Roundup: The End of Twinkies, Someone’s Impersonating a Journalist in Wisconsin & Watch a Moose Try to Hurdle an SUV
Christina Ricci … it’s all over for Twinkies … “Man asks judge if he can smoke one more joint” … awful train accident in Midland, Texas kills four veterans … Hayden is reason enough to watch Nashville … “Zambia FA says bus stoned after South Africa friendly” … look, it’s a Q&A with Andy Gray, better known as SI Vault! … TV crews in Oakland now need security … “A new study claims ‘that women are inherently less interested in sports than men‘” … belly button ring caught in wading pool gate … “Laguna Beach to punish parents for teen drinking” …
“An impostor identifying himself as a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter and photographer has been calling high school female athletes at home and asking to take their pictures and interview them.” [J-S]
Jerry Brewer nicely sums up Mike Leach’s terrible first season with the Cougars. [Seattle Times]
No Wade, no problem: Miami 98, Denver 93. Shane Battier made six three-pointers. [Sun-Sentinel]
“I’m not going to lie, New York City nightlife last year pretty much got to me. I was going out pretty much every other night, just not focused on the task at hand. This year is definitely different.” [Bergen Record]
Erik Murphy: From getting arrested for breaking into a car and nearly leaving Florida to a great season-opener for the Gators. [CBS Sports]
If that was the best college hoops read of the week, this has to be second. [CBS Sports]
Here are some ghastly Mark Sanchez numbers. Looking at them, one wonders why he got an extension. [PFF]
Almost forgotten in the Trout-Cabrera debate: Buster Posey won the NL MVP. [Mercury News]
Regarding Tim Tebow: “This isn’t a sign of a division on the team. This might be the one thing everyone in this organization agrees on.” [Star Ledger]
Michael Lombardi unloads on Mike Shanahan because the Redskins are so bad defensively. [Bog]
Chris Webber has some thoughts on Mike D’Antoni getting the Lakers’ job.
DeAndre Jordan of the Clippers went around farting near people. [via Hot Clicks]
How’d we miss this Kyrie Irving behind-the-back pass earlier this week?
Megan Fox made an appearance on her husband’s new TV show.
Check out this moose try to hurdle a car around the :11 mark. The rest of the video is uneventful. [via Cartmaniak]
- Kevin Durant’s Giant Back Tattoo Has a Typo
- Mike Francesa is Not Interested In Discussing Soccer, Does Not Appear to Like Soccer
- 2013 NBA Mock Draft: Victor Oladipo 2nd, Tim Hardaway Jr. 11th
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November 16th, 2012 at 8:22 AM
it’s all over for Twinkies …
I wanna know what those execs are getting now that the company is done.
/lights MikeNYC signal
November 16th, 2012 at 8:25 AM
Tastykake >>> Hostess
November 16th, 2012 at 8:28 AM
rip hostess
:pours one out:
November 16th, 2012 at 8:29 AM
Early NBA Coach of the Year candidates:
Red Holzman
Don Chaney
Herb Williams
John MacLeod
November 16th, 2012 at 8:29 AM
Tastykake
Anybody else initially read that as “tastykakke”?
November 16th, 2012 at 8:32 AM
Of course it’s not. It’s apparently over for Hostess, in this incarnation, but I’m sure another company or private equity firm will gladly acquire them. I’m actually more interested to see if there is actually any gap in replacing current inventories with whoever buys the brands/recipes.
November 16th, 2012 at 8:32 AM
Truer words have not been spoken. Much like how the less popular Toaster Strudel >>>> Pop Tarts.
Who knew Brian Austin Green was back on TV, surprising that didnt get more coverage. By this site.
November 16th, 2012 at 8:33 AM
Spencer got arrested?
November 16th, 2012 at 8:33 AM
(•_•) Looks like this Hostess executive
( •_•)>⌐■-■
(⌐■_■) Was not trying to snoball their negotiation
YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH
November 16th, 2012 at 8:36 AM
Orange cupcakes >>>> Twinkies
November 16th, 2012 at 8:36 AM
All Day. AAAAAALLLL Day!
November 16th, 2012 at 8:36 AM
Bravo, sir.
November 16th, 2012 at 8:37 AM
Leave it to the Unions to take down Hostess and their iconic brands.
Apparently these “bakers” haven’t realized that in the Obama Economy, everything is getting cut: wages, hours, benefits, etc. And here we have the results. 18,500 people will lose their jobs.
Unbelievable.
November 16th, 2012 at 8:37 AM
You know we have scraped the bottom of the Russian dash-cam craze when we start showing animals being hit by cars.
November 16th, 2012 at 8:38 AM
Leave it to the Unions to take down Hostess and their iconic brands.
Yeah I’m sure it had nothing to do with capitalism and the fact that nobody eats that shit anymore. Totally the Unions fault.
November 16th, 2012 at 8:38 AM
Damn it, I was just about to post that Hostess closing is all Obamacare’s fault to light the MikeNYC signal, but there he is already.
November 16th, 2012 at 8:40 AM
Nuff Said
November 16th, 2012 at 8:40 AM
Boom. Very well done, Jason. You found the best picture I’ve ever seen of her and posted it.
November 16th, 2012 at 8:41 AM
I wonder if more “junk food” companies will struggle to make ends meet with an increased emphasis on eating healthy today.
November 16th, 2012 at 8:41 AM
Just another sign the zombie apocalypse is nearly upon us.
“Do you know what they call Twinkies in Mexico? Los submarinos.”
November 16th, 2012 at 8:42 AM
yes, don’t blame the executives actually firing employees. as we all know, 12 million people would have been hired between election day and today if Romney had been elected, since he’ll send up a super secret jobs creation signal and all the millionaire and billionaire “job creators” will tell their HR departments to take down the fences, open the floodgates, and spend all our extra cash and assets to put people back to work!!!”
November 16th, 2012 at 8:42 AM
The free market has spoken and finally realized that Twinkies are shit
November 16th, 2012 at 8:42 AM
Hayden is reason enough to watch Nashville
Since this link is for SELF magazine, I am presuming ms621 sent this in, presumably after learning about the article on Pinterest.
/clicks to see photos
November 16th, 2012 at 8:43 AM
Meanwhile, in another installment of “Elections Have Consequences.”
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83943.html
Though I think the better idea would have been to include it as a separate line item on the bill.
6 wings – $9.99
2 Bud Lights – $8.00
Sales Tax – $1.50
ObamaCare Tax – your liberty & rampant unemployment & new spending
November 16th, 2012 at 8:43 AM
Absolute truth. I don’t think I ever had a Twinkie growing up. It was always Peanut Butter Kandykakes or Jelly Krimpets.
November 16th, 2012 at 8:44 AM
there will always be fatties and diabetics who need to consume meals made entirely of sugar and butter.
November 16th, 2012 at 8:44 AM
Wonder Bread is pure evil. Bread aint supposed to stay that soft for weeks.
November 16th, 2012 at 8:44 AM
Butterscotch Krimpets for me. I’ve eaten exactly 1 Twinkie in my life, and it was deep fried.
November 16th, 2012 at 8:45 AM
Psssh I’ve been impersonating a journalist for 21 years
November 16th, 2012 at 8:47 AM
Also very delicious. Also the Apple Pies are quite awesome as well.
/runs to Wawa to go buy a bunch of Tastykakes
November 16th, 2012 at 8:48 AM
Tastykake chocolate chip cookie bars are heaven
November 16th, 2012 at 8:48 AM
In another study, people who live in Chicago do not live in New York….
November 16th, 2012 at 8:48 AM
One of the more ineffective ways to combat teen drinking. Well done Laguna, you morons.
November 16th, 2012 at 8:48 AM
Should be noted that Wawa>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Sheetz.
November 16th, 2012 at 8:49 AM
Stopping off at the Hostess or Enteman’s outlet before a poker game and acquiring some value-priced almost-no-longer-fresh baked goods is just a great tradition.
November 16th, 2012 at 8:49 AM
after having full blown food poisoning, the worst I ever felt after eating food was eating weeks old wonderbread that still looked fresh.
November 16th, 2012 at 8:49 AM
It seems like you composed a sentence entirely of gay slurs.
November 16th, 2012 at 8:50 AM
Better to ask forgiveness than permission?
November 16th, 2012 at 8:50 AM
There are definitely more Wawas in my area, but I’m always happy to happen upon a Sheetz because their menu is much more varied. Burritos and pretzel melts, mm mmm.
November 16th, 2012 at 8:51 AM
Meanwhile, in another installment of “Elections Have Consequences.”
I love this argument. Mike. You know who’s not complaining? THE PEOPLE WHO NOW CAN HAVE HEALTHCARE! How in the holy hell are your “liberties” being trampled on if people get health care? So we have to pay a few more bucks. Guess what? Next time you go to the ER it won’t have as many people there who are there simply because they didn’t have healthcare and waited until it was an emergency. You do realize how much it costs us and our “liberties” when people who are not insured go to the ER?
November 16th, 2012 at 8:51 AM
Didn’t mean for it to be that way….
November 16th, 2012 at 8:53 AM
stoned bus and sexy ambulance were seen takin’ a tow truck to poundtown.
November 16th, 2012 at 8:53 AM
I got sucked into a political argument. Fuck it. I’m going back to work.
November 16th, 2012 at 8:53 AM
Not a chance. Someone will buy up the brand. Just like happened with Tastykake.
November 16th, 2012 at 8:53 AM
/CoopSignal has been lit
November 16th, 2012 at 8:54 AM
In another study, people who live in Chicago do not live in New York
I read a counter study to that which claimed the criteria was flawed, so they really can’t be sure of the validity of those results. science may never know for sure; we’ll have to take it on faith.
November 16th, 2012 at 8:54 AM
dunkaroos > twinkies
November 16th, 2012 at 8:54 AM
This just tells me you’ve never lived within smelling distance of one of their bakeries. I think I cried when their Columbus plant closed.
November 16th, 2012 at 8:54 AM
counterpoint: Wonder Bread makes some fine
frenchfreedom toast, which is close to the top of the pyramid of breakfast foods.November 16th, 2012 at 8:54 AM
No Wade, no problem
That’s because he is terrible.
Had a dream Tebow was playing backyard soccer with some good dudes. He got clowned. I think I read too much tbl
November 16th, 2012 at 8:55 AM
bacon is the apex predator of the breakfast hierarchy.
November 16th, 2012 at 8:56 AM
When businesses succeed, its 100 percent on the owner. Bootstraps, free market, innovation, etc.
When they fail, its on the government (depending on who you voted for).
November 16th, 2012 at 8:57 AM
Rassmussen’s polling is showing the opposite.
November 16th, 2012 at 8:57 AM
Bacon >> Waffles >> Breakfast Sausage >>> Pancakes >>> Eggs
The best smell of all is/was the Nabisco/Kraft plant in Northeast Philly that makes Oreos.
November 16th, 2012 at 8:58 AM
bacon stalks both savory and sweet like a jaguar in the rainforest, pouncing from above with a salty, crispy debonair…like a pork fat pirate swinging onto a burning ship via rope while firing a blunderbuss into a scurvy ridden spaniard’s face.
November 16th, 2012 at 8:58 AM
awful train accident in Midland, Texas kills four veterans
Holy shit. Read that story. That is horrible.
it’s all over for Twinkies
No. Not at all. However, the 20 – 30 year olds that just lost their jobs will have to work at McDonald’s.
November 16th, 2012 at 8:59 AM
Didn’t she get a breast reduction or something? I remember her having bigger cans, especially noticeable on a smaller body
November 16th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
And people can choose not to eat there.
These moron business owners are losing their minds. Stop whining, suck it up, and give your fucking employees health insurance. The fact that, for once, workers didn’t get the shaft at the expense of profits is fine with me.
Jon Stewart had an awesome editorial on this the other night. Companies have succeeded in slashing salaries, increasing the cost of benefits, eradicating pensions, lowering sick and vacation days, eliminating overtime and hourly wages, and converting full-time employees to “contractors” in order to avoid insurance. This one time they lost, and everyone is losing their shit. Pathetic.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:01 AM
whoa, that is terrible.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:02 AM
Do you pronounce Sheetz like Clay Davis from the Wire?
November 16th, 2012 at 9:03 AM
As a Central PA resident I am obligated to defend Sheetz, but as a native Balitmoron, I vote Wawa.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
I don’t want open up a music discussion but has anyone heard the new Soundgarden? I’m very pleasantly surprised, I haven’t been able to stop listening to it. Kim Thayil is the man
November 16th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
bullshit. small sample size.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
a man named kim? WHILE I NEVER!
November 16th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
*WELL…i can’t type for shit today.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
Worst smell is a powdered onion soup mix plant in a town not far from where I have a weekend place. Or the Cargill corn processing plant in Dayton. Wind direction becomes key.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
A very surprising bad smell for is when you enter Hershey, PA. Smells like burning.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
biscuits with sausage gravy teabags bacon on a regular basis.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:07 AM
Hershey plant smell >>>>>>>>>>>>>> everything else
November 16th, 2012 at 9:07 AM
DeAndre Jordan fart video is your top video of the week.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:07 AM
Sausage links >> patties. There’s a mom/pop diner that serves these by me, insane. Thick.
///all very non-Coopish
November 16th, 2012 at 9:07 AM
I’m not a Central PA native, but have lived in the region my entire adult life. Sheetz was awesome until I discovered Wawa, at which point the competition was laid to rest.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:08 AM
You must be from Texas or Oklahoma.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:08 AM
He is one ugly woman
November 16th, 2012 at 9:08 AM
Well which is it?
November 16th, 2012 at 9:08 AM
The Perdue Chicken Plant off 95 in southern VA smells like death.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:08 AM
Paper mill. It’s not pleasant.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:08 AM
I think the opposite, but it could just be the wind and what they were making.
Scripty – I’m with you there 100%
/no Coop’d
November 16th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
Anyone who lives in the Twin Cities area in MN can vouch for this: crossing the 494 bridge over South St Paul by the stockyards is the worst smell ever, year round. Consistently horrendous.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
Worst smell is a powdered onion soup mix plant in a town not far from where I have a weekend place. Or the Cargill corn processing plant in Dayton. Wind direction becomes key.
Worst smell are the feedlots in Western Kansas. From Dodge City to Garden City to Liberal. It is a triangle of disgusting.
The most confusing smell used to be in Emporia. The Dolly Madison bakery was in close proximity to the beef processing plant. 100 degrees in the summer and yuck.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
While Miz does make a habit of living in The South, he’s a Tennessee boy through and through.
/nods at KC
November 16th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
I’ve been thinking the same thing, I like it. King Animal isn’t Superunknown, but it sounds like Down on the Upside’s follow up album. can’t say many bands reuniting can keep their sound similar to what it was after a long period apart.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
What’s your go-to order at a diner for breakfast?
over-medium, links, homefries (slightly crispy), white, coffee
November 16th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
/made truthier
November 16th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
sugar refinery. dear god. worst part of Maui, hands down.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
Waffles, links, homefrieds, wheat, coffee. And the links absolutely have to have syrup on them.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
When I used to visit “home”, there was a Purina dog food plant in Wooster Ohio that would send you scurrying for the barf bag….
And paper mills are terrible….smell wafts for miles….
“home”=Army brat
November 16th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
Is everybody geared up for Thanksgiving? I can’t wait I love that holiday. Drinking, eating and watching football. Doesn’t get much better than that.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
Those paper plants in the SC area are bad, but in central California there is a dairy farm that is big as a RI I bet.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
Humblebrag?
over-medium, hash, homefries (slightly crispy), rye, coffee
November 16th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
I agree but some songs sound right at home with Superunknown like “Bones of Birds.” Love that one
November 16th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
When I go to a Sheetz, my only thought it “It’s cute how they are trying so desperately to be Wawa”.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
I rotate between pancakes with a side of bacon and a Ham and cheese omelette with homefries, sausage links and rye toast.
Now I’m hungry.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
French toast, sausage, coffee, OJ
November 16th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
there’s a meat packing plant in Reading PA that puts off some pretty terrible smells.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
Worst smell is the Perdue Plant on the Maryland Eastern Shore.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
The games looked pretty damn good before the season, not to great now. Houston/Detroit should be okay, Washington/Dallas… well at least there’s RG3 to watch. Is the night game on NBC this year?
November 16th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
I think the absolute worst thing I’ve ever smelled in my life, non-death category, was a pilot test by some farmers putting post-ethanol processing, rendered corn slurry on their fields. When you have other farmers actually calling the EPA, you know it stinks. Heavy, thick air that permeated the interiors of houses for miles. Liquefied turkey poo sprayed on the fields became much more tolerable after that.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
Maybe it’s just because my expectations were for it to smell like a Willy Wonka paradise, but it was pretty bad.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
Some of the newer ones are legit, though.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
yeah, I have to give it a few more listens, gotten through the whole thing twice now. by crooked steps is the one that just doesn’t sit right with me so far.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
Bacon sandwich on toast, hash browns, iced coffee
/usually hung over when I go to a diner
November 16th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
If you’ve ever gone past a large chicken coop, the smell is enough to make you not want chicken for awhile.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
Paper mill wins for worst. Its not close. I live close to a dog food plant. On clear windy days, its just the worst, Jerry
November 16th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
The Day I Tried to Live and Superunknown are the best to songs on Superunknown.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
That one’s sort of gimmicky with the weird time signature thing, but I like it
November 16th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
There’s a few meat/chicken processing plants on the way to my Dad’s. When they’re doing their thing…it smells like death.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
Would much rather grub on a cheeseburger big bite slathered in nacho cheese and pico from 7-11 than the over-rated shit at Sheetz/Wawa
November 16th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
You gotta remember, a lot of Hershey is surrounded by farmland. The Hershey plant itself smells amazing. The surrounding farms and factories, however, are less than appealing.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:18 AM
Mine is always 2 eggs over easy, hash browns, corned beef hash and rye bread.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:18 AM
i’m partial to My Wave and fell on black days
November 16th, 2012 at 9:19 AM
It’s hard to brag about the dry cleaning expense to get the smell of onion soup mix powder out of this $5,000 suit, so no.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:19 AM
Eggs over easy, hash browns/fried potatoes, toast, scrapple, OJ, and coffee.
If they don’t have scrapple, I immediately judge the diner as inadequate.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:19 AM
Over medium, sausage (patties), home fries, rye (no butter), coffee.
Think I’m gonna talk a walk and get that. And a Butterscotch Krimpet on the way back. Thanks a lot you bunch a fatties.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
Down here in Atlanta, we got Kroger and Publix. It’s weird how Kroger takes the personality of the neighborhood it’s in. If it’s in a nice area, the deli is fully stocked, they have way more variety, stores are a lot cleaner, even the lighting is different. And then you have totally run down krogers.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:21 AM
Interesting, Ive never noticed that
November 16th, 2012 at 9:21 AM
So Rex has smelled death. Good to know. A regular Sgt. Barnes up in here.
/makes note to self not to anger RKDS.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:21 AM
What do you guys mean by “over easy”?
November 16th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
Agreed that Soundgarden’s best album was Badmotorfinger
November 16th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
I think scrapple tastes like cardboard. Wife loves it though.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
Goetta > Scrapple: Texture Division
November 16th, 2012 at 9:23 AM
It’s weird how Kroger takes the personality of the neighborhood it’s in.
This is true. Kroger in my town carries 2 brands of deli meat. 2. All I’m tryin to do is get some Boar’s Head smoked turkey.
/poor town problems
November 16th, 2012 at 9:23 AM
My Wave is a very good song I agree.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:23 AM
when I need to be pulled out of a shitty mood after work I get in my car and crank up Rusty Cage. works everytime.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:23 AM
MY SHOES COST MORE THAN YOUR HOUSE
November 16th, 2012 at 9:23 AM
Damn I love some scrapple, but you are not finding that in 98% of the country. Right along with lebanon baloney.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
Eggs in a skillet with runny yolk centers.
Not everything is cooked in an oven, Kaiser….
November 16th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
It’s definitely the most impressive. The vocals on Jesus Christ Pose are beyond belief
November 16th, 2012 at 9:25 AM
cj, it’s kind of in the hood in Reading, but it’s there. right off of 422.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:25 AM
You must be from Texas or Oklahoma.
While Miz does make a habit of living in The South, he’s a Tennessee boy through and through.
/nods at KC
Grrrr.
If I’m going out to eat for breakfast I’m getting biscuits and gravy or eggs benedict.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:25 AM
What do you guys mean by “over easy”?
Coop’s go-to move?
/all I got
November 16th, 2012 at 9:25 AM
Damn, you got me on this one. Never heard of it, but I’m also wary of this being a ploy to get me to google image search it.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
Any eggs outside of scrambled or those in an omelot are disgusting.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
That shit is like the state food around here.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
Livermush > *
November 16th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
Agreed that Soundgarden’s best album was Badmotorfinger
Soundgarden was my favorite band back in the day. Good to see you guys giving good reviews on the new one. I kind of checked out after the artist formerly known as Chris Cornell put out a solo album produced by Timbaland. Maybe I’ll listen to the new album.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
Springdale, where I work, is home of
TysonTyler Chicken. it smells like wet dog food most of the time, fucking awful.November 16th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
Misleading, All of Reading is the hood.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
I’m confused, is it better to have some people lose jobs in order for everyone to have health care or companies to keep and hire workers but give shitty benefits and no healthcare?
I really don’t know anymore. I heard that Obamacare was going to lead to good doctors turning away medicare patients because they are going to choose the people that can pay upfront. I don’t know if that is true. I’m just dumbfoudned that the actual health and medical care of people has become a financial industry when our country puts such an emphasis on taking care of people.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
Hands down. Hving lived in Philly with family in Cincy, goetta is the superior breakfast product.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
I can’t click on that link here at work but if that was a Tommy Boy reference, his shoe is worth more than his LIFE.
Also acceptable: You know why, mister? ‘Cause you drove a Hyundai to get here tonight, I drove an eighty thousand dollar BMW. *That’s* my name.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
Slaves. And. Bulldozers.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
Right along with lebanon baloney.
Damn, you got me on this one. Never heard of it, but I’m also wary of this being a ploy to get me to google image search it.
Cosigned.
/immediately google’s lebanon baloney
November 16th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
Ahh, got it. Yeah, I don’t like soft yoke. Feel like I’m eating raw eggs.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
Ahh, got it. Yeah, I don’t like soft yoke. Feel like I’m eating raw eggs.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
I look at an omelet and scrambled eggs and think “why did you break the yolk??!!”.
The only time I eat eggs that way is in the context of a pepper and egg sandwich with sharp provolone on a hoagie roll.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
Touche.
Lebanon Bologna wrapped around a sweet pickle with cream cheese is a deliciously delicious snack.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
“A new study claims ‘that women are inherently less interested in sports than men‘”
Brilliant! Next study will read Men are inherently less interested in Lifetime movies.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
Eier über einfache!!
November 16th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
I got physically ill listening to that. Maybe the most embarrassing shit I’ve ever heard. But yeah, King Animal doesn’t resemble that in the slightest, thankfully.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
Matt Cameron. Best of the grunge drummers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXTZDeoLtVA
November 16th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
This is making inroads in central ohio. Seen it at several Giant Eagles and i think Boar’s Head makes it.
/Utz chip are the best, too.
//Grandma Utz’s ingredients a potatoes, lard, and salt.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
False, there is a two block radius around the Sovereign Center that is quite pleasant
November 16th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
Seltzer’s Lebanon Baloney is the finest smoked baloney product known to mankind. Dirty Jobs actually did a show there, it was awesome.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:32 AM
No way. Yesterday for breakfast I took a red bell pepper and cut it into an inch thick ring, sauteed each side of it, then fried two eggs inside of it, makes an egg and pepper patty. Delicious.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:32 AM
The ACA is just the latest excuse businesses are using to strip benefits. If we didn’t have this law, something else — economy, taxes — would be the catalyst.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:32 AM
Lebanon Bologna wrapped around a sweet pickle with cream cheese is a deliciously delicious snack.
Oh, shit. My mom makes this with salami (which sort of looks like this Lebanon stuff you all speak of.) In fact, it is always one of the many appetizers before thanksgiving dinner. I can eat a hundred of those in one sitting.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Basically this. So easy. Throw a little white cheddar on top of it.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
I’m an Eggs Benedict freak. The best I’ve ever had was a couple of week ago in our hotel’s restaurant in Portland. Perfectly poached, great hollandaise, but the kicker was the addition of ciabatta for the english muffins and…spicy capicolla instead of ham. Holy shit… Can’t wait to recreate it.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Anyway, back to breakfast:
I like mixing whole milk yogurt into my omelets. The consistency part I haven’t figured out yet, but the taste it good.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
Agreed. I don’t know why, but they always taste kinda fresh such that they temporarily make you forget you are stuffing your face with something that’s not good for you.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
Perfectly poached, great hollandaise, but the kicker was the addition of ciabatta for the english muffins and…spicy capicolla instead of ham. Holy shit… Can’t wait to recreate it. Rex
Sounds awesome. I’m a freak as well.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:35 AM
I’m guessing deviled eggs don’t count as breakfast, but they are eggs, and if they are put in front of me I can’t stop eating them.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:35 AM
I’m going to throw this out there for you… grilled salmon Eggs Benedict
November 16th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
He and Mike Bordin (not a “grunge” guy but from the same era) are incredible to watch. Great video.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
I also enjoy Eggs Benedict. My wife makes crab cakes benedict:
Crab cake and sauteed spinach with the poached egg and hollandaise. it’s unreal.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
my wife loves poached eggs. But you damn well the restaurant is fucking those up 50% of the time.
/anybody else have the poach pods for home use?
November 16th, 2012 at 9:39 AM
I love deviled eggs but they give me horrendous gas. I started a new job about a month ago, and on the first day it was someone’s birthday so there was a ton of food. I must have eaten a half dozen deviled eggs, and spent the rest of the day ripping the worst smelling farts. I thought I was going to suffocate in my new office from the smell.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:39 AM
You speak the truth. I just went downstairs for a(nother) Cafe Americano and it’s in the deli section here at Giant Eagle Market District.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
I don’t care for deviled eggs nor pickled eggs. Some white person I am.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
Yeah, goes without saying. Always worth the risk in my opinion though.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
I’m on it. Our go-to weekend breakfast at home is a fresh bagel with cream cheese, smoked salmon, capers, red onion, tomato. If we had Pad Thai the night before, Pad Thai Pancakes. Seriously.
/seriously’d
November 16th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
/Utz chip are the best, too.
Too bad Jimmy Barrett ratted on Draper. Broke the bro-code.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
Anyone ever made spicy deviled eggs? Add a little sriracha sauce to them. Delicious.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:46 AM
Makes sense to me. My stepdad does the salmon eggs benedict for Christmas morning, it’s outstanding.
Smoked salmon with capers, cream cheese, onion and tomato is my favorite breakfast. I hate Brueggers but that combo on one of their cheese pesto bagels, goddamn (and eleven dollars).
As for pancakes, can I interest you in this?
November 16th, 2012 at 9:46 AM
Champion Paper factory in Canton, NC. The entire town has this awful funky smell to it.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
This is so true. I avoid the run down Kroger near us and go to Publix, even though it cost more. Publix is like Harris Teeter
November 16th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
You ever drive through Wilkesboro in the summer? There’s one of the country’s largest Tyson rendering plants nearby and you can smell hog and chicken fat boiling for five miles in either direction. Absolutely awful and inescapable.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
blame obama for Hostess, obviously. 4 more years!
November 16th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
If Rex is saying something positive about something i wrote, take it to the bank that it is a good day!
November 16th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
I haven’t but I can imagine the awfulness. That sounds like Canton, its off of I-40 and that entire stretch of the interstate smells terrible.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
Personally I think everything East of I77 smells like burnt ass anyway.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
when I was in Kansas this summer I was riding with my GF’s brother and the smell of death filled his truck for about 10 minutes. I didn’t want to say anything, but I knew he smelled it too so I didn’t figure it was him. we then pulled up on a tractor trailer full of dead cows. the trailer wasn’t even covered up, just hooves and shit hanging out the top. it was also 100* outside.
in summation, fuck Kansas.
November 16th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
Apparently these “bakers” haven’t realized that in the Obama Economy, everything is getting cut: wages, hours, benefits, etc. And here we have the results. 18,500 people will lose their jobs.
Ugh. Hostess has been in trouble for years. Horrible ownership. They’ve been in trouble since at least when the Atkin’s Diet was big. I remember they blamed the Atkin’s Diet for their troubles.
November 16th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
Clinton Iowa is the worst town I’ve been to…paper and corn processing plants
November 16th, 2012 at 10:05 AM
http://email.nacsonline.com/ndredir.asp?src=newsarticle&url=/NACS/News/Daily/Pages/ND1116125.aspx
Yum?
November 16th, 2012 at 10:07 AM
Whatever Whatever Paper Mill in Georgetown, SC.
November 16th, 2012 at 10:08 AM
I don’t think they are milking those cows.
November 16th, 2012 at 10:10 AM
A classic sixhead.
November 16th, 2012 at 10:10 AM
May I say that a Drake’s coffee-cake – in the single size – is about the best eating there is.
November 16th, 2012 at 10:12 AM
Check out the Kroger on Ponce at Ford Factory Square. Desperate-ville. Go to the Kroger two miles away at Ansley. Whole Foods-lite.
November 16th, 2012 at 10:13 AM
No, you may not. Thanks for asking though.
November 16th, 2012 at 10:15 AM
Fuck, this completely invalidates Zombieland.
/ Time to revive Bill Murray
November 16th, 2012 at 10:16 AM
Entenmann’s
November 16th, 2012 at 10:17 AM
Link?
/ Heh heh heh
November 16th, 2012 at 10:18 AM
My rankings on Superunknown:
The Day I Tried to Live
My Wave
Superunknown
4th of July
Fell On Black Days
Limo Wreck
Like Suicide
Let Me Drown
Kickstand
Head Down
Black Hole Sun
Mailman
Spoonman
Fresh Tendrils
Half
November 16th, 2012 at 10:21 AM
I like that, I’d move Spoonman and Black Hole Sun up, those were okay. I always hated Black Days.
November 16th, 2012 at 10:22 AM
Feel good Friday on TBL? Maybe everybody will be positive today…
November 16th, 2012 at 10:23 AM
Oh, and the worst odor I ever encountered was a sugar cane factory outside Thibodeaux, LA when my family was going to Nicholls State to watch my older brother play football.
November 16th, 2012 at 10:23 AM
Sugar cane mill. Smells like the entire parish farted at once.
November 16th, 2012 at 10:24 AM
Damn, heldover, not only did we post the same thing, sounds like you were down in my neck of the swamp once.
November 16th, 2012 at 10:27 AM
I like that, I’d move Spoonman and Black Hole Sun up, those were okay. I always hated Black Days.
I don’t hate Spoonman or Black Hole Sun. That’s why I really love Superunknown as an album. I don’t really hate anything on that album outside of Half and Fresh Tendrils.
November 16th, 2012 at 10:29 AM
This literally happened right down the street from me. Saw the parade from my office. Heard the train. The sirens. Still can’t figure out how it happened.
November 16th, 2012 at 10:29 AM
One thing I miss about hitting the beach in the Carolinas or Florida Gold Coast … the Publix. Love the Publix.
November 16th, 2012 at 10:29 AM
Absolute truth. I don’t think I ever had a Twinkie growing up. It was always Peanut Butter Kandykakes or Jelly Krimpets.
It seems like you composed a sentence entirely of gay slurs.
fELLAS, this sort of thing isn’t said enough, but I wanted to take a moment to thank all of you. Some of you are funny, and some just try really hard, but for the most part coming on here and skimming thru the comments can make a shitty day just a lil better. Not to mention you get to hear others perspective and some have some valuable + insightful stuff to share. Also great links of hot chicks or interesting articles are appreciated.
Life is short. Our existence can be futile. But making a difference in someone else’s life — even in the smallest of ways, can mean a lot
November 16th, 2012 at 10:30 AM
Damn, heldover, not only did we post the same thing, sounds like you were down in my neck of the swamp once.
The three things I remember most about those car trips:
1. The awful sugar cane factory
2. Watching Nicholls State get their teeth kicked in
3. Getting Burger King for the ride home because I refused to eat the stadium food
November 16th, 2012 at 10:30 AM
Clayton is corn?!
Soylent Green is people!!
November 16th, 2012 at 10:36 AM
now listening to soundgarden on grooveshark.
November 16th, 2012 at 10:36 AM
Some things never change.
Never have understood why stadiums in South La. don’t serve regional cuisine, the way you can get garlic fries in San Fran, etc. I’d love to get me some red beans and rice or crawfish etouffee at a game.
November 16th, 2012 at 10:38 AM
This is still about the Muscle & Fitness cover, isn’t it?
November 16th, 2012 at 10:38 AM
love the comments section of this from the summer after the Wiz trade
http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/06/21/what-does-the-wizards-hornets-trade-mean-for-the-nba-draft/
so many commenters liked this trade. wonder if they’ll think the same way come Feb, when the Wizards still have the worst record in the league
November 16th, 2012 at 10:39 AM
Jason’s going to ban the SHIT out of this guy.
November 16th, 2012 at 10:44 AM
Okafor is leading the team in rebounding, they don’t have Wall, and Lewis wasn’t making that team any better this year. Did anyone say it was going to make them good?
November 16th, 2012 at 10:45 AM
/pours one out for the comment archives
November 16th, 2012 at 10:48 AM
Plus getting two solid to good defensive players on a horrific team in exchange for dumping a guy you want to amnesty is still a sound move.
They’re going to be awful regardless but at least they’re spending the money for Lewis on two competent pieces instead I guess.
November 16th, 2012 at 10:51 AM
Great political Fridays.
The liberal leaning refuse to acknowledge the fact that unions can have a negative impact on an industry over time. You can’t pay a “baker” $63 per hour.
The conservatives refuse to acknowledge that the fat-cats are cashing out. The C-level guys really do “need” $millions.
I absolutely love being a casual observer of narrow-minded arguments.
/unions suck
//greedy people suck
///c-levels are greedy
////unions are greedy
/////everyone given the chance, would be greedy.
//////people suck
November 16th, 2012 at 10:52 AM
Greasy diner breakfast…check
Butterscotch Krimpet for later…check
Productive activities for the day…uncheck
November 16th, 2012 at 10:53 AM
long live Jerry Reed
November 16th, 2012 at 10:54 AM
Jason’s going to ban the SHIT out of this guy.
well FUCK jason then. are you talkin about lisk? bring it
November 16th, 2012 at 10:55 AM
By the way I’m just going to assume you are in fact Ghostface.
November 16th, 2012 at 10:56 AM
Wrong.
November 16th, 2012 at 10:57 AM
he sang east bound and down and was the trucker in cannobball run, right ark?
November 16th, 2012 at 10:58 AM
uhhhhh…. she’s actually pretty good, but as much as my wife and I have tried to give the show a shot, because of its location (filmed locally) and subject matter (everyone in Nashville knows a singer/songwriter; it’s getting borderline intolerable.
November 16th, 2012 at 11:03 AM
Thanks Mullet. Thanks for restoring my faith in mankind.
You, sir, are a savior.
November 16th, 2012 at 11:05 AM
Thibodeaux, LA
Hottest, muggiest place I’ve ever run away from. Thank-you Manning family.
November 16th, 2012 at 11:06 AM
Once saw this misinterpreted as “Tippytoe, Loozeeana” on one of thonse song lyrics websites.
November 16th, 2012 at 11:06 AM
correct, along with a bunch of other classic tunes. he was also the opposing coach in the Waterboy. LEGEND.
November 16th, 2012 at 11:08 AM
Personally, I love being a narrow-minded instigator of petty arguments.
November 16th, 2012 at 11:11 AM
I’d agree with that. That said, I tend to (somewhat unfairly, i’ll admit) tune out arguments against unions because every single change that’s happened in the workplace over the last 20 years has benefited businesses and hurt the worker. It’s like hearing Tom Brady complain when some defender grazes his helmet with a pinkie and doesn’t get a flagged, or listing to a wideout bitch that he was held. Tough shit — the rules have changed to the point where it’s really hard to make a decent blue-collar wage/play defense.
Unions need to give more and understand that a $75/hour wage isn’t going to benefit them – or their kids – in the long term. But I understand why they hang on to what they have. They don’t see many concessions being made on the other side of the table.
November 16th, 2012 at 11:11 AM
I grew up in that area, and believe me, it’s not the hottest, muggiest area I’ve ever lived in.
/ Looks at Houston, scowls
November 16th, 2012 at 11:13 AM
just realized you said Cannonball Run, another Burt Reynolds classic, it was Smokey and the Bandit actually.
November 16th, 2012 at 11:13 AM
Women and men have exactly the same interest in sports. Testosterone does not exist. Science does not exist. Men and women are exactly the same. Good ole’ feminism.
November 16th, 2012 at 11:15 AM
just realized you said Cannonball Run, another Burt Reynolds classic, it was Smokey and the Bandit actually.
i feel more embarrassed than the guy who didn’t know the school was Minnesota St. in the sitcom “Coach”
November 16th, 2012 at 11:20 AM
Personally, I love being a narrow-minded instigator of petty arguments.
!
November 16th, 2012 at 11:29 AM
Queefer, you do realize that unions only have themselves to blame for the position they are in, correct? Just look at the UAW if you don’t understand. The fact that it is nearly impossible to fire someone at a big 3 plant is insane. My dad worked at the Chrysler transmission plant for years in Kokomo, IN. The stories of guys getting hammered in their trucks during lunch, sabotaging equipment so they could sit around all day, and taking advantage of the medical insurance to get days off were rampant.
The only thing Chrysler was able to fight back on was insurance. They raised the co-pay to $25 or so just to try and keep people from spending $5 to get a paid day off from the doctor. The bitching from those union reps was what you would expect if Chrysler said that overtime was going away and everyone was taking a 10% pay cut.
November 16th, 2012 at 11:48 AM
Ah, good old Murder Kroger. I live at those Lofts (Ford Factory Lofts) next to that Kroger. I recommended that we put up a “____ days since last murder” placard at the front of the plaza not too long ago.
http://midtown.patch.com/articles/man-shot-outside-ponce-apartments-in-extremely-critical-condidtion
There goes the streak.
November 16th, 2012 at 11:55 AM
LOL @ union bashing. If unions weren’t so effective, CEO’s and Repubs wouldn’t work so hard to minimize them.
November 16th, 2012 at 12:08 PM
The argument isn’t whether or not they’re effective, it’s what they’re effective at accomplishing. Draining companies and sabotaging productivity is the answer. We have 27 people working here. The minute they try to form a union is the minute we lock the doors and close up shop.
November 16th, 2012 at 12:09 PM
I’m a bit late to the game, but there’s gotta be a halfway point between labor and employers. I’m a proponent of unions insofar as they help provide a counterbalance to employers who, frankly, would do what they could to squeeze as much out of the labor force without giving up much. That said, unions also have to keep the bigger picture in mind in terms of viability of their profession. Teachers, for example, are so anti-evaluation that they don’t see how, in the long term, good evaluation could lead to better pay and better standing for the profession. This “us against them” stuff is outdated, I think negotiations don’t need to be contentious if both sides try a little harder. A little idealistic of me to say, for sure, but it’s the reality.
November 16th, 2012 at 12:21 PM
Yeah, nobody in America is eating shit anymore. You might want to take a closer look at America buddy. Walk into a Walmart and try to guesstimate the avergage BMI.
November 16th, 2012 at 12:31 PM
Somebody correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t teachers against evaluation-based pay because of the faulty premise that all students are the same (the control), and the success/failure of those students hinges on the teacher (the variable)?
November 16th, 2012 at 12:31 PM
MikeNYC is the best internet troll of our lifetime. Really great stuff
November 16th, 2012 at 12:32 PM
Teachers have always been evaluated. When was the period of time where teachers didn’t undergo an evaluation process? In my opinion, teachers have every right to view their situation in “us vs. them” terms. Standardized testing has lobotomized the teaching profession. They deal with parents who are often times reactive as opposed to proactive. They deal with administrators who are more interested in numbers than students. Yet when things go wrong, they get the blame. Blaming teachers for every ill is like blaming the soldier on the frontline for a war being lost.
November 16th, 2012 at 12:36 PM
Teachers, for example, are so anti-evaluation that they don’t see how, in the long term, good evaluation could lead to better pay and better standing for the profession. This “us against them” stuff is outdated
In certain states that take gov’t money through some program, the evaluation process has beefed up, and quite honestly it has been a colossal cluster so far. Last year was the first full year with them and literally it was quite unprofessional in explaining to teachers how it would work and the execution of evals were very poor. So poor, that they deemed last years “scores” for teachers as a trial year. This year there are many changes to the process, many making it better. The crazies who boycott and whine and complain about the “unfairness” of it really need to shut up. It is necessary to get the bad teachers out. With anything, there are good aspects and bad aspects of the whole thing
November 16th, 2012 at 12:37 PM
They deal with administrators who are more interested in numbers than students. Yet when things go wrong, they get the blame. Blaming teachers for every ill is like blaming the soldier on the frontline for a war being lost.
I will buy you one internet drink, sir. Wonderfully put
November 16th, 2012 at 12:38 PM
Last year was the first full year with them
Should have clarified, in TN
November 16th, 2012 at 12:38 PM
Well, there are more rigorous assessments rolling out based on more administrator classroom observations, of course test scores, but also in terms of measuring student growth. My wife is a longtime educator so I know a little about this, though not a ton, and so I’ve seen a little too much of teachers making themselves victims rather than having the ability to impact students. No, teachers aren’t the only ones responsible for student performance, but they certainly have plenty of face time with kids to help them become better.
November 16th, 2012 at 12:39 PM
In my opinion the biggest difference from education in the 90s until now. It’s been fascinating (and sad) to see this dynamic change. Teachers and parents used to be on a team. No longer is that the case.
November 16th, 2012 at 12:43 PM
my response in 247 includes the wrong quote. it was meant to respond to 243
November 16th, 2012 at 12:44 PM
I’m a proponent of unions insofar as they help provide a counterbalance to employers who, frankly, would do what they could to squeeze as much out of the labor force without giving up much. That said, unions also have to keep the bigger picture in mind in terms of viability of their profession.
TROOF’d
Companies would absolutely fuck over their employees given the chance. And I work in the TV biz, where we have union tech guys (camera operators), some of whom can be quite fucking lazy.
November 16th, 2012 at 12:49 PM
I have nine teachers in my family and in-laws. None of them are anti-evaluation. Who comes up with this nonsense? If you can understand the impact of things like creaming from charter schools and private schools, proper evaluation of kids with special needs and learning disabilities, that some kids go to school significantly behind on reading, that some schools cannot hold a kid back, and multitudes of other factors, like some kids lack the home structure for homework/homelearning, etc – then you’ll understand why teachers are skeptical of broad-based evaluations.
My wife taught four years in a metro school district and one year got RIF’d 1 day before school started for budget reasons. No schools were hiring at that point. So please, it’s not that rosy for educators.
November 16th, 2012 at 12:50 PM
Unions need to give more and understand that a $75/hour wage isn’t going to benefit them – or their kids – in the long term.
Exactly. When CEO’s get $MMM bonuses for hacking all of their full time workers to $10/hour or less, everybody benefits. Let’s keep the long view here
November 16th, 2012 at 12:51 PM
Many people dont comprehend education as the #1 factor in determining their and their kids socio-economic mobility. They dont give a shit. That education has millions of obstacles in some places for adaquate funding and that many families don’t care about education – that’s an issue.
Broadbrushed blaming teacher unions is terrible scapegoating and shows a poor comprehension of the modern education envirionment.
November 16th, 2012 at 12:52 PM
exactly.
November 16th, 2012 at 12:53 PM
Unions aren’t perfect but they help many skilled tradespeople to earn an honest wage with security. On occasion they make negotiation or tactical errors to their worth or the overall labor market. That doesn’t mean they shouldn’t exist. Get a grip.
November 16th, 2012 at 12:54 PM
I have nine teachers in my family and in-laws. None of them are anti-evaluation
Majority aren’t. It’s new and intimidating, so many are skeptical, especially when it is implemented differently all over the state. The eval system is not bad in itself, they just rushed it without thinking of problems and quirks. I’ve learned that even if it’s 78 and sunny, sitting on a beach with a drink, people will still and forever bitch
November 16th, 2012 at 1:14 PM
There is no such thing as an “honest wage”. A legitimate wage is what the market bears, and the reality is that most (not all) teachers are people who aren’t capable of private sector success, whether it be the inability to deal and compete with adults or simply an intellectual limitation. If it weren’t for the teachers union, good teachers would actually make a lot more money. It is incredibly beneficial for a municipality to have a strong school system, as that attracts wealthier residents, which will lead to increased property values. But the teachers union, like almost all modern unions, is in existence to protect it’s least competent members. This is not the American industrial age. People are not working in dangerous conditions without other employment options. Unions are a reflection of the immense entitlement that pervades America. If only people accepted the free market concepts that the Constitution intended we would be living in a fucking utopia.
November 16th, 2012 at 1:23 PM
there are no words.
November 16th, 2012 at 1:26 PM
Pretty sure that was just copied and pasted from a Scott Walker college paper
November 16th, 2012 at 1:27 PM
Sorry for not being PC, but I’ve seen it first hands. Eyes don’t lie. I’m not running for public office so I don’t need to kiss teacher ass. College professors are one thing, but high school and below are handed their curriculum and no independent thought is required. They are babysitters. I don’t deny there are smart, well-intentioned teachers, but not nearly at the percentage many people indicate.
November 16th, 2012 at 1:27 PM
Sorry for not being PC, but I’ve seen it first hands. Eyes don’t lie. I’m not running for public office so I don’t need to kiss teacher ass. College professors are one thing, but high school and below are handed their curriculum and no independent thought is required. They are babysitters. I don’t deny there are smart, well-intentioned teachers, but not nearly at the percentage many people indicate.
November 16th, 2012 at 1:27 PM
That might be the worst post of the year.
November 16th, 2012 at 1:27 PM
This. The good teachers, “bakers”, welders, etc. etc don’t need or care for the unions. Most of them will tell you that they cannot stand the lazy ass co-worker who fucks off and sleeps while getting paid, or the teacher that’s been giving the same test for 25 years that everyone in the class already has the answers to. The unions are exactly like the parents that the teachers complain about…making excuses for laziness and incompetance.
November 16th, 2012 at 1:31 PM
Teachers are babysitters. Handed a checklist. Where is this, exactly?
November 16th, 2012 at 1:32 PM
Based on some of these comments, I’ve come to the conclusion that I sure had some great teachers, and also worked with a bunch in my one year of teaching.
November 16th, 2012 at 1:36 PM
Sounds like people are pissed at society for its decrease in respect to education. People sound pissed at their state and local governments for creating envirionments that have not empowered their educators. People are pissed at the funding processes for education. But blame the teachers, the lowest rung in the process. Got it.
November 16th, 2012 at 1:39 PM
Blame the teachers union more accurately.
November 16th, 2012 at 1:41 PM
It’s analogous to welfare. If the system does not ruthlessly force performance, it is human nature to settle for what is being given.
November 16th, 2012 at 1:41 PM
No, blame the teachers unions. I still remember every great teacher I ever had. But I also remember the lazy ones. The system does not allow those lazy ones to be weeded out because they are protected by the union. Teachers do God’s work. Teachers unions, not so much.
November 16th, 2012 at 1:43 PM
lazy workers have only existed for the past 100 years that unions have existed.
November 16th, 2012 at 1:47 PM
lazy workers have only existed for the past 100 years that unions have existed.
November 16th, 2012 at 1:48 PM
Again, you’ve missed the point that most teachers are open to appropriate level-headed evaluations given some points I made above. The unions absolutely allow them to have some security, benefits, etc. Sorry your teachers sucked ass.
November 16th, 2012 at 1:49 PM
It’s Duffy, isn’t it. You can tell me, Jason… it is, isn’t it.
November 16th, 2012 at 1:52 PM
teacher unions are like welfare? Your school district hired the wrong teachers then. That’s administration not the union. Sounds the places you are familiar with have more administrative failures than teacher failures. Not the union’s issue.
November 16th, 2012 at 1:53 PM
Are you saying that without unions, good teachers would be making $100K? $150K? If so, somebody should probably tell them how much money they’re missing out on by being in a union.
November 16th, 2012 at 1:54 PM
I am fascinated by the idea that unions are somehow factors outside of a free market. Unionized workers are getting what the market will bear. A single worker without a law degree is highly unlikely to understand when their employer is swindling them or chiseling them.
November 16th, 2012 at 1:56 PM
Are you saying that without unions, good teachers would be making $100K? $150K?
I’m pretty sure the average parochial school teacher starts off at about $250K. I’ll have one of my assistants look into that and get back to you
November 16th, 2012 at 1:59 PM
isnt it well known that private school teachers make shit and have no benefits? this is the free market too, no?
November 16th, 2012 at 2:00 PM
In OH the average range for a parochial school teacher is from
$25804 to $38706 and the starting range is from $21250 to $31875.
November 16th, 2012 at 2:01 PM
That’s pretty good for babysitters who hand out checklists.
November 16th, 2012 at 2:02 PM
It’s easy to get rid of “lazy workers”. The environment established with unions at the forefront places a requirement on management to substantiate this finding beyond simply “because I said so”. That’s called security for the labor force. But you know what, I had a good teacher who taught me not to go fishing for red herrings, so I’ll let you roll with the whole idea of unions as the bastion of lazy worker argument.
November 16th, 2012 at 2:05 PM
But you know what, I had a good teacher who taught me not to go fishing for red herrings, so I’ll let you roll with the whole idea of unions as the bastion of lazy worker argument.
In the free market, that teacher would have been worth millions. But the dastardly teachers union suppressed his/her wages so they could continue with their program of having sleepy vagrants babysit kids with a checklist in hand.
November 16th, 2012 at 2:06 PM
They are babysitters. I don’t deny there are smart, well-intentioned teachers, but not nearly at the percentage many people indicate.
You, sir, are a moron.
November 16th, 2012 at 2:11 PM
Well this is just idiotic. Remember when iTunes raised their prices for songs from .99 to 1.29, but they said it was better because a lot of older songs would drop to .69 so it would save a lot of people money. When is the last time you saw a song for .69 on iTunes? Bull. Shit.
November 16th, 2012 at 2:11 PM
Unionized workers are not getting what the market will bear. They are getting what their monopoly has extorted the political process into giving them through bloc voting. Unions are government endorsed monopolies.
November 16th, 2012 at 2:12 PM
Would you say that “the eyes have it”?
/Albom
November 16th, 2012 at 2:15 PM
Unions are government endorsed monopolies.
for some reason this reminds me of the way jesse jackson extorted corporations by threatening boycotts and generating negative publicity
November 16th, 2012 at 2:15 PM
Spoken like a true 53%-er
November 16th, 2012 at 2:19 PM
COTY
(Cunt Of The Year)
November 16th, 2012 at 2:21 PM
Can’t argue with that sort of scientific data.
November 16th, 2012 at 2:21 PM
Somebody failed Anti-Trust law, no?
November 16th, 2012 at 2:21 PM
Love this idea that government workers can’t hack it in the private sector. Like the private sector doesn’t contain a boatload of lazy, incompetent, terrible workers.
November 16th, 2012 at 2:22 PM
Agree that private sector employees would be poor teachers.
November 16th, 2012 at 2:22 PM
This group of people that is not a business is a monopoly. Fact.
November 16th, 2012 at 2:23 PM
Unionized workers are not getting what the market will bear. They are getting what their monopoly has extorted the political process into giving them through bloc voting. Unions are government endorsed monopolies.
Pretty much wrong on every point. Just like all your other posts. First you started on teachers then when annihlated with logic and facts you went as vague and non-sensical as possible. Can you just direct me to your newsletter so I can catch up on all your talking points?
November 16th, 2012 at 2:23 PM
The system does not allow those lazy ones to be weeded out because they are protected by the union
Actually it does. At least where I am. And it is working in the small sample size since it has been in place.
/outlier
//kidding
November 16th, 2012 at 2:24 PM
I’ve also learned here that scientists don’t have the capacity for normal social interactions. I’m very glad to know that before I wasted time trying to have friends.
November 16th, 2012 at 2:25 PM
ahahaha I agree with COTY. I was guilty of stoking the fire for my anti-union crusade by saying most, should’ve said too many.
November 16th, 2012 at 2:25 PM
If I call this guy a fucking idiot, do I have to take away the label from RKPCs? Or can they share it equally?
November 16th, 2012 at 2:26 PM
How does Scott Walker have this much time to comment on a dong blog?
November 16th, 2012 at 2:26 PM
Unions are a monopoly of labor. Doesn’t have to be a business.
November 16th, 2012 at 2:28 PM
There is no such thing as a “monopoly of labor.” Especially with 8 percent unemployment.
November 16th, 2012 at 2:30 PM
Unions are a monopoly of labor
I can tell you’re a dynamite businessperson with your expertise on labor resources and practices. Was making the first million the hardest, like they say?
November 16th, 2012 at 2:34 PM
What does this even mean?
November 16th, 2012 at 2:34 PM
Stupid unions and their price fixing! Even though they’re fixing the prices for significantly less than what they could get in the open, non-union marketplace. Did you know that teachers are worth millions there?
November 16th, 2012 at 2:36 PM
Also, are you a Scoutmaster? Would you like to eat pizza with the EIC?
November 16th, 2012 at 2:44 PM
So everyone on this site supports unions I see. What other wrong economic policies do you unanimously support? Minimum wage? Bailouts? Central banking? Fiat money? All seeing through the rose colored glasses of the Keynesian economics your beloved school systems teach.
November 16th, 2012 at 2:47 PM
So everyone on this site supports unions I see
Everyone on this site supports calling out moronic statements such as teachers being babysitters that can’t think independently and not “cut out” for the private sector.
November 16th, 2012 at 2:49 PM
sctrojans > MikeNYC
I dont think anyone supports all union practices, and many commentors — most with brains beyond that of a stegosaurus — delivered nuanced takes on the advantages and disadvantages of union labor.
In case you’re curious, I supoprt a higher minimum wage, bailouts on a case-by-case basis, and some tenets of central banking.
November 16th, 2012 at 2:57 PM
I think a higher minimum wage would just be inflationary. But I am curious which bailouts and tenets of central banking do you support?