FOX News vs Common (Sense)

Ok, so this FOX News attack on Common is officially out of control.  It was funny in the beginning.  It was like a cute little throwback to the culture wars of the 1990's.  "Hey remember when Dan Quayle attacked Tupac? Well now your kids can say they experienced something as absurd as that."

But this "story" is still going on?

It's bloody ridiculous.  Allow me to explain.

Twitter Tuesday - The Saga Bin Laden

I'm not the biggest twitterer out there.  I'm barely on and I can rarely manage tweeting something I'm interested in typing much less something someone else is interested in reading.

But social networks sites can be useful.  They have the immediacy of being on the pulse of the public, so when something happens, everyone knows about it. And that's what happened with the news of Osama Bin Laden's death.

Irwin the Kangaroo

So, Ma Serpico clued me in on the incredibly nutty saga of Irwin the paralyzed  Kangaroo.  Wait, is he "handicapped."  I never know the correct term for referring to a disabled kangaroo.

You can read all about it here.

I found the entire story to be enthralling.  But it brought up a ton of feelings and questions.  And I've really got to get them all off my chest.

Point/Counterpoint Special Edition - Slaughterhouse on Shady/Aftermath

Point, by Jay1:

Slaughterhouse signing to Shady/Aftermath is a moderately big deal.  It might actually be a sign of a sea change for Hip-Hop,  and anyone who's sleeping on this or considers to be an insignificant signing is a fool.

Here are some things to consider:

Over The Line...

It's been a very busy few weeks but Serena Williams' verbal undressing of a U.S. Open official (after calling a foot fault on her at the most crucial time of the match) and the public backlash that has followed warrants an official Fish And Spaghetti response.

More specifically, I wanted to address the comments made along the lines of those published by a 12 sandwich eating, M.J. D-riding, Kansas City based Journalist.

Michael Jackson Overload...

We flipped a coin.

On one side we were going to completely ignore this Michael Jackson thing and continue blogging as usual, on the other side we would completely overdose on Michael Jackson and have every post for the rest of the month somehow refer to him.

Anthropomorphic Awesomeness

I barely know where to begin with the complete and total awesomeness found in This Article.

But I do know that the third paragraph is possibly the greatest thing I've read all year.

Sweet Sacred Scrolls!

So I read this news story and it completely shook my foundation to it's very core. For those of you too lazy to click on the link, I'll summarize.

Basically it's saying that since the (inevitable) attack earlier in Connecticut people who own chimpanzees are trying to unload them on chimpanzee sanctuaries, which are now at capacity.

Friday Face-Off: Swine Flu vs Bird Flu

Everyone's talking about the Swine Flu, like it's the big shit around the pandemic world. People are scared of it. Schools are being closed. There's talk of actual borders being closed. Women are using it as an excuse for not going out with me. Apparently it's a big deal.

But really, how does the Swine Flu match up against Bird Flu?

Do you smell that? It smells like another Edition of The Friday Face-Off.

Watch Your Ass!

So some kid was sitting in a chair, minding his own business and the chair exploded, shredding his ass to pieces and killing him. Seriously.



So this is what happend:

Pardon?

According to a story on Yahoo News:

WASHINGTON – Sen. John McCain wants a presidential pardon for Jack Johnson, who became the nation's first black heavyweight boxing champion 100 years before Barack Obama became its first black president.

DNA Evidence Frees Black Man...

I've yet to add a "Lazy" category, but when I do, this post will go in it.

Sham-Whoa!

So according to This Arrest Affidavit, 44 year old Vince Shlomi, better known as the annoying tool pitchman for ShamWow and Slap Chop mail order junk items, got arrested in South Beach on a felony battery charge.

Kid Genius?

I saw the above clip of the 7 year old boy who allegedly has an IQ over 10 points higher than Albert Einstien the other day and was really impressed.

For about a minute.

Hold On A Second...

So these 10 weeks or so have been really fun and positive, so the blog is going to be undergoing some re-construction/maintenance to better entertain you.

We'll be back soon with a new layout, new video columns, more snappy commentary on pop culture and a few things that some people are either going to love or hate.

Tapped Out

I saw a story in the LA Times about this dude who was selling NY tap water for a $1.50 a bottle...No, seriously.

And I was planning to hate and talk about how stupid people are (especially the people in NY who are actually buying and drinking this moments after they bathed and brushed their teeth with it for free in their house) and how ridiculous this world is in general in regards to consumerism and blah, blah, blah, but the more I think of it, I'm not mad at this at all.

President, Please...

I don't know what to say about this.

Chinese Bootlegs...

So I was thinking about this article that Silent Murda emailed me over a year ago about how China Is Cloning Everything, with the intention of writing something about cloning or bootlegging and what not.

"The Keene Act And You"...

This is a very important clip and because I'm an important member of the blogosphere, you can expect my full opinion on this piece of news footage on the 3rd as apposed to the 6Th like the rest of the world.

Stockton California Sucks...

According to Forbes.com at least.

They noted that "Only 15% of Stockton adults have a college degree, which is one of the lowest rates in the U.S. Unemployment is expected to hit 15% in 2010, while housing prices should keep falling back to their mid-1990s level when the median home price was $130,000", all those thing placed Stockton at the top of Forbes' 10 Most Miserable Cities In The Country list.