Brian Boyle on Rangers down 2-0 in Stanley Cup Final: 'We've got to be better everywhere' (via NJ.com) NEW YORK – There was talk from players in the Rangers' dressing room after Monday's morning skate about how they've done a lot of good things in losing the first two games of the Stanley Cup Final in overtime. Left wing Brian Boyle feels differently… Morning Reads: Domestic Terror Flares Up; Will Corruption Kill VA’s Medicaid Expansion? (via Moyers & Company) Good morning! At a congressional hearing held 60 years ago today, Joseph Welch, a lawyer representing the US Army, was stunned when Senator Joe McCarthy claimed that an attorney at his firm was a Communist. “Until this moment, Senator, I think I never… Kerry defends US soldier swap with Taliban (via AFP) Secretary of State John Kerry defended Sunday the prisoner swap that freed US soldier Bowe Bergdahl, said to have been sometimes kept in a metal cage and in total darkness while in captivity. Kerry doubled down on President Barack Obama's controversial… Yes, Verizon Is At Fault In Netflix Dispute; It's Not Delivering What It Sold Customers (via Techdirt) We wrote about the latest Netflix/Verizon dispute over who's to blame for poor quality movie streaming. Netflix has chosen to pin the blame on the ISPs when there's network congestion, while Verizon angrily hit back at this "PR stunt," claiming that… Bergdahl Prisoner Swap: Obama's Political Calculus (via Wall Street Journal Digital Network) Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's rescue, thanks to a prisoner swap with the Taliban, is causing a political firestorm. From a political standpoint, why did President Obama do it? What could it mean for Democrats, including Hillary Clinton? WSJ's Jason Bellini has… Taliban release video of US soldier's handover (via AFP) The Taliban released Wednesday footage of the dramatic moments when a cadre of gun-toting militants handed over army sergeant Bowe Bergdahl to US forces after five years in captivity. "Don't return to Afghanistan again. Next time, nobody will release… In blow to GOP establishment, Tea Party forces run-off (via AFP) The US Republican establishment suffered an embarrassing political setback Tuesday courtesy of a Tea Party challenger, who battled a long-time Senate incumbent to a draw in a Mississippi race with national implications. Seven other states also held… Four decades of Democrats: A look at how Republicans have lost U.S. Senate races in NJ (via NJ.com) TRENTON — Four Republicans are in a primary battle today for the right to face Democratic U.S. Sen. Cory Booker. Whomever wins the GOP nod will have an uphill battle as none of the candidates has big name recognition or much cash against the popular… Taliban threaten Afghan election, warn voters to stay away (via AFP) Taliban insurgents threatened Monday to attack Afghanistan's run-off presidential election, warning voters to stay away from polling stations for fear of injury or death. Afghans are due to go to the polls on June 14 to choose whether Ashraf Ghani or… Wow, some Saturday nights are full of fun and the possibility of drunken nudity, others are wells filled with dead people and 75 cents. After a man climbed to the bottom of a well to retrieve his money, he succumbed to a lack of oxygen and passed out. Once others in the village realized what had happened, six people climbed down to try and rescue the man, only to succumb to the lack of oxygen themselves. Naturally, the headline on this read 7 die after trying to retrieve 75 cents in well in Cambodia, which is not at all how the story reads. Maybe seven people died over 75 cents, but only the idiot that started the whole mess was going after his change, but I guess New York Daily News figured making up an alternate version of the headline might draw more reader comment... Meanwhile...when you see the headline "Woman gets nickname of 'China's human kebob' after successfully falling off a building and landing on a 20-foot piece of rebar," you kind of think why bother? I mean, the headline kind of sums up the entire story. Then again, you're kind of hoping for pics, right? Sad to say, but I'm pretty damn sure there are only two ways to earn the nickname 'China's human kebob,' and neither one of them are really something you want photos of online. Opening the article in a new tab, I kind of had the feeling this was gonna be a Daily Mail article. Sure enough, it was. Pictures? Oh yes, and x-rays, too. I wouldn't check them out on your lunch break, unless you're just that kind of individual. but that's just me. Bet you she's probably wishing she'd earned the dubious honor of 'China's human kebob' the other way. Lot less recovery time, I would imagine. Maybe a donut pillow and a couple of ice packs... Now, with The Chinese Human Kebob on the shelf, there is continued disarray in superhero land. As reported last weekend on the Seattle Post-Intelligencer blog, local superhero-type guy Phoenix Jones (real name Ben Fodor, cause in the real world, secret identities cause way more hassles than the comic books lead on) has announced he is putting an end to an attempt to expand his Rain City Superhero Movement, after things did not go as well as planned.
The band of superheroes, which has not only gained begrudging tolerance from the Seattle Police, but the creation of faux supervillain Rex Velvet, to boot, ran into trouble when Jones Last year, Jones announced he was looking for people with a bulletproof vest, CPR skills and military police or martial arts experience they weren't using in any real constructive sense. However, Jones announced on his Facebook page (because superheroes in the real world have social media, not fortresses of solitude) that several members could not meet minimum fitness requirements or medical training, and others still lacked any kind of professionalism, he said. The announcement naturally sent Rex Velvet into a state of triumphant swoon, as he gloated and put out the word he was now interested in dirt on the Rain City Superheroes. This shit really happened, people. Half the shit on TV sucks, but this shit is going down in real time! Don't worry, though...neither the booming superhero scene in Seattle nor it's newly passed $15 minimum wage on the horizon is enough to make me want to live in Seahawk country. |
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