Roundup: Rich Rodriguez is Arizona’s New Coach, TCU Kicker Kicks in Door & the UC Davis Pepper Spray Video From Four Angles
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The Arizona Wildcats hired Rich Rodriguez to be its new coach. More later. [Republic]
Michigan shot 54 percent and a variety of defenses confused Memphis and the Wolverines rolled, 73-61 in Maui. [Commercial Appeal]
Lax discipline from Joe Paterno? I’m shocked. [Journal]
TCU kicker “faces a misdemeanor charge of criminal trespassing after he kicked in an apartment door while trying to retrieve a cell phone for a friend of a friend.” [Star Telegram]
BYU-to-the-Big East is on hold. [Salt Lake Trib]
Kansas 67, Georgetown 63, on the strength of 20-12 from Thomas Robinson. [KC Star]
Doesn’t it just make sense to shut down Adrian Peterson for the season and get a higher draft pick? [Star Trib]
J’Covan Brown’s dumb technical cost Texas a huge lead. The Longhorns lost to the Wolfpack. [Statesman]
The return of Kevin Smith to the Lions is an uplifting story. Unless he beat you in fantasy last week, then, screw him. [Detroit News]
It’s not 6 degrees of separation – it’s 4.74. [Times]
Pete Abraham explains his MVP ballot. [Globe]
Pretty neat read on what cornerbacks who have defended Justin Blackmon are saying about Justin Blackmon. [Grantland]
What are auditions like for the Magic/Larry Broadway play? [WSJ]
Naturally: Sidney Crosby returns, scores two goal, and the Penguins beat one of the league’s worst teams, 5-0. Enter column about the Penguins and the Stanley Cup. [Post-Gazette]
Someone was so obsessed with the UC Davis pepper spray video, they looked at it from four different angles. [via Waxy]
Here’s the Baylor band doing a flash mob at halftime of its game against Oklahoma Saturday. [via]
The Sandusky stuff early is kind of creepy.
I guess this Russian news anchor isn’t a fan of Obama? [via Bob's Blitz]
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November 22nd, 2011 at 8:18 AM
Michigan shot 54 percent and a variety of defenses confused Memphis and the Wolverines rolled, 73-61 in Maui.
Tried watching it yesterday. Saw the Tigers jacking up 3s early in possessions. Watched Michigan play team ball on offense. Turned away in disgust.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:20 AM
That almost seemed like a joke with the music. Their fox news is intense.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:22 AM
That almost seemed like a joke with the music
Even their news anchor music sounds villainous.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:22 AM
Dr. Drew discovered that her breasts are real but that they were 47 years old.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:25 AM
Doesn’t it just make sense to shut down Adrian Peterson for the season and get a higher draft pick?
High ankle sprains don’t heal quickly. Why put Peterson on the field just to get him banged up further for a team going nowhere?
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:25 AM
Big Julie Bowen fan, well done
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:26 AM
Can someone tell me what those idiots at UC Davis were actually protesting?
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:28 AM
California has a huge budget problem washing those salaries and pensions off the books should help.
/Fuck em
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:29 AM
I find her funny at times, but definitely not sexy. That photo is just weird.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:31 AM
Trey Burke is legit.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:31 AM
everybody loves Kristen Wiig
unfunny
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:31 AM
UC Davis were actually protesting?
I would guess the economic instability of the country as well the culture of entitlement whereby you can profit from personally failing the worlds economy but be military strength maced for sitting down on a sidewalk and exercising free speech.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:31 AM
Ser Sidney Crosby of Nova Scotia. I bow to you.
/playing the worst team in the conference helps
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:33 AM
Michigan shot 54 percent and a variety of defenses confused Memphis and the Wolverines rolled, 73-61 in Maui
Trey Burke is legit.
Michigan played well, and played together. To me, team ball never goes out of style.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:35 AM
everybody loves Kristen Wiig
I find her funny at times, but definitely not sexy. That photo is just weird.
I disagree. All she has to do is change positions.
/Never seen her work, however.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:36 AM
That Russian news is like watching a bad military thriller movie written from a Tom Clancy novel in the mid ’80s.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:36 AM
That PSU article is a joke. Do some research on the woman in question and you’ll learn just how hated she was by everyone at the university (not even including the athletic department). Here’s a snippet.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:37 AM
I too, am curious about this. Was this an Occupy protest?
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:37 AM
It’s amazing how much hotter she is now versus what she looked like when she was Happy Gilmore’s girlfriend.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:38 AM
I’ve always been a fan of Beilein’s semi-princeton style. Lately, he’s been moving moving away from his 1-3-1 towards a packline man-to-man and only using the zone for matchups. If he keeps getting heralded recruits, look out.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:38 AM
Can’t stand her – I find her skits/work almost painful to watch.
/thought Bridesmaids was average, but would have fantastic without her/Mya Rudolph
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:38 AM
Doesn’t it just make sense to shut down Adrian Peterson for the season and get a higher draft pick?
who has to tell him? Because he’s gonna get real mad.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:39 AM
Just think, Baylor legalized on campus dancing just 15 years ago. They have come a long way, baby.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:40 AM
It truly is remarkable that she gave birth to twins right before Modern Family hit the air.
/team legs
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:40 AM
Wiig is a two-face.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:40 AM
TBL, were you blaming the defense that gave up 10 points for the Broncos loss?
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:42 AM
Julie Bowen would be a billion times prettier if she’d gain 5-10 lbs. She looked completely horrible at the Emmys this year.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:42 AM
Agreed…Maya Rudolph is very overrated as an actress. I don’t think I have ever guffawed once watching her.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:43 AM
Was this an Occupy protest?
Yes. I find it disturbing when protesting a tax money bailout (among other things some good, some asinine) public employees payed with tax dollars used a weapon payed for by tax dollars to mace taxpayers complaining about the collusion of government and the private sector.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:43 AM
Uh, uh… offensive line!
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:43 AM
i’ll wait for the hard-core liberals to chime in. is this really the reason? what do they think the protest will accomplish?
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:44 AM
check the date on that tweet. BEFORE the Broncos game.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:44 AM
Wait, so we’re calling them idiots just because they were peacefully protesting? Or they’re idiots because the police brutally and excessively attacked them with pepper spray normally used to dispurse rioters?
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:45 AM
Agreed. Julie was banging hot though when she was on the criminally underrated show, Ed.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:45 AM
Can’t wait.
He’s kind of a d-bag, but his ballot/explanation at least makes sense.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:45 AM
SHE IS 17?!
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:46 AM
My mistake. So you were blaming the #2 ranked defense for the 5-4 start?
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:47 AM
His play has eased the pain of Darius Morris leaving for the NBA. Or really, just leaving.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:48 AM
Julie Bowen would be a billion times prettier if she’d gain 5-10 lbs. She looked completely horrible at the Emmys this year.
This.
I think most actresses America considers sexy could stand to eat a meal once in a while.
At my size, I would break most of these “skinny Minnies”. Skinny ain’t sexy.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:48 AM
The rest might be neat, but the opening paragraph puts Robert Mays squarely in the “I don’t know anything about football I only like high-scoring games” camp. I initially watched both, and ended up glued to LSU-Bama, because it was far more riveting.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:48 AM
TBL, you’re a parent. Would you tell your child not to do something he thought was important just because YOU don’t think it will accomplish anything? Should people keep their mouths shut when they feel passionately about a cause because their words may fall on deaf ears?
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:48 AM
Is this the “movement’s” latest mission statement?
Might have to tweak it just a bit to gain some mainstream support.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:48 AM
bad comp…i see her more as kim k minus the tush and famous daddy and friends and money and…
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:49 AM
I’m calling them idiots based on stereotypical protests that occur on CA campuses usually resulting in hippies getting arrested because someone is ripping down a tree to put up a new research center.
I’d hardly call the use of pepper spray “brutal” to disperse protestors who were likely warned multiple times to disperse prior to being sprayed. You act like it was a random act of police violence
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:49 AM
Yes she is 17! 17 trapped in a late 30′s skank body.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:49 AM
10-year-old commits suicide after being bullied
Our school system has a strict anti-bully stance. It is not enforced in the slightest.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:49 AM
Rudolph didn’t bother me that much, Wiig absolutely ruined the movie for me
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:50 AM
disagree.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:51 AM
Doesn’t it just make sense to shut down Adrian Peterson for the season and get a higher draft pick?
who has to tell him? Because he’s gonna get real mad.
He might at first. But, it could be good for his long-term health. Two, he still gets paid during his rehab, right? Three, maybe his return coincides with his team getting slightly better.
Heck yeah, he is a supreme competitor. You always want guys with his fire on the field. I just don’t know what you gain by him limping through the end of this season.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:51 AM
They were sitting on the ground on a sidewalk, not tossing rocks at buildings and threatening police officers. The officers could have easily gone up to each person and arrested them without spraying mase directly into their faces from 3 feet away.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:52 AM
TBL you’ve linked to that UC Davis video two straight days without knowing that was an Occupy protest?
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:52 AM
…and Bobby Moynihan at the top of their list for worst current SNLers.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:53 AM
Everybody? I don’t think so, she actually seems very disliked among TBL commenters. And my brother declared her the least funny cast member on SNL at present (I think I might agree). She’s hardly loved by everybody.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:53 AM
I don’t see the big deal… the Boise State kicker tried the same thing last week. He just didn’t get arrested because he missed the door.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:53 AM
Skinny is sexy. When a women is wearing a bikini, and her ribs have a bigger peak than her flat chest, well that ain’t.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:54 AM
Did you still disagree 70 pounds ago, Spencer?
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:54 AM
can’t pin blame in any one area, IMO.
but where are you seeing “No. 2 ranked defense?” By what metric is that?
here are the defensive stats. Jets aren’t No. 2 in anything, unless you were being funny and meant “shit” instead of No. 2
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/stats/byteam?group=Defense&cat=Total&conference=NFL&year=season_2011&sort=1130&timeframe=
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:54 AM
You could declare a lot of people as least funny. Who’s the funniest?
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:54 AM
No, no, SG, if you don’t follow the orders of people with weapons you deserve the be on the receiving end of those weapons.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:55 AM
Couldn’t pick her out of a lineup. I just googled her and can’t picture her actually being in anything.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:55 AM
This kind of bully mentality was the catalyst for the Sandusky culture.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:55 AM
Damn skippy, I do.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:55 AM
Agree totally on both points…she was far hotter on ED…and ED was a friggin’ fantastic show.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:56 AM
I can get down with anything from slim to thick, but skinny is gross to me, just like fat. And anorexic and obese creep me out.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:56 AM
At present? Bill Hader, and I don’t think it’s close.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:57 AM
That link says the Jets have given up 217 points this year, which is true. But are you really going to pin all of those pick-6 Sanchez specials on your defense?
Wait. Of course you would.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:57 AM
yep.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:57 AM
some people are wired this way. I’m not. My wife is occasionally passionate about this stuff (really into student government & politics, VP of her student class, etc). frankly, i hope my kid isn’t into this kind of thing. i’d much prefer him to get good grades, be an athlete, and not get sidetracked with this stuff.
i pop off all the time about subjects i feel passionate about. i don’t see myself being part of anything like UC Davis.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:57 AM
Skinny ain’t sexy.
disagree.
Skinny is sexy. When a women is wearing a bikini, and her ribs have a bigger peak than her flat chest, well that ain’t.
I like curves on women. Standing in a knock-kneed pose to simulate/pretend having hips seems like bait-and-switch to me.
Not a big fan of cankles, but not a big fan of stick legs either. Somebody like Cory Everson (minus the supplements) would be a great example.
/Team Curvy Women
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:58 AM
Hypocrite!
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:58 AM
did you watch the video? not sure how you can gather those assumptions w/o knowing what actually happened.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:58 AM
skinny is sexy, it’s the frail, protruding ribs, skin on top of skeleton look that is fucking gross and completely unattractive.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:58 AM
yes and
yes
but she needs a cheeseburger
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:58 AM
trey parker and matt stone.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:59 AM
is it me or does Julie Bowen look like she’s dropped 20 lbs from her Happy Gilmore days?
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:59 AM
This has them ranked 2nd: http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/teamdef
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:59 AM
The topic was SNL cast members, not funny people in general.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:00 AM
/offended
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:00 AM
Bowen was always a fox in Joe Somebody, but I feel like I’m the only one who watched that flick.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:00 AM
RIP Miami Hurricanes alum TD streak. 149 weeks.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:00 AM
so you’re conceding the Jets don’t have the No. 2 defense in the league. by no metric are they close to No. 2 in defense.
glad we cleared that up.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:01 AM
oh…well i wasn’t paying attention.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:01 AM
Bowen’s issue isn’t that she’s skinny, it’s that she’s got that Madonna, muscle veins jerking alive like firehoses thing going on. That’s creepy.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:02 AM
“Rich Rodriguez is Arizona’s new coach”
But, wait, I’m confused. RichRod wasn’t one of the many coaches named as a potential hire for ths job in the “Idiots guide to the 2012 coaching carousel.”
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:02 AM
TBL wants his kid to be nontroversial and an inactivist. There’s nothing wrong with it, and I am probably too much like that also, but there still needs to be leaders and doers, and people who want to change the world they live in. The upper-middle class buck-passers who take their money and freedom for granted, without considering the world it comes from, are moochers just as much as the jobless welfare recipients they scorn so much.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:02 AM
Thanks for that link, Scalia. I needed a laugh this morning.
Rusty: Surely this is what you were talking about when you said the Jets were No. 2, right?
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:03 AM
Pretty inspiring stuff.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:03 AM
not to be insincere, but you got a low 7 figure payout for this site, right?
while there are some 1%ers in the protests, a vast majority is made up of the young and unemployed or underemployed.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:03 AM
comparing Stodden to Lohan is a crime again Lohan
we’ll always have Lohan from Mean Girls
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:04 AM
i hope my kid isn’t into this kind of thing. i’d much prefer him to get good grades, be an athlete, and not get sidetracked with this stuff.
Good call TBL.
From experience, just be ready to deal with a career ending injury. The hardest personal thing he had to deal with in his life so far.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:04 AM
So you’d rather waste public resources/money to arrest, process and try dozens of trespassing cases versus spraying a cheap bottle of pepper spray and hoping they’d leave?
The first thing in the video is a cop walking up to the one guy, tapping him on the shoulder, and politely warns him of what’s coming. The guy on the ground even says “You’re going to shoot us for sitting here?”
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:04 AM
I am conceding that you act like a child when confronted with facts that squelch your Sanchez boner. Glad we cleared that up.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:04 AM
you can still be a leader and a doer without being part of a protest and getting arrested and pepper sprayed.
you are correct, he was not named as a potential hire at Arizona.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:05 AM
Do not want.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:05 AM
Biggest turnaround? Dolphins, whose defense looked disastrous in the first coupla’ weeks, are now sixth best in points allowed.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:08 AM
you don’t pepper spray people and then let them peacefully disperse as they wander blindly away.
you pepper spray to subdue them for arrest. they were already subdued, having several officers with the plastic cuffs ready to use them, could easily walk up behind each protestor and cuff them.
it’s excessive force.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:10 AM
NO2Xplode will do that to ya.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:11 AM
Well if my choices are “wasting” public resources or violent, excessive use of force, I’d choose the former. And I can’t stand hippies.
I don’t understand why the police even needed to get involved. It’s a bunch of kids sitting on the ground. The police don’t have other things they can be doing that would be a better use of public resources and tax dollars?
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:11 AM
could easily walk up behind each protestor and cuff them.
I think they were linked in arms, to stop precisely that. I think that’s the idea of making a human chain. (not a human centipede).
Also, Bill Hader is the answer to the SNL question. I also like the new girl who looks like she should have been on MadTV.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:11 AM
if we were getting excessive about it, i would’ve called in the pepper spray AC130.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:11 AM
the only boner here is you for me. Rusty, you officially have topped MS as the biggest whiny bitch in this comments section. Pat yourself on the back: I finally acknowledged one of your negative, angry, 437 comments directed my way.
Your game is tired.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:12 AM
Stephan cracks me up every time.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:12 AM
Naturally: Sidney Crosby returns, scores two goal, and the Penguins beat one of the league’s worst teams, 5-0. Enter column about the Penguins and the Stanley Cup
you’re the best. Team with the best record in their conference adds best player in the world to their lineup. goddamn right they’re a favorite to win the Cup
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:13 AM
This would be even more amusing if TBL knew who “Rusty” actually is.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:13 AM
bust out the pepperspray!
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:14 AM
it’s excessive force.
if we were getting excessive about it, i would’ve called in the pepper spray AC130.
Gunships? Uh, that would clear the area.
/laughing and shaking my head
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:14 AM
still no idea where this is coming from.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:15 AM
/ Jerry Seinfeld agrees
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:15 AM
TBL, I think I might need your Jets’ card. Because the only thing making anyone laugh is that you have the fecal matter from Sanchez’s obviously horrible play square in the eyes. The only problem with the defense is that they somehow can’t get the offense to a.) get off the field or b.) give them better starting position. El Fin.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:15 AM
Take that, ms621.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:15 AM
Whose turn is it gonna be next week?
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:15 AM
What’s will all the boner talk? Man, I AIN’T SUCKING NO DICKS!!!
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:15 AM
my regime is like a hammer…half the time we’re just sitting there and the other half we’re breaking shit.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:15 AM
Don’t let the fact that the “upper-middle class buck-passers” pay quite a bit in taxes while “the jobless welfare recipients” don’t, dissuade you from lumping them all together as moochers.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:15 AM
Might makes right as long as you were warned first.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:15 AM
Not so fast my friend.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:15 AM
The fact that campus police need M4′s & riot gear is a little more worrisome.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:16 AM
And I can’t stand hippies.
a quick hippie aside:
my brother recently got a country house near Woodstock NY. We were there visiting over the summer, and he was telling us about the 5 o’clock sunday drum circle in the town center of woodstock (and how stupid it was). Anyway, we ended up driving by there at about 5.17pm, and it was already totally in full force, complete with the 55 year old non-drumming hippie crone woman, in full drunken satyr dance, drunk on the music. I scorned it, and we drove away.
But the real gem of the experience came when we were a mile out of town the other way, and we passed some hippie on a bicycle, busting ass as fast as he could, full on road raging on his bike, like he was late to the meeting of his life. No Zen, no calm, no cool. Just a guy freaking his shit about being late, on a bicycle, in flip flops, with a drum on his back. And to get to a “totally organic” thing that just happens.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:16 AM
I think everyone should get a turn, after every Jets loss
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:17 AM
TBL, people like you and I aren’t the ones that are going to sit out on a sidewalk as a protest. I support Occupy Wall Street but I don’t have the desire to camp outside for weeks on end. That doesn’t mean these types of protests are a waste of time. Think about the civil rights movement. What if all those people would have just stayed home instead of protested racial inequality?
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:17 AM
tricked out rape vans.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:17 AM
I finally acknowledged one of your negative, angry, 437 comments directed my way.
now do me, because I think you’re wrong about a bunch of stuff, too. And you’ve been ducking me for about a year.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:18 AM
Yeah… and don’t think I full support the Occupy stuff, because I have yet to hear a point other than “we’re mad”. What you said (grades/sports don’t get sidetracked) reeks of inactivism though, not “hey make a difference and have a cause, just try not to get arrested on national tv”
/waves and smiles
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:18 AM
What any protestor hopes to accomplish; attention to their cause
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:18 AM
lol @ 118
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:18 AM
I know, motherfuckers acting like the Rangers didn’t just come down from an 8 game win streak and shit.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:18 AM
Go for it… my computer still has “/free dirt” on autocomplete
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:18 AM
Ohio State hoops is much, much more athletic than last year. It will dominate the B1G if they improve their free throw shooting.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:18 AM
Gunships? Uh, that would clear the area.
my regime is like a hammer…half the time we’re just sitting there and the other half we’re breaking shit.
Now that’s funny.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:19 AM
I felt they were favorites around Jan 1st last year. But alas, half the team got major boo boos. I’m just praying nobody gets a major injury for the rest of the year, but I know that’s not happening.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:19 AM
OK golf geeks
Need “golfy” ideas for Xmas gifts. Already put these and this on my list. Any other cool shit? I have all the clubs I need.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:20 AM
I was given The Children by David Halberstam as a gift and highly recommend it.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:21 AM
You can almost smell the patchouli oil from that story…..
/hippies are emotional time bombs….you all know it.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:21 AM
you know what’s funny? no one would even know about US Davis protests if it wasn’t for the actions of the cops there.
so, sure, they disbanded the protestors, made some arrests, and the uprising was quelled… but now it’s a topic of discussion and only making the protestors there and everywhere else more determined.
sorry, but the people who are handling the response to the protests are all fucking idiots.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:21 AM
Why is one of the Whos from Whoville at the top of this post?
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:21 AM
hippie’s are fucking stupid.
It’s also been way to long since story time with Clay.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:21 AM
these shoes.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:22 AM
They deserved it. When police ask you to move on, you move on. Looked like they were purposefully blocking some walkway or sidewalk. Peacefully protesting does not include screwing with other peoples ability to use roads, bridges, walkways, etc. And they were warned plenty before being sprayed. They chose the spray. Dumbasses…
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:22 AM
Hawks and Pens are the top 2 teams in the league through the quarter pole.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:22 AM
Hahahahaha someone trusts King Henrik in the playoffs? Oh NYC market, you are adorable.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:23 AM
You know how it works. MS said a few things that the EIC disagreed with, and suddenly MS is a whiny bitch. Pretty much status quo
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:23 AM
Actually that’s incorrect. I received unemployment and still paid taxes. Also, I’m pretty sure a majority of upper middle class people who pay accountants to find every tax loop hole end up paying much less than an average person.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:23 AM
urinal mint…one more. the harrison shotmaker shaft insert (/no homo).
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:23 AM
SG – I’m not sure I support Occupy Wall Street.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:24 AM
or to bring it around to sports: what if Jackie Robinson thought it would be better if he just stayed in the Negro leagues rather than make waves and get caught up in some crazy idea a white MLB general manager told him about.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:24 AM
That’s one of the exact definitions of it, actually.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:24 AM
Oh my. Handled like a true editor-in-chief.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:24 AM
When the Preds and their new sweaters get rolling, we’ll all be taking golden showers.
/Kent Brockman’d
//Butters?
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:25 AM
I’d support an Occupy Congress movement. Can we yank these fuckers out of office? Recall elections for everybody!
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:26 AM
Nah. Blueshirts are just going to outshoot people into Bolivian.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:26 AM
i vote for the military dictatorship candidate!
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:26 AM
I support Occupy Wall Street but I don’t have the desire to camp outside for weeks on end. That doesn’t mean these types of protests are a waste of time. Think about the civil rights movement. What if all those people would have just stayed home instead of protested racial inequality?
I get the impression the Occupy movements around the country have done an incomplete job of expressing their concerns at the highest level. I base this on the response many have – that the Occupy folk are just a bunch of privileged whiners. Maybe this “leaderless” movement needs a leader who can galvanize the effort.
Peaceful protests are effective when 1)your position is clearly articulated, and 2) your behavior is consistent with your intital intent. If you say it’s peaceful, then be peaceful/maintain your resolute dignity even in the face of threat.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:27 AM
Well when you’re in the bottom half of the league in scoring it’s hard to argue with that.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:27 AM
I was just using OWS as an example.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:27 AM
Wait a second… am I hearing callings for… A COUP!!!!!
SPENCER!!!! MAKE THE CALL!!!!!
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:27 AM
one of the problems is the fact the police deemed it necessary to spray in the first place.
look, these are college kids. let them sit their ass in the quad for a while, they will get attention on campus, but eventually they will find something else to do when the semester ends and they have to go home.
protests gain power from responses like this b/c it makes the news.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:28 AM
If Rangers keep playing like they have been (riding the %’s like whoa) they are going to struggle to make the playoffs.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:29 AM
Well Said, Old Dude. OWS comes across as a bunch of whiny kids who all of the sudden actually have to work and plan their lives.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:29 AM
Now THIS is innovation. I might ask for a couple to throw in my Adams big sticks.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:29 AM
Forgive my ignorance, but what exactly is the point of OWS? Do they have a specific change they’d like to see? If we said “okay you win, you get your way, what do you want?” would they have a plan/agenda and just sit around smoking victory hemp?
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:29 AM
ive either switched sides or im already on it…regardless, im riding an m1 full throttle towards DC now lookin’ for somethin’ to liquidate.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:29 AM
Needs the “if all their soft players stay healthy” qualifier.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:29 AM
I’m off for a run, but I’m making turkey lasagna later. Who’s in for a taste?
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:30 AM
What is hilarious about this whole thing is that tons of Tulane fans and alumni are genuinely distressed because they just knew that they had him in the bag.
/if there are tons of Tulane fans
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:30 AM
everytime i see the acronym OWS i think “owl world series.”
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:30 AM
When I saw a grad student (paid by government stipend) interviewed on the local news making a non-point, I found that amusing.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:30 AM
The thing about the Penguins is this: yeah they haven’t had a healthy center-corps in a long time until now (knock on wood). But they also haven’t had their defense entirely healthy until now. Top to bottom the best defense in the league and the best all around defenseman in the league. In a healthy vacuum, they’re absolutely the best team in the league. The thing about your mother is this: fuck your mothers.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:30 AM
Thought about asking for a pair of these. Those Allen Edmonds shoes don’t do anything for me.
I dig the True Linkswear shoes, but I dunno how well they hold up.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:30 AM
Look, I’m puck a noob. But all I know is that they’re 4 points back of first having played 4 lesser games. Let me and my bandwagon cushion enjoy this early ride while you and your already crowned champs and their mind liquified captain beat your dicks to beating the worst team in the league.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:30 AM
There is nothing more American than protesting. The country was practically founded on it.
But the OWS kids are largely unorganized, leaderless, and probably don’t have the first clue to how capital markets work. This is going to be a cultural data point, in all likelihood, and nothing more.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:31 AM
Did you see them all grabbing each other and locking arms to prevent exactly what you are saying? It would have turned into a whole physical thing and then you would be crying even harder. Please. The police were 100% right here. Go protest somewhere where you aren’t bothering anyone.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:31 AM
I said a favorite, not the favorite
/but I think they would be the favorite if they’re mostly healthy
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:32 AM
i do too. and in addition to durability, there aren’t enough glowing reviews in the world to convince me those things will grip well without trying em out first. id love to have a pair tho…they’re def interesting and i like the look of the TL better than the ecco’s.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:32 AM
As great as last night was, I’m not going to start shooting my load after a victory over the Islanders. Contract the Islanders.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:32 AM
ooo, but those ecco’s you linked to are SWANKY.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:32 AM
Then how do the top 5 – 10% of income earners still manage to pay 50% of all income taxes in this country? Not to mention property and sales taxes? Nice of you to quote Rachel Maddow though.
25% of $400 per week is a hell of a lot less than 30% of $2500 per week.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:32 AM
The UC Davis protest was in response to the students and faculty at Berkely being violently broken up by police. It was a peaceful protest against police strongarm tactics. But none of it is to surpress the message, it is all about moving the protestors to a different place. Cops are just doing a job, but chemical agents are excessive when no public safety issue is present.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:32 AM
One of the biggest points is corporate influence on government. The amendment that the Florida Congressman proposed recently would be amazing if passed, but in reality it’s political suicide because corporation own the country and that’s one of their biggest concerns. And why not?
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:32 AM
Has Whitlock’s takedown of ESPN for the Bernie Fine story been covered yet on here?
/too lazy to search
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:32 AM
I sometimes think about if there were still segregation in football, baseball and basketball.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:33 AM
Send the recipe my way, plz
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:34 AM
There is. It’s called Duke.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:34 AM
so it was a protest about protesting?
GOD DAMNIT AMERICA, THIS IS NAVEL GAZING.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:34 AM
I did some intervals yesterday… fuck that, my legs are shit today.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:34 AM
They should be occupying The Fed and Congress. But hey that’s me. The whole system is corrupt, we can’t do shit about it, deal with it.
/The BCS
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:34 AM
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:35 AM
I’m still sore because I thought it was a good idea to do a whole fuckload of squats and lunges while I watched football on Sunday.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:36 AM
What appeared to be a very strong non-conference schedule for Xavier has gotten weaker every day it seems. Knowing my teams’ luck as of late, Xavier will lose all these games anyways.
Non-sports, but does anyone check out Amazon during this week, they will sell seasons of Mad Men for around 8 dollars. I was looking over this week’s sale selections and am pretty bummed that Breaking Bad Season 3 is not part of the deal.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:36 AM
Take off the Penguin hat and stop sucking ice blocks.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:36 AM
While a lot of the people being interviewed while they camp out on the streets are “whiny kids” with entitlement issues, I think a lot of people who support the movement know what issues they’d like to see changed. They don’t want to “steal” money from the rich people and they’re not asking for a hand out. They want the people of America to benefit from tax dollars, not corporations and financial institutions.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:36 AM
So, we’ve all decided that voting along bipartisan lines is the wrong thing to do in 2012, right? Have all of us figured out that things won’t change until we stop voting for the candidates we see on TV?
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:36 AM
/Don’t taste me bro’d
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:36 AM
Relegate them to the AHL!
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:37 AM
Contract Charles Wang and get John Tavares some legit help.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:38 AM
you understand the idea of a protest… right? i don’t think you get the concept if you think they should just go off and not bother anyone.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:38 AM
Still don’t understand this.
Was told last night that they are again trying to convince Tammy Bowden (not a typo) to take the job.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:38 AM
And she was the least attractive of that group of 4 girls.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:38 AM
You’ve got one of the goaltenders good enough that can get hot and knock the Penguins out of the playoffs. Save your ammo for late April-early May.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:39 AM
We could do this all day with those racist Southern institutions.
/oh, wait…
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:39 AM
Cops didn’t need to pepper spray the kids. Go behind them. Use those plastic bands you have on all the kids. Since they are linked, you only need to pick up the first two kids and the rest will have to follow.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:39 AM
Hi, Mr. Whitlock!
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:39 AM
Well of course it’s less. $2500 is more than 5 times larger than $400! What point are you trying to make here?
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:40 AM
Go on…
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:40 AM
So vote Green Party and Libertarian Party?
I understand what you are saying, but you if you want change you need to get involved at a more grass roots level. Get involved before the nomination process and get the candidate you agree with nominated to be on the ballot.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:40 AM
Ron Paul and Jesse “The Body” Ventura!
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:40 AM
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:40 AM
I understand the right to protest and free speech. But that doesn’t mean that all speech is protected and without limitations. You still have to obey the rule of law. And these kids were warned several times to get up or run the risk of arrest and pepper spray. They knew what they were doing. They knew that part would be left out of the video. They knew that they’d be on youtube appearing as martyrs while the police would look like a gang of barbarians. And until you’ve been pepper sprayed, please dont say it is cruel punishment
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:41 AM
See the link below:
http://www.artonissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/growth-in-income-inequality1.jpg
That’s what they’re protesting about
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:42 AM
jersey, heldover…the time is ripe.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:42 AM
yeah. that worked out so very, very well. absolutely nothing got done up here for 4 years.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:42 AM
*three goal lead. Sorry, got excited thinking about how mentally weak Henrik is.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:42 AM
Kinda like how your baguette eating, beret wearing, chain smoking, white flag waving goalie hasn’t lived up to the $5M cap hit he is currently taking up since you gave him all that money for one good playoff run? Nice contract, Shero.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:43 AM
if people protesting interfere with my daily life of going to work and home to take care of my family, that is just going to piss me off, not gain sympathy for your cause. You can protest in certain places and gain all the attention necessary without generating ill will. Effective protesting vs. jackass attention grabbing, there’s a difference.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:43 AM
but he didn’t even have time to bleed…i assumed he had a full docket.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:44 AM
NOTE: Shero is a great GM. That contract still sucks. Pay your blue line, not the guy that sits in the blue paint.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:44 AM
Absolutely not. Only Chebert was better looking
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:44 AM
Where can you buy these?
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:44 AM
dude those are some sweet looking shoes.
pretty sure my dad has 4 or 5 free pair of adidas shoes coming his way, so I will probably end up with a new pair of those.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:45 AM
Have a cycling/running brick to do today. Yummy.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:45 AM
OH A BLACKHAWKS FAN IS NOT FUCKING ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT OTHER GMs.
Fleury is winning the Vezina this year, book it.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:45 AM
Urban Meyer won’t be announcing The Game. He’s too busy assembling his coaching staff.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:46 AM
Yeah I’m taking advice from a team that gave Brian Campbell more money than Letang, Orpik, Z, and Martin. Yeah. No. They paid their blueline and built it internally, and that’s why it’s the best in the East beyond a shadow of a doubt. Just stop trying.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:46 AM
re: harrison shotmaker
here’s a quick link.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:46 AM
It is going to be fun to watch Penguins games now though. At least when they’re not playing Chicago. Mole mentioned the best defense in the league which I simply can’t agree with. But down the middle? Those 3 centers can’t be topped. They make matching up with Pittsburgh on any line difficult. They also make their powerplay probably the best in the league this side of Vancouver.
I’m curious to see how 87′s ice time works in the next couple weeks. I wonder how much time Bylsma will give him on the PK as well as the PP.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:46 AM
Caught up on Walking Dead. Not as bad as last episode, but pretty bad which means par for the course with this show.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:47 AM
actually, the first thing we can really try to change is the redistricting that is done on both sides to ensure easy re-elections.
make the elections more competitive by aligning districts into competitive cross sections on a more permanent basis and have an independant evaulator appointed to ensure any changes are made favor competitiveness rather than easy elections for one party or another.
also, more work days for the legislative branch during the year and 2 and 3 year cycles for the house and senate.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:47 AM
I admitadly don’t know much about politics, or care all that much about talking about it, but any time I take one of those “which way do you lean” deals I am usually squarely on Libertarian.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:47 AM
And until you’ve been pepper sprayed, please dont say it is cruel punishment
Fuck you. Two students were hospitalized. The pepper spray was military level and is supposed to be shot at a distance of 15 feet. There were hit twice for protesting inequality.
Employs the same idiot logic.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:47 AM
Name me a shitty contract that Stan Bowman is responsible for.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:47 AM
Like on a college campus, right?
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:48 AM
Oh also Shero has his top four defensemen locked up for the next three years already at respectable numbers and has Despres and Morrow ready to walk in toward the end of that. Morrow is going to be a fucking monster.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:48 AM
I’m off for a run, but I’m making turkey lasagna later. Who’s in for a taste?
Send the recipe my way, plz
Uh, it’s lasagna but with turkey instead of ground beef.
(Snark-free version) – Spray a lasagna-capable casserole dish with non-stick spray. Boil pasta 9 min or so. Brown 1 lb of ground meat, then simmer it with one 24 oz jar of spaghetti sauce.
I pat dry the pasta after boiling, cause it gets slippery. Layer pasta at bottom of casserole. Pour on a layer of meat/sauce mixture. I then layer on some cottage cheese, followed by layers of mozzarella and provolone. Put on another layer of pasta and repeat layering. Put remaining pasta on top. Sprinkle grated parmesan on top. Cover with foil.
Cook at 375 deg for an hour to hour +15 min. When top layer of pasta starts to brown and get a little crusty, I stop. Let it cool (duh!) and there you go.
It’s pretty simple, and my kids dig it.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:48 AM
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:48 AM
I think it’s a little too early with the dick measuring for who is the best team in the league. It’s not even Thanksgiving yet.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:49 AM
Likely so, but not as Libertarian as the folks running are. They crazy
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:49 AM
Term limits would solve so many problems.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:49 AM
soon. soon.
/rubs hands together
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:49 AM
He’s not here anymore (the last sin of Dale Tallon) and the guy we got in return just made it through the current CBA loophole. We’re $5.5M under the cap and doing some window shopping for February. A top 6 forward puts Chicago right there with Pittsburgh. Stan will make it happen.
Let’s not kids ourselves here, Mole. Gary Bettman, as well as you and I, are pantsless thinking about how good a Chicago-Pittsburgh SCF would be. It’s November so I’ll keep my pants on for now.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:50 AM
Ummmmm…. pointing out the fallacy in your original argument that Upper Middle class people are just as big of moochers as unemployed welfare recipients.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:50 AM
This episode just made me cringe a lot. Glenn being a fidgety gossip, old guy putting his nose in everyone’s business, barn chick breaking chickens legs. I didnt really enjoy watching it.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:50 AM
Justin Blackmon to the Carolina Panthers. this needs to happen.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:51 AM
1.) No, it’s not the best “beyond a shadow of a doubt”. The Flyers top 5 almost certainly rivals it (if not bests it) when healthy.
2.) Paul Martin and Michalek came up through the Pittsburgh system? Really?
How about some credit to Dan Bylsma, for changing the way the team plays because of all of the injuries they’ve had? He’s been the best coach in the NHL for the last 2 years, IMO.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:51 AM
Yeah, if only there were elections or something like that…..
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:51 AM
Still amazing to me that after 4 years, Toews and Crosby have never played each other in an NHL game.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:51 AM
Unfortunately, the Libertarian Party has become the catch-all for candidates that the other parties don’t want to be associated with.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:51 AM
/wastes 300 bullets
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:51 AM
Yeah Bowman has done well to make up for the mistakes of Tallon, but Shero has only made two questionable moves, giving Fleury probably a million more than he’s worth and overpaying for Kunitz’s extension. Other than that, best GM in the league and one who has completely transformed this team’s defense from relying on Sergei Gonchar’s lazy ass three years ago to one that can shut down pretty much anyone and move the puck at will.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:51 AM
I just realized I forgot to record Walking Dead and I’m not even upset about missing it.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:51 AM
100% agree here. Plus that cookie duster is pretty fuckin’ sweet.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:51 AM
SROD: cottage cheese, no ricotta? I dont think I can have lasagna without ricotta.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:52 AM
By “they paid it” I meant they spent on free agents, dick.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:53 AM
i approve of this message.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:53 AM
Non-violent protest is one of the most important tenets of the American free society in my opinion. When this is taken away it is a major problem, and that others see these people as “idiots” is alarming.
Our founding fathers practiced civil disobedience and we are all better for it. Do not let the fringe aspects of the Occupy movement cloud the main points they are making.
The UC Davis issue has lazy and terrible police work written all over it. You can argue that the officers were poorly trainined but that doesnt excuse the actions.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:53 AM
If Joel Quenneville continues to dress the obelisk of uselessness that is John Scott, I’ll be in the market for not only a top 6 forward, but a lobotomy doctor and a new coach around February too. Keep that worthless 6’8″ piece of crap off the ice and in the press box, dammit. Good coaches don’t dress shitty players like this is little league or some shit.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:53 AM
If the cause is just–and I am not taking a position on the OWS movement here–fuck the sympathies of those not involved in the protest. Comfort is not a universal value; justice is.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:54 AM
Matt Kalil should be your #1 priority.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:55 AM
SROD: cottage cheese, no ricotta? I dont think I can have lasagna without ricotta.
i approve of this message.
This time, I just flat out forgot the ricotta. No excuse. But, by all means, you can put it in yours. That is the great thing about cooking – dowhatyoulike.
Next time I make lasagna, I will remember the ricotta, thanks to you two.
Huzzah!
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:55 AM
Again, you’re wrong. I was correcting your comment about jobless people receiving government assistance. You said they don’t pay taxes which is incorrect.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:55 AM
poorly trainined but that doesnt excuse the actions.
Yeah $100,000 a year doesn’t pay for much training.
/fuck em
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:55 AM
I have also noticed that, which is why I don’t normally vote for them.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:55 AM
I don’t mean what it’s about. I mean what specific law do they want changed/enacted? What logical and economically-sound change would they like to see.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:55 AM
yeah, it wouldn’t solve anything though.
the big problem now are the facts you have leaders in congress and the senate who have had their jobs for 20,25,30+ years… they don’t have to work for a vote, they don’t have to be accountable to the american public…
of course the republicans won’t budge… they can set fire to the country and still get re-elected in their district.
of course the dems won’t budge… they can stand by and watch the country be set ablaze and still win their district.
of course no 3rd party will ever win… the dems and republicans are so entrenched with certain districts being so favorable towards the incumbant they don’t have a chance to win.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:55 AM
Goes against every logic out there to keep looking for that girl. Sitting around (as Rusty pointed out) wasting ammunition on target practice. Dale confronting everyone about their problems. I’m actually rooting for the zombies.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:55 AM
I think after 6 weeks, hockey season has finally hit its full stride around here. This is where we need Garland to pop his head in so I can rib him about good American boy Fat Kessel and his hot start.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:55 AM
Ricotta and shredded parm are a must on my Lasagna. After I pat dry the pasta and add a layer, I spread a thin layer of Ricotta cheese, sprinkle the ground sausage or turkey on, then sprinkle more cheese on top, and repeat.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:56 AM
cottage cheese is straight fucking rank. gross.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:56 AM
Thanks Spencer. I am trying to find gifts for my husband.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:57 AM
They want the SCOTUS’ decision on Citizens United overturned, ending personhood for corporations.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:57 AM
Add-on – I made lasagna once without cottage cheese, and it tasted weird. Like Hamburger-Helper-in-pasta weird. Something about the consistency of it, for me, requires cottage cheese.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:57 AM
Just what Tucson needs: another guy named Rodriguez.
/veal
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:57 AM
they weren’t ‘hospitalized’ they went to a hospital because they are a bunch of testosterone deficient malcontents. If they played pickup basketball, they’d be the ones who would quit a game because of a sore foot, then be spotted later that night running through the parkiing lot to get a good spot in line for Twilight. They aren’t respectable human beings, they are drama queens. All this was calculated. And while they were at the hospital, they could have protested the health care reform. but why would they do that?
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:57 AM
Pretty much, yeah. It’s OK to not support whatever you think the OWS people are upset about, but still be alarmed when police use pepper spray, tear gas, rubber bullets, tasers, or any other “non-lethal” weapon on people who are peacefully protesting. It ain’t right, folks.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:57 AM
wait, i thought only the fringe right could hide behind the founding fathers?
/media narrative’d
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:57 AM
No taxation without representation!
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:57 AM
I’m sorry. I couldn’t read your mind. You should have expressed your point more clearly. Have a nice Thanksgiving!
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:57 AM
Yeah… I’ve had it with cottage cheese. Not bad. Not lasagna.
Ricotta: mixing an egg, a half pound of shredded provolone, 1/2 tablespoon olive oil, and just a bit of salt/pepper oregano per large container of ricotta. Blend well. Makes it much smoother (similar to what a true calzone has, with provolone-ricotta blend).
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:58 AM
I love this chain. Politics, hockey and cooking all at once.
I love this place.
/wipes a single tear
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:58 AM
Fuck term limits, let Bill Clinton back in the White House.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:58 AM
Everyone have a good laugh at “matt-”
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:58 AM
I hope the both the Flyers and the Capitals play the Penguins in the Eastern conference playoffs. Those would be some great series. For once, I have to say that WSH and PHI have the goaltending advantage. Not by much, but I’d take both their netminders over Fleury. Vokoun has been shaky to start this season, we’ll see how he pans once the Caps really hit their stride. Breezy had his rough patch and appears to be even keel now.
I agree with dewar that Philly’s defense against the Pens would be a good matchup. However, the defensive ability of PIT’s forwards more than trumps what the Flyers have up front. I’m curious if Bylsma would try to match the Crosby line or the Staal line with Giroux.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:59 AM
Yeah, from what I could tell they spent an hour looking for the girl, 10 hours confronting each other about trivial issues, 2 hours on target practice, and one hour on the ‘i’m horny because i just shot up some zombies’ sex.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:59 AM
Getting rid of tax exemptions for religious organizations and eliminating corporate lobbying would solve a lot of problems, too.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:59 AM
Let’s be honest.. we didn’t win the war by sitting around a Walden Pond bitching about the Mexican war.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:59 AM
Ricotta: mixing an egg, a half pound of shredded provolone, 1/2 tablespoon olive oil, and just a bit of salt/pepper oregano per large container of ricotta. Blend well. Makes it much smoother (similar to what a true calzone has, with provolone-ricotta blend).
That sounds good. I want.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:00 AM
Three words for you – extreme lobbyist reform. Shit, I wish they’d ban lobbyists all together.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:00 AM
I need a beret and an armband. Spencer: get yourself the best Austrian firearm taxes can buy. Heldover: you are going to need some sort of eyepatch and pet animal that can kill on command.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:01 AM
that wouldn’t be a bad choice either. he’d be a starter from day 1
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:01 AM
I agree. I don’t think the “movement” is well organized at all.
That doesn’t mean the protesters deserve mistreatment.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:01 AM
Be careful, everyone here is just a few comments away from being the next biggest whiney bitch.
It’s all so fragile.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:01 AM
that doesn’t sound too different from how this site’s commenting goes every day.
1 hour looking at links, 2 hours talking about sports, 10 hours talking about trivial off topic rants and 1 our talking bewb secks and butt cheek secks
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:02 AM
The problem isn’t the idea of lobbyists. Citizens have the right to pool money and hire people to represent them and fight for a cause. That’s all a lobbyist is.
The problem is members of Congress who are perpetually campaigning, constantly open for business with these people (by taking their campaign and other “donations”).
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:02 AM
they weren’t ‘hospitalized’ they went to a hospital because they are a bunch of testosterone deficient malcontents. If they played pickup basketball, they’d be the ones who would quit a game because of a sore foot, then be spotted later that night running through the parkiing lot to get a good spot in line for Twilight. They aren’t respectable human beings, they are drama queens. All this was calculated. And while they were at the hospital, they could have protested the health care reform. but why would they do that?
Obviously you have never been sprayed in the face by military grade pepper spray. If you do get it in your mouth, it is recommended you go see a doctor.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:02 AM
Greatest president of our lifetime. I would love for him to be back in the White House. He’d be assured of BJs from an attractive intern this time.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:02 AM
I am curious how all of your pronounce the word ricotta.
/rigot’
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:03 AM
/mobilizes my militia
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:03 AM
Marty Hurney will trade his entire draft to move up to grab another Appalachian State player.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:03 AM
Wrong. The police were told to clear them out. Not poorly trained or terrible. Take it up with whoever gave the order, and why.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:03 AM
You’re right. 2 out of 3 ain’t bad.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:03 AM
I meant to say corporate lobbyists.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:04 AM
I love the outrage of a couple students getting pepper sprayed. Oh my! Everyday police fuck people up and break the law without repercussion.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:04 AM
I am definitely concerned about Philly’s lack of size down the middle (Briere and Giroux) when matching up against Pittsburgh.
I would also like JVR to play every night like he did last night.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:04 AM
The fuck?
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:04 AM
They don’t know. That’s why we need experts. Like Congress.
/rimshot
But seriously, it’s sad that they are trying to wake up the idiots who vote for politicians in a party that actively despises them, and they’ve only driven them deeper in their camp.
/why nothing will ever get done
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:04 AM
It isn’t the antidote, but many of the systemic problems are resolved if you do complete public financing of campaigns. Remove the dollars. That is a position most liberals and the Occupy movement support, but conservatives and even many establishment Dems oppose on the grounds of it being a violation of free speech rights.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:05 AM
ricotta. i pronounce as spelled.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:05 AM
‘hospitalized’ they went to a hospital
11 were treated 2 were hospitalized one woman for chemical burns go fuck yourself.
http://boingboing.net/2011/11/20/ucdeyetwitness.html
http://www.kcra.com/news/29809851/detail.html
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:05 AM
A lot easier for America to connect with white college students than with minorities getting their asses beat and cops using SWAT teams and Patriot Act privileges to take down minor pot dealers.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:06 AM
I really, really enjoy sousedbergin.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:06 AM
Moochers wasn’t meant in a literal who pays more taxes sense. It’s mean that rich people are rich because they have poor people working for them (in a general sense). Very few people are ‘independently wealthy’, so to live your life in a shell, cash your checks, and ignore the world around you, feeling free of any sort of social obligation = makes you a moocher.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:07 AM
And the SCOTUS agrees. Which is sad. Nobody should expect anything from our system when the Massey decision was a 5-4 vote, the indifference toward corruption and graft is disgusting.
Basically we need Germany’s constitution.
But it would never work here.
Even though we wrote it.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:07 AM
Would that include unions like the NEA, UAW, and SEIU?
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:07 AM
I find it annoying when people over Italianize words to sound like someone who just came off the boat. I get it alot here in Jersey (big surprise). People asking for “proshu and mozzarel”. You and your parents were born in the US!
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:08 AM
When I go to Thanksgiving on Thursday (Italian food at Thanksgiving!), that’s exactly how it will be pronounced.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:08 AM
end women’s suffrage!
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:08 AM
To be fair, that is probably some pretty good sexin right there.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:08 AM
Quote of the day. Beautiful imagery.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:08 AM
The entire Food Network. Most pretentious bullshit ever this side of soccer fans.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:08 AM
Keep your logic out of my homemade ravioli.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:09 AM
Some effects of Medicare cuts, locally, presented without comment:
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20111121/NEWS07/311210031/TennCare-fears-loss-federal-fees?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:09 AM
did you happen to see him on the daily show last night? he has a new book out, and I have never really considered reading a political centered book, but I may give it a shot.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:09 AM
i am not alone!!!! rejoice!!
it’s this strange north jersey italian thing that’s mostly perpetuated by non italians thinking it’s the right way to say it.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:10 AM
Like it’s spelled. Once you start pronouncing words ethnically, unless you do it for ALL of them, it makes you look like some ethnic wannabe.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:10 AM
over Italianize
Giada can over Italianize my sausage any time she so desires.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:10 AM
Outlaw spontaneous abortion!
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:10 AM
This is from Mississippi Burning, right?
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:10 AM
that was the best segment ever on “the man show”.
can’t believe they got several hundred women to sign up for that.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:11 AM
It’s really not a high bar.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:11 AM
/mars attacks’d
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:11 AM
Yeah, let’s completely ignore that fact that they are often harder working, better educated, and more entrepreneurial.
Oh, and they can be quite philanthropic as well. They just like giving money where they best see fit vs. having the government do it for them.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:11 AM
your http://www.kcra.com link is vague and just says a women left in a hospital
and lol@ boingboing.net what is that shit? gotta be some liberal outlet, instead of being used for what the website name implies
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:13 AM
And every day they put their lives on the line to protect people who are nothing more than sacks of shit. Go be a policeman for a while and deal with the real world, then come back and see if your fantasy world still exists.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:13 AM
Sounds awesome.
- Somalia Warlords
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:14 AM
and then be rewarded with a 5 year contract extension.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:15 AM
I don’t think that’s a North Jersey thing.
I grew outside of Philly, and I grew up hearing it that way and I know people with Italian surnames from New England states who dealt with those funky pronunciations too. I would say it’s more a Northeastern thing than a Jersey thing.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:17 AM
I bet that hospital is hot as hell.
/ambulance
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:18 AM
Matt, If what these officers did was so right, then why have they been suspended?
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:19 AM
/rigot’
The fuck?
And prosciutto is pronounced pra-shoot
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:20 AM
They just like giving money where they best see fit vs. having the government do it for them.
Ya like those modern day Gandhi Koch brothers. Those patriots made themselves super rich but still find the time to be ideal Americans by trying to dissolve social security and ignoring sanctions and dealing with Iran.
/Damn lazy poor people ruining ‘Merica
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:20 AM
I’m like dewar. Half my family is Italian (thus the hair). The words that take the ethnic prononciation route generally have to deal with food, emotional state or a place in the home.
My grandparents on that side still speak Italian. I have no idea what the hell they’re saying 90% of the time.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:20 AM
/facepalm
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:21 AM
its dark and hell is hot
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:21 AM
“I support police when they are clubbing hippies, I support cutting their pensions, salaries, and health care when they aren’t.”
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:21 AM
25% of $400 per week is a hell of a lot less than 30% of $2500 per week.
Well of course it’s less. $2500 is more than 5 times larger than $400! What point are you trying to make here?
@SG: I think he’s saying, “shame on you for making so little and thus only being able to contribute such a small amount! why, we shouldn’t give you jack shit!” Or am I reading too much into that?
jersey, heldover…the time is ripe.
Term limits and campaign finance reform! Legalize “IT” and go after drug kingpins! Abortions for some! Tiny American flags for everyone else!
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:22 AM
lol, the Romney, Bush, Hilton and McIntyre way.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:22 AM
And yes, the red stuff you ladle over your pasta is called gravy. Unless it’s green or white, it’s gravy.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:23 AM
/contacts undesirables to follow St. Bear
//reviews black and white photos
///puts hit out on St. Bear
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:23 AM
Italian food is obscenely overrated, and I’ve lived there. Get a real holiday, Columbus is a faggot.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:24 AM
Actually I was thinking along the lines of the two non-profits I volunteer for (both serving needs-based programs in the community) and the tens of thousands of dollars we get yearly from these “moocher” Upper Middle class people.
But hey, don’t let me interrupt your lazy, MSNBC spoon-fed, comment.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:25 AM
I do a ri-goat/coat-ah thing.
Prosciutto is pro-zhoo-toe.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:25 AM
administrative leave is in no way an admission of wrongdoing. this happens all the time. Just like the Syracuse asst coach (possible bad example)
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:26 AM
I am glad I dont associate with any Italian-word-over-pronouncers. If I saw Giada de whatever in public I would punch her in her mouth.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:26 AM
You’re reading WAYYYYY too much into it, but you see to have your own preconceived notion of people who make more than you are somehow bad, so have at it.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:27 AM
Ugh. I hate this so, so much.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:27 AM
Would love a gabagool sandwich for lunch today
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:27 AM
The gravy you put on biscuits is white..
Gravy is not tomato based, damn it.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:27 AM
This was outside my house this morning. I laughed.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:28 AM
That’s pretty much how I took it but I wanted to give him the opportunity to clarify.
Well those needs-based people who benefit from the charity are fucking moochers and should pay taxes on whatever they received from the upper-middle class people who can write their charity donations off on their taxes.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:28 AM
Bush and Soros are a bit above Upper Middle class. I don’t bump into them when I go out to the local steakhouse.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:29 AM
Giada (-220) in that fight.
That’s called white gravy. The stuff you put on your mashed taters at Thanksgiving is brown gravy. The stuff you put on your pasta is just gravy.
I also advocate the phrase, “gravy train with biscuit wheels,” to describe a desirable situation.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:31 AM
Yes, we all hate people who make more than us. Even better, YOU hate all the people who make less than you. Fuck those people, right? They don’t deserve to keep 75% of their measly $400 a week pay check when I only get to keep 70% of my $2500 a week!!
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:31 AM
Physically and sexually abused kids are moochers??? You really need a narrower brush.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:32 AM
And ‘fuck’ is pronounced and fungule
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:32 AM
I’m more concerned about your gravy levels.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:32 AM
*as
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:32 AM
My wife’s family (italian) calls it ragu. But that might be when the sauce has meat in it.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:33 AM
Yeah, that’s why I spend hours a week and thousands of dollars a year helping them out.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:33 AM
I hate all types of gravy and even I know this.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:33 AM
it’s a good thing the cost of living has increased while wages have stayed stagnant or regressed while corporations and banks make record profits and get benefits, bailouts and tax breaks from the government.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:36 AM
Wait is SC acting like tomato gravy is an eyetie thing? Yeah no, that’s a southern cooking thing.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:36 AM
31-27 bitch
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:37 AM
never called sauce “gravy.”
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:39 AM
I think if you tried to call a tomato based sauce gravy in the south you wouldn’t be invited to dinner. as a matter of fact I can almost guarantee that.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:41 AM
Yes, the Italian Ragù has meat in it. Usually just Bolognese sauce + meat.
Not to be confused with the French Ragoût.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:42 AM
We might be talking about different things. There is actually a tomato gravy in southern cooking, or is he saying that like Ragu is gravy. Because that’s retarded.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:43 AM
Mine calls it Prego.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:44 AM
fakeass italian.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:45 AM
spence, gravy is what we eat on biscuits with sausage at four in the morning at Waffle House higher than a Pollock’s cholesterol levels.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:46 AM
yeah I was thinking Ragu, which is blasphemous.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:50 AM
You’re pissed at people that get unemployment and are taxed at a lower rate than you, but then you say you donate time and money to charities that help needy families who pay less in taxes than you do (if they pay taxes at all). Your logic is astounding.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:51 AM
Telling the rich people to remember that they have poor people working for them, isn’t an MSNBC comment… it’s common decency and recognition of social obligations. I’m fairly conservative, but if you think the world can run on the generous wealthy, I can’t help you.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:52 AM
the sauce-a you can have, but the secret…she’s-a mine!
/nods at payoclown
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:54 AM
That Robin was a money grubbing whore
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:56 AM
I don’t think I could be more offended by the idea that any of my comments are lazy or spoon-fed. I don’t care if you agree/disagree, but I pride myself on my independent thought and occasional contrarianism, and find it ridiculously off-base you would suggest that I picked up my thoughts watching TV. It basically invalidates (to me) anything you say from now on.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:58 AM
Plus another $30 on a padded jacket to protect his back from all his self-patting.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:58 AM
Besides, MSNBC has no idea how to craft catchy liberal sound bites.
November 22nd, 2011 at 11:01 AM
“the pepper-spraying of UC Davis students, and the subsequent lying about it, are real transgressions that should be punished. Many cops are good, and are doing the right thing. Others suck, and are being idiots.” -Mike Elgan
https://plus.google.com/u/0/113117251731252114390/posts/fCxSUisACBE
This is a good balanced summary
November 22nd, 2011 at 11:10 AM
Unbearably pretentious.
November 22nd, 2011 at 11:23 AM
If you insist.
November 22nd, 2011 at 11:37 AM
pointing out the fallacy in your original argument that Upper Middle class people are just as big of moochers as unemployed welfare recipients.
Again, you’re wrong. I was correcting your comment about jobless people receiving government assistance. You said they don’t pay taxes which is incorrect.
SG,
Unfortunately you are incorrect here. Yes you may have taxes taken out of unemployment upfront or at the end of the year but you qualify for the Earned Income Credit, you get it all back because you dont make the threshold to actually have taxes taken from you. So the 53% paying all the taxes is an absolute true number. 47% of America does not pay income taxes at the end of the year. They get a credit while the majority pays. And you can bet your bottom dollar that people on government assistance do not pay income tax. They dont make enough.
November 22nd, 2011 at 11:45 AM
@BigL: so basically if you got a tax refund, you’re a moocher?
/team moocher
Hey, I’m fine revamping the tax credit system.
November 22nd, 2011 at 11:47 AM
Rusty, er, Nick …
enjoy your final days here. Let’s ring in Thanksgiving with a banning!
November 22nd, 2011 at 11:53 AM
No idea who Nick is…
November 22nd, 2011 at 11:56 AM
Wrong.
EIC income levels
$43,352 ($48,362 married filing jointly) with three or more qualifying children
$40,363 ($45,373 married filing jointly) with two qualifying children
$35,535 ($40,545 married filing jointly) with one qualifying child
$13,460 ($18,470 married filing jointly) with no qualifying children
I am single and have no kids and made a little over $15K with unemployment. I did not get the EIC.
November 22nd, 2011 at 12:14 PM
Rusty, er, Nick …
No idea who Nick is…
Denton?
/pulls pin, drops grenade
November 22nd, 2011 at 2:25 PM
Greatest president of our lifetime. I would love for him to be back in the White House. He’d be assured of BJs from an attractive intern this time.
You’re an intern?
November 22nd, 2011 at 3:20 PM
SG,
You just need a couple deductions and you would have made it. Did you get a credit or did you owe at the end of the year?