"Deck Officer! DECK Officer!"

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“ M.J. was introduced as the greatest player ever and he’s still standing there trying to settle scores,” one Hall of Famer said privately later. Jordan didn’t hurt his image with the NBA community as much as he reminded them of it. “That’s who Michael is,” one high-ranking team executive said. “It wasn’t like he was out of character. There’s no one else who could’ve gotten away with what he did tonight. But it was Michael, and everyone just goes along.”

“Jordan wasn’t crying over sentimentality on Friday night as much as he was the loss of a life that he returned from two retirements to have again. The finality of his basketball genius hit him at the induction ceremony, hit him hard. Jordan showed little poise and less grace.

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Michael Jordan’s night to remember turns petty - NBA - Yahoo! Sports

I’m nowhere near an NBA fan, but this write up on Jordan’s HOF acceptance speech is an absolute must read. Holy wow.

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I have no problem with someone who says they don’t want the public option because they believe government shouldn’t be a safety net. I may disagree with them, but I can understand their position. But these people? They just make me sad.

chuckfive:

While I don’t like comparing anyone to Hitler, I would argue that the right wing’s use of distorted and/or unsupported “information” as propaganda to emotionally inflame the ignorant and stoke blind hatred towards the unknown is much more Nazi-like than anything the Left has ever done.

» New Rule: Democrats must get in touch with their inner asshole

Van Jones got fired because he became the Scary Negro of the Week on Fox News, where, let’s be honest, they still feel threatened by Harry Belafonte.

What got Van Jones fired was they caught him on tape saying that Republicans are assholes. And they call it “news.” And Obama didn’t say a word in defense of Jones and basically fired him when Glenn Beck told him to. Just like we dropped “end of life counseling” from health care reform because Sarah Palin said it meant “death panels” on her Facebook page.

Obama’s health care speech was great, but here’s the thing: Muhammad Ali also had a way with words, but it helped enormously that he could also punch guys in the face.

I love Obama’s civility in the face of such contumely, his desire to work with his enemies, it’s positively Christ-like. But we don’t need that guy now. We need an asshole.

Mr. President, there are some people who are never going to like you. That’s why they voted for the old guy and Carrie’s mom. You’re not going to win them over. Stand up for the 70% of Americans who aren’t crazy.

- Bill Maher

I know two people with this birthday.

» Weekly Snaps

If you’re a fan of sports or funny pictures, you might enjoy my new tumblr blog. It’s a weekly series about the craziness that is college football.

chuckfive:

Meet Myron Lefkowitz, the man who makes sound effects using his own personal wind instrument. He is a fartist, a farteur, a flatulist, but above all he is a professional. Take a peek behind the scenes as Myron enlists his amazing talent to record the sounds for MySims Racing.

A little something I worked on. Please REPOST. We need the hits.

Ohio representing in that vid…

saradam:

DARK CARNIVAL OF SOULS: The Juggalo Gathering 2009 (via derekerdman)

What really gets me about this is that Derek listed its category as “Education.” So true.

saradam:

Winners.