Obama open to newspaper bailout bill – The Hill’s Blog Briefing Room
Interesting prospective bit of legislation. The downfall of genuine journalism and newspapers have been much discussed in recent years. No idea how exactly government can intervene to salvage legit print media or how government can afford to bailout another industry but its good to hear this issue at least being discussed by leaders.
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http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2009/08/30/2009-08-30_threeandout_for_joba_but_yankees_cruise.html
See link above for recap of the Yankees latest win and Joba Chamberlain’s latest starter.
The Joba Rules are a real tired subject amongst Yankee fans and the New York sports media, mostly because the rules don’t ever make sense fully and change on a monthly basis. The latest plan limits Joba Chamberlain to 3 innings per start for the rest of the regular season so that Chamberlain does not exceed 150 innings this season.
Angry Pitino says scandal ‘pure hell’ for family
Please click link above for any background on the Rick Pitino sex-scandal story.
I hate reactions like this and I never understood why someone like Pitino would come out angry in a situation like this. When you are a public figure, you have to know that when you screw up, you are going to open yourself up to all sorts of public criticism, scrutiny and embarrassment that most regular people will never deal with when they screw up.
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1) In NPR’s Planet Money podcast from last Wednesday, the featured segment was an interview with an exectuive from Crazy Eddie’s Electronics, regarding the financial crimes perpetrated by Crazy Eddie’s top management which ultimately led to the companies downfall in the 1980s.
The interview is a good listen, but mostly the piece just made remember the ridiculous advertisements that Crazy Eddie’s had on television when I was a kid. As Crazy Eddie’s was a chain in the greater-New York Metropolitan area, these crazy commercials were always on the local TV stations, especially Channel 11, the old WPIX. The video above captures the frantic and, well, crazy pace and tone of a Crazy Eddie’s ad. Enjoy. Continue reading
1) Love watching the Yanks take two of three from the Red Sox in Boston. Seven and a half up in the standings. Don’t know what else to say about the Yankees and their play of late. I’m quite pleased. Continue reading
In Cincinnati’s Preseason Week 2 game versus the New England Patriots, Chad Ochocinco (nee Johnson) actually kicked the Bengals lone extra point AND the ensuing kickoff, and twice performed respectably.
1. Brett Favre. The most overrated NFL player…ever? Favre last reached a Super Bowl in 1998. In both the years prior to and following his prime as a Green Bay Packer, Favre could be characterized as a coach-killing, mistake prone, knucklehead, who was always primed to make huge, gaffes in the big spot and cost his team a game. I’m probably being too harsh on the NFL’s career leader in touchdowns, yards, completions, etc., but I feel like its necessary just to combat all the hyperbole spewed talking up this guy. Just to prove a point as to how overrated this guy, here are 10 quarterbacks (in no order) who are definitely better than Favre:
Lately, Anthony and I have been taking shots at US Soccer in the wake of their embarrassing showings versus Italy and Brazil in the Confederations Cup. Not exactly the World Cup, but it’s still a stage for the U.S. to match up against the very best International teams in the world.
Personally, I had assumed that the US was eliminated from the event until I read the wrap up from the Egypt match which stated that the U.S. had moved on out of the group stage after an unlikely scenario arose where the U.S. beat Egypt by 3 or more (US 3 – Egypt 0) and Italy lost to Brazil by 3 or more (Brazil 3 – Italy 0).
Reasons why I am still a little in between on my feelings on Noraebong:
1) My voice normally gets so raspy after drinking that there is nothing left for the singing.
2) My voice gets drowned up by anyone with a higher voice, so I end up just singing louder and losing more voice.
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I can’t put this on my Korea blog (esp with the recent dearth of posts) but with a return trip stateside about a month and half from now, I couldn’t help but think about stuff I will hop on as soon as I get home. One of those things will be the rest of Flight of the Conchords Season 2.
Here is a great clip from Season 1. The best scenes usually involve Murray, the wonderfully bungling manager and I don’t usually rate the songs as my personal high points from the shows, but this love serenade to Bret’s special lady always gets me. This scenes doubles as a “things I miss about NYC” memory too because its set with the globe at the New York World’s Fair Grounds in Queens in the background. Enjoy.
Flight of the Conchords Ep 4 If You’re Into It
