The Roundup: Mila Kunis is Fluent in Russian, Matt Damon Defends Teachers, Zach Miller to Seattle & NFL to Test for HGH?
Blake Lively … meet Andie Macdowell’s 21-year-old daughter … video of Jalen Rose running to jail to begin his sentence … in their bikinis on the beach, Julianne Hough > Ashley Tisdale … ESPN is doing its best to help the Connecticut economy … that’s dirty, Spotify … any Tea Party types get worked up reading this? … Death by stiletto …very graphic video of a guy getting gored by a bull in the streets … she’s got an interesting mugshot … consumer reports ranks coffee … one of the Facebook founders is living it up in St. Tropez … that’s a big cocaine bust …
Seattle Zach Miller is a nice addition for the Seahawks, even at 5-years for $34 million. [Seattle Times]
The big loser in the Miller move? Oakland QB Jason Campbell, who lost his safety blanket. [Oakland Trib]
Favorite story of the day: Pittsburgh secondary coach Ray Horton left the Steelers for the Cardinals, and on his way out, sold his Benz SL 500 to a cafeteria worker for $20. [Post Gazette]
Ray Guy has to sell his Super Bowl rings. [Sports Collectors Daily]
My 2nd favorite story of the day: there was a lottery loophole in Massachusetts, and an elderly couple exploited it. [ABC News]
Mike Francesa and the Jets are friendly again! Maybe! [Newsday]
Good, albeit sad, read about Hideki Irabu. [Slate]
“An injured Oregon woman who spent three nights in the Mount Hood National Forest after tumbling off a cliff says she ate berries, drank from a creek and tried to scoot to safety on her bottom because she couldn’t walk.” [AP]
Tommie Harris, who used to play for the Bears, has signed with the Colts. [Tribune]
Chrissy Teigen at home, cooking in her underwear and a t-shirt? Sure. [Esquire]
Is Tiger a good gamble at 18:1 at Bridgestone? [The 20th Hole]
“The vacationing woman was rushed to the hospital Sunday morning when she was struck by a Beach Patrol pickup that was making a U-turn in Daytona Beach Shores. ” [News Journal]
Is the NFL about to test for HGH? [NYT]
Meet the Philadelphia Eagles’ defensive coordinator, Juan Castillo. I guess he’s Erik Spoelstra in this Miami Heat analogy, right? [Inquirer]
Winners, slugging it out at a NASCAR race. [via Busted Coverage]
Go on with your bad self, Matt Damon.
Kevin Durant flushes a nice alley-oop in another pick-up game in NYC. [via Slam]
Mila Kunis speaking Russian > Bradley Cooper speaking French. [via the Daily What]
- Chris Bosh Blocked Two Shots in the Final Moments to Help Miami Force Game 7 [Video]
- Ray Allen Forced Overtime By Hitting the 3-Pointer the Miami Heat Signed Him to Hit [Video]
- Mike Miller Hit a Huge 3-Pointer While Wearing Just One Shoe [Video]
- Jozy Altidore Scored Fourth Goal in Four Matches, Gave U.S. 1-0 Lead Against Honduras [Video]
- Tim Duncan Scores 25 in the First Half Against the Heat, Miami in Trouble
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August 3rd, 2011 at 8:34 AM
The 16 year old should eat a sandwich or five.
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:36 AM
You weren’t kidding TBL, very solid roundup this morning. Even the Lively pic is really good. Well done sir.
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:37 AM
Mila Kunis doing something > anyone doing anything
/basically
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:38 AM
in their bikinis on the beach, Julianne Hough > Ashley Tisdale
no need to compare. i’ll take either one in a cocaine heartbeat.
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:38 AM
This is one of the dumbest things I’ve ever read on this blog.
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:39 AM
Seattle Zach Miller is a nice addition for the Seahawks, even at 5-years for $34 million.
don’t they have john carlson too? or does he suck?
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:40 AM
Timberlake’s look is how I look when a hockey conversation starts breaking out. First, I’m not sure if I’m just behind on something and the joke’s on me, then I give up and try not to interject and ruin anything.
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:41 AM
/claps for Matt Damon
//can’t even get through typing his name without thinking about Team America.
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:42 AM
Is Tiger a good gamble at 18:1 at Bridgestone?
i want to go to the Bridgestone.
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:47 AM
I’d like to know a little more about the reporter asking him the questions.
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:48 AM
Didn’t think it was possible but Mila just got more sultry.
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:48 AM
All my teacher Facebook friends linked to this. Right after all their complaints that it’s August already and their summer vacations are almost over, oh noes!
/teachers can be really annoying
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:49 AM
i like that. permission to borrow?
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:50 AM
Like a name and if she has other pics on the internet? We already know she’s an idiot based on her questions so there really isn’t much left to find out, is there?
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:50 AM
Why doesn’t JT get with her instead of Biel? Mila Kunis just seems like more fun.
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:50 AM
i like that. permission to borrow?
permission granted.
/i stole it from someone too
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:50 AM
That may be the best pic of Blake Lively and her bolt-ons I’ve ever seen.
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:52 AM
What about that pic of her at the Green Lantern press conference where her boobs are toppling out of her dress? I think she’s prettier when she’s smiling. She kind of has a deer-in-headlights look in this pic.
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:52 AM
Matt Damon is awesome. I might go “/coop” for Matt.
/no homo
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:53 AM
And here I thought this would be a link to MMQB.
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:54 AM
That’s good.
/so would I
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:54 AM
but how does Matt Damon feel about Jeremy Renner being the new Bourne who actually isn’t Bourne?
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:55 AM
I was waiting for “Howya like them apples?”.
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:55 AM
anybody else see that dude run into the pole at 0:13? it’s the backwards hat guy.
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:56 AM
backwards hat guy > flat brim douchebag.
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:56 AM
absolutely.
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:56 AM
Boo.
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:56 AM
It’s been real, Clay Matthews
That Tea Party story was sad in how it pointed out that in the wake of the legislation the cable news shows debated which side benefited the most politically from it instead of, you know, the actual country it’s affecting
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:57 AM
The big loser in the Miller move? Oakland QB Jason Campbell, who lost his safety blanket.
yes and no. campbell has always relied heavily on the TE, not sure that was his saftey blanket though. the offenses he’s played in have been fortunate enough to use an athletic TE wisely.
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:57 AM
butterbean wins.
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:57 AM
yep, could have stopped right there.
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:58 AM
Is Tiger a good gamble at 18:1 at Bridgestone?
no, but no one has more of a hard-on to see him back than me.
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:58 AM
I prefer that look.
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:58 AM
Just got pretty gay in here
/i’d go reverse coop for Mila
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:59 AM
*leans in* go on…
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:00 AM
i bet tiger wins this weekend…gotta good feeling. he seems motivated.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:00 AM
That explains a lot.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:00 AM
I feel like there is a market for an actual news channel to come in and give us this kind of information… alas I know it’s a pipe dream
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:01 AM
no, but no one has more of a hard-on to see him back than me.
come to ctown and lets go to the bridgestone this weekend.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:02 AM
Big Hunter Pence fan?
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:02 AM
I get his point, but for every hardworking teacher there’s another one who shows up from 7 to 3, punches the clock issuing the same notes/tests year after year after year, and coasting until a) summer and b) retirement
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:03 AM
Why doesn’t JT get with her instead of Biel? Mila Kunis just seems like more fun.
Give him time……
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:03 AM
crap, not good for me. I think I bet someone in here that Dale Jr. would win a race before Tiger wins another PGA tournament.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:03 AM
I’d be willing to bet that anyone that identifies closely with the Tea Party has written off the New York Times as a credible news source ages ago, such that this op-ed would be considered “par for the course” for the NYT.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:04 AM
i was genuinely interested in reading this and genuinely disappointed when it turned out to be a press release and the actual article is behind a paywall.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:04 AM
I think you can still get it to some degree from the major networks nightly news, yeah?
Cable news is for the narratives.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:05 AM
BBC
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:05 AM
question: having never been to a nascar race, I guess it is normal for at least half the crowd to not be wearing shirts?
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:05 AM
My neck hurts this morning from going to PNC Park last night and watching the Cubs hit HR after HR.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:05 AM
Um, no.
/sigh
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:05 AM
It wouldn’t make the network airing it enough money that’s why we can’t get something like this.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:06 AM
Nah, I wouldn’t go coop for him or Matt Damon no matter how many dufffy words he strings together.
/intrinsically paternalistic’d
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:06 AM
this made me excited when I read it yesterday. when my baby is born in January, there will be a one month “adjustment period” where he/she can settle in a bit and then we’ll start the Khan Academy.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:06 AM
Since it’s already kinda gay in here, I hope I look as good at 42 as Nik Lidstrom.
http://octopusthrower.com/files/2011/07/Nicklas-Lidstrom-shirtless.jpg
/no coop
//test him for drugs please
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:06 AM
Indeed. The great thing about being close-minded is you can be completely dismissive of anyone who disagrees with you. The excuses are always readily available.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:06 AM
Just like everything, everywhere. There are some people that are good and some people that ruin it for everyone else.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:06 AM
al jazeera.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:07 AM
come to ctown and lets go to the bridgestone this weekend.
i would but i’m not permitted within 100ft of tiger.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:07 AM
Yup, instead of worrying about the fact that the legislative and executive branches just said to the majority of Americans: “fuck the poor”, we get this.
/there will be a revolution within 10 years, book it.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:07 AM
more like Boing Lively
have yet to find a physical flaw with this one. to me, on katy perry’s body level, with a better face
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:08 AM
Why, is someone disconnecting everyone’s cable?
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:08 AM
i was genuinely interested in reading this and genuinely disappointed when it turned out to be a press release and the actual article is behind a paywall.
i shared your disappointment this morning. completely mislead on that one.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:08 AM
Mama Mia!
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:08 AM
I don’t know about that… I think there are a lot of young teachers with this attitude but they usually go on to something else.
And really, you could make that statement for just about every job in the country.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:08 AM
no. there’s more shirtless people than at any other major sporting events, but most are wearing shirts. the sleeveless/wifebeater look is a must though. illformula would fit right in.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:08 AM
If there’s one thing that’s worse than the Tea Party, it’s the over-the-top response to the Tea Party.
I thought Marco Rubio’s words on the floor were excellent. I don’t agree with everything he said, but I would feel more comfortable with him than Bachmann or Rand Paul if the Tea Party were to gain major traction.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:09 AM
/there will be a revolution within 10 years, book it.
you couldn’t type this without some vision of what it would look like. details please
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:09 AM
all he was saying was that consumer reports rated coffee, not that we’d get the actual ratings.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:10 AM
Not every job in the country offer tenure nor have their jobs protected by a powerful union.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:10 AM
Nick Lidstrom is a Terminator.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:10 AM
Yep. When people talk politics, they tend towards heavy confirmation bias, with respect to hard news sources.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:10 AM
I believe it’s pronounced KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAN Academy.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:10 AM
Poor uprising? Zombie apocolpyse? Blue states versus red states? Take your pick.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:11 AM
I have always had a thing for Lidstrom.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:11 AM
Really? I would be stunned by that. I’m thinking his finishes top-40 but not much better.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:11 AM
I’d settle for a credible 3rd party that has a shot at getting a candidate elected.
/Team Independent
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:11 AM
arkbadger – refer to this photo essay of the 2011 Daytona 500. there’s some good shots of patrons at the end.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:12 AM
Good one, Miz!
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:13 AM
By the way, thanks to whoever recommended World War Z.. awesome stuff, it felt so real it read like non fiction.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:13 AM
No, but the corporate equivalent are jobs like Office Space where people show up at 9:10am, put in just enough effort to not get fired, and go home at 4:50.
At the end of the day, it’s the same thing.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:13 AM
one of the Facebook founders is living it up in St. Tropez
one of the facebook founders could buy St. Tropez and rename it Like Island
/how’s that IPO gonna go?
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:13 AM
Oh and Mila definitely keeps moving up the charts for me. I know she’s the voice of Meg Griffin, but I can get past that due to this and Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:13 AM
Most of the young people that are teachers that I talk to in this state (NY) say that the problem right now is that there is so much focus on these standardized, regeant board tests that they are pigeonholed into what they teach. I think teachers should be given a little lattitude in what areas they teach, the most important thing is to make kids think and teach them how to think and solve problems, rather than regurgitating something back onto a testing form. There is too much information out there to only focus on some areas and with technology the access to information is there, the innovative thought process is what is needed.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:14 AM
Spence, gather your arms!! I’ve got the canned goods (and can openers).
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:14 AM
illformula would fit right in.
it’s been a while since the wife beater meme has been used.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:14 AM
It’s her native language. She lived there until she was like 7.
/not going full jmorris’d
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:14 AM
Poor uprising? Zombie apocolpyse? Blue states versus red states? Take your pick.
poor zombies versus red states
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:15 AM
he wouldn’t come back unless he was motivated to win. this was completely out of the blue…something tiger never does. and while his akron finish last year blew ass, he’s still got 7 wins here.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:15 AM
Haven’t filed an S-1 yet or signaled intent to go public, but I heard they’re now valued at around $83 billion.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:16 AM
BBC.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:16 AM
Well… it was the Soviet Union then, but shes actually from what is part of Ukraine now
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:16 AM
That was more my point, which I didn’t explain very well. If I have a slacker here in the office, I can document it and can him/her fairly easily. When’s the last time you saw a teacher fired for incompetence?
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:16 AM
I’ve got the canned goods (and can openers).
i could definitely see myself in a supply bunker during the apocolypse with a shitton of canned goods but no effing can opener.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:17 AM
“How do I know your not a shitty cameraman?”
/America! Fuck yeah!
/Wife’s a teacher
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:17 AM
who am i shooting…the zombies or the poor?
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:18 AM
Most of the young people that are teachers that I talk to in this state (NY) say that the problem right now is that there is so much focus on these standardized, regeant board tests that they are pigeonholed into what they teach.
cleet, not just in NY, but anywhere NCLB is in effect. schools are graded on test scores and so teachers have to prepare them to improve the test scores.
teach kids to read and do basic math inundate them with all things computer and mobile/social media, then let them choose if they want to get more advanced with math and science by say middle school. more class time on discussions, especially of current events. for language classes, make the kids speak the language not take tests from book studying
boom, solved. arne, can you keep up with me?
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:18 AM
Most of the young people that are teachers that I talk to in this state (NY) say that the problem right now is that there is so much focus on these standardized, regeant board tests that they are pigeonholed into what they teach.
This is exactly it.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:18 AM
i could definitely see myself in a supply bunker during the apocolypse with a shitton of canned goods but no effing can opener.
you actually seem like the kind of guy who would break our last knife opening a can, even though we had a can opener.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:18 AM
“I still have armies in the Ukraine!”
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:19 AM
I’d even be willing to settle for some political moderates.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:19 AM
I dont know what kind of cable packages yall have that give you BBC and Al Jazera, but I dont get them.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:19 AM
P.S. Great Roundup TBL
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:19 AM
he’s still got 7 wins here
his favorite course… better question: does he play in the PGA regardless of his performance this week?
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:19 AM
One of the reasons why you gotta have chicks in your bunker. They think of shit like can openers.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:19 AM
Honestly, we should be teaching our kids foreign languages by the time they’re in 1st grade. Spanish, Chinese, French, Arabic, anything, you pick up language skills like a sponge when you’re younger. Hence the reason why most Europeans speak 4 languages.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:20 AM
I saw 3 of them get fired in 2 weeks for incompetence. At a charter school. Much easier to replace your teachers when you aren’t held to state standards and you don’t need to hire someone that is certified by the state.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:20 AM
Is Tiger a good gamble at 18:1 at Bridgestone?
yes
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:21 AM
you actually seem like the kind of guy who would break our last knife opening a can, even though we had a can opener.
knife? ha! i’m wasting precious ammo opening the cans.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:21 AM
I guess both? You can use the poor for target practice although it would be a waste of ammo.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:21 AM
You are going to have a guest writing spot in no time.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:21 AM
Why?
I figure if the rest of the world is learning English…
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:22 AM
Even more so now.
/I’d do Mila…?
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:22 AM
When’s the last time you saw a teacher fired for incompetence?
I think like 300 teachers in DC just got fired at the end of the year for not raising student test scores.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:23 AM
I saw 3 of them get fired in 2 weeks for incompetence. At a charter school. Much easier to replace your teachers when you aren’t held to state standards and you don’t need to hire someone that is certified by the state.
sc how does charter school pay compare to public school? motivation is important for such a tough job
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:23 AM
lol.
good point…we should save it for the cans.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:23 AM
Based on most interviews I see on local TV and/or sports channels I’d argue a large percentage of Americans haven’t exactly mastered the English language.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:23 AM
Tommie Harris, who used to play for the Bears, has signed with the Colts.
the ghost of Tommie Harris, you mean
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:23 AM
Don’t you mean anyone who “disagrees” with you vis-à-vis calling you a terrorist?
Hey, whatever happened to that “new tone” of civility that was supposed to be ushered in after Sarah Palin mowed down all those people in Arizona?
Alas.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:23 AM
lolz
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:24 AM
both, otherwise the zombies devour the rich and the poor devour their income.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:24 AM
Happens more often than you probably realize.
You do know the situations are slightly different, too, yeah? That person at your workplace doesn’t have up to a 100 sets of insane parents calling your boss to complain that their shitty is failing because the teacher is bad.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:24 AM
Ha!
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:24 AM
They think of shit like can openers.
….then ask a guy how to work it
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:25 AM
“shitty kid”
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:25 AM
did he not already commit? also, if the points/scoring system didn’t go back 2 years, would Tiger have been invited to the Bridgestone? I guess it probably takes past winners into account, but if the rankings only went back a year instead of 2 he would be no where close to the top 50 right?
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:25 AM
Agreed CJ.
The type of news you’re talking about is available, but its not featured because most would rather just watch Fox or CNN. Kind of a chore to find it, but it’s especially helpful for news abroad.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:25 AM
absolutely…he hit up AAC on his way to akron. only thing would be an injury.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:26 AM
you mean if they just went back a single year? yea, tiger probably would’ve been out…he’s ranked in the 20′s now.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:26 AM
That’s an issue as well. Although I’m firmly on team year round schooling.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:27 AM
Depends where it is. Here is a good tool to use for Illinois. It shows you average salary, school performance and other attributes. That’s where I went to HS. Rather surprised at how much they’ve improved their pay rate and their performance. Not surprised at the demographic info.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:27 AM
Hey, whatever happened to that “new tone” of civility that was supposed to be ushered in
obviously, the godless, heinous, soc!@list liberals fucked that up, too.
/civil
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:27 AM
that’s very true.
i do agree, and do does my teacher wife, that there needs to be some revision to the union powers and tenure, but for every teacher you could easily find at least one parent that would go to hell and back to see them fired b/c little snowflake is being graded too hard or not getting enough attention.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:27 AM
I heard a commercial on satellite radio last night for online public HS. I have no idea how that’s possible.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:28 AM
absolutely…he hit up AAC on his way to akron. only thing would be an injury.
did you also notice he’s only 10 spots out of top 125? greatest comeback ever if he somehow wins player of the year.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:29 AM
why not just bring a tool like a leatherman/gerber, that way you have a can opener, screw driver, knife, can opener, corkscrew, etc.?
/save room in the bunker for the crafty redneck
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:29 AM
Who is actually against this idea? It seems to make sense on just about every level imaginable.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:29 AM
PSA – The fantasy tip of the day is up.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:30 AM
That should be happening now, IMO.
The school year could move to a trimester model, with breaks in between each session, but there is no need in our society to give kids an entire summer off.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:30 AM
If I was still planning on going into the teaching profession I sure as shit would be against this idea.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:30 AM
Teachers and parents more than likely. Don’t understand why we can’t do it like Japan? Have 10 weeks straight, then a 3 week break.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:30 AM
I think I bet someone in here that Dale Jr. would win a race before Tiger wins another PGA tournament.
raises hand
if i win you get all my kids. if you win i give you 10 bucks by paypal
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:31 AM
See comment 12.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:31 AM
Good God, man.
/more Teigen Round-Up pics, please.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:31 AM
This actually happened in my wife’s school district.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:31 AM
I’d settle for a credible 3rd party that has a shot at getting a candidate elected.
/Team Independent
We have a 3rd party, its called the current Democratic Party. We need a Liberal Party
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:31 AM
BBC news is very good for this, just the facts, very little spin and hardly any “consulting experts/lobbyists/talking heads” taking up airtime.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:32 AM
player of the year race is wide open…lotta guys have a claim to it, but nobody’s separated themselves from the pack.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:34 AM
you could easily find at least one parent that would go to hell and back to see them fired b/c little snowflake is being graded too hard or not getting enough attention.
Had this happen to me as a grad student TA. Girl was failing bad. I went over her test with her and tried to explain how to approach each question. She bombed the next test, called daddy and he called the professor who was my grad advisor. Daddy explained that he was an organic chemist and he felt the questions were too hard.
My advisor blew him off. Guess she didn’t go to med school after all.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:34 AM
I kind of understand it from the teacher’s perspective, but most parents (raises hand) are pulling their hair out right now trying to keep their kids entertained for the last 2-3 weeks of summer.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:34 AM
What do you think happens to non-tenured teachers? The only difference is the procedure is document>offer chance to improve>re-evalaute>can.
If your argument is that we allow teachers to reach tenure too quickly, that I might be able to agree with. It should be a 7-10 year, sequenced process. In my old district, as long as I didn’t get canned over a 3 year period, I had tenure. Of course, I quit after a year and a half, so …
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:34 AM
i’d believe it.
my wife’s coworker had a parent go to the BOE and claim he was racist b/c her son never did his homework and was failing out in every class, was tested and affirmed to have learning disabilities, and the parent flew off the handle when it was suggested by the administration he be put in specialized classes and held back a year. she then threatened to sue the district when the teacher wasn’t fired for being racist.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:35 AM
Probably teachers who think its their God given right to have an 8 week vacation. My nephew just started Kindergarten last month, my sister lives in a year round district in North Carolina.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:35 AM
The districts that will have to start paying 12 month salaries instead of 10 months salaries.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:35 AM
You’re welcome. I recommend it to anyone who asks for a new book. It’s one of my favorites. I destroyed it in a few days and will read it again in October before The Walking Dead to pump myself up.
Gotta love Tea Party defense.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:36 AM
Holy shit, Chrissy Teigen.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:37 AM
Always an interesting idea. Teachers/staff would want pay increased commensurate with increase in work hours, of course. Costs of keeping schools air conditioned all summer would be incredible. Tax increases. Lots of complications, and that’s if you can prove that it’s worth it from an educational perspective, and I’m not sure that’s been studied conclusively (anyone?)
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:37 AM
I’m sorry. But if your employer had told you when they hired you that you would be given 10 weeks of vacation from the first week of June to the third week of August and then decided to change that after your were hired, wouldn’t you be pissed off?
Awful lot of stone throwing at educators from those of us that comment on a blog 50% of our workday instead of mediating a room of 25-30 different hormone fueled personalities.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:37 AM
but most parents (raises hand) are pulling their hair out right now trying to keep their kids entertained for the last 2-3 weeks of summer.
Raises hand.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:38 AM
Teachers and parents more than likely. Don’t understand why we can’t do it like Japan? Have 10 weeks straight, then a 3 week break.
My wife actually hopes this happens. She works in a lower income area and so a lot of these kids would benefit from being in school for the year because they wouldn’t go 3 months without at least 2 square meals. Also, it helps the teachers out because the material is still fresh in their minds and they wouldn’t have to spend the first month of the year doing refresher lessons.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:38 AM
This is one of my favorite pictures from last week.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:38 AM
Do you actually know any teachers who think this way, or are you assuming?
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:38 AM
You prorate the salary over 12 months. Or you increase their salaries therefore making teaching a more lucrative job. Obviously they have to pay for their health insurance and give up pensions in this scenario as well and move to a 401k style retirement plan.
/grandparents were both teachers & administrators
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:39 AM
/nods
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:39 AM
Not if it guarantees you a 20% increase in pay
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:40 AM
Have 10 weeks straight, then a 3 week break
I was pretty shocked when I moved down here how short the summer breaks for kids in GA are. They’ve already started school (Aug 1) and they go until June. They get an entire week off about once every 6 weeks though, not including holidays.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:40 AM
definitely agree to the 401K style retirement plan, better increase those salaries and increase the budget for supplies if you want them to pay for health insurance, too.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:41 AM
Good luck with that one.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:41 AM
A boat’s a boat but a box could be anything! It could even be a boat!
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:41 AM
Guys I dont mean to sound like I hate teachers, I just get incredibly annoyed with them this time of the year. Maybe I just know too many bitchy teachers on Facebook.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:41 AM
They already work more than the average office employee as is, too.
The positives come in the form of continuity. Kids are able to progress from one level to the next without having a 10-12 week summer where they forego the use of the knowledge that gained the previous academic year. Having the 6 weeks on, 2 weeks off also helps with fatigue. However, children that are involved in after school activities do not receive the same time off as those that do not. It would make state testing much more difficult to accomplish as well.
There are definite educational advantages, but you’re not getting a teaching union to give up its summer for that.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:41 AM
My advisor blew him off.
so satisfying when someone does the right thing
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:42 AM
Some do, some dont.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:42 AM
Not if those 10 weeks were still available, just not at once.
And don’t most teachers have the option of being spreading out their pay for 9-10 months or 12 months?
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:42 AM
ha. I enjoyed that.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:42 AM
OT
Apparently Mike Patterson collapsed at Eagles camp and went into convulsions, unconscious. Players visibly upset, practice completely stopped.
/OT
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:43 AM
Maybe I just know too many bitchy teachers on Facebook.
That’s my biggest annoyance. Especially knowing a lot of teachers in WI… holy buckets was the venom spewing from their status updates during the union showdown in February. I think Walker’s a douche, but they made it very hard to take their side sometimes.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:43 AM
Yeah because Japan, Malaysia, China care about state testing…
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:43 AM
There’s a lot of subtle anti-education sentiment in this country (see also: the “liberal colleges brainwashing kids” movement)…since an uneducated populace is easier to control the conspiracy theorist in me thinks this is all an elaborate scheme coming from on high
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:43 AM
Some do, I don’t know about most.
/my wife doesn’t
//things are getting tight at Chez St. Bear
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:43 AM
Jesus
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:43 AM
Again, if I were still going into education, this would be the deal breaker for me. Since I’m not used to the summers off already, I could adapt to that. But most people that go into teaching, especially in public schools, are in it for the state benefits and pension plan.
You take away that pension and I’m looking for work in a different field.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:44 AM
like any state is going to increase all teachers pay by 20%… most states, especially NJ, so poorly mismanaged the funds public employees already contributed to their pensions they are being asked to contribute even more to make up for the state taking, spending and not paying back the money that was already contributed.
if this happened to a private employee, the company borrowing against the 401K funds, not paying it back, then asking the employees to contribute more to make up for the company’s mistakes.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:44 AM
I have an idea, then. Don’t go into teaching.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:44 AM
Holy shit, hope he’s ok. Nothing from the beat guys on twitter though.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:44 AM
my brother is a teacher and his was pro-rated over 12 months. I assumed they were all like that.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:44 AM
Right — so, if I make $50,000 for 10 months, I can expect to make $60,000 for 12 months, yes? Because right now I make $50,000 for ten months, pro-rated over 12 months, with two months unpaid vacation. This makes my paychecks feel like I’m making about $40,000 per year.
I can’t wait to see the look on the faces of taxpayers when they realize they need to start giving, at a minimum, $10,000 raises to town/county employees.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:45 AM
Holy shit, Chrissy Teigen.
women at their best…no makeup, panties, some kinda shirt, barefoot
/just bookmarked me in my place
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:45 AM
They also don’t have their school’s budget configured because of those state tests. You can thank NCLB for that one.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:46 AM
definitely agree to the 401K style retirement plan, better increase those salaries and increase the budget for supplies if you want them to pay for health insurance, too.
I don’t know how it is elsewhere, but my wife has to pay into her health insurance and it isn’t as good as mine.
As far as pay increase? That won’t happen and if they go year round because with the intermittent time off, they still get the same amount of time, but it is just spread out more during the year.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:46 AM
As SD said, the electricity costs of running A/C in July and August in most of the country would be incredible. They might outweigh any societal benefit.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:46 AM
There’s a lot of subtle anti-education sentiment in this country (see also: the “liberal colleges brainwashing kids” movement)…since an uneducated populace is easier to control the conspiracy theorist in me thinks this is all an elaborate scheme coming from on high
Excellent point Butters… I get that a lot from my FoxNews watching extended family. If I make a point or have an opinion, their only comeback is something like “Oh, well you lived in Madison and went to that bastion of liberalism UW for 4 years, you think you’re an elitist.” At which point I inform them that this is why I don’t talk politics with anyone and walk away.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:46 AM
The NJ governor years back took the state pension fund and invested it in the stock market.
Let me say that again: She took the state pension fund and invested it in the stock market.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:46 AM
yeah, hope they are careful b/c those crazy parents that will go to any length to fire a teacher will stalk them and take what they complain about to the BOE.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:47 AM
I’ll take the bait, even though I don’t consider myself a Tea Partier. But what did people expect? The TP has been claiming they want a near revolution in the way the government operates given how large the Federal government has become. This was their first chance to have a significant impact and people are freaking out because they said and did what they were elected to do? Please.
And the terrorist comparisons are irresponsible. I love how people are jumping on this as an adequate takedown of the movement when the guy has to use insidious analogies to gain notoriety with what he’s saying.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:47 AM
If the teachers give up their pension benefits, then that more than makes up the 10k raise. Defined pension benefits are a dino and can’t exist any more.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:47 AM
Apparently Mike Patterson collapsed at Eagles camp and went into convulsions, unconscious. Players visibly upset, practice completely stopped.
at least we know the ballcarrier is safe, since that guy has never been anywhere near a tackle.
/too soon?
//too soon
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:47 AM
Great solution. You have any idea what kind of shortage there’s going to be on teachers, especially good ones, in about 10 years?
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:47 AM
We just had $4 billion in education funding cuts in Texas, and we’re supposedly doing well in this economy. Educational initiatives are nice in theory, but as long as tax revenue is at an all time low and the “job creators” are nowhere to be found, you’re pissing into the wind.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:48 AM
Awful lot of stone throwing at educators from those of us that comment on a blog 50% of our workday instead of mediating a room of 25-30 different hormone fueled personalities.
sc wins
i’ve taught, so i know a little. tenure system/union protection does suck, but people who have never taught need to not criticize the actual teaching aspect. there are bad apples in every profession
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:48 AM
Looks like he’s conscious, moving arms and legs.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:48 AM
Les Bowen said hes concious, being put in ambulance now.. apparently Danny Watkins is helping, with his firefighter/emergency experience
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:48 AM
I didn’t think about that.
Other things that came to mind: the travel industry perhaps suffering with less summer vacation time, the summer job market would be drastically different without those jobs being handled by high-schoolers.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:48 AM
I’ve removed my teacher friends from my newsfeed. I had one do a day by day status update on the cool shit they did that day. I wanted to puke.
The issue certainly should be subject to the collective bargaining process.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:48 AM
Took the wife to the new Mila/JT thing, pretty good I guess. Lots of Mila in underwear, but still could have used a tad more skin overall.
/I hate all of you
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:49 AM
No, this makes your checks feel like your making $50k a year.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:49 AM
*you’re
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:49 AM
THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:49 AM
As SD said, the electricity costs of running A/C in July and August in most of the country would be incredible.
Seriously? You do realize that because of summer school and administrators working year round the schools are already A/C on during the summer.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:50 AM
greatly enjoy the teacher debate.
my wife’s mom and stepmom were both teachers, so you can imagine where i stand on the debate. that being said … the pensions are unsustainable … they need a 401k like everyone else.
that being said … i can’t believe if you HAD to make cuts in any area, you’d cut teachers, who are only part of the foundation for the future of this country.
with many families now having 2 parents that work, teachers become even more important in educating kids.
i can’t believe you’d cut teachers.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:50 AM
Leo earned $77 million last year. Highest paid actor by far.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:50 AM
yup, shit like that… and now to say the state employees have to pay even more to make up for the state’s mistake is just fucking crazy.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:50 AM
As SD said, the electricity costs of running A/C in July and August
Schools in GA have to crank the AC all through May July and September… they seem to manage to get by alright.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:50 AM
AC all through May July and September
May AUGUST and September.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:51 AM
…whilst preparing me a meal.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:51 AM
“Oh, so you’re just going to walk away now like you’re better than us!? See!?!? ELITIST!!”
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:52 AM
It frightens me just how many issues our generation will have to deal with from a civil service perspective. We have a lot of things to fix and an awful lot of people who don’t really care if it doesn’t affect them.
I am absolutely one of those people, too.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:52 AM
I have an idea, then. Don’t go into teaching.
That’s not very reasonable. Should we use the same logic for doctors that complain about the OUTRAGEOUS costs of insurance for being a doctor?
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:53 AM
And schools in the north have to crank up the heat from Nov. through March.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:53 AM
Need that money to develop and build newer ways to blow other people up
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:53 AM
Not compared to the paychecks of those who have chosen a ten month payment plan.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:53 AM
I don’t really think that would happen. I know lots of people who are trying to get teaching jobs and just have to hang around substituting until something opens up. Of course, I would readily admit that’s probably not the case in larger cities.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:53 AM
All acceptable collateral damage, IMO, for a better educated society.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:53 AM
Where the district administrative offices are? Probably. But at every building in the district? No. Way. Not even close. It’s a legitimate consideration.
Talking about having year round schooling but dismissing the significant costs (in the form of tax increases) involved is a worthless conversation.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:54 AM
“Oh, so you’re just going to walk away now like you’re better than us!? See!?!? ELITIST!!”
HA. Exactly.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:54 AM
Talking politics is a lose-lose situation. You’re ideology falls on deaf ears, you end up hating the person with whom you’re talking and you’re pissed off the rest of the day.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:54 AM
I wonder if in like 100 years the movie Idiocracy will be like a documentary or something.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:54 AM
and need that money to keep people from smoking weed.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:54 AM
Yes, actually.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:54 AM
yeah, and this loops back into someone’s comment from earlier…the news coverage is always covering the wrong portion of the issue “tea party/GOP/Democrat response to the tea party/GOP/Democrat statement” rather than the actual issue those comments are about.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:54 AM
Mila Kunis is fluent in Russian, because, she, uh, emigrated from Russia as a child.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:54 AM
/typed from the comfort of my computer while men braver than me protect my ass every night
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:54 AM
There are many older schools that do not have AC at all in the Philly burbs/South Jersey. Obviously, that would need to be addressed.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:55 AM
I hope you are not teaching math.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:55 AM
I’m with you, just trying to think of the counter-arguments.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:55 AM
Need that money to develop and build newer ways to blow other people up
Reading how much we spend on military/defense each year, and then listening to the right wingers bitch about how they don’t want to contribute their tax dollars to planned parenthood infuriates me. There are plenty of things I don’t agree with that get my tax dollars for funding.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:56 AM
lol
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:56 AM
and dumber kids are better canon fodder for the next war in 10 years.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:57 AM
/typed from the comfort of my computer while men braver than me protect my ass every night
Is butters in Jail?
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:57 AM
My daughter is in the NYC public school system and only have July and August off. I think its just the right amount of time, but still feel school must drag horribly for the kids during June. I could see a trimester type schedule working to keep the kids interested.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:57 AM
/typed from the comfort of my computer while men braver than me protect my ass every night
Are you making the argument that our military has to be be 100X larger than anyone else’s in order for us to remain safe?
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:57 AM
Damn, missed the teacher debate.
I’m sure the cliche about teachers being the foundation for our future was made, did anybody make the point about trying a system that’s based on results instead of tenure?
I know there are tons of variables given what teachers are teaching what students, but for every good teacher, there are at least two bad ones leaving our public school systems in an absolute mess.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:57 AM
That’s an issue for a neighboring district here. They regularly have early dismissals in Aug/Sept because of the heat.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:57 AM
THINK ABOUT THE CHILDREN!!!!1
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:58 AM
This is one of my favorite pictures from last week.
ha. I enjoyed that.
badger love!
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:58 AM
but for every good teacher, there are at least two bad ones leaving our public school systems in an absolute mess.
Link?
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:59 AM
if that means my company can be awarded a no bid contract to fund the military with computer hardware and software i am all for it.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:59 AM
Apparently, Mike Patterson has suffered a major injury in Eagles practice this morning.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:59 AM
It’s being tried in lots of places.
No.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:00 AM
Ah yes, the dichotomy of the guy who wants less government spending but won’t touch the biggest albatross in the budget…I guess it helps one remain perpetually angry
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:00 AM
Also, Kevin Duckworth died.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:00 AM
did anybody make the point about trying a system that’s based on results instead of tenure?
I don’t really think you can do that though. I know there are plenty of bad teachers… but there are also plenty of good ones that are powerless when it comes to showing improvement if they’re teaching kids with no/poor parental guidance. Our biggest problem is that we can’t have people who can’t take care of themselves keep on shitting out 4 kids by the time they’re 22.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:00 AM
Hang around and wait on an opening because there are shitty, shitty teachers who have been teaching shitty, shitty curriculum for the past 10-15 years and won’t retire or get fired, even though they are shitty at their job.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:00 AM
psh who needs education?
/blows stuff up
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:01 AM
Merit based pay requires a uniform system of evaluation for educators. I’m all for incentive based pay, but it’s much easier to do that when you’re giving a sales person a quota and a product to sell. When you have a teacher whose products are the children he/she is teaching, there isn’t a method out there right now to evaluate them equally. You could be rewarded a very average teacher for getting a job in a quality school district with above average students while at the same time punishing an excellent teacher for going into a poor performing school district.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:01 AM
Well, I’m surprised you took the bait…
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:02 AM
but for every good teacher, there are at least two bad ones leaving our public school systems in an absolute mess.
Link?
Check out the scandal that happened in Atlanta. It’s really, really difficult to fire even the worst teachers because the teacher’s union is pretty damn powerful.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:02 AM
You could be rewarded a very average teacher for getting a job in a quality school district with above average students while at the same time punishing an excellent teacher for going into a poor performing school district.
This. Also, people need to start holding parents more accountable. Won’t happen though.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:03 AM
I agree with you, which is why I added a disclaimer. I look at teachers as being 3 tiered – good, neutral, bad. We need to find a way to get rid of the bad ones, we need to find a way to put the neutral ones in the best situation possible to maximize their limited potential with the limited potential of those they teach, and we need to make sure every potential good teacher can get a job and that every good teacher already hired is rewarded for it.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:03 AM
Defense is now considered entitlement spending?
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:04 AM
This! I still think they are just too many people having kids that shouldn’t be.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:04 AM
I teach English. But you better believe I’m receiving a smaller paycheck every month than those who elect a ten month plan. If the issue is that I feel like I’m making less than I am, the numbers every other week bear it out. Yes — I made that choice, and yes, I’m happy to still receive checks during the summer when some of my colleagues don’t. But does it feel like I’m making less than 50K in a week to week context? Yes. And the real issue — if you’re going to ask me to work for two extra months, do I expect to be paid for those months? Of course I do. If we’re talking about an alternative schedule that maintains the same number of total hours worked – fine. If not, you’ll have to pay each teacher for the extra hours you expect them to work.
As for the pension issue — I think most teachers are fine with a 401K for new employees, but changing pension plans for existing employees sucks. When people spend 15-20 years planning around a pension, it’s hardly ethical to switch that midstream unless you intend to pay out the benefits already bought and earned.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:04 AM
Puppies for everyone.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:04 AM
NYC is currently on a hiring freeze. School budgets were cut this year as well.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:05 AM
teaching is a great gig if you’re single. the number of hot young things teaching used to hurt my head
/wasn’t single then
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:05 AM
You’re, like, 50 puppies short.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:06 AM
I agree there is no system in place or even in yet in practical theory that would adequately reward/punish fairly. But something has to be done because the reverse of this is that the system is already broken anyway. I think it begins and ends with the teacher’s unions. I would love to see somebody bust them up, Ronald Reagan style.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:06 AM
Defense is now considered entitlement spending?
Yes. When you look at the amount that’s spent and what’s actually needed to keep us safe. How many $500 billion Aircraft carriers or $15 Billion F-18′s (numbers approximate)do we need?
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:06 AM
Another puppy.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:06 AM
Good talk though, people. It’s nice to know there are people out there that recognize the problems in education. Bottom line… VOTE. Especially for your school board. Or better yet, run for the position yourself.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:07 AM
All acceptable collateral damage, IMO, for a better educated society.
the problem with most of society’s ills….everybody wants to go to heaven, nobody wants to die
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:07 AM
moar puppiez and less ejukashion!!
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:08 AM
but there are also plenty of good ones that are powerless when it comes to showing improvement if they’re teaching kids with no/poor parental guidance.
It doesn’t help that parents will sue the schools and/or teachers for pretty much anything these days. There’s no sense of responsibility as a parent
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:08 AM
I should have taught in the suburbs. Fuck. The city is full of overweight, married women.
Now we need some sports. I didn’t see hardly any baseball last night so I hope we get some Yardwork today.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:08 AM
I’m trying to divert the angry rhetoric.
I can haz candiez?
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:09 AM
When done so at the level we do? Absolutely, just because poor people aren’t the beneficiaries doesn’t make it so
And please, stop with the “protect my ass” for all things defense…the Iraqis weren’t threatening to invade but that didn’t prevent a few trillion dollars being burnt up (but yeah, welfare is the real drain on society)
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:09 AM
Straw man much?
People are too quick to associate anarchistic qualities to those who want limited government.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:09 AM
Good, because you still don’t get it.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:10 AM
ah, we’ve finally reached the crux of most problems.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:11 AM
Why yes, black lab doggy, you may have as many candies as I have in my possession!
/checks out new zooborns
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:11 AM
ACtually you could make the argument poor people are the beneficiaries of defense spending since joining the military is a viable option for indigents. But that’s a little twisted.
And the “Iraq wasn’t going to attack” argument is so elementary it does not deserve correction.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:11 AM
Puppy workout.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:11 AM
No, no they don’t. If you’re comparing paychecks during the school year with someone on a 10 month pay schedule then, yes, your paycheck is slightly less. But, there’s two months where your paycheck is WAY bigger than theirs.
You’re making $50k/year, they’re making $50k/year. It’s equivalent.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:12 AM
What a badass.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:12 AM
there were pics of three siberian tiger cubs the other day!
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:12 AM
Puppies ready for a trip.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:13 AM
No more so than saying that going there somehow made my life safer
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:13 AM
/plays Fortunate Son
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:14 AM
I’m pretty sure that if someone did an outside audit of the DoD there could be at least $200 billion in overspending if not more.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:14 AM
I think the obvious goal here is to have the absolute safest, starving and sick old people.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:14 AM
If only life was full of topical, one-step cause/effects it would be so much easier.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:15 AM
And the “Iraq wasn’t going to attack” argument is so elementary it does not deserve correction.
I am so glad we went into Iraq to get the Taliban out of there and restored order.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:15 AM
American gentleman.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:15 AM
And please, stop with the “protect my ass” for all things defense…
Exactly. If the taliban starts storming Daytona Beach, I’ll be first in line to volunteer to defend my country. But don’t go telling me that stirring shit up a half a world away with people who just want us to go away is protecting my ass. It’s just creating more ill-will. If some wack-job from over there wants to cause us harm, all he has to do is buy an automatic weapon and shoot up a mall during the holidays. Wasting billions on a war over there isn’t going to stop that from happening.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:15 AM
Attentive puppies.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:16 AM
Defense spending is not an entitlement expenditure. Please, pick up a book sometime.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:16 AM
I just saw a pic of this chick carrying a baby wallaby around in a makeshift baby bjorn-like body wrap. I think I could handle that job as long as I could put a diaper on the wallaby. I imagine work would be way more fun having a baby wallaby as company all day.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:16 AM
Boston Terriers are hilarious.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:17 AM
The only way I can handle a baby is if you put a dog in the photo.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:17 AM
Defense spending is not an entitlement expenditure.
I totally agree and that’s why we should cut so much of it.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:17 AM
“I want a tennis ball, bone and new blanket because I chewed up my old one.”
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:17 AM
Just saying that issues are complicated doesn’t validate the original statement
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:18 AM
A hidden part of education cuts is the defunding of basic science research. NSF/NIH type grants go a long way in creating new ideas/technologies that keep the US innovative.
Pay the
playersresearchers.August 3rd, 2011 at 10:18 AM
i agree with the middle eastern countries, the real threat that has snuck up on us is china, especially since they are developing an anti-aircraft carrier missle that could sway the balance of power in their region to their side. they’ve made no secret about their feelings towards taiwain, etc. w/o a US presence, or capability of a US presence over there it could be the start of something bad.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:18 AM
Did you enlist after 9/11?
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:19 AM
Please, pick up a book sometime.
I have. I suggest you do the same.
“Since World War II, the U.S. government has spent more than $10 trillion on defense. Although everyone in the United States must pay taxes supporting defense contracts, ten states have obtained 75 percent of all defense contracts and expenditures.”
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:19 AM
“Why, yes, my face is all wrinkly. You know you love it.”
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:19 AM
#8 is my favorite. But fireworks pug is also included.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:20 AM
This is like a family photo that goes above a fireplace.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:20 AM
It doesn’t validate mine, but it does invalidate yours.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:20 AM
A few months after 9/11, President Bush got the smallpox vaccine that was developed here in Rochester (UofR Medical Center). It was then interesting to watch NIH – which made the research possible – get defunded by Congress (and him).
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:20 AM
Talking politics is a lose-lose situation. You’re ideology falls on deaf ears, you end up hating the person with whom you’re talking and you’re pissed off the rest of the day.
yes. and you get a horrid case of tiredhead.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:20 AM
Baby elephant playing in the water!!!! I am dying!!
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:21 AM
Wow, just when I thought the oversimplification of issues could not get any worse.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:21 AM
Maybe he concluded his vaccine didn’t work. I don’t know.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:21 AM
“One day I’ll be as big as momma.”
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:21 AM
Another thing that Governor Perry’s cronies here on the university boards are trying to devalue. He wants to take money away from research and award class credits based on student surveys or some shit.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:22 AM
uh, yea. and not just larger, but better and smarter. because the other guys with guns like ours are pretty fucked up in the head…
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:23 AM
english teachers work hardest
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:24 AM
Wow, just when I thought the oversimplification of issues could not get any worse.
Well since I was there before and after, I feel like I can oversimplify it like that.
/Team Chest Candy
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:24 AM
Look, I realize that we need a military, but why can’t it be smaller, more nimble, special ops style?
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:25 AM
I hope he helps the guy pay to register, insure, and maintain that thing.
/TBL
//from the Jeter 3k ball guy
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:25 AM
Indeed. The 100x is an exaggeration. I’m for having the best military in the world and completely against using it like we have been.
Another way to say what you did though is if you are fighting someone who is happy to die for their cause and you aren’t, you are at a pretty extreme disadvantage.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:26 AM
Another way to say what you did though is if you are fighting someone who is happy to die for their cause and you aren’t, you are at a pretty extreme disadvantage.
But we are bringing democracy to them!
/Team oversimplification
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:27 AM
tons of reasons.
a) those “special ops” require a ton of logistical support
b) that shit only works against guerilla forces, not a large scale military effort like china or russia or north korea would embark on
c) our traditional military force is the greatest on earth by a large, large margin…we conqured afghanistan and iraq in almost no time at all.
d) those special ops guys use JDAM’s and high cost air support like crazy…the logistics and cost of that support far outweighs the cost of the boots on the ground
e) you can’t mass manufacture commandos
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:27 AM
Andie Macdowell’s 21-year-old daughter …
Holy legs.
I think I’ll end my participation in this thread on that note.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:29 AM
If we ever got into a war with any of them, there wouldn’t be a large military since we would have nuclear winter before you could count to 10.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:29 AM
Might want to look elsewhere.
(Hint: the United States budget).
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:29 AM
Well, good for you, and I do mean that with the utmost sincerity, but my best friend has been over there too, and he knows the difference between Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:30 AM
Defense spending for some, tiny miniature flags for the rest!
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:30 AM
Now, that is both funny and applicable.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:31 AM
I couldn’t even tempt you people with a frolicking baby elephant? What is wrong with all of you?
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:31 AM
If the taliban starts storming Daytona Beach, I’ll be first in line to volunteer to defend my country.
Did you enlist after 9/11?
silly. defending our country is now done by homeland security, cia, special forces. will our country ever be credibly invaded? cmon now. largest threat is to cyber and oil and occasional terrorist attack. and our own people can do some of that just fine, thank you
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:32 AM
Update on Patterson… apparently saying he’s fine, dehydrated.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:33 AM
As he sits in the hospital.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:33 AM
well, i didnt see it at first, but damn is that cute.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:33 AM
Update on Patterson… apparently saying he’s fine, dehydrated.
I can’t believe there was time not too long ago where coaches wouldn’t allow water breaks as a way to “toughen” their players up.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:34 AM
Spence, if you have Spike TV, check out the Deadliest Warrior tonight at 10. It’s between the US Army Rangers and North Korean Special Forces.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:34 AM
Unfortunately, the link is blocked by my work firewall. So, I just went to YouTube and typed in “baby elephant plays in water” and giggled.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:35 AM
This thread is littered with animals. I suggest you all give them your attention. I’m just waiting for Yardwork. And for my proprietary software to stop being a giant sack of shit so I can actually do some work.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:35 AM
You ready to incite some hate against TLR like I am?
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:36 AM
hah! sweet.
tho i will say i take some umbrage with their methodology. GSG9 would smoke any SWAT team and green berets weren’t a good matchup for the spetsnaz. they shoulda done SEAL vs. spetsnaz and CIA SAD vs. israeli commando instead.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:37 AM
Oh, and it’s a live show.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:37 AM
I’ve been too busy watching and rewatching to comment.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:37 AM
wtf?!?!?!
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:39 AM
http://www.spike.com/shows/deadliest-warrior
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:39 AM
Nah. I’m just going to bask in the glow of the 6 taters the Cubs hit last night since I don’t get to do it very often.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:40 AM
I can’t believe there was time not too long ago where coaches wouldn’t allow water breaks as a way to “toughen” their players up.
no shit. i played HS football in houston in the late 90′s, and it was hot as hell. and we didnt get very many water breaks. i really dont know how no one on our team passed out or got sick. i really dont.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:41 AM
Probably slacked off too much.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:44 AM
Probably slacked off too much.
our state title says otherwise!
/high fives al bundy, speeds off in camaro
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:49 AM
/zips up letterman jacket
August 3rd, 2011 at 11:37 AM
/typed from the comfort of my computer while men braver than me protect my ass every night
Can I interest you in a tiger-repellant rock?
/Simpsons’d
August 3rd, 2011 at 12:46 PM
Some damn good links in the roundup today, TBL.