The Roundup: Shark Attack in the Bahamas
Baseball, Cockfighting, Media Gossip/Musings, NBA, NFL, NHL, Politics, Sharks, Tennis February 26th. 2008, 8:09am
Miss Fox, drinking somewhere and spilling all over herself … Oscar ratings set a new all-time low Sunday … When someone stumbles upon the Maria Kanellis playboy photos, could they pass along a link? … swimming with sharks is always bad idea, even in the Bahamas … if you’re interested in the logic behind Diablo Cody’s massive arm tattoo … our consumption society is not in a good place … be aware of the three-hour Starbucks shutdown this afternoon … wow, Google has dipped under $500. At one point does it become a bargain? …
Darren McFadden knocked up two women while at Arkansas, and will have a child born in July and another one in August. (Randball)
Guess the Bears are striving for mediocrity again - they’ve resigned Kyle Orton. (Rumors and Rants)
Today’s contrarian link - Steve Nash might be overrated because his defense is shoddy. (Empty the Bench)
Roger Clemens, breasts, and Jose Canseco’s infamous party. (NYDN)
The Pedro Martinez cockfighting video has its own website now. (Pedro’s Cock Fight)
Nine-year-old booted from tennis club in Australia for grunting. (Lion in Oil)
Thoughts on Peter Forsberg’s return to the Avalanche. (Hockey Madness)
McMansions turning to tenements? Real estate must-read before you buy. (The Atlantic)
Going after Jon Heyman. (Crashburn Alley)
Nice to see bloggers talking Rutgers football in February! landing pre-NFL draft interviews. (Rotten Apple Sports)
White people looking goofy at the NFL combine. (Throwing into Traffic)
Barry Obama, on CNN in 2004, essentially said he didn’t have the experience to run for President. (Hot Air)
Tampa Bay wants Carolina RB DeShaun Foster, but the 49ers could be in the mix, too. (Cat Crave)
Could the 2008 D-Rays be the 1969 Mets? (One More Dying Quail)
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February 26th, 2008 at 8:23 am
I am looking to buy a house right now and it seems like there are more foreclosure or bank-owned houses on the market right now than anything. The market is great if you are looking for a flip.
February 26th, 2008 at 8:36 am
she looks like she could wreck my credit rating
February 26th, 2008 at 8:41 am
Google has dipped under $500. At one point does it become a bargain…somewhere around $50. Text based search is slowly dying.
February 26th, 2008 at 8:42 am
Who are the “D” Rays? I know of no such team.
February 26th, 2008 at 8:45 am
Barry’s for change…and with that change, comes changing one’s mind about when to run for President.
February 26th, 2008 at 8:47 am
@coop: You can’t be serious.
@TBL: Have you seen Scarlett’s arm tattoo? If that is real, she is gross.
February 26th, 2008 at 8:59 am
Fuck yeah I’m serious. There has been many studies showing that text based ads, the kind that google makes around 90% of its revenue through, are basically messed up and won’t continue as is for much longer. This is my favorite one, 6% of web users generate 50% of ad clicks. That 6% are the dumbest, poorest web surfers, who generally don’t buy anything. I guess they just have to punch that monkey.
http://www.smvgroup.com/news_popup_flash.asp?pr=1643
February 26th, 2008 at 9:00 am
diablo cody looks like one of those strippers that dance at one of those real seedy places by the airport that everyone knows will give you a blowie for 25 in the back room
February 26th, 2008 at 9:13 am
So what we learn is that D-Mac hits the holes better than we thought and is much quicker than he revealed in his 40 time?
February 26th, 2008 at 9:25 am
Thanks to SVP, I’m too late to make a “hitting the holes” joke. Guess I’ve got to wake up earlier.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:26 am
So pretty much that article said that 4 years ago Obama felt he didn’t have the experience, OK so in that time he has had 4 years of experience in the Senate…I don’t see where that article is an indictment on him running in 2008. I don’t think any job truly prepares you to be President of the United States so whether you spent 4 years in the Senate or 25, were a Governor or congressman or captain of industry…no one is fully prepared for that job…so it is truly up to the People for this country to decide who they think is best suited and let that person grow into the position…some times we do OK and other times we don’t but we are the one’s choosing.
/off my soapbox/
February 26th, 2008 at 9:29 am
Isn’t Diablo Cody winning the best screenplay at the Oscars a huuuuge kick in the balls to writers everywhere? The screenwriters strike for months, finally come to agreement just before the Oscars, and then a freaking STRIPPER wins best screen play! (As heard from Jay Thomas on Stern this a.m.)
February 26th, 2008 at 9:33 am
Jay Thomas has been HILARIOUS, good call, Spidey.
The other guy who i never thought was funny, but kills on Stern - Gilbert Gottfried
February 26th, 2008 at 9:39 am
We really want a President to “grow into the position”? Good God…we have such low expectations.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:39 am
TBL do you like greg fitzsimmons when he is on the show?
February 26th, 2008 at 9:40 am
well we have a prez now that had “experience” and he pretty much sucked shit
February 26th, 2008 at 9:45 am
@Mmonast - I think Fitzsimmons is a really funny guy. Because of him, I now tivo “Best Week Ever ” on E or vh1 or some faggy channel. Every day he is on Stern is another audition for when Artie walks/dies. Fitz is the leader in the clubhouse for a replacement.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:48 am
Maria is hot but Playboy is gay, all the pictures look the same.
Hating aside, I will be looking at that link whenever it is provided to you.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:49 am
@TBL: Dice Gottfried is the man.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:49 am
spidey lol “some faggy channel” i saw him last saturday at hilarities in cleveland…he killed had a line about miley cyrus that im still laughing about
February 26th, 2008 at 9:51 am
No, 412 . . . we want a president who can deliver change we can believe in!
And don’t sell him short. He’s going to end poverty and talk to Chavez and Ahmadinejad into behaving themselves!
February 26th, 2008 at 9:53 am
PKI–I have to respectfully disagree on the flipping thing…it mirrors the rest of the market in that it’s a great time to buy, but a horrible time to sell. I know a guy that flips houses in one of the best and most sought after neighborhoods in Atlanta, and he has two that have been on the market for over a year. He bought them cheap, sure…but he can’t sell them.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:56 am
Fitzsimmons is kinda funny
i really like evil dave
February 26th, 2008 at 9:57 am
The more this presidential race goes on the the more Babamba annoys me.
He says nothing of substance, every single thing he says is cliched, and won’t be possible, and yet people fawn over him like he is the greatest thing. SNL ceased being relevant a while ago but their opening sketch hit it on the head.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:58 am
TBL, I thought you were above posting from right wing smear sites like Hot Air that have a slanted interested in wanting a Republican win in 2008. Check out their site. I hope you do not start linking posts hate mongering. rumor peddling “news” sites like Drudge.
February 26th, 2008 at 10:01 am
Yeah TBL, MacG is right, give us nothing but liberal ideals, heaven forbid you post a different viewpoint, that would be too American.
February 26th, 2008 at 10:06 am
That dude was swimming in water that had been baited with dead fish and blood. WTF? I know you want to swim with sharks but c’mon…. Also, I had a software CFO teach my business organizations class last fall and on the first day he made a prediction that google will go bankrupt within 5 years.
February 26th, 2008 at 10:07 am
I just want to make a point on my post…I don’t think John McCain or Barack Obama or Hilary Clinton or Ron Paul or anyone else running has the right experience to be President..the point is no one does…Anyone we vote for..anyone..is growing into the Job…every President EVER elected is growing into the job…the point I tried to make is that WE the electorate makes the choice…and WE have to fly somewhat blind on the Candidate we pick…these guys are handing in their Resumes…some resumes have more on it than others and then we have the interviews and some interview better than others…but we hire the guy at the end of the day based on our gut…It’s just like hiring a guy for a job, I have seen tons of experience crash and burn and I have seen recent college graduates step up big time…I am not picking a side on this…I like 2 of the 3 major candidates (hint Hilary is not the one I like) and I have to way the pros and cons of each one..which we all do…but McCain’s “experience” is not necessarily good and Obama’s is not necessarily bad. And Vice Versa
February 26th, 2008 at 10:07 am
Hakeem - there’s no link or logic to this google thing, is there? I mean … that’s huge
February 26th, 2008 at 10:14 am
I’m really not sure, however dissertation was on corporate strategy and the theory of the firm, and that was one of the first things he said. He said that he thought there organizational structure was bound to fail. I wouldn’t read to much into that but this guy is incredibly smart so he’s not some rube trying to make a name for himself. Here’s some info about him.
http://www.wellspringsoftware.net/management.html
February 26th, 2008 at 10:15 am
He’s the first one, Rob Lowe
February 26th, 2008 at 10:15 am
RWH - I’m not high on any of the remaining choices for President either. And, I’m also not one to believe someone should spend a lifetime in public office to be qualified for the highest office. But, is it really prudent to hand over the keys to someone with virtually no experience? Quick: name one legislative accomplishment of Barack Obama. John McCain and Hillary Clinton have their signatures all over bad law…but at least there is some evidence that they actually have showed up.
February 26th, 2008 at 10:22 am
McFadden definitely wants to emulate his career after Travis Henry.
February 26th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Excuse me for my grammar and syntax in my first post language nazi
February 26th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Ms. Fox is looking rather dude-ish in that photo
February 26th, 2008 at 10:35 am
I agree Obama has not lead the way on groundbreaking legislation, you also have to look at the Senate he was elected too…In 2004 he came into a virtual 50-50 Senate with a slight Republican majority in Congress and NO One was getting things done…then after the Dems got the majority…they fucked it up in my opinion..made no changes and got tight looking towards 2008 and the Presidential elections. Now factor in his run for the Presidency which has taken he and his running colleagues out of the game for a year and a Congress that is sitting on its hands waiting for an election NOTHING is getting done…could he lead some of that change…sure…but this is also in his mind his shot…he is in his early 40’s…this election is the most winnable for the Democratic party in 12 years plus if another Dem gets elected he has to wait 8 years (in 4 years the incumbent is running)…now say he wasn’t the running mate, he is possibly running in 8 years against the incumbent VP and if the Dem in charge did a shit job then the Republicans could be strong…while this is all personal Obama stuff…I see why now is his time to run and I am willing to discount some experience on his end for the idea that I think he could be a good leader. I have seen more of the worts and scars on the other candidates and maybe that sours me (I have always liked McCain and still do even though I am not down with his pandering to the things he was against as recently as 2 years ago). Do I think we have great candidates..no…but then again Abraham Lincoln was not considered a great candidate and and he was the best American President ever and Richard Nixon was considered a very good candidate and right guy at the right time and well..we saw how that turned out. I am not comparing any one to those guys but I am just saying you never know.
February 26th, 2008 at 11:01 am
Wow. Google plummets to 451.
February 26th, 2008 at 11:08 am
@Mmonast - She did dance at one of those places. Called the Skyway Lounge in Mnpls. She also was a peep show girl at Sex world. though she did do the high end clubs as well. He book Candy Girl actually chronicles it. Actually it is pretty good
February 26th, 2008 at 11:18 am
That chick was a writer. She started stripping for the express purpose of writing a book about it.
February 26th, 2008 at 11:49 am
ohhh dumping on the field of presidential candidates… you guys are f*cking wild man. That’s not the lamest refuge for unproductive cynicism ever i promise.
Every candidate looks like crap during a campaign. People actually complained like crazy in 1912 when we had Taft, Wilson and Teddy Roosevelt to choose from!
February 26th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
412, quick point out one legislative accomplishment that Ronald Reagan had before he was President….
Some of our best presidents have not necessarily had loads of experience before becoming president and some of our most experienced and political sophisticated presidents have been the least successful (like LBJ, Gerald Ford and Bush Sr).
February 26th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
ms621 - Reagan had been governor of CA for 8 years, which at least provided the voters some insight into the economic policies he would pursue at the federal level. By my way of thinking, that trumps two indistinguished years as US Senator and a tenure in the Illinois State Senate in which he was mostly known for dodging tough votes (the Clinton camp has correctly noted that Obama routinely voted “present” rather than actually providing an actual yay or nay).
Barack Obama is no Ronald Reagan.