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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
This week in the creation of private law…
By Tangotiger, 01:21 PM
Non-sports post. Enter at your peril, avoid at your pleasure…
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Canadian National Anthem: Sold!
By Tangotiger, 10:42 AM
Americans have a few anthems: the Star Spangled one, God Bless one, and Pledge Allegiance one. I suppose even the This Land one (though Canada among other countries have their own version with the text changed, but it’s not as popular as in America).
Canada has two big anthems: Oh Canada..... and The Hockey Night In Canada theme song. CBC, which held the licencing rights for the last 40 years let it lapse, and TSN (the Canadian version of ESPN, and owned by CBC competitior CTV) bought perpetual use rights for likely between 2.5 and 3 million$. (CBC went as high as 1 million$)
I’m trying to think of a song or melody that is as iconic as this theme is, in America. Maybe the Wide World of Sports, at one point? But, even that one pales in comparison. Maybe you have to go to the movies, like Godfather or Star Wars?
Friday, June 06, 2008
Benkabbou
By Tangotiger, 04:27 PM
Non-sports post. Enter at your peril, avoid at your pleasure.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Texas sect: Sanity prevails in the (activist) courts. For the time being at least.
By , 04:38 PM
Non-baseball post.
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Mike’s Hard Lemonade
By Tangotiger, 05:58 AM
- “We don’t have room for all that on the sign”
- “Hmmm.. how many letters do we need to cut?”
- “5 characters”
- “Ok, let’s take out HARD and the space”
- “Won’t that confuse people who think that it’s only lemonade?”
- “Everyone knows Mike!”
- “Really? How long they been in business”
- “Since forever… 1999”
Wow. And check out a very blown up label, and how small the “5% alc” print is.
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
The Great Firewall of China
By Tangotiger, 03:32 PM
Non-sports post. Skip the “party” if it’s not for you.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
The Traveling Typo Guy
By Tangotiger, 03:46 PM
Non-sports post. Enter at your peril. Avoid at your pleasure.
Mom, leaves baby in parked car, arrested by police, who leave her other kids in a parking lot
By Tangotiger, 11:50 AM
Non-sports post. Enter at your peril, avoid at your pleasure.
(This standard tag line would be totally inappropriate if you read the articles.)
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Governor…
By Tangotiger, 09:28 AM
Non-sports post. Enter at your peril, avoid at your pleasure.
Monday, February 25, 2008
BALCO Judge shuts down Wall Street Journal’s entire online site
By Tangotiger, 02:41 PM
Non-sports post. Enter at your peril, avoid at your pleasure.
Friday, November 16, 2007
Have Taser, Will Shoot
By Tangotiger, 02:08 PM
In the last 4 years, there have been 18 deaths in Canada after being tasered. Here’s the latest one (click on the Videos tab), as well as the
police report v video evidence.
Friday, October 05, 2007
Cardinals press conference transcript
By Tangotiger, 12:14 PM
Very interesting, notably the outright dismissal of Jeff Luhnow as a candidate.
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Good samaritan translator arrested, awaiting trial…
By Tangotiger, 12:17 PM
... in the most advanced society in the world. Or so that society tells us.
This is what happened, including police video. And this is where she stands today. Maybe Seinfeld was right, that depraved indifference is better than being a good samaritan.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Unlocking your iPhone
By Tangotiger, 03:33 PM
From the boy who heard ‘round the world:
http://iphonejtag.blogspot.com/2007_08_01_archive.html
Step 1 through 10 are in the sidebar
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Senator…
By Tangotiger, 09:25 PM
... this time, it’s Larry Craig:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0828071craig1.html
http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/143801.html
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Michael Moore, Larry King, and CNN
By Tangotiger, 10:46 AM
Two out of three ain’t bad. I mostly love Michael Moore. I mostly respect Larry King’s professionalism. CNN.... well, I used to like them. Other than Anderson Cooper and Larry King, I tune them out. But, last night....
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Satisfaction Guaranteed, Or… Uh, 54 million$?
By Tangotiger, 11:03 PM
The latest lawsuit, as the American legal system tests the statutes, with one family hanging in the balance.
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Court: make currency recognizable to blind
By Tangotiger, 05:50 PM
“It can no longer be successfully argued that a blind person has ‘meaningful access’ to currency if she cannot accurately identify paper money without assistance,” Robertson wrote in a 26-page order.
“Of the more than 180 countries that issue paper currency, only the United States prints bills that are identical in size and color in all their denominations,” he wrote.
If a significant portion of the population were blind, you’re darn tootin’ that the currency would look different.
And, I’d bet that if men could conceive, abortion would have been legalized before the invention of the wheel.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
World News: City Wiped Off The Map
By Tangotiger, 10:41 AM
Oops, I mean 665,000 Iraqis have died in a war, almost all civilians. After the first five thousand, we forget to count. Let’s just add them to the millions of forgotten civilians in WWII from Poland, China and Russia.
France trying to create a law to ensure the history of other nations, while conveniently forgetting their own.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Cory Lidle in Manhattan Plane Crash
By Tangotiger, 01:21 PM
This is what is being reported:
A law enforcement official in Washington says New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle was on the plane that crashed into a 50-story condominium tower on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
The crash killed at least four people, and sent flaming debris raining down onto sidewalks.
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