The Roundup: Jennie Finch to Retire, The End of Anonymous Comments, & Jeremy Lin to the Warriors?
Baseball, College Football, Courts, Legal, ESPN, Media Gossip/Musings, NBA, NFL, NHL, Poker, Tour de France, Video, Women's Sports July 21st. 2010, 8:00am
Vanessa Hudgens … clearly, Inception has a massive fan base … awesome photos of whale destroying boat … the dreaded double dip, here it comes! … that’s an expensive bottle of PBR … Lindsay Lohan began her 90-day jail term yesterday … the Jersey Shore kids won’t quite get $30k per episode … rodents, explosives, lawsuits … not putting much stock in this “reveal” of Cristiano Ronaldo’s baby momma … court rules, “guilty of rape by deception” … how soon until another city tries this? … the banks are playing real dirty …
Jeremy Green, the ESPN.com contributor who was arrested on kiddie porn charges, is being held on $750k bail. [Courant]
Jennie Finch retired from softball yesterday. [Arizona Daily Star]
Two weeks after getting traded to the Warriors, David Lee banged up his finger; hopefully, it won’t require surgery. [Mercury News]
Ilya Kovalchuk’s silly 17-year, $102 million hockey deal has been rejected by the NHL. [Star-Ledger, Star]
You’re preaching to the choir, John: Baseball’s umpiring is bad. [Feinstein on the Brink]
Despite a strong effort from Lance Armstrong yesterday, it is very unlikely he’ll win the Tour de France. [NYT]
Harvard guard Jeremy Lin is about to sign a deal with the Golden State Warriors. [Marc Stein]
What it’s like to have dinner with Chris Bosh in LA. [ESPN LA]
Big Ron Artest party this weekend? [You Been Blinded]
No more anonymous comments on the Buffalo News website starting August 2. [Buff News]
Stud Cal football recruit already bails on Bears, looking to transfer. [ESPN]
For Tennessee football fans: What’s up with the QB situation? [Times Free Press]
Terrell Owens and the Raiders seem like a perfect fit. [Oakland Trib]
Were Werth and Utley playing poker at 4 am in St. Louis Tuesday morning? [Crossing Broad]
Just found out this song is in Jennifer’s Body, a movie that’s not nearly as terrible as you thought it’d be. It’s being shown daily on Cinemax. We recommend checking it out. The first hour’s solid.
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July 21st, 2010 at 8:15 AM
over/under on when the next stimulus is injected in the rotting corpse (that’s the US)?
parse Helicopter Ben’s words later today
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Fed-chief-focused-on-keeping-apf-498737816.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=main&asset=&ccode=
it sort of feels like that scene in Bravehart where the cavalry is waiting for Mel Gibson to say when and come in with a sneak attack from the side. the injection is coming. when, not if.
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2010/04/19/100419ta_talk_surowiecki
July 21st, 2010 at 8:16 AM
Confusion abound! another early round-up!!
July 21st, 2010 at 8:16 AM
Who doesn’t love them some Black Kids? This song’s a bit 2007 and it’s no Electric Feel…but I forgive you, TBL.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:17 AM
sorry to get political so early.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:19 AM
TBL, your success is well-earned and again congratulations. do you think you might view stimulus, ongoing unemployment benefits, etc. if you had been laid off last year?
please understand that I am not being bitter, just wondering your thoughts
July 21st, 2010 at 8:20 AM
sorry, TBL, view them differently
July 21st, 2010 at 8:22 AM
Perhaps youd like to leave this rotting corpse of a country?
/dont ban me
July 21st, 2010 at 8:22 AM
Maybe tomorrow we can get some Hurricane Jane?
Hopefully tomorrow. I’ll take some free money.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:23 AM
Next thing you know he’ll be getting up to get a beer during God Bless America.
/The horror’d
July 21st, 2010 at 8:24 AM
dood, the roundup used to be at 8:00 sharp almost every day. confusion does not abound.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:25 AM
Considering if they had a night game, Werth and Utley didn’t get to the casino until after midnight, playing until 4 am is a pretty light session…plus isn’t Utley hurt? I guess Phillie fans are looking for someone to blame these days…
July 21st, 2010 at 8:26 AM
Yeah God forbid he have to get a beer during the other 2 hours and 59 minutes of the game. Dont get me started again!
July 21st, 2010 at 8:27 AM
we’ve got JUCO transfer Matt Simms (son of Phil, brother of Chris) and freshie Tyler Bray. no telling who is getting the start based solely on performance, but I think Simms will get it based on experience.
the entire O-line has never started a game. it’s gonna be a little rough back there this year.
/bangs head on table
July 21st, 2010 at 8:28 AM
It’s cool. You, Jersey and the rest of the super-patriotic folk sleep in ‘Merican flag pajamas. I wear my Burt Bacharach snuggie.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:29 AM
Considering if they had a night game, Werth and Utley didn’t get to the casino until after midnight, playing until 4 am is a pretty light session
I was thinking the same thing, but if they played a night game the next day. they played poked until…15 hours before work started?
July 21st, 2010 at 8:31 AM
nothing like forced patriotism to make you feel like an American…
July 21st, 2010 at 8:31 AM
Work doesnt start at game time for them though. They have to show up some time in the afternoon for batting practice, no?
July 21st, 2010 at 8:34 AM
You dont have to be patriotic in the least. Yankee stadium has rules and you have to abide by them. `
July 21st, 2010 at 8:34 AM
Were Werth and Utley playing poker at 4 am in St. Louis Tuesday morning?
Wait, I thought Werth was playing poker with Utley’s wife?
July 21st, 2010 at 8:34 AM
Work doesnt start at game time for them though. They have to show up some time in the afternoon for batting practice, no?
fine, let’s say they have to be there for BP 6 hours before the game starts. that’s 1 PM. that’s like me being out until 11PM on a school night.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:35 AM
I didn’t see what happened on Good Morning America, but yes TBL, fully enjoying this USDA/racism thing. What a clusterfuck.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:35 AM
Maybe you should sample living elsewhere, you know, just to see if it’s any better. Let us know how it goes. Later dude.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:35 AM
who cares when they were playing and why? if they suck the next day, hard for a DL guy, then the knives can come out
July 21st, 2010 at 8:36 AM
Bazinga.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:37 AM
‘Merica – love it or leave it! Rational as always.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:37 AM
Even if they had a day game, it wouldn’t matter. Baseball, fortunately, is a profession you can occasionally get away with doing on just a couple hours of sleep.
To me it seems like a smear on Werth is coming to lower his upcoming contract requests.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:38 AM
Name recognition.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:39 AM
sorry my ass…
July 21st, 2010 at 8:39 AM
Despite a strong effort from Lance Armstrong yesterday, it is very unlikely he’ll win the Tour de France.
He hasn’t even had a chance to win the Tour since about the fifth day, after multiple accidents. He was something like 17 minutes behind. What he was trying to do yesterday was win a stage, for one last hurrah.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:39 AM
Two weeks after getting traded to the Warriors, David Lee banged up his finger; hopefully, it won’t require surgery
the JV squad already lacks bigs and now D Lee goes down. USA hasnt won the Worlds since 1994. i expect heavy coverage on that next month
July 21st, 2010 at 8:40 AM
Why do these rumors always happen with Philly athletes? It was Jeff Carter and Mike Richards before right?
July 21st, 2010 at 8:40 AM
That’s really wierd about Chris Martin and Cal. You don’t here about too many 5-star kids transferring before they practice with the team.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:40 AM
over/under on when the next stimulus is injected in the rotting corpse (that’s the US)?
TBL, I just read a blog post in WaPo that argues that you could easily do a $75 billion stimulus that is deficit neutral. if you eliminate the Bush tax cuts for the top earners now, instead of 2 years hence, that is $75B in increased tax revenue. the GDP multiplier on that is .32, so this act reduces GDP $24B, netting $51B. if you take the $75 and dole it out in some of the highly stimulative measures (like food stamps and UI benefits) that get a better than 1 stimulative multiplier, you can increase GDP without raising the deficit.
are you okay with something like this in theory? why or why not?
July 21st, 2010 at 8:41 AM
You know, part of the beauty of this country is that you don’t HAVE to be particuarly patriotic if you don’t want to.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:41 AM
brah, nobody in Knoxville gives a shit that he’s a Simms. seriously. does that name even pull much weight anyway?
July 21st, 2010 at 8:42 AM
Holy shit. Baseball players drinking and gambling til’ all hours of the morning! No way!
July 21st, 2010 at 8:42 AM
So….how soon can you have your bags packed?
July 21st, 2010 at 8:43 AM
TBL, I just read a blog post in WaPo that argues that you could easily do a $75 billion stimulus that is deficit neutral. if you eliminate the Bush tax cuts for the top earners now, instead of 2 years hence, that is $75B in increased tax revenue. the GDP multiplier on that is .32, so this act reduces GDP $24B, netting $51B. if you take the $75 and dole it out in some of the highly stimulative measures (like food stamps and UI benefits) that get a better than 1 stimulative multiplier, you can increase GDP without raising the deficit.
are you okay with something like this in theory? why or why not?
I don’t know what any of this means, but I do know it means MikeNYC is coming, and he’s coming for you Sir Spicious.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:43 AM
The Dodgers/Giants game last night was awesome. Mattingly strikes again!
July 21st, 2010 at 8:44 AM
I know a place he could try.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:44 AM
nothing like forced patriotism to make you feel like an American…
It’s like this…
You know, part of the beauty of this country is that you don’t HAVE to be particuarly patriotic if you don’t want to.
And like that.
And I watched Good Morning America and Andrew Breitbart looks fucking creepy in HD; like somebody’s molester uncle walked out of that cornfield from Field of Dreams.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:45 AM
I think NBA team capsule previews start the first week of August.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:45 AM
I’d enjoy a good PurdueMatt drive-by.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:45 AM
Will the Dems risk another stimulus injection right before the 2010 midterms? Lets remember, the January 2009 (maybe Feb) stimulus is what basically gave birth the Tea Party movement.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:45 AM
Those dirty banks. Dirty when they “prey” on people with shitty credit and low income, and now also dirty for tightening up their standards.
Also, me thinks Breitbart got snookered.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:46 AM
TBL, I just read a blog post in WaPo that argues that you could easily do a $75 billion stimulus that is deficit neutral. if you eliminate the Bush tax cuts for the top earners now, instead of 2 years hence, that is $75B in increased tax revenue. the GDP multiplier on that is .32, so this act reduces GDP $24B, netting $51B. if you take the $75 and dole it out in some of the highly stimulative measures (like food stamps and UI benefits) that get a better than 1 stimulative multiplier, you can increase GDP without raising the deficit.
Care to be Secretary of the Treasury in a Jersey/Heldover administration? You’re not connected to Wall Street, are you?
July 21st, 2010 at 8:46 AM
Nice.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:46 AM
It’s not love it or leave it, but a matter of respect. Don’t forget how many have died for you to have the “freedom” you have. It’s possible to have differing opinions about government, etc. without spitting in the face of the people who have sacrificed for you. Just sayin…
/climbs down off soapbox
July 21st, 2010 at 8:47 AM
Why do these rumors always happen with Philly athletes? It was Jeff Carter and Mike Richards before right?
Wasn’t Orlando Cabrera banging one of his Red Sox teamates wife? I remember that being the scuttlebut about why the front office didn’t want him back after 2004.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:48 AM
So…flag burning amendment: for or against?
/pulls grenade and runs for cover
July 21st, 2010 at 8:48 AM
Ronaldo sure is a ladies man.
A friend said: “Ronni looked the girl in the eye and said extremely directly: ‘Me, you, f*** f***.
Awesome.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:48 AM
as an old friend of mine used to say “America is a really great country once you get used to it…”
July 21st, 2010 at 8:48 AM
Nothing annoys me more than the endless “It’s a free country!!!!” shouts, as if that gives you a free pass to be a disrespectful ass without getting any criticism. Whatever happened to common courtesy. The government is not putting you in jail for not taking off your hat for the national anthem. America is beautiful like that, doesnt make you look any better though.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:48 AM
It looks like they photoshopped JWoww’s belly button out in one of these pics. No Angelina in season three. Tough break, kid. She’s a bartender, she does great things.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:48 AM
Those dirty banks. Dirty when they “prey” on people with shitty credit and low income, and now also dirty for tightening up their standards.
I was thinking the same thing. it was surprising that no one would lend to the guy described in the article, but you can’t bitch about banks being to conservative after the whole country was bitching about them being to lax.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:49 AM
But here’s what it really means, in plain English. Raise the taxes even higher on the people most responsible for creating jobs and generating revenue, then use that money on more useless porkulus projects, and in the end when you do the math, you won’t be in the red.
Because someone else is paying for it.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:49 AM
This is the great debate. Do you want the government to use $75 billion to give to who they think will stimulate the economy (thus running the risk of politicians dishing out cash to constituents and being paid back in votes), or let those wealthy individuals use that $75 billion and spend it (or invest it) willingly?
July 21st, 2010 at 8:49 AM
it’s not that they’re going to get another stimulus … they have saved money from the last one, and will inject that into the economy.
i don’t think there’s any possibly way another stimulus gets passed.
my question about extending benefits, etc – what is the end game? how long can we continue to take money from peter to pay paul?
jobs are impossible to get. how are things going to improve?
July 21st, 2010 at 8:49 AM
I’ve yet to hear anyone give an explanation for Canada’s success that seemed believable and comprehensive. I know the oil thing is working out great for them, but that hardly encompasses the entire country.
And something the chew on…. about 50% of their private sector workforce is unionized. In the US, it’s under 10% now.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:50 AM
Manny was banging OC’s wife
July 21st, 2010 at 8:50 AM
freedom isnt freeeee, no there’s a hefty fuckin feeee
July 21st, 2010 at 8:50 AM
That would be a negative on the flag burning, pard.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:51 AM
Mike – that strategy will just force the richest of the rich to move out of the country or park their money offshore. In addition, that cannot last forever.
I do not have the answers, i just know the current system is broken
July 21st, 2010 at 8:52 AM
Those dirty banks. Dirty when they “prey” on people with shitty credit and low income, and now also dirty for tightening up their standards.
Mike, here’s something I think you and I agree on. Nobody is guaranteed a home of their own. There ought to be stringent background/financial checks for people who want to buy a home.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:53 AM
Please tell me this is a typo. Otherwise, it has taken you this long to figure that out? And from the NYT no less? Fail.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:53 AM
+1. I mean, if there is nothing going on in football right now, how is there something going on in basketball?
“Spitting in the face…?” Who is doing that? I love how spitting in the face of freedom means using that freedom to get a fucking beer when I want one. The irony is impressive on that.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:53 AM
anyone know how to get some bullshit shot down?
my favorite golf course in the area is getting bought by a fucking hick town so they can turn it into their town square. FUCK THAT. i want to protest, kill someone, burn something…ANYTHING. what’s the best course for me to take to get this BULLSHIT reversed?
July 21st, 2010 at 8:53 AM
Psh, not if they were true patriots.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:54 AM
Companies aren’t hiring because there’s not a robust demand for products and services. They say differently (CEO’s love to yap about “uncertainty” and “lack of confidence”). But it’s about demand.
Well, there’s not enough demand because people are unemployed.
If companies won’t hire, and no jobs means no demand… where does the demand come from?
July 21st, 2010 at 8:54 AM
jobs are impossible to get. how are things going to improve?An argument could be made that the US is actually in prime position to actually have a growing manufacturing sector (an industry that is job intensive). That would involve tax cuts and other incentives which isn’t going to happen anytime soon.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:55 AM
my question about extending benefits, etc – what is the end game? how long can we continue to take money from peter to pay paul?
extending UI does virtually nothing, plus or minus, to alleviate long term budget problems. we have structural budget problems, no doubt, but extending UI amounts to a rounding error in the scheme of things. however, it gets a little money in people’s pockets to pay rent and get some food.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:55 AM
ron artest, please don’t start the lives lost for our freedom. please tell me when in past century our ‘freedom’ was threatened? we helped some friends keep some nasty folks from spreading and controlling territory
July 21st, 2010 at 8:56 AM
Take two bong rips, play some Halo and it’ll all come to you.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:56 AM
Reminds me of a Churchill quote:
Seems to me that can relate to our financial situation as well. It may look bad, but not half as bad as almost anywhere else.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:57 AM
I wasn’t referring to that specific thing HD. I was talking in more general terms of how folks show displeasure with goings on in the US. Sorry if that wasn’t clear.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:58 AM
Ask duffy’s parents to buy it.
/I will fight to the death for this meme
July 21st, 2010 at 8:58 AM
Peter is a pompous jackass anyways. Paul deserves the money for all he’s had to put up with.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:58 AM
TBL, please tell me this will be a post today. It cracks me up.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:59 AM
There is a karate place right next to my office and about 20 MILFs have been dropping their kids off for some camp thing. I love MILFs.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:59 AM
It’s closer to 30% and 15% respectively.
Also, the states with the highest rate of unionization are also the states with the highest unemployment/poverty rates. So do with that what you will.
Even Obama’s top economic adviser says Unionization causes unemployment:
http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/capital-commerce/2009/1/31/obama-adviser-summers-unions-cause-unemployment
July 21st, 2010 at 8:59 AM
unemployment can help folks stem the tide while working toward employment…every day is a new opportunity to find work. now, we all hate the folks who suck off the teat and don;t look for work. i myself am nearing the end of benefits, and in the year have finally gotten enough freelance work cobbled together to be ok. so, i was glad for it and bleev used it correctly. just a view from the other side
July 21st, 2010 at 9:00 AM
So…flag burning amendment: for or against?
Against. “You want to claim this land as the land of the free? Then the symbol of your country can’t just be a flag; the symbol also has to be one of its citizens exercising his right to burn that flag in protest. Show me that, defend that, celebrate that in your classrooms. Then, you can stand up and sing about the ‘land of the free.’”
–President Andrew Shepherd
Also, from George Carlin: “symbols are for the symbol-minded.”
jobs are impossible to get. how are things going to improve?
Jobs. Works. Programs. + High. Speed. Rail. It won’t be a permanent solution, but shit that’s got to be a decade of building going on across the country, right?
July 21st, 2010 at 9:00 AM
TBL, you’re getting caught up in the NOW aspect of today’s society. Companies are flush with cash, and rather than using it to hire staff they are spending it on improving tech and infrastructure that will increase effeciency. That will eventually lead to jobs, but it’s going to take a few quarters.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:00 AM
That kinda happened here in Orlando. Cypress Creek, a golf course my grandfather and dad grew up playing on. One which I started playing on. Was sold three years ago to a time share group (It was right next to Universal property).
A 50 year old course, littered with Cypress trees, tough holes, decent condition, let go overnight because of shady ass Euros came in.
Sad thing? They went bankrupt before they could throw up the Timeshare Condos. The land is just sitting there.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:00 AM
seriously. im fucking LIVID right now.
the township that bought this golf course not only has a perfectly fine town hall right now but they’re taking away $75k per year in tax revenue from the course’s property tax they pay that’s going to be have to made up by citizens. not only that, but how did they buy it? FUCKING EPA DOLLARS.
this is straight up BULLSHIT.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:00 AM
*locks arms with St. Bear in a gesture of solidarity*
July 21st, 2010 at 9:01 AM
In capitalism it is man eat man. In communism, it is the other way around.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:03 AM
Yeah, I wasn’t arguing “unionization is the tops!!”. Just found the contradiction interesting.
/also don’t think “unionization causes unemployment”, but whatever
July 21st, 2010 at 9:04 AM
There is a karate place right next to my office and about 20 MILFs have been dropping their kids off for some camp thing. I love MILFs.
hearhear. the best part of being unemplpoyed has been all the time i’ve spent wit my wife’s women’s group and their park dates aand playdates. we live in a fairly well-off area, so they are well-kept, too. hummina, hummina
July 21st, 2010 at 9:04 AM
Love that movie.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:04 AM
Please no. This is a discussion in WI right now. The gov’t wants to give $823 million for a high speed rail between Milw and Madison. Sounds great…except that it won’t be self sufficient and the state will be funding its operating losses for years and years and years. Maybe in other areas the demand is there for it to be profitable, but if the demand is there they would have already built it, no?
July 21st, 2010 at 9:04 AM
this was funny. A- for effort.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:04 AM
Batman 3 casting rumor–
http://www.idontlikeyouinthatway.com/2010/07/josephgordon-levitt-might-be-the-riddler-in-batman-3.html
July 21st, 2010 at 9:04 AM
spencer – you need to find an endangered species, some indian graves, or make an archeological discovery on that golf course STAT!
problem solved.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:04 AM
Jobs. Works. Programs. + High. Speed. Rail. It won’t be a permanent solution, but shit that’s got to be a decade of building going on across the country, right?
But to what end? Building shit just for the sake of having people employed is a bad idea in my opinion. We need focused projects that will still have some meaning 30-40 years from now. I’m not sure High Speed Rail is the way to go here…
July 21st, 2010 at 9:05 AM
Even Obama’s top economic adviser says Unionization causes unemployment:
Okay, I remember we talked about this before…so if I remember correctly:
-Good: employees want to band together to prevent them from getting collectively fucked in the ass from their employer.
-Bad: they gain too much power and start dictating certain things, like getting high end retirement benefits and making $31/hour for pushing buttons all day.
That about right?
Unions can be a good thing. They ARE a good thing. Trouble is, a lot of the union folk around anymore are the older ones who’re abusing this power.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:06 AM
larry H. i love that man eat man quote
July 21st, 2010 at 9:06 AM
1. Not surprised, since Nolan likes to hire guys from previous movies that he has worked with.
2. Great choice. Though GI Joe was horrible, I am interested to see what he does in a more expanded role as Cobra Commander in the sequel.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:06 AM
This is actually quite true. Big companies especially are sitting on a ton of cash right now.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:07 AM
Are you really asking this? You can’t possibly be so stupid as to have forgotten 9/11, so why don’t you tell me why that doesn’t qualify. And the fact that are diminishing the role of our military, and what the members of it are doing, tells me all I need to know about you.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:07 AM
Spence. Also. Chain yourself to a tree.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:08 AM
St. Bear – Yes, companies are flush with cash. So are banks. Nobody wants to spend anything because they know the next leg is about to fall. If they were spending, they’d be hiring. And if they are spending on technology, are those jobs being created here, or overseas, where you can hire more people, much cheaper?
July 21st, 2010 at 9:09 AM
Refined for truth.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:09 AM
Homer: But Marge! My lifelong dream is to be a monorail conductor!
Marge: Your lifelong dream was to run out onto the field during a Springfield Isotopes game. And you did it last year, remember?”
July 21st, 2010 at 9:09 AM
I’m not savvy enough in economics to be able to explain it but I can tell you that even the bad times in the last couple of years weren’t that bad. It’s not strictly oil because the Alberta economy has actually cooled off a bit. I’d be really interested to see an extensive explanation of what has gone right here.
I work in the financial sector and I know hiring managers that are actually having a hard time filling consulting positions that pay between $80-100k. Educated Americans who can’t find jobs would be well served to look this way.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:10 AM
Absolutely agree that you shouldn’t just build infrastructure where demand can’t reasonably support its upkeep.
But to the question about why things like rail haven’t been built… lots of policy makes it VERY difficult to build anything but roads. 60/70 years of your federal, state, and local governments passing laws that support highways and parking lots.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:10 AM
That was a terrorist attack, not a threat to American freedom considering there was no chance of the Taliban invading our shores…although considering your viewpoint on the Patriot Act one could argue that they did succeed somewhat in stripping freedom, only the military has no power to stop Congress so I won’t blame them for that one
July 21st, 2010 at 9:11 AM
go on a hunger strike too.
“Dancing away my hunger pangs. Moving my feet so my stomach won’t hurt.”
July 21st, 2010 at 9:12 AM
Unions are good?
/puts finger to head, pretends to shoot self
July 21st, 2010 at 9:12 AM
It’s really hard to make an argument in favor of unions right now. There aren’t many industries that rely heavily on unions that are thriving right now.
I would say in theory they are a good thing. Much like communism.
/bait
July 21st, 2010 at 9:12 AM
GI Joe was a trainwreck. I cannot believe they are making another one. As for Batman, I could see him doing well as the Riddler, but I would much rather have Depp.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:12 AM
/fixed
//it’s pretty simple, really
July 21st, 2010 at 9:12 AM
it’s an interesting phenomenon during the recession.
– company lays off lower level (not as efficient and less experience) workers
– upper levels (more efficient and greater experience) accept any increased workload due to fewer employees
– company sees profits because fewer people are performing the same workload
– company sees uncertainty in future and knows costs associated with hiring and training new employees
– upper level workers stay happy that they still have a job
– PROFITS(!!)
it’s a simplification, but it’s happening.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:13 AM
between Milw and Madison.
Well THERE’S your problem right there…I keed, I keed. Look, if the fine folks between Milwaukee and Madison don’t want high-speed rail, then they don’t get high-speed rail. I just remember pitching this idea a while ago about an eastern corridor, a central corridor and a western corridor and getting a lot of positive feedback for that.
But to what end? Building shit just for the sake of having people employed is a bad idea in my opinion. We need focused projects that will still have some meaning 30-40 years from now. I’m not sure High Speed Rail is the way to go here…
I’m also against building shit for the sake of building shit, but you don’t think high speed rail will have meaning 30 to 40 years from now? I’d like to also take the “green jobs” thing and refocus it. Instead of trying to power a city, lets try making certain businesses self-sustaining (like prisons). We should focus on getting buildings more efficient and taking others off-grid before trying to power our cities. Got to walk before you run. What would you suggest?
July 21st, 2010 at 9:13 AM
Not immediately. A company spends $10M to upgrade their computer system, the tech firm that gets the bid will take the profit and use it to upgrade their manufacturing line. The manufacturing company will then use it to buy a new fleet of vehicles.
These things take a long time.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:14 AM
I don’t really think so due to hating my time with one but they have their place…would be interesting to see how much professional sports owners would screw over their players like in the days of yore without unions
July 21st, 2010 at 9:15 AM
but those are Canadian dollars, right? that’s really about $32 dollars American, right?
/haven’t studied exchange rates yet…
July 21st, 2010 at 9:17 AM
Homer: But Marge! My lifelong dream is to be a monorail conductor!
Marge: Your lifelong dream was to run out onto the field during a Springfield Isotopes game. And you did it last year, remember?”
very nice.
spencer – you need to find an endangered species, some indian graves, or make an archeological discovery on that golf course STAT!
problem solved.
You saw that movie too!?!?!?
July 21st, 2010 at 9:17 AM
The other issue with the high speed rail thing is its the government giving money to a certain area so they can boast that there will be job growth at XYZ area. Wisconsin will obviously be a battleground state in 2012. Its to the administrations advantage to say they created X thousand jobs due to the high speed rail (or fill in any other project here). However, nobody in this state was sitting around and demandin a high speed rail…well, except those of us that had to drive back to Milwaukee after a weekend in Madison, but were more looking for a teleport that drops us off at a George Webb’s.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:17 AM
“I really think this is a bad idea.”
“Marge, I agree with you – in theory. In theory, communism works…in theory.”
July 21st, 2010 at 9:18 AM
This is actually quite true. Big companies especially are sitting on a ton of cash right now.
i am in the commercial segment of the bank, so i get to look at medium sized companies every day. and the amount of cash they have piled up over the past 18 months is incredible. primarily has to do with them attempting to devleverage (much to our chagrin), reorganize, and rehire. alot of my clients are starting to hire again, but this has just started to happen.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:19 AM
nah, never heard of that movie Badger. I was speaking on experience. at my “company”, we have a hell of a time getting stuff done due to the discovery of endangered species, indian graves, or something else archeological. I was suggesting those things to spencer becuase I KNOW they will work.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:19 AM
seriously, my company does public works projects and we have to go through this stuff all the time. go plant a couple arrowheads out on the course somewhere and you will be golfing for years.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:19 AM
Unions are good?
/puts finger to head, pretends to shoot self
yeah, what have unions ever done? i mean, besides helped usher in safe workplaces, 40-hour work weeks, overtime, vacation, health benefits.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:20 AM
Depp.
needs to get off this wacky tim burton character groove and show us he can play a human again
July 21st, 2010 at 9:21 AM
And it allowed GM to get a bailout!
July 21st, 2010 at 9:21 AM
Why should he take the pay cut?
July 21st, 2010 at 9:21 AM
I work in the financial sector and I know hiring managers that are actually having a hard time filling consulting positions that pay between $80-100k. Educated Americans who can’t find jobs would be well served to look this way.
I’ve looked at consulting, and couldn’t get any traction. i have an MBA and have worked mostly in real estate, and most jobs I looked at said they wanted consulting experience.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:22 AM
Needs to can the fake British Accent.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:22 AM
/engineering hi-five Miz
July 21st, 2010 at 9:23 AM
I think when TBL thinks about unions, he thinks about some company paying a custodian $30/hr plus benefits. Obviously everyone agrees that is not sustainable, if it even still exists.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:23 AM
I’ll take it one step further: unions helped put GM in the position to require a bailout in the first place.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:23 AM
I just started playing Modern Warfare 2 online. Holy shit I suck at video games. I was a beast at Halo, but this game kicks my ass.
/end random comment
July 21st, 2010 at 9:24 AM
Spence, which course? If it’s the residentially undeveloped one that is family-held, my Uncle and cousins tried their damnedest to buy it about 3 years ago and couldn’t come to terms. Sounds like the sellers should have taken the deal as I’m guessing the town is getting it for pennies on the dollar. Residential development was the only way to save it.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:24 AM
Which, interestingly, is working out pretty well for everyone.
/except a whole bunch of dealerships
//but GM is relatively healthy again, government getting paid back
July 21st, 2010 at 9:24 AM
I’ll take it one step further: unions helped put GM in the position to require a bailout in the first place.
shortsighted management decisions had nothing to do with it.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:24 AM
Instead of trying to power a city, lets try making certain businesses self-sustaining (like prisons). We should focus on getting buildings more efficient and taking others off-grid before trying to power our cities. Got to walk before you run. What would you suggest?
I like the prison idea. I guess I disagree with your assessment of power. Wind farms (where they make sense) are a pretty good idea and training the workers for them now will create a pretty sizable workforce. As for HSR…I spoke too soon. I was more referring to the areas muwarrior pointed out. HSR will be great for areas that need it. I don’t think sounthern Wisconsin is one of those needed areas.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:25 AM
i have an MBA and have worked mostly in real estate
what type of RE? banks are looking to hire commercial real estate lenders now. starting to lend to that again.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:26 AM
what type of RE? banks are looking to hire commercial real estate lenders now. starting to lend to that again.
development for the most part. I worked at an asset-bsed lender for a little while before going back to school.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:27 AM
agree. it takes two to tango. they both are to blame.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:28 AM
cheers.
/tips calculator toward arkbadger
July 21st, 2010 at 9:29 AM
This.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:29 AM
no it doesn’t.
/Roethlisberger
July 21st, 2010 at 9:29 AM
development for the most part.
i dont know where you live, but in texas they are hiring for that again. not just ABL banks, but PE and commercial banks. people who have some cash are starting to buy the distressed bank land, and developing it on the cheap.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:31 AM
Right now, $1 CAD = $0.964 USD.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:31 AM
it’s like crack.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:32 AM
Only for the old guard. They sold out their young union mates. $100k+ a year doing the same job as the kid on the line next to him earning $27k. Bye-bye, GeneralMotors-Dayton…
July 21st, 2010 at 9:32 AM
i dont know where you live, but in texas they are hiring for that again
DC. we really haven’t had deals to be had on the cheap, as international money was still investing here. little deals could be had, but those are small shops that don’t ever really ramp up and hire. working for a GC right now, not really liking it, and trying to decide if I want to stay in the industry. not sure if I have the stomach for the ups and downs.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:33 AM
Fixed for Engineering humor and what keeps me afloat in class
July 21st, 2010 at 9:33 AM
A lot of everybody’s clients are starting to hire again. Doesn’t make for good fodder though, so it goes ignored.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:33 AM
rounding error…sue me.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:34 AM
The first few games I felt like an idiot, but I am slowly getting used to it. Still not very good, though. I miss the days when I was good at video games.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:35 AM
Nice…anything ever become of his alleged golf course pissing then?
July 21st, 2010 at 9:35 AM
I’ve been rocking the TI-83 since 1997 and it’s been pretty solid. no need to upgrade for me.
/nerd’d
July 21st, 2010 at 9:36 AM
The first few games I felt like an idiot, but I am slowly getting used to it. Still not very good, though. I miss the days when I was good at video games.
Danger Close perk, RPG’S and grenade launcher. Guaranteed 15 kills a game.
/noob
July 21st, 2010 at 9:37 AM
It’s cool, I’ll let it slide…this time.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:37 AM
/points scale at reader M
July 21st, 2010 at 9:37 AM
OH COME ON
July 21st, 2010 at 9:37 AM
shortsighted management decisions had nothing to do with it.
+1 oversized SUV getting 19 miles per gallon for a family of three.
no it doesn’t.
/Roethlisberger
+1 summersault plancha
July 21st, 2010 at 9:38 AM
What is this? That’s another thing. I don’t know what half the shit is. Like 5 icons pop up on the screen and I just keep plugging away. I also want to get the fucking thing to use the helicopter or the jets. I always get my ass kicked by those fuckers.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:39 AM
Fuck noobtubes, worst part of the game.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:39 AM
Man, I think the best thing that came expensive bottle of PBR link was another link to a post on PBR advertising through the ages In today’s current context some of those ads are just funny
July 21st, 2010 at 9:39 AM
Only for the old guard. They sold out their young union mates. $100k+ a year doing the same job as the kid on the line next to him earning $27k. Bye-bye, GeneralMotors-Dayton…
THAT’s the bad I was talking about. Sounds like this union grew a “I got mine, so fuck you” mentality.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:40 AM
Unions are great. People that are corrupt suck.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:40 AM
The argument against replay in baseball is beyond obtuse.
You can’t make the case against replay in baseball based on grinding “games to a complete halt”. The game grinds to a halt when the batter steps out of the batter’s box to scratch his nuts.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:40 AM
that’ll happen…esp since there are SOOOO many good players there. you’ll get it eventually…im still not very good at it, but usually go about 15-10 or something.
best advice i can give you is stick with a gun/setup and get used to it.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:40 AM
gods, you just have to keep playing. When I started I was horrible and my kill/death ratio was like.4, but just through playing you get better and learn. I’m up over 1.1 now and I sometimes get the cool killstreaks with the harriers and AC130s. Biggest thing I would say for you as a newbie would be to hang back and not rush into the fray.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:43 AM
I don’t know how I’d never seen this until just yesterday, but this may be the greatest YouTube video evah!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya57sApzSDI
July 21st, 2010 at 9:44 AM
Gods, when you set-up a class, under Perk 2, you can select Danger Close…the perk increases the damage from explosives.
and yes cleet…I only use that class when playing domination b/c EVERYBODY else does it. One of the bigger reasons I enjoyed World at War more than this game.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:44 AM
But not Kurupt.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:44 AM
read a really great quote from a great book:
“in a sick country every step to health is an insult to those who live on the sickness”. Bernard Malamud, “The Fixer”.
there’s a lot of that going on right now. just imagine what we could do if our leaders were actually committed to fixing this country for the better.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:45 AM
Living life behind the walls…welcome to Oz, it’s no surprise. I wonder if Lindsay Lohan’s singing that today as she begins her 23-day sentence.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:45 AM
WTF? ESPN is reporting that Jimmy Johnson (the “U” version) is going to be on the next Survivor. That man must have one hell of a cocaine habit. Should be a great recruiter for his tribe though.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:45 AM
The jets and helicopters are killstreaks…you have to unlock a majority of these as you progress through the ranks and level up.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:46 AM
I think Levitt could actually work out pretty well for that role, I have total faith in Nolan for the Batman franchise now after what he did with first 2 movies. Of course I had that same faith in Sam Raimi and he gave us SpiderMan 3
July 21st, 2010 at 9:47 AM
How do I unlock better guns? Is that basd on rank? There is one gun that I love (not sure of the name, but it is the one you’re given when you play the Brazil level) as it has a slight zoom.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:48 AM
True, but that’s because Raimi and his brother wrote the script for Spider-Man 3, after hiring the old guard to do the first two. And Raimi and his bro are terrible writers, but he had so much clout from the first two films no one at the studio could tell him how awful it was.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:48 AM
By far the most disappointing statement I’ve ever seen you write, TBL.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:49 AM
West coast gang bang, riders erasing em. Got funny niggas raisin up and riders replacing em.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:49 AM
Yeah, most guns are also unlocked as you level up. You also need to complete certain challenges to unlock attachments for the guns (scopes, etc.).
July 21st, 2010 at 9:49 AM
Should be a great recruiter for his tribe though.
How bout them tribal leaders
July 21st, 2010 at 9:49 AM
Anyone played both Modern Warfare 2 and Battlefield 2? I’m trying to decide between the two for my pc.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:50 AM
Yes, the higher rank you get, the more guns you unlock. And the more kills you get with a gun, the more features you unlock for that particular gun, like red dot sight, infared, etc. My main gun is the FAMAS, 3 round controlled burst, I do the best with that one.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:50 AM
I didn’t think it was that bad compared to the sweet nothings he was whispering in Diablo Cody’s ear.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:50 AM
The
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Haha that made me laugh.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:51 AM
Haven’t played BF 2 but I heard MW 2 for PC was horrible. I played MW 1 on PC and it was cool, haven’t played 2 on it but I heard from others it was not good on PC.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:52 AM
IMO unions were once things needed to protect employees from working in unsafe conditions, un paid OT, no benefits etc…but now i dont know if I see the need, especially with some of the examples already stated here of the corruption that goes on.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:52 AM
Havent watched the last 2-3 seasons but I am SO watching this
July 21st, 2010 at 9:53 AM
the man has bills people…enzyte isnt gonna keep the AC running in his house alone
July 21st, 2010 at 9:53 AM
The question needs to be asked of those anti-union folks, do you believe the MLB, NBA, and NFL Union should be disbanded? If you believe all unions are evil, then it follows that these unions are bad. Thus, you believe professional sports would be better with no unions.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:54 AM
Thanks. The only video game my wife ever liked was Halo because she liked playing online. She was watching me play MW2 and now she wants to try it. She will be TERRIBLE. Should be fun.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:54 AM
I only think of JJ in terms of coaching the U now, fuck the Cowboy days.
“I was born in Oklahoma, played football at the University of Arkansas, won a national championship there but my home is South Florida and my team is the University of Miami.”
July 21st, 2010 at 9:54 AM
And do you KNOW how much it takes to keep cleaning up the mess of dead hookers off of a boat in Florida?
/Calls JPQ for the answer and advice.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:55 AM
You know a show or movie is good when you wake up thinking about it. Inception did that to me this morning. Great stuff from the score, the effects, the acting (Leo and JGL rule) and storyline. I want to see it again.
That top wasn’t going to stop spinning, either.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:55 AM
Chicago has the worst public transportation system of any major metro. Of this I am sure.
Just got stuck on a brown line train for 25 minutes between two stops with no air conditioning and the doors wouldn’t open. The guy sitting next to me was referring to himself on the phone in the 3rd person as “daddy” (no, he was not talking to his kids) and the person standing next to me I don’t think had showered since May. A normal 15 minute commute took me an hour and 10 minutes.
/end rant
Now what are we talking about this morning? Oh… politics.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:55 AM
i think that’s the tar. you gotta unlock it by getting your level up…i think it’s 28 or something, but you can find that easy on the internet.
even though i have them all unlocked, i still use the m4. im a big believer in visual comfort leading to better performance and i just can’t get used to the style of the ACR or scar.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:57 AM
July 21st, 2010 at 9:57 AM
2 hrs between posts? ahhh summer is back. time for a vacation
July 21st, 2010 at 9:58 AM
Don’t be so sure. Throughout the movie when it spun in dreams it was always perfectly upright. At the end scene it was wobbling.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:58 AM
ACR…that’s it. a 28? Fuck me. I’m a 6 right now. What’s this mess about finding shit on the internet?
July 21st, 2010 at 9:59 AM
I found one on Monster.
Didn’t really need a job.
Applied – didn’t “know” anybody.
Interviewed FIVE times with 20+ people.
Got the job.
They’re out there.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:59 AM
SHUT. THE. FUCK. UP.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:00 AM
http://callofduty.wikia.com/wiki/Call_of_Duty_Wiki
All you’ve ever wanted to know about COD is at that site.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:01 AM
ACR is not until like 42. You really just have to find a gun that you like. I’m not a fan of the SCAR, I do dabble in the M4 though. I’m on my 3rd prestige run so I pretty much stick to the FAMAS unless I want to change it up. FAMAS you can use from Lv. 1. You can’t spray and pray with it but it is very accurate. In close quarter maps and domination I usually use the L86 with a grip to control the kickback.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:01 AM
El Hernia la soledad
/not sure the last word is an actual word
July 21st, 2010 at 10:01 AM
In real news we are now shooting drones down with lasers…I love science
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20011041-501465.html
/end of line
July 21st, 2010 at 10:02 AM
if it’s the ACR, you gotta be like 48. the tar was in that brazillian level tho.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:03 AM
I’m staying away from the conversation about Unions. That’s going to get dirty.
Sure. If you don’t know how to look, put in the proper amount of effort, have a specialized skill-set or a degree. Not everyone is that kid from Colgate or wherever that was applying to maybe 5 jobs a week.
There’s a lot more jobs out there than you think. If you want to bitch about the quality of jobs, then I’ll hear your case.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:03 AM
Seriously, skip and don’t read the comment. I already had Ndub’s quote there, you knew the comment was about the movie then don’t read it if you haven’t seen it.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:04 AM
I’m not a fan of the notion that the best players get the best guns. I liked Halo’s setup much better. I have pondered buying a 360 just for Halo. I LOVED playing that shit online.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:04 AM
Where’s my goddamn hoverboard, science? We were promised these by 2015, the clock is ticking
July 21st, 2010 at 10:04 AM
loved inception last night, agree with cleet
July 21st, 2010 at 10:05 AM
Not in my field and not in Atlanta. Thanks to my house, I’m tied to the ATL so it’s not easy for me, anyway.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:06 AM
that’s why MW2 rocks…there is no “best” gun. they’re all good, it’s just personal preference.
ive used the AK all of 2 rounds and it’s the last gun you get.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:07 AM
I realize our society is extremely cynical. I realize there are people who use welfare and unemployment as a means to keep themselves from having to get a job or work hard. But how can anyone deny these types of programs for the millions of people who legitimately need them? Why would you be against helping people (like me for 19 months) who need it? I’m not coming to your house and asking you to give me one of your paychecks! I’m asking the government to spend the money you pay in taxes in the places where they have the ability to help the most people. I’m asking for lobbyists to be abolished so they can’t weasel their way into getting government funding for their pet projects.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:08 AM
In all honesty MW 2 is better and more realistic than Halo. I used to kick ass at Halo 2 but playing Halo 3 next to MW there is no comparison. And it doesn’t take you long to level up gods and like I said I use the FAMAS which is a gun you can get from lvl 1. All that said I will still probably buy Halo Reach when it comes out this fall.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:08 AM
Yah, but were there any AIDS infested pink haired queers?
/John Rocker’d
July 21st, 2010 at 10:09 AM
I can’t help it. My eyes get curious. I never know when you are going to slip in a reference to Family Matters or something.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:09 AM
We make nothing. We build nothing. Service is the largest part of our economy which means that now our economy is consumer driven. That’s what made the so called housing boom of the last decade so odorous. The value of homes and properties increased based on nothing, but this increase caused an increase in consumer spending
July 21st, 2010 at 10:09 AM
halo 1, in my opinion was the perfect game to play multiplayer–it required that you become very accurate with the pistol because if you weren’t then a skilled player could take u down w/ 3 shots from anywhere. It was the ultimate equalizer. I think they “dumbed it down” for halo 2 and 3.
The only thing i hated about halo 1 was people using timers to know when the OS and Invis was coming up…hated that shit—but i miss the days of playing 1 on XBox Connect
July 21st, 2010 at 10:10 AM
AK sucks IMO.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:10 AM
yep. im an m4 man, myself. like the f2000 too, but that’s one you get way later.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:11 AM
I don’t care about realism in video games. I think some games (NCAA Football being chief among them) have gotten worse as they’ve tried to get more real. I loved the sniper rifle in Halo. That shit was awesome, and nothing tops the sword. Getting a running riot with the sword was so much fun.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:11 AM
.
agreed. i hate that the guns discharge gets in the way of the crosshairs.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:11 AM
Love it or leave it!
/Those guys
July 21st, 2010 at 10:12 AM
You’re under 30. You know on average how many times people in our generation switch jobs and field from 22-30? 4. FOUR TIMES.
If you choose limit your options by being isolated to a single field, that’s a decision you make and live with. It also doesn’t mean you can’t have a secondary income source. You’re a writer/editor. Do some freelance and contract work on the side.
In our generation’s life time, the average amount of jobs one person will have in their career is about 18. In JPQ’s generation, it was less than 5.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:12 AM
Hoverboard? I was promised a god damn flying car.
Jobs suck. Well maybe just work sucks.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:12 AM
Well said.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:13 AM
It’s a rare condition, this day and age, to read any good news on the newspaper page. Love and tradition of the grand design, some people say it’s even harder to find…
July 21st, 2010 at 10:13 AM
ah, you desire the government for the people, by the people..not a government for the corporations, by the corporations, right?
July 21st, 2010 at 10:14 AM
I could see this. My step-sister has had 4 or 5 in the last 5 years and my brother’s friend has had something like 6 in the last 5 years.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:14 AM
ive used the AK all of 2 rounds and it’s the last gun you get.
Same here. The recoil on that gun is horrible. People that use Marathon, Commando, and the Tactical Knife, piss me off more than the rocket launcher noobs. You can empty an entire clip into somebody and they still come and stab you. Such bullshit.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:14 AM
Just wondering…have you played NCAA Football 11? I find it to be the best released since the games for the last generation of consoles (PS2, Xbox 1).
EA finally seems to have gotten the running game down with the new locomotion engine and passing is improved as well. I am loving NCAA 11 so far.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:14 AM
JERSEY……. PLEASE DON’T READ THIS.
But it didn’t go down.
You can’t go from layer five to reality just like that. Everyone went step-by-step. Plus, when you die (re: shot) under that sedation, you go to limbo, you don’t wake up.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:15 AM
I’ve found jobs, bro. It’s all about them recognizing you. That takes time and patience. My god does it take patience.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:16 AM
I played the demo. Thought it was okay, but what bothers me is the shit they do with recruiting. It’s just too much. The games take long enough to play, so I don’t want to spend an extra 20+ minutes recruiting each week. I miss the days of playing a season and then recruiting at the end in one shot.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:16 AM
There was, at one time, a place for unions in professional sports.
With the possible exception of football, because of the health risks involved, I don’t see a need for unions in professional sports. Especially baseball.
I don’t think the argument for or against unions is a “one size fits all” thing, either.
In the non-sports world, unions were responsible for lifting a whole group of people into the middle class at one time. Unions have since failed because they failed to become partners with business (rather than adversaries) as well as allowing the skill sets of their constituents to rot. I doubt union politics have evolved much since the days of Hoffa, to be honest, and that is the problem.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:17 AM
JERSEY DONT READ
but in the dreams it would never even wobble..it would spin perfectly upright
July 21st, 2010 at 10:17 AM
and where’s my effing jetpack!?!?
July 21st, 2010 at 10:19 AM
As long as we don’t have meals coming in pill form any time soon, I’m fine with the pace of inventions. I enjoy my food. If I’m eating BBQ pulled pork pills with a glass of cole-slaw water in the next 10 years, just kill me.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:19 AM
the worst part of the debate is people who claim that simply cutting spending and taxes will solve the problem. we have a very complex economy not built around being frugal and saving and this will only make it worse.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:20 AM
That was an issue I had in past NCAA games as well…they definitely trimmed down on the time it takes to recruit this year. Instead of going through and picking which pitches you want to use, they come up randomly. You can either find the prospect’s interest or actually pitch it to them. This saves time, as does the quick call option which just simulates the call and gives you the results of it.
I would say recruiting time has been cut in half from NCAA 10 to NCAA 11.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:21 AM
Thats what gave me pause. But they didnt show what happened after the van crashed in the river – when it hit they were all still there, some were swimming to the surface. Presumably they had to kill themselves to get back onto the plane. Maybe Cobb woke up and they were able to take him with them.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:21 AM
JERSEY DON’T READ!!!!!!!!!!!!
It went down so quickly in reality. There was something different about this one. I think this one was different because he finally let go of Mal and their deep dream state was destroyed. This allowed him to be “free” and return to what he wanted most in the life – to be with his kids. But he had to go to his limbo to create it, where he was the architect and the subconscious.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:21 AM
/Trey
July 21st, 2010 at 10:22 AM
Listen, you can’t get rid of unions for the exact same reason why you want to get rid of them in the first place. You really think corporations will provide fair wages and benefits if they’re not required to? Reform, not abolish.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:22 AM
i’ve heard soylent green is very tasty, i’d stick around for that if i were you.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:22 AM
Flat tax FTMFW!
July 21st, 2010 at 10:22 AM
Also, if you play in an Online Dynasty in NCAA 11, you can do recruit on a computer or any other device that connects to the internet. I actually played a game and did some recruiting at the same time on my laptop. Very cool and saves time.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:22 AM
The “Jersey don’t read this’s” are great and also do wonders for my ego. Thanks, brahs.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:24 AM
NO JERSEY, STAY AWAY…
But Cobb couldn’t wake up in that first layer dream because he didn’t wake up in the fourth layer (his home), thus he couldn’t wake up in third layer (snow fortress), thus he couldn’t wake up in the second layer (the hotel/elevator), which means he never got back to that first layer.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:25 AM
JERSEY FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING THAT IS HOLY DON’T READ
Yes you can. Cobb and Mal did when they were originally stuck 5 ;layers deep (Hey-oooooo). They laid down on the tracks and went from layer 5 to reality. When the other kicks happened those dreams were over. Cobb said Saito would die only if he did not make it deeper into the dream layers, when he got shot they were only on layer one.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:25 AM
Garland if you’re still around feel free to give me a recommendation when I’m looking for a job. I’m not in your field but all Canadians know one another right?
July 21st, 2010 at 10:26 AM
Right here.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:26 AM
What do you mean, you people?
July 21st, 2010 at 10:26 AM
NO JERSEY NO
Well they didnt show him waking up at any of those layers, true. But you can assume that he made a stop at each, can’t you?
July 21st, 2010 at 10:27 AM
JERSEY STAY AWAY!!!
great point…a main reason why I thought it was the real world was when we saw his kids faces…there was a reason why we didnt see them until that moment
July 21st, 2010 at 10:28 AM
With Selig making sure that only penny-pinchers are able to buy teams, baseball players need a union now more than ever. (Well, besides when Marvin Miller was at the helm.)
July 21st, 2010 at 10:28 AM
Ooh I like Cleet’s answer. Killing yourself in limbo brings you all the way back? They were just afraid of limbo because it turns your brain to mush and you forget about reality. When Cobb found Mal’s top though he remembered where they were and was able to bring them back.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:28 AM
JERSEY!!! AIEE!!!!
seriously, i have no idea.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:29 AM
Goddamnit CJ!!!!
July 21st, 2010 at 10:29 AM
But those dreams would end eventually. Remember the time scale went longer and longer the further into the layers you went. That first dream was only lasting an ten hours, then a week, months, years so on. So those dreams would end before limbo.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:29 AM
Flat tax will never happen. People who campaign on it know this. Sadly idiots keep voting for them thinking it will happen.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:29 AM
NOOOO jersey!
but he “died” in what, layer 3 at the snow fortress?
July 21st, 2010 at 10:30 AM
AVOID ME LIKE A HERPES INVESTED WHORE, JERSEY
And that’s the great debate I’m having with it. BUT, the counter argument I have is that Yusuf, the chemist dude, and Cobb knew that sedation was so potent that they couldn’t be “kicked” awake. They couldn’t die and wake up. That’s why everyone was pissed in the warehouse because they went under without being told this.
Damnit, guys, I would love to keep talking about this. Great movie. But I’ve got an 11 a.m. social event for work and have to book. Feel free to respond so I can read your insight.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:30 AM
continued… just like when Cobb and Saito meet and Saito spins the top and says that thing about regret, they both remember and are able to kill themselves and get back to reality.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:30 AM
i think it was because of the amount of time you spend down there right?
July 21st, 2010 at 10:32 AM
one of the best trailers ever. too lazy to toss youtube link go find it yourself.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:32 AM
I imagine you saying that in Ewok-voice every time you type it.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:33 AM
JERSEY DON”T STARE INTO THE SUN
If I remember correctly, that was only for the first layers. I thought I remember Cobb saying their only choice was to go deeper. They did and Saito did before he died so he made his mind recoverable from limbo.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:37 AM
But didn’t Leo and the wife do that when the train ran over them?
July 21st, 2010 at 10:39 AM
JERSEY, NOT FOR YOUR EYES!!!!!!!!!
Jersey sucks, right guys? (and CJ)
July 21st, 2010 at 10:42 AM
Your mother sucks, right guys? (and hopefully not CJ)
July 21st, 2010 at 10:46 AM
PRESIDENT JERSEY!!! GOVERNOR CONNELLY!! NO!!!!!!
My GF who works at a movie theater said there is no post-credits answer to the top question.
And I can’t be the only one who thinks the guy who played Eams should get James Bond after Daniel Craig gives it up, right?
July 21st, 2010 at 10:48 AM
Good call, if Bond 23 flops like Quantum he might get his chance
July 21st, 2010 at 10:48 AM
Missing the /rape whistle tag from CJ.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:51 AM
Good call, if Bond 23 flops like Quantum he might get his chance
I liked Quantum. I was one of the 12, apparently. And I dig Daniel Craig as Bond. But I imagine Tom Hardy is much younger and could feasibly carry the role for a decade.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:54 AM
I also like Craig, but Quantum took a lot of wind out of the sails and I think they are having problems getting 23 off the ground. Craig is definitely not the problem, the convuluted plot was.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:55 AM
Craig is definitely not the problem, the convuluted plot was.
Having him travel seven different places (sometimes twice) also didn’t help. Shit, part of what kicked ass about Casino Royale is that he got around on a train. A fucking train! High speed rail!!!! Sorry.
/Full circle’d
July 21st, 2010 at 10:55 AM
Hard to call a movie that made $586,090,727 a flop…
Heldover – I liked Quantum, too. Not near as good as Casino Royale, but still entertaining and Craig was great again.
July 21st, 2010 at 11:00 AM
It most definitely was not a box office flop scuba, but in the contruct of the film series it went begging. Hell the Last Airbender is making a ton of $$ but it has been almost univerally panned. I was entertained by Quantum, but I’m a big Bond guy, seen all the films and critique them pretty harshly. I don’t think Quantum was as bad as the World is Not Enough, but it was one of the most incomplete of the modern Bond age films. I think they will correct the mistakes in the new one and it will be on par with Casino Royale.
July 21st, 2010 at 11:01 AM
It’s a shame. I would never vote for someone purely for that reason, but I’ve yet to hear ANY sane reason why that would not work. Everyone pays their fair share (no one, rich or poor, weasels out of it), and we also have the added bonus of getting rid of 99% of the IRS. What’s not to like?
July 21st, 2010 at 11:06 AM
Cleet – I hear you…I have all the Bond films as well and even took a class in college called “Politics In James Bond Films.” Best/easiest 3 credits of my life.
Quantum was a let down after CR, no doubt. I think it had a lot to do with the choice in director (he’d never done an action film before. A Bond film is not a good place for a first-time action director – ask Michael Apted from the aforementioned The World Is Not Enough), as well as the quick edits and shaky cam. A little exposition goes a long way.
Craig held QoS together IMO. He could carry the Bond franchise for a while if MGM gets their financials in order.
July 21st, 2010 at 11:08 AM
Sweet Jesus that class sounds awesome. What’s your short list of favorite Bonds if I may ask?
July 21st, 2010 at 11:11 AM
What’s your short list of favorite Bonds if I may ask?
No order:
-Goldfinger
-The Spy Who Loved Me
-Live and Let Die
-Casino Royale
-Thunderball
Honorable mention to Goldeneye, really the only great Pierce Brosnan Bond movie.
July 21st, 2010 at 11:11 AM
meh…i didn’t really dig casino royale. im siding with QOS for the time being.
July 21st, 2010 at 11:14 AM
Casino Royale
From Russia With Love
Goldfinger
The Living Daylights
GoldenEye
There isn’t a Bond movie I don’t like, but Die Another Day, You Only Live Twice and The Man With The Golden Gun are my least favorites.
The class was awesome. We watched all Bond films in order – including non-canon ones (Never Say Never Again and the Casino Royale from the 60s).
Another great thing was that the class was offered again with a different subject matter – Terrorism in Film – the next semester. I took that as well and we watched classics like Die Hard, Commando, Executive Decision, etc.
July 21st, 2010 at 11:14 AM
i know it’s sacrilege, but i always thought pierce epitomized the mental visualization of james bond from the books. he LOOKED and acted the part perfectly unlike a certain foul mouthed, rough around the edges scot…
not saying pierce was the best bond however, don’t confuse that.
July 21st, 2010 at 11:18 AM
Live and Let Die, awesome movie but my next sentence has nothing to do with that opinion. One of the most racist movie I have ever seen.
July 21st, 2010 at 11:18 AM
He, Sean Connery and Timothy Dalton had the look down for sure. Problem was Brosnan’s films went off the deep end in terms of reality and Dalton lacked in charisma.
July 21st, 2010 at 11:19 AM
Mine are (order always changing)
Goldeneye
From Russia With Love
Casino Royale
Goldeneye
Living Daylights
I really liked Never Say Never Again, might be in my top ten.
Spence, I agree Pierce was an underrated Bond. In that same ilk I think Timothy Dalton was as well. Dalton really sought to be true to the book character after what Roger Moore did to it. (Moore is by far my least favorite Bond). I still can’t go against Connery as number 1 though.
July 21st, 2010 at 11:20 AM
Ha, no doubt. Jane Seymour was fucking smoking in that one.
July 21st, 2010 at 11:21 AM
Reallly? I believe most think he was one of the better Bonds, but his movies were shittier.
July 21st, 2010 at 11:21 AM
Shit, that first one is supposed to be Goldfinger. I messed up my golden body parts.
July 21st, 2010 at 11:23 AM
I think that’s what I was trying to say, I thought he was very good but he gets a lot of flak and liike scuba said his movies lost touch with reality.
July 21st, 2010 at 11:23 AM
My favorite Bond girl.
July 21st, 2010 at 11:24 AM
Solely based on their portrayal of Bond, not the films they were in:
1) Sean Connery
2) Daniel Craig
3) Timothy Dalton/Pierce Brosnan – tie…they are almost the same, with Pierce having a better sense of humor
4) Roger Moore
5) George Lazenby
July 21st, 2010 at 11:25 AM
Die Another Day with him windsurfing in the arctic was all kinds of horrible.
July 21st, 2010 at 11:28 AM
The laughter that come out of the audience during that scene when I saw it in a theater was a combination of nervousness, embarrassment and humor at how awful the CGI was.
July 21st, 2010 at 11:29 AM
anyone else hear the rumors that WILL FUCKING SMITH is in the running for the next bond?
July 21st, 2010 at 11:29 AM
Poor Pierce had to act like Denise Richards was a nuclear scientist named Christmas Jones.
July 21st, 2010 at 11:30 AM
I thought Craig was on board for another movie?
July 21st, 2010 at 11:30 AM
My favorite Bond girl.
No order:
-Blonde from Dr. No
-Jane Seymour
-Spy Who Loved Me chick (Agent Triple X)
-The blonde from Die Another Day
-The woman from the beginning of A View to A Kill
July 21st, 2010 at 11:31 AM
I know it was a different movie, but just stating another example of what he had to go through.
I think one day their might be a black Bond, but it won’t be an AMerican.
July 21st, 2010 at 11:31 AM
my favorite bond chick was natalya from goldeneye. not really sure why though.
July 21st, 2010 at 11:32 AM
Domincan? Wait, those don’t count.
/Hunter’d
July 21st, 2010 at 11:34 AM
I’ve never ranked them, but Seymour, Bassinger in Never Say Never, Pussy Galore, Vesper, Melina in For Your Eyes Only and Pam Bouvier from License to Kill are some of my favorites.
July 21st, 2010 at 11:34 AM
Bond girls…awesome
Vesper Lynd (Eva Green) – Casino Royale
Solitaire (Jane Seymour) – Live and Let Die
Tracy Di Vicenzo (Diana Rigg) – OHMSS
Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress) – Dr. No
Damn, I could talk Bond, sports and video games all day.
July 21st, 2010 at 11:35 AM
Because you used her character in multiplayer of the N64 Goldeneye game? Famke as Xenia Onatopp was great in that too. Any woman who can have an orgasm while squeezing a man to death between her legs is alright in my book.