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March 28, 2008

Politics Makes Nude Bedfellows

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From a Gawker piece entitled Carla Bruni: The Nude First Lady (Of France)

Carla Bruni, who recently married noted ladies’ man Nikolas Sarkozy and became the First Lady of France, used to be a model. A naked model. A nude—and relatively tasteful—portrait of Bruni by the photographer Michel Comte is up for sale at Christie’s in April.

And here is Carla Bruni in all her glory. Although people like Paris Hilton have been lowering the bar, I can’t really see this happening in America any time soon. There’d be a civil war from the religious right.

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March 26, 2008

Poland 0 USA 3

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When it comes to US soccer, beating Poland is an achievement. Beating Poland in Krakow is an amazing result. Beating Poland 3-0 in Krakow is simply astonishing:

Carlos Bocanegra and Oguchi Onyewu headed in first-half goals, substitute Eddie Lewis scored in the second half, and the United States beat Poland 3-0 in an exhibition games Wednesday night.

The three-goal margin of victory was the largest for the Americans in Europe since a 3-0 victory over Austria in 1998. Since that match in Vienna, the U.S. team is 4-14-3 in Europe, defeating Poland three times and Switzerland last October.

Landon Donovan, making his 99th international appearance, set up the first two goals. His free kick was headed in by Bocanegra in the 12th minute, and Donovan curled in a corner kick in the 35th minute to Onyewu, who scored in his second straight international game.

Lewis scored on a left-footed free kick in the 73rd minute.

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Here are the highlights

I guess passing on Klinsmann for Bob Bradley turned out to be a good move after all. Great job by US Soccer for choosing to play international friendlies in hostile confines. In addition to this, we’ve seen wins in South Africa and Switzerland in preparation for World Cup qualifying. Sure all but three players called up play club football in Europe – but still! CONCACAF isn’t the most challenging group so getting some good competition from Europe is key.

Next up – matches against England and Spain in Europe, and Argentina in the US. Should be magical!

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REDACTED: Paul Jewel and News Of The World



 

A juicy tabloid story about Paul Jewel’s sex scandal appeared on News Of The World yesterday, complete with photos and tasty descriptions and punny turns of phrases, like:

Paul Jewel Sex Scandal News Of The WeirdPrem boss in sex video shame

A MARRIED Premier League manager has filmed himself bedding a blonde lover in a shocking hour-long video.

Soccer boss Paul Jewell is today filmed scoring a shameful OWN GOAL—as he romps with a married blonde lover behind his devoted wife’s back.

The Derby County manager hits the net more times than his relegation-haunted team have managed all season in a sleazy HOUR-LONG home-made BONDAGE PORN VIDEO.

Dad-of-two Jewell likes to portray himself as a staunch family man. And he has even bragged that he gives his players marriage guidance counselling.

But all that is as forgotten as Derby’s last victory as the portly Scouser—whose club is aptly nicknamed the Rams—pounds away at his mystery busty blonde in a series of sessions filmed in living rooms and a bedroom.

He also videos her sprawled near-naked in graphic poses over a Mercedes.

And before the match kick-off excited Jewell can be seen painstakingly setting up his camcorder on the sidelines, hopping to and fro as he laboriously works out his TACTICS, ANGLES and POSITIONS.

Today the club’s chairman and fans might think it’s a pity Jewell didn’t show the same passion for detail in his job this season.

Unfortunately, as tends to happen, the story was pulled – probably for legal reasons. It’s a good thing I still had a copy in my browser cache. Amazing what managing Derby leads you to do.

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March 21, 2008

Taken Out Of Context



 

Not that those with critical thinking skills and some understanding of the African American experience couldn’t already figure this out, but it’s amazing how controversial people sound when you conveniently leave out the context in which they make statements … especially when those statements are paraphrased and especially when you have an agenda to push. You know – like Sean Hannity’s Neo Nazi sympathizer agenda (allegedly):



YouTube – FOX Lies!! Barack Obama Pastor Wright


God Damn America as long as she tries to act like she is God


Xmas 2007, Part 1


Xmas 2007, Part 2


Xmas 2007, Part 3


Xmas 2007, Part 4

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March 17, 2008

$2 A Share?!?!?



 

Boy, I can’t wait for my $300 stimulus payment so I can stimulate the economy. I figure if Bear Stearns, trading at $150 a year ago, was bailed out by JP Morgan at $2 a share with help from the fed, I might be able to get Citigroup next month when Dubai gives up on it:

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Acting quickly to prevent a run on major global financial firms, the Federal Reserve cut its discount rate by a quarter percentage point to 3.25% and offered to lend money to a longer list of firms than ever before.

The extraordinary weekend moves came as J.P. Morgan Chase sealed a deal to buy Bear Stearns Cos. for just $2 a share backed by up to $30 billion borrowed from the Fed. The Fed board gave its approval to that unique funding arrangement, which guarantees JP Morgan against losses from buying Bear.

The Fed board also approved the creation of a special lending facility through the New York Fed that would be available to members of its primary dealers list, which includes both commercial banks and investment banks. Investment banks, such as Bear Stearns, have not been allowed to borrow directly from the Fed.

JP Morgan has access to the discount window through its Chase Bank subsidiary, but Bear Stearns does not have direct access.

Events have unfolded at warp speed over the past week. On Tuesday, the Fed announced a new lending program for primary dealers in the bond markets, but that program won’t go into effect for two more weeks. On Friday, the Fed allowed Bear Stearns to borrow money via JP Morgan in a desperate bid to save the firm, which has been pummeled by losses on exotic securities backed by subprime mortgages.

The Federal Open Market Committee meets on Tuesday. Analysts expect the FOMC to cut the target for the federal funds rate by as much as a full percentage point to 2%. Another cut in the discount rate is also likely.

Our banking system has been sitting on quicksand, regulators have been twiddling their fingers during this administration, our debt-ridden dollar has been falling for a while, and the Fed is enacting Depression-era rules.

But my $300 is going to stimulate the economy. In May.

Right.

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March 16, 2008

The Roundup from 2008-03-16



 

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Richard Pryor in the NBA?

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Man, doesn’t Philadelphia 76ers’ point guard Andre Miller look (and sound) like comedian Richard Pryor?


Andre Miller or Richard Pryor

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March 15, 2008

Is PC Magazine Serious?



 

As someone with a mixed OS environment, I like finding articles (especually real technical ones) that compare and contrast the benefits of Windows, Mac OS X, and Ubuntu to see if there are any previously unknown strengths or weaknesses I can take advantage of. So I’m reading through just such an article on PC Magazine called OS Wars: The Battle for Your Desktop and I come across this gem:

The current version of Mac Leopard costs $129 direct, or $109.99 at Amazon, where you can also still buy 10.4.5, aka Tiger, as well. With Apple, users pay every year (or so) to get a major upgrade. Microsoft provides its major Windows upgrades, called Service Packs, free of charge. Paying more for Mac OS upgrades is a bit galling when you’ve already paid a premium for the hardware.

Are you kidding me? I almost immediately thought this was some sort of Microsoft fanboy article until I remembered, this is PC MAGAZINE! It’s galling to me that the person who wrote (and edited) this didn’t know the difference between Service Packs and OS Upgrades wrt to Windows. For the record, Tiger is to Leopard as XP is to Vista – i.e. a major upgrade AND a separate purchase. There’s no magical service pack that you can use to upgrade XP to Vista. And it’s not free. And mischaracterizing the Tiger to Leopard upgrade as “galling” is piss poor journalism.

In reading the entire article it became clear that the writer was very familiar with Microsoft products, but seemed to rely on others to provide the expertise on Ubuntu and Mac. For instance:

The Ubuntu core, however, is a text-based OS—something Windows spent years getting away from. And unfortunately, you still have to use terminal input to install software or configure settings far too often, even more often than you had to use DOS command lines in Windows 3.1. Until Ubuntu can do away with the terminal for all but the most geeky uses (as the Unix-based Mac OS does), it will never become an OS for the masses.

Anyone who’s even played with Feisty Fawn, Gutsy Gibbon, or even Puppy Linux knows that synaptic and other similar package manager guis have been around for a while. I can’t speak for other distros, but I’d assume it was the same there too. What’s funny is the author mentions this later in the article. Huh??

On a more important note, does this guy understand how Operating systems work? The knock on Windows is it’s stability – something that *nix systems have in abundance. I recently ran an ipconfig /release on my Windows XP box and it shutdown on me – closed all my open applications and only gave me 60 seconds to save. And I consider myself lucky I didn’t get the dreaded BSOD (blue screen of death).

OS architecture on Windows rears its ugly head when it comes to viruses and malware. In *nix based systems like Ubuntu and Mac OS X, programs that are installed play in their own space. No need for a single-point-of-failure registry or possibly overwriting shared DLLs like in windows. If you install something that needs to be a bit more invasive, it always asks you for your password – so you know when something nefarious may be afoot (like the Sony Rootkit). With XP it’s come one come all wrt editing system files. As long as you have admin access (which most people with XP Home have) you can do what you want. Vista fixes this with a band-aid approach by asking you to confirm everything – sometimes twice – and getting in the effing way. Again – it’s all about the design.

And now for the best line of the entire piece:

among them the slick Internet Explorer 7 (especially slick when compared with Safari on the Mac, a bad browser)

Internet Explorer is by far the most bloated, memory hogging, malware attracting browser on the planet. The whole BHO (browser helper object) architecture is simply ridiculous – no wonder virus writers lick their chops when a new exploit is found. Safari may not anything to sneeze about feature-wise, but if it is “a bad browser” then IE is “a worse browser!”

Come on, PC Magazine – I expect better than this!

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March 11, 2008

Mancini Is Done



 

He can win all the Scudettos he wants, but the club expects more. That’s why Mancini resigned:

Roberto Mancini InterRoberto Mancini has revealed he intends to quit Internazionale at the end of the season.

Speaking after Inter were knocked out of the UEFA Champions League by Liverpool, Mancini told reporters of his desire to move on in the summer.

The former Italy international has been in charge at Giuseppe Meazza since 2004 and has enjoyed success at the helm.

Inter are on course for a third consecutive Serie A title this season, but it will not be enough to tempt Mancini into staying.

Insisting his decision was not a knee-jerk reaction to losing to Liverpool, Mancini confirmed he does not intend to fulfil his contract.

Aside from Zanetti, that team looked like they were in a crisis. Rumors of infighting showed on 2 chances in front of goal where Julio Cruz and Zlatan Ibrahimovi? attempted difficult shots instead of squaring to an unmarked man. Zlatan, again, not showing up in the big games and Mancini took forever to bring on his subs. You can see why Roma feel they can catch Inter in the league tables, only 8 points behind now.

You won’t stay at a glamour club for long without winning in Europe. It’s what Madridistas are used to and what has saved Rafa Benitez at Liverpool and Carlo Ancelotti at AC Milan. But now with Inter, Real Madrid, and AC Milan out of the last 8, and with Rikjaard’s time looking short, it appears there will be a bidding war for Jose Mourinho’s services. And if Avram Grant doesn’t win something this year, Mourinho’s old job could be vacant as well.

England’s Big 4 are in Europe’s Elite 8 but out of the FA Cup’s Final 4. With the foreigners outnumbering the Englishmen, that sounds about right, don’t you think?

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Eliot Mess? Spitzer Swallows? The Jokes Are In



 

The Spitzer Scandal was only a few hours old and the Late Night TV writers were hard at work on the Spitzer Jokes:
Daily Show/Colbert News One Liners

Spitzer Swallows
Eliott Mess

Stephen Colbert

Now, the governor was supposed to give a press conference today at 2:15 p.m. but a whole hour passed before he spoke. To be fair, it is daylight savings time and the governor usually has a prostitute change his clocks.

David Letterman

Do you think it’s too soon to be hitting on Mrs. Eliot Spitzer?

Right about now, Spitzer is huddling with his advisers to develop a drinking problem.He even He had yellow crime scene tape draped around his pants.

The thinking now is that the governor may step down now to spend less time with his family.

Letterman’s Top 10 Spitzer Excuses

10. “Oh come on, like you were never involved in a prostitution ring.”
9. “Hookers is fun.”
8. “Just trying to help the economy.”
7. “Have you ever been to Albany?”
6. “It’s part of my new MTV prank show, ‘Spitz’d.’”
5. “Haven’t been myself since Roy Scheider died.”
4. “Uh, tainted beef?”
3. “Whether it’s a hooker or your wife, you’re always paying for – you married fellas know what I’m talking about.”
2. “Wanted to be known as the Charlie Sheen of politics.”
1. “I thought Bill Clinton legalized this years ago.”

Jay Leno

They found the source of all global warming in America: Eliot Spitzer’s pants

Hillary Clinton is now only the second angriest woman in the State of New York

Conan O’Brien

Governor Spitzer — this is the latest — responded just a few hours ago by saying, ‘I violated my obligations to my family and I violated my sense of right and wrong.’ Yes, Spitzer also admitted violating someone named Amber.

More to come, surely!


UPDATED Mar 11 9:30 GMT

Videos



Letterman monologue



Letterman’s Top 10



The Daily Show



The Colbert Report

More jokes and one-liners from FreeRepublic

Engine Engine #9 Parodies
Mr. Spitzer, Number Nine,
Going down the Northeast Line,
If the whore is on some crack,
Do you want your money back?

Client, client number 9,
Running down the hooker line.
If she knocks you off the track,
Do you want your money back?



Q: What was Governor Spitzer working on with those young ladies?
A:: The State of his Union.

Pictures

“Eliot — PHONE HO”

NJ: At least your govenor is straight.

Spitzer takes a “Wide Stance” on Ethics Issues….

There once was a Govn’r named Spitzer,
Who couldn’t control his own spritzer.
He used his account
For Kristen to mount,
Got caught and it’s too late to diss her.

“Mr. Spitzer left a deposit.”
Will it leave a stain on has career?

PROSTITUTIN’ SPITZ
Tune: Puttin’ on the Ritz

If you’re guv
And wish you knew
Where to get love
Why don’t you do
Like hypocrites
Prostitutin’ Spitz

Girls with names
You find out after
Play their games
And soon you hafta
Call it quits
Prostitutin’ Spitz

Hooked up with a thousand-dollar hooker
Now you’re stuck inside the pressure cooker
Lookin’ snookered

Call-girl tricks
Of pure excitement
Pay for kicks
With your indictment
Paging Fitz
Prosecutin’ Spitz



Unrelated One Liners
You know why Chelsea Clinton is so Ugly? Because Janet Reno is her Father!

I want to “Buy American” but the only things for sale made in the USA are politicians


More from Conan:

New York’s Governor Eliot Spitzer resigned today and to make things official, Governor Spitzer had to write a letter of resignation to New York’s Secretary of State. Out of habit, Spitzer addressed the letter, “Dear Penthouse.”

Because Eliot Spitzer is resigning as Governor of New York, that means Hillary Clinton has lost another superdelegate. On the bright side: Bill Clinton has gained a super wing man.



Conan and Snoop – in the Year 2000


More Top Tens from David Letterman:

Top Ten Surprises During Eliot Spitzer’s Resignation

10. Entered to the sounds of Jay-Z’s “Big Pimpin’”

9. Opening line: “Are you a cop?”

8. Spent two minutes seductively stroking the microphone

7. Reaffirmed his policy of “Bro’s before Ho’s”

6. His decision not to wear pants

5. Admitted he also once made out with former Governor Pataki

4. Credited downfall to fast-paced lifestyle of Albany

3. He was kinda pitchy, dawg

2. Said he thought the Emperor’s Club was a Chinese restaurant

1. When reporters asked how much he paid per hour, his wife said, “Believe me, he doesn’t need an hour”

Top Ten Messages Left on Eliot Spitzer’s Answering Machine

10. Hey, what’s new?

9. It’s Barack Obama. Remember our conversation about being my running mate? Nevermind.

8. Ralph Nader here, glad to hear I’m not the only politician who has to pay for it

7. I’m calling from the ‘New York Post.’ Would you rather be known as ‘Disgraced Gov Perv’ or ‘Humiliated Whore Fiend’?

6. This is John McCain, if it makes you feel better, I once got caught having sex with Lincoln’s wife

5. It’s Dr. Phil, call me if you need any horse**** advice

4. This is Senator Larry Craig. Do you ever go through the Minneapolis airport?

3. It’s Wolf Blitzer. Call me if you ever want a hot Spitzer-Blitzer three-way

2. Paris Hilton here. I would have done it for free

1. It’s Arnold Schwarzenegger. Thanks, I’m no longer America’s creepiest governor

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