Roundup: Kentucky is College Basketball’s Team to Beat, a Maria Menounos Bikini Gif & the New Spiderman Trailer
Jenny McCarthy & Carmen Electra … here’s a Blake Lively slideshow you’ll enjoy … a gif of Maria Menounos taking off her robe to reveal a bikini … a newspaper photographer was suspended for this … Evan Dando tweeted this interesting photo … when did the middle finger become offensive? … “Dow approaches 13,000, and maybe a record to come” … hey Lindsay Lohan, what’s up? … here’s a pretty nasty high school dunk … the San Francisco Giants are having Bruce Lee night on Sept. 4th … the media can’t stop writing glowing reviews of Buzzfeed! … “Ohio may ban smoking in cars” … Rick Santorum won three states … cop fired after lying about using a taser … a receipt for $67 at Taco Bell at 3 am after the Super Bowl …
Kentucky spanked Florida at Rupp, 78-58. The Wildcats are the best team in college basketball, the only question is whether or not they’ll choke in March. [Herald Leader]
Great look at the Syracuse/Georgetown rivalry. They play tonight at 7. [Nation of Orange]
This has to be an NFL hangover column: Short field goals should only be worth two points! [Freep]
“Video shows officers beating motorist in diabetic shock.” [LVRJ]
It’s time to start talking about the best junior in the class of 2013, Robert Nkemdiche. At 6-5, 270, his coached called him a “once in a generation” prospect. [AJC]
“An employee of the Lemont Elementary School called police after seeing Sandusky on his porch and asked if he was allowed outside his home while on house arrest.” [Patriot News]
Ricky Williams was texting with Bill Parcells and then decided to retire. [Sun-Sentinel]
Stanford LB Shayne Skov got popped for DUI over the weekend. [Stanford Daily]
“Miss Deaf America upset she’s unseen at Super Bowl.” [Daily Herald]
Memphis is Big East-bound. [Commercial Appeal]
“A Stony Brook University football student-athlete has been publicly reprimanded and suspended from the team’s next championship opportunity for misconduct during the 2011 NCAA Division I Football Championship.” [NCAA.org]
Jack Del Rio’s son is a college QB prospect who just transferred to high school in Denver when his dad took the Broncos’ defensive coordinator job. [Denver Post]
New Spiderman trailer looks dope.
Camel attacks the head of a reporter who got too close. [via Hot Clicks]
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February 8th, 2012 at 8:35 AM
did I just jump into a herpes infested time-warp? gross.
February 8th, 2012 at 8:36 AM
I always thought longer ones should be worth 4 points.. maybe that’s fantasy football’s influence.
February 8th, 2012 at 8:37 AM
Oh my
February 8th, 2012 at 8:38 AM
Jenny McCarthy & Carmen Electra …
I wonder if Dr Jenny McCarthy was able to diagnose Carmen with all three hepatitises.
February 8th, 2012 at 8:38 AM
http://jennymccarthybodycount.com/Jenny_McCarthy_Body_Count/Home.html
February 8th, 2012 at 8:38 AM
the San Francisco Giants are having Bruce Lee night on Sept. 4th
This sounds so awesome that I’m almost certain at the last moment they’ll replace it with Keith Carradine night.
a receipt for $67 at Taco Bell at 3 am after the Super Bowl
That’s nothing. I’ve met people who dropped that much after junior proms.
February 8th, 2012 at 8:40 AM
“Video shows officers beating motorist in diabetic shock.”.
you need to take a break from linking to (or embedding) beatings, fights, etc. I’m going for a personal moratorium after the one I couldn’t help but click on at the smoking gun this morning.
February 8th, 2012 at 8:40 AM
is anyone else baffled that this guy not only gets votes, but is winning states?
/see’s one is Mizzourah, which isn’t that shocking I guess.
February 8th, 2012 at 8:41 AM
sign us a song, miss deaf america…sign us a song tonight. well we’re all in the mood for a shadow puppet show and you’ve got us feeling alright.
February 8th, 2012 at 8:41 AM
The Wildcats are the best team in college basketball, the only question is whether or not they’ll lose in March because of their over-reliance on the driblle-drive offense that can misfire against veteran defenses.
/fixed
February 8th, 2012 at 8:42 AM
This is a thing?
February 8th, 2012 at 8:42 AM
when did the middle finger become offensive?
you might want to throw the word “first” in there between finger and become. Because according to that link, the answer is the fourth century.
February 8th, 2012 at 8:43 AM
There is absolutely no way they didn’t get screwed with a low hot sauce to item ratio.
February 8th, 2012 at 8:44 AM
How a plastic whore confuses sample size, correlation and causation to become a typhoid mary in modern idiot society next on SousedBergin is highly enraged.
February 8th, 2012 at 8:44 AM
“Miss Deaf America upset she’s unseen at Super Bowl.”
either that, or she’s really near a wasp nest
February 8th, 2012 at 8:44 AM
morning after pills ain’t cheap.
February 8th, 2012 at 8:45 AM
Considering he lost his last reelection by 17.2% I am baffled.
February 8th, 2012 at 8:45 AM
is anyone else baffled that this guy not only gets votes, but is winning states?
Not really. They clearly don’t like Romney (the unofficial pick). They don’t like Newt (who is sinking fast). And they sure as hell don’t like Ron Paul (who’s like every cranky old man you can think of). So by process of elimination…
It’s all for naught. It’s Romney.
February 8th, 2012 at 8:46 AM
The really stupid thing about the Missouri one is that it didn’t even count. The real primary is part of Super Tuesday, I’m not sure what the point of yesterday’s voting was. Santorum was the only one that even tried to win it so that he could bolster his flagging campaign with a “win”.
February 8th, 2012 at 8:47 AM
Her face looks like one of the Majora’s Mask in the Legend of Zelda.
February 8th, 2012 at 8:49 AM
but it’s the NCAA, where veteran teams that can hang with an athletic team like Kentucky don’t exist. they play at Vanderbilt on saturday and they are the oldest team in the SEC, so that should be a barometer. Kentucky is huge on defense too, so finding a veteran team that can stop the dribble-drive as well as be able to shoot from outside is going to be tough.
February 8th, 2012 at 8:49 AM
Well, he is living for donuts and venison.
February 8th, 2012 at 8:49 AM
morning after pills ain’t cheap.
More like “I’ve never had alcohol before and need something in my stomach to puke” food. Drunk kids will order shitloads at fast food places — more if they’re in a limo bus!
February 8th, 2012 at 8:50 AM
God, what a waste of some fantastic bewbs.
February 8th, 2012 at 8:50 AM
/fixed
February 8th, 2012 at 8:52 AM
I laughed. +1
February 8th, 2012 at 8:53 AM
This has to be an NFL hangover column: Short field goals should only be worth two points!
The NFL would prefer to discourage long field goals honestly. Teams gagging at the 35-42 and putting in those 50 yarders is not exciting. Short field goals are a fact of life.
I like doing away with extra points.
February 8th, 2012 at 8:54 AM
i wonder that if Romney was the only candidate if he’d ever be able to break the 50% barrier. not sure how any GOP candidate feels they can win when more than half their voting block doesn’t like them.
February 8th, 2012 at 8:56 AM
fantastic.
February 8th, 2012 at 8:56 AM
http://jennymccarthybodycount.com/Jenny_McCarthy_Body_Count/Home.html
Hey Scripty … I’m afraid to click the link for fear I may catch something. Explain?
February 8th, 2012 at 8:57 AM
i think they should move the extra point back to the 20 yard line to make it interesting, but keep the 2 point conversion at the 2 yard line.
that way, the 7 points for a TD is no guarantee and could see some interesting scores decided by a point if a XP is missed.
February 8th, 2012 at 8:58 AM
Re: Dow approaches 13,000
The market is forward looking and sees a much more business friendly and fiscally responsible administration taking office in November. Also doesn’t hurt that debt saddled euro zone countries have had more successful debt auctions lately with good demand and lower rates.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
The market knows who will win in November? That is amazing shit.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:01 AM
her face has always been so busted that her titties have just been merely an afterthought.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:01 AM
Good to see rampant speculation is still the driving force behind the economy.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:02 AM
The market is forward looking and sees a much more business friendly and fiscally responsible administration taking office in November.
except for all the times that it’s reactionary because of something Obama said or did, right?
February 8th, 2012 at 9:02 AM
That web site shows how many kids have died unneccesarily b/c their parents didn’t get traditional immunization – from the day Jenny went on Oprah and started this “Immunization causes Autism” to today.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:03 AM
Obama’s going to suddenly become more fiscally responsible?
February 8th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
The market is forward looking and sees a much more business friendly and fiscally responsible administration taking office in November.
What?
So if a democrat is in office and the market is doing well = it’s because it can see into the future, but if it does well when a Republican is in office = it’s because a Republican’s in office. Got it.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
When the Dow goes down: There’s no relation between the economy & the Dow.
When the Dow goes up: The economy is recovering!
February 8th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
What he said.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
This. Give them 7 and if they want to go for 2 so be it.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
I really dont give a shit why, I just know my 401k is doing prettay good right now.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:07 AM
yeah, nothing wrong with it now, but if changes were made that’s what i’d like to see.
first they have to deal with the 12 men on the field penalty and get their shit together with defining a catch.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:07 AM
“Good to see rampant speculation is still the driving force behind the economy.”
Talking about the market, not the economy.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:08 AM
Love the “fiscally responsible” republicans that conveniently forget the 8 years prior to Obama that were anything but.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:08 AM
They should probably have different rules for it after 2 minute warnings, like they do with a lot of things, right? It’s an easy way to defend when you have 5 yards to give and allow you to eat clock.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
I know, I’m very excited. Another 2 years of this and my 401k will be back to where it started in ’08. Yeah baby!!!!
February 8th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
They should probably have different rules for it after 2 minute warnings, like they do with a lot of things, right? It’s an easy way to defend when you have 5 yards to give and allow you to eat clock.
yeah… I’m just pretty surprised we haven’t seen teams expose this loophole. I mean, the Giants could have theoretically thrown 18 guys on the field every play for the Patriots last drive, right?
February 8th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
don’t worry, it’s just the panic of the GOP knowing they don’t “own” any issues heading into the election and this is what comes out.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
can we go back to talking about Lohan instead of politics? She’s still doable, IMO.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
The market is forward looking and sees a much more business friendly and fiscally responsible administration taking office in November.
Obama’s going to suddenly become more fiscally responsible?
Dang, that’s funny.
(Full disclosure: I’m the only black guy who didn’t vote for the POTUS in ’08)
February 8th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
can we go back to talking about Lohan instead of politics? She’s still doable, IMO.
done. although lohan bores me just about as much as shitty politics. can we talk about how sad I was when I found out Katherine McPhee married some balding producer?
February 8th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
Yeah, for some reason having incrementally more players does nothing to worsen the penalty. They should call it ‘more than 11 men on the field’.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
And eventually the Pats would have been 1st and goal inside the 5 yard line with one more untimed down.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
Well I made the next cutdown on this job posting; 100 applicants, 30 interviews, made the cut to 10 people (for 1 spot).
February 8th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
5 yard penalty, automatic first down and no time off the clock.
enough to discourage the practice
February 8th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
first they have to deal with the 12 men on the field penalty and get their shit together with defining a catch.
the first one is an easy fix ( you get the time back) and the second one is near impossible to fix without replaying every catch.
I’m ready for an eye in the sky referee and an eye in the sky umpire where the stadium flashes yellow when they throw their flag ( a la Rollerball).
They’ve also got to “fix” pass interference.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
Although I guess if you are being blatant about putting 18 guys on defense, they could call an unsportsmanlike penalty?
February 8th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
And eventually the Pats would have been 1st and goal inside the 5 yard line with one more untimed down.
no. not when there was only 40 or so seconds left. each play chews up time that you don’t put back on the clock.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
I enjoy the fact that her show is called smash, cuz she looks like she could use a good smashing. That balding guy either must have serious game or serious dough, my money’s on the latter.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
I heard the job growth in December was larger than economists predicted. Warm weather being among one of the factors. That in turn gave the market a little more optimism.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
Game will not end on a defensive penalty.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
i’m still surprised jenny “no vaccines” mccarthy and carmen electra made the round up pic but Maria Menounos in a bikini was stuck in a link
February 8th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
That would have been an awesome picture….in 1997
February 8th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
the Giants could have theoretically thrown 18 guys on the field every play for the Patriots last drive, right?
somebody somewhere linked to the rule where the referee has much leeway in extraordinary circumstances to award tremendous penalties. I forget where and who, but it goes back to a Cotton Bowl game where a kid on the sidelines tackled an already broken away offensive player, and the ref awarded a touchdown.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
And eventually the Pats would have been 1st and goal inside the 5 yard line with one more untimed down.
yeah… you bleed the clock down to close to zero, and on the last play you only have 11 guys out there.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
I know, I’m very excited. Another 2 years of this and my 401k will be back to where it started in ’08. Yeah baby!!!!
Just imagine where it’ll be in 30 years when I can actually tap into it.
/Prefers not to think about it.
Speaking of… Clay – The guy who we used to refinance a few years ago called me up last night and offered up 3.875% for the home loan.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
Jack Del Rio’s son is a college QB prospect who just transferred to high school in Denver when his dad took the Broncos’ defensive coordinator job.
One, I clicked on this to see if the kid’s first name was Gunnar (Hi-Yo!).
Two, Valor Christian football is well-hated in state HS football circles, and was recently voted out of their conference. They’ve been open less than 10 years, but have multiple state titles amid rumors of rampant recruiting and other shady acts.
Memphis is Big East-bound.
Hooray! So, they will be at the bottom of another football conference, but now they won’t win any men’s basketball titles either. “Memphis, meet DePaul”.
/pours one out for Conference USA
February 8th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
Can someone smarter than I explain why the administration is so dead against the Pennsylvania pipeline idea? Are the environmental ramifications that bad? It could give one of my family members a job closer to me.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
yeah, 20 yard or half the distance to the goal, automatic first down.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
Well….the ban would be for smoking in your car when you have young children present. Which, if you’re any kind of a decent parent, seems like common sense to not smoke in an enclosed, moving box while your kids are present with you.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
An over-reliance on getting to the bucket via dribble is not their problem. Neither is going against “veteran” defenses. They struggle against packline/sagging defenses when they aren’t making shots and when the ball sometimes sticks. Plus, the last 2 years they’ve really scrapped the DDM and moved more towards sets. Only really see DDM principles when the play breaks down and they are on attack. Cal always has one of the best defenses in the country so that’s never really a concern.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
Speaking of… Clay – The guy who we used to refinance a few years ago called me up last night and offered up 3.875% for the home loan.
that’s way, way, way too high for right now. But he’s probably desperate. Despite our cash poor state over here, we’re going again and buying down to 2.875.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
Well I made the next cutdown on this job posting; 100 applicants, 30 interviews, made the cut to 10 people (for 1 spot).
Congrats. Go get ‘em. Show them who you are.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
The Rick Santorum/Mel Gibson administration will lead us to glory.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:18 AM
I usually don’t vote Democrat myself, defying stereotype. But I do find Matt’s statement strange given that Obama is ahead of Romney in the head to head polls that I’ve seen this week.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:18 AM
You mean the person who has been president the past three years when corporate profits & revenues are at an all time high? The S&P has gone from 676 in March of 09 to 1347 yesterday and 3.7 million private jobs created in the past three years? Yeah, he’s done.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:18 AM
That’s a slightly dubious statement.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:19 AM
“Ohio may ban smoking in cars”
This morning I passed a lady smoking a cancer stick in her car… she had the “fight breast cancer” GA license plates. Can’t make this stuff up.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:19 AM
I think that if a team tried this by the third 12 men on the field flag the referees would throw an unsportsmanlike conduct flag and that would quickly end the shenanigans.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:19 AM
Can someone smarter than I explain why the administration is so dead against the Pennsylvania pipeline idea? Are the environmental ramifications that bad? It could give one of my family members a job closer to me.
I think getting the oil out of shale is super pollute-y. LIke catastrophically pollute-y.
/not smarter than you
February 8th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
politics.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
Smokers should support any cancer research.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:21 AM
Congrats. Go get ‘em. Show them who you are.
scripty is awarding the job, not trying to get the job. He’s hoping someone will virtually slob his knob about it, because he can’t get any of the actual applicants to do any knob-slobbery for it.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:21 AM
Reminds of me of that scene in Season 4 of Mad Men, when members of the American Cancer Society were smoking during the meeting with Draper.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:21 AM
I dream of a day when I have enough equity in my house to refinance at a rate like this. about once a year I get teased by a re-fi, then I am slapped back into reality with the 1% of equity I have in my house.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
do you have to pay down 20% every time you refinance or is your equity enough to cover that?
February 8th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
I think that if a team tried this by the third 12 men on the field flag the referees would throw an unsportsmanlike conduct flag and that would quickly end the shenanigans
yeah… dirt said the same above… and that makes sense… it was just odd to think that nobody’s tried to get away with it before, but perhaps this is the reason.
I know a few years ago Brett Bielema pissed off Joe Paterno something awful… there was only a few seconds left in the first half… UW had just scored… and instead of kicking it away to PSU, UW was just intentionally off sides on every kickoff, thus bleeding the clock down to 0 (the clock used to start when the ball was kicked). CFB changed that rule I believe.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
Per KenPom they have the top offense this year so far. Not sure I’m buying the “tough defenses in the tournament will shut them down theory”, though I will be rooting for them to fail.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:23 AM
jesus, even Arkansas did this a couple years ago, and people here love smoking cigs.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:23 AM
Congrats. Go get ‘em. Show them who you are.
Ha. Well I’m the senior person on my team of analysts but sometimes these moves have inter-office politics, and they use the one job posting to identify people for other jobs coming throughout the year they won’t post. Like I’ve been selected/told to move around 3x in 7 years but haven’t had to interview for a new role in 7 years.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:23 AM
do you have to pay down 20% every time you refinance or is your equity enough to cover that?
we have a lot of equity now. Jack Del Rio is our financial advisor, so we keep chopping wood.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:23 AM
That would have been an awesome picture….in 1997
no kidding. both of their playboy spreads then were some of the highest quality.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
I usually don’t vote Democrat myself, defying stereotype. But I do find Matt’s statement strange given that Obama is ahead of Romney in the head to head polls that I’ve seen this week.
Yeah, and I get the sense that either party can be prone to bagging an election against a sitting POTUS, biding their time until the 8-year reign is over. I hate that. I don’t necessarily love Romney as a candidate (and who knows who he will take as a VP running-mate).
Wish I had a better alternative. Paul and Gingrich? No, thank you.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
cj – in all seriousness, while there’s a shitton of oil in the shale up there, the popular process used to extract it right now is fracking. and, fracking is very controversial since some vigorously claim it’s environmentally dangerous.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:25 AM
Tough defenses will give any team a difficult time. It’s tautological to even say it.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
Not a big fan of them reinventing the spider man story
February 8th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
Gary Johnson 2012!
February 8th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
Thanks, Clayton. That “reading for comprehension” thing can be troublesome for me.
/smh
February 8th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
Until their wins are vacated in 3 years.
/Calipari’d
February 8th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
tautological
that’s a 50 cent word. I got sent scurrying for my dictionary.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
Nope I’m slobbering for it. I max out my pay tier in a few years so at some point I need a promition, might as well be this one.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
I thought fracking can only be deemed enviromentally dangerous if it is being done with a Cylon.
/huge nerd’d
February 8th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
Brings back fond memories of rides in the car with Grandma, cigarette blazing, windows rolled up, and heater cranked to high.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
i don’t think it’s “bagging”, Romney could be extremely popular if he didn’t change everything he’s ever said to kowtow to the gop base, and the way the gop congress has been acting doesn’t help anyone, but has less impact on Obama since the gop candidates are in line with the gop congress.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
I enjoy how every loss is now a “choke.” Teams can’t simply play a bad game, have an off night, or run into a hot team. Nope, they “choked.”
February 8th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
that’s way, way, way too high for right now. But he’s probably desperate. Despite our cash poor state over here, we’re going again and buying down to 2.875.
Thanks. I remember you had looked into this the other week. He called me at 8:00 pm. Desperate may be accurate.
do you have to pay down 20% every time you refinance or is your equity enough to cover that?
We had the fortune of selling our old house at a nice gain just prior to the housing market crash. We had the misfortune of buying a new house prior to the housing market crash. We aren’t underwater, but not much equity. I’m going to do some research tonight while the wife and kid are out of the house and I can think for a hour straight without being hassled.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
Did I stumble in to political Friday two days early?
I can’t be the only one here who thinks Jenny is fucking amazing. (Physically…I don’t give a shit about autisim….but if I could pretend to be interested to fuck her, I would)
February 8th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
Nope I’m slobbering for it. I max out my pay tier in a few years so at some point I need a promition, might as well be this one.
I guess I’m the one who has no comprehension skills. I thought sure you were giving somebody a job.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:32 AM
I don’t know enough about it to say whether it is or isn’t, but since they have been doing it around here the amount of “earthquakes” has increased dramatically. pumping water at high pressures back into the ground can’t be all that good, environmentally speaking.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:32 AM
People in OH and PA are losing their minds over the natural gas and some of the other drilling opportunities. Everybody out to drink everybody’s milkshake, the envirionment be damned.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Couple this with your dream casting for a Sex in the City prequel and I’d say it’s high time for an
interferenceintervention of some sort.February 8th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Can someone smarter than I explain why the administration is so dead against the Pennsylvania pipeline idea? Are the environmental ramifications that bad? It could give one of my family members a job closer to me.
The reason given is that the administration didn’t feel they had enough time to evaluate the environmental ramifications, so the prudent thing to do is not allow it to go forward. I suspect the real reason is they think it will be an environmental nightmare, but can’t say that politically.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
Oh yeah.
Both of my parents smoked and I had/have asthma. The 70′s/early 80′s were awesome.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
pumping water at high pressures back into the ground can’t be all that good, environmentally speaking.
strip mining, mountain top blasting for coal, drilling at the very bottom of the ocean without a stopper, fracking. It’s always something. And it’s always bad.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
…Romney could be extremely popular if he didn’t change everything he’s ever said to kowtow to the gop base, and the way the gop congress has been acting doesn’t help anyone, but has less impact on Obama since the gop candidates are in line with the gop congress.
These are two big concerns for me. Flip-flopping as a candidate is a red flag. And, Congress has put themselves in a ditch with stubborn partisanship.
Has Romney even intimated whom he’d consider as a running mate?
February 8th, 2012 at 9:35 AM
I couldn’t fathom people smoking in the office. That would be fucked up, but that shit used to happen all the time.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
Yep. Grandma putting one ’100′ out and having the next already loaded in her mouth.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
Janoff Post > Politics
February 8th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
Wow, 2 comments not coming through moderation already giving an opinion on the POTUS. Welcome to the new USA TODAY sports media blog.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
Down here we would give anyting to drill more down here and they won’t let us.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
No shit. I know a couple of people on the drilling and drillee sides and the dollars are nothing short of spectacular.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
Start a blog yourself, write down the middle of any topic in a levelheaded manner, and watch as the pageviews don’t start rolling in.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
Am I the only person that thinks Teague is terrible? Granted he can dish but he makes some idiotic decisions/turnovers every single game. Sanchez-esque.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
I can’t be the only one here who thinks Jenny is fucking amazing.
Both women look nice enough in the picture. I’ll never meet either, so it’s all just artwork at this point. No point in making any “I’d do ‘em, if only while wearing a full-body prophylactic” comments.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
The reason given is that the administration didn’t feel they had enough time to evaluate the environmental ramifications, so the prudent thing to do is not allow it to go forward.
You’re thinking Keystone rather than Pennsylvania. They’re working on re-routing the Keystone, once Obama is re-elected we’ll see it approved.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
I remember running around my grandfathers office growing up and it always smelled like smoke. Then he left the room and I found a latch on his globe, opened it up and saw just an abundance of alcohol.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
earthquakes are caused by stress built up in faults that’s released when the force from the stress is greater than the frictional force between the rocks in the fault. injecting fracking fluids into the ground at high pressures penetrates those faults and essentially lubes them up. more lube = less frictional force = greater potential for
premature ejaculationfrequent small earthquakes./jmorris
//MY F1RST ONE EVAR!!
///w00t!
February 8th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
rumors about rubio and christie. rubio might carry florida, but christie won’t carry NJ since he went and pissed off all the unions and teachers.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
the ban would be for smoking in your car when you have young children present
I’ll never forget this … I was about 5 yrs old, on a road trip with my dad from MD to FL. He lit up a cigarette somewhere in VA. I started crying and told him I didn’t want him to die from smoking. He put it out and we went on our way.
When I think about that trip, I now know why he was such a crabby sonofabitch the rest of the week.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:39 AM
I can’t be the only one here who thinks Jenny is fucking amazing.
i am with you on that one. i would totally frack her.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:39 AM
The last place I worked, I was friends with a guy who took up smoking (he was in his late 20′s at the time), so he could spend a little extra time with the Boss man outside when the Boss would go out to smoke. I wasn’t sure whether to be nauseated by the brazen asskissing or to feel bad for the guy for wanting to sacrifice his health for a few minutes with the boss.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
My first college internship (’91) was at WPAFB in Dayton and you could still smoke in building stairwells at that point. Fucking dreaded when you had to skip the elevator for some reason. Couldn’t even imagine the “smoke at your desk” era, but the pics I’ve seen are amusing as hell.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
Watch the doctor casually light up in the Exorcist. Blows my mind every time.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
Wow, 2 comments not coming through moderation already giving an opinion on the POTUS. Welcome to the new USA TODAY sports media blog.
Whoops, I’m sorry. “Hey, look at the boobies on Lindsay Lohan”.
Back on track now? Good.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
Truth. I’d be willing to bet that anyone that makes this comment has nailed some nasty ass a time or two in their lives anyway.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
Christie might not even get reelected in two years.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
It’s not always bad. You could be paying $8/gallon to fill up your tank.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
it’s sad when i see that, not just with bosses, but quite a few people on my team have taken up smoking to socialize more with their coworkers.
i quit about 6 years ago, i have 1-2 cigarettes a year now in social settings, just enough to remind me the next day why i stopped.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
I couldn’t fathom people smoking in the office. That would be fucked up, but that shit used to happen all the time.
Up until the late 80s, you could also smoke on military airplanes. An informal part of my post-flight checklist was checking & emptying the ashtrays. Yeesh.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:45 AM
DRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAINNNNNNAAAAGGGGEEE! DRAAAAINAGGGEE, Eli. You boy.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:45 AM
cigarette blazing, windows rolled up
We called that Hotboxing.
Smoking on planes was wild. I’ve worked where radio station DJ’s could smoke in the on-air booth. My barber still has the ashtrays built in the barber chairs.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:45 AM
I used to smoke cigars….the next day after those things is fucking horrendous. Especially when you are hungover too. Woof.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:45 AM
I know it’s TV, but damn they smoke a ton in Mad Men.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:46 AM
yeah, he’s popular in the polls but he made a mistake gunning for the unions and teachers. they will come out strongly against him and he’ll have a tough time with it.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
Is Jenny McCarthy still waging her war against vaccinating kids?
February 8th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
/lights cig
February 8th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
It’s not always bad. You could be paying $8/gallon to fill up your tank.
I’d probably drive a much smaller car if that were true.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
Agreed. Still love a good cigar, but when people give you one of those big ass heaters, I pass it up.
/Team Robusto
February 8th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
cigars i have once in a while, the last one i had was last year in montreal, had a really nice cuban. next day was rough, smell of the clothes i wore the night before was nausiating. but damn, that was a good cigar.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
Christie might not even get reelected in two years.
People underestimate how many parents are in support of him when it comes to the teachers unions. Its the right move. The only ones pissed about it are the unions.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
I highly doubt that.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
Ugh…reminds me of my bachelor party on St. Patty’s Day.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
land where I hunt used to go for $1,000 an acre, tops, including mineral rights. they found natural gas there probably 6-8 years ago and prices went through the roof. now there is a mine right across the highway and air release valves going off every hour or so and the constant hum or motors running. oh and semi’s hauling gas 24 hours a day on the highway.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
Is Jenny McCarthy still waging her war against vaccinating kids?
I think she’s moved on to curing autism, like it got cured in her kid.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
I’m old enough to remember my parents and my aunts and uncles chain smoking. Most of them have quit at this point in their lives, but the smoking I see in Mad Men reminds me of what I saw as a kid.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
I always thought a midget came and shit in my mouth while I was asleep the morning after smoking a cigar.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
Well done.
Try going to your local cigar shop and smoking in their designated room with about 5 other guys. You’ll walk out of there aged 10 years and probably have to set fire to your clothes.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
You really are the new JPQ. No wonder we get along so well. Tread lightly among the bleeding hearts and folks around here who think are Republicans are the devil though. We’ve all got big scarlet Rs on our chests as far as 98% of the commentary here is concerned.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
i quit about 6 years ago, i have 1-2 cigarettes a year now in social settings, just enough to remind me the next day why i stopped.
I quit smoking for the first time at least 12 years ago, and came back on about 5 years later, but in those middle years, I spent at least three years addicted to the gum.
Now i”m about 4 years done, and I don’t miss it. I miss the gum.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
but christie won’t carry NJ since he went and pissed off all the unions and teachers.
How many electoral votes will NJ carry? Typically, the NE Ivory Tower liberals don’t help the Republicans anyway.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
Had to be the dad’s fault. I refuse to believe a body as fine as Jenny’s can produce something like autism.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
Like when Kramer had the smoke shop in his apartment.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
haha, yeah those are a good time.
the place i went to in montreal was amazing, incredibly hot hostess/waitress was more than happy to spend the time with us to pick out the right cuban for what we wanted. she looked to be about 30, i have a feeling if she was working there for at least a year she was probably 23-24.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
Very true. This is why I vote 3rd party, because a Republican vote in NJ is a wasted vote.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
Are we sure Malkin didn’t stop the puck’s forward progress yesterday? Looked clean to me but it’s close. Nice move by the Soviet.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:54 AM
SC, I take that as a compliment, but I have been reminded that today isn’t the day for talking politics (comment 122).
But, hey, how about Lindsay Lohan’s boobies!
February 8th, 2012 at 9:54 AM
yeah, when i quit for the last time 6 years ago it was remarkably easy, had a much, much more difficult time quitting prior to that before i started again.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
Was a good night for Russian players.
Someone better check Nabokov for a concussion, because he stood on his head last night for the Isle.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
Same in Illinois. Sometimes I wonder why I vote here in Presidential elections.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
Are we sure Malkin didn’t stop the puck’s forward progress yesterday?
There is no real incentive for the league to review the legality of the spin-o-rama move in the shootout, but I hope the Competition Commitee looks at it. Looked ok in real time, I haven’t watched a replay.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
Did that once…Once.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
I highly doubt your highly doubtage.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
Her implants may have leaked into her blood stream, retarding the zygote growing inside her.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
Someone better check Nabokov for a concussion, because he stood on his head last night for the Isle.
Auditioning for a deadline deal to a contender. Speaking of the Islanders, excellent move yesterday to get Frans Nielsen signed.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
Eh, not used to them yet. Takes a while.
/team humidor
February 8th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
Maybe that’s the Hawks’ problem. We need a communist. At this point, I’m willing to hear any and all solutions. Like Big Z said about the Cubs, “We stinks.”
Sky isn’t falling for me but my bomb shelter of rationality isn’t holding up too well among the Chicken Littles that currently #OccupyBlackhawks.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
Greatly increases my hangovers and I will generally puke that night of with a cigar.
May be that I will only smoke cigars when I am absolutely trashed versus cigars simply making me sick.
/How’s that for nuance typhoid Jenny you murderous retard?
February 8th, 2012 at 9:58 AM
nearly spit out my coffe. was not expecting a well placed use of “retarding” this morning.
February 8th, 2012 at 9:58 AM
As recently as 2011 she’s refused to retract her Vaccinations cause Autism rhetoric despite massive medical findings of the contrary.
February 8th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
The Flyers need a couple of things right now….the biggest need is a snarly, nasty defenseman. Little too easy to get to the Flyers net right now.
February 8th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
We drank and smoke so much on St. Patty’s Day last year…started drinking at 11am at an outside bar in Clearwater, FL. Girls started hanging out with us, watched the NCAA Tourney, downed way too many $1.50 20oz green beers. The $800 bar bill we rung up that day between the six of us was impressive and we all suffered that day.
February 8th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
We do consulting/environmental permitting for all of the gas companies. We had a record year last year, and will be looking to hire about 100 people this year to add about 25% to our work force.
February 8th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
The Wings need a goalie.
February 8th, 2012 at 10:01 AM
can’t cure stupid, unlike all those diseases with a vaccine.
February 8th, 2012 at 10:02 AM
“Just because a person’s a smoker doesn’t mean he’s not a human being.”
February 8th, 2012 at 10:03 AM
Commodore and Emmerton for Talbot.
February 8th, 2012 at 10:03 AM
The Wings need a goalie.
If the rumors of Howard’s injury being a 2-4 week recovery, then they might need a stopgap.
February 8th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
It’s legal – I don’t know why people keep arguing about this. The rulebook even specifically calls out the move by name. Unless he comes to a stop while turning there is nothing to question.
February 8th, 2012 at 10:05 AM
Highly dubious statement.
February 8th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
Miss Deaf America
Anybody here done it with a deaf or mute? Biggest affliction?
February 8th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
It’s legal – I don’t know why people keep arguing about this.
This part is why “The puck must be kept in motion towards the opponent’s goal line and once it is shot, the play shall be considered complete.”
February 8th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
as impressive as the green incredible hulk shit you took the next morning?
February 8th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
quite the nebulous reply.
February 8th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
It specifically states the spin-o-rama involves continuous motion and is legal. So, unless he stops spinning, there is nothing to argue. The puck issue is overridden by this statement.
February 8th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
No, all that green beer came up later that night. Next day was brutual with the hangover at the Phillies spring training game in the heat.
February 8th, 2012 at 10:10 AM
Anybody here done it with a deaf or mute? Biggest affliction?
I’ve done it with several girls who had really, really low standards. In fact, that’s the biggest factor in my sleeping with them.
February 8th, 2012 at 10:10 AM
Not sure if she was mute or unconscious?
/Andrae Edwards’d
February 8th, 2012 at 10:10 AM
I remember flying to Luxembourg back in 87 and part of the plane was smoking. It was so gross.
My mother smoked all while I was growing up. In the car, the house, everywhere. I also had asthma. Good times.
February 8th, 2012 at 10:11 AM
does it count as mute if there is a ball-gag in her mouth? because she wasn’t saying shit.
February 8th, 2012 at 10:13 AM
It specifically states the spin-o-rama involves continuous motion and is legal. So, unless he stops spinning, there is nothing to argue.
In terms of the current construction of the rulebook, I agree. But, I think there is a case for review of the current rule given that in many instances the puck ceases forward motion during a spin-o-rama.
Again, there is no incentive for the league to review the rule, the move gets people out of their seats and makes the highlight shows.
February 8th, 2012 at 10:13 AM
Hockey Canada Casebook Page 63
February 8th, 2012 at 10:14 AM
There are many instances where the puck stops going forward during deke-ing or faking a shot attempt. You’re not going to blow those dead either.
February 8th, 2012 at 10:15 AM
I remember flying to Luxembourg back in 87 and part of the plane was smoking. It was so gross.
I remember flying as an unaccompanied minor (w/my sister) and being seated in smoking on the plane. Tickets were cheaper back there.
February 8th, 2012 at 10:16 AM
i had a lap dance from a deaf stripper once. awkward, but a great inside joke with my buddies now.
February 8th, 2012 at 10:17 AM
There are many instances where the puck stops going forward during deke-ing or faking a shot attempt.
Agreed that the league should get rid of the shootout.
/I don’t even know what we’re arguing about
February 8th, 2012 at 10:17 AM
If anyone doubts we’re in a police state watch that Vegas cops video. They beat and kick that diabetic.
February 8th, 2012 at 10:17 AM
Get rid of the shootout.
February 8th, 2012 at 10:19 AM
I actually like the shootout.
/probably the only one
February 8th, 2012 at 10:20 AM
Get rid of the 3 point game.
February 8th, 2012 at 10:22 AM
CBJ extends Prospal for one year. Might increase Hemsky’s trade value.
/wipes away tears with #83 sweater
February 8th, 2012 at 10:26 AM
Kaiser, there’s a cigar bar by my work called J&R which has a glorious selection of scotch and cigars.
February 8th, 2012 at 10:28 AM
Anybody here done it with a deaf or mute? Biggest affliction?
My buddy once drove from NJ to MD to have sex with a married deaf mute. He left an extra set of clothes and shoes in his truck in case the husband came home and he had to jump out the window.
February 8th, 2012 at 10:29 AM
As a PA resident I can tell you that more and more people are having serious concerns over fracking and want it to happen “somewhere else.” Our governor was elected by the gas companies, and he ran on gas creating jobs and opportunities. Well, all the jobs are going to out of state workers, PA has the lowest tax on gas in the nation, and the environmental problems are concerning even staunch Republicans around here. Just the other day he passed a law making people pay taxes on their online purchases, but refused to tax gas drilling.
Anyway, Gasland is a much watch for anyone interested in the downsides. The filmmaker clearly wants to make a point, but its not a Michael Moore film, either.
February 8th, 2012 at 10:30 AM
Indubitably.
February 8th, 2012 at 10:33 AM
Get rid of the shootout.
Get rid of the 3 point game.
get rid of the skates
February 8th, 2012 at 10:36 AM
interesting, you’re in the NJ area, right?
February 8th, 2012 at 10:40 AM
I used to live and work right down the street.
/never been
February 8th, 2012 at 10:44 AM
interesting, you’re in the NJ area, right?
Live in Central Jersey and work up in Morristown. J&R is on Route 10, by Novartis.
February 8th, 2012 at 10:47 AM
awesome, i think I know where that is. I’ll have to check it out soon.
February 8th, 2012 at 11:04 AM
Holy shit. Comment No. 32 had me laughing out loud.
February 8th, 2012 at 11:59 AM
The PA pipeline issue isn’t about fracking – it’s about delivery of oil from Canadian tar sands to Texas to be refined. The issue with the pipeline they’re proposing is they want to pump the unrefined oil at higher pressure through pipes with thinner walls, which is untested at this point.
There’s also an issue with this pipe meeting up with other oil piplines in Nebraska, where a rupture could affect up to 30% of crops and water.
February 8th, 2012 at 12:08 PM
A skankfest to rival the Kardashians.
February 8th, 2012 at 12:13 PM
That one’s a keeper.
February 8th, 2012 at 12:21 PM
Be sure to bring an extra belt.