Does Justin add anything new to Mariah's Christmas hit? See for yourself! Justin Bieber and Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas'
Does Justin add anything new to Mariah's Christmas hit? See for yourself! Love Bird Alert™: When J. Lo & Bradley's affair really started.
Publication: OK!
Date: 7 Nov. 2011
As the story stands right now, Jennifer Lopez is the jilted party, what with her poodle of a husband Marc Anthony sniffing around Jada Pinkett Smith and messing the whole thing up. But this week, OK! says they know when J. Lo and her new beau Bradley Cooper really started seeing each other, which could completely change the whole "who jilted whom?" balance.
As usual, I didn't open the magazine to read it, so it could still be Marc got tired of Jennifer's well-formed-but-not-worth-the-grief hinder.
Hairdresser alert™: Rob Kardashian gay shocker!
Publication: National Enquirer
Date: 7 Nov. 2011
Welcome to gossip hell, Rob Kardashian! No one really cares about Kardashians with penises, but now that he's on Dancing With The Stars, the Enquirer decided to say he's involved in some "gay shocker!"
Doesn't being famous look like just the funnest thing ever?
Nostradamus predicts the 2012 election
Publication: Sun
Date: 7 Nov. 2011
Are you among the people who accept any prophecy that has the name Nostradamus linked to it.
It's time you changed your mind. The Sun puts a bunch of stuff on the front page predicting the 2012 election and one of them I am certain is complete bunk.
Welcome to gossip hell, Mitt Romney! Nostradamus says he will run afoul of the IRS.
Not impossible.
Barack Obama will have a health scare.
He's young, but all of us are mortal. This is possible.
Sarah Palin will run as a Democrat.
Ah, hellz no, as we say in Oakland. She's not running for office, she's too busy running after cash. People do switch parties, but the party has a say about it, too, and she's obviously a loser now. She wouldn't switch and the Dems wouldn't take her.
I am so certain of this, I'm going to put the "Nostradamus fail" label on this one right now. I will come back in November 2012 to check the others.
Sabrina Vega Profile & Images 2011
Profile:
Full Name:Sabrina Vega
Nickname:Bina or Bri
Birthdate:May 24, 1995
Hometown:Manhattan, New York, USA
Program:Women's Artistic
Level:Senior
Club:Dynamic Gymnastics
Head Coach:Sorin Cepoi
Other Coaches:Teodora Ungureanu-Cepoi
Personal Website:www.sabrinavega.com
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Joe Haden Profile & Pictures 2011
Profile:Ht/Wt: 5-11/181 lbs
Position: CB
School: Florida
Class: Junior
Haden became the first Florida Gator cornerback to start opening as a true freshman. He started all 12 games as freshman, recording 63 tackles, 3.5 tackles-for-loss, 12 pass break-ups, 1 fumble recovery, and 1 interception. As a sophomore he started all 14 games, recording 87 tackles, 1 forced fumble and fumble recovery, and 3 interceptions (1 in which he returned 88 yards.
Part way through the season, he’s rated the top cornerback that could enter the draft. Haden is on the smaller side at 5’11” and around 180 pounds. Has good instincts and is able to read plays well. Has excellent speed and can run with most receivers.
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Mario Balotelli Girlfriend 2011
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Not Long 4 This World and Meanest Story nominee: Barbra Streisand battles deadly disease!
Publication: National Enquirer
Date: 7 Nov. 2011
There are two new additions to the Tabloid Vulture list this week and they battle it out for Meanest Story of the Week with Steve Jobs, who allegedly died because he was a Buddhist. The Enquirer, which has previously published that Barbra Striesand is a hoarder whose marriage is on the rocks, now says she has a deadly cancer. Here are the headlines.
- Breaking news! Streisand cancer bombshell!
- Barbra's battle with deadly disease
- Husband James by her side
- Her new nightmare after colon surgery
This is a nominee for Meanest Story of the Week.
Not Long 4 This World and Meanest Story nominee: Demi Moore's weight plunges to a life threatening level.
Publications: OK!, Weekly Life & Style, In Touch
Date: 7 Nov. 2011
Most weeks, it's the Three Wicked Step Sister tabloids, the Enquirer, Globe and low rent Examiner fighting it out for Meanest Story of the Week, but this week three of the allegedly more reputable gossip rags put Demi Moore on the tabloid vulture list, saying her life style could kill her. These are the headlines.
- Weekly Life & Style: Starving to keep her man
Demi's daughters fear for her life
95 lbs. and dropping
500 calories a day
Taking dangerous diet hormones
What is she thinking? - OK!: Starving for attention
What's behind (Demi's) dangerous weight loss - In Touch: Demi's deadly diet
Kick a corpse, why don'tcha and Meanest Story nominee: Buddhism killed Steve Jobs!
Publication: National Examiner
Date: 7 Nov. 2011
The low rent Examiner tells us there is a "Harvard report" that claims Buddhist beliefs killed Steve Jobs. It's a sign of how well known Jobs was that the low rent Examiner thinks their demographic, which skews older, more Southern and more dense, will know who he is and judge him on his scary non-Christian beliefs.
This is a nominee for Meanest Story of the Week.
Greatest. Baseball. Game. Ever.
Or at least the greatest one I've seen. Cardinals 10, Rangers 9. On to game 7!
No Posting. Heart. Attack.
Sorry for not posting tonight. I'm having a heart attack watching the Cardinals-Rangers game. 9-7 in the bottom of the tenth, Cardinals have the tying runs on.
I. Can't. Stand. Too. Much. More. Of. This.
I. Can't. Stand. Too. Much. More. Of. This.
File This Under "You Can't Make This Up"
The Occupy Wall Street protest took another bizarre (but telling) turn today, when its volunteer kitchen staff revolted against the influx of moochers:
Peter Schiff Becomes a Hero to the Right
New York businessman and radio host, Peter Schiff, by the end of today will have become an instant hero to many on the right. Schiff had the temerity to take a camera and a microphone down to the Occupy Wall Street protests and engage in dialogue with the leftists down there. His main point is that the protesters ought to be directing their energy against Washington, not against Wall Street; against Big Government, not against capitalism. My favorite parts are where he asks a woman who is berating him for his greed: "I employ 150 people. How many do you employ?" And when he asks people pointedly "How much of my income do you think the government should take? Is fifty percent enough?"
Great stuff.
Great stuff.
It's Working
Here's a new video from the MacIver Institute, a Wisconsin-based conservative think tank, that presents the data on how Scott Walker's budget reforms are working for the State of Wisconsin and its local school districts:
It is working. But you'd be hard-pressed to find that news reported in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, the state's biggest newspaper. Yes, there are important alternative outlets -- especially talk radio like Mark Belling and Charlie Sykes out of Milwaukee. But the fear here is that Walker's victories won't be felt by enough people in time to avoid the recall. People are just like that -- they hear people talking about the poor teachers or the poor public employees, but they don't notice things that don't happen.... like their property taxes not going up, where otherwise they would have had to have a big increase.
The video is a good start in getting the word out. We need to do a lot more.
It is working. But you'd be hard-pressed to find that news reported in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, the state's biggest newspaper. Yes, there are important alternative outlets -- especially talk radio like Mark Belling and Charlie Sykes out of Milwaukee. But the fear here is that Walker's victories won't be felt by enough people in time to avoid the recall. People are just like that -- they hear people talking about the poor teachers or the poor public employees, but they don't notice things that don't happen.... like their property taxes not going up, where otherwise they would have had to have a big increase.
The video is a good start in getting the word out. We need to do a lot more.
Bun in the oven alert™: The OFFICIAL story about Wills'N'Kate's first kid.
Publication: GlobeDate: 7 Nov. 2011
Fresh trash on Thursdays! The screaming headline on the cover of the Globe states IT'S OFFICIAL when obviously it's not, but their story is that Kate Middleton is definitely pregnant and it's definitely a girl. Here are the rest of the headlines.
- Kate's having baby girl!
- Palace uproar: Royals want male heir
- William building $1m pink nursery here (Buckingham Palace)
Damn You Skinny Alert™: Starving for attention.
Publication: OK!Date: 7 Nov. 2011
Fresh trash on Thursdays! A lot of stories about celebrities who are too skinny on the covers this week. OK! has a cover story I'm putting in the running for Meanest Story of the Week tomorrow, but it also includes two women who are always being called too skinny.
The first is Leann Rimes.
The second is Kate Middleton.
Damn You Skinny Alert™: How dieting destroyed their looks
Publication: Weekly Life & StyleDate: 7 Nov. 2011
Fresh trash on Thursdays! Lots f stories about extreme dieting this week, including a pile-on attack on one celebrity that will be a nominee for Meanest Story of the Week tomorrow. Weekly Life & Style says that dieting has ruined the looks of Angelina Jolie, seen here when she was nice and fleshy.
The other actress in this story that has a picture making her look like a skeleton in a dress is Katie Holmes.
Bun in the oven alert™: Jen's baby bump.
Publication: OK!Date: 7 Nov. 2011
Fresh trash on Thursdays! OK!, the nicest of the supermarket rags if not the most reliable, is trying to get America's Spinster Jennifer Aniston pregnant. This week's headline reads:
Jen: her baby bump gets bigger
The story has already been denied.
Bells Done Rung Alert™, albeit very quietly: Jen and Justin elope.
(photo by Terry Richardson)Publication: Star
Date: 7 Nov. 2011
Fresh trash on Thursdays! Star promises an "Exclusive breaking news!" story that Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux have eloped. Here are the headlines.
- Jen & Justin married!
- They elope! No friends or family
- No prenup - she trusts him!
- Plus: she reconciles with mom, thanks to Justin
- All the details
All this week's news all three Kardashian sisters.
Publication: Weekly Life & StyleDate: 7 Nov. 2011
Fresh trash on Thursdays! The troubled marriage of Kim Kardashian is sucking most of the oxygen out of the room in their tiny gossip world, but Weekly Life & Style decides to do a cover about all three sisters. Here are the headlines.
- Three Kardashian exclusives
- Khloe's new nose
- Tears on Kim's b-day
- A ring for Kourtney
On the rocks alert: This week's Kim'N'Kris news, all bad.
Publications: People, In Touch, OK!, Star, Us WeeklyDate: 7 Nov. 2011
Fresh trash on Thursdays! The lyricist Fran Landesman died this year. One of her best known songs from the 1950s is The Ballad of the Sad Young Men, which has this opening verse.
Sing a song of sad young men,
Glasses full of rye.
All the news is bad again so
Kiss your dreams goodbye.
I don't know if it was really Kris Humphries' dream to marry a glamour girl, but if it was, I feel a little sorry for him. Here are the headlines about their marriage, barely two months old and already circling the drain, if we accept the stories on five gossip rag covers this week.
- People: Kim on married life: "It's not been ideal."
- OK!: Kris begs Kim: "Don't leave me!"
His humiliating apology to Kim
He comes clean about the other women
Kim speaks candidly to OK! on what she hates about Kris - In Touch: Inside Kim's fake marriage
- Star: Kim moves out!
She's sick of Kris spending all her money - Us Weekly: Enough!
After a vicious fight Kim tells Kris: Stop mooching and get to work!
As Kim worries she made the mistake of her life, can she save her marriage?
OWS Supporters Don't Like Being Made Fun Of.... But Tough Shit, Buddy
I don't get many comments on the blog; heck, it's usually my Mom commenting that I should stop blogging and get back to work. But I got a comment on one of my posts on the OWS protests that's worth sharing. The fellow commenting was apparently perturbed that I had made fun of some of the OWS protesters who had felt put out that rich bankers got to work so early they couldn't chant at them and bang their drums when they walked by. Here is the comment in its entirety:
Meanwhile, I have a hard time understanding how exactly it is that OWS supporters feel that rich bankers make money off the backs of others. Bankers loan money to people who want money with the agreement that they will pay it back. They charge interest to make a profit, but there are numerous regulations limiting the amount of interest they can charge and, in any event, the market generally sets the interest rates, and lendors certainly have a right to recover the time value of their money, don't they? If bankers didn't make money lending money, there would be no reason to accept the risk of loaning and entrepreneurs, home buyers and, yes, students who want to borrow for college would have to do without. Maybe the OWS supporters think the world would be a better place without bankers, but I don't think it's a world they'd really much like to live in.
To me, a taxpayer, the real moochers in society who "make money off the backs of others" are people who accept welfare (I never have), accept unemployment benefits (ditto), accept food stamps (ditto), housing subsidies (ditto), or who work for the government and expect cushy benefits and early retirement "off the backs of others." And, of course, people who borrow money for things they can't afford (houses or college educations) and then don't want to pay it back, but want other citizens who are more responsible (taxpayers) to bail them out. But that's just me. Maybe I'm a dumb ass.
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While I'm on the topic of making fun of OWS protesters, here's a video that's getting a lot of play out there. What exactly is this woman upset about? Apparently the world out there is just too confusing for her:
But I'm the dumb one?
The protest is about these people making money off the backs of others, dumb ass. Not the mere fact that they're rich. Dumb ass.I really like the repetition of the "dumb ass." I'm sure it made this anonymous fellow feel very intelligent to say it the first time, so he just had to get that feeling back again at the end. Hmmmm... calling someone who disagrees with me a "dumb ass," man, that's persuadin' the middle-class voter, ain't it?
Meanwhile, I have a hard time understanding how exactly it is that OWS supporters feel that rich bankers make money off the backs of others. Bankers loan money to people who want money with the agreement that they will pay it back. They charge interest to make a profit, but there are numerous regulations limiting the amount of interest they can charge and, in any event, the market generally sets the interest rates, and lendors certainly have a right to recover the time value of their money, don't they? If bankers didn't make money lending money, there would be no reason to accept the risk of loaning and entrepreneurs, home buyers and, yes, students who want to borrow for college would have to do without. Maybe the OWS supporters think the world would be a better place without bankers, but I don't think it's a world they'd really much like to live in.
To me, a taxpayer, the real moochers in society who "make money off the backs of others" are people who accept welfare (I never have), accept unemployment benefits (ditto), accept food stamps (ditto), housing subsidies (ditto), or who work for the government and expect cushy benefits and early retirement "off the backs of others." And, of course, people who borrow money for things they can't afford (houses or college educations) and then don't want to pay it back, but want other citizens who are more responsible (taxpayers) to bail them out. But that's just me. Maybe I'm a dumb ass.
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While I'm on the topic of making fun of OWS protesters, here's a video that's getting a lot of play out there. What exactly is this woman upset about? Apparently the world out there is just too confusing for her:
But I'm the dumb one?
Occupy Oakland Rioting... Let the Anarchy Begin
Obama and the Democrats were short-sighted in their support for the Occupy Wall Street mobs. It's not the Tea Parties -- citizens and taxpayers who simply want their government to reform and stop spending money we don't have. These people in the OWS protests are members of the anarcho-socialist Left, and while most of them are just silly and foolish, some of them were inevitably going to "break bad" as the saying goes.
Well, it's started with today's riots in Oakland:
When Obama says that he's fighting for the "middle class," I don't think those words mean what he thinks they mean. The middle class Americans I know don't like rioting in the streets of their cities.
Well, it's started with today's riots in Oakland:
When Obama says that he's fighting for the "middle class," I don't think those words mean what he thinks they mean. The middle class Americans I know don't like rioting in the streets of their cities.
Intex IN 777 3G Gold - Good Twin SIM Mobile
Intex has now released the launch of their latest cell phone called Intex IN 777 3G Gold which is a dual SIM compatible device that has decent list of specifications. This bar shaped phone physically measures 114 X 49 X 12.5mm in dimensions and has a weight of around 95 grams.
There is 2.4 inches of QVGA TFT display in Intex IN 777 3G Gold that supports 262K colours along with 240 X 320 pixels resolution to be able to deliver clear content quality. Storage space won't be an issue with this phone since its microSD and T Flash card slot facilitates external memory improvement by as much as 32GB. Multimedia top features of the phone include usage of social network sites, 1.3 MP rear camera, 0.3 MP VGA front camera, FM Radio, multi format music player with equalizer and sound recording , video recording, video player and games.
Connectivity options which comes packed with Intex IN 777 3G Gold include GPRS, Bluetooth with A2DP, USB port, WAP Browser and 3G. Additional specifications with the phone include torch light, mobile tracker, Auto Phone call recording, Answering Machine, 1200 mAh battery yet others.
Girl of the Day - Starting the New Year for The Regular Guy Off Right
It's Year Two of The Regular Guy Believes, so we have to get back to first principles in our Girl of the Day:
There now. All better?
There now. All better?
OWS Supporters Don't Like Al Qaeda, But They Really Really Hate Rush Limbaugh
I strongly suspect not a single person interviewed here has ever heard five minutes of Rush Limbaugh's show. They just mouth the received wisdom of the hard Left.
Sad... these people are literally sitting a few blocks from the hole in the ground that used to be the World Trade Center. And they won't take their own country's side in a fight.
The video is from the Media Research Center.
Obama's Real "Jobs" Program
Obama's real jobs program is apparently to hamstring (through regulation) or demonize (through demagoguery) American business. Remember when he went hard after corporate jet owners as an easy way to caricature the "rich"? Well, it's had predictable results:
All the latest mess from Real Housewives of New Jersey.
Publication: In TouchDate: 31 Oct. 2011
Fresh trash tomorrow! Last trash of the week... right now!
In Touch has a whole bunch of stories about the cast from Real Housewives of New Jersey. Since the headlines refer to the reunion show, I assume the show is currently between seasons, so this may be part of the last flurry of stories until next season. Here are the headlines.
- The vicious fights you didn't see on TV!
- Exclusive! Teresa tells all
- It's worse than anyone knows
- Jacqueline skips reunion after a "mental breakdown"
- Melissa caught confessing she married for money
- Caroline's shocking financial mess
Bells Done Rung Alert™: Exclusive wedding albums
Publication: Us WeeklyDate: 31 Oct. 2011
Welcome to gossip heck, Nikki Reed! The actress from the Twilight series got married and Us ran pictures from her wedding album.
Shannen Doherty also got married. Us tells its readers that she had three gowns. I'm no fashion expert, but I hope the other two looked better than this one.
Fussin' and Feudin' Alert™: Rosie's big fat lie!
Publication: National EnquirerDate: 31 Oct. 2011
Welcome back to gossip hell, Rosie O'Donnell! Now that Rosie is part of the Oprah Winfrey empire, she'll find that she has a built-in enemy, the AMI publishing empire, headed up by the Flagship, the National Enquirer. This week, they have an exclusive interview with the father of Rosie's girlfriend, and from what it looks like, he and Rosie don't get along.
John Burns' Pessimism on Iraq
John Burns of the New York Times is one of the real reporters left at the newspaper, and his reporting on Iraq over the past ten years has been essential. He was interviewed last week by Hugh Hewitt about the Obama Administration's decision to withdraw American troops by the end of the year, and his assessment on Iraq's future was dire, to say the least:
We are still in Germany and Japan sixty-six years after the end of World War II. We are still in South Korea fifty-seven years after the end of the Korean War. We fled Vietnam in 1975. The countries where we stayed are democracies and allies. The country we fled is still communist and authoritarian to this day, and holocausts occurred in our wake (the killing fields of Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, the boat people of Vietnam). Now we are proposing to flee Iraq. God help them.
HH: Do you see a potential for the return of the hot war of 2006, a civil war at least as brutal as that period of time, John Burns?
JB: I do. I do see that potential. I just noticed this evening a piece on the New York Times website saying that one of the Iraqi groups, insurgent groups, al Qaeda-linked groups, is claiming that they killed 60 people in Baghdad in the last ten days. The tempo of atrocities is on the rise again. And I think a lot of guns have been holstered, waiting for Americans to go. Everybody knew that they were going to go. The fact that they’re not going to leave a residual presence behind now, of 3,000-5,000 troops that the Iraqis had been talking to Washington about keeping, a sort of tripwire presence, it was certainly a question of time. Even they would have to come out, you know, 12 months, 24 months, 36 months down the road. So a lot of groups of ill intent have been waiting for the Americans to go. And it seems to me that yes, there is a real, real risk of a resumption of widespread violence. And I think American have to brace themselves, and I’m a bit pessimistic about this, for the possibility that the American period in Iraq, which has accomplished some good things, it’s also been a source of, of course, a great deal of unhappiness, and certainly a great deal of resistance within the United States, not to mention Iraq. I think that Americans have to brace themselves for the possibilities that the accomplishments that the United States will be leaving behind, which is a natant constitutional system, may in time suffer the fate that, for example, the British did after their period in Iraq during and after the First World War. The sands of Iraq will simply blow over them, and the American presence in history will amount to, to have accomplished, sadly, rather little.
We are still in Germany and Japan sixty-six years after the end of World War II. We are still in South Korea fifty-seven years after the end of the Korean War. We fled Vietnam in 1975. The countries where we stayed are democracies and allies. The country we fled is still communist and authoritarian to this day, and holocausts occurred in our wake (the killing fields of Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, the boat people of Vietnam). Now we are proposing to flee Iraq. God help them.
Maxx MT255 Maestro - Twin SIM Mobile Phone
Maxx has now seem having its new variety of smartphones on the market among which Maxx MT255 Maestro is among the latest model that is the dual SIM as sociable instrument which includes dual on standby option at the same time.
Approximately 111 X 53.5 X 13.2 mm in space, Maxx MT255 Maestro is mostly a lightweight system with weight of just 65.8 grams so that it is very mobile in purse and pockets. There is 3.Two inches of TFT full touchscreen display inside phone that also includes desktop widgets at the same time.
To get a music lovers, the product comes complete with FM Radio and Ipod with sound recording to make sure users will enjoy their favourite tracks even out and about. Menu of other multi-media features include 2 MP rear camera with zoom, 0.3 MP VGA front camera, video recording, MP4 video player along with games.
For connectivity the product features GPRS, Bluetooth, WAP Browser and 5 pin micro USB port. Additional specifications of Maxx MT255 Maestro include torch-light, English/Hindi Language support, Handheld e-book reader, Auto Phone Call Recording, 1000 mAh battery, a explainable memory around 16GB as well as others.
Birthdays Today
Two great artists have birthdays today, one who is very famous, one who is not. The famous one is Pablo Picasso, born in 1881. The date surprises me... that means that Picasso was very young when he started creating great art in the early years of the 20th Century. Here is one of Picasso's most beautiful early works, called "Motherhood," from 1903, when he was only 22. It's a work from his "celebrated Blue Period":
The great jazz guitarist of the 1920s, Eddie Lang, was also born today, in 1902, which also means that he was quite young when he was making his revolutionary music in duets with the violinist Joe Venuti. Here's a great cut from 1927, "Four String Joe," which I think also features Frankie Trumbauer on the sax:
It interests me that both Picasso and Lang were creating their greatest works in the 20s as very young men. The Regular Son is already a remarkable artist (as you'll see this year on our Christmas card). And he's also a tremendous guitarist for his age (more inclined toward Bruce Springsteen and Mark Knopfler than jazz). I'm not sure I'm too thrilled with him trying to make a career in either art or music. But if you don't try when you're young, you end up a blink or two later in your 50s wondering what happened.
The great jazz guitarist of the 1920s, Eddie Lang, was also born today, in 1902, which also means that he was quite young when he was making his revolutionary music in duets with the violinist Joe Venuti. Here's a great cut from 1927, "Four String Joe," which I think also features Frankie Trumbauer on the sax:
It interests me that both Picasso and Lang were creating their greatest works in the 20s as very young men. The Regular Son is already a remarkable artist (as you'll see this year on our Christmas card). And he's also a tremendous guitarist for his age (more inclined toward Bruce Springsteen and Mark Knopfler than jazz). I'm not sure I'm too thrilled with him trying to make a career in either art or music. But if you don't try when you're young, you end up a blink or two later in your 50s wondering what happened.
Mugged By Reality II
Here's another example of how the Occupy Wall Street protesters are getting mugged by reality. You might think that young students, including a lot of young women, living in a commune in the middle of an urban area sharing food and beds wouldn't attract... well, let's just say an unsavory element. You might think that... if you somehow reached adulthood with no common sense and not even the most rudimentary understanding of human nature. Yet it seems to be a surprise for some of the Occupy Wall Street organizers that their little protest camp is being infested by homeless and ex-cons:
"We have compassion toward everyone. However, we have certain rules and guidelines," said Lauren Digioia, 26, a member of the sanitation committee.
"If you're going to come here and get our food, bedding and clothing, have books and medical supplies for no charge, they need to give back," Digioia said. "There's a lot of takers here and they feel entitled."It's just a guess, but I'd say that 100% of the "99%" at the Occupy Wall Street protests are "takers" who "feel entitled."
Occupy Wall Street Gets Mugged By Reality
Here is a quote from an Occupy Wall Street protester that captures for me the utter naivete of these children (whatever their ages might be). It comes from a 38 year-old man who is upset that the "rich" bankers he wants to protest aren't available at convenient times:
It’s weird protesting... You get there at 9 a.m. and the rich bankers who you want to hurl insults at and change their worldview have been at work for two hours already. And then when it’s time to go, they’re still there. I guess that’s why they call them the one per cent. I mean, who wants to work those kinds of hours?One might comment that an intelligent observer, thinking logically, could conclude that there was a connection between working "those kinds of hours" and becoming "rich," just as there's a connection between sitting outside protesting at age 38 and not being rich. But it's all too easy, isn't it?
Girls of the Day - Anniversary Edition
Today is the one-year anniversary of The Regular Guy Believes. And, although I often have offered "cheesecake" photos of actresses or models as my girls of the day -- OK, so maybe I have a little bit of the dirty old man in me, so sue me -- the most important girls in my life are, of course, the Regular Wife, the Regular Daughters, and the Regular Mom. Here they all are together last summer on vacation at a wonderful Beaches Resort in Turks & Caicos. Man, do I wish those little girls could stay little forever.
Kick a FRESH corpse, why don'tcha? Dan Wheldon didn't have to die!
Publication: National EnquirerDate: 31 Oct. 2011
The Enquirer, classy as always, picks over the freshly buried bones of Indy 500 champ Dan Wheldon, who died this month in a horrific accident on a track in Las Vegas. Here are the headlines.
- Tragic Indy ace didn't have to die!
- Dan Wheldon's chilling warning
- Dramatic photos inside
- Terrified Danica quitting
Bundle of Joy Alert: Mariska Hargitay adopts second child in six months.
Publication: PeopleDate: 31 Oct. 2011
Mariska Hargitay, seen here with Amaya Josephine, the baby she adopted earlier this year, has adopted a baby boy she and her husband Peter Hermann have named Andrew Nicholas. There is no slew of bad publicity Ms. Hargitay is trying to get off the front page of the gossip rags, so this does not count as "pulling a Bullock".
Nice names and nice babies. Best wishes to all concerned.
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