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Link“but thanks for bringin’ that sh*t up”
VideoDon Cheadle on “Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell”
The guy w/fake girlfriend who disappeared in the BCS championship game must show and prove
ImageTe’o insists he’s faster than a 4.8 forty yard dash. He may really believed it just like he believed in a girlfriend he never saw. In reality, he probably is pretty slow in top speed, but as the combine showed he has pretty good explosion and agility making him an average to below average NFL athlete. But after watching him disappear against Alabama (aka a bunch of pro-bound players) and then come into the combine slower than expected: We don’t believe you. You need more people.
How to destroy an NBA team in one season
VideoMany of my fellow 76ers fans wanted to send Igoudala because they don’t value defense, rebounds and a high shot percentage from a guy who doesn’t light up the scoreboard. We amnestied Elton Brand, traded Andre Igoudala and a young big player in Vucevic for a flyer on Andrew Bynum (aka 2013-2014 season cap room).
Not many of those send Iggy fans have much to say about it this season. This team was no champion last year, but they were fun to watch. This year’s team is no champion and they are not fun to watch. At all.
Mark Sanford is the definition of a jerk.
LinkThe Web Standards Project made my career and profession better.
LinkBuffet to Shareholders: “people will seek their news – what’s important to them – from whatever sources provide the best combination of immediacy, ease of access, reliability, comprehensiveness and low cost”
QuoteCharles Pierce: “Simply put, the job creators are now not creating jobs.”
QuoteWrong way to party
LinkWhy I switched from Android to iPhone
LinkRemember when: “OMG Obama is to the right of Laura Bush!”
StandardRRemember when: “OMG Obama is to the right of Laura Bush!”
Yea. well…it’s who actually pushes for and implements the changes that are liberal not who talks about it being awesome when it doesn’t matter. Dick Cheney and Laura Bush never did a damn for marriage equality while they were in Washington and the same goes for a bunch of other Republicans who make moderately liberal sounding noises sometimes and yet did nothing moderately liberal when they held power.
Zucker’s CNN: Soledad O’Brien out, Erin Burnett in. Wall to Wall “poop cruise” coverage
VideoAs journalists like Soledad O’Brien are replaced by anonymous source parroters like Erin Burnett, CNN will become even less useful but find ratings hits around stories you could care less about like sh*t ships. It’s good to remember that Jeff Zucker was good at promoting exactly that type of news programming. He was the guy who turned around the Today Show in the early 90’s. It’s a conscious management decision to go with Zucker as the head of a worldwide news organization, and what they are conscious of is ratings. See the difference between O’Brien and Burnett below.
On White House Press Corps access to a President
LinkThinkProgress Update on Trayvon Martin murder case
LinkSurprise: anti-vaccine nutters are affecting public health
LinkPolitical “tire swingers” in W.H. Press Corps will never forgive Obama for not hangin’ out with them
LinkPolitical Horse Race color analysts will never forgive Nate Silver
LinkBill Russell: “I never ask a player to play against a ghost”
StandardA great short interview with NBA great Bill Russell on ranking players all time.
Bonus: Kevin Hart on the Inside the NBA on TNT All Star Weekend