The End of the NBA?

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David Falk dropped some absolute bombs in the New York Times Sports Section on Sunday, but unless you read the paper, you would not have heard about it. It is a subject no one wants to talk about because it is the NBA’s worst nightmare.
Falk, the original Super Agent, representative of Michael Jordan and Patrick [...]

In Basketball, Sports February 25, 2009 

Best part of the Oscars

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Ben Stiller appears as Joaquin Phoenix.

In case you missed it, here’s the real Joaquin Phoenix on Letterman last week.

In movies February 24, 2009 

Barkley gets jail

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(Newser) – Charles Barkley will be doing time for his DUI bust, the Arizona Republic reports. The former NBA star has been sentenced [...]

In Basketball, Sports February 24, 2009 

Interesting Strategy…

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Over the span of 48 hours this weekend, Governor Mark Stanford compared the stimulus bill to Joesph Stalin, Senator Jim Bunning declared liberal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bater Ginsberg dead within nine months, and Senator Richard Shelby questioned whether President Obama was even a citizen of the United States.
And Republicans wonder why they are less [...]

In Politics February 23, 2009 

Voices of the vanquished

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As Republicans voted against the $789 billion stimulus package en masse again today, they were also publicly declaring that this ultimately unsuccessful strategy was actually a  victory. The whole process was a blessing, they said, because they have now “found their voice,” as if that fact is supposed to send a shiver down Barack Obama’s [...]

In Politics February 13, 2009 

Bush’s letter to Obama

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Funny of Die’s President Obama impersonator is light years funnier than Saturday Night Live’s.

Obama Reads Bush’s Letter – watch more funny videos

In Politics February 12, 2009 

Three hours away from the end of the world

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The entire economic system almost suffered catastrophic failure on September 18th, according to Rep. Kanjorski (D-PA).

Partial transcript (via Ben Smith):

On Thursday at 11:00 a.m. the Federal Reserve noticed a tremendous draw-down of money market accounts in the U.S., to the tune of $550 billion was being drawn out in the matter of an hour or [...]

In Economics February 10, 2009 

Arguing against reason

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You gotta give the Republicans credit. They have displayed extreme discipline in defending their ideas despite those ideas being discredited and morally bankrupt.
Last week, House Republicans voted 177-0 against the stimulus. Their reasons for the vote amounted to problems that were less than 2% of the overall bill. Then today, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell bases [...]

In Politics February 7, 2009 

Clusterf#@k to the Poor House

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The Daily Show With Jon StewartM – Th 11p / 10c
Clusterf#@k to the Poor House – Economic Recovery Plan

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In Politics February 6, 2009