April 2009
111 posts
Don't Mess With Texas...I mean France
From The Times of London-
President Sarkozy yesterday threatened to wreck the London summit if France’s demands for tougher financial regulation are not met.
France will not accept a G20 that produces a “false success with language that sounds good but contains no commitments”, his advisers said.
Mr Sarkozy, who blames the “Anglo-Saxons” for causing the economic crisis, told his ministers...
March 2009
146 posts
Fuck Gold..We're Talking Platinum Parachute
From ABCNEWS-
Under Wagoner’s leadership, GM lost tens of billions of dollars, took billions in taxpayer-financed aid, and cut tens of thousands of jobs, including announced plans to cut 47,000 employees by the end of 2009.
Rick Wagoner will leave his post as CEO of bailed-out General Motors with a $20 million retirement package, the company’s financial filings show.
Although the Treasury...
KFC to Replace Defunct Government
From Cleveland.com
Why did the fried-chicken maker cross the road? To fill the potholes, of course.
The folks at KFC recently cooked up an appetizing offer for cash-strapped cities: The restaurant chain will fix crater-ridden streets for free if they’re allowed to brand repairs with a chalked-on message saying that the road has been “Re-Freshed by KFC.”
Company president...
WatchJimmy Fallon is fighting the good fight.
With Mr.Belding on board, he’s championing the idea of brining the entire cast of Saved by the Bell to his show, and reuniting them all in one place for the first time since the show kicked the bucket!!!
Go to Jimmy’s site, and SIGN THE PETITION letting Zack, Kelly, Slater, Jesse, Screech, and Lisa know that America is looking to smile again-...
Uh Oh
NBC’s Internal research on Amy Poehler’s new show, Parks and Recreation were leaked over the weekend, and it doesn’t look good for The Office spin off. Although, Friends got bombed back in 1994. Here are some glimpses into the poor response.
• PARKS AND RECREATION’s overwhelming resemblance to THE OFFICE caused many viewers to simply see it as a “carbon copy” of a successful...
“Myself, I’m a pothead. It’s no secret. Everyone knows that. I go on the road and...”
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-Method Man
Talking to hiphopDX, Method man explained his lapse in paying his taxes. Blaming it on the chronic.
Bruno; A Bit Too Sexy
From TheDailyBeast-
Universal’s Bruno, the widely anticipated Sacha Baron Cohen docu-comedy opening in July, has been slapped with an NC-17 rating on its first submission to the Motion Picture Association of America because of numerous sexual scenes that the ratings board considers over the line, according to the studio releasing the film. Among the objectionable scenes is one in which two...
Going Back to the Basics?
Music television.MTV. Whatever you want to call the once golden network. Maybe I’m giving Viacom’s music branch too much credit by referring to the network as golden, and even relating the network to anything musically is also misleading based on the content at any given time.
Over the last seven or eight years, or maybe more like 15, the rate of social decay seen on MTV has far...
How Not to Get a Job
From TheSmokingGun-
This guy walks into an interview. Thank, But no thanks!
Lets see here…..The words “Fuck Bitches” on his neck. The word shit on his forehead. And if tear drops are supposed to count for numbers of people you’ve killed, this guy has racked up 6 kills.
Not only is this eternal thug not getting that job at the Quickie-Mart, He’s going to hell,...
Spain's Beaches Off Limits to GWB Minions
From The NYT-
LONDON — A Spanish court has taken the first steps toward opening a criminal investigation into allegations that six former high-level Bush administration officials violated international law by providing the legal framework to justify the torture of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, an official close to the case said.
The case, against former Attorney General Alberto R....
Terms to Know
Day by day, in hopes of truly understanding the intricicies of todays financial current events, I try to research and better understand the market, as in the market that is currently on government aided life support.
To truly understand the market that existed from 1993ish to the present, you have to not only understand what your 11th grade high school teacher taught you in the pages of your...
Nintendo Entertainment System Style
From The Sun Herald-
“In a bedroom decorated by sports posters, USM quarterback Brett Favre passes thetime playing video golf in Kiln on April 21, 1991. Favre was waiting for the phone call to come from the NFL Draft. The Atlanta Falcons eventually drafted the Golden Eagle quarterback.”
“You know that guy in the Sham-Wow commercials? He got arrested for beating a...”
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-The Lovely Caitlin Pratt
Whenever I see mullets or rat-tails I text/call Cait and let her know of the siting, so she can keep a running count in the mullet/rat-tail index.
Well today, I got a text. Oh yes. Even though I can’t confirm the beating, which I don’t endorse, I’m...
Look Who's Back
From Variety-
Bob Barker is coming back down to “The Price Is Right.” Not to host but promote his new autobiography, “Priceless Memories.” Barker, who hosted 6,500 episodes of the venerable gameshow before retiring and handing the skinny mic to current emcee Drew Carey, will take part in Wednesday’s taping at the CBS lot on the stage named after him. He’ll...
Prepping for the Pen'
Rog Blagojevich, disgraced/impeached Illinois governor, spoke to The Daily Best about what he has been up to since he was booted out of office.
Not suprisingly, he says he is doing a lot of reading- getting his reading list together before he goes to jail, a place where he’ll have LOTS of time to do that reading he loves so much.
Blago’s Reading list
WatchI thought Obama was all about going Green……Hypocrite
State of the Blog
There really isn’t any reason I’m posting this type of information, its just the fact that every now and then I monitor how I’m doing, post wise, on keeping up with this site.
Just for kicks, I started graphing it, to make myself feel like it was doing something serious, and found out in the process that Like keeping this sort of “progress report.”
I’m...
D-Bag Scale
How big of a douche bag is Ed Henry of CNN? He thought he was sly and tried to pull a quick one on Obama at Tuesday nights press conference, but Obama hit back and exposed the emperor who was missing his clothes.
In his own words, pathetic at best- unprofessional at worst, Henry explains what was behind the event, and what lead up to it.
Douche Scale- 8/10
Read his side of the story.
Family Values and Recreational Choices of GOP...
From Wonkette-
And you all thought Washington wasn’t sexy: the office of ambitious young House Republican Whip Eric Cantor has confirmed to your Wonkette that instead of watching President Obama’s boring press conference last night like the rest of us dingbats, Cantor and a bipartisan group of legislators attended the Show Of The Century at downtown’s Verizon Center: a Britney Spears concert....
“Yes, I wore Arctic Cat snow gear at an outdoor event, because it was cold...”
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-Sarah Palin
Our favorite GILF can’t seem to steer clear from ethics violations, or at least perceived breaches of ethics. At a motocross event last week, she was wearing a coat from the brand Arctic Fox, who sponsors her husband, and another company is charging that she is in conflict of...
“We have a financial system that is run by private shareholders, managed by...”
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-Tim Geitner
If this sort of assertion, which Geitner reiterated on CNBC in Feruary, does not give calm to conservatives who are paranoid about some sort of socialist encroachment, I don’t know what will.
What do 8th grade boys do when they have too...
WatchReality driven humor.
When things are so bad, Iraq looks good.
They Might Go Hungry, But They Wont Go Without...
Talk about a nice aspect of the social welfare state. One of Spain’s top football clubs, Villarreal, is instituting a policy that benefits their loyal fans.
Noting the terrible economic climate, globally, the teams ownership doesn’t want an empty stadium anytime soon, so they’re going beyond charitible, which I see at absoultely admirible.
From ESPN-
Villarreal will offer...
Educate Yourself
Liberal. Conservative. Whatever you are, you really should try to understand whats going on on Wall St and in Washington. This is our future, you should understand who is writing it.
Even though I hope this author is wrong, Its a good read on dissecting exactly what Tim Geitner is trying to do to revive lending and the lifeblood to capitalist markets. It’s complicated, but so is life.
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Respect
Last month, Canada’s most respected and outspoken Hockey personality, Don Cherry, called out Alex Ovechkin on his “over the top” goal celebrations. He let it be known that celebrations such as Ovi’s board sliding smashes and rowdy fist pumping are overkill, and said that they needed to be left on the soccer field, not on the ice.
In a calm and cool manner, Ovi handled it...
OOPS.....
Curt Schilling just announced that he’s throwing in the towel, after giving 23 Years of world class pitching….top 20 in wins and strikeouts all time, and ESPN accidentally puts up a photo of JOSE Consaco?????
Blooper or Vendetta?
A Rare Win
From the highly lauded Daily News-
Someone is finally making some money off Bernie Madoff.
A Queens construction worker used the swindler’s prison number to play the lottery and won $1,500.
Ralph Amendolaro, 50, noticed the digits under Madoff’s mug on the front page of the Daily News the day after he pleaded guilty - 61727-054.
When he stopped at a corner store near his Glendale...
Intersting Finding in Neurological Study on...
From Reuters-
People who have a high family risk of developing depression had less brain matter on the right side of their brains on par with losses seen in Alzheimer’s disease, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
Brain scans showed a 28-percent thinning in the right cortex — the outer layer of the brain — in people who had a family history of depression compared with people who...
The Ways' of Bruno
After making Borat in 2006, Sacha Baron Cohen sought some new methods in fooling unsuspected bigots into believing that he was with a German news agency looking to make a film in America, posing as a gay Austrian fashion commentator. It has come to light that Cohen used several front companies in his attempts, posing as Hollywood film agencies in hopes of gaining credibility with interviewees,...
The Guy From Philly Is Staying Put!
From NYT-
Chris Matthews, the usually garrulous host of “Hardball” on MSNBC, has quietly signed a new long-term contract to remain with the cable network through the next election, signaling that he had quit entertaining any plans to run for a Senate seat. The deal is for at least four years. Financial terms were not disclosed, and neither side would confirm whether MSNBC had won a reduction...
“He goes and accuses me of exporting terrorism? The least I can say is that...”
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-Hugo “fire thrower” Chavez
In response to an interview Obama gave in January that just surfaced. Having good relations with Venezuela is in America’s best interests, but they couldn’t have gotten worse during the last 8 year, to the point where Chavez called Bush the...
Insult to Injury. Or in This Cast, Mass Carnage.
From the Times of London-
“When the court asked alleged Mumbai gunman Ajmal Amir Kasab whether he understood the charges against him, the so-called “baby face killer” broke into a fit of laughter, the London Times reports. The Pakistani national’s charge sheet runs to 11,000 pages and is written in English and Marathi, the local language of Mumbai. Kasab was caught on...
Welcome to my world of middle school Prank...
WatchBarack-a-tologist calls it a UNC title year.
Another Perspective
As liberal Americans idolize their new found hero in John Stewart after his unabashingly intense indictment of Jim Cramer, some observers are noting some other unflattering characteristics many don’t see. This is an interesting piece by a former Stewart victim, the bow-tie himself;Tucker Carlson.
“The relationship between Stewart and the media is a marriage of the self-loathing and...
It needs to be made clear that Mail Order Wife is not real.
This twisted production is in the realm of “mockumentary,” but my friend Allie and I continually questioned whether or not what we were watching was real.
The plot is something you would find out of a documentary. The film maker would fund to have a women come to America from Burma (mail order bride), if he could caputre...
PhD in Bracketology; Mr.Obama
From ESPN-
“After telling ESPN.com’s Andy Katz in October that he would fill out an NCAA tournament bracket if he were elected, the president did just that. His complete bracket will be revealed along with the interview with Katz in the White House during the noon ET “SportsCenter” on Wednesday.”
WatchUSA BABY!
Three other reasons to be happy if you’re a Mets fan……
Walk off hit by my main man David Wright
Center Field leaping catch over the fence by Beltran
Dead Center blast from Delgado……..
M-E-T-S!!!
“Congrats to Jenna Jameson! She gave birth to a set of twins. She named them...”
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-Jimmy Fallon
Ben Folds College Gig
From Stereogrum-
Ben Folds has created a new album, Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella, a collection of the US of A’s best a cappella groups covering his songs. Over two months, he, his wife Fleur, and engineer Joe Costa recorded the tracks themselves. The sounds were all captured with six area mics. Each session got four hours. This is raw a cappella, people. And, as Folds says,...