via youtube.com
Good stuff...worth the watch!
Friday, October 8, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Premier League Table - ESPN Soccernet (Liverpool still in relegation zone)
I'm not saying Liverpool will be relegated, but it's kind of fun to see this table!!
Link: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/tables?league=eng.1&cc=5901# (sent via Shareaholic)GA Gov Race Poll results: Real Clear Politics
Forgot to include the link to the poll results that shows Nathan Deal ahead of Roy Barnes:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2010/governor/ga/georgia_governor_deal_vs_barnes-1316.html#
Liverpool in shock home defeat at the hands of BLACKPOOL - ESPN Soccernet
Torres injured in shock defeat
Updated: October 3, 2010, 3:04 AM ET
Liverpool's much-publicised issues off the pitch have been eclipsed by their problems on it as the side slumped to an embarrassing 2-1 defeat at home to Premier League newcomers Blackpool.Thousands of fans staged a pre-match protest march against the continuing ownership of Tom Hicks and George Gillett but there was a real danger of revolt inside Anfield at the final whistle.
Charlie Adam's penalty and Luke Varney's perfectly-timed run and finish did the damage in the first half and although Sotirios Kyrgiakos's header pulled one back Liverpool will spend the next fortnight rooted in the bottom three because of the forthcoming international break.
Manager Roy Hodgson has spent his three-month tenure at the club insisting there would be a transitional period but their current position is shameful for a club of Liverpool's stature.
There is little he can say to excuse this result, yet another in a string of disappointing displays which have been characterised more by poor performances than anything else.
Blackpool, to their credit, were well worth their win on their first-half performance but it should not be forgotten that they are a side who went to Arsenal and Chelsea and were beaten 6-0 and 4-0.
Prior to kick-off they had conceded more away goals than any of their rivals (10) but that record was not something which was exploited at all by their hosts.
They were not helped by the 10th-minute loss of striker Fernando Torres to a suspected groin injury, but even then they should still have at least dominated possession.
But they did not get chance as Blackpool attacked from the off and Adam's second-minute free-kick had Jose Reina batting the ball away.
Torres barely had time to flash a cross into the six-yard box where Joe Cole deflected it wide before he was replace by David Ngog.
Blackpool were enjoying far more of the play than they could have expected to at Anfield and DJ Campbell went close at the far post from Neal Eardley's teasing right-wing cross.
When Steven Gerrard gave the ball away in his own half it was only Martin Skrtel's sliding challenge which denied Varney's shot but the pressure eventually told in the 29th minute.
Right-back Glen Johnson, in particular, has had a dreadful start to the season and it got worse when he brought down Varney, allowing Adam to fire home the penalty despite Reina getting a hand on it.
Liverpool's response was half-hearted with Kyrgiakos, Ngog, Johnson, Dirk Kuyt and Raul Meireles all failing to test goalkeeper Matt Gilks with chances.
Seconds before the interval the Seasiders stunned their hosts when Gary Taylor-Fletcher flicked a ball into the penalty area and Varney ran on to fire past Reina.
Two minutes into the second half Ngog should have buried his header from Kuyt's cross when unmarked only to miss the target but Kyrgiakos showed him how it should be done in the 43rd minute, powering home Gerrard's quickly-taken free-kick.
The tide had turned as now Liverpool were enjoying all the possession, even if it had taken them nearly an hour to establish such a position.
Meireles had three attempts in quick succession, although only the first forced Gilks into a save, before Cole was put through by Carragher only to see his delicate dink beat the goalkeeper but roll past the far post.
A positive substitution removed defensive midfielder Christian Poulsen for forward Milan Jovanovic, with Meireles dropped back into his favoured central position.
As quickly as Liverpool had gained their attacking momentum it seemed to desert them just when they needed it most in the final 15 minutes.
Kuyt's header at the far post from Gerrard's cross was the closest they came but it lacked the power or direction to beat Gilks.
The Reds have now gone five matches in all competitions without a win - no wonder the Kop chanted the name of Kenny Dalglish, who was overlooked for the manager's job in the summer.
Hodgson has some serious thinking to do while the majority of his squad are away with their national teams.
Hate to kick a rival when they are down, but those Scousers wouldn't hesitate to do the same to us....
Suspect Denies Owning Cocaine In His Butt | The Smoking Gun
OCTOBER 1--A Florida man arrested Wednesday on drug charges told cops that a bag of cocaine found hidden inside his buttocks did not belong to him. Though the suspect did cop to ownership of a bag of marijuana hidden alongside the coke.
The narcotics were discovered by Manatee County Sheriff’s Office deputies after Raymond Roberts’s Hyundai was pulled over on a Bradenton street for speeding Wednesday morning. Investigators, who reported smelling a strong odor of marijuana emanating from the vehicle, subsequently searched the 25-year-old Roberts and discovered his hidden stash.
During the search, when Deputy Sean Cappiello "felt a soft object in the crack of his buttocks," the suspect "began to tense up." Roberts volunteered to remove the item. “Let me get it, hold on” he said, and proceeded to place a "clear plastic baggie with a green leafy substance" on the car's hood. A subsequent test showed the substance to be marijuana, 4.5 grams worth, according to an amusing sheriff’s report. Or click here for an easy-to-read PDF of the document.
"I then asked him if that was it," wrote Cappiello, "and he stated 'yes.'"
But, as the deputy reported, "I then searched his shorts again and felt another object that was in the crack of his buttocks. I pulled the object out from the exterior of his shorts and a clear plastic baggie with a white rock substance fell to the ground." This plastic bag, a test would later determine, contained 27 pieces of crack cocaine.
Roberts quickly disavowed ownership of the cocaine. “The white stuff is not mine, but the weed is,” he claimed, adding that the crack in his crack was the property of a friend who had previously borrowed the car and left the drug on the passenger seat. Roberts explained that when he was pulled over for speeding, he concealed the second bag of narcotics.
Pictured in the above mug shot, Roberts was charged with pot and cocaine possession. He was freed after posting $1120 bond. (2 pages)
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Phil Mickelson, Tiger and team USA start defense of Ryder Cup - ESPN
Ok, let's put a good old USA beat-down on them...this time Team USA is playing for something worthwhile...Tiger is hosting the after party if they win!
Alberto Contador blames tainted meat for positive doping test - ESPN
And in other news, France has decided to blood-test all overly muscular looking cows and chickens, wary of the dreaded "super-meat"
Monday, September 27, 2010
Prosecutor in Ted Stevens case commits suicide - Yahoo! News
WASHINGTON – A Justice Department prosecutor killed himself while under investigation over whether he and other attorneys in the prosecution of Sen. Ted Stevens acted improperly in the case, officials said.
Nicholas A. Marsh, 37, committed suicide on Sunday, two years after being part of the Justice Department team that convicted Stevens on corruption charges that were eventually thrown out. Marsh's suicide was confirmed by his lawyer, Robert Luskin.
"I think Nick loved being a prosecutor and I think he was incredibly fearful that this would prevent him from continuing to work for the Justice Department," Luskin said Monday. "It's incredibly tragic after all this time when we were on the verge of a successful resolution."
The prosecutors in the Stevens case failed to disclose evidence favorable to the defendant as Supreme Court precedent requires. The omission was so serious that Attorney General Eric Holder stepped in and asked a federal judge to throw out Stevens' convictions, which the judge did, while taking the additional step of appointing a prominent Washington attorney, Henry Schuelke, to investigate possible improprieties by the prosecutors.
"My general sense is that with the direction things are going, I really would have been shocked if Hank had done anything other than exonerate Nick Marsh," said Luskin, who called the suicide a "terrible tragedy."
Luskin said his impression was that the investigation was drawing to a close.
"I think we were within shouting distance of the finish line," the attorney said.
Stevens, a longtime Republican senator from Alaska, lost his Senate seat in an election shortly after his October 2008 conviction. He died in a plane crash in Alaska in August.
Lanny Breuer, the assistant attorney general in charge of the Justice Department's criminal division, said, "Our deepest sympathies go out to Nick's family and friends on this sad day. The Department of Justice is a community, and today our community is mourning the loss of this dedicated young attorney."
During the Schuelke investigation, Marsh had been transferred from the department's Public Integrity Section, which handles corruption probes. Marsh most recently been working in the department's Office of International Affairs.
"Notwithstanding the unfounded accusations recently made against him, he took his ethical and professional obligations as seriously as any prosecutor or lawyer I've ever met," Joshua Berman, a former prosecutor and close friend of Marsh, said in a statement.
via news.yahoo.com
Sunday, September 26, 2010
The shafting of Boise St. starts already....
Ok, so it wasn't enough for 105 year-old Brent Musberger (did you see his hog jowls? wow!) saying "Boise State needs to impress...blah blah blah" during the game broadcast. But now tell me how Ohio State, who beat a winless unranked loser MAAC team, leapfrogs Boise State who beat #24 ranked Oregon State?
In any other industry, such manipulation of rankings and pre-arranging of rankings would be collusion and illegal as it deprives certain schools of millions of dollars in revenue for the benefit of other schools. But the NCAA rolls on.....
Saturday, September 25, 2010
UCLA Bruins WHIP Texas Longhorns - Box Score - September 25, 2010 - ESPN
Bruins kick the Longhorn's butt! scores.espn.go.com
PAC -10 Represent! (even if it is stinkin' UCLA)
Report: Manchester City v Chelsea - English Premier League - ESPN Soccernet
Although I had to hold my nose - it was good to see Chelsea lose. Any win by City is yucky...but.
Chelsea falls in first real test. (Even if it was only City)
Manchester City 1 - Chelsea 0 Ok so now will everybody jump off the Chelsea bandwagon? Once again Sir Alex was right about waiting until Chelsea faced a real test....
Friday, September 24, 2010
I just used Shazam
I just used Shazam to tag Kickstart My Heart by Mötley Crüe. A perfect Friday drive home song, classic!
Darrin Keaton
Darrin Keaton
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