Roundup: Breaking Bad-Dark Knight Rises Mashup; Car Runs Red Light Causing Wild Accident & Condoleezza Rice as Mitt Romney’s VP?
Aly Michalka … if you like pick-up basketball, this read is for you … Texas toll scofflaw owes $179k … a Q&A with funnyman @pourmecoffee … a Republican requested I link this … and here’s a retort that that 1% link … little girl shot, many witnesses, but none will talk to the cops … Wells Fargo, you’re the worst … is this a conflict of interest? … chimps were on the loose in Vegas … police want your cell phone data … Sofia Vergara turned 40 … for the Kurt Vonnegut fans … why was the worst TB outbreak in 20 years kept a secret? … somewhat creative Saved by the Bell piece … hope this Santa Monica smoking policy spreads East … Drudge says Condoleezza Rice is a strong candidate to be Mitt Romney’s VP ….
Sally Jenkins, who was lied to by Joe Paterno in his last interview, has this to say about the fraud. [Wash Post]
Great read on Neymar, the awesome Brazilian soccer star who should blow up at the 2014 World Cup. [NYT]
Strikeouts are soaring in MLB this year. Why? [TIME]
Adam Morrison’s last shot at the NBA. [NBA.com]
Rockets use their amnesty on Luis Scola in hopes they’ll clear enough cap room for Dwight Howard. [Woj]
A Q&A with former Kansas hero and Miami Heat guard Mario Chalmers. [GQ]
“Denver man charged with arson for burning wedding dress, pictures.” [Post]
Are you ready for a sequel to Twins? [Deadline Hollywood]
Junior Seau’s brain tissue to be studied. [LA Times]
Columnist in Pennsylvania deigns to mention Penn State and the death penalty! [Tribune Review]
Steven Tyler is leaving American Idol. I’m sure you’re crushed. [Hollywood Reporter]
Did the Pacers get better by adding DJ Augustin, Ian Mahinmi and Gerald Green? [Indy Star]
“A 28-year-old autistic man from Colorado was found emaciated but alive on Thursday after living off mainly frogs and roots while wandering for at least three weeks in the remote Escalante Desert of southern Utah.” [USA Today]
Trade Justin Upton? [Republic]
Three months later … police finally got this guy.
Get excited, Pacers fans, Miles Plumlee, beastin’ in the summer league!
How about a Breaking Bad-Dark Knight Rises mashup? [via Uproxx]
Do you have 11 minutes? Here is an outstanding collection of dunks from the 2011-2012 NBA season.
Don’t try to beat the red light, folks.
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- Manchester City Players Were Super Excited To Catch Passes From Eli Manning [Video]
- Miami Heat Remix of Pitbull’s “Feel This Moment?” Dále!
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July 13th, 2012 at 8:30 AM
Happy Triskaidekaphobia!
Also, why was I brought up in TBLAD?
July 13th, 2012 at 8:32 AM
First line of the article:
Wells Fargo, the nation’s largest home mortgage lender, has agreed to pay at least $175 million to settle accusations that its independent brokers discriminated against black and Hispanic borrowers during the housing boom, the Justice Department announced on Thursday.So some people who don’t work for Wells Fargo did something illegal with their product, and they have to pay $175 million to clean up the mess? Sounds about right for that industry.
July 13th, 2012 at 8:32 AM
I think the better question is why aren’t you brought up more often?
July 13th, 2012 at 8:34 AM
Ciao bella.
July 13th, 2012 at 8:35 AM
And yet Wells just reported Net income of over $4.6 billion…sounds about right.
July 13th, 2012 at 8:39 AM
start stock piling people, the food riots are coming!
July 13th, 2012 at 8:42 AM
not too shabby for a lousy housing market.
/generalized
//tired from watching too much breaking bad last night.
July 13th, 2012 at 8:43 AM
what I gathered from this article is that whether it is JoePa, Bobby Petrino, Urban Meyer or probably about any coach in a national sport, they are all cut from the same mold, regardless of the public persona they try to pertain.
July 13th, 2012 at 8:43 AM
who wants to ditch work and go play golf?
July 13th, 2012 at 8:44 AM
Tell us how you really feel, Sally Jenkins.
July 13th, 2012 at 8:45 AM
Good Roundup today, Jason. And thanks for introducing me to Aly Michalka.
July 13th, 2012 at 8:45 AM
This gets the headlines, but what it doesn’t say is the incredibly small percentage of Wells people it is. It’s cliche, but it’s true that 1 rotten apple spoils the bunch, at least in terms of public perception.
July 13th, 2012 at 8:46 AM
i don’t even care for golf and i want to do this today.
July 13th, 2012 at 8:49 AM
in the worst fucking way do I.
July 13th, 2012 at 8:49 AM
You’re joking, right?
July 13th, 2012 at 8:50 AM
And thanks for introducing me to Aly Michalka.
She was in Easy A. Total smokeshow.
July 13th, 2012 at 8:51 AM
Played a little too much beer run at the bar after kickball last night. Need some coffee and greasy breakfast and I need it 5 minutes ago.
July 13th, 2012 at 8:52 AM
wouldnt mind if he was crushed by a comically large anvil.
July 13th, 2012 at 8:53 AM
Then have him walk away like an accordian?
July 13th, 2012 at 8:54 AM
/raises hand
//weeps
July 13th, 2012 at 8:55 AM
also, got this little message after trying to make my last comment (first of the day):
first time i have ever seen that, so was wondering if users are getting throttled after the server maintenance?
July 13th, 2012 at 8:56 AM
Comments getting eaten today? Tried posting three times that I want to also go golf today. What is going on TBL?
July 13th, 2012 at 8:56 AM
don’t you mean…have him WALK THIS WAY like an accordion?
/tip your waitresses
//and rape that chick
July 13th, 2012 at 8:56 AM
I’ve gotten that before. Not often, but it has been around a while.
July 13th, 2012 at 8:57 AM
YOU SHALL NOT GOLF.
July 13th, 2012 at 8:57 AM
thanks.
July 13th, 2012 at 8:59 AM
Mantis – Changed servers last night because the audience keeps growing. Best to email any problems and i’ll forward them to TECH SUPPORT
July 13th, 2012 at 8:59 AM
Hells yeah, and actually just this morning came across Courtfinder and found a few outdoor courts nearby I didnt know about. Has an app too.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Only issue I’m having is the “You are posting comments too quickly. Slow down.” message. Other than that, nothing else seems to be an issue at this moment.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
I guess we’ll just have to continue to DREAM ON.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Hells yeah, and actually just this morning came across Courtfinder and found a few outdoor courts nearby I didnt know about. Has an app too.
That is awesome, thanks for sharing that.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:01 AM
something something LOVE IN AN ELEVATOR.
/i only know 3 aerosmith songs
//also, provisional /no coop
July 13th, 2012 at 9:02 AM
no golf talk today, By Grand Order of the Supreme Hall Monitor that is the new TBL server.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:02 AM
So it goes.
That letter is fantastic. Scary and revealing but fantastic.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:02 AM
Same here.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:02 AM
Trade Justin Upton?
Is this really the first you’ve heard of this?
July 13th, 2012 at 9:03 AM
Michalka was smoking hot in Easy A
July 13th, 2012 at 9:03 AM
TBL Tech Support: http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_mar2006/TechSupport.htm
July 13th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
/fixed for proximity to the shore
July 13th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
In, but today is one of those “flask” kinda days.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
I got the same thing after the one comment I posted.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
bitches be CRAZY
(love the wikiepedia lyrical interpretation of this song. They make Aerosmith sound so philosophical.)
July 13th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
And there’s that error for me too. I guess the Server doesn’t like golf comments or Aerosmith puns.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
I really hope this doesn’t start a trend, I’ll be CRYIN if I have shitty aerosmith songs stuck in my head all day.
/dammit
July 13th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
who wants to ditch work and go play golf?
first round of beers is on me.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:08 AM
I grew up in the town where that accident video is taken. What makes it worse is the guy he hit is coming up an incline from under a railroad bridge with the McDonalds as a blind spot, he never had a chance to see this idiot running the red light. It should be no surprise that he was drunk and mostly unhurt.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/07/12/slow-down-roselle-park-police-chief-releases-video-of-crash-caused-by-running-red-light/
July 13th, 2012 at 9:08 AM
Eh, people just think about Aerosmith now, and forget that they were really good until until the mid-90s. Just because the DUDE LOOKS LIKE A LADY, doesn’t mean he didn’t used to rock.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:08 AM
That toll runner is driving the length of Dallas North Tollway and back every day for a long, long time. Probably 8 booths on that route, so she’s skipping 16 a day. Takes a long, long time to rack up the 8500 skips she’s amassed.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
I really dont have time to be here today, but I DONT WANNA MISS A THING
July 13th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
just like hearing “mother jones reports”
July 13th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
“A 28-year-old autistic man from Colorado was found emaciated but alive on Thursday after living off mainly frogs and roots while wandering for at least three weeks in the remote Escalante Desert of southern Utah.”
Jebus. I used to spend three weeks each May out West and would spend time in that area. Nobody is out there. Nothing. I would say not even frogs, but I guess I’m wrong about that.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
I JUST WANT TO POST A COMMENT STOP CULLING ME WORDPRESS YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE
July 13th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
What’s dumber than calling something the “Dumbest op-ed of 2012″? Making that proclamation in July of an election year.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
TBL’s TECH SUPPORT
July 13th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
shocker that spence doesn’t like Aerosmith
July 13th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
What does Michael Jordan tell us about income inequality in the United States?
um, nothing.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
No way. Pro-choice, pro-affirmative action positions will cause a riot with the base. They are already suspicious of Romney — picking Rice would cause an insurrection, surely with a walk out from certain parts of the party at the convention.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
maybe we should just EAT THE RICH.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
So some people who don’t work for Wells Fargo did something illegal with their product, and they have to pay $175 million to clean up the mess? Sounds about right for that industry.
Independent Agents are still representing the company. They might not be direct employees but they are held out as representatives of the company and their actions bind the company. Whatever economic and legal advantages a company has for using independent agents are balanced by the fact that you as a consumer can seek damages from the company for the acts of their agents.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
80s Nickelback
July 13th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
so what time are you guys blowing off work to play golf?
July 13th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
You are posting comments too quickly. Slow down.
BUT I’ve FINALLY BROKEN ALL MY HUNT AND PECK KEYBOARDING HABITS!!!
July 13th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
But it was those individuals acting on their own, not a mandate sent down from Corporate Headquarters to discriminate against minorities.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
Yeah, but Nickelback didn’t have an early career built on great songs like “Dream On”, “Sweet Emotion”, and “Walk This Way”. I’ll agree that Aerosmith was crap later on but you have to say their early stuff was pretty impressive.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
@ Spencer (and other golfers who gave me tips on straightening my driver) I went and took a lesson, oh boy was my swing messed up. Happy to say that I can now hit a drive straight. Just in time to almost get in a fight on the 18th green during my last round.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
Spaces limited for the Buffet Buffet
/Goodnight everybody!
July 13th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
Only work until 1 today, but also only practicing. Playing a new track on Monday, supposed to be one of the best in NE PA.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:18 AM
So, what you’re saying is if Nickelback started doing a shit-ton of drugs, they’d put out some good shit?
July 13th, 2012 at 9:18 AM
The story about the little girl that was shot in the gut makes me angry. What the hell is wrong with people?
July 13th, 2012 at 9:19 AM
/debating whether or not I should mention that I liked Nickleback’s first album with “Leader of Men” and “Breathe”
//no, it’ll just invite ridicule and scorn, I’ll just stay quiet
July 13th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
huh??
July 13th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
new copy editor Rob Daniels is dropping the ball this morning. also, from the link:
the internet is a cold, dark place Mr. @suraj757.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:21 AM
It’s possible. Not likely but possible.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:21 AM
Fuck that. Even anti-smokers should be against this bullshit. I’ve never smoked in my apartment, but who am I to tell other people they can’t.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
Pump is definitely in my top 10 albums from the 80′s.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
TBL’s TECH SUPPORT
At least that cat doesn’t speak Romanian.
/Old timer TBL joke.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:23 AM
Yup. The restaurant/bar smoking ban is equally ridiculous. As much as I love going out and not coming home smelling like an ashtray, I think that’s one of the most bullshit laws.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
Aerosmith was actually quite irrelevant from the late 70′s until ’86/’87. They have Run-D.M.C. of all people to thank for their resurrection.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:25 AM
80s Nickelback
Yeah, but Nickelback didn’t have an early career built on great songs like “Dream On”, “Sweet Emotion”, and “Walk This Way”
Yeah, Aerosmith had some really awesome stuff in the 70s. After they got off the drugs… well, yeah, they sucked.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:25 AM
My buddy hit the shot of his life from 225 in the rough to about 4 feet and the (slowest group ever) in front of us was still putting and didn’t hear us yell. They flipped the fuck out and delivered the quote of my life: “20 years ago you’d have been hospitalized”. I LOL’d and that made things worse. It escalated quickly, but we talked the guy off the ledge.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:25 AM
YOU ARE POSTING COMMENTS TOO QUICKLY!
July 13th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
So what? Will they vote for Obama instead? The mainstream Republican would vote for a dead person over a Dem 8 days a week.
This is typical Republican behavior. Don’t bother to think outside the box to garner fence sitting votes. Instead, it has to be 100% right wing views or hit the highway.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
Looks like TBL got Wagner’d….
July 13th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
Oh, and the ball rolled onto the green to 4 feet. Didn’t land on the green. I think that makes a difference.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
Aerosmith was actually quite irrelevant from the late 70′s until ’86/’87. They have Run-D.M.C. of all people to thank for their resurrection.
Wayne knows. Run DMC made them relevant again. And to their credit, they cashed in on it.
What the fuck is with this I’m commenting too soon crap? What is the point in that?
July 13th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
You could say that about a lot of bands and musicians.
/the drug thing, I mean
July 13th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
Completely disagree. Especially now that I’m pregnant. I’m just supposed to not leave the house because people want to pollute the air inside every place I want to go? Live Free or Die though, eh Bear?
July 13th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
Wisconsin had its two-year anniversary of the law passing a couple weeks back and a report came out that the doomsday scenario predicted by smokers didn’t happen, in some cases restaurant/bar patronage even went up…victory is sweet
July 13th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
So some people who don’t work for Wells Fargo did something illegal with their product, and they have to pay $175 million to clean up the mess? Sounds about right for that industry.
If a bank uses any outside agency for part of their process then they are responsible for what they do. I have to report monthly on crap mortgages we have to buy back from 5 years ago. Companies that are no longer in business, because they closed shitty loans mostly, are long gone but because my company used them we have to pay. It’s the main banks fault for lack of due deligence, and the excuse was everyone was making money, they are paying the piper now. All the banks are.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
So we hired a bunch of college kids to do engineering/web work over the summer. Back in their big room the other day and I made a SBTB joke and everyone just stared at me. I asked if they knew who Zach Morris was and they said NO. I immediately left. The future for America is bleak.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
i agree, smoking in private residences is the owners choice. in apartment buildings, if the building owner wants it smoke free they can do that if they want.
restaurants/bars are so much more enjoyable without smoke, that’s one area where smoking should never be allowed in again.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
nice pic of a red chested warbler in the roundup.
So some people who don’t work for Wells Fargo did something illegal with their product, and they have to pay $175 million to clean up the mess? Sounds about right for that industry.
of all the big banks, wells mostly has its shit together. they are run pretty well for as big as they are.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
Absolutely. If the owner wants to ban smoking because they feel it’ll attract more people and help business, that’s their choice, and I would 100% support this with my $$. If they want to hot box their place, that’s their choice too. Either way, it’s not a government issue.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
billy wagner is being awful vague with this “too quickly” bullshit this morning.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
That is a risk that large companies take on when they employ independent agents to do 20-40% of their business for them. They are acting as Wells Fargo employees as they write business for the company.
If Wells wanted to make sure this wasn’t happening they could have done a multitude of things including:
Hire more Direct agents, who do work directly for the company.
Have a better audit program of independent agents and how they perform their business.
Or, have their underwriters actually do their job (instead of placating to the company’s wishes) and find these problems as they come across their desk.
This is a perfect example of a company being too big for its own good. They want the revenue brought in by the independent agents, but didn’t set up the infrastructure to properly review what that group of agents was doing, either singularly or as a whole.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
I’m just supposed to not leave the house because people want to pollute the air inside every place I want to go? Live Free or Die though, eh Bear?
Um, you can leave the house and go wherever you want. Of which, bars that allow smoking apparently is not a place you’d want to go.
/Doesn’t really care either way.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
Right. I like to have only a smoke or two while drinking, so going outside isn’t a huge deal, but the government telling private businesses whether or not they can have smoking sections is absurd.
There is a slippery slope to shit like this. That’s why we’ve gotten to the point where the mayor of NYC thinks he can ban large-sized soft drinks.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:32 AM
I’m good with the smoking ban in establishments that serve food, actually.
There are bars that don’t serve food (or their receipts on food are so low as to be negligible) that still allow smoking.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:32 AM
I liked those songs too, brother. we’re not alone anymore.
/no coop
also, I saw in a scan of TBLAD that you’re working on your MBA. where are you getting it?
July 13th, 2012 at 9:32 AM
I agree. Smoking bans don’t protect freedom, they strip them away from smokers. Point is if these assholes took any time to study in school, they’d recognize that the Constitution protects my freedom to blow smoke all over whoever I choose.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:32 AM
Agreed, and I’m not saying Wells shouldn’t be held liable. I’m saying that this incident does not show that “Wells Fargo is the worst”, as TBL says.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Oh Artie Lange. You crack me up (and let yourself go)! http://twitchy.com/2012/07/13/photo-shirtless-artie-lange-warning-very-not-hot/
July 13th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
See I disagree there buddy. And this has been proven by the economic effects of smoking bans (restraurants in the 2-5 years after smoking bans have had 10-12% higher revenue, which in turn leads to more tax money). And the less smoke, less potential second hand, which in turns lower health costs. It’s a win-win economic argument. But big bad government taking away our rights…
July 13th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Nice. I cant imagine the possibility of not being able to watch most Pats games this fall if all the Sunday Ticket bars were smokey. Not a government issue my ass, the government needs to insure all pregnant ladies be able to watch their football team without paying a fortune to DirecTv. America.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
Buffalo Soldiers is on IFC right now. great movie and I forgot about the young and delectable anna paquin as a brunette
July 13th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
Great article. Loved NYC pickup hoops when I lived there – could get great games anywhere, anytime.
Recently moved to DC and am trying to find the best spots in the area to run. Anyone here know of some good places to check out?
July 13th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
I just don’t see Mitt or Condi pushing the envelope with that issue. They may have opinions, but they won’t be on their agenda of things to go after.
Well, the places that you speak of are almost always PRIVATE properties owned by tax paying private citizens. So, your individual rights take precedent over theirs? Thats what you are ultimately saying. I hate smokey bars and restaurants as much as the next guy, but i can get up off my ass and leave if i feel so inclined and patron another location where there is no smoking. Freedoms aren’t always easy, but your freedom to be you includes his freedom to be free from you.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:35 AM
So do you think states should ban the sale of french fries and desserts?
July 13th, 2012 at 9:35 AM
FREEDOM
July 13th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
guinness girl. i brought you up because i thought you had been in the thread earlier, and soemone made a comment implying it was all guys in the the discussion. i was being, ahem, chivalrous
July 13th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
Oh Artie Lange. You crack me up (and let yourself go)! http://twitchy.com/2012/07/13/photo-shirtless-artie-lange-warning-very-not-hot/
Welp. I can’t unsee that.
/does not pour one out for Fridays with Artie
//That guy is such a fucking hack.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
Here in FL you need to have 51% of your gross sales be for food and non-alcoholic drinks to be non-smoking.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
/shoots fire extinguisher into gloriousmullet’s face
//cause his mouth must be on fire
///performing my civic duty to be a good samaritan
July 13th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
And yes, I would like to see in the Constitution where it states that the people are allowed the freedom to blow toxic smoke into innocent bystanders mouths.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
So do you think states should ban the sale of french fries and desserts? Bear
Or force mandatory minimum amount of vegetables in your diet?
/Slippery Slope’d
July 13th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
Test?
July 13th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
Menarky – you available early Sunday?
July 13th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
Fair point. They are far from the worst, although the “best” of the big banks is still waist deep in the primordial ooze. Don’t ever forget that.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
Thank you sir.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
No, people need to show moderation and that’s self discipline. Public health is different that private health, hence why I’m not keen on the soda ban. Smoking in contained spaces is public health, and government has a right to regulate that since it can lead to increased costs on their end. What you put in your body is your damn choice, but put down the soda and drink some water fatty.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:39 AM
/helps KC give Bloomberg a swirly
See you all in 5 minutes, after my mandatory timeout.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:39 AM
B+
July 13th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
hottest fucking sequence of comments a chick has ever typed on this site.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
OH MY GOD I CANNOT POST ANYTHING
July 13th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
fixed
July 13th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
It’s not about them pushing the issue, it’s about the conservatives whose #1 issue is abortion being enraged over the selection and then making a show of it on national TV at the convention. Over an issue that is completely black and white to them, they’ll do that.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
Its a good thing it’s against the law for fatty eaters to shove french fries down my throat at restaurants and bars
July 13th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
pop quiz, asshole.
/name that movie
July 13th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
/helps KC give Bloomberg a swirly Bear
That guy is the worst. What ever happened to personal responsibility? If Libertarians weren’t such wack jobs I’d probably admit to being one.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
And now the posting too quick thing is happening to me, which means that we’re only allowed to post once every 20 minutes, apparently.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
Chase is far and away the worst, not sure how anyone could argue that.
PNC is actually a fairly less evil banking institution.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
Speed
/fuck you Keanu
//loves Point Break
///was on HD Net Movies last night
July 13th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
Menarky – you available early Sunday?
how early? packing up the house to move, could be tough.
with all this moving and out of town crap, the last few weekends have sucked. email me your cell number.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
Its a good thing it’s against the law for fatty eaters to shove french fries down my throat at restaurants and bars CJ
In your fantasy land, you could choose to go to a restaurant that doesn’t allow fat people to shove french fries down your throat.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
speed
July 13th, 2012 at 9:45 AM
Gov. Gary Johnson, 2012.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:45 AM
Recently moved to DC and am trying to find the best spots in the area to run. Anyone here know of some good places to check out?
That depends on where you live. Inside the district? I don’t know much but I think there is a public court near East Capital ST.
In VA, Duke street by Harris Teeter, Old Town off of King, and Rt. 1 near old town have some courts, but it is hit or miss. If you have a little money, the Sport and Health Gyms in Alexandria and Mclean and Silver Spring have gyms and constantly have pickup games going on all the time.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:46 AM
they won’t pick Condi, although the Obama administration really hopes they do b/c then it will be so much easier to paint Romney as Bush part deux.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:46 AM
CJ is right though. Wife is also pregnant and we still go to the bar/restaurant all the time. If they didn’t have smoking bans, we wouldn’t be able to go hang out with our friends in public.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
I used to be on the side of being offended by smoking bans on a theoretical level but the awesomeness of them stamped that down right quick
And the slippery slope argument doesn’t hold water since you could argue that restaurants should be allowed to sell alcohol to whoever they want but by letting the government cap that you’ve opened the door for anything
July 13th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
LOL.
But seriously, there are health codes that restaurants must follow. Cleanliness in the kitchen, handling of food, trash, etc. All of these are for the benefit of us, the people. Are our ‘freedoms’ taken away because we aren’t allowed to be served expired meat? Including the cleanliness of the air doesnt seem to be that big of a leap.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
Thats a candidate I can get behind. He was on the Mike Church Show yesterday, and listening to him talk is always refreshing.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
And the slippery slope argument doesn’t hold water since you could argue that restaurants should be allowed to sell alcohol to whoever they want but by letting the government cap that you’ve opened the door for anything
You are going back up hill on my slippery slope! Wrong way, sir.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
Or stop ordering a big Mac, large fries and remember that large diet coke to help wash it all down.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
Lost in all of this “I should smoke where I want” conversation is the rights of the people that have to work in restaurants and get smoke blown in their faces.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
But seriously, there are health codes that restaurants must follow. Cleanliness in the kitchen, handling of food, trash, etc. All of these are for the benefit of us, the people. Are our ‘freedoms’ taken away because we aren’t allowed to be served expired meat? Including the cleanliness of the air doesnt seem to be that big of a leap. CJ
Why are you walking up my slippery slope with Butters?
July 13th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
So there is no where else you can go? And also, the bars(?) that you speak of, well they aren’t “public”. I see what you are saying, and yeah its nice and all, but that doesn’t make it right.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
This commenting too quickly shit needs to end. I don’t see the point in it.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
See post #100
July 13th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
Even when i was a heavy smoker I was ok with not being allowed to smoke in certain establishments. It kept me from chain smoking when I was out drinking and ultimately helped me start the long, difficult process of quitting.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
One thing I hate is the “fat people are going to cause the medical bills to skyrocket so they should pay more” argument.
If that’s the case than every single one of you with a trace of heart disease, cancer, or Alzheimer in your family should be paying more too. We’re all going to die a horrible death, don’t think you’re any better because you count calories. Cunts.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
Exactly…moderation. It’s also a conscious decision by the food & restaurant industry that everything has to be huge anymore. The average Coke bottle in 1950 was 9oz and was made with real sugar, now its 16oz and HFCS.
I would be all for fucking over the corn industry and banning HFCS.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
I don’t like that they overpaid to keep Hill and I think they probably could have got a little more back for Collison but…
While Augustin is certainly worse than Collison, he’s still a decent backup, Mahinmi is a huge improvement over the Hansborough/Amundson combo, and while you might worry about Green’s motivation, he can provide a viable offensive option off the bench. I like this team.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
Wasn’t good the first time
July 13th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
I’m in the district – NW Dupont area. I head to courts on Rhode Island and 11th which is pretty solid. I’ve heard VA has good runs so it might be good to head out there on weekend mornings.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
So you have the common misconception that fructose corn syrup is worse for humans than sugar?
It’s not. Unless you’re insulin resistant and eating an obscene amount of it, it has the same negative impact as sugar.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
“I don’t care if the government arbitrarily imposes their will on the private sector as long as I agree with their stance. With the millions of people dropping dead from second-hand smoke every year, how could they not step in?”
July 13th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
TBL – so the audience – and i would presume the comments – are growing, so the best way to handle it was to switch to a new server that throttles the audiences participation? I hope that this is one of the presumably numerous bugs you will be working out in the coming days and not a shift to making this site more like a museum. Plus, it has gotten real fucking old real fucking fast.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:58 AM
So, you’d be totally cool with your employer pumping in second hand smoke into your office?
July 13th, 2012 at 9:58 AM
SLOW DOWN.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
I’m in the district – NW Dupont area.
You could always head down to Anacostia, but considering where you live now, you might want to stick with the Dupont area. I have a buddy that plays up near Garfield, but it is a bitch to get up there during the weekdays.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
whoawhoawhoa…let’s slow that roll, fatty. it’s still perfectly socially acceptable to hate on fat people.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Just posting some Always Sunny in Philidelphia quotes, assholes
July 13th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Including the cleanliness of the air doesnt seem to be that big of a leap.
water too. there are lots of regulation on medicine/pharma too
July 13th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Fat chicks, sure.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
You should totally be allowed to give your 10 year old son alcohol in a privately owned bar. Because, FREEDOM.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:01 AM
*Philadelphia
July 13th, 2012 at 10:01 AM
I think I’m stuck in moderation hell. This is my 6th attempt to post.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:01 AM
it’s still perfectly socially acceptable to hate on fat people.
preferred even
/what i tell the kids
July 13th, 2012 at 10:02 AM
Hallelujah!
Most people don’t differentiate between what they would prefer and what they believe in.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:02 AM
fuck moderation.
I will drink heavily this weekend just to spite you all.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:03 AM
Its one of the few FREEDOMS we have left in this country
July 13th, 2012 at 10:03 AM
Underaged drinking is illegal; smoking is not. You’re comparing apples to oranges at best.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
/descends from high horse
//goes and gets coffee in shame
July 13th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
Smoking is illegal in bars.
Why is underage drinking illegal?? Government imposing their will on our FREEDOMS, that’s why.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:05 AM
Sigh…before we start calling Paterno a fraud you may want to look in to the Freeh guy…He’s a master of cover ups. His kid was the best blow dealer in NOVA and about 10 years ago or so he got popped…Somehow charges never filed and he ended up switching schools….Freeh was run out of the CIA due to his lack of leadership, and having a Russian spy caught on his payroll, yet Penn State found him a good enough leader to run this investigation? Isn’t it a little funny this report was released on a day in the sports media that the coverage could go unrivaled? Finally, from a financial sense, wouldn’t it make more sense to pin the blame on a guy with no estate than a school with an ungodly endowment…
I’m not exonerating Paterno at all. Some fishy shit went down, for sure. But I am saying don’t trust Louis Freeh and the report he submitted on the University that paid him…Penn State is flat doing everything they can to cover their asses – and I would too…Ah fuck it, ’tis what it ’tis. We’ll never know the truth because from top to bottom everyone at Penn State (both past and present) have done everything in their power to cover this up.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:05 AM
I think the problem with the site is that we stopped talking about Steven Tyler and Aerosmith. So, to that end, I give the site gods this as an offering in hopes of increasing our post allotments:
Now, that should cover us for an hour or so, so post quickly friends!!
July 13th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
Smoking in bars where it’s banned is illegal. Smoking in your home is not. You’re comparing apples to oranges at best.
/about as valid as the argument you just made
July 13th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
//goes and gets coffee in shame
That’s ok, it’s not like you’ll be able to participate around here for a while anyway.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
There are ACTUAL private bars that have memberships and they’re excluded from smoking bans.
It’s kind of like Augusta and not having to admit women. Just because you call a place “private” doesn’t mean it is, you actually have to be private.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:07 AM
Very true. The German club I’m a member of, you can still smoke in the bar. We sit in the restaurant part or outside.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
Dumbest thing said on here yet about it.
Also Freeh was the head of the FBI, not the CIA. But I guess your top notch investigative skills must know something I don’t.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:11 AM
This all reminds me of Dennis Leary’s smoking bit.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:12 AM
I’m in the district – NW Dupont area.
where. I’m at New Hampshire and S.
I don’t play basketball, so I can’t help there. Dude in my office used to play a lot at the Washington Sports Club at the Ritz on M and 22nd.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:13 AM
Don’t stop him, Mole. He’s on a roll…
/Animal House’d
//Dikembe sounds like a 0.0 GPA guy, which fits well with those characters
July 13th, 2012 at 10:13 AM
someone get this guy the Mc Nair file, stat.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:14 AM
So you have memberships to your personal residence? I.e. anyone who comes over has to pay dues, or at the very least, be on an approved list? So that’s what makes it a private residence? Got it.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:16 AM
OJ still needs an assist as well
July 13th, 2012 at 10:17 AM
This all reminds me of Dennis Leary’s smoking bit.
and the classic ditty ‘i’m an asshole’
July 13th, 2012 at 10:17 AM
I highly doubt that’s his intention. Apparently no one else has ever suffered from any glitch when they convert over to a new server.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:18 AM
Also Freeh was the head of the FBI, not the CIA. But I guess your top notch investigative skills must know something I don’t.
Botched it but it’s irrelevant. Fact is the guy used his power to keep his kid out of jail. He was forced to resign because he was a terrible leader and blamed the guys that weren’t paying him to compile the report. I’m sure the Paternos are paying someone to ‘investigate’ and his report will outline opposite facts and blame opposite parties than the Freeh report. You get what you pay for.
But at the end of the day do I really care about JoePa, Sandusky or the victims? Nah, not really. Didn’t care when the accusations came out, didn’t care about the trial and it wasn’t my ass getting slap-slap-slapped in the shower. I don’t need to sensationalize it to sell mags. I just want the truth so we can know who to truly burn at the stake for this and I truly feel like that will never come out, at least not in my lifetime.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:18 AM
…. yeah that’s exactly what I’m talking about. Definitely not referring to the legal definition of “private club” that allows places to circumvent other rules. Most states require that you be incorporated as a private club.
Nice try though.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:19 AM
I smoke one, maybe two, butts a week, so smoking bans have no effect on me personally. I can’t get over, however, how some people can support the government dictating how private business operate just b/c they don’t like smelling smoke while they’re out getting shit-faced.
Now some places are mandating that you can’t smoke in your own apartment? What’s next? If smoke billows out of a person’s car and someone on the sidewalk smells it, can they sue that person for exposing them to secondhand smoke?
July 13th, 2012 at 10:19 AM
dikembemutomballs
May you children be altar boys.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:20 AM
I’m @ 18th & Q.
I’ve heard about that Washington Sports Club. Also Sports Club – LA in that same area is supposed to be good. Probably worth ponying up one-time to see if it’s legit.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:20 AM
the guys that weren’t paying him to compile the report. I’m sure the Paternos are paying someone to ‘investigate’ and his report will outline opposite facts and blame opposite parties than the Freeh report. You get what you pay for.
is this related to the paterno family not being interviewed for the freeh report? can’t they sue for defamation if the report is wrong?
July 13th, 2012 at 10:21 AM
Oh so you’re an idiot.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:21 AM
Oh so you’re an idiot.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:21 AM
If by truth you mean something that supports your idiot bias then yes.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:22 AM
so nice he has to say it twice. seriously though, that guy’s an idiot.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:22 AM
I kilt alls teh grammar brains last nightish.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:23 AM
Similar argument could be made about Paterno.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:23 AM
I’m three months free of smoking, god bless non smoking bars because I might have caved a few times if the smoke was allowed. It’s been a struggle.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:24 AM
I’ve heard about that Washington Sports Club. Also Sports Club – LA in that same area is supposed to be good. Probably worth ponying up one-time to see if it’s legit.
they send guest passes in the mail all the time. keep an eye out for a free one week trial.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:24 AM
How the hell do you manage it in this city, Mantis?
July 13th, 2012 at 10:25 AM
Probably the same way some people can support the government dictating that private business owners operate in sanitary conditions so we dont get e.coli?
July 13th, 2012 at 10:26 AM
mole – i know what you were saying, but you needed to flesh out your comment a little. Not trying to offend.
Kaiser – I don’t think he is purposefully doing that. I do think it was an unfortunate byproduct of the server moving that has yet to be addressed.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:27 AM
Did Freeh have Subpoena powers? Not like he could interview like he would if he was a law enforecement person. Also, I think it was a University report, so not sure why Paterno family members not employed would be interviewed. It’s an outside person brought in to compile information, and give a broad assessment. I don’t think this is the end of the matter for PSU, they have to start somewhere.
An odd note, if PSU wanted to minimize damage, I dounbt they would of had the report come out one of the slowest sports days of the year.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:27 AM
Another TOTALLY solid analogy.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:28 AM
soused and mole and miz, i’m no conspiracy theorist, but what is it about dikembe’s comments that is idiotic?
July 13th, 2012 at 10:29 AM
My baby could be born with BIRTH DEFECTS. I could get cancer from breathing the stuff in. This isnt about just not liking a smell.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:29 AM
Because I’m the fucking man.
Actually I haven’t been going out in the south side/shady side areas the past few months. Been staying around the suburbs lately for reasons I don’t know why. But yeah, a lot of bars downtown are still smoking.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:30 AM
cj, did your mom smoke/drink when you were incubating?
July 13th, 2012 at 10:31 AM
It’s idiotic to suggest that the report clears PSU and doesn’t open them up to a fuckton of liability.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:31 AM
While I like smoking bans, and because of the kind of bar I frequent I tend to go to bars that have smoking even though I don’t smoke, stay the hell out the bar if you’re knocked up. Simple as.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:32 AM
What does that have to do with a restaurant owner having the right to decide whether to have smoking and non-smoking sections? You could choose to sit in the non-smoking section; people who smoke could sit in smoking. Why should everyone have to cater to you?
July 13th, 2012 at 10:33 AM
We just passed a smoking ban here in Indianapolis. The idea was wildly popular in the community, yet before the ban, not a single bar in my area was smoke free. For those “no regulation, let the market correct itself” people, how is it that the idea of a smoking ban in bars could be so popular, yet not a single bar make the decision on their own to ban smoking? It seems when the market fails, it’s perfectly reasonable for the government to step in.
/not an economist
July 13th, 2012 at 10:33 AM
I’d say it’s the conspiracy theorist tone. I’d love to read his thoughts on what REALLY happened on Sept. 11.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:34 AM
If by truth you mean something that supports your idiot bias then yes.
Eh, I’m not going to get in to a shit-slinging contest here. If you want to take things at face value, that’s certainly your call. Personally, I like to read between the lines and reading between these lines there are still a lot of things that simply just don’t add up. One “independent” report by a questionable character individual. In 10 years when someone like Pearlman has spent that time researching it and writes his book I’d personally put more stock in that than Freeh’s report.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:35 AM
Mine did. I was born with asthma. Almost died three times as a baby. I developed allergies later on. Good times.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:35 AM
I have thought the same thing. Shit like this happens more frequently than it should, and we always challenge it in those cases, but we can’t say anything this time? There may very well have been some improprieties that we don’t know about. When the other guys get charged and go to trial, i find it unlikely that we learn ZERO new evidence or one of them doesn’t start adding people to the fire with them. Not saying it will, but I just don’t see how the Freeh report includes ever exacting detail. Does that make sense?
/doesn’t care one way or the other
//or about PSU
July 13th, 2012 at 10:37 AM
I’d say it’s the conspiracy theorist tone. I’d love to read his thoughts on what REALLY happened on Sept. 11.
Planes got hijacked by Bin Laden’s buddies and flown in to the towers. Lot of people lost their lives. I used to say (as a non-New Yorker) that I really didn’t much care about it but I’ve grown since then and you really don’t go a week or two without meeting or talking to someone that lost a relative, friend, etc. in that. So, yeah, not a conspiracy theorist on that one and actually just prefer to try to forget about it because I can remember sitting in high school and watching the towers come down and thinking “why do I care”…..and that really embarrasses me now. I don’t know how I could’ve been that callous…
July 13th, 2012 at 10:39 AM
If only there was a magical barrier to block the smoke that would be great. But even in the non-smoking section it was still there. Back in the 80′s I flew overseas to Germany. They had a smoking section on the plane. When I got off the flight I smelled like an ashtray.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:40 AM
Freeh is not a “questionable character.” The dude made some mistakes as the head of the FBI but he also had some outstanding successes. Caught Chinese spies, handled the Freemen problem, caught McVeigh, caught the Unabomber.
Also killed all the Waco fucknuts but that’s usually used against him, not sure why.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:41 AM
that’s a much more boring take than I was hoping for.
/clicks over to Bobby Bowden post
July 13th, 2012 at 10:43 AM
like rex said yesterday, next up Second Mile and Corbett
story’s got legs
July 13th, 2012 at 10:43 AM
This is logical. He didn’t have subpoena power, couldn’t make people talk to him (especially Second Mile people). A lot more is going to come out of this.
However what homedude is suggestion is that the report was somehow favorable to PSU. That is a factually indefensible position.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:53 AM
Freeh provided Penn State the report it paid for.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:55 AM
my mom smoked while pregnant with me and I have the allergies and fucked up sinuses to show for it
July 13th, 2012 at 10:56 AM
However what homedude is suggestion is that the report was somehow favorable to PSU.
Penn State is certainly open to ‘suits, but at the same time – at least in my mind – a report pinning people that were terminated, etc., the second this thing broke wide open those people were cut loose. From there Penn State has done what they can to aid anything in any way. I think that’ll carry some weight in sort of shifting blame around. Again, they’re still going to get sued, but they can play the PR game of ‘we didn’t know and when we did we went after them’.
As you said, more will come out, and I hope it does. Personally, I say I don’t care because the thing does disgust me to the core. That’s why I say I don’t care – because I don’t want to, I just want to be done with the whole thing. But I do care. I care about the kids who for some reason put up with this. I care for his own step children that were abused by someone that should’ve been anything but a predator to them. And I do care about Paterno’s legacy — only in the sense when I have kids I want to make sure that when I’m asked about him I can truthfully hammer him for being a terrible person, etc. His name isn’t leaving the record books, etc., and all of us one day are going to have to explain this to our kids and I just want to make sure when that time comes the truth is out there – however negative or ‘positive’ (as if that could happen in a case like this) it may end up for Paterno.
All that said at the end of the day I do take solace in the fact that the real predator here has been identified and is getting his at a pound me in the ass prison.
July 13th, 2012 at 10:58 AM
im willing to be my mom smoked weed while pregnant with me.
July 13th, 2012 at 11:02 AM
Jesus.
July 13th, 2012 at 11:03 AM
I’d be willing to make the same bet about you too.
July 13th, 2012 at 11:04 AM
My mom admitted to smoking weed while pregnant with me. And to smuggling large amounts of weed in diaper bags like the chick in Goodfellas.
July 13th, 2012 at 11:04 AM
made me lol on myself.
July 13th, 2012 at 11:05 AM
annnnnnnnnnd you lost me on that one.
July 13th, 2012 at 11:07 AM
Yeah, lemme rephrase that. I don’t mean that in a negative light at all. Putting myself in their shoes I would’ve fought, kicked, screamed, etc. The guy would’ve had to kill me to keep it from coming out. I just can’t fathom being repeatedly abused…But I cannot put myself in their shoes because I thankfully have never been in that situation and was wrong to do so. Anyway, that’s why I used the term (and shouldn’t have) ‘put up with it’. Instead I probably should’ve said that ‘were subjected to this’.
July 13th, 2012 at 11:09 AM
The reason to argue against smoking bans isn’t because the government shouldn’t interfere in private business because it does all the time and if it didn’t and we all acted in our self interest all of us will be worse off.
The key is to argue why in the particular case of smoking in restaurants the government should not interfere. A general argument against govt interference is retarded.
You realize its government interference in private business thats stopping a coal plant from popping up next to your raised ranch and pointing the smoke stack at your master bedroom window. I mean you could just move right? Hence zoning laws preventing private activities on certain albeit privately own land.
July 13th, 2012 at 11:10 AM
To repeat: Jesus
July 13th, 2012 at 11:11 AM
mole…did my mom smoke weed when you impregnated her with me?
July 13th, 2012 at 11:16 AM
I think that about wraps up my “he’s an idiot” statement.
/Checks watch
//Much faster than usual
July 13th, 2012 at 11:17 AM
Does Rohypnol count as weed?
July 13th, 2012 at 11:19 AM
well, it enhances a mellow, so i’ll allow it.
July 13th, 2012 at 11:58 AM
“I’m not superstitious…no!”
/craving hair metal today