Category Archives: Media
Head in the Game
A NYT study last summer found that concussions suffered in the NFL are more serious injuries than previously thought. This seems to have inspired many defensive backs. Helmet to helmet blows surged last week-end. Steeler, James Harrison, alone bagged two Browns within a few minutes on Sunday. The only penalty called was a delay of game on Alex Mack for kicking the ball. Should have kicked a helmet – with a head in it. The NFL closed the barn door with an announcement today that it is cracking down. Here’s an ESPN story.
Udpate: The NFL fined Harrison $75,000 for his work.
Take This Job and Shovel It
Peter Baker caught the prez in a reflective mood in yesterday’s NYT Magazine piece titled “The Education of a President”. Here’s an excerpt.
Obama Identified what he called ‘Tactical Lessons’ from his presidency. He let himself look too much like ‘the same old TAX-AND-SPEND LIBERAL Democrat’. HE REALIZED TOO LATE that ‘there’s no such thing as shovel-ready projects’ when it comes to PUBLIC WORKS.
How NOW Brown Cow
The National Organization for Women endorsed Jerry Brown for governor of California last week. A week earlier Brown, or an advisor, was recorded calling his opponent, Meg Whitman, a whore. Here’s the story in the Daily Caller. After its endorsement, NOW called for the firing of whoever dropped the “W” word.
Earth Birth
Chile accepted help from all over the world to rescue the miners. It was a drill bit from Pennsylvania that did the job but I thought the coolest items were copper socks from Virginia to prevent foot infections. This story in The Week has the rundown of American contributions.
Nasty Free Speech
The creeps who protest at the funerals of dead soldiers appeared before the Supreme Court on Wednesday. They were sued by the father of Matthew Snyder, a marine whose funeral they picketed. The protesters are led by a preacher named Fred Phelps. Their beef is with homosexuality and they claim that dead soldiers are God’s punishment. The thing is, unless the Supreme Being files a brief, they may be well within their rights. A 1988 court ruling, Hustler Magazine v. Falwell, unanimously upheld the right to nasty speech unless it can be proven false.
USA Today has a complete story with video.
