Why is Ivanka allowed to go on an all expense taxpayer paid trip to Africa? Can someone explain how this is legal? I thought she was a volunteer staffer or something. What is the possible justification for sending her? Oh who the fuck am I kidding. None of the answers to those questions matter. This is a crime family. 

He had more than a little help from Gerry McNamara. 

Bill James has always struck me (even from his description in “Money Ball”) as a guy that ‘got there first’. You see these guys in every industry. They have a very forward thinking philosophy or they hold an idea that is fairly ahead of their time. They get there first. However, a lot of these guys, like James, aren’t…

If you read the actual obituary, it states that this woman’s entire investment portfolio was largely the result of money she inherited from her father. Her main business seemed to be shaking down these CEOs to buy 2 copies of her $600 newsletter that she published. From the obituary, it seems like she was more of a…

I never thought I’d wish for Billy Haisley to write anything. But this article should have been written by Haisley and it should have concluded that the loser of the Jets Bills game needs to get relegated.

Counterpoint: A jury listened to the evidence and concluded he and his friends were not liable for the charges levied against them. It was unanimous. You could claim that his side slut shamed the woman, but the presiding judge followed the rules of evidence and there’s no indication that he did anything improper. She…

So basically, Patrick Redford is Butt.

Holy shit, the person who said that she’d be willing to vote if somebody else filled out all the forms and dealt with the post office made me want to put my head through a computer. Yes, the post office is annoying. So is the DMV. Learning to deal with them is part of being an adult.

According to those numbers (which I don’t understand, because I’m ignorant), it’s not a secret at all. He’s butt at a major part of the game. Some might say, the dominant part of the game: shooting the circular object through the basket ring. 

You know how bar stool blowhards are always like “Psh I could play better than that guy!”? This is actually a time it’s true. All I’d have to do is run away from the ball. That’s it. Don’t catch it and try to do anything, just run away. I can do that better than just about anybody I know. 

Larry really needs to curb his enthusiasm.

I mean I guess so. Most of them were people who grew up in my town when we were kids. I haven’t spoken to them for years, other than following them on facebook. I wish there was a way to just change their minds, but it hardly seems possible. 

You make that joke, but I’m already disgusted to see some of my “friends” on Facebook sincerely posting words to this effect. I don’t know what to do. It seems pointless to engage them. 

This is racist as fuck. He seems very racist indeed. But he was probably just as racist 30 years ago. “Put him in a nursing home”, “he’s senile” etc are ageist and beneath you. There are plenty of senior citizens with enlightened opinions. Pop is one of them. You’ll be old too someday and you’ll probably get sick of…

I agree with you. I find myself thinking “Sandler is a really funny guy”, but not finding many of his movies funny. When he’s just joking around and being himself, he’s very charming and funny. His comedy albums still have some hilarious sketches on them (talking goat, medium pace, Fatty McGee). 

Or you could look at this same fact as proof that he is a person of integrity, willing to buck a major sports league, and he happened to disagree with Reid’s complaint. 

Correction: “Only African American President in our country’s history (who had to overcome incredible racism) still doesn’t get it. White young Deadspin blogger gets everything.”

When I broke my leg I screamed a lot but I couldn’t cry. Sometimes we lose the ability to cry as adults. This actually makes me want to cry. But I can’t.

Patrick Ewing in his prime was certainly not boring. Go back and watch that HBO documentary about Georgetown v. Villanova 1985. Ewing was fierce and he was intimidating as Hell. He wasn’t boring on the Knicks either. They just couldn’t beat the Bulls, but those were always exciting battles. 

Unrelated, but apparently Paul Allen was an amazing guitarist. And I do mean amazing. Quincy Jones said that he could play just like Jimi Hendrix. I thought he was being sarcastic, but then I watched a clip of Allen playing and he was phenomenal. Anyway, he was good and James Dolan sucks. That was the tie in that I’m…