Guys Under Age 24 who have gone 50% from the floor, 40% from 3, and 80% from the line while scoring over 17 points a game:
Kyrie Irving. The end.
You need to get up to age 24, when you finally get http://bkref.com/tiny/0kdGL
3 guys -- Mark Price, Reggie Miller and Wally Szczerbiak.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
NBA Playoff Simulation
http://espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/playoffodds
A math geek's heaven.
I point out to you something that hits me harder than the thought that the Wolves are likely to make the playoffs.
Note that NO TEAM in the NBA is dumb enough to trade away an unprotected lottery pick........except the Timberwolves. While the Clippers also traded away the Wolves' pick, they did so for a young Chris Paul (a top 5 NBA player). The Wolves gave away the pick for Marko Jaric.
Wolves -- were thrown a lifeline from a passing ship in the middle of the Pacific and said, "No thank you, I will swim for it."
Clippers -- came home to find both Halle Berry and Salma Hayek in their bed and called their friend to come over and hang out.........if the friend paid $10,000,000 first.
A math geek's heaven.
I point out to you something that hits me harder than the thought that the Wolves are likely to make the playoffs.
Note that NO TEAM in the NBA is dumb enough to trade away an unprotected lottery pick........except the Timberwolves. While the Clippers also traded away the Wolves' pick, they did so for a young Chris Paul (a top 5 NBA player). The Wolves gave away the pick for Marko Jaric.
Wolves -- were thrown a lifeline from a passing ship in the middle of the Pacific and said, "No thank you, I will swim for it."
Clippers -- came home to find both Halle Berry and Salma Hayek in their bed and called their friend to come over and hang out.........if the friend paid $10,000,000 first.
Timberwolves Win, Move to 10-11
While the Wolves seem to find .500 an impossible barrier to breach, it still is so nice to not have to watch a Kurt Rambis coached team.
Adelman is a 15 win improvement over Rambis (Adelman is 5 wins above an average coach, Rambis was 10 wins below an average coach). So you would expect the Wolves, just by switching coaches, to go 32-50 (26-40 over a 66 game schedule).
At the Wolves' current pace they are gonna go 31-35. So the extra 5 wins would seem to come from Rubio and the unbelievable added production of Love.
But certainly Rubio and a better Love are worth more than 5 wins, right? So you gotta figure they are worth 10-12 extra wins.
So.......26-40 + 10extra wins = 36-30 or even possibly 38-28??????????
Could the Minnesota Timberwolves, honest to god, contend for the 8th seed in the West?????
Sorry -- I just have had so little hope for so long, I get carried away. It is like being a guy in college where a good looking girl talks to you and you start envisioning her and you on your honeymoon....
Adelman is a 15 win improvement over Rambis (Adelman is 5 wins above an average coach, Rambis was 10 wins below an average coach). So you would expect the Wolves, just by switching coaches, to go 32-50 (26-40 over a 66 game schedule).
At the Wolves' current pace they are gonna go 31-35. So the extra 5 wins would seem to come from Rubio and the unbelievable added production of Love.
But certainly Rubio and a better Love are worth more than 5 wins, right? So you gotta figure they are worth 10-12 extra wins.
So.......26-40 + 10extra wins = 36-30 or even possibly 38-28??????????
Could the Minnesota Timberwolves, honest to god, contend for the 8th seed in the West?????
Sorry -- I just have had so little hope for so long, I get carried away. It is like being a guy in college where a good looking girl talks to you and you start envisioning her and you on your honeymoon....
Gingrich -- Getting to the Point on Romney
Having called Romney "pro-abortion, pro-gun control, pro-tax increase" on Sunday, Gingrich added the title "pro-gay rights" on Monday, in an acidic interview with Fox News.
He rewound his last few days of attacks, combining all of his insults and all his vitriol into a string of remarkable assaults on Romney. "The conservative movement is not going to sit back and say, 'Oh yes, let's let Wall Street and Mitt Romney buy the election,'"
(Wrong, Newt, they are, they always do what the Rich Wing tells them).
Gingrich said. "So you're going to see a real grassroots fight. It will be people power vs. Goldman Sachs and Mitt Romney."
(and the people will lose, as always)
Gingrich's campaign began the day by sending out a press release noting that Romney has received $367,000 in campaign contributions from Goldman Sachs, the New York investment bank."Goldman Sachs received $10 billion in emergency loans and bailouts from the Federal Reserve during the Wall Street bailout," wrote Gingrich's communications director Joe DeSantis. "This raises the question: Are Mitt Romney's dishonest attack ads against Speaker Gingrich being indirectly funded by the US taxpayer while Governor Romney uses shady accounting gimmicks to avoid paying his fair share of taxes?"
He rewound his last few days of attacks, combining all of his insults and all his vitriol into a string of remarkable assaults on Romney. "The conservative movement is not going to sit back and say, 'Oh yes, let's let Wall Street and Mitt Romney buy the election,'"
(Wrong, Newt, they are, they always do what the Rich Wing tells them).
Gingrich said. "So you're going to see a real grassroots fight. It will be people power vs. Goldman Sachs and Mitt Romney."
(and the people will lose, as always)
Gingrich's campaign began the day by sending out a press release noting that Romney has received $367,000 in campaign contributions from Goldman Sachs, the New York investment bank."Goldman Sachs received $10 billion in emergency loans and bailouts from the Federal Reserve during the Wall Street bailout," wrote Gingrich's communications director Joe DeSantis. "This raises the question: Are Mitt Romney's dishonest attack ads against Speaker Gingrich being indirectly funded by the US taxpayer while Governor Romney uses shady accounting gimmicks to avoid paying his fair share of taxes?"
Monday, January 30, 2012
Pro Bowl Ratings -- What the Hell is Wrong with America???
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/01/30/tv-ratings-sunday-pro-bowl-prelims-down-still-leads-nbc-win-once-upon-a-time-good-wife-rise-as-fox-animated-comedies-miss-tebow/117929/
Pro Bowl --
#1 in 18-49 demographic, #3 overall (60 Minutes and Undercover Boss had more
total viewers).
To make matters WORSE, look at the enormous ratings for the Pro Bowl Pre-Game Show! I don't like watching Super Bowl Pre-Game, yet 12.5 million Americans were glued to Pro Bowl Pre-Game.
Pro Bowl --
#1 in 18-49 demographic, #3 overall (60 Minutes and Undercover Boss had more
total viewers).
To make matters WORSE, look at the enormous ratings for the Pro Bowl Pre-Game Show! I don't like watching Super Bowl Pre-Game, yet 12.5 million Americans were glued to Pro Bowl Pre-Game.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Barack Obama -- Good Singer
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/27/president-obama-sings-al-green-lets-stay-together-sales-jump_n_1236428.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec3_lnk2%26pLid%3D130775
Not to be outdone, Mitt Romney countered with some Pat Boone and Newt Gingrich went with "The South's Gonna Do It Again."
Rick Santorum declared all songs to be "too gay" and Ron Paul was asleep.
Not to be outdone, Mitt Romney countered with some Pat Boone and Newt Gingrich went with "The South's Gonna Do It Again."
Rick Santorum declared all songs to be "too gay" and Ron Paul was asleep.
Robert Hegyes -- Juan Epstein -- Dead At 60
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/26/robert-hegyes-dead_n_1234978.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl2%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D130617
Mr. Kotter, I have a note, "Please excuse Juan from class yesterday as he was home with a heart attack." Signed, Epstein's Mom.
RIP.
Mr. Kotter, I have a note, "Please excuse Juan from class yesterday as he was home with a heart attack." Signed, Epstein's Mom.
RIP.
Tea Party v. Cocktail Party
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71987.html
Or, as I have said for years, "Rich Wing v. Poor Wing."
Or, as Wolf Blitzer noted, "Romney's supporters wear a lot more pink and green" and I think he was talking about the Andy-Bernard-styled men.
The support of the Republican Establishment for Romney is, in the end, more of the same. The people who run the GOP (the Rich Cocktail Party Wing in their Izods), let me be as clear as possible:
DO NOT GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THE POOR IDIOTS IN THE SOUTH AND RURAL NORTH WHO VOTE REPUBLICAN.
How much clearer does this have to be before these idiots get the point? Has the Rich Wing cracked down on TV indecency? No, in fact, Justice Scalia says show anything you want.
Abortion -- still legal
Birth control -- still legal
Interracial marriage -- still legal
Gays in military -- allowed to pass
At some point do you not get SOME payback for your constant support (other than the assurance that if you eventually make $2MM a year that you will pay less in taxes)????????
HM
Or, as I have said for years, "Rich Wing v. Poor Wing."
Or, as Wolf Blitzer noted, "Romney's supporters wear a lot more pink and green" and I think he was talking about the Andy-Bernard-styled men.
The support of the Republican Establishment for Romney is, in the end, more of the same. The people who run the GOP (the Rich Cocktail Party Wing in their Izods), let me be as clear as possible:
DO NOT GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THE POOR IDIOTS IN THE SOUTH AND RURAL NORTH WHO VOTE REPUBLICAN.
How much clearer does this have to be before these idiots get the point? Has the Rich Wing cracked down on TV indecency? No, in fact, Justice Scalia says show anything you want.
Abortion -- still legal
Birth control -- still legal
Interracial marriage -- still legal
Gays in military -- allowed to pass
At some point do you not get SOME payback for your constant support (other than the assurance that if you eventually make $2MM a year that you will pay less in taxes)????????
HM
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Uh Oh -- Looks Like Romney Surging in Florida
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/fl/florida_republican_presidential_primary-1597.html
Too many rich and old transplants from colder climates.
Newt will have to go much, much harder to lock up and expand his lead in the hard-core racist vote. I suggest at tonight's debate:
1) Newt mentions that Florida and his home state of Georgia were part of the Confederacy while Massachusetts was an extremely solid abolitionist state. Newt, "Do you folks in Florida really want to go back to 1866 when you had to give black people rights??"
2) Newt mentions how Romney used illegal immigrants to do his lawn work while there were perfectly good American black children whom Mitt should have tricked into doing the job for free (ala Tom Sawyer).
Newt, "Does Romney hate children, slavery AND great literature written by a guy who used the N word a lot in Huckleberry Finn?"
3) Newt tears open his shirt to reveal a giant tattoo of the Stars and Bars. While this will no doubt gross out a lot of people, Newt can spin their disgust as hatred for the Confederacy, thus challenging voters to either, "love my flabby southern tattoo or vote for that abolitionist."
4) Newt should identify 5 federal laws that tomorrow he would allow Florida to nullify by a decree by the Governor OR a 45% secret ballot vote of the members of the Florida legislature. While I am sure there are 100 great candidates for nullification, I think you need to include:
a) The Civil Rights Act
b) The Voting Rights Act
c) The Clean Air Act
d) The Clean Water Act
e) Something else dealing specifically with rights of blacks and Hispanics.
While the health care law would be a candidate, that doesn't really stir up the base like these others will.
Newt should carry a picture (or portrait) of John C. Calhoun on stage to demonstrate his true love for states rights and nullification. If Romney cannot immediately identify the man in the picture and his approximate age when the portrait/picture was taken, Newt should shake his head in disgust and start screaming, "Carpetbagger!" either until he is dragged off stage or until the audience joins in the chant.
5) Newt needs to "quote" Tim Tebow as saying that Mormons hate Jesus and that is why Denver lost to New England. Tebow probably did think it at some point in time deep in the back of his mind, plus, is Tebow going to deny it when asked?
Newt, "I mean, Mormons baptize Jews post-death and they believe that The Lord traipsed around Palmyra, NY teaching Christianity to the Indians (Newt should say, "Redskins") and not very well apparently, since it didn't appear to stick for a couple thousand years." Will Tebow really defend this religion by saying he DOESN'T blame them? I doubt it.
HM
Too many rich and old transplants from colder climates.
Newt will have to go much, much harder to lock up and expand his lead in the hard-core racist vote. I suggest at tonight's debate:
1) Newt mentions that Florida and his home state of Georgia were part of the Confederacy while Massachusetts was an extremely solid abolitionist state. Newt, "Do you folks in Florida really want to go back to 1866 when you had to give black people rights??"
2) Newt mentions how Romney used illegal immigrants to do his lawn work while there were perfectly good American black children whom Mitt should have tricked into doing the job for free (ala Tom Sawyer).
Newt, "Does Romney hate children, slavery AND great literature written by a guy who used the N word a lot in Huckleberry Finn?"
3) Newt tears open his shirt to reveal a giant tattoo of the Stars and Bars. While this will no doubt gross out a lot of people, Newt can spin their disgust as hatred for the Confederacy, thus challenging voters to either, "love my flabby southern tattoo or vote for that abolitionist."
4) Newt should identify 5 federal laws that tomorrow he would allow Florida to nullify by a decree by the Governor OR a 45% secret ballot vote of the members of the Florida legislature. While I am sure there are 100 great candidates for nullification, I think you need to include:
a) The Civil Rights Act
b) The Voting Rights Act
c) The Clean Air Act
d) The Clean Water Act
e) Something else dealing specifically with rights of blacks and Hispanics.
While the health care law would be a candidate, that doesn't really stir up the base like these others will.
Newt should carry a picture (or portrait) of John C. Calhoun on stage to demonstrate his true love for states rights and nullification. If Romney cannot immediately identify the man in the picture and his approximate age when the portrait/picture was taken, Newt should shake his head in disgust and start screaming, "Carpetbagger!" either until he is dragged off stage or until the audience joins in the chant.
5) Newt needs to "quote" Tim Tebow as saying that Mormons hate Jesus and that is why Denver lost to New England. Tebow probably did think it at some point in time deep in the back of his mind, plus, is Tebow going to deny it when asked?
Newt, "I mean, Mormons baptize Jews post-death and they believe that The Lord traipsed around Palmyra, NY teaching Christianity to the Indians (Newt should say, "Redskins") and not very well apparently, since it didn't appear to stick for a couple thousand years." Will Tebow really defend this religion by saying he DOESN'T blame them? I doubt it.
HM
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Terrell Owens -- Broke
T.O. -- broke and unemployed: http://www.gq.com/sports/profiles/201202/terrell-owens-nfl-football-wide-receiver?currentPage=1
I refuse to believe Drew Rosenhaus would ever give anyone shoddy advice or abandon them once they were of no further use to him.
Come on, T.O.! This is like speaking badly about Mother Teresa!
I refuse to believe Drew Rosenhaus would ever give anyone shoddy advice or abandon them once they were of no further use to him.
Come on, T.O.! This is like speaking badly about Mother Teresa!
Florida Chamber of Commerce Poll -- Race Dead Even
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/fl/florida_republican_presidential_primary-1597.html
Florida, in a way, is a perfect state to determine who will win the GOP race. There are far more Rich Wing folk than in SC. The racism is slightly dialed down in certain locales, but dialed way up in others. It is a state where the Poor Wing is heavily represented (drive 45 miles outside of Orlando and try to find a decent home anywhere). You have the wealthy folk going to South Beach and the dirt poor folk going to the rodeo.
If Romney is so hated that he cannot win a fairly moderate southern state like Florida, then he is left with trying to pick off big Democrat states to win the nomination (WA, OR, CA, NY, PA, MI, MD, MA). Sadly, that sort of leaves the GOP where they were in 2008 -- their base resides in the rural states, but their nominee appeals to the GOP in the urban states where they will NEVER win the general election.
Florida, in a way, is a perfect state to determine who will win the GOP race. There are far more Rich Wing folk than in SC. The racism is slightly dialed down in certain locales, but dialed way up in others. It is a state where the Poor Wing is heavily represented (drive 45 miles outside of Orlando and try to find a decent home anywhere). You have the wealthy folk going to South Beach and the dirt poor folk going to the rodeo.
If Romney is so hated that he cannot win a fairly moderate southern state like Florida, then he is left with trying to pick off big Democrat states to win the nomination (WA, OR, CA, NY, PA, MI, MD, MA). Sadly, that sort of leaves the GOP where they were in 2008 -- their base resides in the rural states, but their nominee appeals to the GOP in the urban states where they will NEVER win the general election.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Apple Holding $100BILLION in cash
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/01/24/theres-rich-theres-stupid-rich-and-then-theres-app/?source=TheMotleyFool
OK, so it isn't quite $100B, but at this point it is almost a rounding error or an interest error.
(Or when you are selling 4.4 iPhones a second, it may already be $100B).
$100 billion. My old high school has 100 kids in a class. If I want to, ala Michael Scott, send them all to the college of their choice, they will all choose a $70,000 a year school X 100 kids = $7,000,000 X 4 years = $28MM. K-12, everyone goes, $364MM.
To get up to $1B, I would need to agree to send every class to college for four years for the next 36 graduating classes.
And that is $1B. The ridiculous thing about it is this -- at the rate that Apple is earning cash, it couldn't spend the $1B without making way more than that much back. Even if Apple went to 36 schools my old school's size and sent 3,600 kids to college for 4 years, by the end of year 1, Apple has put WAY more cash into the pile than it has paid out.
Bill Gates is worth $50-80B. Try as he may, he has trouble giving away his money, and he isn't earning what Apple is earning. He does stuff like "give medicine to all of Africa" -- stuff like that. Cannot give away his fortune. A $5,000,000 annual revenue business is a good sized business that can employ a lot of folks. Apple could simply set up 200 such businesses and hope they made money. If not, it would never impact Apple's bottom line. Ever.
Wow.
OK, so it isn't quite $100B, but at this point it is almost a rounding error or an interest error.
(Or when you are selling 4.4 iPhones a second, it may already be $100B).
$100 billion. My old high school has 100 kids in a class. If I want to, ala Michael Scott, send them all to the college of their choice, they will all choose a $70,000 a year school X 100 kids = $7,000,000 X 4 years = $28MM. K-12, everyone goes, $364MM.
To get up to $1B, I would need to agree to send every class to college for four years for the next 36 graduating classes.
And that is $1B. The ridiculous thing about it is this -- at the rate that Apple is earning cash, it couldn't spend the $1B without making way more than that much back. Even if Apple went to 36 schools my old school's size and sent 3,600 kids to college for 4 years, by the end of year 1, Apple has put WAY more cash into the pile than it has paid out.
Bill Gates is worth $50-80B. Try as he may, he has trouble giving away his money, and he isn't earning what Apple is earning. He does stuff like "give medicine to all of Africa" -- stuff like that. Cannot give away his fortune. A $5,000,000 annual revenue business is a good sized business that can employ a lot of folks. Apple could simply set up 200 such businesses and hope they made money. If not, it would never impact Apple's bottom line. Ever.
Wow.
Why Minnesota Politicians are Pussies
Dayton: We abandoned Linden Ave #Vikings site in part cuz Bascilica threatened lawsuit.
(Pat Kessler tweet).
For those of you who do not know, the Basilica is a huge Catholic church on that end of town. What, exactly, was its lawsuit going to say? "Hey, no building a big stadium near me. It hurts Catholics...."
Come on, grow a pair. Now we are left with a "site" that is really no site. It will require the Vikes to play 3-4 years at the Gophers stadium and lose a shitload of money, and then the stadium goes right back into the ghost town end of town where nothing seems to grow.
Target Field in 3 years -- has spun off 30 bars or restaurants nearby. Metrodome -- 1 in 30 years.
(Pat Kessler tweet).
For those of you who do not know, the Basilica is a huge Catholic church on that end of town. What, exactly, was its lawsuit going to say? "Hey, no building a big stadium near me. It hurts Catholics...."
Come on, grow a pair. Now we are left with a "site" that is really no site. It will require the Vikes to play 3-4 years at the Gophers stadium and lose a shitload of money, and then the stadium goes right back into the ghost town end of town where nothing seems to grow.
Target Field in 3 years -- has spun off 30 bars or restaurants nearby. Metrodome -- 1 in 30 years.
Jorge Posada -- Quitter
http://aol.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2012-01-24/after-17-seasons-and-5-titles-posada-retires
If Carlton Fisk is in (which he is), I don't see how you keep Posada out of the Hall of Fame.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/posadjo01.shtml
If Carlton Fisk is in (which he is), I don't see how you keep Posada out of the Hall of Fame.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/posadjo01.shtml
Is Flip Saunders a Good Coach?
If you look at the Timberwolves stretch, Flip had Kevin Garnett in his prime. As we see from his results after he was dealt to Boston, a Kevin Garnett in his prime should have been able to lead a team to the conference finals on a regular basis (and maybe even the title). Flip reached the second round of the playoffs....once.
Flip then went to Detroit where he took over a team one year removed from an NBA title and he.....never reached the NBA finals. Included in this stretch was a game where Flip allowed LeBron James to score something like 25 consecutive points in a playoff game. That cannot happen, ever. If you have to put 3 guys on LeBron and let 2 Cavs float wide open, you just cannot as a coach allow that level of dominance by one guy to continue.
Flip then went to the Wiz and........he has sucked.
So, based upon that record, what do we know about Flip? Has he ever led a team to a record or playoff performance that was unexpectedly good? No. Has he won without a start player? No. Has he developed young talent? I guess maybe Garnett, but after that, nope.
You wonder if this was just a case of Kevin Garnett being such a dominant player that his coach's general averageness/mediocrity was never exposed. And when he starts a year 2-15 and gets replaced by Randy Wittman, you wonder even more.
Flip then went to Detroit where he took over a team one year removed from an NBA title and he.....never reached the NBA finals. Included in this stretch was a game where Flip allowed LeBron James to score something like 25 consecutive points in a playoff game. That cannot happen, ever. If you have to put 3 guys on LeBron and let 2 Cavs float wide open, you just cannot as a coach allow that level of dominance by one guy to continue.
Flip then went to the Wiz and........he has sucked.
So, based upon that record, what do we know about Flip? Has he ever led a team to a record or playoff performance that was unexpectedly good? No. Has he won without a start player? No. Has he developed young talent? I guess maybe Garnett, but after that, nope.
You wonder if this was just a case of Kevin Garnett being such a dominant player that his coach's general averageness/mediocrity was never exposed. And when he starts a year 2-15 and gets replaced by Randy Wittman, you wonder even more.
Flip Saunders -- Fired
http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/01/flip-saunders-fired-as-washington-wizards-head-coach-71784.html
If you didn't think that a 2-15 team could get worse, Flip has been replaced by.........Randy Wittman.
When Wittman gets fired, look for the Wiz to hire Kurt Rambis.
If you didn't think that a 2-15 team could get worse, Flip has been replaced by.........Randy Wittman.
When Wittman gets fired, look for the Wiz to hire Kurt Rambis.
$150 million films of 2011, with ratings
1Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2WB$381,011,2194,375 -- very good, 8 out of 10
2Transformers: Dark of the MoonP/DW$352,390,5434,088 -- too long, not awful, 5
3The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1Sum.$280,262,4574,066 -- did not see
4The Hangover Part IIWB$254,464,305 == predictable but funny, 8
5Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger TidesBV$241,071,802 -- did not see
6Fast FiveUni.$209,837,675 == outstanding, 10
7Mission: Impossible - Ghost ProtocolPar.$197,363,441 -- did not see
8Cars 2BV $191,452,396 -- did not see
9) ThorPar.$181,030,624 -- mediocre -- 5
10) Sherlock Holmes: A Game of ShadowsWB$178,321,726 -- excellent, 9
11Rise of the Planet of the ApesFox$176,760,185 -- very good, 8
12Captain America: The First AvengerPar.$176,654,505 -- lord, kill me, will it ever end or go anywhere? 3
13The HelpBV$169,598,523 -- didn't want to see it, but it was excellent, 10
14BridesmaidsUni.$169,106,725 -- good not great -- 7
15Kung Fu Panda 2P/DW$165,249,063 -- 3, and that is being generous
2Transformers: Dark of the MoonP/DW$352,390,5434,088 -- too long, not awful, 5
3The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1Sum.$280,262,4574,066 -- did not see
4The Hangover Part IIWB$254,464,305 == predictable but funny, 8
5Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger TidesBV$241,071,802 -- did not see
6Fast FiveUni.$209,837,675 == outstanding, 10
7Mission: Impossible - Ghost ProtocolPar.$197,363,441 -- did not see
8Cars 2BV $191,452,396 -- did not see
9) ThorPar.$181,030,624 -- mediocre -- 5
10) Sherlock Holmes: A Game of ShadowsWB$178,321,726 -- excellent, 9
11Rise of the Planet of the ApesFox$176,760,185 -- very good, 8
12Captain America: The First AvengerPar.$176,654,505 -- lord, kill me, will it ever end or go anywhere? 3
13The HelpBV$169,598,523 -- didn't want to see it, but it was excellent, 10
14BridesmaidsUni.$169,106,725 -- good not great -- 7
15Kung Fu Panda 2P/DW$165,249,063 -- 3, and that is being generous
Cynthia Nixon == NOT "Born This Way"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/23/cynthia-nixon-wit-being-gay_n_1223889.html
This is an awfully damaging comment. Think of it this way -- what if someone could actually change their skin color and said, "I can be black or white, but today I choose to be black because I like it better." Does that put them into a suspect classification where they should get legal protections? If I am about to be fired, can I become gay or become black or become some protected class so that it is harder to fire me?
Really opens a whole new can of worms from a legal analysis standpoint.
This is an awfully damaging comment. Think of it this way -- what if someone could actually change their skin color and said, "I can be black or white, but today I choose to be black because I like it better." Does that put them into a suspect classification where they should get legal protections? If I am about to be fired, can I become gay or become black or become some protected class so that it is harder to fire me?
Really opens a whole new can of worms from a legal analysis standpoint.
And the Oscar Goes to........Jonah Hill!?!? Melissa McCarthy!?!?
http://news.moviefone.com/2012/01/23/oscar-nominations-2012_n_1224812.html?1327412698&icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl2%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D129746
Wow. What a weak year. Jonah Hill's EXTREMELY reserved performance as a computer nerd gets a best supporting nod, as does Melissa McCarthy pooping in a sink in Bridesmaids. Wow. Woody Harrelson's nomination now doesn't seem so unusual.
Best original song -- 2 songs.
best animated feature -- Kung Fu Panda 2?????? Really????? Wow. Neither my 12 year old (at the time now 13) nor I enjoyed that film.
By the way, since it is mentioned here -- I am not sure that I have ever seen a movie more overrated than "Moneyball." Was it an interesting sports-related film with some not-so-subtle life messages? Sure. Was Pitt particularly good in it? No. Was Jonah Hill? No. Did we really need the 133 minute run time? No.
So, a movie that was a 7 out of 10 for me (only getting 7.8 out of 10 on imdb) is Oscar-nominated and has actors in the major categories??? Wow. Again, evidence of how bad the movies have been this year.
Wow. What a weak year. Jonah Hill's EXTREMELY reserved performance as a computer nerd gets a best supporting nod, as does Melissa McCarthy pooping in a sink in Bridesmaids. Wow. Woody Harrelson's nomination now doesn't seem so unusual.
Best original song -- 2 songs.
best animated feature -- Kung Fu Panda 2?????? Really????? Wow. Neither my 12 year old (at the time now 13) nor I enjoyed that film.
By the way, since it is mentioned here -- I am not sure that I have ever seen a movie more overrated than "Moneyball." Was it an interesting sports-related film with some not-so-subtle life messages? Sure. Was Pitt particularly good in it? No. Was Jonah Hill? No. Did we really need the 133 minute run time? No.
So, a movie that was a 7 out of 10 for me (only getting 7.8 out of 10 on imdb) is Oscar-nominated and has actors in the major categories??? Wow. Again, evidence of how bad the movies have been this year.
Supreme Court -- Placing Tracker on car is "Trespassing", Requires Warrant
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/23/us-usa-police-gps-idUSTRE80M1E120120123
5 said it is trespassing and 4 said it is an invasion of privacy. No one thought it was acceptable.
Actually 5 said it is an invasion of privacy also. Sotomayor said that she probably agreed that it was an invasion of privacy, but she didn't need to reach that issue because it is a trespass.
Alito(!?!?!?!) actually has a fairly reasoned and rational concurrence where he explains the law, criticizes the majority's analysis, and raises issues for future discussion. Wow. What next? Mitt Romney appearing human and less entitled?
5 said it is trespassing and 4 said it is an invasion of privacy. No one thought it was acceptable.
Actually 5 said it is an invasion of privacy also. Sotomayor said that she probably agreed that it was an invasion of privacy, but she didn't need to reach that issue because it is a trespass.
Alito(!?!?!?!) actually has a fairly reasoned and rational concurrence where he explains the law, criticizes the majority's analysis, and raises issues for future discussion. Wow. What next? Mitt Romney appearing human and less entitled?
Romney -- Doesn't Pay Much In Taxes, Hides Money in Switzerland and the Caymans
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/24/mitt-romney-tax-returns-released_n_1225247.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D129706
If you could ever find all of his money, you would probably learn that he is a billionaire. My effective tax rate in 2011 -- around 20-21%.
HM
If you could ever find all of his money, you would probably learn that he is a billionaire. My effective tax rate in 2011 -- around 20-21%.
HM
Monday, January 23, 2012
Gingrich Up 9 in Florida Poll
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2012/election_2012_presidential_election/florida/2012_florida_republican_primary
It is really, really amazing that the GOP seems intent on nominating a serial adulterer who was thrown out of his speaker's office by his Republican peers and who divorced his first wife when she had cancer.
But, as one commenter noted, Newt in the South knows that he can win so ling as he is "not outn*****ed" by anyone. In other words, white pride, my friends, white pride.
Remarkable. GOP Rich Wing folk are having repeated mini-strokes while counting their money.
It is really, really amazing that the GOP seems intent on nominating a serial adulterer who was thrown out of his speaker's office by his Republican peers and who divorced his first wife when she had cancer.
But, as one commenter noted, Newt in the South knows that he can win so ling as he is "not outn*****ed" by anyone. In other words, white pride, my friends, white pride.
Remarkable. GOP Rich Wing folk are having repeated mini-strokes while counting their money.
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