and the winner is...

Further proof Lance Reddick is the creepiest man on television, regardless if he's for good or evil. This was taken from The Wire episode "Storm Warnings," after watching one of his junior officers punch out his superior:


Remind anyone of that world-record eye popper on Guinness World Records TV from a few years back?

Just picturing him smile (or seeing the very rare instances that he does on TV) creeps me out even more.

submitted for your (dis)approval...

Please refer to headline #4, taken from a screen grab of Yahoo! News on Friday, May 29.

...

Is there really no better way to sculpt a headline than with that? No way to make years of illegal and immoral torture, detention and unjust treatment sound a bit less comical and trivial?

Is this our solution now? Do we just hand over control of Gitmo to Mr. Christie?

Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb.

Springtime For Hitler...On Ice!

I don't really need to tell you how dumb, or unsurprising, this proposed bill from U.S. Congress is, that would declare 2010 the "Year Of The Bible." Regardless of the fact that the U.S. government seems to treat every year like the Year Of The Bible, they want to make it official this year. Religious minorities and atheists alike, both in and out of Congress, are outraged, the Jesus-Freak Congressmen are fighting like the religious crusaders they are, and Bill Maher likely just shat a brick.

But one thing did pop out at me from the article by Victoria McGrane at Politico...read below:

Jews in Congress and atheist activists are dismissing the resolution, while none of the many Democrats in Congress who are Christian have bothered to sign on as co-sponsors.

I know this may be the completely wrong place, but does the simple mention of "Jews In Congress," isolated from everything else, seem a little odd to anyone?

Or is anyone like me and only reminded of "Jews in Space" from History Of The World, Part I?

your thoughts, Coach Janky Spanky?

In the latest saga of a seemingly neverending lawsuit, the Washington Redskins have been allowed, on a technicality, mind you, to keep their team nickname as it is. People are outraged, 'Skins fans are happy their team keeps their name (but unfortunately, they keep the same roster), and the cycle of continuous racial inequality against Native Americans goes on without a blip.

Now one can understand why Dan Snyder would want his team to keep their name. Besides the association and history with fans that spans decades, the Redskins surely have a multimillion dollar arsenal of merchandise and promotions that deal with their team's nickname, logo and colours, that would be far too costly to replace on a whim (just ask Chad Ocho Cinco...or is it now Ochocinco?).

However, as summed up by Michael Silver, the team's nickname represents a shameful facet of American life that does not seem to go away, even in an era of newfound acceptance and understanding, especially under the regime of a black President. While Native Americans are still heavily persecuted against, and will likely do so for as long as America is a nation, for America's most popular sport and cultural institution to not only embrace this, but to fill a 70,000+ stadium in Maryland and have them chant "Go Skins Go" is a step in the very wrong direction.

Like Silver argues, you would never see a team insulting blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Muslims or Jews in any pro sports league (unless Mel Gibson invests, of course), so how come this has just become accepted today? Yes, most of these teams were named back in the 1920's or 30's, when this sort of talk was accepted. But the times have changed, and like a phoenix rising out of Arizona (and hopefully landing in Hamilton!), teams can re-evolve themselves. And especially in the case of a team like the Redskins, perhaps into something better...because Jason Campbell can only take you so far.

Will these changes happen? Probably not. Because if the Redskins are forced to change, what about the Kansas City Chiefs? Do these changes take effect in other sports, and if so, what becomes of the Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves or Chicago Blackhawks? What about college teams? And then what? Do Chief Wahoo McDaniel or Tatanka get erased from wrestling history? Do we start accusing other franchises of embracing other inappropriate nicknames, and then suddenly the Pittsburgh Pirates and Tampa Bay Buccaneers are no more for promoting piracy?

While America has certainly come leaps and bounds in terms of racial equality, this issue, like Crazy Uncle Don up here in the Great White North (notice how they call it Great White North? hmm???), is just a socially accepted form of racism, that really should not stand as such. Not so say the issue isn't the same in Canada, as it clearly is; regardless of the fact, Canadians and Americans alike would ideally not stand for any sort of public humiliation in pro sports, pop culture or elsewhere of other minority groups...so why is it still possible for the Redskins to play the Chiefs, at Arrowhead Stadium of all places?

At least it's good to see one school fighting back the injustice:


I look forward to the battle for the Big Sky Division title against the Idaho State Crackers and Eastern Washington Honkies.

Colours That End In Urple...

Yahoo! Sports obviously does not watch Saturday Night Live.


Click here to see what I mean (scroll 2:40 into the video). Perhaps subconsious, perhaps intentional, but hilarious either way.

Here's to hoping that future sports articles might include:

The Hot Tea(m) Is Hot Hot Hot!
Super Bowl Taking Place In Months That Start With Feb
Texas...With A Dollar Sign (perhaps referring to the Dallas Cowboys?)

or my personal fave, that can apply beautifully to any sport...
Threeve-Peat!


UPDATE: After the original image above was shown at noon, Yahoo! Sports apparently read this blog and had changed their main page image to this by 4:00 PM...how very interesting...

dumb & dumber

So not cool...far too soon and far too stupid.

Ad watchdog slams Natasha Richardson ski helmet e-mail

You don't see ads for airbags with Princess Diana, for parachutes with Buddy Holly, lifejackets with Jeff Buckley, or even for ski goggles with Sonny Bono.

(although one wonders whether skiwear4less.com may consider that in the future...)

there is no spoon...excellent!

So word in Hollywood is that the latest remake of the classic multiple personality story, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, is in development, written by the writer of Revolutionary Road and directed by Danish newcomer Nicolas Winding Refn. For such a story, only the most versatile actor can delve deep into the psyche of the twisted Dr. Jekyll, and deliver not one, but two, great performances.

So who have they found, you may ask?

Well, let's just say that beyond R.L. Stevenson novellas...
he knows kung fu.


Yes kids, Keanu Reeves...the most one-dimensional actor in Hollywood is now being forced to play two characters in the same moviefilm. And not like Adaptation two characters, where at least they're twins. Two very, very different characters.

So unless he plans on channeling Dr. Neo and Mr. Ted, this movie will suck beyond recognition. Hopefully Reeves can prove me wrong, but my expectations have already bottomed out.

can I call you a boo-boo?

It's always nice to have a mother's verification that you were a mistake before your first birthday, isn't it?

Unwed mom Bristol Palin fights teen pregnancies

Bristol-board Palin can argue it all she wants, how this baby was a gift from God, how Jesus is protecting her and her child (but Levi has been freed - congrats, Bill Maher!), and yadda yadda The Lord yadda. But we all know she didn't want it, we all know it helped her mother dig herself even deeper in the election (although let's face it, it wouldn't have taken much to do that anyways), and we all know her mom was this close to taking credit for the child herself.

But we all know it was a teen mistake - we've seen enough episodes of 7th Heaven to surmise that much. But to actually go out on a speaking tour and encourage teens not to make the same mist - ooooh no, that would be too easy - "error in judgment," that all but verifies that little Tripp means nothing more to her than a "tripp" or two onto national television for these speaking engagements for the rest of her adolescence.

God I truly, truly hope that Bristol-board joins up with Joe The Plumber and Miss California for her mom in 2012..and if there is a God, they will bless us with the beautiful slaughter that will be Obama vs. Palin.

Baton Beaters 4...in stores now!

This is really why news agencies (print, digital or otherwise) really, REALLY need to have in-house proofreaders...even if just for the article headline alone:

"Girl beats off muggers with marching band baton - Yahoo! News"

I believe there is a cheesy 80's porno with Ron Jeremy that tackles this very subject...