Wolraich: Obama at the Gates of... Gates
Dr. C: In Praise of Writing Binges
Maiello: Gatsby Doesn't Grate
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Wolraich: Obama at the Gates of... Gates Dr. C: In Praise of Writing Binges Maiello: Gatsby Doesn't Grate |
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Yea, he's a freshman in high school.
Behold...
A few quick thoughts:
1. So if he's Barry to his father Bobby Bonds that means....oh this kid is doomed
2. Looks like the only person who could tackle him is Lawrence Taylor Jr. Although I believe Li'l LT was out behind the school yard doing blow during this play
3. "Good game guys, I thought our defense was solid, we did a great job stopping the run. And I'd like to thank the offense for staying the hell out of Barry's way."
4. 10 bucks says he retires by his Junior year
5. I admit I'm pumped to see in a few years what a Sanders will look like in a non-pixelated video game
6. When he's a Senior I think it would only be fair that he play helmetless and covered in bubblewrap
7. "Thanks so much Coach Stoops for the BMW and this insane case of cash" "I don't know what you're talking about" "You know this Samsonite case of 100's with shiny car keys hanging from it you just handed me a second ago" "I don't know what you're talking about"
8. I'd love to see this coach's playbook: Handoff, handoff, handoff, play-action, handoff, handoff, play-action, handoff
9. He should just join the AFL and blaze his own path
10. "Ok guys, coach wants us to throw deep this time....hahah...Just kidding. Coach wants spin move, juke, leap over two guys, speed burst and minimal end-zone celebration. BREAK!"
Prompted by Peggy Noonan's claim in The Wall Street Journal that "we are in the midst of the worst Washington scandal since Watergate," Andrew Sullivan steps forward to defend Pres. Obama's honor. "Can she actually believe this?," he asks incredulously.
By Julian Pecquet, The Hill, May 18, 2013
Congress is ramping up a new round of sanctions against Iran, ignoring the Obama administration's request to let diplomacy run its course.
In back-to-back hearings this week, lawmakers on key House and Senate panels put the State and Treasury departments on notice that their patience is wearing thin after the latest round of talks last month failed to produce a deal. Both chambers have legislative efforts in the works – the House foreign affairs panel will vote next week – but the administration is warning against any moves that could undermine international support for the existing sanctions against Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program [....]
By Carl Zimmer, New York Times/Science, May 16/17, 2013
An article that summarizes the recent work of Ya-Ping Zhang, a geneticist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, who has led an international network of scientists who have compared pieces of DNA from different canines which is pointing to the theory that dogs domesticated themselves.
But the article's message is not just what it first appears to be. When you get to the concluding paragraphs there are some real though provokers:
[....] SLC6A4 may have played a crucial part in this change, because serotonin influences aggression.
To test these ideas,...
By Neha Paliwal, Passport @ ForeignPolicy.com, May 17, 2013
On Friday, chaotic clashes broke out in Georgia as an angry mob -- comprised mainly of young men but also including robed priests and some women -- descended on a gay rights rally commemorating International Day Against Homophobia. A day earlier, the head of the Georgian Orthodox Church had demanded that authorities stop the rally, calling it a "violation of the majority's right."
According to EurasiaNet, the mob, which numbered...
By Miriam Elder in Moscow, The Guardian, May 17, 2013
Federal Security Service spokesman breaches protocol as he accuses US agency of crossing 'red line' in its recruitment efforts
yeah, this is sick.
Can I tell a personal side story regarding the Bonds family? They lived in Belmont when I lived in San Jose. Right down the street from my ex-boyfriend's sister's house. Up on top of a hill. My ex-BF's sister had a dog that looked part wolf. I had to walk it around the neigborhood while staying at the house. Down the street lived the Bonds, and they had a dog named "Gage" or "Gauge", not sure of the spelling.
This dog was meaner than the wolf dog I had to walk. The two hated each other. I'm a big gal, all five foot nine and a half inches of me (I won't mention the lbs) and the wolf dog used to DRAG me over to Gage or Gauge or whatever it's name was, and the two of them would go at it all the time, every time.
But, the reason I bring this up is, my ex-BF, who was as enthralled with weed as he was with guns -- and local sports -- swore to me that the Bonds dog was named Gage after the nickname for weed.
I tend to doubt that, but, WTF do I know?
Hmmm. Few thoughts 1. Your ex-boyfriend sounds like a total bad-ass - a love of guns, local sports and a wolf dog who always wanted to throw down, yikes. Did he also have a wallet that said "Bad Mother F----r" on it? 2. Never really heard the term 'gauge' in reference to weed - if anything I interpret it as a 'shotgun' reference which frankly, I find much more frightening. 3. I'm pretty sure Bonds' dog was meaner than the wolf because his daily feedings consisted of a very lethal combination of B-12, Winstrol and Alpo.
gange is a legitimate nickname for weed - not sure what gage would be.