Hump Day.....News & Views

If it's Wednesday.......it must be "Hump Day".

And ......we're following.......the following:



The Lakers are in a fight....

Suns 115, Lakers 106

Gritty Suns Get Off Mat and Tie Series

By HOWARD BECK

Phoenix made 11 3-pointers and controlled the inside to win Game 4 of the Western Conference finals.

A Tiger......comeback?

msnbc.com

Tiger's latest comeback: Memorial Tournament

Chicago Breaking Sports - Tribune - Jeff Shain - ‎27 minutes ago‎

Tiger Woods' balky neck is sufficiently healed to return to competition at next week's Memorial Tournament. Woods confirmed Wednesday that he wil defend his crown at Jack Nicklaus' signature event -- an appearance he rarely misses but ...

Tiger Woods: Woods makes it official: will play Memorial

Memo to pro athletes....."Keep it in your zipper"

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Silvia Mena Sues Redskins Star Albert Haynesworth

TIME - Chris Gentilviso - ‎1 hour ago‎

The NFL veteran's latest offseason troubles revolve around a paternity problem with an exotic dancer. The New York Post reports that Brooklyn, NY-based Silvia Mena is suing Haynesworth for $10 million.

Silvia Mena Photos Leaked; Haynesworth Being Sued for 10 Million

Happy Trails.......Art Linkletter....

CBC.ca

Veteran TV host Art Linkletter dead at 97

Reuters - Sam Mircovich, Bill Trott - ‎49 minutes ago‎

Television personality Art Linkletter walks through the Hollywood Pictures Backlot at the opening of Disney's California Adventure in Anaheim, California in this February 8, 2001 file photo.

Art Linkletter, TV Host, Dies at 97 New York Times

Brady........rules!!!

Reuters UK

Judge dismisses photographers' lawsuit against Tom Brady, Gisele Bundchen

USA Today - ‎46 minutes ago‎

A New York judge threw out a lawsuit by two photographers who alleged they were attacked in Costa Rica during the wedding of Patriots QB Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen.

NY court dismisses suit against Brady, Bundchen The Associated Press

You think?????

New York Daily News

Bristol Palin: Getting Pregnant at 17 Was "Humiliating"

Us Magazine - ‎1 hour ago‎

"[I was thinking], 'Great, I'm 17 years old, I'm 40 pounds overweight with a big belly on me, all my friends are at school watching this on the news,'" she tells the June issue of Harper's Bazaar.

Finally........from the gulf.......oil and water......just don't mix:

The BP mess....just gets "worser" by the day...

 

 

Sunday Morning Headlines

Just a few:

 

Only in .......New York

Fasten ......your seat-belts ......Here come the "J-E-T-S". Jets....

New York.....love 'em or hate 'em......they do......back their teams.  Today's headlines....from the tabloids:

Two Cities.........Two Views

Give them their due........

The New York Yankees won a world series.......for .......the 27th time. 27!!!

First.......a view from the Philly papers:





















Now.......let's hear it for those Famous NY tabloids:

Why we Hate New York

A few more reasons.....why we hate New York.....and their arrogant ways ....displayed once again by these tasteless tabloid headlines:

Friday Headliners

It's Friday.......it's hot........here's some of the headlines .....we're following....

From Bing.com:

• Crowd gathers early for Obama Montana visit
• BELGRADE _ Hundreds of demonstrators - and more than 1,000 ticket-holders - gathered early today at the Gallatin Field Airport here, waiting for President Barack Obama to arrive for a town-hall meeting on health-care reform. Air Force One…

More on this story·

Boston Globe

Our........Prez........The hardest working president........I have ever seen ....in my life time.

• Shamed Vick says he's grateful for second chance…
• PHILADELPHIA -- A remorseful Michael Vick wants a second chance and a fresh start with the Philadelphia Eagles -- and knows he won't be easily forgiven by fans. "I know I've done some terrible things, made a horrible mistake. Now I want to.....

More on this story·Category:Sports

You already know my stance on Vick......Now you can get a little more perspective....


Braves vs. Phillies.......this weekend........must win....must watch series........

Finally........those......New York Tabloids.......

Here's their Friday morning headlines:

When.....We....Become....the News...

Here we are........My step-son........My ex-wife.........My daughter's oldest brother......

When we become news..........It is time to take a step back. For we are plainly simple folks...We don't like .....or need .....drama. This needless killing..........is .......killing me.

Why?

Jay.....as we called him........was a special child....a first born. Yvonne's first. He made mistakes........he paid for all of them...serving time, etc..........He made himself into a business man....And he made all of us proud.

From the New York Daily News..........

Brooklyn businessman found slain; wife says she heard shots

BY Samuel Goldsmith and Jonathan Lemire
DAILY NEWS WRITERS

Thursday, July 23rd 2009, 4:00 AM

Maisel/News

Relatives and friends were overcome by the death of Louis Burch (below), who was shot and killed by his home in Mill Basin, Brooklyn, Tuesday.

Maisel/News

Brooklyn businessman Louis Burch told his wife he needed to buy aspirin for a headache, walked out of his home and climbed into his Land Rover parked a block away.

But the SUV never moved.

Investigators believe Burch, 36, was shot and killed moments after he left his Flatlands home at 9 p.m. Tuesday, even though his body was not found until Wednesday morning.

The motive for the murder remains unknown, and no witnesses have come forward, police sources said.

The dead man's widow, Serena Vasquez-Burch, told investigators she thought she heard gunshots moments after her husband left their E. 53rd St. home but did not go outside to check.

That enraged the dead man's mother.

"I find it very hard to believe that your husband went out, you heard a gunshot, and you don't even look out the window," said Yvonne McDuffie.

A police source said detectives were looking into the couple's "rocky marriage," but Vasquez-Burch is not a suspect at this point.

She was cooperating with investigators, the source said. Vasquez-Burch refused to speak to reporters yesterday.

Burch's relatives said he served nearly a decade in prison for assault but had been clean since his release in the late 1990s and was making money "flipping" old houses.

Investigators were checking into some of his recent business dealings - and one of Vasquez-Burch's relatives said she feared for her safety.

"We're all very afraid [and] we think someone might be trying to hurt us," said the woman, who would not give her name. "If they hurt Louis, they'll probably come back for us too."

With Arianna Davis

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/23/2009-07-23_brooklyn_businessman_found_slain.html#ixzz0M8KGdRQ6

Hump Day..........News & Views

Wow.......A very busy Wednesday.

North Korea wants to wipe the us off the map......A former student shoots and kills a famous high school coach.....That missing South Carolina Governor, was in Argentina, having an affair.....The Atlanta Braves shut out the N Y Yankees.......



Let's start........

With North Korea. We can say this, they have ........balls....read this:

North Korea has said it would consider interception of its ships a declaration of war, and on Wednesday accused the U.S. of seeking to start another Korean War.

"If the U.S. imperialists start another war, the army and people of Korea will ... wipe out the aggressors on the globe once and for all," a dispatch from the official Korean Central News Agency said.

What? This is coming from a country the size of Mississippi........To keep you informed....read this....from Bing.com:

North Korea threatens US as Washington, allies watch for signs…



This story.........is sad.....and the details are sketchy.....at best. Seems an ex-student....went into a gym....and shot his ex-coach.......in a small Iowa town. From CNN:

(CNN) -- An Iowa high school football coach died Wednesday after he was shot inside the school as athletes were lifting weights, the district superintendent told CNN.

Ed Thomas had been with the school district for more than 30 years and was well-known in the region.

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Ed Thomas died shortly after he arrived at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, Iowa, according to a hospital statement.

He was flown to a hospital after he was shot about 8:30 a.m.at Aplington-Parkersburg High School, said Holly Fokkena, Butler County auditor.

No students were injured, although about 50 students were present at the time of the shooting, she said.

One person, an adult, was taken into custody, Fokkena said.

Superintendent Jon Thompson of the Aplington-Parkersburg Community Schools said crisis counselors were on scene to assist students who witnessed the shooting.

Thompson declined to provide more details on the shooting, saying they were not clear.

Thomas had been with the school district for more than 30 years, Thompson said, and was a well-known football coach in the region.

We will update this story.....

And then.......there's this governor.......a republican.......from South Carolina....From CNN:

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admitted Wednesday that he has been engaged in an extramarital affair with an Argentinian woman. "I've been unfaithful to my wife," Sanford told a news conference in Columbia, the state capital. "I developed a relationship with what started as a dear, dear friend from Argentina." His voice choking at times, Sanford apologized to his wife and four sons, and said he would resign immediately as head of the Republican Governors Association.

When will these right winged..........bible carrying hypocrites .......quit trying to run politics in the great.......U.S.....of A...........They...those republicans........ preach all that 'moral ' stuff .......to us.....daily. Now , this?

Read the entire story........from.....CNN:

S.C. governor tearfully admits affair, apologizes

And..........Finally.....My Atlanta Braves.......beat the N Y Yankees.....and I love the N Y headlines..........

A 22-4......beat-down...........

Yesterday.......

In Major League Baseball.......the Atlanta Braves were beaten, 10-0.............Meanwhile the L A Angels got blasted, 9-2........and while all this was going on........Cincinnati was getting clobbered, 7-0.

These three teams suffered beat-downs ........but it was mild compared to our guys in pinstripes.

	Final		1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		R		H		E
	Cleveland	0	14	1	1	4	0	0	1	1	22	25	1
	NY Yankees	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	7	1
WP: F. Carmona (1-2) LP: C. Wang (0-3)

Yes........it's true.......No, your eyes are not deceiving you.

The best team money can buy.......laid an egg........and we couldn't be happier!

Of course.....those New York tabloids aren't..........

Opening Day..........2009

Opening day........

When all of Major League Baseball.......and it's fans.....are equal.

The first game of 162........the longest schedule of any of the sports........162 games.....

April, May, June, July, August, and September...........Six months of.......baseball.

The New York Yankees to the Kansas City Royals............all equal on "opening day".

Opening day...........a new beginning.......a new start...........new stadiums.....new players....

Six whole months..........of the "boys of summer".......

Baseball..........

And then we have the New York tabloids..........

And ..........it's opening day.......

Get ready.....for six whole months.

Overtime.......In ....Overdrive.....

In case you missed it.....

Last night in a Big East conference quarter final game in Madison Square Garden, Syracuse beat Connecticut, 127-117........

But that is only 1/6 ........of the story.

This game had .......six........6.......VI..........overtimes!!!!!!!!!!!

From the New York Daily News:

Long night is absolute Madness

Daily News writer, Sean Brennan, had some interesting numbers....

Check this out:

•Four players from each team fouled out.

•The game took 3:46 to play. (It started at 9:36 p.m. Thursday and ended at 1:22 a.m. Friday).

•There were 244 points scored in the game.

•Nine players scored in double figures.

•Six players logged double-doubles, including:

Syracuse's Jonny Flynn (34 points, 11 assists).

Syracuse's Paul Harris (29 points, 22 rebounds)

UConn's A.J. Price (33 points, 10 assists)

UConn's Hasheem Thabeet (19 points, 14 rebounds)

UConn's Stanley Robinson (28 points, 14 rebounds)

UConn's Jeff Adrien (12 points, 14 rebounds)

•The Huskies outrebounded the Orange, 76-67 (that's a game score on most nights)

•UConn logged 27 turnovers (Usually a months' worth for the Huskies).

•UConn blocked 16 shots, including six by Thabeet.

•Flynn knocked down an amazing 16-of-16 from the free throw line.

•Syracuse's Andy Rautins hit 6-of-12 on his threes.

•Flynn played 67 minutes of the game's 70 minutes.

•And, most disturbing of all, the media room ran out of food and beverages. (Heads should roll for that one).

Wow.....it must be March.......for this is maddening!!!!!!!

In Defense.......of Alex Rodriguez...

From "A-Roid".....to "A-Hole"..........

The tabloid papers across the New York area blasted Alex Rodriguez in light of his admitting taking steroids while a member of the Texas Rangers back in 2003.

In tests which were supposed to be confidential.....Sports Illustrated.com reported on it's web site Sunday, Rodriquez tested positive for using performance enhancing drugs.

You remember.......five years ago .......the United States government got involved....promised the players that no names would be revealed.....if the players association (the most powerful union on the planet) would let the players come clean......be tested......to finally see the extent of drug use in professional baseball.

Well...........there has been a leak. Names have been revealed. Someone broke a promise.

If you can't trust your government........who can you trust? And what recourse do you have? You can't sue the Feds.....

You do what A-Rod has done........Admit it........say you were young and dumb........and rely on the American public for forgiveness.

Only ..........this would not have been a story .... if names had not been leaked. And this really should be the story.......but .....you and I know better.........



Take a look at these New York headlines: