Archive for June, 2009
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009The never-ending sags continues. LOS ANGELES, California — Michael Jackson’s three children asked to see their father’s body in the UCLA emergency room after they were told he was dead, according to the lawyer for Jackson’s personal doctor. “My understanding is that they did” see the body, attorney Ed Chernoff said. Okay, that in itself [...]
Thank You For Smoking
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009Gee, I’m not the biggest fan of smoking, either – except the occasional fine cigar – but this guy went a tad over the line. ENSEN BEACH – A man was charged with domestic battery after he drenched his wife with a garden hose and attacked her for smoking in the house, according to a [...]
Obama Is Now George H. W. Bush
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009Remember Barack Obama’s campaign promise to not raise taxes on anyone under making $250,000 a year? Yeah well, apparently the administration isn’t ruling it out. The best part of that video? The press corps openly laughing at Gibbs’ bullsh*t. This from Hot Air: It’s a laugh riot, isn’t it? Actually, they might be laughing more [...]
Babes Get Center Court In Wimbledon
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009It would seem that attractive tennis players make it to Wimbledon’s Center Court more often than unattractive ones. File this story under Tales of the Obvious. When it comes to choosing which women play on Centre Court, good looks count for more than big shots. While a succession of easy-on-the-eye unknowns have appeared in Wimbledon’s [...]
Philly Mayor Asks Unions For Concessions
Monday, June 29th, 2009Bawahahahahahahahahahaha! How’s that feel, Philly unions? You voted for this incompetent jackass in the hopes that the Democrats would always look after you, and now you’re getting the fist. How’s that feel, huh? Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is hoping city union workers will accept concessions in order to offset the city budget crisis. Under his [...]
Despite Sotomayor, A Victory For Firefighters
Monday, June 29th, 2009There is cause for belated celebration in New Haven, Connecticut today, as the Supreme Court found that white firefighters were unfairly denied promotions because the test’s results did not have enough racial diversity. Obama SCOTUS nominee Sonia Sotomayor sided against the affected firefighters during the appellate ruling. Sonia Sotomayor siding against white firefighters. Shocka! Captain [...]
Man Vs. Wild With “Bare” Grylls
Monday, June 29th, 2009What the Hell has happened to the Republicans? Have they all gone mad after two consecutive trouncings at the polls? CLAYTON, Ga. — Naked time got a little out of hand for a former Gainesville mayor. Authorities arrested Mark Musselwhite and charged him with public indecency last weekend after state Department of Natural Resources officers [...]
True Detective Stories
Monday, June 29th, 2009When you choose police work as a profession, you expect to meet all kinds of people. That expectation is realized almost immediately. In the last 15 years, I have run into every type of person and personality imaginable, so it is always a special occasion when I find someone doing something new. That day was [...]
US Soccer Loses Heartbreaker To Brazil, 3-2
Monday, June 29th, 2009Dammit. The United States soccer team made it to the championship game of the Confederations Cup – a FIFA-sanctioned tournament – by an incredible combination of skill, luck, and small miracles. No one expected them to beat Egypt by three goals. They did. No one expected them to beat powerhouse Spain. They did. And no [...]
Phillies Pitcher Gets Into Scuffle With Fan
Sunday, June 28th, 2009Philadelphia Phillies reliever J.C. Romero is like school in the summertime: No class. The Philadelphia Phillies confirmed Saturday that one of their players was involved in a confrontation with a fan following Thursday’s game at the Tampa Bay Rays. The St. Petersburg Times reported on its Web site Saturday that Phillies reliever J.C. Romero grabbed [...]
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