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TWD Song of the Week For 7/31/10: The Roots feat John Legend- The Fire (2010)

Never in question what "The Song of the Week" was going to be. Enjoy this great effort again:

Sports Saturday Thread #1 For 7/31/10: The Final Deals Of The Trade Deadline

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And here are the particulars on the Cardinals, Padres, and Indians three way deal : The Cardinals have improved their rotation, the Padres have boosted their batting order and the Indians have pulled in another prospect. The three teams pulled off a swap mere hours before Saturday's 4 p.m. ET non-waiver Trade Deadline, as right-hander Jake Westbrook and cash was sent from the Indians to the Cardinals, outfielder Ryan Ludwick was dealt from the Cards to the Padres and Double-A right-hander Corey Kluber was sent from the Padres to the Tribe. Minor League lefty Nick Greenwood was shipped from the Padres to the Cardinals. More about this in a second, but a shrewd move by the Padres, who just seem like the real deal and thensome more and more. Update: Meanwhile, after getting Lance Berkman yesterday, the Yankees have gotten Kerry Wood from the indians for needed bullpen help. Joba Chamberlain just isn't the same in the 8th inning like he used to be before he went back to bein

The Saturday 1st Thread For 7/31/10 (Final Version): The Failure That Is HAMP

Luda.... After a week of virtual good prodding from David Dayen and Duncan Black , Chris Hayes captured off a great week of hosting "The Rachel Maddow Show" by showing how much of a failure the HAMP program from the Obama Administration has been: .....And De La Soul: De La Soul - Roller Skating Jam Named Saturday Uploaded by Brownsugar18 . - See the latest featured music videos.

The Friday Night Thread For 7/30/10: Bring In Montell

Be okay folks for the night......Sha-la:

HAHAHA, I Guess Their Goes Their Pulitzer Credibility

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People were really giving the National Enquirer credit for documenting how horrible of a husband John Edwards was. Some were even banking on the tabloid heavy organization to get a Pulitzer, which really has diminished in its quality almost as fast as the media who gives out the award. The National Enquirer was somehow given some respect. Well, get this, as the ridiculous charges against Al Gore in Oregon today were dropped. Please, get this ! All I am left with is the usual "You Just Can't Make This Stiff Up."

Sports Thread For 7/30/10: The 2010 MLB Trade Deadline

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Lance Berkman seems headed to the Yankees , Edwin Jackson gets traded again and returns to the AL Central with the White Sox , the Rangers add to their bench by getting Cristian Guzman from the Nationals , and no word on whether Adam Dunn will leave the DC outfield like his former teammate just did. The Dodgers were talking to the Cubs about Ted Lilly . Other than that, no other name is coming to the forefront of the discussion. And with some many teams still in contention (or believing they still have a shot), the biggest deals of Cliff Lee to the Rangers, Roy Oswalt to the Phillies (pitching already tonight for his new team) and potentially Berkman to the Yanks look to be the big mid season deals for 2010. Stay tuned.

Happy 45th Birthday Medicare And Medicaid

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The terrific John Nichols reminds all of us of another glorious birthday for a gem of a program . Forty-five years ago today, on July 30, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson flew to Independence, Missouri, to mark a milestone in the long struggle to establish health care as a right, not a privilege, for all Americans. With reporters and photographers surrounding them, Johnson took a place beside former President Harry Truman, who the sitting president thanked for “planting the seeds of compassion and duty which have today flowered into care for the sick and serenity for the fearful.” With that, Johnson completed the signing of the Social Security Act of 1965 , and establishing the universal, single-payer public insurance programs for the elderly and low-income Americans that we know as Medicare and Medicaid. It was worth the full read and thensome folks. Happy Birthday indeed folks.

The Flashback Friday #2/The Summer Soul #2 For 7/30/10: Salt N Pepper- Shoop (1994)

Fun summer classic, even if it gets a little out of hand. And notice how DMX is in this video's beginning, haha. From female standout MC's Salt N Pepper, it's the classic song and hook "Shoop":

The Straight Jacket Award For 7/30/10: Truly A Kentucky Fried Chicken Of A Brain

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After a good period of silence in order for him to not blow his race even further, the son of Ron Paul is back to his usual outrageous public stupidity. Oh is it a fun return indeed : “People say, ‘Oh those Tea Party people, they’re angry.’ I say: ‘No, they’re concerned and they’re worried.’ They’re worried that we could destroy the currency by adding such a massive debt.” Paul then invoked the Nazis: “In Germany it led to Hitler. ” Haha, he mentions the magic word indeed. Glad to have you back Randy Rand, make sure you keep them coming instead of hiding from the world (and Kentucky voters) seeing how incredibly idiotic you are. A deserving return to the..... ....Straight jacket Award winners circle. (H/t as always to the inflammable Digby .)

The Cinema For 7/30/10: "Get Low" Brings Up A Real Low Week

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Two brutal movies, one middle of the road, and this summer's latest superb movie are what highlights this week edition of the Cinema. In one of the more underrated and under hyped movies of the year, "Get Low" staring Robert Duvall and Bill Murray is an absolute winner. Almost all the critics love it, and it for sure deserving to be mentioned as not only one of the films of the summer, but one of the films of 2010. It's that legit. Peter Tavers of Rolling Stone : All you need to know is that Get Low puts Duvall and Murray in the same movie. Only a fool would want to miss that. Murray gets big laughs without skimping on the minute details that build a fully rounded character. And watching Murray spar with Duvall is pure pleasure. By the end of this funny, touching and acutely observed film, shot in Georgia by the gifted cinematographer David Boyd and flavored by Jan A.P. Kaczmarek's bluegrass score, Felix reveals his secret heart. And Duvall, without a word

TIME Magazine's Sad Advocacy For Afghan Nation Building

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Just take a look at the cover that brought Richard Stengel great glee to introduce on Mo(u)rning Jo(k)e the other morning: Gnarling on any rational person's teeth must have been their reaction to this nauseating cover, made even more pathetic by TIME's persistence to indicate how the Taliban will slaughter and annihilate every women in Afghanistan if the United States were to leave soon. Furthermore, as the terrific Allison Kilkenny indicates , Rangel took umbrage with Joe Biden's opinion on how we are not in the business of nation building, making sure to draw attention to their "oh so powerful" cover. What Stangel and his corporate propaganda magazine love to indicate is how " They are neutral, they aren't pro or anti war, but wanted to show the reality of the situation. " The much publicized release of classified documents by WikiLeaks has already ratcheted up the debate about the war. Our story and the haunting cover image by the disting

The Flashback Friday #1/The Summer Soul #1 For 7/30/10: Dungeon Family feat Coolbreeze- Watch For The Hook (1998)

Just another memorable song that needs to be elated in Hip Hop history. Your first Flashback Friday selection of the day, it's the Atlanta classic from The Dungeon Family and Coolbreeze, "Watch For The Hook."

The 1st Thread For 7/30/10: That's Brooklyn For You

That's Weiner for you:

The Tube For 5/29/10: Ellen DeGeneres Leave American Idol After One Season

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Photo from Reuters Well, they certainly will be scrambling for people next year, won't they ? There were four "American Idol" judges, then three, and now two. Fox said Thursday that Ellen DeGeneres is leaving America’s top-rated reality show, effective immediately, meaning she will not appear at the auditions this summer or on the show next winter. She joins Simon Cowell, who departed at the end of season nine in May. Earlier today, the music thread featured this tidbit about Diddy possibly replacing Simon . Now they will have to fill a second hold. Could they call upon the services of one Betty White? Only time will tell, though i just threw her name out there to just be ridiculous.

The Fun Thread For 7/29/10 (1st Version): Colbert Hawks Over The Peacocks

Oh did Colbert have a field day with these deficit peacocks folks: The Colbert Report Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c The Word - Ownership Society www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes 2010 Election Fox News The annoying phone telephone guy does it again: A bear that makes Yogi look like the average bear . (More to come in the Fun Thread.)

The Other Deliveries Thread For 7/29/10 (Final Edition): The ACLU's Powerful Video That Jan Brewer Needs To Probably See

This is a wonderful and powerful effort from the ACLU indeed : More Deliveries : Did you happen to see this wonderful news letter that MoveOn sent out to all of its viewers in the continue "Defense of Social Security" campaign. Via the always delightful Digby, this letter just is a COMPLETE WIN as it can get. It features 5 key myth busting facts to those who hate just helping their fellow American citizens, including... Myth: Social Security is going broke. Reality: There is no Social Security crisis. By 2023, Social Security will have a $4.3 trillion surplus (yes, trillion with a 'T'). It can pay out all scheduled benefits for the next quarter-century with no changes whatsoever.1 After 2037, it'll still be able to pay out 75% of scheduled benefits--and again, that's without any changes. The program started preparing for the Baby Boomers retirement decades ago.2 Anyone who insists Social Security is broke probably wants to break it themselves. It

Music Thread #1 For 7/29/10 (1st Verison): DMX Samples Biggie For A New Song; Britney Has Unreleased Tracks

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The runthrough folks: Photo from Getty Images Conrad Murray is still on the hook, but these doctors aren't anymore : The California Attorney General's office has announced that it won't seek charges against seven doctors and one nurse who were under investigation following Michael Jackson's death for prescribing drugs to the King of Pop. A spokeswoman for Attorney General Jerry Brown said that the investigators did not find sufficient evidence, CNN reports . However, one unspecified doctor who knowingly provided drugs to Jackson under one of the star's aliases could be disciplined by the California medical board. Despite going to jail again soon, DMX has a new song sampling Biggie's Juice called " Time To Get Paid ." Here is the AHH snippet. There are some unreleased Britney songs that are now...... released . Diddy is talking about replacing Simon Cowell at American Idol. In the midst of the Kanye Twitter take over, the news he broke ab

Sports Thread #1 For 7/29/10: Roy Oswalt To The Phillies

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All that is required is for Roy Oswalt to wave his no-trade clause : Oswalt is scheduled to pitch for the Astros on Friday at Minute Maid Park, and the both sides are hoping to get the deal done at some point Thursday. Oswalt is owed about $5 million more this year and is due to make $16 million next season in the last year of his contract, but there's a club option for 2012 that would pay him another $16 million. He said last week the option wouldn't be an issue when it came to approving a trade. The Astros have scouted Phillies left-hander J.A. Happ's most recent starts, and he likely would be included in the deal. Wade also personally scouted Philadelphia's Class A Lakewood affiliate earlier this month. First baseman Jonathan Singleton, an eighth-round pick in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft, could be included in the deal. Singleton, 18, is hitting .319 with 12 home runs, 57 RBIs and a .962 on-base-plus-slugging percentage in 248 at-bats. The Astros have be

Yesterday Leftovers For 7/29/10: Peter Orztag Didn't Care That The Stimulus Was Too Small

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Photo from Lauren Victoria Burke, AP Not many people gave much attention to what soon to be ex Budget office director Peter Orszag said at the Brookings Institute in his virtual goodbye speech yesterday. There was even a bizarre moment in the half speech/half press conference, where one individual acting like a certified right wing "douche" (not a surprise, it was a LaRouche supporter ) by singing in sarcastic glee for the Obama Administration health reform plan. But besides that extremely peculiar moment that made everyone laugh after that idiot was thankfully removed, Orszag was asked to look back at why the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was smaller than what it should have. Cue the wonderful centrist response. "I am as pleased as large as it was, and there was none, 0.00& of it having any chance of it being bigger. A bigger stimulus would have been politically unsuccessful, led to delays, and would have been unsubstantial." Yes, Orszag said

The Break #2 For 7/29/10: Charlie Rangel Cuts Deal To Avoid Embarrassing Trail

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Photo from CBS And the news just keeps on coming, as Charlie Rangel has cut a deal to avoid an ethics probe : New York Congressman Charles Rangel has reportedly cut a deal to admit to ethical wrongdoing and avoid a potentially humiliating public trial. Harlem friends of Rangel tell CBS 2 they have been told that the details could be unveiled when the House Ethics Committee meets Thursday afternoon. It's the culmination of two years of scandal for the 20-term Democratic lawmaker. At issue is whether the former head of the House Ways and Means committee will admit to any serious ethical wrongdoing. Rangel is being charged with misusing his office for fundraising, failure to disclose income, belated payment of taxes and possible help with a tax shelter for a company whose chief executive was a major donor. And there you go.

The Break For 7/29/10: Shirley Sherrod Will Sue Andrew Breitbart

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It's official, Shirley Sherrod will sue Andrew Breitbart for the events of last week, as reported by the Associated Press. And with Breitbart virtually showing no remorse for his actions still, this is great to see Sherrod pursuing.

The 2nd Thread For 7/29/10: Obama on The View

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Photo from Reuters Another day, another moment where Ed Rendell was wrong again. The fact that him and a whole bunch of idiots were willing sharing the same sentiment of Karl Rove by saying "It's demeaning to the Presidency" to go on The View are just total certified idiots like they always are. From pushing back on idiot Elizabeth usual talking right wing points, to still pedaling the same tired line on Afghanistan, it was just a normal session with no major talking point at all.

The Fun Thread For 7/28/10 (Final Edition): The Best Leak Ever

The now bearded Jon Stewart with another classic: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c Best Leak Ever www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party A real sicko of the year candidate : There are deplorable human beings and then there is Todd Barkau, who trained a 14-year-old girl to be a dominatrix. Not only did he teach her, he also raped and prostituted her on the Internet as a 19- to 20-year-old dominatrix named "Evil Mistress Alisha." Fun resume mistakes . App stores are just wack and thensome . Babe is not the only sensitive pig in the world . Updated Edition: 10 old school MTV tattoos that don't suck . Basically . This eco-friendly chef list is nice and all , but who the hell are these people again? It really is out of control . And your Teen Titans episode of the night, the first ever episode, "Divide and Conquer." And Part 2:

Ummmm, Why Is The Media Helping BP?

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It was only a matter of time it appears, but over the last few days, it seems some media outlets are becoming British Petroleum's 2nd Public Relations Group. Yesterday on CNN, both Rick Sanchez and Anderson " BOTH SIDES DO IT " Cooper asked one of the all time most incompetent and egregious questions ever on American news television, saying to their viewers "Where is all the oil?" In fact, Sanchez went on to have the audacity to inquire, "Why is the left and traditional media outlets asking that question?" But wait, just when you think that maybe limited to just that "neutral" network's occasional addiction to "neutral do nothing" journalism, this whole memo of inquiring about the location of all that now invisible oil (and even questioning whether the amount of oil dumped into the gulf of BP was actually as much as some people estimated like Cooper did last night) was not just limited to those two. Just get a load ladies

The Domestic For 7/28/10: Crack Cocaine Sentences Narrow Closer To Raw Cocaine Rulings

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Something that would have never been done under a Republican Administration, that's for sure. Clearly great news, especially for the minority community : Congress has changed a quarter-century-old law that has sent tens of thousands of blacks to prison for crack cocaine convictions while giving far more lenient treatment to those, mainly whites, caught with the same amount of the drug in powder form. House passage of what was called the "fair sentencing act" sends the legislation to President Barack Obama for his signature. The measure alters a 1986 law, enacted at the height of the crack cocaine epidemic, under which a person convicted of crack cocaine possession gets the same mandatory prison term as someone with 100 times the same amount of powder cocaine. The legislation reduces that ratio to about 18-to-1. This is one clear example, at the very least, of some "Obamanism" changing "Reaganism". Though the ratio is still a gap that needs to

Sports Thread For 7/28/10 (Final Version): Another Whining Big Wig Idiot & MLS All Star Game Wrap

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Just like with "Subprime Dan" Gilbert's embarrassing tirade towards LeBron James egressing from Cleveland, here is another top level office official making himself look like a whining fool (and hypocrite) for your very eyes to see. It is Toronto Raptors GM Bryan Colangelo in full whinny kid mode, bringing up dirt on Chris Bosh just because he is upset he left him for LeBron, Dwade, and Miami. "Despite limited swelling and any excessive damage on an MRI, he felt like he needed to sit for six more games ... I'm not even questioning Chris' injury. I'm telling you he was cleared to play subject to tolerance on his part, and the tolerance just apparently wasn't there and he chose not to play," Colangelo said. "The fact that our season was spiraling downward and we were hoping he'd come back sooner and we were also dealing with a few other things at that point ... we were really struggling there." Colangelo thinks that Bosh just

The Straight Jacket Award #1 For 7/28/10: Lord, He Is In His Own State Of Mental Incapacity

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He continues to bury himself in a level of demented that even Jim DeMint can't even reach . I don' even understand how TPM was able to not laugh in his face: Last night, in an interview with TPMDC, Lord defended himself and extended his critique of Sherrod, and the entire Democratic party, which he claims is the true repository of racism in the United States. "I have felt for a long time that my friends on the American left, in the Democratic party have just had this atrocious history with racial issue," Lord said. "I mean it just can't possibly be any worse. I've gone back and read all the platforms for the Democratic party starting in 1840 which was the first one." What's changed in the last generation, according to Lord, is simply the nature of the Democratic party's racism. "What struck me about [the Sherrod speech] was that sort of little, casual aside, where she says something about health care, and 'I've never seen

The Break For 7/28/10: Judge Blocks Portion Of SB 1070 (Updated)

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The news is breaking in on the Judge blocking some parts of the controversial SB 1070 law, including this : That portion of the law is not going into effect. Violation of federal control of the law was the key determining point in this controversial issue, as the 11 Amendment looks to be the key determining factor. CNN's Jeff Tobin has indicated that this looks destined to go to SCOTUS next year. Update: Clearly not happy over Susan Bolton siding with the Obama Administration, Arizona's insane leader lashed out and said "The Fight is not over." Here is the full decision if you want to read folks .

The Album Sales Review For 7/28/10: Eminem Tops The Charts For A 5th Straight Week As Rick Ross Flops Once More

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It looks like the Detroit legend will stay number one for another week incredibly, while disappointment and hard times are ahead for another flop CD from the former officer. Too funny : Eminem makes it five weeks in a row at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 as "Recovery" sells another 187,000 (down just 4%), according to Nielsen SoundScan. Rick Ross' "Teflon Don" arrives in the runner-up spot with 176,000. Ross' last three studio albums all debuted at No. 1, with his last set, 2009's "Deeper Than Rap," arriving with 158,000. The opener for "Teflon" is Ross' best sales week since 2008's "Trilla" arrived with 198,000. Less than even "Trilla?" With all of those guest appearances on that virtual compilation album, this has to be devastating to the Rick Ross camp and those that hyped him endlessly, figuring that all of this ridiculous momentum would lead to a bigger fan base buying his poser crap. Instead,

Giving The Insensitive Nutcase Another "W"

No remorse , and not a care in the world: And this: And he still freely claims that Sherrod is "the racist: But sadly, the insane thing he says about the black farmers sentiment brings me back to the worst bill of 2010 : Well, the "fradulent" settlement never went down, because it was stripped out of the final supplemental bill that passed last night in the House. So Breitbart's motivation to not only make the NAACP, but the added bonus of making sure a long overdue settlement for black farmers was derailed heighten his desire to ruin lives again like the heartless psycho that he is. That is what painfully happens when you give a platform to the mentally bizarre and unstable.

Music Wakeup Call/The Summer Soul #1 For 7/28/10: Lyfe Jennings-Statistics (2010)

Lyfe makes me laugh with "These Female Advice" songs......your morning wakeup for the day:

The Sleep Time And Rise "n" Shine Thread For 7/27-28/10 (1st Edition): Kanye At Facebook

And nope Tech Crunch , he actually didn't diss Twitter....he just mentioned them. Smart for him to go to Facebook to ensure sales for the next album at the very least : To Tevin, later:

The House of Folds For 7/27/10: The Worse Bill Of The Year Is Passed

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As documented earlier this morning , the Afghan war supplemental, with needed funding for teachers, summer youth jobs, and the black farmers settlement that the Obama Administration supposedly settled on their end in February stripped out, passed the House in resounding fashion by the final total of 308-111 . Th bill was already dreadful on the basis of it continuing the funding of an insane war. But its already toxic nature was made further pestilent and awful with how how the House of Lords decided to take all of those needed things out of the bill. So take a look once more at all of those 148 Democrats who voted with all but 12 people from the nutcase party to keep on funding our efforts to somehow fight fellow NATO allies among our epic struggle after struggle over there . And know today that this nation's Congressional figures thought it once more pertinent to deliver money to a foreign money than its desperately in need people here at home. Oh, and get this lovely lit

The Fun Thread For 7/27/10 (Final Edition): Make Sure That Your Trailer Fits

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Not the smartest move, but real funny: And great trailer for this "Sucker Punch" movie that had better not suck : Trailer for Zack Snyder's 'Sucker Punch' - Watch more horror A Battleship film staring Rihanna is coming down in the works . Wait, starring?? Yup. If you have a Jellyfish's eyes, you are a lucky animal . An interesting sponsor for marijuana legalization push . The Original Jobs of Small Dogs . This did happen somewhere today . And so damn true about Kirby.....I guess we are an angry country after all : Finally, this is the start of The Fun Thread's Teen Titans Fest, featuring episodes of one of the funniest and most enjoyable cartoons of the last decade. And we take it back to their Season 1 episode 2, titled "Sisters." Oh what fun. Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Your Fun Fun Fun Fun Fun Fun Fun Fun thread of the day.

The House Of Lords For 7/27/10: The Vote To Have Cloture On The DISCLOSE Act Fails

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The Republicans sure don't like transparency don't they? The members of the nutcase party all stayed in line and voted against even cloture, cloture folks, for the already watered down but still nevertheless important DISCLOSE ACT. 57-41 was the final vote, with Harry Reid having to vote against it in order to have it be brought back to the floor later in the week. At least their is no Democrats to blame this time, outside of Mr. LIE-Berman being absent.

The Straight Jacket Award For 7/27/10: "Lord This Lord" Is A Racist Fool And A Half

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The new nadir setter for the week is without a question this nut, who continues to rub salt in the wounds of the grave of Shirley Sherrod and her murderer father. This fool, who was apart of the Reagan Administration, shows his racist insanity by having the mental incapacity to claim that Sherrod lied about her father's death , declaring that it wasn't a lynching. It is beyond the thought of just calling this man a "crazy loon." He is just a point blank despicable individual who not only has no heart for minorities, no heart for just being human. He has been well slammed all over online yesterday and today (since he went to defend himself again today ), and was so bad that even his colleagues at that joke of a place distanced themselves from him. Lord has went from a guy that I didn't know, to one who is a prominent contender of ....The Straight Jacket Award for the entire year. This one you can't even laugh at one bit, because his bastard piece

Sports Thread #1 For 7/27/10 (1st Version): Jack Tatum Has Passed At 61

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One of the legends of the game, especially at the safety position, has passed away just now at age 61 : Jack Tatum, one of the most feared tacklers in NFL history, died Tuesday, his alma mater, Ohio State University, announced. He was 61. "We have lost one of our greatest Buckeyes," Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel said in a statement. "When you think of Ohio State defense, the first name that comes to mind is Jack Tatum. His loss touches every era of Ohio State players and fans." Tatum was a two-time All-American at Ohio State, where he began his career as a running back before moving to safety. The Oakland Raiders selected Tatum in the first round of the 1971 NFL Draft and he spent nine seasons with the team. He finished his NFL career with the Houston Oilers in 1980. Tatum made three Pro Bowls during his 10-year career. He is a member of the Ohio State and college football halls of fame. TWD Condolences are in store for this Raiders legends, as cer

Don't Fall Into The "Calling Them Racist" Trap

This will explain my full point in this thread: The legend that is KingEyeOn continued the momentum of the " Fox is racist " viewpoint that Howard Dean replaced into the talking heads conscious on Sunday with yet another classic thread from him earlier today. The evidence is clear as delight that at the very least, the Murdoch Clown Network are total cowards and piously ignorant to being able to have any smart opinion on race issues in America and anywhere else. Most of them will probably never understand the full events and emotional ramifications of minority history in this country, or at least those not apart of Goldline Dreck's peculiar lineup of black Republicans and their bimonthly appearances on that show . There are only two black correspondents that even appear on the Conservative Insane Network (Lord knows why Columbia Professor Marc Lamont Hill still goes on that network as much as he does), one black reporter named Wendell Gibson, and no black

Music Thread #1 For 7/27/10: A Lot of Albums Released Today, But Not Many Standous

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A lot of albums are being released today, though none of them are artist of upmost terrific significance. There are truly some artists that came out of nowhere with releases, with Fat Joe ("Darkside"), Fantasia ("Back To Me"), and Dru Hill ("Independence Day") being amongst them. Professor Green, The Shimmies, Avenged Sevenfold, and Kimberly Caldwell (haven't heard that name in years) are also releasing today. Either way, when the results come in for next Wednesday, I really think we are in store for another dire chart review. No one releasing this week is on the rise or at the top of the game, leading for a lot of below 100k estimates.

The 2nd Thread/Yesterday's Leftovers For 7/27/10: Put It All Right Back In The House Of Lords

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The House of Lords exhibited how they don't care about the downtrodden and the middle class once again last Thursday, as they stripped needed Supplemental Appropriations out of that lovely war funding bill set to past soon with no challenge. Those wonderful appropriations that the House of Lords deemed not worthy of their support include essential aid for teachers and that USDA settlement with black farmers that has been long overdue . Back in February, the Obama Administration settled the $1.5 billion lawsuit with black farmers . But now, thanks to all the members of the nutcase party, as seven uncaring Democrats practiced their inner Republican once again in full daylight , those integral pieces to an already terrible bill are gone. Bayh (typical), Begich (man, has he casted some terrible votes in his short time), Bennett (a growing fraud), Carper (but he will love his banking friends though), Landrieu (same old same old), McCaskill (a fake), Pryor, Warner (what a disap