The Roundup: This Voicemail is a Joke, Right?
Baseball, Blithering Idiots, College Basketball, ESPN, Golf, Media Gossip/Musings, Movies, Olympics, Poker, Soccer July 2nd. 2008, 8:00am
Maria Menounos is a goddess … not a good time to own Starbucks stock … Vanessa Hudgens, nice form … a sick, sick world, indeed … don’t you love it when you’re at the gym and a random song you haven’t heard in years shuffles onto your i-pod? … the economy is the worst it has been since WWII? … this Aubrey chick looks like trouble, though perhaps in a good way … Nadal faces the comeback kid today in what should be a fun match … woman crashes into store, then tries to buy beer … woman survives swipe from bear at her home … we’ve decided on a half-day tomorrow, but we guarantee you’ll love the last post …
We’ve all left forgettable phone messages, but this fellow takes the cake. (Douche)
Pure, unadulterated, joy. (Fire Joe Morgan)
Mike Tyson may have put up $50k to put a hit on two dudes. (AJC)
Michelle Wie can’t catch a break. (Dogs That Chase Cars)
Roger Clemens, are you taking notes? (USA Today)
Congrats to the radio host whose ex-girlfriend is going to be in Playboy (NSFW – Mike Responts).
Of the rivals Top 20 players from the class of 2007, were all those one-and-dones worth it? (Rush the Court)
Christie Brinkley has had terrible luck with husbands, and here’s the 2nd chick his ex cheated on her with. (NY Daily News)
Italy’s Francesco Totti finds himself at a pool surrounded by some talent. (Kickette)
Who are the Will Smiths in pro sports? (ESPN the Mag)
Ron Jaworski does look like an old lesbian. (Deadspin)
Rose McGowan will not play Barberella. (NY Post)
ESPN, shame, shame, shame? (East Coast Bias)
Couple days late, but Norman Chad says Poker > Olympics. (Post-Intelligencer)
Eagerly awaiting the return of ESPN’s Jemele Hill. (Reality Bites Back)
Totally missed Canada day. (Sports by Brooks)
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July 2nd, 2008 at 8:04 am
I agree Menounos is hot, but have you heard her laugh? She’s Fran Drescher annoying.
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:16 am
Here’s Menounos from the Howard Stern show a couple of years ago. Check out the 1 minute mark. And the 3 minute mark, like a dolphin I tell ya!
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:16 am
She’s staring right at me, what’s up with that?
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:19 am
did ya see her as the nurse in Fantastic Four? very nice. But the link to her up you put there TBL, has her looking like Paula Abdul…
RE: Starbucks. They saturated the market with too many damn store, evidence with the fact that 400 of the 600 stores they are going to close were opened 2006 or later. The guy who took over for Howard Schultz started to sell breakfast sandwiches and other junk. Add to the fact the rising cost of dairy, not a great mix.
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:21 am
No. The GDP is growing. How many times do I have to remind you of this. The economy is sluggish, but it is growing. We can’t have the worst economy since WW2 when we aren’t even in a recession.
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:23 am
Matt, did you check the link? Not my words, but the words of a billionaire
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:26 am
I was thinking the economy was in great shape too, after spending $60 for 15 items at the grocery and dropping another $45 this morning to fill up the Honda.
All is well, move along, nothing to see here.
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:27 am
Comrade Barack will “fix” the economy no doubt.
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:30 am
i was thinking that Barack would “Change” the economy.
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:31 am
@IUgrad- i shake my head from the moment i sign my receipt at the gas station til i set my keys down on the kitchen counter. cannot believe that our 4 cyl. saturn costs 50 bucks to fill up. oh how i miss the days that 10 bucks gave you 10 gallons.
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:33 am
@TBL
do we get a hint about the last post for tomorrow?
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:34 am
sparty – Good column here about our ridiculous refusal to drill. I would summarize, but I have a shitload of work to do…
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:35 am
You are dead wrong about the angle on the Starbucks story. The fact that they are closing underperforming stores is good for the business and the stock is up this morning.
From CNBC:
Starbucks STARBUCKS CORPSBUX
15.62 UNCH 0 NASDAQ
Quote | Chart | News | Profile
[SBUX 15.62 --- UNCH (0) ] said on Tuesday it plans to close 600 underperforming U.S. stores and cut up to 12,000 full- and part-time positions, as it copes with an economic downturn and increasing competition.
Shares of the coffee maker, which have fallen 23 percent in 2008, gained 3.6 percent in premarket trading.
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:36 am
Coal is making us sick … oil is making us sick … it’s global warming!
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:39 am
don’t see how that proves the angle wrong.
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:42 am
So Matt, if you LOSE 23 percent this year, but gain 3 percent overnight, you’re still at a -20. if you’re talking about pumping 10k into Starbucks last night right before the bell, then yes, you made some money overnight.
you will like it? it’ll be the last post, so it’ll stay up for a day
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:44 am
That phone message is probably as fake as the chick from Danity Kay’s breasts.
Red Sonja, Barbarelle remakes? WTF is Rodriguez thinking?
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:44 am
“Women approach me, six, seven times per day.”
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:45 am
no link about the lady in the Brooklyn ER? Video was released yesterday
Maria who? cmon now. It looks like that lady from Little People, big World
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:49 am
im sure all 12,000 people who just got canned and proud to know that their impending unemployment helped starbucks shares go up
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:51 am
Well, I’m convinced. Let’s drill in ANWR so 412 can fill up his F350 on the cheap – then he can Git-R-Done!
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:53 am
@mmonast: They need to go back to school anyway.
@TBL: The entire market is down 13%, anyway. So SBUX isn’t that big of a laggard. This is a good deal for shareholders.
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:53 am
i know they planned on axing non store jobs before this. is that included in that figure of 12,000 jobs, or is that just the baristas?
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:56 am
@nick p: a lot of the older women (meaning ages 25+) that work at Starbucks only work about 20 hrs a week for benefits for their family because their husbands jobs may not offer great insurance. Starbucks has awesome health benefits.
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:56 am
PurdueMatt…GDP is an awful way to judge standard of living Standard of Living…the average American is feeling a severe economic pinch especially in the decline in value in the one major asset they own…the cost of living has gone up significantly with out cost of living increases. If major corporations, Defense contractors and Energy companies are thriving and effecting the GDP it is not trickling down to me or the vast majority of Americans….the economy is in the shits…
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:57 am
gp, sparty.
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:03 am
Closing down underperforming stores is essential to any turnaround story. What I’m more worried about, if I own Starbucks, is how they’re countering cheaper competition from places like McDonalds. You can get good, cheaper coffee anywhere now
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:03 am
ah, “12000 will be affected by the closings,” not necessarily losing jobs. most will be moved to nearby stores that are understaffed anyway. Managers are probably the ones that are going to be screwed.
yes, i have a keen interest in this, since my wife has been there for 8 years and we love the benefits.
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:04 am
Dunkin Donuts > Starbucks
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:05 am
Starbucks ‘used‘ to have good benefits
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:07 am
It’s super expensive to fill up my private jet.
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:10 am
@CRM: I had to sell one of mine. Fucking Republicans.
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:10 am
my company offers free coffee all day, every day so why would I pay $4 on the way to work for a cup when i can get it free here? starbucks is a fad which is passing. the company will stay strong and have great core sales, but won’t continue to have accelerated growth.
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:11 am
Don’t listen to the dead guy.
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:12 am
@sparty-you think Starbucks will cut back there awesome health care packages to offset some more debt?
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:12 am
buy coffee?
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:16 am
nadal will crush murray.
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:18 am
agreed. DD is the shizznittle.
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:20 am
maria is perfect
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:20 am
Never been to one spence. Are they in Clev?
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:23 am
Is a ghost dead? I know the original guy is dead, but I’m the ghost so I’m kickin’ along just fine and feeling great.
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:24 am
What? Are you commenting from the hills of Venezuela?
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:28 am
@nwilson-they may make changes, but i do not think it will be huge. if we gotta pay more, still will be less than what my small privately owned business can do for me.
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:28 am
@CRM-with wife being a SBUX employee, free pound of beans a week.
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:29 am
@nwilson- Royals and Rays coming up
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:30 am
From metro “Maddona’s pipes make Hulk Hogans 24 inch pythons look like garden snakes”
TBL where do you own guns rank?
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:32 am
That’s like asking how bright the sun is. You can try to find out, but you’re just gonna get hurt.
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:33 am
nick – forgot to add strahan
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:34 am
Nick P…there’s a bunch of em scattered around cleveland. not like in boston where there’s one on every street corner, but there’s a good number of DD’s.
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:34 am
/strahan
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:36 am
SM, TBL makes Hulk Hogan look like Stephen Hawking.
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:42 am
@irish, I know it. Rays are hot man. Our rookie ss blew the game for us last night, on a miscue with two outs that led to a 4 run inning after that miscue. I’m looking forward to it.
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:43 am
Somebody tell PurdueMatt that the GDP is not the end all be all of economic indicators (ed: thanks RWH). When foreclosures spike, joblessness keeps increasing (on the heels of 6 years of people losing good jobs and then getting much worse jobs to boot), inflation is primed to get ridiculous, we borrow insane amounts from other countries, we have a negative savings rate as a people and commodity/cost of living prices are through the roof.
Add that with the fact that the income is not rising sufficiently to keep up and you have a witch’s brew.
Basically: fuck wall street and fuck how the top 2%-5% are performing. Everybody else is getting worse and it isn’t turning around by magic. Even if David Blaine was president he’d admit that, and he’s dumber than W.
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:45 am
/dick joke, rimshot
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:55 am
The State of Michigan invites PurdueMatt to stop by and enjoy the economic growth.
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:59 am
And whose fault is this, exactly?
Ours!
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:59 am
luckily my father works for a defense contractor in Michigan.
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:01 am
can’t save as much if you have to spend a lot more on gas and other living expenses.
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:02 am
save?
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:15 am
@ Mike I wasn’t laying blame (though you’re obviously right and I agree), but this denial of obvious reality is horrifying.
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:21 am
Agreed. Why a Personal Finance 101 course is not required in all high schools is beyond me.
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:24 am
Because most schools spend too much time preparing for federally-mandated standardized tests.
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:24 am
Because you’d have to have somebody that could actually teach it. It would be the most hypocritical class eva.
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:24 am
MikeNYC – When Comrade Obama is in office there will be no such thing as “personal finance”. So…we have that going for us. Which is nice.
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:27 am
Yet they find time for cooking, singing, and drawing electives. Strange.
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:28 am
McClone’s personal finance plan: marry a beer baroness, hook up your S&L swindler friends, don’t die.
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:43 am
Now, that’s a man I can vote for!
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:46 am
Yet they find time for cooking, singing, and drawing electives. Strange.
dont forget Study Hall. what was the point of that besides sleeping?
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:48 am
spades, my friend.
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:52 am
TBL, how about a personal finance post?
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:54 am
dont forget Study Hall. what was the point of that besides sleeping?
Banging Ms. teacher
/updated florida curriculum
July 2nd, 2008 at 11:28 am
sparty- how old are you, when you consider a woman “older” at 26? Just curious…
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Saying that the economy is not in a recession doesn’t mean everything is fine. Jesus fucking Christ people! Purdue Matt has the correct definition of a recession and we ARE NOT in a recession! Prices are up (except in housing) and everybody is feeling the pinch of higher prices. Shit needs to change and we all know it but it’s been a hell of a lot worse at other times in history. Suck it up and quit your bitching!
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:45 pm
oh, and the billionaire in the article is a home builder. Is anyone surprised that he thinks the economy is horrible? The real estate market has been shredded and most of us in this line of work (I do mortgages) are going out of business. Not exactly a shock that he’s kind of sour these days.
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:48 pm
OK, enough economic talk.
What’s wrong with Christie Brinkley? Is she a total bitch? I can’t for the life of me figure out why all her husbands cheat on her. She looks damn good to me.
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Shit needs to change and we all know it but it’s been a hell of a lot worse at other times in history.
It hasn’t been much worse at any point in the past 40 years, and what’s annoying is his tacit, drive-by assertion that the economy isn’t that bad since the GDP is growing microscopically.
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:52 pm
@August West–I assume you’re not old enough to remember the Carter administration then. You know, gas lines, 18% interest rates, and 10% unemployment.
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:57 pm
My bad: edit that to 30 years.
July 2nd, 2008 at 1:21 pm
I’ll agree with you this far August. We’re living in the most economically uncertain time in the last 30 years. Nobody really knows what’s going to happen in the future and it’s pretty scary.
July 2nd, 2008 at 1:26 pm
If you think there’s economic uncertainty now, wait until oil is up to $200/barrel. Good times. And, when that happens be sure to thank the Harry Reids and Nancy Pelosi for perpetuating our subservience to OPEC.
July 2nd, 2008 at 1:57 pm
And, when that happens be sure to thank the Bush administration for being told it was coming for 8 years and just laughing while not putting a single ounce of effort into alternative resources… now that’s leadership!
/that’s the truth… both sides have blood on their hands here
July 2nd, 2008 at 2:26 pm
August – If we may agree on something it’s that politicians–on both sides of the aisle–are useless pieces of shit. They all sat around with their collective thumbs up their asses until it reached crisis level. They’ll fly home in first-class while you and I pump $4+/gallon into our cars.
July 2nd, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Amen. Both sides would rather have no one fix it than the other side get a little more credit for it.
July 2nd, 2008 at 2:55 pm
So does this Durham incident mean democrats have ceded the moral high ground once again?