Bermudez Shorts » Jiu jitsu http://tucsoncitizen.com/bermudez-shorts Humorous rants about popculture, comics, happenings, local politics and local shenanigans Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:16:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 A superhero gets a new suit and a local hero files a suit http://tucsoncitizen.com/bermudez-shorts/2010/04/30/a-superhero-gets-a-new-suit-and-a-local-hero-files-a-suit/ http://tucsoncitizen.com/bermudez-shorts/2010/04/30/a-superhero-gets-a-new-suit-and-a-local-hero-files-a-suit/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:23:46 +0000 Arnie Bermudez http://tucsoncitizen.com/bermudez-shorts/?p=18 After a week of hearing, seeing and talking about how my state of birth has become an embarrassment to the nation and most of humanity I was looking forward to some good news. Fortunately, that came in the red and yellow pages of Invincible Ironman #25. Ironman has always been a pleasure to read and I was hooked ever since the Extremis story line, which not only debuted Adi Granov’s amazing art, but revamped the character in a significant way. Moreover, the armor from Extremis was used as the basis for the costume design in the Robert Downey Jr. movie. So when it was announced that in issue #25 that Tony Stark was getting another upgrade I was stoked and I had to check it out. Aside form all the new twists in the story and the sick new way his armor comes on, the suit just looks awesome!!!  It took some time to get used to the look due to the fact that I was a big fan of the more mechanical look of Adi Granov’s design. This went away real quick after reading issue 25. So for the uninitiated here is what that looks like:

New Iron Man Suit - April 2010

In other news:

Not only did SB1070 tic  lots of people off, it has also prompted one local cop to file a lawsuit against the state on the basis that this law can not be enforced with police neutrality.  The police officer involved is one Martin H. Escobar, who aside from being one bad mutha on the streets of Tucson is also one bad mutha on the mat or ring or whatever place jiu-jitsu guys fight.

Officer Martin H. Escobar, who filed suit against SB 1070, is also a jui-jitsu champion.

Now its obvious he’s Hispanic, but before any Minutemen or Jon Justice fans start accusing him of protecting illegals lets consider the fact that not only can this guy beat you senseless, but in every picture he’s in there’s an American flag behind him, I can’t think of anyone more patriotic than him. Well, except for maybe this guy:

 

Arnie Bermudez

“I don’t go to church too often because I was told he is a jealous god and I don’t want to cause any problems if he’s that insecure when I’m around.” –me

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