Roundup: Vince Young Worked Out with the Bills, the Scream Sold for $120 Million, & a Nasty Lacrosse Sucker Punch
Elizabeth Hurley … awesome punch face … energy drinks aren’t good for your teeth … Obama had a girlfriend when he was in his 20′s … Dr. Seuss‘ adult book … parking lot charges based on vehicle efficiency … mom rents billboard for daughter’s prom queen bid … this Perfect Strangers game tho … $120 million for The Scream … drag queen bingo … spy found in sports bag probably died as part of a criminal act … dolphins help fishermen ….
More on Junior Seau’s suicide. [USA Today]
Following Vince Young’s workout with the Bills, the two haven’t reached an agreement. [Buffalo News]
A bunch of people named their kid after Shaq back in the 90′s. [Harvard Sports Analysis]
Alshon Jeffery is the first NFL draft pick to sign with a team. [Da Bear Necessities]
Will Smith plans to appeal his suspension because he didn’t have anything to do with the bounties. [NOLA]
Tiger says Jack is the G.O.A.T. [Golf Channel]
Amar’e's injury in his own words. [New York Times]
Jose Canseco wants to play in the All-Star game because of course he does, he’s an idiot. [Larry Brown Sports]
Scott Gomez of the Canadiens got a buyout. [Puck Daddy]
Charles Barkley says LeBron is a good guy. [CBS]
On Gina Carano’s movie career. [SI]
More on the Sarah Phillips Twitter account thing. (Post has been deleted) [Xavier]
And some more, if you’re interested. [Deadspin]
A sucker punch? In lacrosse? No! (The kid’s name is Jake Champion!)
Here’s a dog and a parrot fighting over a yogurt.
Game of Thrones theme set to Legos.
Jimmy Fallon’s SNL audition.
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May 3rd, 2012 at 8:10 AM
Scott Gomez of the Canadiens.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:10 AM
A lot of interesting links. The Xavier one didn’t work for me, though.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:11 AM
whoa.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:13 AM
if dolphins had legs, I’d be genuinely worried they would be plotting to take over the world from humans.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:14 AM
Gomez flub on me.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:16 AM
America’s fastest growing sport and its the oldest! Go see Brandon Routh in Crooked Arrows! Did ya know that the Native Americans played this sport?!
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:17 AM
learn something new every day.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:18 AM
Penguins man. Don’t trust them.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:18 AM
A sucker punch? In lacrosse? No! (The kid’s name is Jake Champion!)
When I was growing up, Lacrosse was one of those sports only played by kids at private schools. I don’t know if it’s because I live on the East Coast or what, but seems like it is much more popular and mainstream now.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:21 AM
Kinda reminds me of Seinfeld’s Two-Face, she can look really good sometimes, and then sometimes she looks like she’s been rode hard and put away wet.
Not one of those times.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:21 AM
They caught the outlaw Ryan Leaf: http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_20538373/ryan-leaf-be-arraigned-great-falls
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:22 AM
That was cute.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:22 AM
Remember learning that when I was in Boy Scouts in the 80′s, plus if you’ve ever seen Last of the Mohicans, they have a scene where Hawkeye is playing with his tribe.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:29 AM
Archers of Loafcrosse.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:31 AM
Champion the Dog > Jake Champion
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:31 AM
The things parents do for their ugly kids.
And oh yeah, not only did she not win, she was harassed about her asshat mother.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:32 AM
How did all that guy’s teammates stand around while he lay on the ground and the player who cracked him sat on the bench? I’d have hit the first guy I saw in the blue jersey, then charged the bench.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:32 AM
Also, skills learned in lacrosse camp are universal.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:33 AM
The new story about how Nilesh Prasad scammed EA Sports Consultants is interesting. Even more interesting that he returned half of hi money. Maybe he has a conscience. I wonder how many more stories like this have yet to come out.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:34 AM
she was harassed about her asshat mother.
That’s expected. Feel bad for her except that she probably could have stopped it. Shame shame
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:36 AM
TUBE.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:38 AM
That Xavier guy saying if we knew the whole story (Sarah Phillips)our heads would literally explode…I find that hard to believe
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:38 AM
Uplifting and inspiring.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:38 AM
Tube
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:39 AM
Didn’t get to the end of the Fallon audition. I assume it involves him sucking someones dick.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:39 AM
Whats the rest of this sentence? Or is this an internet thing I dont understand?
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:41 AM
I guess this is grammatically correct.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:42 AM
Epic Game 3 at the frozen cell phone last night.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:43 AM
Aside from the legs part, wasn’t this a Simpsons halloween episode? I remember a dolphin “spearing” a guy through his chest. It was awesome.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:45 AM
This put a smile on my face.
Continues to blow my mind the creativity of some people. And the free time, as well.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:45 AM
So do I, considering I have no desire to even click the link.
I’m not even sure I want the 750 word summary of this uninteresting story. Person scams internet communities … breaking news?
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:46 AM
I keep seeing this Obama girlfriend story everywhere. All the write-ups present this as shocking news, and take great pains to point out that the chick is white. Also, isn’t the woman an amalgam of different people he dated when he was young?
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:46 AM
I like how the dog looked at the person holding the camera like, “Uh… are you gonna step in here and help me out?”
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:47 AM
Tiger says Jack is the G.O.A.T.
Ok Tiger tell us something we already didnt know.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:47 AM
the hell?
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:47 AM
And they say romance is dead.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:47 AM
I’m a big fan of the beer labels, myself.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:48 AM
The writer of the Obama VF article is David Mariniss, he wrote When Pride Still Mattered. Vince Lombardi book. Mariniss is a huge Packers honk, if I recall.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:49 AM
Only reason to click on that link was to see if Obama traded up or down.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:49 AM
That was funny.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:49 AM
I will never claim to be a hockey fan, but I fucking love the playoffs. pissed I fell asleep at the end of the 2nd OT last night.
NHL playoffs blow the NBA playoffs out of the water. not even close.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:50 AM
He also wrote “Rome 1960,” a fantastic look at the summer Olympics. I believe the article is an excerpt from an upcoming bio he’s writing.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:50 AM
I grew up in a city called La Crosse, and never once played, or saw the sport being played.
/all I got.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:51 AM
It seems that Sarah, Nilesh, and all those parody twitter accounts are intertwined in a way we probably won’t ever fully understand.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:52 AM
What kind of Bentley did he buy her?
/What I learned yesterday
//Life lessons on the biglead like no one’s baby is ugly
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:52 AM
The link is blocked here. Is this custom beer labels?
If so, I started doing those for peoples birthdays a long time ago. Serious fun if you really know the person – I would make the ingredients a reflection of their personality/life. It’s really cool to be at someone’s house and see a 6-pack of beer on their office bookcase that you gave them 10 years ago.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:53 AM
I’d like to know what constitutes a “great guy” in Barkley’s opinion. By many, many, accounts LeBron is a yooge dick.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:53 AM
Who cares what Obama did wen he was 22 or what his gf at that time says about him.
/conservative
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:53 AM
Yes, they’re custom labels. Try this link.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:53 AM
Liz Hurley? Well, there went my morning.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:54 AM
There was a stretch from 6-12 months where my baby was ugly. His eyes were mismatched on his head, made him look retarded.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:54 AM
NHL playoffs blow the NBA playoffs out of the water. not even close.
I think it’s a wash. Kings/Blues and OKC/Mav cancel each other out
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:54 AM
Flodgates opened … this should be interesting…
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:56 AM
Stuff like this amuses me. It’s got to be one or the other! We’re forced to only choose one sport to enjoy.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:56 AM
Too bad the good guys lost. Seems like this series will go to 7 games as well.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:57 AM
The author has done bios on Clinton and Lombardi, two big democrats. If he did have a political slant to his writing I’d doubt it’d be anti-Obama.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:57 AM
You decide. It’s a man baby!!!!
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:58 AM
Stuff like this amuses me. It’s got to be one or the other! We’re forced to only choose one sport to enjoy.
Don’t worry though. I am sure we will get a ratings report about how much better the NBA did in a few weeks.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:58 AM
Just comes to to preference. For me, it’s the exact opposite. I haven’t missed an NBA playoff game yet.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:58 AM
There was a stretch from 6-12 months where my baby was ugly. His eyes were mismatched on his head, made him look retarded.
My oldest looked like he had some genetic disorder. Now I recall the odd responses from relatives. Kid’s a 13 year old stud now.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:59 AM
those dinners tat Golden Corral ain’t going to pay for themselves.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:59 AM
Ryan McDonough skated for 53 minutes last night. 67 shifts. Absolutely incredible. Gaborik was skating his 36th shift of the night when he scored the game winner. 95 shots. Only 3 went in. Over one full hour of game clock elapsed from the final regulation goal to the OT winner. There were 6 shots off the pipe, 3 in the 3rd overtime alone. And Doc Emrick was on his game last night. He and Torts were the only two guys showing no fatigue in the 3rd OT.
The goaltenders were magnificent. Shame one had to lose.
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:59 AM
There was a stretch from 6-12 months where my baby was ugly. His eyes were mismatched on his head, made him look retarded.
Well, he was nice enough to save Chunk and the rest of the Goonies.
HEY YOU GUYYYYYYYYYYYYYYSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:59 AM
Absolutely. And for me, it depends on matchups, competitiveness, and my schedule.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:00 AM
It was. Lisa helps free a dolphin from a water park and the dolphin turns out to be king of the dolphins and they end up taking over land and throwing people in the ocean. Good stuff.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Try here Miz.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:01 AM
See methinks we will eventually figure it all out, re: Phillips. But its overanalyzed, moving on..
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:01 AM
Yeah – that’s great stuff.
I always put upc symbols on mine with an encoded number on it – like their birth date. I put their age on the volume – ’40 fluid yrs’.
One guy worked in the corp office for Waffle House – I made his label look exactly like the Waffle House block-letter sign – and his last name has 6 letters and begins with ‘Wa’ so it caused a double take.
I made some jalepeno lager for a buddy and called it ‘D-Rays Fire in the Hole’ and put an R/X-rated picture on it.
Good fun.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:01 AM
Linkfail.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:01 AM
not like that at all really. I have no interest in either sport at all. I’ve tried to watch both, NBA last year, NHL this year. I find myself losing interest in an NBA playoff game after a couple minutes, yet I can watch a NHL playoff game for a couple periods and be glued to it.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:02 AM
The best was when we brought him to get a picture done. (Backstory – my son generally is a spitting image of me). The photo looks like he’s looking over each shoulder of the cameraman simultaneously. My wife goes, “Oh, he looks just like my side of the family in this one.” I couldn’t agree more, honey.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:02 AM
I think most of the people who find it shocking or think it’s a story at all are ones who never had a relationship in their early 20′s. BFD.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:03 AM
That dolphin story is really amazing. I wish there was a video!
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:03 AM
Shep Smith is fantastic.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:03 AM
Absolutely. And for me, it depends on matchups, competitiveness, and my schedule.
I can’t stay awake past 10, so I think I have managed to watch the first period/quarter of a few games. Combined, I think I have a few games worth of time invested.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:03 AM
/Amelie Mauresmo’d
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:04 AM
NHL playoffs blow the NBA playoffs out of the water. not even close.
I tend to be in for the long haul with NBA games, NHL games I’ll jump in and out and really enjoy it. I’m still not sure how Ovie didn’t score in the 1st OT>
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:05 AM
Favorite story about the threat dolphins could pose to humanity
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:06 AM
Yeah, I feel like I’m missing some giant angle here. Then I remember that a 4000-word story revealing that Obama breathes air would send half the country to Wal-Mart’s gun department.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:07 AM
breaking news.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:07 AM
I’m still laughing at this.
My daughter didn’t have any hair for the first 18 (or more) months of her life. She’s cute, but the pics with the headbands are incredibly amusing. I think there’s one when my wife stuck a big pink bow on her head with toothpaste.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:08 AM
I think I’m finally moving over to the “tax the shit outta the wealthy” side of the fence. I can’t really explain why, either. It just feels like the right thing to do.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:09 AM
“I’m exhausted. I’m guessing you are as well. The two of you who stayed with us.”
Glorious.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:12 AM
The line he had after he read Romney’s statement was awesome. “Politics is creepy, and in no way like reality.”
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:12 AM
Off the pipe. Troy Brouwer’s miss in the third period was Waahington’s best chance. King Henrik was locked in last night. Boyle made a save too… For Holtby in the other end. Richards had it one but it hit Boyle right in the ass. Holtby made 3 saves in about 1.5 seconds at one point. Absolutely stoned Callahan right at the goal mouth and then stopped 2 rebounds. It was a goaltending clinic. There were points where the Caps had a shift of no less than 90 seconds in Rangers’ ice where they were just pelting Lundqvist. He made save after save.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:12 AM
I miss Dirt.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:12 AM
@82, yes, let’s tax the shit outta the job creators. Nevermind the 48% that pay no federal income tax at all. The Buffett rule was a political gimmick that wouldn’t have made a dent in the deficit.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:12 AM
Google “income gap.” Then you’ll understand why.
Also, the GOP wants to extend the Bush tax cuts without paying for them. Which totally jives with their 2010 rhetoric about how “Obama’s debt” is ruining America. It’s like they’re not even trying to hide it anymore.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:13 AM
Think real hard about this before you completely relocate.
The core of what they’re talking about is taxing moneys that have essentially already been taxed. The bet is that it will trickle down to everyone. We don’t really want this now, do we?
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:15 AM
Wasn’t there a tribe (Iriqouis?) out of New York that tried to play in the wrold championship a couple years ago? But they made up their own passports and couldn’t fly to England.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:15 AM
Bigger myth — the wealthy are “job creators,” or the G-spot?
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:15 AM
Munch created four versions of “Scream,” and the other three are in museums; the one sold belonged to Petter Olsen, a Norwegian real-estate developer whose father was a neighbor of Munch’s; the family kept the work in their living room, and during World War II, concealed it in a hay barn to protect it from the Nazis.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:16 AM
I think I’m finally moving over to the “tax the shit outta the wealthy” side of the fence. I can’t really explain why, either. It just feels like the right thing to do.
Think real hard about this before you completely relocate.
yes, let’s tax the shit outta the job creators. Nevermind the 48% that pay no federal income tax at all.
Look at what you did! We were quietly having a pleasant conversation about NBA/NHL and Dolphins taking over the world and you had to go and start this.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:16 AM
elizabeth hurley today. eva longoria before it. u would think this is 1997. is 50 yr old cindy crawford next?
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:16 AM
At the 3:22 mark this gets beyond hilarious.
“Where was John Kerry? Windsurfing to pussy Island. I’m George W Bush, and I sure as hell approve this message.”
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:17 AM
At least Dale Hunter removed his head from being able to see his prostate. Finally gave Ovechkin the ice time he deserves. Dude was playing everywhere. In front of the net, at the point on the PP, but you could tell in the OTs that he didn’t have anything in the tank along the boards. Just getting worked for the puck, even throwing lazy ring around passes.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:17 AM
Off the pipe. Troy Brouwer’s miss in the third period was Waahington’s best chance
Yeah — super exciting game. I wish I could haev stayed up to watch the whole thing. I like the home cooking in Washington when the spotlight went on Ovie even though the ref clearly was waving no goal.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:17 AM
I know that’s the rhetoric, and I stood behind it for a long time. But I don’t see the proof. I’m fine with picking and choosing which wealthy to tax to death (“job creators” vs. Goldman Sachs, et al), but nobody will come to agreement on that issue. The politicians will insulate themselves and their buddies from any taxation, anyway… and they’ll guarantee that even if additional tax revenue were generated, it would be spent wastefully or basically granted back to the wealthy taxpayers in one form or another (a rebate, if you will).
Yeah, I’m jaded. I’m ready to watch DC burn and start over.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:18 AM
I love this talking point. One of my favorites, actually.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:18 AM
Full disclosure: I’m the guy in the neighborhood that always tells everyone to vote no on the “temporary” sales taxes. Why?
1. Our state already has an income tax.
2. They’re never temporary.
3. Please clean up your budget before you ask for more money.
When I read about the CDC sponsoring drag queen contests and “design a shirt out of condoms” contests, my response is … huh?
I’m not anti-tax at all. I’m “Clean up your house, before you ask for more”.
/Team tighter budgets
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:18 AM
I think I’m finally moving over to the “tax the shit outta the wealthy” side of the fence. I can’t really explain why, either. It just feels like the right thing to do.
i tend to agree with you on taxing the hell out of the rich, but then i look at how much they currently pay in taxes in respect to the total tax revenue, and i step back on that stance. i want to say raise everyone’s taxes, but i am sure there is a flaw in that somewhere.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:18 AM
“the core of what we’re talking about is taxing money’s that have already been taxed.”
Thank you. No one ever mentions that. If you work hard to build up investments in a taxable acct, you shouldn’t be penalized for that.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:18 AM
Americans can vote in an entirely new Congress every two years but just choose not to, this is on us
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:19 AM
Yes, yes, and yes.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:19 AM
Jake, those are great roundup pic selections. And I’m young
/cougar
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:20 AM
Lucky bastards being poor enough to not owe anything, bet they’re laughing all the way to the mason jar they keep what money they have in
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:20 AM
every time i think, even for a second, we shouldn’t tax the rich I remember that for the past 5 years i’ve been grateful to even have a job, let alone bitch and complain about having a stagnant salary and taxes taken out of my paycheck. and that’s with my income allowing me to have maybe a couple hundred bucks left over every two weeks for savings or spending. fuck it, tax ‘em, they can afford it.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:20 AM
This right here. We get the government we deserve.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:20 AM
This sums up how I feel about our political system.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:20 AM
Bigger myth — the wealthy are “job creators,” or the G-spot?
We already hit on the Whitney Houston live rendition of the National Anthem when she died.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:20 AM
Me too. But I didn’t miss political Thursday. I’ll be back for a baseball post. Political discussions here, and I use that term loosely, bear rotten fruit.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:20 AM
Flat tax. Simplify the tax code ad everyone is paying the same rate.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:20 AM
phenomenal.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:20 AM
Ehhhhh, kinda. The easiest – and fairest – solution would be to up cap gains to 35 percent, cut the litany of loopholes present in the corporate tax code, and crack down hard on companies who hide their profits overseas to avoid taxation.
I wasn’t all “eat the rich” for a while either. It would be one thing if that success trickled down or was a result of actual job creation. But the amount of economic gain that demo has enjoyed over the past decade – largely at the expense of the middle and lower classes – is just too large to ignore.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:22 AM
elizabeth hurley today. eva longoria before it. u would think this is 1997. is 50 yr old cindy crawford next? Jake
Shut your mouth. Hurley and Crawford. Legends. And I guarantee you had no clue who Eva Longoria was in 1997.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:22 AM
Regressive tax that screws the poor even more? Sounds like a PurdueMatt joint if I’ve ever heard one.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:23 AM
Tax rates aren’t the issue but rather the loopholes that determine what taxable income is…a lot easier for “job creators” to write off more shit than the guy just earning a salary
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:23 AM
Amen to #100. The school district I live in wanted to “temporarily” raise property taxes to fill in budget shortfalls. Anyone voting no was branded as anti-education or wanting to hurt the kids. Nevermind the bloated compensation for admin types.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:23 AM
I would canoodle with 50 year old Cindy Crawford in a heartbeat. She is hot.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:23 AM
fuck it, tax ‘em, they can afford it.
that is easy, but should they really be taxed more than they already are because their financial situation is better than yours?
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:24 AM
That bit was all kinds of awesome, but the mock ad was perhaps the funniest thing I’ve seen on The Daily Show in a long time.
“Revenge is a dish best served barbecued.”
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:24 AM
that’s so unfair it’s not even funny. 10% to a $10k income home is much more significant in terms of real life impact on the family than 10% to a $100k family. absurd you could even suggest this and hope to be taken seriously.
you should be taxed on the gain. you didnt do shit to earn that gain either other than take an educated risk.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:24 AM
Was that the one after McDonagh got blown up?
He had Henrik dead to rights on that. He’s gotta bury that one.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:25 AM
Sorry…I was trying to picture Whore Island.
That just punishes the poor. When all the wealthy people in America push hard for a flat tax, you can bet it ain’t fair for the rest of us.
In general, I’m on board with “everyone’s taxes need to go up.” Along with that, we need to trim the state and federal budgets like crazy. I’d be all for a temporary (3-5, signed into law by Congress) across-the-board, no exceptions tax increase to take a huge chunk out of the deficit. But the wealthy get the highest rate.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:25 AM
elizabeth hurley today. eva longoria before it. u would think this is 1997. is 50 yr old cindy crawford next?
maybe this will get wheaton, feldman and the other lurker in the comments, once and for all.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:25 AM
i’d agree with this 100% if we didn’t have state gov’t actively redistricting to make less competitive races for their party, while making more competitive districts for the opposing party.
fix redistricting and it will fix congress.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:26 AM
the richest can afford an extra 3% tax. that’s not an attack on their wealth, their job creating abilities, their livelihoods. preposterous.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:26 AM
Americans can vote in an entirely new Congress every two years but just choose not to, this is on us
While true, I feel like the system is arranged to perpetuate the “type” of person in office. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. DC is going to need an ethnic cleansing before things really change. I don’t know if we can “breed” it out of DC considering the small range of options we are provided for voting.
Perceived free will, etc.
I know, I picked an odd time to opine on the financial situation here in the US.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:27 AM
The rich creating jobs is definitely a fallacy to which I do not subscribe.
I have a fundamental problem with re-taxing while the state and federal budgets are a complete mess. They cannot justify spending millions of dollars to broadcast Sesame Street in fucking Pakistan.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:27 AM
But the amount of economic gain that demo has enjoyed over the past decade – largely at the expense of the middle and lower classes – is just too large to ignore.
please explain how that demo’s rise in income is at the expense of middle and lower classes. so the rich segment decided to work 15 waiter jobs at once, killing those jobs and hoarding tips on the way to the maserati dealer?
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:28 AM
This is what always gets me. They talk about 3% like it would literally mean having to dump Spago for Applebees.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:28 AM
I love people that hold this opinion. Makes me wish that their jobs were subjected to state or federal budgets, and thus, and the mercy of angry, uneducated mobs only worried about themselves.
Your point that temporary measures often take on a feeling of permanence is valid (see tax cuts, Bush). But what do you expect people to do when their livelihoods are at stake?
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:29 AM
TAX TALK? FUCK YES!
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:30 AM
you should be taxed on the gain. you didnt do shit to earn that gain either other than take an educated risk.
then what is the point of buying stocks, etc?
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:30 AM
I apologize for dropping a dirty bomb this morning.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:31 AM
The Bear Patrol isn’t going to fund itself
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:31 AM
The rich weathered a recession they largely created by shedding jobs, cutting salaries, slashing benefits, and making people feel “lucky” to have a job as they worked 60 hours a week.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:31 AM
Well, we all know what we should do. We should raise the SS retirement number to at least 68 (grandfather those who are a certain age, perhaps 55). We then need to get out of both Iraq and Afghanistan. We also need to legalize weed (or at the very least decriminalize it so we can spend our police money actually preventing crime). We need to tell those who want to keep the Bush tax cuts to shove it and go back to where they were under Clinton. All of those things would do wonders to our bottom line, yet all of those things won’t change save for maybe the Iraq/Afghanistan issue.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:32 AM
the richest can afford an extra 3% tax. that’s not an attack on their wealth, their job creating abilities, their livelihoods. preposterous.
there is zero doubt they can afford it, and they probably should get a small increase in the tax rate. but, at what point do we stop ignoring the large chunk of people that really dont pay any taxes in the lower to middle class?
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:32 AM
Everyone, take a step back. Purdue Matt has sucked you into his ultra conservative republican vortex. Save yourselves the frustration!
Here, look at this poor, sweet puppy.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Well, surreal Wednesday has turned into political Thursday.
Too much time spent on who and what to tax. Let’s cut spending please. Bloated defense contracts, especially for government workers turned independent contractors. They are fleecing the government and in turn you by pretending to keep us safe.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Wait, are you telling me there is an island of whores?
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:33 AM
To make money?
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:34 AM
All this assumes the underlying money was taxed. It’s more accurate to say it was subject to taxation, either on the business side or personal side. However, the underlying money may not have been taxed.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:34 AM
When they have money to pay, have at it. But saying we can fix our issues by taxing the family of 4 making $70k seems…misguided.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:34 AM
TAX TALK? FUCK YES! Mole
This shit wouldn’t be happening if Clay was around. He would have baited someone into a phony argument and distracted the conversation from fucking taxes.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:34 AM
The rich weathered a recession they largely created by shedding jobs, cutting salaries, slashing benefits, and making people feel “lucky” to have a job as they worked 60 hours a week.
i guess you are looking at the super rich (?), because alot of the “rich” people in this country have no ability to cut jobs, salaries and benefits. that ability is for a select few CEO’s.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:35 AM
“We noticed you’ve been enjoying 4 meals a week lately, we’d like you to cut that to 3″
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:35 AM
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are you kidding me? if you start with $100 and gain $10 over the course ofd the year, you should be taxed on that $10. you’re still making more money than you had before.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:37 AM
lol.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:38 AM
tax that bitch.
/purduematt
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:38 AM
Booooooooooooo
/everyone
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:38 AM
Dammit, I posted a puppy picture, assholes!!!
Here’s a puppy taking a nap.
Here’s a cute (?) girl holding an even cuter puppy.
Here is a baby goat that fell asleep in a funny position.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:38 AM
are you kidding me? if you start with $100 and gain $10 over the course ofd the year, you should be taxed on that $10. you’re still making more money than you had before.
and we already do that. what the hell are you suggesting?
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:38 AM
Fuck your tax talk.
Go on…
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:38 AM
I know the Right hates it that Obama is bragging about getting Osama, but this is a cool piece on Rock Center recalling how it went down. I forgot about the dude living in Pakistan who was tweeting the mission. Crazy.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:38 AM
elizabeth hurley today. eva longoria before it. u would think this is 1997. is 50 yr old cindy crawford next?
What’s really offensive is that you’re not using proper grammar. Did you get kicked out of the Yahoo comments section? If not, go back please? You (not u) are annoying.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:39 AM
Conversations like this are why TBL hates the commenters.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:39 AM
PurdueMatt and politics. This should get good. can we please free Tarbaby to add to the discussion?
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:39 AM
I laughed.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:39 AM
this topic gets the kitchen too hot.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:40 AM
Goddamn…William H. McRaven is a legit badass.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:41 AM
you’re just finding this out? dude, literally, wrote the book on modern special operations.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:41 AM
Is “canoodle” the same thing as “scissoring”? God I hope so.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:41 AM
Really? Actual debates on a topical issue in America is why he hates commenters? I bet he’s thrilled people aren’t ripping some mistake he’s made in the last day or so.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:41 AM
This is a USA Today blog, not a Mensa gathering. Lighten the fuck up.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:42 AM
Wait, are you telling me this doesn’t currently happen?
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:42 AM
this topic gets the kitchen too hot.
Agreed — though, I’m torn. I think people should keep what is theres, but I also think the US needs to get out of the hole we are in. I think if a politicans ran on higher taxes but somehow campaigned on it being better for America as a whole some people MAY get behind it.
With that being said, who is seeing Avengers this weekened? The Hulk is my favorite superhero.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:42 AM
I needed to tell phillymantis that I got a tee at Royce Brook East.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:42 AM
I’m glad the hyperbole went right over your head.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:42 AM
I knew the craziness from yesterday in the comments would spill over into today. We tried to remain calm and talk about lacrosse and its universal skills but it was no use.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:42 AM
no it definitely does…im arguing that gain needs to be taxed at a higher rate than it currently is. that’s the benefit the rich get over the non-invested.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:43 AM
id scam the chick in the well known sara phillips avatar out of her pants.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:44 AM
Only one chink in his armor….. he’s a Whorn.
/not racist
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:44 AM
It most certainly did.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:44 AM
Yesterday afternoon, the comments were flawless. Incendiary, even. And then today, right back in the shitter.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:44 AM
i wish this blog had a column for TBL’s tweets, we’d never run out of material
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:44 AM
Cleet, the effects will laast a few days I’m afraid. No getting around it.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:45 AM
No worries. It happens to the best of us.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:45 AM
I tried to help but my shit got moderated. Too many links apparently.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:45 AM
So, get rid of the Cap Gain and Dividend taxes, and have everything be taxed as ordinary income?
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:45 AM
My best friend is distantly related to Sloth from Goonies. You’ll be shocked to learn he doesn’t look like that in real life.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:45 AM
Suggs out for the season after ballin too hard in a pick-up game?
https://twitter.com/#!/WNST/status/198042432972140545
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:45 AM
junior seau shot himself after reading a politics discussion in the TBL comments.
/tmz reporting
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:46 AM
Yesterday was just a gold standard of comments. Started off with an ill advised comment that led to a suspension, then Beekeeper Ben got it rolling with “hive management class.”
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:46 AM
Finally, moderation starts pulling it’s weight around here!
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:47 AM
I’m going to try to bring the kids to The Avengers Saturday morning. Prices are like $5 a ticket before noon or some low price. Of course that’s for the non 3D movie.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:47 AM
increase cap gain tax over a certain threshhold…like 30% tax on any gains if you’re over $1mm in non-qual vehicles, something in that ballpark. not everything taxed as ordinary income.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:47 AM
The upcoming Ravens season is tainted.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:47 AM
This is a USA Today blog, not a Mensa gathering. Lighten the fuck up.
Looks like I’m at the wrong roundup. Good day to you all!
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:47 AM
There’s still time for Levon Kirkland to get hit by a bus today and spur the creativity of the commentariat
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:47 AM
Except everyone would rather look at my cute puppy links than read anything you have to say about taxes.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:47 AM
the new Jack White album is sublime
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:48 AM
The upcoming Ravens season is tainted.
Will 2013 be the first time a Super Bowl earned its asterisk in May of the preceding year?
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:48 AM
So Terrell Suggs tore his ACL working out? Bummer.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:48 AM
damn.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:49 AM
I really don’t get the 3D movie phenomenon. It is nothing special.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:49 AM
/dougies
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:50 AM
Comparing puppies to me is not fair. Nobody comments at St. Bear Tax Blog. Not even me.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:50 AM
/sniff
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:51 AM
The only way I get behind this is if you include the clause … “in addition, all govt agencies will cut their respective budgets by 10%.” Otherwise, shove it. Fix what you got before you ask for more.
/Team tighter budgets (like my household)
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:51 AM
The only 3D I thought was worth it was the scene from Transformers 3 where they did the HALO jump in the flying squirrel suits.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:51 AM
Same. I prefer non-3D.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:51 AM
Achilles playing basketball. I got a sore achilles during my bball leagues this past winter. I started to get really nervous it was just going to snap one day. It probably will, not looking forward to it.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:52 AM
every time Suggs is mentioned can we get a link to the gif of his reaction to the missed kick in the afc championship game?
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:52 AM
Apparently it was Suggs’s achilles and not his ACL, so now you know he’s proper fucked.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:52 AM
I’d like to shoot myself after reading some of the comments from both sides.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:52 AM
the new Jack White album is sublime
i am curious to hear it, i love just about anything he does. what kind of sound is it?
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:52 AM
Teri Hatcher, Gillian Anderson, Yasmine Bleeth, Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, & Liv Tyler will continue representing 1997 in next week’s roundup, I’ve heard.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:52 AM
I know the puppy in this picture is cute but I’m on the fence about the girl holding said puppy.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:53 AM
Shrek 4 was decent in 3D, Alice In Wonderland sucked (in 3D and regularly, too, I’m sure).
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:53 AM
I think this is incorrect thinking. There are some government agencies that are underfunded. Right now we are just spending heaps of money in the wrong places. We need to correct that, but hard to when politicians are worried about re-election and have lobbyists so far up their ass you can only see their shoes.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:54 AM
Teri Hatcher, Gillian Anderson, Yasmine Bleeth, Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, & Liv Tyler will continue representing 1997 in next week’s roundup, I’ve heard.
Also featuring Alicia Silverstone.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:54 AM
i get that when i run and don’t stretch my legs properly, couple times a week i take time to stretch and massage the band of muscles/tendon connecting my calf to my thigh and it makes a big difference.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:54 AM
I can’t describe it as anything but “Jack White.” It’s a conglomeration of White Stripes, Raconteurs, and his other random work.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:54 AM
she aint bad.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:54 AM
“Hey Bruce, what kind of forehead does that chick have?”
“ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE!”
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:55 AM
Can we have a 1993 week featuring Kathy Ireland?
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:55 AM
The only people I know who are in Mensa complete idiots so your statement makes no sense to me.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:55 AM
junior seau shot himself after reading a politics discussion in the TBL comments.
Nah. He shot himself after finding out Clayton got banned.
That is still freaky to me that whoeveer it was (forgot) answered the “what athlete declined the quickest at the end of a career” with Jr. Seau. And then SG posted there was a shooting at his house not 10 minutes later.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:55 AM
Nice cankle photobomb
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:55 AM
Was wondering about his contract. All I could find so far was this from ROss Tucker: “Ravens don’t have to pay Suggs a dime. Was due to make $4.9M. Completely at their discretion. Tough call.”
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:56 AM
EW!
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:56 AM
The question was which career fell off a cliff and someone answered Junior Seau. A funny joke until you find out the guy shot himself in the chest.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:56 AM
Kelly Kapowski is timeless, she represent any year past, present, or future.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:57 AM
Who is going to see Dark Shadows next weekend? Originally I was not going to go but Depps 200 year old love interest stalker witch is Vespar from Casino Royale and I read they have a wild love scene in it…
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:57 AM
Apparently it was Suggs’s achilles and not his ACL, so now you know he’s proper fucked.
They can just get somebody in the draft.
/looks at calander.
Nevermind.
(cackles).
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:57 AM
//Taps foot….
///And the original comment was “who fell off of a cliff faster than…”
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:58 AM
Whoa. Gross.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:58 AM
Ravens season is fucked. That schedule was already a nightmare. If Suggs is out its over.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:58 AM
maybe this is the year that dude from UTexas with the cracked skull from falling down stairs makes his mark
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:58 AM
That sceen in The Ladies Man when she is wearing lingerie. Oh my sun and stars.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:59 AM
That is still freaky to me that whoeveer it was (forgot) answered the “what athlete declined the quickest at the end of a career” with Jr. Seau. And then SG posted there was a shooting at his house not 10 minutes later.
You killed it with the Roberto Clemente comment. Sublime!
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:59 AM
Sergio Kindle, that’s the cracked-skull-fucker’s name.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:59 AM
I love this line, too. Breaking news, a government has never been, nor will ever be, like a household.
May 3rd, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Yes, let’s raise capital gains taxes and discourage investment. That will help the economy.
May 3rd, 2012 at 10:00 AM
I can get behind this.
/Free Dirt
May 3rd, 2012 at 10:01 AM
Old news. Terrell Suggs in 15 words or less, please.
May 3rd, 2012 at 10:02 AM
Someone else had a great one to the tune of “Seau’s shot to his chest was a cleaner hit than any hit by Rodney Harrison.”
May 3rd, 2012 at 10:02 AM
He was an all-world recruit for Texas and was pretty beastly, though not as much as I thought he would have been.
May 3rd, 2012 at 10:03 AM
But they have Joe Flac….never mind.
May 3rd, 2012 at 10:06 AM
Here’s your moment of “awww” for today. A dog has adopted abandoned kittens as her own. cbsloc.al/Jtvl26
May 3rd, 2012 at 10:06 AM
He’s barely played?
May 3rd, 2012 at 10:07 AM
Nah. He shot himself after finding out Clayton got banned.
wow, you are really butthurt over this.
May 3rd, 2012 at 10:09 AM
Let’s not forget the reason it was int he chest . he didn’t want to get fined for a headshot.
/Yesterday was fun.
//woke up thinking today was Friday.
///Today sucks.
May 3rd, 2012 at 10:10 AM
Nah. He shot himself after finding out Clayton got banned.
wow, you are really butthurt over this. Scott Drew
Yes. Not because he got banned, Dirt has given TBl a million reasons to get banned, but what he got banned for. Dirt actually apologized before he got banned. That never happened before. Also, Dirt was defending TBL. That was most certainly a rare occasion.
May 3rd, 2012 at 10:10 AM
He figured out how to navigate stairs yet?
May 3rd, 2012 at 10:11 AM
I hate to see someone get injured, but if this means I can go without hearing the name T-Sizzle for a season, it’s a blessing in disguise.
May 3rd, 2012 at 10:12 AM
Are lobby and campaigns contributions to candidates taxed? They should be.
/Rich people, I am just trying to keep your head attached to your body you need to work with me here.
//Consumers create jobs brah not cunts in monocles with accountants in the Caymans
May 3rd, 2012 at 10:13 AM
No he played a ton, including his freshman year. He just wasn’t as badass as I was expecting. I was thinking he was Derrick Johnson.
May 3rd, 2012 at 10:13 AM
Tiffani-Amber can get it. I know the pic is old, but wouldn’t have it any other way.
May 3rd, 2012 at 10:16 AM
Scott Drew
you will love him in time, or when you come to the realization that he does nothing different than your coach.
May 3rd, 2012 at 10:17 AM
that’s not discouraging investment…even at an increased cap gains rate, investors would still see substantial gains on their initial investment. but why should we be so concerned with protecting those that seek 20% annual gains on their portfolios at all costs? i mean, shit dude…at what point does wealth enter cross that line in terms of sustaining a standard of living?
im sorry, i think it’s asinine to suggest that taxing GAINS, not entire portfolios, at a higher rate discourages investment. it’s curbing unnecessary wealth and making sure those that acquire said wealth pay back the system that allowed them to procure it in the first place.
May 3rd, 2012 at 10:18 AM
seau declined, but the correct answer is shaun alexander.
May 3rd, 2012 at 10:21 AM
Breaking news… spending less money requires less income.
May 3rd, 2012 at 10:26 AM
No spence, it wasnt about his career.. it was about literally going over a cliff.
May 3rd, 2012 at 10:28 AM
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!
May 3rd, 2012 at 10:41 AM
Scott Drew
you will love him in time, or when you come to the realization that he does nothing different than your coach.
My coach doesn’t whine constantly. I agree if you are implying shady recruiting. Everyone does that.