Roundup: Nastia Liukin’s Faceplant, French Olympic Runner Attacks Mascot & Ted Dominated the Box Office
Meagan Good … how the film industry makes money … YouTube is developing a secret weapon against the internet’s worst commenters … pretty cool Nightline piece on draft pick Quincy Acy … that’s a big shark near Cape Cod … Jim Thome was traded to the Orioles … Ted and Magic Mike cleaned up at the box office … Louisiana won’t be funding public libraries anymore … Mississippi’s only abortion clinic will be closing … how do you define success? … can I interest you in this Charlie Murphy podcast … Charles Pierce has some thoughts on ‘Newsroom‘ … interesting piece on David Carr of the Times … scary chimp attack of Texas grad in South Africa …
Duke landed a beastly transfer in Mississippi St.’s Rodney Hood. [Observer]
Dan Wetzel “did the damn thing” on Joe Paterno and those emails CNN acquired. [Yahoo Sports]
The Times came down hard on Joe Paterno, too. [NYT]
Lamar Odom is headed to the Clippers, the franchise where he started his career. [LA Times]
Dan Dakich sounds like a good dude to play 18 holes of golf with. [Tribune]
The NFL is concerned with lagging attendance. [WSJ]
You can now get married in The Big House. Pretty rad. [Ann Arbor.com]
Enjoyed this Brian Windhorst story from inside the Cleveland Cavs’ NBA draft war room. [ESPN]
Netherlands star takes a trip to Saint Tropez with hot wife after poor showing at Euro 2012. [Kickette]
Another one of Robert Nkemdiche’s teammates is headed to Clemson. [AJC]
Nastia Liukin, a 2008 Olympic gold medalist, missed this summer’s team after this painful faceplant.
France runner/tough guy attacks mascot after crossing the finish line.
Canada Day was Sunday. This is neat.
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- The Kansas City Royals Are Becoming the Royals Again, and Fans Have Been Far Too Patient
- Champions League: Bayern Munich a Legacy of Losing at Stake
- The Alarm on Premier League: What Each Club Should Prioritize in the Summer
- kaiserwilhelmreems is commenting too quickly on LeBron James and Paul George Slapped Hands After Exchanging Spectacular Baskets to End the 3rd Quarter [Video]
- Billy Buckner on LeBron James and Paul George Slapped Hands After Exchanging Spectacular Baskets to End the 3rd Quarter [Video]
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July 2nd, 2012 at 8:32 AM
Ever notice how the EIC doesn’t put any Asian babes in the Roundup?
July 2nd, 2012 at 8:33 AM
They make splodey movies and charge $15 bucks a ticket?
July 2nd, 2012 at 8:34 AM
Tiger’s third win of the year…
July 2nd, 2012 at 8:35 AM
Is this Thursday, June 28th???? If so, more Blake Lively please.
July 2nd, 2012 at 8:38 AM
can get it.
July 2nd, 2012 at 8:39 AM
Probably was a girl in that mascot suit, way to go tough guy. Guy’s from France, anyone surprised?
July 2nd, 2012 at 8:40 AM
I know, it’s not like anyone from America or any other country would ever do something like this? Totes!
/double-handed wanking motion
July 2nd, 2012 at 8:44 AM
YouTube is developing a secret weapon against the internet’s worst commenters
Well shit. There goes about 30 Reddit “Funny” posts a day right there.
July 2nd, 2012 at 8:45 AM
Like a world known soccer player, for example?
July 2nd, 2012 at 8:47 AM
Don’t worry, there are still the fake text messages and phony facebook status quips
July 2nd, 2012 at 8:49 AM
Roundup’s kinda weak today.
Good thing – I really need to do some work.
July 2nd, 2012 at 8:49 AM
Nastia Liukin is tougher than the French runner.
After seeing that old Miller Lite ad yesterday, I thought, “let’s combine them!”
July 2nd, 2012 at 8:50 AM
Can’t wait to see the spike in crime.
Kristin Kreuk has been featured a couple times…she counts. Great picture today tho.
July 2nd, 2012 at 8:51 AM
you think you could do any better? what do you do for a living?
/EIC
July 2nd, 2012 at 8:52 AM
Lukin wasn’t going to make the team even if she didn’t faceplant. She just wanted to get out there one last time before she retired. Heldover is right, those girls are a lot tougher than most guys.
July 2nd, 2012 at 8:53 AM
that approach on 18…the low, running 9i from about 190 to that green with trouble behind was fucking unreal. so difficult…had to control the distance and rollout perfectly. awesome.
/vid should queue to 2:09
July 2nd, 2012 at 8:53 AM
+1 Science Fact
July 2nd, 2012 at 8:54 AM
that’s pretty shitty on many levels.
July 2nd, 2012 at 8:58 AM
It should be. And even though the new blackout rules are a good thing for fans, it really isn’t going to help.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Louisiana won’t be funding public libraries
FUCK YOU LA
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:02 AM
I can’t believe she didn’t cry after doing that. I would have been bawling.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:02 AM
What’s the Dakich story? Link took me elsewhere…
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:02 AM
Well, let’s look at the value proposition.
Pay an exhorbitant amount of money for a season ticket license which allows you to pay a smaller, but still substantial amount of money to attend that actual game. Oh, and two of those games you are buying? They don’t even count!
Let’s top that with high fees to park and $10 beers, $8 hot dogs, etc. Not to mention the drunk, asshole fan factor.
No thanks, I’m good with watching at home.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:02 AM
maybe instead of spending their money on technology and gadget accommodations in the stadiums for fans they should lower ticket prices so people can afford to go to games.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:02 AM
So which way do you want it: healthcare, education, or libraries? You can’t get it all when you ration services, folks.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:02 AM
Paraphrasing Ben Franklin: Any government willing to sacrifice a little education for economic security deserves neither, and will lose both.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:04 AM
If the NFL is concerned with lagging attendance, perhaps they should find a way to convince the owners that $80 just to get in the door isn’t a viable long term option.
/glares at Jerry Jones and his glitzy, lifeless toilet
//you want 50 fucking dollars to park?
///can’t wait for you to die, old man
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:04 AM
Oh man. I was watching that last night. I felt so bad for her.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:05 AM
The drunk, asshole factor is the big one here. This probably turns off a lot people, especially taking your kid to a game. Took my boy to a Ravens vs Fins game in Nov. 2010 in Baltimore. Had a guy run up to me while we were leaving, drunker than shit, yell “We kicked your ass” (induce slurring there). My boy looked at me with a quizzical look “What’s he doing Dad??”.
Nice.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:05 AM
I just can’t get into this show. Particularly any scene involving Olivia Munn. On top of the fact she’s a terrible actress, I’m just so sick of her since she’s in the roundup once a week.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:06 AM
Incredible that we have to choose…quite the society we’ve carved out for ourselves, can see why we think the rest of the world should act like us
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:06 AM
I love the NFL but turn down tickets to most Ravens games when offered. Its just a giant PITA. Shitty parking, expensive beers, asshole fans, terrible sightlines, 20-degree weather, long drunk-drive home.
I have a pretty sweet basement setup that gives me stunning picture and sound, affordable beers of my choosing, HD camera angles, and multiple game options. Why the hell would I want to go to the stadium?
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:06 AM
Wait, I thought we were the worst commenters on the internet?
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:06 AM
seems legit.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:07 AM
The first step is admitting we have a problem. America is not the greatest country in the world. But it can be.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:07 AM
Get it all? Pretty sure LA is barely providing any of those, let alone all of them.
So many ways, but mostly PS3 trophy level.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:08 AM
Finished Season 4 of Breaking Bad last night… can’t wait for the 15th!
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:09 AM
Ever notice how the EIC doesn’t put any Asian babes in the Roundup?
He puts Olivia Munn and her gigantic forehead and botched up face in the roundup way more than is necessary.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:09 AM
Maybe they shouldn’t be in the business of “providing” education and/or healthcare??
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:09 AM
Which ones are ahead of us?
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:11 AM
that approach on 18…the low, running 9i from about 190 to that green with trouble behind was fucking unreal.
what was tiger trying to do when he hits a 8/9 iron 190 yesterday? more spin than what he would usually hit, which i guess would be a 6?
and who is this roundup girl? she is quite hot.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:11 AM
Can’t wait for the inevitable Walter/Jesse showdown. This season is going to be epic.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:11 AM
“Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?”
– Ben Franklin
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:11 AM
In this libertarian utopia are schools affordable to attend when turned over fully to be privately run?
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:12 AM
Uh oh, is this turning into political monday?
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:12 AM
Maybe they shouldn’t be in the business of “providing” education and/or healthcare??
Yeah, who needs public schools?
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:13 AM
LOL
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:14 AM
You’re on your way to completing the pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
/can’t wait for the 15th as well.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:14 AM
And who will pay the police and firefighters in said libertarian utopia? Or will I need to be more gunned up than Neo was in the Matrix? There’s a reason why there is no libertarian utopia, because it can’t and will never work.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:14 AM
love it or leave it, pussy.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:14 AM
Finished Season 4 of Breaking Bad last night… can’t wait for the 15th!
Netflix? Please say Netflix…
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:14 AM
That was a line from the Newsroom.
But really, it depends on what you want from a country. Many countries have different forms of government and social services that may hold greater appeal to some people than our current system. There are a lot of first-world countries out there now, each with different pluses and minuses. Its not that America isn’t the greatest country in the world, it’s that it’s one of a few dozen.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:15 AM
Mississippi and Louisiana directly competing in the RoundUp for their rightful place as worth places in America.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:16 AM
i almost think that’s far too obvious, like you’re almost expecting Jesse to kill Walt at some point…
i’m thinking that towards the end Walt does something that kills or does Kill Jesse and loses his family in the process to end up with nothing in the very end. powerless and alone.
then again, i never saw the bomb in Salamanca’s chair coming, so…
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:16 AM
Any one that’s better than us at Olympic curling…Obama needs to campaign on making sure our 2014 teams are ready to compete
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:17 AM
Sean Hannity, everyone
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:17 AM
I like the idea of shopping for a country. I bet you can get a real good price on citizenship in Sub-Saharan Africa.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:18 AM
Suter/Parise watch likely ends today. I’m so scared.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:18 AM
I think I’d be really disappointed if that happened. Jesse has been manipulated by Walt this entire time… it would a shame for him to kill Walt in anger.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:18 AM
Any one that’s better than us at Olympic curling…Obama needs to campaign on making sure our 2014 teams are ready to compete
It is a national disgrace we can’t field, um ice, um I don’t, have a good curling team.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:18 AM
Any one that’s better than us at Olympic curling…Obama needs to campaign on making sure our 2014 teams are ready to compete
Mrejr can get behind this.
/online curling
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:19 AM
You guys are good… you got Jordin Tootoo remember? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:19 AM
See, that is actually spelled out in the constitution as opposed to the federal management of education or health services.
I love the people who instantly run to the nihilism argument when they have nothing to really stand on themselves: “What do you wanna do then, have people rioting in the streets because there are no policemen or firefighters?!?!!?!?!? OH THE HUMANITY!!!!”
No, dumbdumb, thats not what I said. I said that maybe the reason why they can’t afford libraries and other services is because they have inflated the local and state governments into unmanageable sizes??
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:19 AM
A state law that takes effect Sunday requires all of a clinic’s abortion providers to be certified OB/GYN’s, and all of them must have privileges at a local hospital.
seems legit.
I heard on NPR that all of them are board certified OB/GYNs, and one has hospital privileges, but the other 2 are being denied privileges everywhere they apply because they perform abortions. Not legit.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:19 AM
So which way do you want it: healthcare, education, or libraries? You can’t get it all when you ration services, folks.
You are definitely their target demographic. Yeah, let’s continue the corporate welfare but shit on the libraries. Well, piss on themselves if the citizens allow this to happen. The LA Gov. sounds like the Romney candidate for Sec. of Education.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:20 AM
So Walter HAS to die by the end of the series, right?
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:20 AM
Get the fuck out… seriously?
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:20 AM
Haliburton will pay for them. and the makers of the standardized tests will pay for our schools. our hospitals will be privatized as bank and healthcare partnerships to cover your ills and offer great adjustable rate financing offers for your visits to cover those high costs.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:20 AM
That scene was epic. Death to Gustavo Fring.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:21 AM
I’d take Australia as my #1. 1st world country, decent enough education, standard of living, and let’s not forget the beaches, beers, and babes.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:21 AM
So which way do you want it: healthcare, education, or libraries?
Incredible that we have to choose
Incredible that some people get all of them and don’t pay a dime into the system. And you see it at every level of the economic spectrum.
I know I’m lobbing a grenade in here, but ….
I’m likely one of the few here that like the idea of drug testing for welfare (starts today in some states). The simple reason I like it is that exact behavior is keeping them from getting a job in the first place. I know, for the largest home improvement retailer in the world, nearly 50% of all applicants are denied b/c they fail the drug test. I’m not sure I understand why a retailer’s pay is evaluated more stringently than public money.
And yes, I know that these new drug testing rules will eventually be struck down in some higher court.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:22 AM
Also, giant hurricane that wiped out state economy. Or whatever parts of the state economy the corruption leaves.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:22 AM
A 4th liner that put up 30 points last year? I’ll take him.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:22 AM
Death would be too easy for Walt. Hank’s going to figure it all out.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:22 AM
up until Walter conspired with Salamanca i didn’t consider something like that to take out Gus.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:23 AM
Too many things there can kill you…and the toilets don’t flush in the right direction
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:23 AM
Any of you finance guys explain if there is anything else besides lobbyists that prevent the government from taxing the shit out of capital gains?
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:23 AM
I bet you can get a real good price on citizenship in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Very spacious, affordable country, located near the cradle of civilization! Original furnishings come included. Wonderul views of wildlife available anywhere. Just put a few window units on it and it’ll cool right up! Ask for Saba Simba.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:24 AM
The pretzel man is horrible; however, kudos for him on this take though.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:24 AM
Still blaming the hurricane for a wholly corrupt states problems? You do know that the state was a cesspool of corruption before the storm, right? The problem with the storm is it probably killed too many good/innocent people and not enough crooks and bad guys.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:25 AM
It costs more money than it saves, they tried this in Florida and it was failing before a judge stopped it
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:25 AM
Someone let me know when you are done spoiling Season 4 of Breaking bad. I’ll be in the corner with my eyes closed and fingers in my ears.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:25 AM
/shows Scouser how to search for one way airline tickets to Australia
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:26 AM
has a fivehead that Jenn Brown is jealous of. But I give her credit, she’s tougher than me.
Mississippi and Louisana – taking the US back 60 years. Well done.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:26 AM
I would love Hank to figure it out by seeing Walt wear the heisenberg hat at a party and taking him down that way.
also, walt’s cancer coming back would be poetic.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:26 AM
I dont even know how to respond to that. Should I chant SEC or something?
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:26 AM
jensen – I had to do the same thing after the season finale of Dexter. You’ll get through it, I promise!
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:26 AM
Did not know that. At first blush, without any analysis, I would certainly be in favor of it as well.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:27 AM
no problem with this whatsoever.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:27 AM
I think Walt’s lung cancer returns. He was coughing toward the end of season 4 and I don’t believe we heard his results of that follow-up exam he had. You know, the one in which he told that other guy to essentially man the fuck up.
Also, Breaking Bad season 4 will win the Emmy for Best Drama this year. Not Mad Men for its fifth season, which was very good but not epic like BB S4.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:28 AM
It’s been what, six months since season finale? You seriously expect people to NOT talk about a show just because you haven’t watched it?
/One of my biggest pet peeves
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:29 AM
Junior asked him at dinner about the CT results and Walt said he was still in remission but he could have been lying.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:29 AM
x2
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:29 AM
i’m all for it if the person was fired for drug use or convicted of a drug charge in the past.
but no reason for the gov’t to treat an american citizen the same way you treat a criminal if they haven’t committed a crime.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:30 AM
Meagan. Goooooood.
Fire. Baaaaad.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:30 AM
what was tiger trying to do when he hits a 8/9 iron 190 yesterday? more spin than what he would usually hit, which i guess would be a 6?
it really wasn’t a true 190 yards. he talked about it after the round. it’s only 160 to the front and that hole is significantly down hill, which means players have to hit a lofted/high spin approach to that pin location if they don’t want to be long/wet.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:31 AM
Ah, Junior always showing up for the meals but no other scenes.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:31 AM
It costs more money than it saves
Why am I not surprised at this? I’m sure whoever got the contract (Quest or LabCorp?) had an inside on the bid and overcharged and underspent for the service.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:31 AM
No, just let me know when the public school system gets so good that all of the elected officials send their kids to them. Or, let me know that when given the choice of where to go (i.e. vouchers), the parents still choose the public schools based on merit and curriculum.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:32 AM
his track and field scenes were just awkward to watch so they had to cut them.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:32 AM
So you’re against wasteful government spending until it affects poor people…you’re like a walking Republican stereotype
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:32 AM
Australia probably has the highest number of “Holy shit, what the fuck is that animal?” animals in the world.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:32 AM
but no reason for the gov’t to treat an american citizen the same way you treat a criminal if they haven’t committed a crime.
I can get behind this.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Well, if they want my tax dollars, I would love to know if they are, in fact, committing a crime. Seems like a small price to pay to get free monies.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Terrible idea. For one, it’s selective based on class and likely unconsitutional. Second, it costs much more money than it saves. Third, if you want welfare stipulations (as I do), tie them to education or community service. Want welfare? Get in a GED program and graduate in three years or your out. Same with community college education. We should be trying to get people off welfare not just handing out the money, but drug testing isn’t a means to that end.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:34 AM
I’m likely one of the few here that like the idea of drug testing for welfare (starts today in some states)
Also, I think the study found it wasteful, only a fraction (like 3% were on something), and the judge ruled in unconstitutional.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:34 AM
Has there ever been a well-written kid character in one of these critically acclaimed drama series? Wire? Yes. But I really can’t think of anything else.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:35 AM
I understand where you’re coming from, but I kind of disagree. For the most part, the public schools in this country are a reflection of the country itself. You get what you put in. The reason most high income earners choose private schools is mostly because of the networking and name prestige that comes with it, which lessens the amount of actual work you have to do in the classroom and after you graduate.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:35 AM
Sally Draper and most of Meadow Soprano’s run were good
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:36 AM
Butters – I don’t need state drug testing to “save money”. Thats not a financial decission for me. But since you seem to be implying it, sure, I will support a spending measure like that (that has a net loss; i.e. expense to taxpayers) as opposed to other, more nefarious spending measures.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:37 AM
That article was atrocious. Everyone is missing the giant story here in yet another effort to pour gasoline on paterno’s grave. The fucking president of the university signed off on a coverup and no one cares because Paterno’s name was mentioned without context in an email.
Wetzel writes that Paterno really didn’t have any superiors and controlled the college from the beginning (completely false), then five grafs later said he could have instituted a cover up because he was worried about being fired after a 5-7 season. Who’s gonna fire him, WetzeL, if he doesn’t have any superiors? Its incredible to see the sports media utterly embarrass themselves over and over again with this story.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:37 AM
So you’re against wasteful government spending until it affects poor people…you’re like a walking Republican stereotype
Well said.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:37 AM
if you don’t want your tax dollars going to them, stop paying your taxes.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:37 AM
if you want welfare stipulations (as I do), tie them to education or community service. Want welfare? Get in a GED program and graduate in three years or your out.
I like the idea in principal. A lot. I’m mean I think its fantastic, really.
At the same time I find it laughably unattainable. Ultimately, I think you’d find out who’s motivated to be a good citizen and who’s not.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:38 AM
Yeah, that always ends well.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:38 AM
Of course it isn’t
Well this was fun
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:38 AM
Sally Draper developed a lot (no pun) this season, but Kiernan Shipka is not a good enough actress for that show. Her scenes plod along. And it’s not purposely done for that awkward teenager stuff of the character. Her acting is just not good.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:39 AM
exhibit A on extremism argument when you have no facts to refute mine. thanks for playing.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:39 AM
Has there ever been a well-written kid character in one of these critically acclaimed drama series?
Kevin Arnold
Wayne Arnold
Paul Pfeiffer
Winnie Cooper
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:39 AM
Of course, but you seem to be trying to affirm some sort of belief system of yours based on Louisiana’s fiscal troubles. But you are wrong.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:39 AM
Wait, so the decision is purely rage-based? There’s no benefit to violating the constitution to drug test welfare recipients, but you want to do it anyway? Jeeeeeeezuz
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:40 AM
We should test soldiers for drugs in the field before any of my tax dollars goes to their body armor.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:40 AM
Arya Stark
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:41 AM
I understand where you’re coming from, but I kind of disagree. For the most part, the public schools in this country are a reflection of the country itself. You get what you put in.
Well said. This is one of the MAJOR reasons why colleges are disproportionately better than KG – high school (I speak to the education system as a collective, not comparing college to HS). Plus the amount of funding colleges receive from private and public industry is mind boggling.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:42 AM
The baby playing Holly is an excellent actress.
Again, another reason why I hate Skyler. Bitch really thought her son would like that car she picked? She’s such a fucking moron.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:42 AM
Oooo, good call…I think the kid who plays Bran does a good job too
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:42 AM
I can get behind that.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:43 AM
And if you already have a GED or diploma? Gonna force them to get another degree?
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:43 AM
I lean left on a lot of things and believe welfare is a crucial safety net for a lot of people. It’s easy to use a few examples to demonize the entire program, though, which is why its unpopular in times of fiscal calamity.
But I do recognize that there’s a lot of waste. The goals should be to limit welfare for those who truly need it AND to create social mobility in order to get these people off welfare. I’m not sure how to do that other than implementing educational requirements. Yeah, it’s not perfect and would be tough to scale, but it feels better than the current setup.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:44 AM
They all do. Shit, the best kid actor on that entire show might be Jack Gleeson (Joffrey).
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:45 AM
You are missing one MAJOR inconvenient truth: no one said that they have to participate. The violation you are referring to, which I presume is a violation of the 4th amendment, protects against an involuntary invasion of privacy. Well, once you carry yourself on down to the welfare office, you are officially submitting to their rules.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:45 AM
Depends on what you are asking the kid to do.
Anytime a series has a demand for a kid to be a whiny kid as part of a story, people bitch the kid can’t act.
I’d say the kid that played AJ Soprano was probably the worst actor from any of these critically acclaimed series. He was just the worst.
The kids from “The Wire” also probably benefitted from not being put in that position, where they were the overprivileged, snot nosed kid that nobody likes. I’m not saying they weren’t good actors (Season 4 is probably my favorite of the Wire….those kids were tremendous), but I think they also benefited from playing parts that were much better written than some of the parts that other kids are asked to play on these kinds of series.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:45 AM
+47 (yet those same 47% pay payroll, social security, medicare, state, local taxes, but don’t pay federal taxes because their AGI is too low and they advantage of the EIC tax credits)
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:46 AM
If you have a GED and CC diploma, there’s no real reason you should be on full welfare. Obviously there will be mechanisms in place to cover extenuating circumstances, but as a generalization I don’t believe someone with an associates degree should ever need welfare.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:47 AM
I do like the idea of incentivizing welfare, but as you mentioned it seems tough to scale. You mentioned GED or community service as an example, but lots of folks on welfare might not have the physical or even mental capabilities to do these things. Can we create a “task” for the really fat people? Or the borderline mentally handicapped? Honest question.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:47 AM
A lot of you people are fucking monsters and I hope you one day need government assistance and you get turned down and you or your loved ones die.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:48 AM
Bawlmer
/Hon
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:48 AM
The welfare office doesn’t operate outside the laws of the federal government, though. You cant mandate drug testing simply because someone applies for welfare.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:48 AM
I like the idea that hating poor people is basically a major party’s platform at this point.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:48 AM
First, we mine all useful fuels and minerals from South Dakota. Next, we erect a giant wall around South Dakota. Then, we dump all the people we don’t like, into South Dakota. Resident Dakotans would be allowed to have at these idiots, or move to North Dakota. We rename it South Dachauta.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:49 AM
As someone who legitimately has a tax burden every year (i.e. I don’t get money back), I get frustrated by the people who feign tax burdens only to get a couple grand back every year, and then be the loudest and meanest when it comes to taxes. I mean sure, your heart is in the right place, i.e. you want even MORE free money back every year, but seriously, if you don’t have a tax burden in April then you don’t pay taxes in the true sense of the word.
/yes, i know there are sales taxes, but everyone pays those.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:49 AM
It’s okay as long as you preface with “now I lean far left BUUUUUUUUUUUT.”
/upper white middle class liberal’d
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:50 AM
I think you’re being serious, but I still had a LOL moment.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:51 AM
No different than hating fat people, right Mayor Bloomberg?
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:51 AM
Wait…the 30+% of every check of mine that comes out isn’t a tax burden? Just so I can get $300 and dropping back every April? What the fuck?
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:52 AM
I’m not sure. Like I said, I think you need to carve out a rather large list of exemptions which will no doubt be manipulated by those looking for nothing more than a handout (lazy people work so hard to preserve their laziness). If you have a debilitating condition obviously you’d be exempt. But a lot of people on welfare — a whole lot — are fully capable citizens who can certainly perform community service, volunteer work or sit in a GED class.
Again, certainly not perfect but I’d like to at least try.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:52 AM
A lot of you people are fucking monsters and I hope you one day need government assistance and you get turned down and you or your loved ones die.
And when that happens to me, I’ll happily move my trailer into the woods, live off the land and save one bullet for myself, just in case.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:52 AM
broad brush monday!!!
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:53 AM
As an accoutant I’m advising you to stop talking here
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:53 AM
Great child actor role: The Karate Kid
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:53 AM
That’s a tax funded coroner whose going to be doing your autopsy, look at you seeking another handout. Pathetic.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:54 AM
I’m barely keeping up, but yes, fuck him in his tiny little ears too.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:54 AM
Can’t decide if this statement should be characterized as delusional or ignorant.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:55 AM
You can now get married in The Big House
One can only assume this will be a huge draw for gay weddings as few things are more faggy than michigan football.
“EEEEEeeeeeee” The stadium looks FAAAAABoulouus today. I can hardly wait to marry you, Kyle, in blue, then go home and have you make my ass black and blue. gigggglees”
“You said it Peter, but tonight I want to wear the Mike Hart butt plug”
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:56 AM
sorry i tried to put some sarcasm into the comment board. lighten up a bit man.
look, welfare isn’t going away. not everyone on welfare is a criminal or on welfare b/c they are lazy. the problem isn’t drug addicted welfare recipients.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:57 AM
It’s pretty straightforward actually. Every year as long as you file your taxes you will see what your true federal tax rate is, after a year of paying and then all the year-end deductions and credits.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:57 AM
Does anyone know how much money is wasted in goverment spending on useless defense contracts compared to government assisntance? I don’t but I bet the former is a lot more than the latter.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:57 AM
Great child actor role: The Karate Kid
Natalie Portman, The Professional
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:57 AM
How to spot an enlightened Ohioan.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:57 AM
Spencer I shot 92 at Mayfield. Was in like 6 bunkers first 10 holes but largely survived those and putted well. This gets said a lot but likely the fastest greens I’ve played but very true. Won my match 92-94. I largely kept out of trouble and just avoided big #’s as best I could. Great time despite the heat yesterday.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:58 AM
No wonder they all picked on Ralph Macchio at the new California school.
He was like, 30 years old at the time.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:58 AM
When i was on welfare for a year and a half, i had to go to a work program a few days a week. I worked with a couple guys who never really looked for work and spent most of their time watching movies and playing video games. I got pissed because those guys were capable of finding work and they were doing nothing to get a job. I have limited options where i can work but at least i was applying to several jobs a week and doing my best to get off welfare. I totally agree that there are people on welfare who could get off it but just dont care to put forth the effort
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:58 AM
some poor people can be hot. fat people can’t. bloomberg’s right.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:58 AM
Using homosexual marraige as an insult to Michigan football is an insult to gay people.
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:59 AM
You can now get married in The Big House
One can only assume this will be a huge draw for gay weddings as few things are more faggy than michigan football.
“EEEEEeeeeeee” The stadium looks FAAAAABoulouus today. I can hardly wait to marry you, Kyle, in blue, then go home and have you make my ass black and blue. gigggglees”
“You said it Peter, but tonight I want to wear the Mike Hart butt plug”
this needs a “long, lame and unfunny” tag
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:00 AM
I prefer all my tax dollars be given directly to Jeff Loria.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:00 AM
So because I’d altered my deductions correctly so that enough gets taken out of each paycheck to cover most, if not all of my taxes to federal & state, I don’t pay taxes? Yeah, that makes sense
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:00 AM
How long, lame and unfunny of you Dougb0001.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:01 AM
I’ve spent the majority of my adult life working with people on public assistance. The stark reality is that for most things, the government does everything they can to turn people down for assistance if they have even the slightest crack of a reason. You people need to grow up and stop thinking you live in a socially progressive nation.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:02 AM
I could be off looking for work to do right now but I keep hitting refresh hoping for more tax insight from ohheelyeah (full disclosure: I am the enemy since I got a $2,500 credit last year because I was still taking grad school courses)
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:05 AM
Incredible performance
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:05 AM
Just wanted to piss on this ridiculous statement, but looks like several of you have beaten me to it.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:05 AM
/squints
//sharpens pitch fork
///boils tar
////readies feathers
/////builds a stake and pyre
get ‘em for benefiting from our Tax Code and educatin’ hisself! that elitist pig!
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:07 AM
Debates like this are are best enjoyed while remembering that it’s an entirely made up problem.
Our elites schemed and swindled their way into mega-billionaire land while destroying the economy and we gave them billions and billions of dollars to keep their jobs and yachts.
But hey, let’s get those drug tests started on the poor folks.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:07 AM
Lots of rage in here for a holiday week. Group hug!
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:07 AM
They tried using Workfare in Canada…had to work for your money…but the fat lazy unions wouldn’t allow it.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:08 AM
Tmmytheenchanter, the next mayor of Rochester
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:08 AM
I was already in a foul mood because holiday falls in the middle of the week…Independence Day should just be observed on the nearest Monday/Friday, the greatest country in the world should be in the business of doling out 3-day weekends
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:10 AM
somebody needs help filling out his W-4.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:10 AM
I’m definitely glad i had to work to keep up my assistance. It’s only fair
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:11 AM
Butters – i got ahead of myself on the tax post and didn’t go back and proof-read what I had written, but my argument is basically this: if at the end of the day you pay more than you get, then you have a tax burden. If you get more than you pay, then you don’t. Tax burdens and what your tax dollars pay for are two very different things.
Also, I love this gem right here: “EITC, the earned income tax credit is a benefit for certain people who work and have low to moderate wages. A tax credit means more money in your pocket. It reduces the amount of tax you owe and may also give you a refund.”
Soooooooooo, free money? Free money.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:11 AM
it should either be a 3 day weekend, or three workday holiday.
Just one day of getting drunk, grilling food and watching fireworks was not what our founding fathers intended when they freed us from the Brits, they clearly meant no less than 3 days as described in the Preamble.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:12 AM
Paging Mr. JHS, paring Mr. JHS. We’ve got a siutation on line one. The eagle has landed.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:12 AM
A.P. when I was driving back from Syracuse yesterday a Lamborghini with SC plates got on 90 in Buffalo, I followed that guy all the way to Erie, made the drive a lot more entertaining trying to keep up with him in my Sentra.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:12 AM
what’s worse than poor people? a guy that gets paid to work with poor people.
I hope an ObamaTax death panel sentences you to a day on the Catherine Wheel.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:13 AM
You’re the early leader for Chief of Staff.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:14 AM
A.P. I am sure you have told this story before…but are you willing to share/re-share your story? I like the cut of your jib. Awesome that you got off the dole. I hope things stay solid for you. Nothing worse than those who can work but never will try.
PS…In Ontario there isn’t much incentive to try if you are on Welfare. Sure, you could make a bit more at a crappy p/t job but they give out free medical and dental on welfare here. big mistake
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:14 AM
+1 of Ben Franklin’s French mistresses
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:14 AM
“This song goes out to my good friend anal sex” is still my favorite between song comment from a singer live. Maynard.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:15 AM
what kind of person driving a Lambo drove slow enough for a Sentra to follow it?
/hulk smash
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:16 AM
This is why you take Thursday & Friday off after a Wednesday 4th. It’s great fun.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:16 AM
Mole – anything helps to keep you awake between buffalo and erie. So boring.
Timmy – anything to get me out of the Utica area and back to western NY
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:16 AM
yep…and they mentioned on the telecast it was so warm the ball was flying a club longer than usual.
telecasts don’t do a good job showing the elevation either. 18 at congressional is downhill all the way…but i think it was on 17 where bo van pelt, a fairly absurdly long player, hit a 9i from 137.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:16 AM
Don’t see you complaining about the ultra high earners moving their money to offshore tax havens so that they have no tax liability at all, or getting small business classification so that they can take advantage of all of the small business tax credits.
Oh wait…narrative, right.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:18 AM
Oh don’t you worry, those guys get moral heat from me as well. However, they are no worse than you or I taking legal liberties with the tax code.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:19 AM
is there a minimum for moving money off shore? i know the rich do it, but i’m thinking i’d be interested in doing it myself for my 60k/year job.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:19 AM
This wasn’t much better
The “money you get” is a partial refund on the taxes you’ve already paid in because over the course of the year you’ve paid in more than what your taxable income ended up being
Still only been here two months, thinking it the wise play to string together days off
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:19 AM
Things were solid but now I haven’t worked for three weeks. My employer is clueless and for some reason there hasn’t been work for anyone lately. Been applying and interviewing elsewhere so i hope something comes up or im going to be screwed come the end of july when it comes to bills.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:19 AM
id still probably go with the amazon for that.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:19 AM
5 day weekend!
/Vader Fist Pump
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:20 AM
The kind of person who wants to keep their license.
/not me
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:22 AM
We would end up in Federal Pound Me in the Ass prison if we did it.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:22 AM
good luck…it’s not really free to “move money offshore.” far from it.
and it’s all fine and dandy moving it offshore until you need to make a withdrawl.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:22 AM
Well I was trying to avoid that part of the argument on a “i dont want to explain that in detail” approach and not merely writing it off. I claim the highest withholding I can so at the end of the year it will soften my tax burden, but even after that “credit”, I still wind up owing more than I get back in the form of wage reimbursement from overpaying taxes. I think you know what I meant to say, and you would love for me intelligently get it out, but i am having a hard time this morning
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:23 AM
if you can’t afford a lawyer to reduce your obscene traffic violations than you shouldn’t own a lambo/ferrari/(insert name of supercar here)
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:23 AM
I think everyone should get to choose when they celebrate the Holiday. I’d rather be off the day Dark Knight Rises comes out. Now that is a reason to celebrate!!!!
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:23 AM
Then I’ll have one in your honor on Thursday while looking out on Lake Superior and enjoying the cool weather
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:23 AM
Oh don’t you worry, those guys get moral heat from me as well. However, they are no worse than you or I taking legal liberties with the tax code.
Yes, you’re right, it’s the same thing.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:24 AM
Thumbs up to phillymantis for the Office Space reference
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:24 AM
They tried using Workfare in Canada…had to work for your money…but the fat lazy unions wouldn’t allow it.
you seem delightful
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:25 AM
principal doesn’t always equal scale, if thats the argument you are making.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:25 AM
i wouldn’t say i missed it, bob.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:25 AM
He was doing a consistent ninety.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:26 AM
and you seem like a left wing nutbag :0)
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:27 AM
agreed.
/aggregates all bullshit holidays into golf season
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:29 AM
I think the argument is that a normal Joe is doing things legally within the tax code, while Rich Joe is hiding income to lower their tax liability. They are not the same.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:29 AM
Speakng of free money, I’d like some free money so i could move out of this shitty town
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:29 AM
I’m not sure. Like I said, I think you need to carve out a rather large list of exemptions which will no doubt be manipulated by those looking for nothing more than a handout (lazy people work so hard to preserve their laziness). If you have a debilitating condition obviously you’d be exempt. But a lot of people on welfare — a whole lot — are fully capable citizens who can certainly perform community service, volunteer work or sit in a GED class.
A Jersey-HeldOver administration (yeah, I’m still beating the dead horse) would implement this as policy.
Also, just so I’m clear…if you get a refund then you’re a bad person and a burden on society, right? Just want to make sure I understand this so I can add “Burden to Society” on my new business cards, which I’ll print with all my free gub’ment cash.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:30 AM
This. You made your tee time for Wednesday yet, Spence?
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:31 AM
thinkin just range on wednesday to avoid the rush. might do tues afternoon since office closes at 1.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:32 AM
and you seem like a left wing nutbag :0)
if not being a homophobe and a union hater (did you thank them for the weekend you just enjoyed?) makes me a left wing nutbag, then yes.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:32 AM
principal doesn’t always equal scale, if thats the argument you are making.
I am, and in this case why shouldn’t I exploit a loophole which is on the fringe of of being illegal to save some money so my kids can use for college? It’s not as blatant as moving millions offshore so that I establish a trust fund.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:32 AM
I’m on the DL for a week or two from golf & videogames…sliced my left thumb pretty bad making dinner last night, surprised I didn’t need stitches.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:32 AM
as long as they are not breaking the law, i’m “legally” fine with it. However, its pretty damn convenient that our mind-boggling tax code was written by rich white men trying to protect their money
/hence the ethical problem I have with it.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:33 AM
Found one of the local muni’s for $22 (!!!!!) walking on Wednesday. I’ll look like Clark Griswold walking through the desert on the 18th fairway, but I couldn’t pass it up. Plus, my old man’s birthday is Tuesday, and we usually golf on the 4th.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:34 AM
You wouldn’t have sliced your thumb if your wife was cooking as is expected.
/spencer
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:35 AM
Ouch. Gotta let the wife handle the knives this time of year. Golf season is too short to be played around with.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:35 AM
Great minds and all.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:36 AM
scouser – I am all in favor of doing whatever you can to keep a few bucks every year so long as its on the up and up. I have no legal qualms with law abiding, money hiding rich people, so long as everyone has the opportunity to do the same (which we all do, assuming we have the monies to do so).
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:37 AM
I should have, was just trying to help. Live and learn…
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:38 AM
Good plan. I played on the 4th once. Took over 3 hours for 9 holes. Some idiot was teaching his girlfriend how to play, causing a huge backup. There were 4 groups backed up on one Par 3. We all applauded when they finished that hole.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:38 AM
i might be on the DL from golf after my pair of 87′s this weekend in the most frustratingly painful fashions imagineable.
sat – hate the course…so cluttered. biggest problem with it is it doesn’t reward good shots. i hit two bad drives all day…on 1 and 18, the rest were 275-290 drives with a 5-yard draw or fade. the course blocked off one side close to the teebox but put trouble right where you were forced to land…so fucking stupid. 5 drives on the back 9 alone that forced me to chip out or hit around trees.
course is chardon lakes…fuck chardon lakes.
yesterday – manakiki…twisty turny donald ross course. played well, just didn’t make anything happen. took four 7′s, two of which were thanks to leaving shots in a bunker. was around the hole all day with the putter, but nothing dropped. just frustrating.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:39 AM
I have no legal qualms with law abiding, money hiding rich people, so long as everyone has the opportunity to do the same (which we all do, assuming we have the monies to do so).
Respectfully disagree. Deductions are one thing, but moving money around and hiding so the government can’t get what it’s supposed to is not a good way to run a country. And yes, that applies to Johnny Millionaire as well as all the “$50,000 pretend millionaires.”
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:40 AM
weekday deals ftw.
dude, you shoulda seen me yesterday. looked like a brit in WWII after getting their ass kicked in the north african desert by rommel.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:41 AM
this from a guy who compared Tiger to Steve Stricker.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:42 AM
big lol.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:43 AM
for some reason I play over my head at manakiki. But I havent played there on a weekend in a long time. I’ll just assume one of your 7′s was on 10.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:44 AM
I’m heading to So. Wisconsin on Wed. and it’s supposed to be mid 90′s the whole time I’m there. Really wish I was heading closer to L. Superior like I did last year.
pumped to play some golf with my pops though. he will old man golf me to death, can’t wait.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:46 AM
Woof. I’ve always said….if you’re going to suck, suck quickly.
/well aware of how that sounds.
Everyone has “that course” that is a pain in their ass. It doesn’t matter how you play, it always gets you. Luckily, that course for me shut down because the owners were shitty managers of money. Fuck that course.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:46 AM
Ha, the things I say to troll Clown are not to be used against me in legitimate conversations
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:46 AM
Where you playing?
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:46 AM
Nothing better than beating the old man.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:47 AM
parred 10. played from the back tees and hit my drive into the rough right in front of the cartpath. granted it’s pretty downhill, but got it 312 from the blacks…had 119 uphill to the pin, hit pw long and got up and down. left it in the bunker at 9 and 14. was on the green or greenside in 2 shots on 12 and 13 and played he stretch in +1 because of stupidity.
like i said…frustrating. plus my uncle got every lucky break possible and beat my ass by 5 strokes.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:47 AM
The cutest part of arguing with a Libertarian is the look on their faces when you ask them if they’re going to lead the fight to disband the Army. Oh, they lose all of their zest of being sticklers for the Constitution then.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:48 AM
Most inaccurate comment of the weekend:
http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/06/30/penn-state-emails-show-obvious-cover-up-attempt-of-sandusky-shower-rape-in-2001/comment-page-1/#comment-1703359
Oskie Jones, winner! Go to the corner and collect your dunce cap, David.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:48 AM
The reason high income earners choose private schools is because most of us went to college and saw the “students” getting “Education” degrees. It’s where failed engineers, chemists, scientists and writers go to die. Pay your fees, get your B’s. Until our teachers are held to higher standards, and expected to be educated themselves, private schools are fine.
The real problem in education is ignored. Female brain drain. 30 years ago my wife would have been a teacher, not doing what she’s doing now. The best and brightest women were teachers. There weren’t a ton of other options. My wife was a 4.0 student, got her MBA in 1.5 years while working full-time, and has a great job that wasn’t available to my mother, or anyone else in her generation. So now we get the absolute bottom of the pile. Make class sizes LARGER, hire better teachers, pay them more. Done.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:50 AM
yep…feel this one’s on the same track too. i just HATE HATE HATE courses that are tricked up and don’t reward good shots. especially courses that aren’t really that good to begin with.
the greens at this place are pretty tough and very small…it’s not like being 25 yards wide with jail on both sides is making the course an enjoyable experience.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:51 AM
not sure yet. parents live in La Crosse but we are meeting my brother who lives in Menominee, so probably somewhere in between.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:52 AM
Uhoh, someone’s going on double secret probation now!
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:52 AM
So, so jaded.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:53 AM
Team flat tax
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:54 AM
The Canadians get drunk for one day and you dumb assholes shit all over yourselves with idiocy.
Typical neo-con cunt who wants to decrease gov’t cost by increasing gov’t intrusiveness. Explain how?
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:55 AM
took four 7′s,
bwahahahaha!
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:56 AM
Really good point. My bad.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:57 AM
shot around par the other 14 holes…got that going for me.
July 2nd, 2012 at 10:57 AM
I like to envision TBL sitting there, waiting for the perfect time to drop a negative comment bomb on a comment from two day ago. Bravo sir!
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:00 AM
best part of the weekend was playing sunday and seeing that the storm friday KO’d one of my least favorite positioned trees on a course i play often.
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:01 AM
awesome.
question…if a storm rolled thru augusta and felled the eisenhower tree, do you think they’d replace it?
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:02 AM
The people I know who have become teachers became teachers because they wanted to and always wanted to, not as part of a fall back plan. The assertion that education has fallen in this country because women have more opportunities, coming from someone supposedly edcuated, just exemplifies the fact that education and intelligence aren’t necessarily intertwined.
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:02 AM
An admirable attempt at humor in your final comment, Ben. I knew a comment like mine would scare the snake out the bushes. You’re so predictable.
Vaya con dios.
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:04 AM
donde esta la biblioteca?
/please don’t respond, that’s all i know in spanish
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:04 AM
Entrapment!
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:07 AM
if a storm rolled thru augusta and felled the eisenhower tree, do you think they’d replace it?
only with the Palin bush.
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:08 AM
Spencer, you’ve seen the end of Point Break, right?
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:08 AM
/Waves
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:10 AM
Vaya con dios.
i believe “hasta la vista” would have been more appropriate there.
“vaya con dios” is more of a positive send-off.
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:10 AM
If you strike him down, he will become more powerful than you can ever imagine.
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:10 AM
All of this.
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:11 AM
We’ll always have Afternoon Buzz.
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:11 AM
Now I feel responsible for getting Ben offed
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:12 AM
lol…didnt make that connection. whenever i think of point break i think of this. hot fuzz is to blame.
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:13 AM
Someone explain to me why that dude got banned? Cuz I don’t get it.
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:14 AM
don’t, CJ. this has been a long time coming. He wanted it. Wanted it on twitter, got blocked. Wanted to get banned here, he got it.
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:14 AM
I guess I need to add Point Break to my ever-expanding list.
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:15 AM
Hot Fuzz is fantastic. Lots of throwaway lines that make it good for repeated viewings.
/Aaron A. Aaronson’d
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:15 AM
This may help you understand.
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:16 AM
His honey is on your hands
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:16 AM
Ben went into the fire, now Ben doesn’t have a face.
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:16 AM
You’re a petty cunt.
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:16 AM
TBL – where’s your Tiger post? you didn’t let criticism from the masses deter you from providing your insight on Tiger’s latest win i hope…
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:17 AM
the banhammer, as tommy boy has taught us, is only useless against the bees themselves.
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:17 AM
Anyone else read this is Roy Orbison’s voice?
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:18 AM
if a storm rolled thru augusta and felled the eisenhower tree, do you think they’d replace it?
only with the Palin bush.
That tree (and most of the key ones at Augusta) are protected with cables to prevent wind damage and lightening. They’d have a new on in there in a few days though. The hole is quite pedestrian when that tree doesnt come into play.
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:19 AM
I get a grounding cable for lightning, but how do they use a cable to protect from wind?
/genuinely intrigued
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:20 AM
Ill – patience, young grasshopper.
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:21 AM
The inscription on the banhammer is “Whomever yields this mighty hammer holds the power to banish the disagreeable on a Monday whim.”
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:21 AM
Anyone else read this is Roy Orbison’s voice?
yep. I just put that song on a mixed cd for my VAC 2 weeks ago.
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:23 AM
Dunno, I backread that comment chain and didn’t see anything nutso in there.
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:24 AM
today on cold call monday’s…ben’s cold dead body.
TBL: bees nuts, bitch.
/drops hammer
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:24 AM
As I’ve read it, there are cables and tethers. Somebody just covered this past Augusta (an SI writer?) The huge 100+ year oak that is behind 1/18 & the putting green has tons of these as well. In the end, the best method to keep a tree from falling to wind is to simply thin out the branchecs every so often to allow powerful winds to go through the tree instead of toppling it.
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:25 AM
If the root base rotted or died, there’d be nothing they could do, obviously…
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:26 AM
did beekeeper Ben get banned?
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:26 AM
there’s really 1 other dude in the mix for a banning, but i haven’t given him enough rope yet to hang himself. He knows who he is.
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:27 AM
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABBBBBYYYYYYY, he got it!
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:29 AM
I know I have probably earned a banning
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:30 AM
I still think you should blow it all up.
But whatever.
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:30 AM
no need to thin out the branches. install cables approx 2/3 up the tree that tie laterally onto adjacent trees. the result is one giant wind resisting grove of trees. COME AT ME MOTHER NATURE.
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:31 AM
patience, young grasshopper.
meh… that’s a virtue i don’t possess.
i’ll just start an email chain with spencer on the subject.
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:32 AM
you have not, Texans. not even close.
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:33 AM
you should make a blind item post so we can figure out who it is
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:33 AM
COME AT ME MOTHER NATURE.
/forwards statement to mother nature
//bcc’s earthquake and volcano
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:33 AM
Draw your own conclusions?
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:33 AM
i lolled.
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:34 AM
it’s that bojack ninny crackerjack.
/paolo
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:36 AM
you should make a blind item post so we can figure out who it is
7/4 the CDAN blinds all get posted, right?
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:36 AM
I’ve been banned before, could be me?
SEX CAULDRON?!?!?
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:37 AM
well it can’t be duffy…like a duffy man would need a rope given to him. he already has lengths of novabraid from his summers spelunking in the alps.
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:40 AM
Puka shell necklace noose, brah.
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:46 AM
/pours one out
//to teach the help a lesson about not scuffing a duffy man’s riding shoes
July 2nd, 2012 at 12:30 PM
I’ve spent the majority of my adult life working with people on public assistance. The stark reality is that for most things, the government does everything they can to turn people down for assistance if they have even the slightest crack of a reason. You people need to grow up and stop thinking you live in a socially progressive nation.
Me too.
I love the whole “get a job” thing since I work with people that can barely manage to feed themselves. The goverment here does not just give out free money. There has to be an activity going on and, like he said, they pull out all the stops to not fund people. Shit, they won’t even fund mental health care for people that I spend an hour a week with talking about people keep moving shit in their apartment or the guy that swears that people are crawling around in his attic.