Roundup: The 76ers Have Been Sold, Jordan Jefferson Got the Rest of His Shoes Back & a College QB Said, “This is what I’m getting paid for”
Emmanuelle Chriqui … sick and twisted individuals … what causes videos to go viral? … did this guy really tell a newspaper he wished his area would ‘get rid of the Hispanics?’ … yeah, that’s really something to brag about … wild dogs might be roaming the streets of St. Louis … someone defecated in a Boca Raton pool … “Actress sues Amazon for revealing age on film database” … Shia LaBeouf got in a street fight in Vancouver … Gregg Easterbrook, your response? …
It was a late night, and I’m not sure I’ll have a Jets’ post in me. For now, read Mike Freeman on Jets 24, Dolphins 6. [CBS Sports]
Keith Price, the emerging Washington star QB slipped and said, “this is what I’m getting paid for.” Ha! [Q 13 Fox]
Shane Victorino is upset with Crossing Broad, a Philadelphia blogger. [CSN Philly]
So, it’s Christian Ponder time in Minnesota, right? [Star Trib]
The Seven Worst Sentences from Chuck Palahniuk’s new book. [GQ]
I’d say these guys qualify as “breakout stars” from the MLB postseason – other than Cruz and Murphy, I’d never heard of the other gentlemen. [SI]
In case you’ve been wondering what Georgia Tech legend Kenny Anderson has been up to. [NYT]
Promising! Jonathan Klinsmann – Jurgen’s son – was called into the US Under-15 soccer camp. [Soccer by Ives]
SEC-related headline of the week: LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson gets remainder of his shoes back. [NOLA]
Former hockey great (?) Eric Lindros talks to a blog. [The Hockey Writers]
The 76ers have been sold. In the midst of a lockout, I’d say these guys probably got a good price. [ABC News]
Speaking of the lockout, here’s the latest. Well, nothing really has changed, but I figured I’d throw the league a bone, right? [Chronicle]
“Groupon’s filing shows that when the company privately raised $950 million in a pre-I.P.O. round in January, it paid out $810 million of that to its investors and employees.” [Dealbook]
Gotta be the best alley-oop pass thrown this summer, right? [via Hot Clicks]
This video will leave you speechless. [via Washington Post, Miggy]
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October 18th, 2011 at 8:42 AM
Yeah, a great big bitch.
October 18th, 2011 at 8:44 AM
bradley’s 2.0?
October 18th, 2011 at 8:44 AM
i read about that little Chinese girl yesterday. Horrific assholes.
October 18th, 2011 at 8:45 AM
someone defecated in a Boca Raton pool …
someone call Carl Spackler
October 18th, 2011 at 8:46 AM
Apparently the driver indicated that he would owe significantly less if the girl was dead rather than injured due to various liability rulings and laws in China. Horrible story.
October 18th, 2011 at 8:47 AM
well done on both of these.
October 18th, 2011 at 8:47 AM
Looks like the Chinese need the Japan Final Solution.
October 18th, 2011 at 8:48 AM
What? It’s no big deal.”
October 18th, 2011 at 8:48 AM
Wait – you mean Easterbrook’s political columns include the use of cliches, factual errors and false truths to prove his point? That never happens in the TMQ column!
/political gods chortled
October 18th, 2011 at 8:50 AM
Lindros was at times a dominant player, the prototypical power forward. He never adapted his game after being the big fish in a little pond in junior. One of the biggest “what could have been” guys of the modern era.
October 18th, 2011 at 8:51 AM
Guh. That will make you feel good about humanity.
October 18th, 2011 at 8:51 AM
That alley oop was fucking nasty.
October 18th, 2011 at 8:51 AM
fucking crazy.
October 18th, 2011 at 8:52 AM
Is the Chinese girl still alive?
October 18th, 2011 at 8:52 AM
Surely the son of a world class player will be better than the son of Bob Bradley.
October 18th, 2011 at 8:52 AM
did this guy really tell a newspaper he wished his area would ‘get rid of the Hispanics?’
Of course he did. He’s scared of Hispanics coming around and making his shitty part of the world better.
October 18th, 2011 at 8:52 AM
what the fuck?
October 18th, 2011 at 8:54 AM
That’s not relevant. Did you see that TV anchor’s shiny Chinese hair?
/Mac’d
October 18th, 2011 at 8:54 AM
This video will leave you speechless.
please take that down.
October 18th, 2011 at 8:54 AM
oh, i had no idea klansman or whatever that jerry’s name is was a great player.
October 18th, 2011 at 8:54 AM
Fucking anti-semetic blowhard dipshit toxic waste of a human being.
October 18th, 2011 at 8:55 AM
That’s badass, Spencer. Very badass.
October 18th, 2011 at 8:55 AM
Brisket, natch.
October 18th, 2011 at 8:55 AM
hopefully we’ll see hovercars in our lifetimes.
October 18th, 2011 at 8:56 AM
The chinese girl is still alive as far as I know. some guy finally went out in the road and got her and waited til help arrived to bring her to the hospital.
October 18th, 2011 at 8:56 AM
He’s the son of the U.S. National team’s coach.
October 18th, 2011 at 8:57 AM
I wasn’t going to be as nasty as this, but yeah all of this right here.
October 18th, 2011 at 8:57 AM
Bummer. Just read the Klinsmann link. His son is a GK. We grow those on trees over here. Really could have used an attacking middie or a striker.
October 18th, 2011 at 8:58 AM
Shouldn’t Duffy have a post on him or something? Who is this Klingsman? What does he want?
October 18th, 2011 at 8:59 AM
Can we get a discussion about how officials swallow their whistles every time Revis plays?
October 18th, 2011 at 9:00 AM
Can we get a discussion about how officials swallow their whistles every time Revis plays?
that kept me undefeated in my one fantasy league. no complaints here.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:00 AM
That’s the case over here as well…it’s ALWAYS better for you if the person you negligently harm dies vs. living in a deformed state…less damages.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:01 AM
no shit. how did they only have a few seconds of smooth jazz at the beginning and end of that video. a true travesty.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:02 AM
agreed…i was digging that opening music.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:03 AM
look, the league needs the Jets to win, and in most games Sanchize is going to do everything he can to prevent that from happening, so they have to create a hero, and disregard blatant holding and PI calls, to create Revis Island.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:03 AM
Would you like to discuss how officials have flags on a quick draw for Vontaze Burfict? No? okay.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:04 AM
Is the Chinese girl still alive?
It is China. She wasn’t supposed to exist at all.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:04 AM
If it’s not, it’s going to essentially be a home game for the Packers. Every Vikings fan will boo the hell out of McNabb right out of the gate.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:05 AM
Walking Dead sucks.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:05 AM
something to brag about link is fixed
October 18th, 2011 at 9:05 AM
I would
October 18th, 2011 at 9:06 AM
Matt Stafford sucks.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:06 AM
the redneck is my favorite character by far…the rest can zombify for all i care.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:07 AM
Haha, but what an ending.
Since when are they all so comfortable rummaging around in cars that could possibly contain zombies? So strange.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:07 AM
Since there might not be a Jets post – Sanchez reminds me so much of when Daunte was QB here, in that ANYTHING was possible on any given snap. It could be a wounded duck INT, or a great looking 1st down pass. He could drop the snap, or throw an 80 yard TD. Yeah, I do NOT miss that, and I don’t miss constantly having to apologize for it.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:08 AM
Walking Dead sucks.
I’ve decided what would have made me happy with that episode. I wish that instead of fixing that hose, they’d voted to upgrade vehicles, to a better RV, that was trapped further up. But the old man was all pissed about having to give up his RV. And that’s why they were moving cars.
The rest of it, whatever, although at some point, you have to expend less energy killing zombies. Double tap, and that’s it.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:08 AM
i thought carl (still hate that name for a kid for some reason) was gonna grab the deer by the neck and kill it with a knife.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:10 AM
Anderson made $63 million in his career, according to Basketball-Reference.com, but filed for bankruptcy in 2005.
It all started when he was dating that girl from the Real World 2 (the girl who said the guy raped her when he fell on her jokingly).
But seriously when he turned pro after 2 years at G. Tech, thats when everybody was like screw college. Before him even guys like Larry Johnson stayed 3 years…
October 18th, 2011 at 9:11 AM
Groupon should have sold to Google when they had the chance. That marketplace has been diluted to a point of over saturation now. Not only that, but it’s not a viable long term business option for most of its customers. If you’re a new business, sure you use Groupon to get the word out. But established brands have loyalty so it makes no sense to devalue their product through discount. Combined with all the copycat Groupons out there, it’s just not viable long term anymore.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:11 AM
I’d rather swallow battery acid than read that hack.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:11 AM
CHICKEN SANDWICH, CARL!!
October 18th, 2011 at 9:12 AM
i’ve got a feeling this argument will always be like politics and religion, no one will ever be able to change each others minds.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:12 AM
So, you’re saying that Sanchez likes the Purple Drank? It would make sense based on his play.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:14 AM
Ponder or not, there is a good chance there are more Packers fans than Vikings fans in the dome Sunday.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:14 AM
haha
October 18th, 2011 at 9:15 AM
Haven’t been this excited about the Sixers ownership since the Pat Croce days. I can’t wait camp starts…..
Wait….what’s that you say?
October 18th, 2011 at 9:15 AM
2nd that. that is horrible
October 18th, 2011 at 9:15 AM
Any NFL rumors? How about Hill or Stanton for Michael Bush?
October 18th, 2011 at 9:16 AM
i thought carl (still hate that name for a kid for some reason) was gonna grab the deer by the neck and kill it with a knife.
because they put this right at the end of episode #1, they didnt’ really give me a chance to groan about how ham-handed it was to have the kid being shot in the scene directly after the wife lecturing the group about not blaming Sheriff Dad when he makes a mistake (like letting his retard son come with him on a zombie hunt).
October 18th, 2011 at 9:17 AM
Kind of early for Visanthe Shiancoe dong pics isn’t it?
October 18th, 2011 at 9:18 AM
I completely agree, but I won’t stop watching. Caught my DVR of it yesterday. When their plan was to hide under cars I about lost my shit. I can’t believe Darrel hasn’t taken off by himself yet, he seems to be the only one who is resourceful enough to survive.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:18 AM
Hubby and I always chuckle when they say his name
October 18th, 2011 at 9:18 AM
What show is that?
October 18th, 2011 at 9:19 AM
It Wasn’t Not Funny!
October 18th, 2011 at 9:19 AM
you know what really pissed me off? the dude on the top of the RV couldn’t see a zombie horde until they were roughly 500 feet away. the highway was flat during that scene…they’d be visable for a mile in each direction, you’d think.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:19 AM
i’ve got a feeling this argument will always be like politics and religion, no one will ever be able to change each others minds.
NDub is really the only person who defended Sunday’s episode though.
The only character I like is Daryl, and that’s because he seems to be the only one with half a brain.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:20 AM
So I’m guessing Walking Dead has replaced LOST as the “show everyone watches only to bitch about how badly they’re screwing it up?” I think “Monday Night Raw” is the longest running show of that nature.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:20 AM
and i just read that Jason Statham will be the lead actor if a new Transformer move is made.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:20 AM
Whatever you might think about Lindros, you can’t talk about the NHL in the ’90′s without a chapter on Lindros. Not just for his play on the ice, but for everything off of it.
Unfortunately for Eric, one of the things he will have contributed most to hockey is probably a better understanding of how concussions work. He was the first big time athlete I can ever remember who struggled with concussions. If people knew then what they know now, i wonder if it could have been different for Lindros in Philly.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:21 AM
I can’t believe that’s real. Honestly.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:21 AM
It is good that Walking Dead is adding a couple new characters next week. The Winnebego 8 is getting stale. I was underwhelmed by Sunday’s show, but I’ve been underwhelmed by Breaking Bad/Lost/SoA episodes and still really enjoyed the seasons. WD has a new showrunner/writers and there is going to be a period of transition.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:22 AM
Yes, this. They made it a point to show him up there with his binoculars while the others scavenged. Those must have been some stealth zombies.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:22 AM
you know what really pissed me off? the dude on the top of the RV couldn’t see a zombie horde until they were roughly 500 feet away. the highway was flat during that scene…they’d be visable for a mile in each direction, you’d think.
I think (I think) there was an overturned 18 wheeler in the way.
Doesn’t it piss you off that whoever shot that deer fired a gun, and invited the gun firing repercussions on themselves? Since we’ve learned that shooting guns brings zombies toward you?
October 18th, 2011 at 9:22 AM
So they have the ability to siphon gas… yet, when it is mentioned that they should maybe turn around and try the bypass, it’s immediately shot down as it would take too much gas. Ummm…. there’s dozens of cars with tanks full of gas around dumbasses.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:23 AM
Or Torian…
October 18th, 2011 at 9:23 AM
So I’m guessing Walking Dead has replaced LOST as the “show everyone watches only to bitch about how badly they’re screwing it up?” I think “Monday Night Raw” is the longest running show of that nature.
SNL, in terms of years.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:23 AM
i like the show, but i also like the graphic novel, and i’m honest in that i watch it b/c it’s a zombie TV show…i know it’s not breaking bad or game of thrones quality material.
it’s like getting pissed that transformers isn’t high quality cinema. it’s a movie about giant robots from outer space that turn into vehicles. it’s what it is.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:24 AM
i watch because zombies are cool man, no matter how much i hate the survivors.
no, because hopefully it was a redneck and we’re about to be introduced into an all-conquering redneck horde.
rednecks vs. zombies…this time, it’s personal.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:24 AM
it is pretty close with the Giants/Rams for worst double digit win of the year.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:25 AM
Completely agree. I think my main issue is that I have to deal with really idiotic people on a daily basis, and the last thing I want to watch is a bunch of idiots survive a zombie attack. The least realistic part of the show isn’t the zombies, it’s that the writers want us to believe these fucking morons have stayed alive for this long.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:25 AM
They mention that they were siphoning gas to do just that.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:25 AM
i mean, they’re driving three cars that get probably 10 mpg…it’s not like they can siphon off barrels of fuel.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:26 AM
I hate when someone (usually the actors) say this isn’t a show about zombies, it’s a show about humans. Fuck that shit.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:26 AM
but seriously…[spoiler alert] how bad did that tent have to smell?
October 18th, 2011 at 9:27 AM
I was also disapointed there wasnt a lot of comic relief in that episode. Asian kid was like an extra.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:27 AM
well, the smart ones are probably locked in their house, by themselves, slowly going insane from the isolation and running out of food rations. but they are surviving, and would make for a horrible TV show.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:27 AM
but seriously…[spoiler alert] how bad did that tent have to smell?
Ann Coulter’s pussy level of bad.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:27 AM
it is pretty close with the Giants/Rams for worst double digit win of the year.
I’d vote SF over Seattle in week 1. And then this atrocity. But I didn’t watch Giants/Rams, because I don’t hate myself.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:28 AM
Oh come on, Ann Coulter has a dick.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:28 AM
but seriously…[spoiler alert] how bad did that tent have to smell?
did you see the size of those fake maggots?
October 18th, 2011 at 9:28 AM
Not to mention that the daily emails for spas, spray tans and laser hair removal are the most annoying fucking thing ever.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:29 AM
i was at the game and all of us there were saying how shitty of a win it was.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:29 AM
Well said. I watched the show for the first time on Sunday and came away underwhelmed but not necessarily disappointed. As you said, it’s a show about zombies. Every single zombie show/movie outside of Shaun of the Dead makes the characters dumb as fuck, because the smart people would find a place to fortify and only go out to locate rations and stuff of necessity. That would be boring as fuck.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:30 AM
Buncha junior George Romeros up in this piece. Can’t even enjoy a tv show about zombies anymore.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:30 AM
CHICKEN SANDWICH, CARL!!
One of my favorite State sketches.
/If the man wanted a small soda, the man would have asked for a small soda
October 18th, 2011 at 9:30 AM
wow, i thought I only got those b/c i was in Central New Jersey.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:30 AM
wouldn’t surprise me. her adam’s apple is huge
October 18th, 2011 at 9:30 AM
I’m glad Andy Dalton is only a rookie. He has a chance to get markedly better as the season wears on and throughout his career, but so far, yikes:
Andy Dalton, 62.4% completion, 1311 yards, 6.9 YPA, 7 TDs, 5 INTs
Mark Sanchez, 56.1% completion, 1372 yards, 6.9 YPA, 9 TDs, 5 INTs
October 18th, 2011 at 9:30 AM
There’s nothing that’s more annoying that the episode/extended portion of the movie where the main characters have to go off and look for a dumb kid though. Stay under the fucking car until you’re told it’s safe to come out.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:30 AM
Is anyone watching Dexter this season? The end of the last episode was pretty messed up. But so far, this season hasn’t been so great. I appreciate when they go for laughs but they’ve been laying it on too thick.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:31 AM
I’ve been watching. So far I’m liking this season a lot more than last season.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:32 AM
well, the smart ones are probably locked in their house, by themselves, slowly going insane from the isolation and running out of food rations. but they are surviving, and would make for a horrible TV show.
I want to watch that exact show, but I want for them to go foraging not only for supplies, but for women. And I want there to be episodes where women get used as currency. And then those women turn out not to be meek “currency,” but are in fact, double crossers who kill their purchasers, and let the bad guys steal all of the dead slave buyers stuff.
And then the lady gets eaten by a zombie.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:32 AM
/off to a job fair
//wish me luck
///cannot stand being unemployed much longer
October 18th, 2011 at 9:33 AM
the story does pick up and get more interesting when you meet the people who help save carl. where the group ends up and what happens when they find what they think is safety is what i’m really looking forward to.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:33 AM
i mean, they’re driving three cars that get probably 10 mpg…it’s not like they can siphon off barrels of fuel.
Georgia isn’t the far side of the moon. There are gas stations every exit. Not too mention the hundreds of abandoned cars they’d pass.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:33 AM
Buncha junior George Romeros up in this piece. Can’t even enjoy a tv show about zombies anymore.
thanks for providing today’s run over chinese baby, asshole.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:33 AM
Hilarious.
Wife and I just started the John Lithgow season. Loved the first two seasons, but wasn’t a fan of the Miguel Prado one.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:34 AM
And I want there to be episodes where women get used as currency.
Isn’t that kind of like what the world depicted in The Road is like?
October 18th, 2011 at 9:34 AM
Did anyone actually watch season 1 of Walking Dead and expect for season 2 to be good? It started off interesting and got worse with every episode.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:34 AM
I’m not sure how I feel about it either. The new villian is pretty messed up and has the religious bent which seems to totally eff with Dexter.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:35 AM
what happens when they find what they think is safety is what i’m really looking forward to.
I’m for that. Humans versus humans. And then occasionally, somebody gets zombied.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:35 AM
It’s like a divorced wives club in here this morning.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:35 AM
haven’t seen sunday’s episode yet, but i’m liking the season so far.
it feels like they are setting the show up for some sort of end game, either Dexter can push aside his dark passenger, or Deb finds out and has to decide what to do as LT. can’t wait for that conflict to show up on Deb’s radar…Dexter is a serial killer, but dad taught him, and dad is a hero/good man…what do i do?
October 18th, 2011 at 9:35 AM
Invalid comparison. Dalton had more college starts.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:36 AM
Get it done!
October 18th, 2011 at 9:36 AM
It started off interesting and got worse with every episode.
The gang banger Latinos expending resources and engery protecting a bunch of old people in a nursing home that would die of natural causes soon anyway? Totally plausible!
October 18th, 2011 at 9:37 AM
would a gas pump work without electricity?
October 18th, 2011 at 9:37 AM
The Governor.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:37 AM
Seems like a simple answer for her, actually. She keeps quiet to protect the family. That seems to come first for her.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:37 AM
Did anyone actually watch season 1 of Walking Dead and expect for season 2 to be good? It started off interesting and got worse with every episode.
it’s the perfect show to complain about. That’s why I watch.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:37 AM
i actually liked that episode, dick.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:38 AM
Just my opinion but I don’t think there’d be any conflict there… Deb turns him in, gives him no mercy and goes into full-fledged derp face 24/7.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:38 AM
Thats my Abuela hombre.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:38 AM
The end of last season kind of sets up for Deb to accept what Dexter does.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:39 AM
That wouldn’t be smart, though. This plan to go to Fort Bragg is decent, they’re just going about it like dopes (as usual).
Let’s be honest, I’m pretty sure myself, Spencer and anyone in our group is making it out of a zombie-pocalypse alive.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:39 AM
would a gas pump work without electricity?
no, but some sort of siphon still would. And there’s thousands of gallons of gas underground, in long term storage tanks.
You could also rig a generator to pump gas, if you were a smart guy. And you could get a generator at Home Depot, who should 100% be sponsoring this show.
Once again, kudos to Gerber for the product placement.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:39 AM
would a gas pump work without electricity?
Will Smith managed to do it when he was pumping $7 gas in I Am Legend. Gotta be possible.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:39 AM
Geez- Just saw the Hall powerplay goal. His shot was nice, but the pass through the slot from RNH was the best part. Slipped that past 2 defenders to a wide open Hall. Horcoff, RNH and Hall is the #1 PP unit? Assume it’s Eberle, MPS and Omark on the 2nd? Saw a lot of people bitching that Omark needs to shoot more. Good win for the Oil though. Only allowed 12 shots.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:40 AM
Well AMC is perfecting this genre.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:40 AM
does the story say why the zombies came? why are there cars littered eveyrwhere in the middle of nowhere?
October 18th, 2011 at 9:40 AM
has anyone read the books, or tried to?
i read the first one. horrible.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:41 AM
This plan to go to Fort Bragg is decent,
that would be a long trip.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:41 AM
Interesting that the Florida Panthers managed to outscore their football counterparts last night 7-6. I didn’t think the Panthers would score 7 goals all month. How does a team give up 4 points to Kris Versteeg?
October 18th, 2011 at 9:42 AM
Thats what I hate about this and most post apocalpytic movies, they never show us how we got there. I liked the beginning of the guy waking up from a coma to this world, but still, show some more flashbacks or something. Show me what CNN was telling us.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:42 AM
This plan to go to Fort Bragg is decent
It’s really not though. Like I said yesterday… if the CDC couldn’t keep it out, what makes them think a military base with thousands of people could?
October 18th, 2011 at 9:43 AM
does the story say why the zombies came? why are there cars littered eveyrwhere in the middle of nowhere?
not exactly yet. they’re getting to the “why” part. The cars littered everywhere are from people fleeing urban areas, and the ensuing accidents caused by panic.
I dont’ know why the cars are full of dead bodies. That part is kinda sketchy. who just sat in their car and died, exactly?
October 18th, 2011 at 9:43 AM
Thought about it. Why so bad?
October 18th, 2011 at 9:43 AM
*Also, it’s Fort Benning
October 18th, 2011 at 9:43 AM
I’ve heard the same thing. In the books, doesn’t Dexter teach Cody (the stepson) to be a killer?
October 18th, 2011 at 9:43 AM
Tool rental: Submersible Pump $29/Hr
October 18th, 2011 at 9:44 AM
Hell yes, a State reference is always welcome.
Because we would be prepared. Not just rations and ammo, but you would think these people would get over the shock of seeing zombies walking around. Even from the beginning when Rick awakes in the hospital. He just needed to say, “Wow, um ok we had a zombie apocalypse, time to get in gear” Instead he just walked around all surprised.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:45 AM
Are you fast? Because if Zombies are chasing me, I’m not slowing down when being chased, and most likely I’ll bust the person next to me in the knee to distract the zombie hord.
/just being honest here
October 18th, 2011 at 9:45 AM
wouldnt the gasoline go bad?
October 18th, 2011 at 9:46 AM
wouldnt the gasoline go bad?
Not after just 6 months. Usually it would take years, wouldn’t it? And even then, it still might get the job done, just not as well.
/not a chemist
October 18th, 2011 at 9:47 AM
So if I get this right, the show starts a la the Resident Evil series where the dude wakes up in the hospital and zombies are everywhere. You think you would be able to brush that aside and “get over it” immediately? I agree that after a while you would get used to it, but I would think that kind of mental kick in the pants would take some time to deal with.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:47 AM
He just needed to say, “Wow, um ok we had a zombie apocalypse, time to get in gear” Instead he just walked around all surprised.
I think the universe they exist in didn’t have zombie fiction before the zombie apocalypse. I think that’s the part you’re supposed to intuit from their reactions. This scenario never came up for these people, because in this multi-verse version, George Romero never existed.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:47 AM
so, does anyone really assume that after 3-4 months of society crumbling and the population increasingly becoming the walking dead, that gas stations would have full reserves of fuel and home improvement and grocery stores would conveniently have any type of supplies left after they were looted during the chaos?
you think it’s bad when a hurricane is going to hit one region, a national crisis like that, with clogged highways would seriously cripple the ability to resupply consumer locations and mom and pop gas stations since most fuel would be commandeered for the military.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:47 AM
That dude died in the truck with a whole bag of sharp zombie-cutting implements. Have to think a dude like that would go out swinging and not sitting in his driver’s seat.
Also, why did Rick hide Sophia away. Just grab a big stick or rock and wait for those clumsy fucks to fall down the river back. DUde must have been a sub-standard cop, which is why he was shot in the torso at the beginning instead of using his patrol car for cover.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:48 AM
Thats why you need a redneck that can brew a good moonshine that wont make you blind and will run your vehicle.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:49 AM
didn’t get that far, but there’s only a very small portion of the first book used as source material and the ending is drastically changed.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:50 AM
so, does anyone really assume that after 3-4 months of society crumbling and the population increasingly becoming the walking dead, that gas stations would have full reserves of fuel and home improvement and grocery stores would conveniently have any type of supplies left after they were looted during the chaos?
yes, yes I do. There were seemingly less than 1000 people in urban Atlanta, with the rest all zombies. And just hazarding a guess, there’s probably 1000 gas stations in and around atlanta, each holding 1000 gallons of gasoline.
I am wagering that right now, in and around atlanta, there is 1 million gallons of gasoline. If 95% of the population suddenly only needs brains, there’s probably still some gas there 6 months later.
Not to mention they showed us a 100% full water truck IN THIS EPISODE. The looting is far from complete.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:50 AM
Doesn’t Deb find out about Dexter? Maybe I should just read it myself, haha.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:50 AM
DUde must have been a sub-standard cop
Yeah.. usually the cops are the smart ones on TV shows/movies. Here they have the redneck being the only one who thinks 2 steps ahead.
He should have just told the girl to stay put, hidden out of view until he came back. It worked hiding under the cars, why wouldn’t it work out in the woods? Why the fuck we he send her out there alone without him?
October 18th, 2011 at 9:50 AM
Find a Kmart. That shit would still be loaded with supplies.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:51 AM
wouldnt the gasoline go bad?
there’s so many federal regulations on underground fuel storage, those tanks down there are watertight, airtight, and all that. It would probably last for years and years.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:52 AM
He did tell her to wait for him.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:53 AM
why don’t they use the crossbow more to kill zombies? instead going for hand-to-hand…that’s dumb.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:53 AM
Find a Kmart. That shit would still be loaded with supplies.
Fort Benning is probably chock-a-block full of uneaten MREs. And crazy weapons. And intrigue.
And maybe cannibal humans!
October 18th, 2011 at 9:53 AM
The main writer dude (and both Michael C Hall and Jennifer Carpenter) have all hinted that Deb eventually finds out.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:53 AM
He did tell her to wait for him.
/moderation
October 18th, 2011 at 9:53 AM
Interesting. I guess I never looked at it that way.
There’s always downtime when you are hiding away to deal with the shock. But survival instincts have to kick in first, especially for a cop IMO.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:53 AM
I think you all are underestimating the barrage on stores and gas stations when this thing first hits. Like someone said, comparing it to an impending snow storm or hurricane. As soon as news first hits about a few people turning into zombies, boom, stores are empty, and pretty soon after that I’m sure they are not getting restocked. 95% of the population didnt turn into zombies in a split second, it took time.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:53 AM
“Revis’ greatest trait. Putting blinders on the refs while he mauls receivers. Revis island! Greatest CB in the history of the league!”
I love Patriots fans. I swear, if Tom Brady were on the Jets, Pats fans would find a hole in his wonderful game.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:54 AM
I know it happens somewhere in the books. And it’s going to happen at the end of this season on the show because this is the last season.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:54 AM
why don’t they use the crossbow more to kill zombies? instead going for hand-to-hand…that’s dumb.
why don’t they have more than one crossbow yet, either? And why is the one guy, Sheriff Bad Accent, still hitting zombies 45 times?
October 18th, 2011 at 9:54 AM
why don’t they use the crossbow more to kill zombies? instead going for hand-to-hand…that’s dumb.
Has it been established that you HAVE TO BE BITTEN in order to be zombie-fied? Because when they go hand to hand combat with the zombies there’s zombie blood and guts everywhere, and you’d think if you somehow ingested zombie juice, you’d be zombie-fied.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:55 AM
the thing is, most of the gas stations are going to be near people who will make every effort to horde gas. not all gas stations are completely stocked at the time, and even if a gas station had 1000 gallons, that disappears with a line of cars that take 20 gallons plus a bunch of 5 gallon cannisters to fill up.
and, most food centers or large, easily accessible home improvement centers, sporting good stores, etc have already been picked over or are heavily infested with the zombies that got there only to be zombiefied.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:55 AM
She was scared shitless, and did you see the way the zombies came tumbling down the creek bank? Why didn’t he just use his knife, or a huge tree branch, or that rock? It seems like he led them away for the express purpose of the girl getting lost.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:55 AM
Horcoff, RNH and Hall is the #1 PP unit?
First unit is Hall/RNH/Eberle/Horcoff/Potter, Horcoff takes faceoffs and then moves back to the point. Whitney will take Potter’s spot – he and Gagner might play tonight. Second unit is MPS/Smyth/Omark/Barker/Gilbert, but often sees personnel changes.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:55 AM
He did tell her to wait for him.
He did? I thought he told her to go back to the others after he was out of view, keeping the sun over her left shoulder?
October 18th, 2011 at 9:56 AM
Because killing a zombie hand-to-hand with a blade gives him an erection.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:56 AM
Really? I had no idea.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:56 AM
I only watched the first half of that game last night, but to me it seemed Marshall was initiating the contact most of the time (intentionally). He wanted to be physical with Revis.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:56 AM
How do you people have so much time to watch all these shows?
I swear, if Tom Brady were on the Jets, Pats fans would find a whole in his wonderful game.
A whole what?
October 18th, 2011 at 9:56 AM
I keep this. Put in glass memorabilia case.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:56 AM
Cuz he ain’t too bright.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:57 AM
Pats fans would find a whole in his wonderful game.
/Free TST
October 18th, 2011 at 9:57 AM
I think you all are underestimating the barrage on stores and gas stations when this thing first hits. Like someone said, comparing it to an impending snow storm or hurricane. As soon as news first hits about a few people turning into zombies, boom, stores are empty, and pretty soon after that I’m sure they are not getting restocked. 95% of the population didnt turn into zombies in a split second, it took time.
I stand by my estimate of 1 million gallons of gas in and around Atlanta.
Also, all those people that bought all that food must have taken it somewhere, right? It didn’t vanish from earth just because it got bought. It’s in the houses.
Everybody has a jar of peanut butter in their house. And half a dozen cans of beans.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:57 AM
he’s still pissed at daryl’s brother, who may or may not be alive depending on how many people remember him from season 1.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:57 AM
the thing is, most of the gas stations are going to be near people who will make every effort to horde gas. not all gas stations are completely stocked at the time, and even if a gas station had 1000 gallons, that disappears with a line of cars that take 20 gallons plus a bunch of 5 gallon cannisters to fill up.
again though… all or most of that gas was put into cars… all of which now have been abandoned and they pass every quarter mile.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:57 AM
That part is kinda sketchy. who just sat in their car and died, exactly?
I’ve wondered that since the first episode. Hell the first scene at that gas station. If they are all dead, why? And why are they not zombies? I hope there is some Lost-like flashback that shows why people just happen to be dead in their cars.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:57 AM
He said to do that if he doesn’t return.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:57 AM
he’s still pissed at daryl’s brother, who may or may not be alive depending on how many people remember him from season 1.
I think he might be the one that shot Carl.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:58 AM
And I love that you quoted me and not the Bills fan. This isnt a Pats fan thing, love. The bar I was at last night in Pennsylvania agreed.
Is he a great CB? Yes. The God-like adoration and lack of calls is getting annoying, however.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:58 AM
i thought it was good for another season or two?
October 18th, 2011 at 9:58 AM
I read that somewhere a few months ago. Showtime probably made the decision because last season was horrible.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:59 AM
!
October 18th, 2011 at 9:59 AM
I would assume gas stations have a lot more than 1000 gallons, given the amount of fillups a busy station does in a day.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:59 AM
He did tell her to stay put. He only said to leave if he didn’t come back. She waited about 2 seconds before bolting.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:59 AM
I need to quit writing character driven drama and get into this zombie sh!t.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:00 AM
Yes, but I prefer to joust with you.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:00 AM
Exactly. Once the zombies had passed, all he needed to do was motion to that idiot little girl that she should stay put until he went out first to look around. And what parent leaves a kid in the woods by herself? Regardless of the existence of zombies, you shouldn’t leave a little kid alone in the middle of nowhere!
October 18th, 2011 at 10:00 AM
he’s still pissed at daryl’s brother, who may or may not be alive depending on how many people remember him from season 1.
Oh, he’s alive. He better be. If he doesn’t show back up at some point, those whole fucking badass scenes on the roof were pointless.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:00 AM
I think he might be the one that shot Carl.
!
With only one hand, no less!
October 18th, 2011 at 10:00 AM
that disappears with a line of cars that take 20 gallons plus a bunch of 5 gallon cannisters to fill up.
and then, once those people got zombified, that gas just evaporated, right?
There’s stuff, man. Lots of stuff. Part of a zombie survival show is the getting of stuff. It’s the part I want to watch. It’s the part I think they’re making a mistake not showing me.
I want to see them go to sporting goods stores looking for shotgun shells, and crossbows. (and pick up all the energy bars from the back room, and then celebrate that find, even though there were no more crossbows )
October 18th, 2011 at 10:01 AM
unless you have a large fuel reserve or tanker yourself, you’re only going to get out and stop if you absolutely have to. even if you get 10 mpg, is it worth stopping and topping off every 10 miles?
keep moving and limit your exposure. safer in vehicles than being outside. not every car will have gas if it was sitting there, idling for a while in a traffic jam.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:01 AM
I’d rank the seasons from best to worst: 4, 1, 5, 3, 2. I’m in the minority for liking 5, I know, but 2 was just so over the top and retarded, and I hated Lila.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:01 AM
Only thing I can think of is that they were surrounded and their car stopped working or ran out of gas and they didn’t want to become a zombie. However, that is implausible because eventually dehyration and hunger would force a desperate attempt at something. Also made no sense how there zombies just chillin in the church for however long doing absolutely nothing.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:02 AM
All part of the plan to have one less mouth to feed. It’s just a numbers game at this point.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:02 AM
I haven’t watched a minute of “Walking Dead”, but it seems to me that this aspect of the post-apocolypse was dealt with much better in the Stand. Granted, they didn’t have to deal with zombies chasing them while they looted houses and stores, but like dirt mentioned, zombies are interested in brains, not peanut butter or cans of beans.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:02 AM
most of the time he’s just really good at hiding the hold and tug on the jerseys when the WR tries to break away from him and go for the catch.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:03 AM
4, 1, 3, 2, 5.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:03 AM
She can get it though.
I’m pumped you said 4 was your favorite. Lithgow seems perfect for his character .
October 18th, 2011 at 10:03 AM
I would assume gas stations have a lot more than 1000 gallons, given the amount of fillups a busy station does in a day.
I estimated super, duper low, and Wilhelm shot me down anyway. A gas tanker can hold about 5K gallons of gas, or so.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:04 AM
i didn’t like Lila, and even though Doakes was my favorite character, his last moments were pretty well done.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:04 AM
Just modeling the team in their division that won Super Bowls while mauling receivers so badly that the league had to remind referees to enforce rules already on the books
October 18th, 2011 at 10:04 AM
I read that and can only think of “Hot Carl”.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:04 AM
Aye!! Zombies!!
October 18th, 2011 at 10:04 AM
I need to quit writing character driven drama and get into this zombie sh!t.
i want to get into it too, but i cant keep it out of the vampire douche genre.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:04 AM
Is he a great CB? Yes. The God-like adoration and lack of calls is getting annoying, however.
This. Especially when 99% of corners would be called for “contact” with Revis its…let em play!
October 18th, 2011 at 10:04 AM
I liked 2 better than 3. The Doaks vs Dexter angle was better than the Skinner/Prado angle for me.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:05 AM
Again, haven’t seen the show, but I find it really funny they every is putting so much thought into this, when the obvious answer is that it makes for better scenery and imaging for the show. There’s no plot twist or motives. It just looks creepier.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:05 AM
He didn’t return before she left, obviously.
He’s just a cop. Not an Army Ranger or anything special.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:05 AM
A gust of wind knocks Brady down and there is a 15 yard penalty.
/team fuck em both
October 18th, 2011 at 10:05 AM
All part of the plan to have one less mouth to feed. It’s just a numbers game at this point.
nobody is getting rid of a young girl in a post apocalyptic world. Nobody. Dont’ make me spell it out further than that.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:06 AM
Yeah they’re about the same to me as a whole season. Maybe 2 was better. I haven’t watched it in a while.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:06 AM
this pedo rific comment got moderated:
All part of the plan to have one less mouth to feed. It’s just a numbers game at this point.
nobody is getting rid of a young girl in a post apocalyptic world. Nobody. Dont’ make me spell it out further than that.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:07 AM
I do agree that there are probably still hourdes of food at some of these houses. I still think you are overestimating the gas, because its not like we can assume people got the gas and then immediately died/zombified. I’m sure tons of people drove hundreds of miles, hoping things were different whereever they were driving to.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:07 AM
The only thing I remember is the Lithgow season, so that means I like 4 and the rest is a mash-up.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:07 AM
a cop from Kentucky, no less. they probably have exams that make the wonderlic look like the bar exam.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:07 AM
Again, haven’t seen the show, but I find it really funny they every is putting so much thought into this, when the obvious answer is that it makes for better scenery and imaging for the show. There’s no plot twist or motives. It just looks creepier.
st bear, just watch the show. You will absolutely love to hate it.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:08 AM
I’m on the same page as you. I find this the most interesting aspect of life during an apocalypse.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:09 AM
I still think you are overestimating the gas
google “how many gallons of gas at a gas station.”
October 18th, 2011 at 10:09 AM
Arthur Mitchell was a genius. Amazing performance by Lithgow.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:09 AM
it’s the reason why any invading army would lose if they want to take america.
we have guns and crazy citizens who think up this survival shit.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:09 AM
There’s stuff, man. Lots of stuff. Part of a zombie survival show is the getting of stuff. It’s the part I want to watch.
I’m on the same page as you. I find this the most interesting aspect of life during an apocalypse
The best parts of I am Legend were when Will Smith was going around with his cool dog scavenging for stuff in million dollar apartments in Washington Square. IMO.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:10 AM
4 was aaaaaawweeeeesome. He nailed it to the point that I now see 3rd Rock From the Sun in an entirely different light.
The Prado stuff was way too paint-by-numbers, too easy. But the Doakes stuff was like something out of a bad Stallone movie.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:10 AM
google “how many gallons of gas are left at a gas station after it gets cleaned out during a global emergency and doesnt get replenished”
October 18th, 2011 at 10:10 AM
I’m also beginning to hate Rita. While I appreciate how good she looks, her voice/tone when she talks pisses me off.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:11 AM
I’m on the same page as you. I find this the most interesting aspect of life during an apocalypse.
can you imagine then dancing and being happy and eating Powerbars (product placement), or finding an entire crate full of Coleman sleeping bags?
Or upgrading to a state of the art Winnebago?
But they need to quit running first. That’s the part that has to happen before the foraging. The quitting running.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:13 AM
google “how many gallons of gas are left at a gas station after it gets cleaned out during a global emergency and doesnt get replenished”
the answer was between 2 and 10 thousand. At each gas station. Atlanta (and the surrounds) has several million people, each with a car, each filling up once a week. There are thousands and thousands of gas stations. Literally. It’s 180 days later. There is definitely, definitely gasoline. Plenty of it.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:14 AM
Awesome. I’m just two episodes in, but I’m looking forward to this season.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:15 AM
Awesome. I’m just two episodes in, but I’m looking forward to this season.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:17 AM
Am I the only one who’s seen a gas station be out of gas during a shortage? This would be an epic shortage.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:18 AM
My senior year at UGA I remember the gas run that happened. The price went up more than $1 in just one day and stations ran out of gas. I’m pretty sure the same shit would happen during a zombie apocalypse.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:18 AM
I agree with you. When Hurricane Rita came through here, all the stations were out, and tons of cars ran out of gas during the evacuation.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:19 AM
Back in 03′ the Phoenix area had a shortage that was caused just by panic. So yea I tend to agree with you.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:19 AM
i’ve seen them. there was a price war a few years ago near me, two gas stations across the street from eachother were both out of gas b/c they were 75 cents lower than everyone else. the first place ran out of gas within 6 hours, the second within 8, only b/c it was a bit more difficult to get to that side of the highway.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:22 AM
Am I the only one who’s seen a gas station be out of gas during a shortage? This would be an epic shortage. CJ
I disagree with Dirt that the gas stations would be full of gas, but I do agree with him that the gas is out there. People hoard shit during storms and shit. Start busting into garages.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:22 AM
He doesn’t have to be A SF badass, but a little more control of the situation would help.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:24 AM
I disagree with Dirt that the gas stations would be full of gas,
I’m not saying their “full” of gas. I’m saying they’re not empty. At some point the power grid failed, and the people pumping gas into their cars had to move on.
What’s left has to be scavenged. And these people are scavengers. With water hoses and generators and submersible pumps and all that.
There doesn’t have to be a million gallons left underground, but it didn’t all vanish into thin air, either.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:25 AM
Yet that recorded church bell was working…
October 18th, 2011 at 10:27 AM
There would be rare places with tons of gas and most places tapped out. The nation goes through 200 million barrels a day I believe and all the reservers would be at us military bases faster than you can imagine.
My thought is there are airplanes. Regional airports in every county in the USA. Get a plane for recon people.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:27 AM
Has everyone here read World War Z?
October 18th, 2011 at 10:28 AM
Yet that recorded church bell was working…
you know all rural churches keep their church bells on solar power grids. Stop being so contrary.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:29 AM
It’s on the list (after thousands of A Song of Ice and Fire pages). Worth it? Or are you trying to determine that?
October 18th, 2011 at 10:31 AM
It’s on the list (after thousands of A Song of Ice and Fire pages). Worth it? Or are you trying to determine that?
I am caught up on Ice and Fire, and chomping at the bit to vent my frustrations about it.
Is world war Z about zombies?
October 18th, 2011 at 10:32 AM
Sorry, I’m wildly slow and finishing Book two. You can’t vent to me for 6-8 months at best.
I do know that World War Z is about a zombie apocalypse.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:33 AM
I have many frustrations as well.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:33 AM
World War Z is an AWESOME book and I highly, highly recommend it. Although it will make you even more annoyed with The Walking Dead.
Dirt, vent away. I was incredibly frustrated with the last book.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:34 AM
So, without spoiling anything, does the series continue to be strong (well-written, compelling) and your frustrations are with plot/character decisions?
October 18th, 2011 at 10:36 AM
Cool. Looks like I won’t be watching The Walking Dead then.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:36 AM
My frustrations are mostly due to the fact that he wrote a close to 1000 page book and barely moved the story forward.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:39 AM
It’s too late in the morning for me to really go off the rails on book 5, but the whole series is just frustrating because the author keeps broadening the world instead of moving the story down the road.
And then somebody who has narrated 900 chapters gets senselessly killed. And I have to hear about the fucking Ironborn some more.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:39 AM
Being only in the second book, this troubles me because he has a lot of story to move forward. Unless he doesn’t plan on wrapping up the “story” but is more focused on leaving us thinking about how the characters have changed.
October 18th, 2011 at 10:41 AM
Did they pay more iron prices as well?
/wanking motion
October 18th, 2011 at 10:42 AM
“Nobody changes. Nobody gets hurt.”
October 18th, 2011 at 1:21 PM
Not to mention that the daily emails for spas, spray tans and laser hair removal are the most annoying fucking thing ever
/Amen. I turned this crap off long ago.