced.” “I know that he can rule on things that aren’t relevant to the case, but that’s pretty relevant to the case,” he adds. While Baker could have requested a jury trial, he did not want one in Washington, D.C., as 95% of the population voted for Kamala Harris — who has spent a large part of her campaign demonizing any Trump supporters who were in attendance at the Capitol on January 6. “Not exactly a favorable jury pool,” he jokes. Want more from Pat Gray?To enjoy more of Pat's biting analysis and signature wit as he restores common sense to a senseless world, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

A terrifying scene was recorded on surveillance video earlier this month as a shirtless male posing as a customer at a Florida vape shop tried to sexually assault a woman working behind the counter around midnight.The brave woman not only fought back, but also she appeared on camera for a WTVJ-TV report on the incident to encourage other females who go through what she endured to speak up and speak out without shame.'I want every girl to know what happened to me, so that if they ever go through something like that, they are able to speak up and just know that it's not their fault.'The male entered the Miami Springs shop around midnight Nov. 9, near closing time, and the station said he appeared friendly at first, asking the female clerk questions.But soon surveillance video caught the moment when the shirtless male very slowly walked around the counter opening and toward the woman behind the counter; she backed away.He then grabbed both of her wrists and began walking backward, dragging her away from the counter. She resisted as best she could and begged him, "Please get away, sir!"But the male was significantly taller and stronger, and WTVJ said he dragged her into a back room and put a shirt over her face."He was trying, once again, like I said, touching my [expletive], trying to pull my pants off, and I was just asking him not to do it, please not to do anything to me, and fighting back," the woman told the station in the aftermath.Her fighting back included a moment when she grabbed a toilet plunger and began beating him with it, as her screaming grew louder.The attack ended back in the main part of the store, video shows, where the male is seen letting the woman go and fleeing from the store."The only thing I had in my head, once again, was that I didn't want to ... get raped," the woman told WTVJ. "I just wanted to try to save myself as much as I could."The station noted that anyone with information is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS."I want every girl to know what happened to me, so that if they ever go through something like that, they are able to speak up and just know that it's not their fault," the woman added to WTVJ. "It’s not your fault that you have to go through something like that and that there's people like him out there."You can view a video report here about the attack.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!