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Friday, January 29, 2010
truth is always harsh
from an article by Paul Shirley who has been fired right after its publication
Dear Haitians –
First of all, kudos on developing the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Your commitment to human rights, infrastructure, and birth control should be applauded.
As we prepare to assist you in this difficult time, a polite request: If it’s possible, could you not re-build your island home in the image of its predecessor? Could you not resort to the creation offlimsy shanty- and shack-towns? And could some of you maybe use a condom once in a while?
Sincerely,
The Rest of the World
Haiti earthquake had been predicted for years
"When I was young, the great humanitarian crisis facing our world – as portrayed by the media, anyway – was the starving masses in Africa. The solution found, of course, was to send bag after bag of food to those people, forgetting the long-understood maxim that giving more food to poor people allows them to create more poor people. (Admittedly, it’s a harsh truth.)" ~Paul Shirley
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Sunday, January 24, 2010
The Book Of Cheesiness
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Delonte West
Friday, January 22, 2010
212.0
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Best Facebook Status Update
"shed a tear today. Not sure why. She says cause I'm an emo. So I laugh, sigh , cry. Reach, but not too far. Touch, but not too much. Speak the words I want to hear. Inside I drown in hope and fear. So I shed a tear today. Fuck the world if it has something to say"
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Wise Words
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Gil Oh Gil
@ Vlad: I heard about that post-game locker room interview/melee. Reporters were supposedly all over him and he was supposedly still joking in typical Gil fashion, but was somewhat less wacky. At least until he dropped this gem: "Stern is mean." In retrospect, as Tom mentioned, Gil has been acting like a jacka$$ as far as his jokes and tweeting about the situation. As far as the public eye goes, he messed up there pretty badly. Guns are no joke in a country where thousands of people are victims of gun violence. I know you guys from the states probably have somewhat of a different take on this than us peace-loving, tree-hugging, and babymaking Canadians, given your constitutional right to pack heat. I know that when it comes to the locker room and athletes, almost anything goes (besides homosexuality, just ask Tim Hardaway and John Amaechi), it's what guys do and often it stays in house, but without knowing what really went down, and likely we never will now with the media just taking this all over the place with their speculation and gossiping, guns anywhere does not make sense. My initial reaction was that Gil is being cruxified, and becoming Stern's example. But I still am somewhat reserved about it all. Who cares how it went down, the pure fact is that Gil had guns where he shouldn't have had them = criminal act. What does that entail as far as your professional future? I guess my only seemingly intelligent answer is that if I was his boss, I would begin with a suspension (that would not extend beyond the season) until the matter has been resolved federally and internally, and then come down with a more finite decision. The federal investigation should be exclusive of the internal NBA investigation, although the latter should be informed by the former or done in conjunction. I want to make a joke about all of this, but I don't know if it is really that funny of a situation. Guns. A man potentially losing his main professional career for good. Tough to find the punchline anywhere in this mess, except being yet another lesson to younger players about what not to (obviously) do | |||||
| Playing devil's advocate: I think Stern had to do what he had to do to protect his business. He could not let Gil clown him, the league, and more importantly, the situation like this. If Stern had let this one slip through his fat little fingers then one would have to ask if the next step would be to let the NRA direct an "NBA Cares" commercial. God bless the second amendment eh? If it weren't for this little constitutional relic, we likely would not be having this insane conversation |
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Not Even Sure
Sherlock Balls
not even going to bother with the banana rating because giving this movie the 3/10 bananas would be a waste of time itself.
the book is very good.
the most famous story would be this one: