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Happy Birthday Pac Man!

May 22, 2010

The arcade game Pac Man turns 30 on Saturday. Video game players younger than 35 say “What’s Pac Man?” Players under 25 say “What’s an arcade?”

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Republican Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul, who has criticized the Civil Rights Act, and defended BP, is now complaining- “When does my honeymoon period start? I had a big victory.” And some say President Obama is a hopeless dreamer.

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Watching Rand Paul a couple questions come to mind? Can SNL hire a look-alike comic for him by September. And as much as he wants to war on Washington, DC, can he see it from his house?

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A 13-year-old American boy became the youngest climber to reach the top of Mount Everest on Saturday And presumably the first to send about 300 texts from the summit and post it on his “Facebook” status.

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Sad thought for cycling. Floyd Landis may be a nasty snitch who is coming forward for the wrong reasons. But you could say the same thing about Jose Canesco.

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Cycling, baseball and football all have PED scandals, the NBA is dealing with allegations of game fixing, college sports are facing both academic and financial scandals. Who knew, the most honest sport of all might turn out to be pro-wrestling?

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To paraphase Woody Allen: A Shark is like a relationship, it either has to move forward or it dies. And what Sharks fans may have here for 2010 is a dead relationship.

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Richard Blumenthal keeps trying to explain his comments about serving in Vietnam. But he’s not making things much better. For example, today he tried to blame his inaccurate statements on post-traumatic stress syndrome from when he faced sniper fire with Hillary Clinton.

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Blumenthal is getting so good at telling increasingly implausible stories with a straight face, if he doesn’t get elected to the Senate, there’s a job waiting for him in the public relations department of BP.

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For all those pessimists who love to say, “Cheer up, it can only get worse.” Remember last month when the company most known for a unstoppable disaster was Toyota?

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At this point the only thing slimier than the oil washing ashore on Gulf Coast beaches is BP’s “we didn’t do anything wrong stance.”

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Double trouble?

May 21, 2010

KFC originally envisioned the “Double Down” as a temporary promotion. But the fast food chain said the sandwich with two pieces of fried chicken for a bun has become so popular that they will keep selling it indefinitely. To paraphrase P.T. Barnum, no one ever went broke underestimating the taste for greasy, fattening foods of the American public.

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Tesla Motors and Toyota have announced a partnership to build electric cars in California. Does this mean Tesla will change their motto to “Ain’t no stopping us now?”

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Bizarre travel thought of the day. You cannot use cash to buy a beer onboard most airlines these days, but you can use cash to buy a one way ticket to Pakistan.

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Despite spending $68 million of her own money in the California GOP gubernatorial primary (so far), Meg Whitman has seen her 50 point lead in the polls over Steve Poizner drop to single digits. The former Ebay executive is particularly frustrated that the election didn’t just have a “Buy-it-now” button.

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You have to love it though, Poizner has spent $28 million of his own money. And he is getting traction out of accusing Whitman, who has spent $60 million of her own money, of buying the election.

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And this is all just to run as the GOP candidate for governor of a state in the midst of a huge budget crisis with no apparent way out. Haven’t seen rich people waste so much money on winning such a dubious prize since the last America’s Cup.

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Latest quote from Richard Blumenthal. “I wore the uniform” during Vietnam. Is he now saying he worked at McDonalds?

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At this point Blumenthal may own the distinction of being the U.S. politician who has most embarrassed himself while still keeping his pants zipped.

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Paul McCartney is playing at San Francisco’s A T and T Park in July. Not to say Sir Paul is getting old, but the Giants tried to sign him to play the outfield.

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Kevin Costner has funded a science team that has developed an “oil extracter.” And BP may be able to use the device to clean up their spill in the Gulf. Well, who better to be an expert on toxic messes than the man who made “Waterworld?”

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From Bill Littlejohn – Brett Favre told the Southern Mississippi University baseball team that if they make it to the College World Series, he’ll play for one more year. If they don’t make it to the World Series, he’ll play two more. Or maybe three, or maybe two…

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NBA playoff thrillers and other fantasies…

May 20, 2010

Not to say these NBA playoff games have largely been lopsided and uninteresting, but there was a heck of a lot more drama in the draft ping-pong balls.

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The NBA teases fans all year with the promise that despite often lackluster and disappointing regular season performances, that more exciting things are to come when the post season arrives. And then when the post season starts out equally disappointing, that the NEXT round will be better. Who’s sponsoring this league anyway? Microsoft?

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So the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Suns 124-112 to go up 2-0 in their NBA Western Conference Finals. But the Suns have a strategy for when game three returns to Phoenix. They’ll just tell local police that Kobe Bryant was really born in Kenya.

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Looks like the Orlando Magic will last in the playoffs about as long as a $20 bill lasts at Disney World.

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Bristol Palin is hitting the lecture circuit, with a speaking fee of up to $30,000 per appearance. Her topic? “How being an unwed mother can keep you from having a profitable career.”

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PETA is paying Nayda Suleman to have a plastic sign in her front lawm that reads: “Don’t Let Your Dog or Cat Become an Octomom. Always Spay or Neuter.” – The organization also is offering Suleman a free month’s supply of veggie dogs and burgers, and has offered to pay for spaying HER.

Recent polls show a tightening race in the California gubernatorial primary. Which some pundits say could mean more mudslinging. More mud? As anyone who watches television in California will tell you, isn’t that at this point like BP spilling more oil.

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The inventor of the ATM machine, John Shepherd-Barron, just died. His funeral will be free and open to the public, however, for non-members of his church, your regular place of worship may charge you for attending.
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Meg Whitman’s 50-point lead over Steve Poizner now apparently has dwindled to single digits. Despite the millions Whitman has poured into the race already. Unfortunately for the former CEO of EBAY, this election didn’t have a “Buy It Now” button.
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BP apparently told federal regulators that they could handle an oil spill 50 times the size of the one they are currently trying to deal with now. Isn’t it time to change the company name to “Barely Plausible”

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Whats the difference between the Detroit Red Wings and the San Jose Sharks? At this point, looks like about a week.
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A record that will never be broken. Forget DiMaggio’s hitting streak, how about Cy Young’s total victories – 511. To put that in perspective. 511 is more than the Royals had in the past eight full SEASONS. And actually counting what they have so far in 2010, the 8 1/4 year total is 490..

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How the mighty are falling.

May 19, 2010

Quarterback Daunte Culpepper is on the verge of going from the NFL’s Detroit Lions to the UFL’s Sacramento Mountain Lions. Well, after spending last season in Detroit, it’s not that big of a step down.

My friend Kevin Terpsta says, probably correctly, he’ll be playing for the best team in Northern California.

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In the NHL, well it took until mid-May, but the San Jose Sharks are now in playoff form.

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Freddie Sanchez, who has spent more time on the disabled list than he has played since he got traded to the San Francisco Giants, wants a little more time before being activated to the major league roster. Guess Freddie wants to be sure he is absolutely ready to be injured in 2010.

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CBS is cancelling their long-running police show “Cold Case.” Which means the only remaining “Cold Case” left on television will be when “Meet the Press” features Hillary Clinton.

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The Golden State Warriors, slotted to pick fourth, fell to sixth in the NBA draft. Not that it matters considering the team’s past luck with their picks. Normally most Northern Californians who can remember such awful luck in the draft spent time in Canada.

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The University of California – Berkeley – is now starting up a Quidditch team. Quidditch? These days most Northern Californians are having a hard enough time pretending they understand hockey.

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The latest Robin Hood movie is having a disappointing run at the box office. But really, how new things can you add to the legend of the man who robbed from the rich and gave to the poor? Rumor has it in this version his detractors claim he was really born in Kenya.

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You REALLY cannot make this stuff up department: Indiana Congressman Mark Souder resigned after admitting he had sex with a part-time female staffer. Apparently, besides their affair, the woman had worked with Souder to produce an abstinence video.

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Republican party leaders were dismayed to hear of Souder’s transgressions, on the other hand they were intensely relieved that it was a FEMALE staffer.

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Wonder if Souder found the staffer on Rentgirl.com

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On the other side of the aisle, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, a former Marine Corps Reservists, now claims it was just a matter of misplaced words when he said he served in Vietnam he didn’t really mean he was “in” Vietnam. He claimed he just mean that he served his country.

Surprised he didnt say “It depends on what the definition of “in” is.

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Blumenthal did apparently work on some “Toys for Tots” drives. And to be fair, it was probably easy for him to confuse a few of those years with the Cabbage Patch Kids craze with actual hand-to-hand combat.

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So Blumenthal said he served during Vietnam but he didnt mean he was in Vietnam. But words matter, there’s just a little bit of difference between Tiger Woods’ being served by a waitress, and being in a waitress.

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And yeah, these scandals aren’t as serious as terrorism (and they sure provide better comic material.) But how long until some candidate who actually honors his/her marriage vows says they will help make Washington a “No Open Fly” zone?

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$30,000 a speech?

May 18, 2010

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Bristol Palin apparently now will join her mother by starting a career in public speaking. Her fee will apparently be between $15,000 and $30,000 per appearance. So yeah, up to $30,000 for less than an hour’s speech. Yeah, that ought to convince other teenagers that being an unwed mother can derail your life…

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Wonder if Bristol will write her speech down on her palm or a diaper?

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Lakers coach Phil Jackson made some controversial comments indicating that he supports Arizona’s new immigration law. Maybe he was just trying to psych out Steve Nash by getting him worried about being sent back to Canada.

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Florida Marlins shortstop Hanley Ramirez was benched by his manager for not hustling after a ball during Monday night’s game. Did Ramirez forget his first name wasn’t Manny?

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The San Francisco Giants lost their seventh in a row against the Padres, this time 3-1, although the string has included two 1-0 losses, and the Giants have scored a total of nine runs in those seven games. Once again, a case could be made for firing the team hitting coach, but it would probably be tossed out for insufficient evidence.

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New slogan suggestions? –

“SF Giants baseball – if you’ve ever wanted to watch nine pitchers bat in a row.”

“Giants baseball – the best hits in our park are played over the public address speakers,”

“Giants baseball – the best Triple A lineup in the country.”

“Giants baseball – the only PED our starting pitchers need is Prozac.”

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A former Food Network chef was arrested for an alleged “murder for hire” scheme. Shocking. What kind of a chef are you if you can’t figure out how to poison someone yourself?

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USC apparently is paying their new football coach Lane Kiffin $4 million a year. Wow, that’s almost as much as they pay the team.

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A proposed solution to the California budget crisis and the growing phenomenon of trying to buy elections: Tax election advertising spending at a rate of 50%. If some money ends up going to education and staves off critical budget cuts maybe these endless television ads might seem a little more palatable.

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commie pinko time again:

Jerry Brown is now referring to gubernatorial rivals Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner as “the apostles of darkness and ignorance.” Dick Cheney and George W. Bush angrily responded, “Hey wait a minute, we patented those titles.”

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In his endorsement of her for Governor of California, Dick Cheney said ” I believe Meg Whitman can do for California what Ronald Reagan did for America.” Yeah, that’s what some of us are afraid of.

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Tubing the Gulf…

May 17, 2010

BP has hooked up a mile-long tube that so far is successfully sucking up some of the oil spill in the gulf. They refer to the tube as the “Monica Lewinsky” pipeline.

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Here’s a scary question? What’s going on with BP’s OTHER wells? The ones we haven’t heard about. Of course, I’m sure the company would tell you this was an isolated incident and there’s no chance of anything at their other drilling sites going wrong, wrong, wrong…..

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Well, the Preakness stakes is over, and Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver finished a disappointing eighth. But in an example of why horse racing is an under-rated sport, Super Saver was quiet in defeat, not blaming the track, his stable-mates, the officials, etc…

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Reader Gary Morton pointed out that no joke series about humans and Neanderthals mating would be complete without Ben Roethlisberger somewhere in the punchline. Well, actually, isn’t he an example of a Neatherthal perhaps trying unsuccessfully to mate with humans?

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With all these athletes testing positive for female fertility drugs, isn’t it about time for one of them to endorse a home pregnancy test?

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Many fans in the Philadelphia area have jumped on the Flyers bandwagon. Some of them are so excited they may actually watch a game.

And note to new fans who want to talk about the Flyers’ incredibly impressive 6-0 thrashing of the Montreal Canadiens. Yes, it was a great performance, but no missed extra points were involved.

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Cubs manager Lou Piniella says he is frustrated with his teams’s record, and expects his Chicago Cubs to live up to their reputations and salaries. I don’t know about salaries, but Lou, have you realized, the Cubs ARE living up to their reputation?.

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From Bill Littlejohn: On a visit to Buffalo, President Obama was greeted with a billboard reading “I need a freakin’ job. Yes, times are getting desperate for Terrell Owens.

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commie pinko time:

Sarah Palin’s latest is to tell President Obama to “secure our borders.” While we’re at it, maybe Canada could create a “no-fly” zone for crazy people attempting to fly over their country from anywhere up north…like say, Alaska?

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Sarah Palin also appeared with Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and said “We are all Arizonans.”

Well those of us who with are light-skinned with Causcasian features, and no discernable accent anyway.

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Mispelled signs (yes, that’s a joke)

May 16, 2010

Two misspelled signs saying “YEILD TO BIKES” were removed from a street in Sparks, Nevada, after Keith Olbermann made fun of them on his show. Queried former president George W. Bush, “so what does Olbermann have against bikes?”

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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were on SNL tonight. Not to say the band is getting old, but on their bus they have pin-up posters of Betty White.

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Alec Baldwin was the SNL host. Maybe in another 30 years he might be as funny as Betty White.
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NRA leaders have now said they believe people on the “No Fly” list should be able to buy guns in the U.S. Sure, what could possibly go wrong?

As long as they don’t try to show up at the airport with four ounce shampoo bottles.

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Nick Johnson, the Yankees’ designated hitter, may need surgery on his wrist and could be out up to two months. For small-market teams this could be a disaster, but in New York the Yankees deal with this like wealthy women do when they break a heel on a shoe – let’s go shopping!

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Another reason to love Steve Nash. After hearing he was accused by Lakers coach Phil Jackson of travelling, the ageless Suns star responded – “I’ve never heard anyone accuse me of carrying it. I mean, the best coach in the league Gregg Popovich [San Antonio Spurs] didn’t have a problem with it last week.”

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Actually Phil Jackson was the coach of the Bulls before the Lakers. Well, if anyone should know about superstars that never get called for travelling.

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Taco Bell is offering meals for only $2. Less than the price of a Happy Meal. Of course, considering that customers choosing the 5 Layer Burrito and regular soda plus Doritos as their option will be getting about 1000 calories out of the deal, McDonalds is looking like a pretty healthy option.

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There is a new Facebook group “I am so old I actually dialed using a rotary phone.” How about another version – “I am so middle-aged I actually remember what a rotary phone is?”

Or, “I am so old I remember when the only options for watching a television show were watching it live, or taking a chance on a VCR.” (Just as well there are many options these days, because the only people young enough to consistently know how to program a VCR, have moved on to other methods.

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Real women don’t play softball?

May 15, 2010

The New York Post ran a picture of Elena Kagan suggesting she was a lesbian because she played softball.

Eric Brynes just walked away from Major League Baseball to play softball for the Dutch Goose (a Northern California bar) team. Guess that means HE might be a lesbian?

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California Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman’s latest television ad says “I strongly oppose Barbara Boxer and I am working hard to defeat her.” Wow. Maybe if Meg had voted more often she might remember that potential Governors run against other potential Governors in November, not Senators.

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Everything is warm and fuzzy now with Britain’s new coalition government, where Conservative David Cameron has appointed Liberal Democrat Nick Clegg as “Deputy Prime Minister.” Wait until Clegg realizes that new title means almost as much responsibility as being U.S. vice president.

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Donovan McNabb, in an interview with a Philadelphia sports radio station after being traded to Washington, that “more than anything,” he apologized to Eagles fans for not bringing them a Super Bowl championship.

Well, that shouldn’t be as much of a problem this year, as for Redskins’ fans in the era of Dan Snyder, the first question would be “what’s a Super Bowl?”

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There is some new Facebook group titled “I am so old I have actually dialed a rotary phone.” What about a group simply saying “I am so old I actually know what a rotary phone WAS?”
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After scoring four runs in three games against the San Diego Padres, the San Francisco Giants beat Houston tonight 8-2.

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Proving one good way to at least temporarily get out of a team-wide hitting slump? Play the Houston Astros.

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And actually, for as great as the Giants’ pitching has been, the Padres’ pitching staff actually owns better numbers this year.

But to be fair, San Francisco’s pitchers are at a major disadvantage as far as statistics – they don’t get to face their own lineup.

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One of my longest term friends in the travel industry, Suzanne Horning, forwarded this anti-terrorism idea to me. Author unknown.

A solution to all the controversy over full-body scanners at the airports. Have a booth passengers step into that doesn’t X-ray anyone, but simply detonates any explosive devices.

It would be a win-win for everyone, and there would be none of this crap about racial profiling and this method would eliminate a long and expensive trial. Justice would be quick and swift. Case closed!

And an added benefit, for passengers in the airport terminal who hear a muffled explosion, there could be one more spot open on the standby list.

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Mistakes by the lake.

May 14, 2010

Not to say Lebron played like a quitter in the Cavaliers series against the Celtics. But in truth, he looked less like a King and more like a Governor of Alaska.

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So let’s see, Lebron James, who was actually booed in Cleveland for his performance, is thinking of going to the New York Knicks? Yeah, now there’s a market where lousy play will certainly be dealt with in a kindler, gentler manner.

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ESPN announcers said midway through the fourth quarter that Boston was “smelling victory.” Cleveland was smelling like the Cuyahoga River when it caught on fire.

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How bad did the Cavaliers look? Even Ken Griffey, Jr, is saying “Hey, at least I’m not in the lineup when I fall asleep.”

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How bad has the San Francisco Giants lineup looked lately? There’s more scoring when a bunch of guys from a video game convention hit the singles bars.

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And San Francisco Giants fans are getting frustrated. At this point you can count on seeing more hits watching the NBC primetime lineup.

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The defending Stanley Cup Champion Pittsburgh Penguins had a 2-1 and then a 3-2 series lead against the Montreal Canadiens, who were the worst team to make it into the NHL playoffs. And the Penguins ended up losing, with the final game a 5-2 loss at home. Wow. Normally embarrassing Pittsburgh is the job of the Pirates and Ben Roethlisberger.

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Some are calling for a boycott of the Lakers-Suns games played in Phoenix, due to Arizona’s new immigration law.

And in Utah, Jazz fans are saying “See, we didn’t choke, we were just early adherents to the boycott.”
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BP CEO Tony Hayward has admitted that regarding the oil spill “We made a few little mistakes early on.” Isn’t that like Tiger Woods admitting to a “little” adultery?

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And another combo joke effort with Jerry Perisho, who noted “A Japanese company has introduced a bra that allows women to grow rice in the cups of the garment. Or, in Heidi Montag’s case, watermelons.”

Meanwhile, BP has asked Pamela Anderson if she would donate a bra to help cap the oil leaks.

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Foreign affairs

May 13, 2010

Apparently in an upcoming book, France’s first lady Carla Bruni claims her sex life has suffered because her husband, President Nicolas Sarkozy, is too busy with his job to attend to her needs. In related news, Bill Clinton has offered to accompany Hillary on her next diplomatic mission to Paris.

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While I like President Obama, in some ways I miss the simple days of Bill Clinton’s presidency. The economy was great, the U.S. wasn’t at war, and the most devastating spill in the country was on a blue dress.

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After four playoff games againsts the Montreal Canadiens, the Pittsburgh Penguins looked like Stanley Cup Champions. After seven games they looked like the San Jose Sharks.

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Following the lead of Arizona, the state of Pennsylvania has declared war on immigrants. Specifically those from Canada
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This was the worst Penguin performance since Carla’s husband was run over by that Zamboni. (This joke will make sense to old “Cheers” fans only.)
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A Texas high school may have to forfeit their entire season, and a 22-year-old man is in jail, after he posed as a 16-year-old to play basketball. How do teachers tell if a kid might be older than he looks? One thought – if after having sex he drives himself home.
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Arizona’s governor has signed a bill prohibiting classes to be taught that are designed for any particular group. Which means members of U of A’s and ASU’s football teams will have to scramble to find a substitute for “underwater basketweaving.”

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So Lawrence Taylor’s current defense against rape charges with a 16 year old girl is that he simply “pleasured himself” while she was in the room. And Taylor’s wife then added that she knew her husband’s tastes regarding appearance and “activities”, and the teen “had nothing to offer him.”

Even Mark Sanford is going “TMI.”

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How bad is BP looking in this oil spill? Some children of oil company executives are now lying at school and saying their fathers are lawyers.

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To sleep, perchance to miss an at-bat?

May 12, 2010

A story, made the national media that Ken Griffey, Jr, had fallen asleep in the Seattle clubhouse in the late afternoon Saturday, and missed a pinch-hit opportunity, Today, Griffey, 40, claims the story is untrue, and that he was awake, available, etc, etc. In short, sounds like the “Whine of the Ancient Mariner.”

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Griffey claims he never naps in the clubhouse, at least since somebody stole his “blankee.”
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Ken Griffey, Jr., 40, is fending off reports that he took a nap in the late innings of a Saturday afternoon game last weekend and thus missed a pinch hit opportunity. Griffey says he NEVER naps in the late afternoon, otherwise he’d miss the Early Bird Special.

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Some players doubt Griffey’s story, others believe him. And no one would question Jr. in the S.F. Giants clubhouse; most of their offense has been asleep all year.
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So the AP is going to re-vote the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year award after Brian Cushing tested positive for PEDs. Let’s hope this doesn’t start a trend, or if it does, that the Major League Baseball MVP list at Cooperstown is written in erasable ink.

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The Cavaliers lost to Boston 102-88, in Cleveland. It was the most embarrassing beating at home since Elin took after Tiger with that nine-iron.

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History majors version of the above joke: Boston 102, Cleveland 88? Last time any Cavaliers looked this bad, King Charles I ended up getting beheaded.

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While the Big Ten has been talking about expansion, commissioner Jim Delany denied a rumor saying that conference officials Tuesday have already made offers to four schools. Possible translation – we’re still negotiating or they’ve turned us down.

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NASCAR opened their Hall of Fame Tuesday in Charlotte, N.C. Presumably the directions to get there involve nothing but left turns.

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David Cameron, 43, took over today as Prime Minister of Great Britain. Although Cameron is a conservative, President Obama congratulated him on the win. Actually, Barack, 49, is thrilled that some leader will actually consider him a “Senior Statesman.”

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Executives from three different oil companies spent the day at a Senate Hearing pointing fingers at each other for the BP oil rig spill. It was the biggest blame-game in Washington since the Capitals got bounced out of the NHL playoffs in the first round.

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from Bill Littlejohn: Mike Tyson says he is now a vegan. Which means he only nibbles on ears of corn.

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A Republican congressional candidate in Northern California, Brad Goehring, has run into controversy after posting this on his Facebook page: “I could issue hunting permits, I would officially declare today opening day for liberals. The season would extend to November 2 and have no limits on how many taken as we desperately need to ‘thin’ the herd.”

Of course, some of the complaints are from constituents who think what he wrote was awful and disgusting, and the others are upset because they don’t see why it shouldn’t be open season on liberals all year.

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Elena and the Supremes.

May 11, 2010

Commie pinko stuff first. But you have to love U.S. politics, where within a 24 hour news cycle a President’s Supreme Court pick can be attacked for being both too liberal AND too conservative.

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Regarding conservatives trying to “out” Elena Kagan as a lesbian in order to keep her off the Supreme Court – what evidence do they have? Did someone see her at a Republican fundraiser?

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Soome conservative groups are already mobilizing to fight Elena Kagan’s nomination because they think she is gay. These groups believe there is no place for gays on the Supreme Court; they should stay closeted in the Republican party where they belong.

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Carly Fiorina, one of the Republican Senate candidate in California, has indicated concern about “Ms. Kagan’s brief litigation experience, and lack of any judicial experience.”

So apparently in Fiorina’s world you need specific legal experience to sit on the Supreme Court, but a couple months advising a failed presidential campaign is sufficient political experience to be a Senator from California.

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The Republican National Committee is already questioning Elena Kagan’s “commitment to the Constitution? One question, if these folks are so committed to the Constitution, where were they when George W. Bush was shredding it?

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Okay, back to sports, etc.

The University of California football team will be playing their 2011 home games at A T and T Park. S.F. Giants management would have actually preferred to have a pro team as a temporary tenant instead of the Cal Bears, but the USC Trojans declined their offer.
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JetBlue was selling seats on some nonstop flights Tuesday and Wednesday for $10 each way. Now, for passengers who wanted those flights to actually take off there was a small additional charge.

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Dallas Braden, the Oakland A’s pitcher who criticized A-Rod for walking across his mound, will be on David Letterman Tuesday night with his “Top 10” list of ways to p*** off the Yankees’ slugger. Number 11? Get between him and any mirror.

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Tiger Woods swing coach, Hank Haney, has resigned. He said that recent events made it clear that Tiger was the last person who needed any help with his swinging.

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The Lakers-Jazz game started at 11pm east coast time. I guess the way Utah played in the first three games of the series, the networks knew game four might be unsuitable for small children.

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Woody Allen once said “Eighty percent of success is just showing up.” Guess someone forgot to tell the Heat, Jazz and Spurs.

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Phoenix, with their bilingual “Los Suns” jerseys, swept the Spurs decisively in four games. Now the Dodgers are considering changing their jerseys to read “The Angeles.”

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So when did the NBA playoffs turn into “Sweeps Week?”

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Separated at birth? (Warning -this one is tacky)

May 10, 2010

Elena Kagan and John Goodman?

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Ouching Tiger.

May 10, 2010

Tiger Woods apparently left the TPC tournament today with a sore neck. Makes sense, he’s had to swivel around constantly every few minutes since Thanksgiving to see if Elin is behind him with a nine-iron.

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Dallas Braden pitched a perfect game today in Oakland for the attendance-challenged As. But years from now at least a thousand people will claim they were there to see it.

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Marc Ragovin comments “So it was 27 up, 27 down, in Oakland on Sunday. And by that I’m describing the entire attendance during the seventh inning stretch.”

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This is just tacky, but what the heck. Tiger Woods withdrew from the TPC today with an injury. Well, if anyone has had experience in learning when to pull out…

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As a Giants fan I wish this was funnier that it is.

It’s only May but looking like as far as other National League pitchers who could keep Tim Lincecum from winning another Cy Young, the most likely candidates reside in the Giants bullpen.

(for all non-hardcore Giants fans, Lincecum is 4-0 and has left his last three starts with leads in the late innings, and the bullpen blew all three of them.)

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Happy Mothers Day. While all professional sports leagues playing in May make a point of honoring moms, you’ve got to tip your hat to the NBA – their players create so many of them.

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In their next effort to stop the oil leak, BP is going to try to clog the blowout preventer with garbage. They have full cooperation in this effort from NBC, who will be sending hundreds of copies of scripts from their prime time lineup.

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Saturday Night, Alive.

May 9, 2010

That’s the relieved statement of NBC executives about Betty White after she finished taping tonight’s show.

But you have to love Betty White. 88 years old and hosting SNL. She’s so old she can remember when the show was consistently funny.

(And she’s still funnier than about any host they’ve had this year! Anyone who’s reading this blog probably already saw the show, but if not, find it online. )

They are making a documentary about the Atlanta Hawks in round 2 of the NBA playoffs. The working title “Nights of the Living Dead.”

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from Nick Coombs: Who thought we’d see the day the Sharks lasted longer in may than the NBC primetime lineup?

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Tim Tebow’s jersey is the hottest selling in the NFL right now. Well, maybe this isn’t as unlikely as it sounds. Many people want to get on the “I told you so” bandwagon if Tebow actually surprises the critics and does well.

And if not, they can always use the jersey for target practice.

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Brian Cushing, the Houston Texans linebacker who is the latest NFL player to be suspended for a failed drug test, says what he took was NOT a steroid.

In some ways, aren’t these denials, if true, even worse? If you’re not taking steroids that boost your performance and you’re still stupid enough to take something that is banned? Maybe some of these guys should pay at least enough attention in college to be able to read labels?

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After Faisal Shahzad’s car bomb fizzled out and he was arrested on a plane at JFK airport, the Taliban is rethinking their terrorism efforts in New York. They are now considering renting billboards urging people to ride the Staten Island ferry.

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The AP reported that Hugo Chavez is number one on Twitter in Venezuela. Either that or he is the number one twit in Venezuela. Not sure.
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Eric Brynes was cut by the Arizona Diamondbacks, who are still paying him $11 million for the year. He’s now signed up to play on a softball team sponsored by a Menlo Park bar, the Dutch Goose. Well, it’s not like he lowered himself so far as to play for the Baltimore Orioles

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Good riddance to JaMarcus Russell. The biggest bust in the San Francisco Bay Area since Carol Doda. (Anyone under 30 going “huh?”, try google )

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Ancient history…

May 8, 2010

A recent German study indicated that Neanderthals and humans mated. Heck, this still happens most weekends at frat parties.

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Jamie Moyer, 47, today became the oldest pitcher in major league history to throw a complete game shutout. If he keeps this up, they may classify Metamucil as a Performance Enhancing Drug.

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The only other worry for Moyer, some have accused him of hoarding and using old baseballs he kept from the dead ball era.
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Besides being a top pitcher, Jamie Moyer is also a class act. He dedicated tonight’s win to the memory of his old Phillies teammate Robin Roberts.

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Meanwhile, in the NBA; Steve Nash, 36 and Grant Hill, 37, are helping lead the Phoenix Suns to a 3-0 lead. Not to say these guys are old, but when they started their careers, the American Indians were complaining about a European immigrant problem.

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Or if that’s too much of an exaggeration. When Nash and Hill started in the NBA, Kobe Bryant was just starting to hog the ball in his nursery school playgroup.

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Lawrence Taylor, 51, accused of raping a 16 year old, says that, first, they didn’t actually have sex, and two, he thought she was 19. Translation – I’m not a rapist, just a dirty old scumbag.

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So with the hung election results in England, the Queen might actually end up having to choose the nation’s next leader. Well, she’ll probably do a better job than our Supreme Court.

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Chaz Bono is now legally a man. So that means when out at a restaurant, he can go to the bathroom by himself. And my friend Rich Lieberman says he will also be taken into a dark room and let in on the secret of why men leave the seat up

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nonpolitical rant:

The media loves to run stories these days about thousands of people showing up every time a company wants to hire 50-100 workers. So how come how many people you deal with in service industries are still rude, incompetent or both.?

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No clean sweeps..

May 7, 2010

No clean sweep for the Conservative party in the British elections; the results indicate that the government may be headed for complete gridlock. On the bright side the English people have just been named honorary Californians.

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Detroit Red Wings fans threw plenty of dead octopuses (octopi) on the ice to celebrate their team’s 7 to 1 victory over San Jose. And there weren’t really any signs of life from all the Sharks on the ice either.

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Senator Joe Lieberman was quoted as saying about the BP oil spill – “Accidents happen.” Tell me about it, said Al Gore when asked about the man he chose as his running mate.
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If “Greece” is the word, today on Wall Street it’s a four letter one.

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So part of the 1,000 point (before rebound) crash Thursday may have been caused by a trader typing $16 billion rather than $16 million…

$16 billion instead of $16 million? Who makes that kind of error?. Except maybe the Yankees working out their payroll.

Or Larry Ellison approving expenses for his next America’s cup race.

Or for the commie pinko crowd – the Pentagon, with the cost of their latest wish list.

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The trader who allegedly made the “m” to “b” error allegedly works at Citigroup. Citi’s motto has been “Citi never sleeps.” Sounds like maybe some naps wouldn’t hurt.

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-if you’re not following California politics the next two may not make sense-

Sarah Palin today endorsed Carly Fiorina in the California Republican Senate primary. Which could be great news – for Tom Campbell.

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Some Tea-Partiers are upset by the fact that Palin picked Fiorina as opposed to the potentially even more conservation Chuck Devore.

But I believe her choice can be summed up with a simple phrase “Birdbrains of a feather..”

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A joint joke with my very talented friend Jerry Perisho: Cinco de Mayo celebrates a Mexican army victory over the French in 1862. But had the victory been a day later, we’d be celebrating “Sexto de Mayo.” It would have been Bill Clinton’s favorite holiday
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Hall of Fame pitcher Robin Roberts died at the age of 83. He holds the record for the most total home runs surrendered – 505. Just imagine what that total would be if he pitched at the new Yankee Stadium.

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Roberts was a modest unassuming man, in fact he gave credit for a lot of his success to tips he’d gotten from his teammate Jamie Moyer.

One I wish I had written from Marc Ragovin : The Phillies new slogan?: “Citizens Bank Park: Come Feel The Electricity”

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Sexto de Mayo? Really.

May 6, 2010

It’s a good day the Mexican holiday didn’t fall a day later, or it’s title would be “Sexto de Mayo.” And we think Americans make fools of themselves on this holiday now.

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A joint British/Italian study found that those who generally slept for less than six hours a night were 12% more likely to experience a premature death than those who consistently got six to eight hours’ sleep.

Great, one more thing to lie awake at night worrying about.

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The Philadelphia Phillies have had two fans jump onto the field at Citizen’s Bank Park in two days -despite the first fan being tasered. But even worse, fans also jumped onto the field at Camden Yards – and beat the Orioles.

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Phoenix beat the San Antonio Spurs tonight wearing their “Los Suns” jerseys to show their support for immigrants. Apparently the Washington Wizards are considering such a move for next year. But they worry “Los Wizards” jerseys might give DC area fans another reason to support deporting the entire team.

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Okay, all you baseball fans who expected Barry Zito (5 and 0, 1.49 ERA, to have the kind of comeback year he is having so far put your hands up. Now both of you liars put your hands down.

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A New York woman is suing Starbucks allegedly that they served her tea too hot. What’s next, a lawsuit allegedly that their Venti Chocolate Chip Frappuccinos are too fattening?

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Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid said today that Republicans are trying to “continue to make love to Wall Street.” GOP senators angrily denied the accusation and said that all they and Wall Street do is cuddle once in a while.
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Phoenix wore “Los Suns” jerseys tonight to show support for their Latino fans. Suppose it makes sense, how anti-immigrant can you be when your team is led by a South-African born Canadian citizen?

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Wednesday was Cinco de Mayo, former U.S. President George W. Bush’s favorite holiday. He thinks it’s a particularly happy coincidence that it is always celebrated on May 5.

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The perennially powerful Red Wings have apparently hit a wall in the Stanley Cup Playoffs and are now down 3-0. Who do they think they are? The Sharks?

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Headline on AP story: NY bomb suspect seen as good recruit for militants. Let’s see, among other things, the guy built a bomb that didn’t work, didn’t get the VIN number removed correctly from the car, and used his own name in emails inquiring about buying the SUV in the first place. If he’s a “good” recruit, then Americans may be safer than we have thought.

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From Bill Littlejohn:

“Tim Tebow, who has yet play a down in the pros, had the NFL’s top selling jersey in April. Which means he’s now in line to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize”

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Airlines, oil spills, and other insanity…

May 5, 2010

Okay, you can’t bring a 4 ounce bottle of moisturizer on a plane, but you can buy a one way cash international ticket at the last minute. Anyone else think that maybe Homeland Security has their priorities just a bit out of whack?

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Faisal Shahzad apparently studied bomb-making in Pakistan. But if he really wanted to make a major bomb he should have gone to Hollywood and studied with the directors of “Gigli.”

(or alternate punchline. Faisal went to Pakistan to learn bomb-making techniques, because he couldn’t get Kevin Costner to tell him how he made Waterworld.”)

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Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell stated in reaffirming his support for off-shore drilling “You know every time there is a airplane crash, we don’t say we don’t fly any airplane anymore.” True, but a single airplane crash doesn’t spread wreckage over several states, and risk destroying both fishing industries and ecosystems.

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So the Red Wings fans throw octopuses on the ice when they win. Now a San Jose Sharks fan has thrown a small shark on the ice after THEIR win. Let’s hope no rabid Boston Bruins fan hears about this.

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The Washington Nationals moved up phenom Stephen Strasburg to AAA. So he’s now as close as you can get to the big leagues without actually being there. Except of course if he were playing for the Orioles.

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The San Francisco Giants won 9-6 in 12 innings, after the bullpen blew a late lead for Tim Lincecum, 4-0, for the second time in two stars. If Lincecum loses the Cy Young, it may be less to do with his competition than with his own relief pitchers.

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Former FEMA director Michael Brown think that Obama came out in favor of oil drilling when he was secretly against it, and then let this oil spill happen so he would have an excuse to shut down future drilling. Even Richard Nixon somewhere is thinking, “man, that’s twisted.”

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Unpopularity contest?

May 4, 2010

Who’s going to be less popular? Any Arizona legislator at Cinco de Mayo? Or any BP executive at Mardi Gras?

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One of many soundbites of the day, Bill Kristol saying, offshore drilling is “very environmentally clean, except when there is a disaster like the spill.” Other than that, Mrs. Kennedy, how did you like Dallas?

(or for those who still find a JFK reference too soon. Other than that Mr. Buckner, how did you enjoy the World Series?)

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Kind of bizarre in the midst of this immigration issue, the Phoenix Suns are having an improbably good showing in the playoffs right now, led by a guy who came here first on a student visa from Canada.

(Steve Nash, for all non NBA fans.)

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According to the Alabama Press-Register, BP was circulating waivers to coastal Alabama residents that would provide them with payments up to $5000 in exchange for giving up the right to sue over the oil spill. If true, perhaps BP should change the P in their name from Petroleum to a plural noun not appropriate for a general and potentially family audience on a blog.

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A 17 year old Phillies fan was tasered when he ran onto the field. While some think that was too drastic, the police could have inflicted more severe pain – they could have driven him an hour and a half south and make him sit through a week of Orioles game.

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silly but very funny joke from Alex Kaseberg – Turkish scientists claim they have found the remains of Noah’s ark on top of Mt. Ararat. In fact, they may even have the transcript of the last comment from Noah’s wife, Nammah. She said: “Bad news, Noah, I think the male unicorn is gay.”

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Former Georgia quarterback Zach Mettenberger, who was battling for a starting job until his arrest for a incident at a bar last month, pled guilty to two misdemeanor counts of sexual battery.

Mettenberger, a red-shirt freshman, has been kicked off the team, but according to ESPN.com he will apparently visit Cincinnati and Louisville next month, where he could have up to three years eligibility.

Or he could go right to Pittsburgh and understudy with Ben Roethlisberger.

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Conservative David Cameron, current Labour PM Gordon Brown, and Liberal Democrat Nick Clegg are all running to be the next Prime Minister of Britain. In case we in the U.S. think we have a monopoly on childish political behavior, two years ago Mr. Cameron was asked for a political joke. His reply “Nick Clegg.”

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