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Fox Sports Needs A Geography Lesson
Fox Sports is, of course, a division of Fox News. And Baghdad is, of course, in Iraq, not Iran. Pun fail.
Olympic Badminton Cheating
AP: LONDON — Eight female badminton doubles players were disqualified Wednesday from the London Olympics after trying to lose matches to receive a more favorable place in the tournament. The Badminton World Federation announced its ruling after investigating two teams from South Korea and one each from China and Indonesia. It punished them for "not using one's best efforts to … Read More
Guy Catches Girlfriend With A New Friend On Facebook And Gets Violent
The friend? Mitt Romney: JULY 31–Suspicious that his live-in girlfriend was planning an affair, a Tennessee man confronted the woman after spotting a photo of an unknown guy on her Facebook page, according to a police report. Lowell Turpin, 40, “angrily demanded to know who the male was,” reported Anderson County Sheriff’s Department investigators. Crystal Gray, 38, “replied that it was … Read More
Near Death At Seaworld
Remarkable and scary video of a trainer at Seaworld being attacked by an Orca. From 2006, this was just released through a FOIA request. It gets wild about 1:30 into the video. The Orca grabbed a trainer's foot. The man gets pulled under, then after a while the animal resurfaces and stays at the surface for a while, still holding the … Read More
Heated Debate
As bad as things are in this country, at least we don't pull guns during live televised political debates: According to the Times of Israel: As the Jo Sat TV station discussion became more heated, each of the men accused the other of various crimes and deviancies. Shawabka claimed Murad was in the pay of the Syrian regime. Murad countered … Read More
Quote Of The Day
Well, Aaron Walker got SWATed last night, which provides him an opportunity to act like a First Amendment martyr. It also allowed him to play his favorite game: "I am famous, look at me". Dang, indeed. It also got him some Twitter followers, which for Aaron is validation of self-worth that he apparently didn't get as a child: Still, the … Read More
Dear Michelle Malkin
All you've ever done is whine about how government spending is out of control, and government is too big and bloated. And then suddenly, there are wildfires in your backyard, and you're complaining that the federal government isn't there? Also, global warming, you jackass. So, in conclusion, shut up.
Headline Rewrite Required
Just saw this… Captain of Navy ship relieved following collision "Phew!" he exclaimed. "I almost missed that other boat!"
Quote Of The Day
A blogger tries to sum up the controversy between Brett Kimberlin and Aaron Walker: So he [Kimberlin] runs into another dick [Walker] (who is more of the garden-variety sort, has lots of friends among the 101st Keyboard Kommandos because of a stint over at Patterico’s and is a lawyer), and like two subcritical masses of plutonium banging together, it results … Read More
Quote Of The Day
I love Tbogg: For those who haven’t been following it (and why should you?) a group of B & C-list bloggers (a “bother of bloggers“) got together to wage bloggy jihad on Kimberlin and, in the process, have elevated him in the spookhouse of their minds into Professor Moriarty/Emmanuel Goldstein/ the ‘beast’ in Lord of the Flies/Lord Voldemort/the 12th Cylon or … Read More
In Which I Get A Nice Review
Standout performances bring about laughs in 'A Funny Thing' By: LYNN FELDER | Special correspondent Published: May 06, 2012 Ken Ashford and Gray Smith have proved themselves to be two of the funniest men in town in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," which opened Friday at Twin City Stage. Appearing in nearly every scene, Ashford carries the show with … Read More
A ‘Funny’ coincidence 20 years later
Reprinted from the Winston-Salem Journal: By: LYNN FELDER | Special correspondent Published: April 29, 2012 "A Funny Thing Happened" 20 years ago at Twin City Stage — then the Little Theatre of Winston-Salem — and it's going to happen again Friday when "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" opens. What these two funny things have in common are actor Gray … Read More
Freedom Tower Passes The Empire State Building Today
The new tower at the World Trade Center site is scheduled to become the tallest building in New York City today. As long as the weather cooperates, the tower will surpass the 1,250-foot Empire State Building at 2 p.m. on its way to a final height of 1,776 feet. “It’s wonderful,” Mayor Bloomberg said Sunday. “It’s taken a long time. … Read More