In case you missed it during your Memorial day celebrations, one of the biggest programs in college football lost its head coach this weekend amidst a growing scandal that makes what happened with Reggie Bush at USC look tame by comparison. Jim “Sweatervest” Tressel of “THE” Ohio State University resigned on Monday hours ahead of the release of a damning… Read more »
I hope you all had a wonderful holiday. I certainly did. And amid the revelry, I hope everyone stopped to remember why we celebrate this day — to honor the sacrifices of the brave men and women who have fought and died for our country and our freedom. Apropos of that, I had the following exchange with Loyette, paraphrased as… Read more »
Last night, with the Patriot Act’s surveillance and investigative measures due to expire at midnight, and Congress having just passed an extension while President Obama was on a European pub crawl (or, y’know, addressing Parliament, attending the G-8 summit, meeting with Medvedev, strategizing with world leaders about the revolutions in the Middle East… whatever, same difference), President Obama needed to… Read more »
In January, dying magazine Newsweek declared Grand Rapids, Michigan to be a “dying city.” Grand Rapids decided to rebut this vile slander by, uh, doing… this: I love the guy with the Geraldo t-shirt around the 4:30 mark. Here’s how the project’s Director & Executive Producer, Rob Bliss, explains it: The Grand Rapids LipDub Video was filmed May 22nd, with… Read more »
This tweet is getting a ton of attention in the conservative twittersphere right now: @BarackObama sorry to interrupt the European pub crawl, but what was your Medicare plan?Thu May 26 21:06:40 via Twitter for BlackBerry®Tim Pawlentytimpawlenty My favorite response: I really wish I was running @BarackObama‘s twitter account. I’d answer @timpawlenty‘s tweet by simply asking: “Who are you again?”Thu May… Read more »
So say rumors on the Internets. UPDATE: Here’s the story. Multiple media folks are confirming it. So, no postseason (again) for USC in 2011-12. Any seniors who wish to transfer can (again) do so and play immediately elsewhere. Only shot at a national title is (again) the AP-only version. And the inaugural Pac-12 South will have just five teams competing… Read more »
Heh. (Via MelissaTweets.) This is why, although I like Huntsman, I see him as having basically no chance of winning the nomination.
Paul Ryan says Democratic distortion and demagoguery of his Medicare plan is to blame for a special-election loss in a New York congressional district yesterday, which is being touted as a sign of a building Dem comeback from their 2010 shellacking. I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, the Ryan plan is genuinely worth of criticism —… Read more »
This afternoon, eleven months to the day after I got my first iPhone, I broke it: D’OH!!! #PANIC!!! I was listening to a tornado coverage on an Oklahoma radio station, KRMG, via TuneIn Radio, when my earbuds’ cord got caught on something and, when I made a sudden movement, the iPhone went flying out of my hand and landed 2… Read more »
Now that the Generic Republican is officially running, I’m thinking he needs a slogan that truly reflects his exciting identity. Here are some of the ideas I’ve come up with: • Pawlenty 2012: Adequate for America • Pawlenty 2012: Less Frightening Than The Various Alternatives • Pawlenty 2012: We Are The Ones We Have Been Vaguely Waiting For, Sort Of… Read more »