July 2009
100 posts
Watch Where You Aim That Hose
From Florida’s Sun Sentinel-
JENSEN BEACH - A man was charged with domestic battery after he drenched his wife with a garden hose and attacked her for smoking in the house, according to a police report. The altercation began Saturday evening when the victim entered the couple’s residence in the 1400 block of Northeast Chardon Street while smoking a cigarette. The affidavit says the...
Note to Politico's: Know Your Enemy
This months edition of Vanity Fair has a six page piece on Sarah Palin, the Alaskan upstart who is trying her best to stay relevent for her 2012 run for The White House.
As November 2008 fades, more and more people within the McCain camp are beginning to talk, as are Alaskan’s who have dealt with Palin in both personal and professional setting, who are shedding light on the real person,...
Palin V. Obama......Foot Race Challenge
This is an excerpt from an interview Sarah Palin did with Runner’s World
Our President, I’m told, is a runner. Would you ever run with him? I would, absolutely. I would and people have asked if I’d ever challenge him to one-on-one because we both love basketball. But look, he towers over me and I wouldn’t be complaining about an unfair advantage there, but maybe...
June 2009
109 posts
Rudy for Gov. All But Certain.
In recent polls conducted by Marist College, Rudy is slam dunking all opponesnts, Democrat and Republican. The real question I find myself asking is…….
Who is crazy enough to want to govern this state?!
Good Rudy interview from TheDailyBeast.
I Hope they Have Oxi-Clean in Heavan
TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at Florida home
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Billy Mays, the burly, bearded television pitchman whose boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean made him a pop-culture icon, has died. He was 50. Tampa police said Mays was found unresponsive by his wife Sunday morning. A fire rescue crew pronounced him dead at 7:45 a.m. It was not immediately...
WatchJIB-JAB Presents……..
Barack Obama- He’s come to save the day!
World Cup 2010 South Africa....Ready or not!
From The NYT-
JOHANNESBURG — On June 11, 2010, soccer’s World Cup — the world’s largest sporting event and, many believe, the most important — will open with an African host for the first time. The monthlong, 32-team tournament, to be held in 10 stadiums around South Africa, will present organizers with significant challenges regarding security, transportation and accommodation of the expected...
Lisa Marie Presley in Her Own Words
From LMP’s MYSPACE-
Friday, June 26, 2009 He Knew. Years ago Michael and I were having a deep conversation about life in general. I can’t recall the exact subject matter but he may have been questioning me about the circumstances of my Fathers Death. At some point he paused, he stared at me very intensely and he stated with an almost calm certainty, “I am afraid that I am...
Lookin' to go Hunting? Pirate Hunting?
From Asylum-
Passengers on a new cruise along the coast of Somalia are paying to catch more than just salmonella. A Russian luxury yacht company is now offering pirate-hunting trips that promise the chance to be attacked by real sea bandits. The yachts cruise from Djibouti to Mombasa in Kenya at deliberately low speeds in the hopes of attracting pirates. Passengers pay $5,000 for the trip,...
M.J Speculation: OXYCOTIN/ Narcotics OD
VIA ABC NEWS: “Michael Jackson was ‘heavily addicted’ to the powerful pain killer Oxycontin and received ‘daily doses’ of it and of another pain killer, Demerol, according to a senior law enforcement official briefed on the initial investigation of his death. The Los Angeles police were told Jackson received an injection of Demerol one hour before his death, the official said. The information...
Clearly Jesus Was a Gun Owner
From The NYT-
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Ken Pagano, the pastor of the New Bethel Church here, is passionate about gun rights. He shoots regularly at the local firing range, and his sermon two weeks ago was on “God, Guns, Gospel and Geometry.” And on Saturday night, he is inviting his congregation of 150 and others to wear or carry their firearms into the sanctuary to “celebrate our rights as...
P.I.M.P
Alex Ovechkin at the 2009 NHL Award ceremonies in Las Vegas, where he walked away with his second consecutive MVP trophy as well as his 2nd consecutive award for best player, voted on by the NHL players.
AO also found some time to pose with his NHL 2K10 video game cover.
Talk about the face of a franchise!
Guess Who?
There is nothing like finding an old high shcool photo, or finding a photo of one of you favorite or least favorite musicians. To put a name to these mugs, go here!
I Had to Post it.
From TPM-
Not sure Which scandal is associated with Which Republican?
A Big Record for a Little Man
From the UK’s Daily Mail-
At just two feet tall, Khagendra Thapa Magar is just four months away from being named the world’s smallest man. Excitedly awaiting his 18th birthday in October of this year, Khagendra and his family are in contact with Guinness to take the official crown from 2ft 5in He Ping Ping of China. Weighing only 10lbs, Khagendra has become something of a celebrity...
WatchJust the other day, a friend asked me , “why don’t you read fiction?” and I said there is too much in this world that needed to be understood to make sense of it all, and there simply was too little time for fiction in my opinion. What I also forgot to mention was that often times, reality is far more outlandish than anything fiction can provide. If you have not heard about the...
Richard Nixon.......What Abortions Are Good For...
From The NYT-
WASHINGTON — On Jan. 23, 1973, when the Supreme Court struck down laws criminalizing abortion in Roe v. Wade, President Richard M. Nixon made no public statement. But privately, newly released tapes reveal, he expressed ambivalence.
Nixon worried that greater access to abortions would foster “permissiveness,” and said that “it breaks the family.” But he also saw a need for...
I've Already Pre-Ordered My Copy. Have You?
From Gawker-
Well here’s 2011’s must-have beach read—Dick Cheney has signed a deal to write a memoir for Simon & Schuster’s Threshold Editions, the company’s conservative imprint which recently published books by Lynne Cheney, Glenn Beck and Mark Levin. The legendarily secretive Cheney said he was motivated to write a book because he’s got lots of wacky stories...
I Declare You Retired
From the UK’s Guardian-
Their gesture attracted worldwide comment and drew the attention of football fans to Iran’s political turmoil. Now the country’s authorities have taken revenge by imposing life bans on players who sported green wristbands in a recent World Cup match in protest against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed re-election.
According to the pro-government...
The Slow Death of Myspace :)
From TheDailyBeast-
Last week, as Iranian reform candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi was blasting out messages through Facebook—and Twitter was becoming a tool of the revolution—MySpace took a different tack: It slashed nearly a third of its staff. Today the site announced the elimination of two-thirds of its international staff and the closing of four offices outside of the United States.
The move...
Can You Say Draconian?
From WGN Chicago-
(WGN-AM)- U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk will call for legislation Monday that would toughen drug trafficking laws regarding a highly-potent form of marijuana, with penalties of up to 25 years in prison for a 1st-time offense. The law would target offenders who sell or distribute marijuana that has a THC content exceeding 15 percent, which is between 5 and 10 percent higher than average...
WatchHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. AHAHAHAHAHA.
“Fergie, You’re FUGLY BITCH!”
WatchWho knew Richard Simmons had this in him?
Tenacious little guy.
Watch2 words. Holy shit.
2 more words…
VIVA LA REVOLUTION!
MVP REPEAT!
From ESPN-
LAS VEGAS — He is Alex The Great — again. Washington Capitals star forward Alex Ovechkin pulled off the kind of repeat the Detroit Red Wings dreamed about by snagging the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP for the second straight year Thursday night. Ovechkin also walked off with the NHL Players’ Association’s Lester B. Pearson Award, given to the most outstanding player...
Lindsay Lohan Showing off her Tweets on Twitter....
Lindsay Posted this photo on her Twitter Account yesterday. Attention Whore? I’m not arguing.
Equality for All of God's Creatures
From The AP-
Norfolk-based group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants the flyswatter-in-chief to try taking a more humane attitude the next time he’s bedeviled by a fly in the White House. PETA is sending President Barack Obama a Katcha Bug Humane Bug Catcher, a device that allows users to trap a house fly and then release it outside. “We support compassion even for...
Bruno is Approaching......
From the UK’s Daily Mail-
July 10th, less than one month away from the American release!!!!!!
This pic was taken at the British Premiere.
In aforementioned hotpants, a sleeveless red jacket and a bearskin hat, he marched in to the strains of Gloria Gaynor’s I Will Survive, accompanied by a team of dancers dressed in the same outfit. He minced up to the podium and told the...
Model Legislation We Can be Proud of
From The AP-
City: Workers Must Wear Underwear Deodorant Also Included In Florida City’s Revised Dress Code
A Florida city has written common sense into its employee dress code: Wear underwear to work
The Brooksville city council recently approved a revised dress code as part of its effort to update existing policies. The revision instructs employees to observe “strict personal...
WatchThere seem to be jobs in DC. Line Holders, mostly homeless.
WatchThis made me SOOOO uncomfortable……….I loved it but I didn’t.
Artie Lange….I love the guy, but this was over the line.
Only in Dreams....or the Life of Roman Abramovich
From the UK’s Daily Mail-
It is the biggest private yacht in existence and comes with a missile-detection system, two helipads, a luxury spa, swimming pool and a miniature submarine. But when you’re Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, only the most ostentatious displays of wealth will do. His latest baby is the Eclipse, a 557-footer reported to have cost a staggering £300million.
...
WatchWhy Does This Type of Behavior No Longer Shock Me?
From POLITICO-
Sen. John Ensign acknowledged Tuesday that he had an affair with a campaign staffer — an admission that stunned his colleagues, hurt his chances for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination and called into question his future as a leader of the Senate GOP. The Nevada Republican admitted in Las Vegas Tuesday that he had...
Fighting for the Family Jewels
From NHL Fanhouse-
It was a pretty big deal when Red Wings defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom, for the first time in his NHL career, missed a playoff game in the Western Conference finals. The future Hall of Famer missed Games 4 and 5 against the Chicago Blackhawks (both Detroit wins) and, as it turns out, he had a pretty good — and extremely painful — excuse. He was having his testicle...
How is Your Road Rage?
From The Auto Channel-
June 16 — For the first time in four years, a new city claims the title as the worst in the U.S. for road rage. New York has unseated Miami as the least courteous city, according to the fourth annual In the Driver’s Seat Road Rage Survey, commissioned by AutoVantage, a leading national auto club. The Big Apple moved up from its No. 3 ranking last year to claim...
Something to Think About
From IHAVENET-
Why No One Can Guess When Main Street Recovery will Occur By Paul A. Samuelson (Esteemed Economist and Scholar)
Henry Ford said, “History is bunk.” Even more cynically, Napoleon said, “History is a set of fables agreed upon.” Both had a point. But back in the early 1930s, during the Great Depression, President John F. Kennedy’s father, Old Joe...
WatchNo shocker here……………
The Summer of 1998. Swimming pools, cook outs, and a chase for a home run record.
News casts and television shows were often interrupted to cover the home run slug fest between Mark McGuire and Slammin Sammy Sosa. It grabbed the attention of the nation, both fans and non-fans alike. Looking back on it now, it seems so fraudulent. It appears...
WatchLong Island to Secede?
The 2016 Summer Olympic Games Will be in..........
From Forbes-
In Olympic events the best is unambiguous. The race goes to the swiftest, the match to the strongest. Not so in the voting for the Olympic host city. On Oct. 2 the International Olympic Committee will meet in Copenhagen to choose the site for the 2016 Summer Games. Chicago is among the contenders, along with Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro. Some would even say that Chicago is the...
Looking Good TIM!
From Freakonomics Blog-
According to the prediction markets at Intrade.com, the chances that Treasury Sec. Tim Geitner departs his post this year have declined from a high above 40 percent to around 10 percent.
Enemy of the State
From Detroit News-
Washington — A pair of right-wing radio hosts says there’s only one choice for conservatives angry about government involvement in the auto industry: Boycott GM. “Nobody wants to support an Obama company,” Rush Limbaugh told his audience Friday, citing a poll showing that 17 percent of Americans backed a boycott of GM. “Every dollar spent with GM...
