Whatever LeBron James does, or doesn’t do in the next few days will be the most important thing or non-thing ever.

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LeBron James and Tiger Woods share the same birthday – Dec. 30.

It’s a Hot Dog!

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Eating Anarchy: Competitive eater Joey “Jaws” Chestnut won the annual Coney Island “Stuff your Face With Hot Dogs” thing, his fourth victory in the event. Chaos later ensued, when legendary eater Takeru Kobayashi – who is starting his own eating league, I think – crashed the party and was later arrested. Dear Lord, we are stupid people.

The Plan to ignore the BP Oil Disaster until it went away hasn’t worked out.

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Earnings Going Down: Supply and demand, baby.

Yes, it is only Wednesday, but damn there have been some big  politcal Dick moves so far this week.

Larry King will retire from CNN. This may be the straw that breaks America’s back.

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Oil-Soaked Beaches: With Hurricanes pushing the waters, oil is hitting more and more beaches, making this disaster a lot more real to many.

"It's like a celebration of being who you are, of being yourself - no judging."

Video of German Coach Joachim Löw eating boogers and sniffing his armpits. You know you want to see it. But it just feels wrong. Go ahead. I won't judge:

Remembering Mike & Christine.

If you aren’t with us, you’re against us.

Of course, outside of the French team, soccer players rarely smash into a wall and burst into flames.

This is your America on Oil:

BP CEO Tony Hayward, relaxing at home with the small people now that he has his life back.

Ron Artest enjoys his first NBA Championship as the Lakers finally beat the Celtics in a Game 7.

The Good news? You can live forever. The Bad News? You’ll have to be a jellyfish to pull it off.

Brazil fan Zé Aparecido was pensive during the first half of Brazil-North Korea World Cup match.

Two weeks ago, my co-bloggers urged the American government to press Israel to end its blockade of the Gaza strip. I was skeptical that American pressure would be effective. One universal truth of sovereign nation states is that no one appreciates self-righteous foreigners telling them what to what to do, especially self-righteous foreigners with their own tainted records.

“Would you just stop it with the forsaking already?”