April 2009
111 posts
Not the Type of Protesters Obama Envisioned
Who knew the handicap lobby would pull this type of antic. Pretty radical if you ask me. Americans riding in electric scooters, that’s a faction you want on your side!
WASHINGTON (AP) -
U.S. Park Police say they have arrested 91 protesters in front of the White House, including some in wheelchairs who chained themselves to a fence.
The protesters are calling on the president to support...
Talibanistan Takes up a Niche Market: Bondage
From The NYT-
KARACHI, Pakistan — In Pakistan, a flogger is known only as the Taliban’s choice whip for beating those who defy their strict codes of Islam.
But deep in the nation’s commercial capital, just next door to a mosque and the offices of a radical Islamic organization, in an unmarked house two Pakistani brothers have discovered a more liberal and lucrative use for the scourge:...
De Ja Vu.......
From The NYT-
An Air Force One lookalike, the backup plane for the one regularly used by the president, flew low over parts of New York and New Jersey on Monday morning, accompanied by two F-16 fighters, so Air Force photographers could take pictures high above the New York harbor. But the exercise — conducted without any notification to the public — caused momentary panic in some quarters and...
RIP Bea
Computer v. Ken Jennings (Humans)
From The NYT-
This highly successful television quiz show is the latest challenge for artificial intelligence.
What is “Jeopardy”?
That is correct.
I.B.M. plans to announce Monday that it is in the final stages of completing a computer program to compete against human “Jeopardy!” contestants. If the program beats the humans, the field of artificial intelligence will have made a leap...
The Yawn Factory
It was a piece of funny news this week, seeing Larry Summers yawning throughout an Obama meeting….This is a funny piece by TheDailyBeast, capturing some other pretty funny yawns..
Billionaire Breakup :(
After game one of the Capitals v. Rangers series, I was livid that Jose Theodore was our goaltender, and I let the caps owner know it.( He was permanantly pulled)
Ted Leonsis, who was a founding member of AOL back in the 90’s, owns the Caps, the Mystics, and part of the NBA’s Wizards. Apart from being filthy rich, he’s extremely open and transparent about his business ventures...
That Type of Day....
In 82 games, you usually can find out the character of a team. What they’re made of, and what they can do. In 82 games, going into the playoffs, it was clear that the Capitals were the better team than the seven seeded NY Rangers.
The x factor, up to game 5, was goal tending. We got killed in the first game, and after that We pulled Jose Theodore and went with a 20 year old out of Russia,...
My Tortured Decision
By ALI SOUFAN
Published: April 22, 2009
FOR seven years I have remained silent about the false claims magnifying the effectiveness of the so-called enhanced interrogation techniques like waterboarding. I have spoken only in closed government hearings, as these matters were classified. But the release last week of four Justice Department memos on interrogations allows...
More Than Needed
I’m not a big fan of NYT editorialist and liberal hack, Maureen Dowd, but this piece had nothing to do with politics. It had everything to do with the pathetic service, Twitter. I had an account, but quickly stopped using it after realizing how pathetic it was.
Here is an excerp from the interview between Dowd and the Twitt founders….
I was here on a simple quest: curious to know...
WHAT?!!!!!!!!!
From The BBC-
The NFL has had “substantive talks” with officials in London about holding the Super Bowl in the city, a senior league official has told BBC Sport.
While commissioner Roger Goodell has previously admitted an interest in bringing the game to London, this is the first confirmation of discussions.
“We’ve spoken on what it would take to host and for us to bring...
Douchebagometer OVERLOAD
Who takes the cake for being the biggest douche-bag in this picture? Heidi Montag, Spencer “I wish i could suck my own dick” Pratt, or disgraced governor and soon to be fellon, Rod Blagojovich.
Rod was attemtping to do a NBC reality show, which was going to be taped in Costa Rica, but the judge overseeing Blago’s bond wouldn’t loosen his travel restrictions…Hence,...
Oh David Duke.....
That’s right, the Clan Wizard is behind bars……in the Czech Republic!
PRAGUE (AP) — Former Klan leader David Duke has been detained by police in the Czech Republic on suspicion of denying the Holocaust. Duke went there at the invitation of neo-Nazis to promote the Czech translation of a book he wrote. A police spokesman says the book includes a denial of the Holocaust. ...
Hidden Among us
I woke at around 3:00pm on Friday. My land lord was having his two broken windows repaired on his VW, and the window crew actually came to our house to do the work.
At that point, the shattered glass from my window was all over the inside of my car, as well as all over the road next to the car.
I went over and asked the window guy if I could borrow his vacum, and without any hesitation he said...
The Future of the NY Jets
I’ve seen the numbers. Of QB’s who come to the NFL, and don’t finish all four years of college, in the last 20 years only one has gone on to win a Superbowl- Rothlisberger.
I’m sitting here in the Library, and a kid sits down next to me, and asks to borrow my head phones. He turns on ESPN’s live internet coverage of the NFL draft, and I continue writing. I then ask...
Crime Sucks
What are those glass pieces laying on the inside of my car? The remnents of my passenger side front window.
I was passed out on Thursday night, at around 1:30am. I hear a pounding on my door, coming from the house mate below me, telling me come outside. I’m thinking to myself, WTF????
I groggilly throw somet shoes and pants on, and walk down two floors. My landlord Seth, and two house...
No Need to Worry Craiglisters
It looks like that 2007 SUNY Albany graduate- turned Craigslist Killer- will not be the raison de etre that shuts down the “erotic” side of craigslist.
From The AP-
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The founder of Craigslist does not plan to close the “erotic services” section of the Web site despite criticism that has intensified after a medical student was accused of killing a...
“We are right to feel somewhat encouraged, but we would be wrong to conclude that...”
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-Tim Geitner, Treasury Secretary.
OUCH! Talk about raining on America’s parade.
The question is, is it better to be overly optimistic, or overly pessimistic (As treasurer of AU’s college moderates, I would say somewhere in the middle.)
It appears that from day to day, President...
78 and Sunny.
It’s about 78 degrees and sunny here in Albany on this beautiful Saturday afternoon. I could be out boozing it up and eating overly charged hamburgers and hotdogs, but instead I sit in the SUNY Albany library, writing to you.
My computer is known for “acting up.” For two days it simply wouldn’t turn on. Then it turned on, but the screen isn’t working. If I had the...
What the Future Holds for Elliot Spitzer
Newsweek is the best when Newsweek does what is supposed to do: Report.
This story on Elliot Spitzer, the private citizen, is a telling tale on what happens to champion when he is knocked to the ground.
“For the first time in a decade, he tried to be a private person. There was an upside: more free time meant more running in the park. He resumed his weekly tennis game. He cooked...
Happy Holidays
This is a fantastic, evenly argued piece on the crop that
American’s love so much.
From the Phillidelphia Inquirer-
I knew when I saw my father sitting at the kitchen table that I was in trouble. I was a teenager, returning home late from a night out with my friends. I was high. As we did most nights, my friends and I had been smoking pot. It was 1970. Nearly everyone I knew my age...
As REM says... "Everybody Hurts"
From Daily Beast-
Fortune 500 Earnings Drop 85%
A grim picture from Fortune’s annual report: “America’s 500 biggest companies earned $98.9 billion in 2008, down 85 percent from $645.2 billion in profits the previous year.” It was the worst performance in the 55-year history of the list. A clear indicator of how bad the year was—three of the companies in the top 10 of...
WatchVery, Very, GOOD!
Eminem’s been out of the rap game for nearly four years, but this songs exactly what he needs to stir up the controversy that put him where he was.
He goes after everyone in this, from Sarah Palin to Bret Michaels (BALD Refrence)
This is a dope video. Dope is the word.
“I’m not sure if it’s good to have freedom or not. I’m...”
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-Jackie Chan, Ninja master.
Although I see where Jackie is coming from, It’s never smart to air this type of comment in an open forum.
China, being acountry of 1.3 billion people, who have seen economic growth in a span of time that no country in modern history has seen, might be better...
High Risk, High Reward...High Toxicity
From CNN-
WASHINGTON (CNN) – A.B. Culvahouse, the attorney tasked with leading the vetting process for Republican presidential nominee John McCain’s running mate, said Friday that he thoroughly scrutinized Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and said that he “came away impressed.” McCain’s vetting process came under scrutiny after numerous surprises about Palin popped up in the...
Original, to Say the Least
Such a strange movie. Some people have called it a downer, but as the credits began to roll, I wasn’t sure what to think. Lots to feel good about, and a lot of not so bright moments.
The storyline is simple-
The son of the main character is kicked out of elementary school for being “strange,” but the private schools in the area are too expensive for the mom, who can barely...
Gaza Goes Macys
I was looking for some new pants over the weekend, and had a $60 gift certificate to Macy’s, so I took a ride over to the local mall.
I was searching for sales racks, and on my way, I passed the New Palistinian scarf section. Who knew that the ways of the Gaza Strip would hit the shelves of America? I thought the consumer Jewish Lobby was too powerful :)
When I see a kadifa, typically...
Corporate Creativity
When I was growing up, the bike you had meant a lot. I remember around the age of twelve, sitting in my favorite restaraunt with my dad, and BEGGING for a Dyno VFR….He didn’t want to shell out the $300. His logic was, if he sold out and bought it for me, and I didn’t know how to handle him telling me no, “You will go on to become a drug user.”
I ended up getting...
I Smell Foul
This theory comes from The NY Post-
By now at least 30 million people worldwide (roughly the same number who view the Oscars, or the Super Bowl) have watched an extraordinary clip from a popular UK show called “Britain’s Got Talent.” A dowdy, 47-year-old virgin named Susan Boyle takes the stage, wearing her low heels and her Sunday best. The crowd laughs at her, and Boyle -...
