Twitter: LOL! Fixed now. RT @johntabin: OMG, @kausmickey — The flyers on your website say to vote for you on June 7. The election is June 8! #facepalm
This morning, in response to some reporting by the New York Times — money quote: “Does Notre Dame become the 12th team in the Big Ten or does it risk being forced to later join the conference as the 16th team?” — and SportsByBrooks (which summarized things thusly, in a tweet: “Notre Dame AD: No current talks w/ Big 10…. Read more »
Twitter: USC has not received word yet from NCAA re: infractions report. http://bit.ly/dw11bU. 24-48 hour notice is customary.
FriendFeed: Massive Flow Of Bulls**t Continues To Gush From BP Headquarters
Twitter: Student Loans and the Second Recession: http://bit.ly/cT5Uh6. Soaring student debt is an underexplored, VERY important societal issue IMHO.
FriendFeed: Photo of the Day: F-15 overflight of Space Shuttle launch
Twitter: RT @daveweigel: Poll: Favorable rating of tea party movement tumbles from 41-39 positive to 50-36 negative. http://bit.ly/aBGALU
FriendFeed: Notre Dame’s preferences, in order, are: 1) Status quo. 2) Join a 12-team Big Ten. 3) Join a 16-team Big Ten. 4) Be “left behind” in superconference era. It’s hard to believe they’d be so short-sighted as to reject #2 in hopes of preserving #1 when that makes #3 or #4 overwhelmingly likely. Then again, they did give Charlie Weis a 10-year contract.
Twitter: RT @SPORTSbyBROOKS: Notre Dame AD: No current talks w/ Big 10. Scene appears set for Big 12 demise, Pac-16. http://bit.ly/aO1Fua
Say what you will about blogging pioneer / curmudgeonly Democratic gadfly / U.S. Senate candidate Mickey Kaus, but he sure knows how to set expectations low. Here’s his take, in Calbuzz, on his chances in today’s primary against Barbara Boxer: My friend Jill Stewart of L.A. Weekly bet a friend dinner that I wouldn’t top 5%. But I don’t want… Read more »