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Photo of Cooperstown Hall of Fame (From Baseball Hall of Fame) For only the 8th time in history and first time since 1996, no player will be going into the Hall of Fame, with Craig Biggio getting the closest number.  It was expected but still telling that the Hall of Fame voters decided to have fake integrity and not allow Barry Bonds or Roger Clemons into the Hall of Fame despite never reporting on their steroids usage during the rise of PED in the 90's.  The final vote tally:  And the numbers for Clemons and Bonds.....Mark McGwire with 17%, and Sammy Sosa with 12.5% More on this to come, stay tuned to The Whole Delivery. 

The continuation of America's intelligence imperialism was highlighted today by torture/drone advocate John Brennan be selected by Obama today, but in no surprise whatsoever though. All the attention has been given to nutcase Republicans making fake outrage over Hagel, but in a sane society, we wouldn't tolerate centrist Obama's continued preference to not alter the culture of US ridiculousness. The Runthrough GOP math surely is no higher than arithmetic . Matt Stroller on our lazy corporations . So embarrassing for Milford, Delaware . More from The Whole Delivery, with coverage of the BS BCS title game later on this evening. 

Messi wins 4th Ballon D'Or As expected and as should be, Lionel Messi has won his 4th FIFA Ballon D'or, with Ronaldo and Iniesta finishing as the bridesmaids. Ridiculously enough, instead of at least 90% of the vote for a record 91 goal year, the Argentine legend (and new 60 Minutes feature star ) only received a 41.60% majority. Sir Cristiano got a shade under 24% while Iniesta with the rest of the scraps. Some clowns hated Messi so much that they had him in third place , while some didn't even have him in the Top 3 (especially the Italy captain, who didn't even list him). Despite the hate from ridiculous media figures, the magic of Messi just continues to grow, as he is certainly the favorite to win the title next January. To save Ronaldo of more disappointed faces, they might as well create their own Lionel Messi Platinum Ball award just in case there's a need to let someone else win who is clearly second fiddle to the magical #10. Ronaldo's ...

Shaun Wright-Phillips winner gave QPR a shock win at Chelsea, but they need a lot more results to save them.   It truly is three different seasons in the Barclays Premier League, with the holiday festive year end/year start four game period being its own grueling season of importance. It could further spurn you to make hasty or needy moves in a January transfer window that you didn't want to have to dabble in, and it sets the table for the second half of the season. After another festive period, Manchester United are in the front and center. But unlike last season, where a clear lost to Newcastle spelled omens on what became a title-less season, Sir Alex's men are sound favorites for the title. Shaun Wright-Phillips huge goal to give QPR the 1-0 win at Chelsea moved Harry Redknapp side from bottom of the table to......bottom of the table. I just don't see enough consistent team chemistry to overcome the drop for them, although they should finish ahead of Reading...

From 1912 to 2008, the years featuring the percentage of income the top bracket in America had to pay.  The election and what turned out to be the inevitable Fiscal C (Cliff, Curve, Crap, whatever your preferred "C" word of choice) debacle was a real legitimate chance to see whether the nation's lawmakers, starting with President Obama and Vice President Biden, was truly adamant about funding their nation properly after a decade of irresponsible, dangerous tax cuts to wealthy people. When I mean by lawmakers, I mean just Democratic figures making the argument that we need to go the truly opposite direction of fearing/loathing taxing, because we know the nutcases on the other side are opposed to funding any government. It was suppose to at least usher in the clearly rational argument that the best functional democracy operates not under idiotic anti-progressive spending cuts that bring America the austerity pain that Europe is having, but fully fun...

HALFTIME THOUGHTS Images from NFL.com  1) Another forgettable first half for that Lions secondary, as their angles on Earl Bennett's long touchdown run was just unbearable. Still, Stafford's ability to gunsling comeback and Cutler's ability to screw any quality situation up always puts the Bears in danger here. 2) Arian Foster and the offensive line for the Texans just have not been the same as they where at the start of the season, and so far, Matt Schaub is not rising to the occasion. 3) On the end of that Texans/Colts game, the emotion for Chuck Pagano is certainly caring their offensive and defensive lines. 4) For Andy Reid's last game, this is just quite sad and pathetic how his tenure as coach of the Eagles is ending. (Post game analysis of only the meaningful games, to come in their conclusion. Stay tuned to TWD). 

This was the only day ever that this crap song was really worth playing, really for anybody.....And oh, has that glorious day come. So, for the Mayans, it's Sean and Minaj doing a song THAT never blew up like they thought it would have, but is tailor made for this day.

Without a doubt, the tremendous and yet remarkably still underrated global superstar that is Nelly Furtado had one of the best releases overall in music, especially in the continued predictably of radio's desperate, American pop music. And though "The Spirit Indestructible" was not the first single on her 5th album, as "Big Hoops (Bigger The Better)" got that honor, there's a reason why it was strong enough to hold the title for this song and her latest CD overall. You just don't hear many songs about people's self-determination from either gender in Western music, a perspective that is from an underdog's position. It wasn't about "party tonight," let me get a great party word or phrase to get a great hit, as most songs nowadays on the Billboard Top 100 focuses on, no matter if they are truly have great instrumentals and are pleasing to listen to. Instead, with Furtado the message is always real and pure, and she is always...

This will be a daily display that will pick up as the last days of 2012 (and maybe human existence) winds down, highlighting the most tolerable (and actually good) songs of 2012, from The Whole Delivery's perspective.  Cash Out may never have a single like this ever in his career, especially since he came out of nowhere with this one. But I hope haters are wrong on that, especially considering the man's backstory before having a hit song, and I say that with him being three years younger than me (He's 22). From facing a gun charge three years ago that was going to see him locked up for years, to LA Reid giving him a deal (even if it was just based on this song alone), Cash Out really is one of those rare stories any rational person in 2012 could cheer about. And certainly this one doesn't brag too much, and DJ Spinz did a hell of a job with the instrumental. One of 2012's Tolerable Songs, it's Cash Out with his first and breakthrough, "Cashin Ou...

To explain Obama and his constant "rational centrism" with the WHite House's latest trial ballon with placing the CPI index in danger with the greatness that is Social Security, there has long been a new Overton window in modern day American politics. The simplistic and lazy labels of "Liberal, Moderate, and Conservative" have done a disservice to the American public for so many years, when the ideas and type of philosophy/policies are much more complicated than those three labels. With a rise of sellout Democrats throughout the years and a set of Republicans more insane and less capable of lying or deceiving well than "smart Republicans," the margins are so small nowadays where labeling any Democrat a "liberal" like Fixed Propaganda loves to do is simple asinine, as well as knowing which Republicans are the smart, deceiving ones who know how to play the shady Beltway elitist game, and who are just downright Bachmann/Steve King/Allen...

His last words to his staff were "Aloha." Rest in heaven to one of the most underrated figures around in Daniel Inouye. More at The Whole Delivery later, stay tuned.

But hey, at least this is one sign where you don't have to follow the boss' thoughts as a news organization. Then again, Fox News isn't a news organization. (More at The Whole Delivery to come, stay tuned.) 

They still believe "More guns" are the answer: Having been a judge and reviewed photographs of these horrific scenes and knowing that children have these defensive wounds, gun shots through their arms and hands as they try to protect themselves, and, hearing the heroic stories of the principal, lunging, trying to protect, Chris, I wish to God she had had an M-4 in her office, locked up so when she heard gunfire, she pulls it out and she didn’t have to lunge heroically with nothing in her hands and takes him out and takes his head off before he can kill those precious kids. Self defense is so important in life, and you have to defend yourself whenever someone tries to attack you at all costs. But there are other defense mechanisms than more guns as well, and people, amazingly, have survived despite being at the clear disadvantage of "you can't bring a knife to a gun fight." When knows if Principal Dawn Hochsprung having a gun would have lead to j...

Because of it having the taint of N*Snyc, this has always been an underrated Christmas song. And with Gary Coleman in the video, nuff said. It's the 1998 cheesy holiday semi-hit from Justin Timberlake & Friends, it's "Merry Christmas, Hapy Holidays." Lighter note: The group is actually German .....Or, to not make your heads explode in what, I did not know that the group's early strength was predicated more on their time in Germany and elsewhere through Europe. So fascinating. ( Friday at The Whole Delivery will continue with more, stay tuned....)

The fact that Kanye, who is from Chicago, performed at the 12-12-12 concert Wednesday night at MSG shows how hastily organized and one-dimensional the creation of an otherwise great show. It's what happens when you have myopic big corporations like Chase and GE organize usual fundraisers like this. When you have alternative pop rock legends on the stage like that (and Billy Joel, an accomplished legend in his own right, regardless of how some think he really isn't and has never been rock music), it clearly is a night of epic performers on the same stage that you frankly will only be organized a hand full of times in life. But let's be honest here. The higher-ups who organized this event just really catered it to a middle to late aged white crowd here in the five borough area, as the cameras predominantly showed. And they only picked Kanye (and Alicia Keys) because well, they were major stars who the middle aged white crowd would know instead of even a N...

One Calvin Broadus as the guest on the latest of Simon Peter's "Epic Rap Battles" of history. Here is he  as Moses vs Santa Claus in a Christmas holiday special. Enjoy it, though to be honest, for those knowing how to flow, Snopp was a bit off flow.

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy Attention all journalists everywhere, especially American Beltway centrist journalists who are smart enough to just report the facts instead of do "both sides" stenography: One Thomas Mann has a message for you, again. Do your job! That's what he had to tell Chuck Todd directly Tuesday morning, as him and Norm Ornstein continue to make some inside the Beltway upset for basically calling the Republicans for being the nutcases that they have become as a collective whole and messing up the Beltway centrist elite's lovely "popcorn watching" that kicks liberals and the underdog in American society down. Now Mann and Ornstein are irrelevant now because their past DC Beltway elitism has caught back up with them instead of being truth-tellers overall, as more "cooler" and "hipper" centrist and Republicans who only care about the wealthy in this nation hav...

It usually gets overshadowed as just the unglamorous last year before adolescence, but does get the love from all the baker's of the world. Today, we salute you, glamorous #12. Days when the day, month, and year have numerical uniformity are just amazing. Whether it was 8/8/88 (Though I was age 1 and can't remember that day), or 9/9/99, 10/10/10, 11/11/11, or this day, it's special. Because there will be no 13/13/13 or higher. You get 12 months a year and that's it. So may your 12/12/12 be smooth or has been smoothed if you are on the Eastern Hemisphere of the world. (More of The Whole Delivery to come, please stay tuned.)  

A few responses on Twitter from the critical post down below . Now Sports TV producer Jeff Freeman, who is a good sir, definitely does a great job of being aware of racial problems in America and globally. I give him credit for that. But there are a few troubling things from his comments below:  Freeman said in that section of highlighted tweets above, "However when you're in a position of celebrity as she is, she has to be so careful. People could definitely be offended and, just because Serena thinks it's fine, doesn't mean it may not offend someone else. I agree with you on the most part but not everyone is open-minded and intelligent. She needs to be mindful of the audience where she is doing this."  I have a major problem with this, and why us in the news media have got to stop treating the audience like ignorant and not intelligent spectators. The ONLY people who have a right to be offended are those who actually know what is going on an...

It really is annoying whenever someone talks about someone they don't know in a negative light without knowing at least some semblance about that person. It's even more annoying and disturbing when supposed journalists or news organizations talk about a person without knowing their backstory and lumping them recklessly with incongruous and idiotic assumptions. It gets yours' truly to his boiling point when I witness people who have no sense of sports journalism, and in particularly tennis journalism, and indolently do a report about a player without any knowledge of that player before that player's current incident enters the mainstream discussion, leading supposed journalists to write a poor piece not cognizant of who they are writing about. Today, we have been presented with that very sad and ridiculous case. For those casual tennis (or sports) fans or not, but know about Serena Williams, here's a quick runthrough on this asinine and completely mind-num...