The Roundup: The President is Not Like Batman
Baseball, Car Racing, College Basketball, Courts, Legal, Golf, Media Gossip/Musings, NASCAR, NBA, NFL, Olympics, Soccer, Video July 30th. 2008, 8:00am
Because Alessandra Ambrosio got upset we kept featuring Adriana Lima … game: what scene is this song from? … drunk tries to fill car with jet fuel … who is moving out of LA in anticipation of the Big One? … we could talk about Shark Week for hours … giving Will Ferrell the same treatment we gave Adam Sandler yesterday … fantastic collection of 2006 and 2007 quotes from real estate shills; all were way off … Wall Street should brace for the National Australia Bank’s bad, bad situation … are you the owner of a 44-pound cat? … dog owners, can you apply a condom? … flaming shots of liquor can be dangerous … after the jump, more incentive to watch a TV show you don’t like …
Terrific list of NBA draft picks by school over the last 50+ years. (Rush the Court)
Bob Kravitz on the Brickyard 400: Absolute debacle. (Indy Star)
Marlins fans are sick of New Yawkers invading their hood. (City of Champs)
Soccer fan in Russia sues his favorite team. (Lion in Oil)
WVU’s Joe Mazzullo beat up on Duke last year in the NCAA tourney; Monday, he hit a cop at a Pirates game. (Undrafted Free Agent)
Jamar Smith of the Illini turns himself in to police. (News-Gazette)
Baseball in the Olympics seems silly to begin with, but this rule change is simply absurd. (Yahoo)
Even dumber: These comparisons of the President to Batman. (Wall Street Journal)
Minor League hockey player flips out on a plane, whips it out. (The Big Picture)
Tampa Bay signs an App State stud who starred in the victory over Michigan. (App Fan)
What out, Carson Palmer – Chad Johnson is comin’ for ya. (Shot Clock Violation)
Golfer Hunter Mahan on the Ryder Cup: We’re treated like slaves. The hell? (The Independent)
Any LA Times readers: Did the Tuesday sports section really not have one ad? (LA Observed)
We really hope this isn’t how people view soccer, though we think maybe there’s a kernel of truth to it. (Beautiful Game)
Here comes another Earnhardt. (New York Times)
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July 30th, 2008 at 8:06 am
Shut up. Just shut up.
July 30th, 2008 at 8:09 am
i believe its from the party where that chick bleeds on jonah hill while dancing
July 30th, 2008 at 8:11 am
shark week is exceptional.. best one this year was ’surving sharks’ with les stroud
July 30th, 2008 at 8:14 am
Hunter Mahan, not Kevin Mahan… A douche is still a douche, regardless of a name though.
July 30th, 2008 at 8:16 am
Mahan is a fucking idiot. Seriously, he’s fucking worried he’s being treated like a slave. I’ve got no idea what it’s like being treated like a slave, and I am pretty sure he doesn’t either. Bad choice of words.
July 30th, 2008 at 8:18 am
That thing from Financial Sense was amazing. What party is that guy affiliated with. Seems like a good plan regardless, I support it.
July 30th, 2008 at 8:27 am
Alessandra is hottest chick in the world. Yeah, yeah, I know she’s pregnant but whatevs. She’s complete Boom!
Ferrell kills Sandler due to Anchorman and Old School, and even his small role in Wedding Crashers. Plus, heard from a reliable friend that Step Brothers might be funniest movie since Anchorman. Still skeptical….
July 30th, 2008 at 8:27 am
Blake Lively is quickly moving up my list. Pretty soon, she might even reach Rachel Bilson levels.
July 30th, 2008 at 8:28 am
cortes-those New Yorkers help the economy down there. you get your largest crowds at marlins games when the Mets are in town. support your team!
July 30th, 2008 at 8:33 am
say your a little tired and getting a slow start to your morning, say you see a link that says do you know how to apply a condom, say you click on said link thinking why not, clicked on weirder on this site, and lets say that you kinda skipped over the whole dog owner part due to sluggish morning, well let just say you are no longer blurry eyed and will now be more careful to fully read in the morning
July 30th, 2008 at 8:34 am
sparty: cortes is about 10 years old. his lemonade stand business is booming regardless who is in town. he spits at this economics you speak of.
July 30th, 2008 at 8:35 am
@Reader- that was the worst link ever, is it a real company? What kind of person is gonna do that? The best: “Don’t apply by mouth.” WTF.
July 30th, 2008 at 8:35 am
in correct
July 30th, 2008 at 8:36 am
wow…good shit in that financial sense letter & the NAB article. Shit is going to get worse yet.
July 30th, 2008 at 8:36 am
Mahan is a douche, but he’s just saying out loud what most top U.S golfers think. They’d rather play at a corporate outing than give up a week for the Ryder Cup.
July 30th, 2008 at 8:36 am
BTW, anybody watching Generation Kill? Has been fantastic so far. From the makers of The Wire.
July 30th, 2008 at 8:37 am
So maybe Mahan should have just said that instead of comparing millionaires to slaves.
July 30th, 2008 at 8:38 am
the chase scene with the cops?
July 30th, 2008 at 8:38 am
Mahan should be taken out back and lynched.
July 30th, 2008 at 8:40 am
Is it where McLovin uses his ID?
July 30th, 2008 at 8:40 am
FiOS added Big Ten Network here in Jersey, very pleased. now i get to watch us upset Ohio State in football this year.
/trying to rattle spence
July 30th, 2008 at 8:49 am
cortes, Les Stroud is the man, way better than that f’n fake pansy Bear Grylls and his powerbars and fancy hotel rooms.
sparty, Big Ten Network is terrible, I mean awful stuff. Bad production values, bad announcers, bad programming. You will watch it only a couple of times a year.
July 30th, 2008 at 8:50 am
i just want to see games coop. that is all. i won’t watch it for anything else.
July 30th, 2008 at 8:51 am
Wrong again.
It’s the scene where Seth rolls into the party with booze and the party loves him. They toast to him and the dude is enjoying the finest moment of his life. Great song for the moment (yup, watched most of Superbad for the 11th time last night).
July 30th, 2008 at 8:53 am
agree completely coop…bear grylss is a fake….TBL, your favorite scene from superbad is….. (one scene only!)
July 30th, 2008 at 8:53 am
Didn’t Jose Canseco once fill his Lamborghini with Jet Fuel?
July 30th, 2008 at 8:54 am
TBL-watched it as well last night. every time it is on, I watch.
July 30th, 2008 at 8:54 am
@coop – What, Glen Mason doesn’t do it for you on the Big(11)Ten network?
July 30th, 2008 at 8:57 am
hawkeye-what i am actually looking forward to is the basketball season. MSU was on ESPN once a week prior to the BTN.
July 30th, 2008 at 8:57 am
Can a single day go by that I am not reminded of App. State? Seriously.
July 30th, 2008 at 8:58 am
Isn’t Superbad kind of, um, not very funny? Any scene without McLovin’ is boring.
July 30th, 2008 at 8:58 am
Big Ten fans tend to ignore announcers, particularly since we get a regular dose of Pam Ward on the 4-letter.
July 30th, 2008 at 8:59 am
sparty – Can’t blame you there. I’m local, so I don’t have to worry about it. Nice thig is being able to catch the occasional hockey game there. And to see how bad the Gophs are getting pummled in football.
July 30th, 2008 at 9:00 am
no.
/every fan of college football.
July 30th, 2008 at 9:02 am
Pam Ward
/shakes fist in air
The only good thing about Pam is you also get Chris Speilman, he just gets so worked up when there is a good hit he starts slobbering and making no sense, he’s fantastic.
July 30th, 2008 at 9:03 am
The flaming shot video reminded me of when I saw someone do a flaming shot in college, and, even though they blew out the flame before they did the shot, the guy still burnt his mouth up because he didn’t fully blow out the flame. Good times!
good links, today, btw.
July 30th, 2008 at 9:07 am
Will Ferrell is a lot like the band Disturbed. Sure, all their songs sound the same, but they’re all pretty good, so who cares? In my opinion, Will Ferrell went from an A in Old School, Elf, and Anchorman down to a C in Blades of Glory, and a D in Semi-Pro, but he went back up to an A in Stranger than Fiction and a B+ in Step Brothers.
July 30th, 2008 at 9:09 am
St Bear, Elf gets an A? really?
July 30th, 2008 at 9:09 am
Disturbed, St. Bear?
July 30th, 2008 at 9:10 am
@Hef- yes he is.
July 30th, 2008 at 9:10 am
I agree with you Hef. I was very underwhelmed when I watched it. I think it got hyped too much by the time I saw it, and I was let down.
July 30th, 2008 at 9:11 am
hunter mahan is one of my favorite golfers, but he should choose his words more carefully.
funny tho, ive had that issue for awhile and didn’t notice that. ill check again…interesting.
July 30th, 2008 at 9:11 am
Absolutely in my opinion. It is extremely rewatchable.
July 30th, 2008 at 9:13 am
Besides blades of glory and the crapfest that was semi pro and bewitched I would have to say Ferrell has done pretty well.
July 30th, 2008 at 9:13 am
Did anyone else notice in the picture of the fat cat, it’s a white cat with a golden striped tail? Could it possibly be photoshopped?
July 30th, 2008 at 9:13 am
I feel the same way about Steve and Eydie.
July 30th, 2008 at 9:14 am
If you want to read a good article re the economy, click my name.
July 30th, 2008 at 9:16 am
Obama is a recipe for recession? As opposed to the current recipe?
/regrets typing and leaves for the day
July 30th, 2008 at 9:17 am
Shut your face
July 30th, 2008 at 9:18 am
Hef you read that whole thing in under two minutes?
Impressive.
July 30th, 2008 at 9:19 am
Mike…i thought because Obama was a Democrat, the economy would boom? Isn’t that the way it works?
/sincere
July 30th, 2008 at 9:19 am
First impressions, Mike. Calm down with the judgment.
July 30th, 2008 at 9:20 am
-Weren’t you curious why you started to recieve checks in the mail?
-I just figured that was because the Democrats were back in office.
/one of my all-time favorite Simpsons quotes.
July 30th, 2008 at 9:21 am
@ St. Bear saw Disturbed at the Hampton Casino a few years ago, was a very good show. Have not listened to the new album that much.
Generation Kill is a very good show, I’m a week behind.
July 30th, 2008 at 9:21 am
So does the right have templates for those articles, then just break them out and change the names every time a democrat challenges them? Seriously, I read those SAME articles for Clinton, Gore, Kerry, the 2006 Congressional elections and now Obama…
/yawn
July 30th, 2008 at 9:22 am
Barack wants this country to be more like France w.r.t taxes. I doubt it leads to a lower work week though.
Yes. We. Can.
July 30th, 2008 at 9:23 am
@superjakrs: I’ve only heard the single that they play on Sirius “Inside the Fire”, and it’s more of the same as all their other stuff. Needless to say I like it.
July 30th, 2008 at 9:24 am
Bob the Builder! Can we fix it?!?
July 30th, 2008 at 9:25 am
Bob the Builder! Can we fix it?!?
ah, the depths some people go around here looking for a jew star
July 30th, 2008 at 9:27 am
nah, that was just for me.
July 30th, 2008 at 9:27 am
@ St Bear , will have to give it a listen today at lunch
July 30th, 2008 at 9:31 am
well said cortes. It is pretty sad to see the same people leave so many pointless comments.
thank you for that rush the court link TBL. very interesting
July 30th, 2008 at 9:32 am
Mike – A 1/3 reduction in your take home pay isn’t worth flowery speeches about hope and change and the power of your dreams?
July 30th, 2008 at 9:34 am
Why would we ever want to copy France in anything other than wine and cheese production? I kinda like not having a 10% unemployment rate, and having my utilities, trains, buses, etc actually run without there being a strike every 10 days.
July 30th, 2008 at 9:35 am
says the guy that calls us mfers and bitches
July 30th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Chick on the bottom needs a boob job and Ferrell shits on Sandler.
July 30th, 2008 at 9:36 am
hey, john kerry ain’t that bad
July 30th, 2008 at 9:37 am
I would stick my penis into many different holes on Blake Lively’s body…I have no better way to express the hotteness of a girl than that
July 30th, 2008 at 9:39 am
+ 1 roman.. even though you use some derivative of that whenever you describe a hot chick, it always makes me laugh.. that, and the word cum receptacle
July 30th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Really? I liken it to American Pie when that first came out – awesome.
July 30th, 2008 at 9:41 am
I highly doubt many, if any, of us are in this tax bracket.
July 30th, 2008 at 9:43 am
It’s funny how the shining example of conservative values from The Dark Knight that the author holds up come from the most ridiculous, stupid, and useless part of the movie. The whole ending of Batman becoming “the bad guy” in order to preserve the image of Harvey Dent is completely illogical, even for a comic book movie.
The whole idea of sacrificing freedom to protect it is completely contrary to everything the founding fathers believed in, like when Ben Franklin said, “Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”
July 30th, 2008 at 9:43 am
TBL..I liked Superbad and thought the same thing…but American Pie got old quick..I think the Superbad shelf life has the same limit
July 30th, 2008 at 9:46 am
A 1/3 reduction in your take home pay
You won’t even notice that once Obama installs Louis Farakhan as Secretary of State, outlaws NASCAR and starts making us all speak French.
July 30th, 2008 at 9:50 am
Silver lining…..
July 30th, 2008 at 9:52 am
Generation Kill great! Godfather is such a kick-ass character!
July 30th, 2008 at 9:54 am
We shouldn’t; that was my point.
July 30th, 2008 at 9:54 am
French cheese is overrated anyway.
/stigs
July 30th, 2008 at 9:55 am
I watched American Pie for the first time last Friday. That movie is less comedy than it is sweet coming-of-age movie now.
July 30th, 2008 at 9:55 am
I might vote for Monsieur Obama if he would outlaw NASCAR.
July 30th, 2008 at 9:55 am
That soccer video is great. And there’s probably more than a kernel of truth to it. Only thing missing was a guy pretending like both legs had been broken, after someone slid under him and barely touched him.
July 30th, 2008 at 9:57 am
French energy policy and acceptance of nuclear power>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>our retarded clusterfuck of an energy situation
/that’s about all they’ve gotten right, but they’ve nailed that
July 30th, 2008 at 9:57 am
Another movie that’s ridiculously overrated.
July 30th, 2008 at 10:01 am
@August: The US has double the nuclear plants as France. If they had as many people as we did, their number of nuclear plants wouldn’t go up proportionately. They’re incredibly expensive to build.
July 30th, 2008 at 10:01 am
American Pie is terrible.
Super Bad is amazing through the first hour or so (granted, I was high in the theatre … now I feel like Spencer).
July 30th, 2008 at 10:02 am
@Nick: The US has twice as many but five times the population.
July 30th, 2008 at 10:02 am
When this movie first came out, it was off-the-charts awesome. Granted, i saw it i think during my senior year in college with about six friends, but we laughed the entire time.
July 30th, 2008 at 10:05 am
@hef: I know. The latter half of my comment explained that.
July 30th, 2008 at 10:05 am
As a civil engineer, it’s depressing to read the grades the nation’s infrastructure continue to receive. Unfortunately, it’s going to require something along the lines of FDR’s Alphabet Soup/Ike’s Interstate System policies to upgrade those rapidly aging systems for today’s generation. Total estimated cost = 1.6 trillion
Here’s the American Society of Civil Engineer’s summary. Click on the links therein to read about items specific to your state.
July 30th, 2008 at 10:06 am
American Pie: not terrible, incredibly tame compared to the Apatow movies of today, and about as much a “dude” love story as Superbad. But not even in my top 10 of funny movies.
July 30th, 2008 at 10:07 am
No need to worry about energy; Pelosi is trying to save the planet.
July 30th, 2008 at 10:10 am
savor the flavor…it’s a powerful feeling.
July 30th, 2008 at 10:14 am
@ Nick, our nuclear power industry is paralyzed because of over regulation and political gaming in congress because the extent of those dipshits’ understanding of nuclear power ended in the late 70’s… it’s safe, practical and cheap as hell in the long run compared to coal or other major forms.
If Bush hadn’t wasted his whole presidency on idiocy we could have a sustainable network of hydro-electric, nuclear and wind power grids covering the vast majority of this country… or at least new pollution-free coal plants.
July 30th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Nuclear Power is not the answer. Where would the US store all the spent fuel rods? That place in Nevada is on a fault line. Although it is a way for conservatives to finally like GE.
July 30th, 2008 at 10:21 am
When in doubt, blame Bush.
July 30th, 2008 at 10:21 am
Where would the US store all the spent fuel rods?
It’s a big, big world, man. There are safe places to store it.
July 30th, 2008 at 10:23 am
The LA Times was pretty thin yesterday, and yes, there were no ads in the 6 page sports section. My company monitors all newspapers and magazines, and we have noticed a real drop off in clients appearing in print media.
July 30th, 2008 at 10:23 am
How would you transport it? One of those rods is radioactive for over 250,000 years. Would you want it on a train going through your city?
July 30th, 2008 at 10:23 am
When in doubt, blame the leader of the free world who at the moment, happens to be Bush.
I blamed Congress as well.. both parties. But you have to admit it’s embarrassing how little has been done in the past 8 years to address these monumental issues.
But hey, at least teh gays don’t have rings on those sacred fingers.
July 30th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Would you want it on a train going through your city?
I could deal… why not store it on the sites where we’ve tested nukes and biological weapons for the past 50 years? Those sites are unlivable for at least a century anyways.
July 30th, 2008 at 10:27 am
When in doubt blame bush
Irag was a real solid investment
July 30th, 2008 at 10:30 am
Davis-Besse to Nevada/Arizona is a long way. Plus, the “stats” people throw out saying nuclear is cheaper dont reflect the cost of building the damn things. Nuclear power is more expensive per Kw/Hour than anything else.
July 30th, 2008 at 10:32 am
But you also save costs by the fact that there’s no mining operation involved; unlike the coal plants most states use. Yeah a coal plant is cheaper to build, but you still have to buy the coal on a daily basis for the entire duration of the plant’s life. That’s not so in nuclear power.
July 30th, 2008 at 10:34 am
People still defend this guy? Seriously?
July 30th, 2008 at 10:34 am
Uranium has to be mined too.
July 30th, 2008 at 10:39 am
But you have to build the plant (a billion or so) THEN come up with a way to store the spent fuel. Then maintain both. Totally a waste of money. Now, if we were in Europe, we could always slang it Russia, I think they are a net importer of other peoples nuclear waste.
July 30th, 2008 at 10:40 am
Tidal power is the way to go for the coasts. Algae for bio-fuel is also a great answer, and the mid-west needs to get in line with T Boone Pickens and go nuts for some wind farms.
July 30th, 2008 at 10:43 am
Keep in mind also that research into the reprocessing of nuclear waste has been blocked by the government to anyone outside the government.
Our universities have a ton of brainpower and creativity and are utilized heavily by private industry to find solutions to problems like this, but they’re not allowed near this one right now.
July 30th, 2008 at 10:44 am
Uranium has to be mined too.
But it’s a spec compared to the millions of tons of coal mined for energy over the years.
July 30th, 2008 at 10:47 am
I’m a lifelong Republican and I can readily admit that Bush is indefensible, on many different levels. If the Democrats can’t get someone in the White House after 8 years of that fuck-up then they’ll never win a general election.
July 30th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Who’s the picture of the second chick? The one with the spectacular lower half.
July 30th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Wow how nice of Blake Lively to welcome me to the office. I would do some dirty things to her.
July 30th, 2008 at 11:24 am
if they have the “brain-power” then they should come up with a better solution.
/
set yourself up
July 30th, 2008 at 11:27 am
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