Left Coast Sports Babe

Next time a world leader dies, can the memorial organizers at least get a signer who stayed at a Holiday Inn Express once?

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The fake signer at Mandela’s memorial now is blaming his incoherent gestures on schizophrenia and hallucinations. And the captain of the Costa Concordia said “Why didn’t I think of that?”l

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Miley Cyrus has announced she will perform in Times Square on New Year’s Eve just before the ball drops. And across the country millions of Americans are thinking “Can’t they just drop it ON her? Please?”

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Speaker John Boehner today went after conservative groups opposed to the budget deal, saying they were “using our (House) members and using the American people for their own goals.” How dare they? Boehner himself is supposed to be in charge of using members and the American people for HIS own goals.

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George W. Bush sent a really nice note to Alabama kicker Cade Foster, who went 0-3 in the Iron Bowl against Auburn, telling him “Life has its setbacks. I know! However, you will be a stronger human with time. I wish you all the best.” (And glad he didn’t say “Cade, you’re doing a heckuva job.”)

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A man was arrested last weekend for leaving a four-month old baby in a strip club parking lot for three hours. Do we have to ask the state? Yep. Florida.

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AJ McCarron says Nick Saban is staying at Alabama because Saban told him so. Well that settles it then, because we all know a college coach would NEVER lie to his players about something like that…

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A woman on trial for allegedly killing her new husband by pushing him over a cliff in Montana’s Glacier National Park a week after their marriage has agreed to plead guilty to second-degree murder. Is she blaming it on the 7 day itch?

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Paul Ryan is telling detractors like Florida Marco Rubio who are condemning his and Patty Murray’s budget deal to “read the bill.” “Read?” “Read?!” Maybe Ryan really is a closet liberal.

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So did the cold weather this week in California affect tonight’s NFL game? Just possible the San Diego Chargers felt completely at home with the freezing temperatures in Denver against the Broncos.

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Oprah Winfrey said she never wanted children because she has been so busy with her career “my kids would hate me.” Shame Kris Jenner never had that thought.

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North Korea leader Kim Jong Un’s has executed his uncle. And we thought the Cheney household holiday dinners were potentially tense over Lynn Cheney’s being against her sister’s right to marry.

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Ah, Southern California family values. An Orange County plastic surgery who has performed multiple operations – nose jobs, boob jobs, etc – on his 25 and 18 year old daughters, told a reporter “I don’t think I influenced my daughters personally to have surgery, because we discourage it. But they have grown up in an environment of beauty. Our cars are always immaculate, our house is immaculate and all our friends are beautiful.”

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Susan Sarandon said during an interview that during most awards shows she’s attended, except the Oscars, she’s showed up stoned. Wonder if this will start a rush on medical marijuana prescriptions before the SAG and Golden Globes shows.

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Just for the heck of it.  Saw a premiere of “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” tonight. As a woman who doesn’t care much about special effects and battle scenes am the wrong person to review it. (Though at least I’m not afraid of spiders.)  Especially since the movie bears little relation to the book. But three words: “Needed more She-Elf.”