I Know Nobody Asked But..

The Big East Conference announced today that Texas Christian University has accepted an invitation to join the conference and begin competing, athletically, in the 2012-13 academic year.

As far as the Pitt Panthers are concerned, adding the Horned Frogs in football will do nothing to ensure The Wanstache's employment past 2015, as they are a legitimate BCS Bowl team (the "adult table" that Dave's Panther's can't seem to get a seat at) and should have no problem adding "L"'s to the Pitt stat sheet.

For the basketball team,as it says here, the move only gives DePaul company in the Big East basement.

But geographically speaking, how 'bout some truth in advertising? Reminds me of a riddle that went something like this: How far can a dog walk in to a forest?*

Just sayin'.

*HALFWAY. After that, he's walking out of the forest.

To You and Yours

2010-11-28T13:04:00.001-05:00

Let me be the first.

Pass The Sangria

2010-11-26T22:10:00.003-05:00

From Wikipedia:

The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It has a diameter of about 1,392,000 km, about 109 times that of Earth, and its mass (about 2 × 10³⁰ kilograms, 330,000 times that of Earth) accounts for about 99.86% of the total mass of the Solar System.^[10] About three quarters of the Sun's mass consists of hydrogen, while the rest is mostly helium. Less than 2% consists of heavier elements, including oxygen, carbon, neon, iron, and others.^[11]

Also from Wikipedia:

Grandiose delusions or delusions of grandeur are principally a subtype of delusional disorder but could possibly feature as a symptom of schizophrenia and manic episodes of bipolar disorder.^[1] Grandiose delusions are characterized by fantastical beliefs that one is famous, omnipotent, or otherwise very powerful. The delusions are generally fantastic, often with a supernatural, science-fictional, or religious bent (for example, belief that one is an incarnation of Jesus Christ).

It is indeed no secret that I disagree with most of policies of the Redistributor-in-Chief. Nothing against you if you bought the bill of goods he was selling during his election, but I still think his whole candidacy was so much smoke and mirrors. (This is not to say, however, that the other side is necessarily any better. If recent history has shown anything, it's that until this country has a viable third party, we will keep getting what we've always got no matter whether there's a -D or -R following the politicians name. But that's a rant for another time.)

Unfortunately, while the POTUS was busy bailing out banks and buying automakers to rebound the economy, he and his cabal (Wikipedia again) missed the most obvious and perpetual economic recovery (read revenue generator) in the universe. And, lo and behold, a 49 year old Spanish woman has capitalized on their oversight.....

Spanish Woman Claims She Owns the Sun

Angeles Duran, 49, told the online edition of daily El Mundo she took the step in September after reading about an American man who had registered himself as the owner of the moon and most planets in our solar system.

Before you start scoffing and poo-pooing Angeles' idea, listen to her plan (of course she has a thought out plan.)

Duran, who lives in the town of Salvaterra do Mino, said she now wants to slap a fee on everyone who uses the sun and give half of the proceeds to the Spanish government and 20 percent to the nation's pension fund.

She would dedicate another 10 percent to research, another 10 percent to ending world hunger -- and would keep the remaining 10 percent herself.

Bailing out the government, bailing out the pension fund (hear that Mayor Lukey?), helping research and ending world hunger for a mere 10% finder's fee? SCOOOOOOOORE!

Too bad the Dems couldn't find her in '08.

Happy Thanksgiving To All

2010-11-25T12:02:00.000-05:00

Tomayto, Tomahto

2010-11-24T13:24:00.016-05:00

Via Mondesi's House: No wonder I refuse to watch that show.

Thinkin' Bout Ya...

2010-11-17T22:04:00.000-05:00

Now For A Word From Our Sponsors...

2010-11-14T12:14:00.000-05:00

Can someone tell me why these two hilarious commercials are played only on late night cable?

Childish? Maybe. Immature? Probably. Funny as hell? Definitely.

But...

If we give up sophomoric humor, don't the terrorists win?

Just sayin'.

Ancient Mariner Indeed

2010-11-14T11:08:00.002-05:00

What she thinks...

The weather started getting rough, The tiny ship was tossed, If not for the courage of the fearless crew The Minnow would be lost, The Minnow would be lost.

Without the spin...

RIP Greg Giraldo

2010-09-30T02:49:00.001-04:00

From TMZ.com:

Greg had been hospitalized in New Brunswick, NJ after he overdosed on prescription pills last weekend. A source said the overdose was not a suicide attempt.

One of the funniest men around. The Comedy Central Roasts will never be the same.

Oh Man! Norma Rae like a Mofo, huh?

2010-09-20T14:11:00.004-04:00

Buy Union! Vote Union!

From the Sacramento Bee...

Medical marijuana growers join Teamsters union

Their newly negotiated two-year contract provides them with a pension, paid vacation and health insurance. Their current wages of $18 per hour will increase to $25.75 an hour within 15 months, according to the union.

First the users, now the growers. Go Teamsters!

As the Teamsters go, so go the Dems.

Fightin' tea with pot. Nice.

About 100 workers in Oakland's retail medical marijuana dispensaries joined the United Food and Commercial Workers in May. The Teamsters have never tried to organize dispensary workers, because retail has never been an industry in which they have been traditionally involved, Marchetti said.

Kinda like how the Corleones respect the Tattaglia's turf.

Oh yeah, the punchline....

"The Teamsters would never organize an illegal business," Marchetti said.

A Cautionary Tale

2010-09-18T00:15:00.000-04:00

The year is 1934.

New Jersey tailor Jacob Maged charges 35 cents to press a man's suit, even though FDR's "Brains Trust" figures the rate should be 40 cents.

Maged trifled by his 5-cent violation of New Jersey's "tailors' code," written in conjunction with the NRA. On April 20, 1934, he was fined $100 -- serious money when the average family income was about $1,500 -- and sentenced to 30 days in jail. The New York Times reported that Maged "was only vaguely aware of the existence of a code." Not that such ignorance was forgivable. It is every citizen's duty to stay up late at night, if necessary, reading the fine print about the government's multiplying mandates.

The guv-ment knows best.

Read the story by George F. Will here

Four More Years! Four More Years! Four More...

2010-09-16T13:58:00.000-04:00

From today's PG...

A President named Goodluck? That's amazing.

The Amazing Jonathan (part 2) - Watch more Funny Videos

Never Forget

2010-09-11T01:16:00.000-04:00

Well, That Explains It

2010-09-11T00:46:00.002-04:00

I'm not a real big book reader, must be 'cause of that short attention...(what was I saying?) Oh yeah, Dinesh D'Souza has an article on Forbes.com previewing his book about how President Savior thinks. Here's a taste:

It may seem incredible to suggest that the anticolonial ideology of Barack Obama Sr. is espoused by his son, the President of the United States. That is what I am saying. From a very young age and through his formative years, Obama learned to see America as a force for global domination and destruction. He came to view America's military as an instrument of neocolonial occupation. He adopted his father's position that capitalism and free markets are code words for economic plunder. Obama grew to perceive the rich as an oppressive class, a kind of neocolonial power within America. In his worldview, profits are a measure of how effectively you have ripped off the rest of society, and America's power in the world is a measure of how selfishly it consumes the globe's resources and how ruthlessly it bullies and dominates the rest of the planet.

Looks like I gotta buy a bookshelf now.

Long but interesting article. Read it here.

Packin' It In

2010-09-08T20:40:00.001-04:00

The boxes reportedly contained balls, bats, gloves, and hope for the future .

Said one player, "Hell, this stuff's been layin' 'round the clubhouse all season. We're glad to get rid of it!"

So, I Was Wonderin...

2010-09-05T13:12:00.000-04:00

...is it actually a better idea to take your chances on the roads of Pittsburgh after closing time than it is to try to walk home? And yes, Mr. Thomas W. Brown, unless they're teaching alcoholic arrogance and self-entitlement at Carlynton these days, connecting these two events is nothing but irresponsible sensationalism.
...where is it cooler to party these days? Da Strip or the Sahside?
...is anyone who thought #7 had a shot at a reduction to 3 games reeeaaally that much more out of touch with reality than those who thought he'd get a 6 game suspension?
...can you say WTF? From the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit:

you do not have any reasonable expectation of privacy in your own driveway — and no reasonable expectation that the government isn't tracking your movements.

...what can be better than this for your Labor Day entertaining? (h/t Bluzdude)

Burgers, Dogs, Bacon, Cheese. The 4 Basic Food Groups. Covered

Happy Holiday!?

2010-08-22T03:33:00.001-04:00

According to the Americans for Tax Reform Foundation and the Center for Fiscal Accountability, August 19th was Cost of Government Day.

In 2010, Cost of Government Day falls on August 19. That means working people must toil 231 days out of the year just to meet all costs imposed by government. In other words, the cost of government consumes 63.41 percent of national income.

“Two years ago Americans worked until July 16 to pay for the cost of government: all federal, state and local government spending and regulatory costs. That government was too expensive and wasteful. Two years later, we work until August 19 for the same bloated government. We have lost an additional full month of our income to pay the cost of government in just the last two years,” said Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform.

At this rate, Cost of Government Day will fall after Labor Day in no time.

Time it right and it could be a 5 day weekend.

Party On!!

Finally!

2010-07-26T18:12:00.000-04:00

With all the talk these days about racism and reverse racism, racists and reverse racists, and all sorts of reverse refudiation (amen, Chad)- FINALLY, the answer to the question....

"Are you a Racist? "

Ahh.. sweet sweet closure.

July 8, 2010- JACKPOT!!!

2010-07-09T00:11:00.001-04:00

2 Words- Table Games. HIP, HIP, HOORAY!! First of all, when is the great Commonwealth going to learn to get something done all at once, rather than in a half-assed piecemeal fashion? I mean, is there a single person who thought that our casinos could survive on slots alone? How about, just once, Pennsylvania leads the way instead of waiting for other states to show the way. Next, what's with Rivers and Meadows being packed at 6AM? Didn't anyone have a job to go to? I guess unemployment is why they were all jackpot hunting. Finally- does anyone find it a little fishy that the state lottery system went down for a half-a-day? Just wonderin'.
Biggest Winner-O-the-Day (Local Division)- Michael Lanese. With the luck Ol' Mike had today, it's a too bad he wasn't at the casino. Long story short- Mike leaves his 9 year-old twins to clean guns, and lo and behold, one ends up shooting the other in the head. Then, father-of-the-year runs away to Vietnam to escape prosecution. Luckily, he landed in the courtroom of Judge Jill ""The damage here is done and it's not repairable." Rangos, who sentenced Mikey to time served. The really interesting piece will be if this 49 year-old grandmother from Homewood draws the good Judge Rangos for her trial. All the classic matchups here- man v. woman, Mt Lebanon v. Homewood, etc. September 18 - October 18 2008 clearly not a good month for kids in Pittsburgh.
Biggest Jackpot Loser-O-the-Day (Universe Division)- All of Us. LeBron James to Miami. Please (insert deity of choice here)- let there be more than five more years of this droning. Pleeeease.

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