The Snooter

Poor Phil

2005-03-07T12:18:00.000-08:00

The source of my depressive state

2005-02-19T09:15:00.000-08:00

Hahaha----watch out bloggers!!!

2005-02-11T22:01:00.000-08:00

Free Expression Can Be Costly When Bloggers Bad-Mouth Jobs

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By Amy Joyce, Washington Post Staff Writer

Under the pseudonym of Sarcastic Journalist, Rachel Mosteller wrote this entry on her personal Web log one day last April:

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"I really hate my place of employment. Seriously. Okay, first off. They have these stupid little awards that are supposed to boost company morale. So you go and do something 'spectacular' (most likely, you're doing your JOB) and then someone says 'Why golly, that was spectacular.' then they sign your name on some paper, they bring you chocolate and some balloons.

"Okay two people in the newsroom just got it. FOR DOING THEIR JOB."

This post, like all entries in Mosteller's online diary, did not name her company or the writer. It did not name co-workers or bosses. It did not say where the company was based. But apparently, Mosteller's supervisors and co-workers at the Durham (N.C.) Herald-Sun were well aware of her Web log.

The day after that posting, she was fired.

Bill Stagg, managing editor of the Herald-Sun, said he could not comment on a personnel matter. But Mosteller, 25, said the blog was one of the reasons she was given for losing her job, and she is still in shock. "Considering I treated the blog as a smoke break, I didn't think of it as a problem."

There are 8 million personal Web logs -- or blogs -- in the United States, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project. People write blogs to talk about their day, family outings, dates gone awry and, of course, work. But what might feel like a very personal entry about a dismal workday can mean something quite different to a boss who needs only a search engine to read it.

"We all complain about work and our bosses. And the ethos of the blogosphere is to be chatty and sometimes catty and crude," said Lee Rainie, director of the Pew project. "Even in an era of casual Fridays, that is not what companies want to be portrayed by the world."

Even if workers write the blog anonymously, an employer may be able to take the position that blogging "is inconsistent with the business mission," said Jonathan A. Segal, an employment attorney in Philadelphia.

Usually the blogger has little protection. "In most states," said Gregg M. Lemley, a St. Louis labor lawyer, "if an employer doesn't like what you're talking about, they can simply terminate you."

And that is happening enough that there is even a word for it -- getting "dooced." Blogger Heather B. Armstrong coined the phrase in 2002, after she was fired from her Web design job for writing about work and colleagues on her blog, Dooce.com.

Although workers have been writing blogs for years, companies have been slow to create policies to cover them. "Most employers as of now do not have blogging policies, just as 10 years ago they didn't have e-mail policies and now they do," Segal said.

E-mail and Internet policies that have been developed were created to deal with improper employee usage during work hours. Very few companies have rules governing employee computer habits outside work.

Last October, Delta Air Lines flight attendant Ellen Simonetti was fired, she said, for what her supervisor called a misuse of uniform. Simonetti had posted on her personal blog, Queen of Sky (now called Diary of a Fired Flight Attendant), pictures of herself, in her uniform, on an empty plane. Her blog also contained thinly veiled work stories.

The airline would not discuss the firing, or whether it has a blog policy. But Simonetti has become something of a blog heroine. She filed a complaint against Delta with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, claiming many men were pictured in their uniforms on other Web sites and were not fired. And she started a "Bloggers Rights Movement" calling on other bloggers to sign a petition demanding that companies let employees know their blog policies.

"We can't just let our employers trample our rights. I think there should be clear policies about blogging," she said.

Michael Hanscom started his blog, Eclecticism, before 2000, as a way to keep in touch with family and collect things he found on the Internet. A fan of Apple computers, he found himself working at a temporary job with Xerox on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Wash.

Hanscom said his family teased him that he would burst into flames when he walked onto the Microsoft campus. So one day, when he noticed a pallet of Macs -- the same version he just bought for himself -- ready to be delivered to Microsoft, he took a picture and posted it. "It struck my sense of humor," he said.

A few days after Hanscom posted the picture, he said, his Xerox manager called him into an office. The manager had Hanscom's blog up, and asked if the picture was his. Hanscom said it was, but said it was posted on his own time, on his own computer. According to Hanscom, the manager then said because it was posted on his own space and time, the company couldn't ask him to take it down, but he could never come to the Microsoft campus again.

"It makes sense, really," Hanscom said. "I've tried since then to look at it from their point of view. I never gave away any secrets, but I was in a position where I saw a lot."

An Atlanta blogger who goes by Karsh says he was fired from a sales position in January after he blogged on company time. He was not so contrite. The writer of BGB, or Black Gay Blogger, said his boss wanted him to apologize for the things he had said about his fellow employees.

Since the other workers were not named, he did not think it was necessary, he said. "I feel like it's been said and done."

The blogger renamed his supervisor "Skeletor" and "Wednesday Addams" in an entry about the confrontation. When the was told he would be demoted and had to dismantle his site, he quit, he said.

It is possible to write a private blog, where only those with passwords can sign in to read the entries. But part of being a blogger is wanting to be heard.

The author of Waiter Rant, an anonymous blog about life as a waiter in a New York restaurant, writes mostly about bad experiences with customers. "The rage had to go somewhere," he explained.

At first, he said, he did not tell anyone about the blog. He especially didn't want his mother to read it. But he became frustrated the blog was getting no attention so one day he sent a link to a popular blogger in England. Today, the anonymous waiter has more than 1,000 readers a day.

"At some point, I started to care who read it," the waiter said. "Anyone who produces anything, you like feedback."

That is one reason so many people who expect their entries to be read and pondered forget that those posts could cause some major problems. "They persist, they are uncontextualized, and they come back to haunt you," said Rebecca Blood, a San Francisco blogger and author of "The Weblog Handbook: Practical Advice on Creating and Maintaining Your Blog."

Blood believes in rules. The companies that have them are typically on the cutting edge of technology, and in a growing number of cases they are not only permitting blogs, but encouraging them as a sort of homegrown marketing tool.

Sun Microsystems Inc. encourages employees to blog on company time and within company space, then posts the blogs on a dedicated site.

"It seems quite plausible that blogging is a good way to increase the communication channel between the company and the world, and help in community building," said Tim Bray, a blogger and director of Web technologies at Sun. When Sun opened a space on its site in April for employee blogs, it also suggested that writers write just what they know and refrain from revealing revenue, financial figures or other company secrets.

Google Inc., the search engine company, has a blog for employees that shares such things as stories about the company dog and the person who creates the holiday art at Google.com. "It sort of turned into a very informal access to the public," said Biz Stone, a senior specialist at Google and author of "Who Let the Blogs Out?: A Hyperconnected Peek at the World of Weblogs."

But Google had its own controversy recently when a blog by employee Mark Jen suddenly went dark, sparking a flurry of speculation on what had happened to him.

When he returned, Jen explained his absence by saying, "I goofed and put up some stuff on my blog that's not supposed to be there" but that Google had been "pretty cool about all this" and adding, "thanks for and sorry for the frenzy of speculation."

Then the site went dead again. Yesterday, Google confirmed that Jen is no longer an employee, but the company would not discuss why. Jen could not be reached, but in a posting Wednesday, he said he would be back with more details.

By the next morning, about 50 people had written in, wondering if he had been dooced.

Gators steal Urban Meyer from ND!?

2004-12-03T10:34:00.000-08:00

this from espn....

The University of Florida has offered its coaching job to Urban Meyer, who accepted today, ESPN.com's Pat Forde has learned.

Florida papers reported the offer to Meyer, who has coached Utah to a 12-0 season and a BCS bowl bid, on their Web sites Friday morning.

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The Backer told me about the possibility of Meyer to ND when we went to the BC game in October. But it looks as though the Gators have robbed the cradle...

So who will take Ty's place now...?

Jon Gruden?

''I love Notre Dame. I went to high school there. My dad coached Joe Montana and Vagas Ferguson there. I'm not a candidate for that job. I've got the best job in football and I've got to work hard to keep it. I wish Notre Dame well, I'll always be a big fan, but I guarantee I'm no candidate for that job.''

Gitter Dun Storm Trooper

2004-11-16T23:20:00.000-08:00

Boston...Shit...

2004-10-27T21:44:00.000-07:00

Well hats off to the bosox

Well..no hats off to Boston...

I know what is like, sorta...the bucs went through 27 years

The Lightning went through 12 years...86 is a long time...I take umbrage (sic) though with some of the circumstances!!!!

Curt Schilling--what an idiot Fox Sports made this guy...he has a flipping scab on his ankle and he is a "hero"? He makes 18million a year...I say you get your ass out there and do what you are paid to do..he isn't special...Derek Lowe...now that guy pitched his ass off...

Pedro Martinez--this guy shouldn't even be able to ... you know what I won't even waste my time on this jabroni

Manny Ramirez --- post game interview "I just thankS god"...."it is just our destination"?...and he gets the MVP?...the guy nearly did a greg louganis special in game 1...back to back errors..whatever

I love Millar, Varitek, Lowe, Foulke...great guys...but you know the Yankees catch so much shit, cuz they "bought" their rings...hello schilling, martinez, ramirez, ortiz, damon...give me a break..

Enjoy it Boston, you have waited too long...AAARGH...next year is the year of the DRAYS

Hahahahhaha

2004-10-16T17:50:00.000-07:00

"Thank God That's Over"

2004-10-14T13:39:00.000-07:00

The debates are over and everyone should be off the fence!!!

Get Out and Vote!!!

Who won the debate?
George Bush 984 21%
John Kerry 3489 77%
Tied 58 1%

this is from TBO.com

Pedro Beat By His Daddy!!!

2004-10-14T08:17:00.000-07:00

It is not that I so much like the Yankees...as it is...the balance of "things" would be thrown off if the Bosox won the WS. Just like the Cubbies.

If the Bosox or the Cubbies win the WS EVER, it would be unnatural, they are NOT supposed to win, so when they get close I get nervous, if they succeed....then I am building a shelter!!

Go Yanks!!!

Life Imitating Art; FDA OKS implanted medical info chip

2004-10-13T09:44:00.000-07:00

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved an implantable computer chip that can pass a patient's medical details to doctors, speeding care. read more...

I've got a secret I've been hiding under my skin
My heart is human, my blood is boiling, my brain I.B.M.
So if you see me acting strangely, don't be surprised
I'm just a man who needed someone, and somewhere to hide
To keep me alive-just keep me alive
Somewhere to hide to keep me alive

Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto,
Mata ah-oo hima de
Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto,
Himitsu wo shiri tai

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this is just the beginning, the end is near and i am scared to death!!!

Peter Lance

2004-10-12T11:10:00.000-07:00

I actually ran across an interview with this guy on some obscure radio show late one night on my AM dial. He plugged his website, and it has some pretty crazy theories and ideas concerning 9/11...it is worth a look. Especially for those who haven't scratched the surface of terrorism in the US.

He contends that Oklahoma City, TWA 800 and 9/11 are connected with some other terrorist activity during the past 10-plus years. Check it out.

www.peterlance.com...

It's the most wonderful time of the year

2004-10-11T13:26:00.000-07:00

Zimmer is no longer there, but the rivalry is....

The yanks and the bosox!!! Can it get any better?!

I wanna see Pedro Martinez and Kevin Brown go toe to toe!!!

Tucker Max...

2004-10-08T07:53:00.000-07:00

Tuckermax.com

There have been many changes in the snooter's life and I haven't had the time or inclination to update this site...hopefully I will find some time soon!

I got this from the backer...

Funny Stuff!!!

That's why we love Lou

2004-09-22T21:26:00.000-07:00

Lou Piniella was tossed in the second inning of Wednesday's game as the Devil Ray's were/are scraping to stay out of the AL East cellar.

His tally is...

2 ejections this year
56 ejections as a Manager
70 ejections in the Majors

Awesome!!!!

Also today, Lou dispelled rumors of going to the NY Mets and oh yeah we lossed today also, SURPRISE!!!!

Shawn Green and Yom Kippur

2004-09-22T21:07:00.000-07:00

If we took a holiday
Took some time to celebrate
Just one day out of life
It would be, it would be so nice

(more)

BLAH

2004-09-22T21:03:00.000-07:00

blah diddy blah blah

Yo ho ho ho...We're the Buccaneers!

2004-09-20T13:07:00.000-07:00

The defense is there...the offense is not!

wk 1...Washington 16 Bucs 10
wk 2...Seattle 10 Bucs 6
wk 3...Oakland ? Bucs ?

Jon Gruden is starting to feel the heat. Chris Simms is getting his feet wet. Mike Alstott is not being used. John is in Denver, Warren in Oakland...And I am getting pissed.

The more things change...

The waiting list for Buccaneer season tickets is at an astounding 110,000 plus...we will see how long that will last with what is happening now!

And So Go the Gators!!!! A Sports Rap!!!

2004-09-19T08:57:00.000-07:00

The Florida Gators were beaten last night by a couple of Freshman!!!!

Bernard Hopkins pummeled Oscar De La Hoya for a KO9

The luck of the Irish almost went down the toilet when Coach Ty Willingham took a potty break with his team up 28-7 in the third quarter. They prevailed though...downing the Spartans of Michigan State 31-24. The Backer will surely have 10,000 reasons as to why the Irish should be ranked and why Ty is a disciple of god after dogging him a couple of weeks ago!!! Fight On ND!!! The Snooter has much love for ya...cept...Goolsby of course!!!

More College Football

Macaulay Culkin charged with drug possession

2004-09-18T06:51:00.000-07:00

REALLY, THIS COMES AS NO SURPRISE

(CNN) -- Actor Macaulay Culkin, who gained fame as a child in the smash hit film "Home Alone," was charged Friday in Oklahoma City with marijuana possession and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, police said. (more here)

No diggity!!!!

2004-09-16T10:41:00.000-07:00

I don't get it!?

2004-09-15T15:42:00.000-07:00

Viva John Lynch

2004-09-13T19:57:00.000-07:00

OUCH

The Bucs are going to miss John Lynch's heart, instict and menacing hits (Dante Hall doesn't and won't)...Our loss is Denver's gain!!!

Football is back!!! And as that dude said in the Waterboy..."Oh No!!! We suck again"

I am a bit late on this Gem...Here's another Bushism

2004-09-11T07:19:00.000-07:00

"Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country." —George W. Bush, Poplar Bluff, Mo., Sept. 6, 2004 (Watch video clip)

UPDATE....Mary Kay and Vili

2004-09-11T05:25:00.000-07:00

She was boinking a 13yo boy, cheating on her husband...hmm...but I guess it is love for Mary Kay and Vili...the Snooter say congrats...details here

President Bush shouldn't be denouncing the Memo's....he should be staying far away from this guy!!!!

2004-09-10T17:42:00.000-07:00

Actually....could this be another ploy by the Democrats?...

It appears that President Bush has picked up an important endorsement. Vanilla Ice has gone public with his support for reelection of Bush!

Ice Ice Baby (Remix)
Dance
Bum rush the nation that booms
I'm killin Iraqi's like a poisonous mushroom
Deadly, when I play a dope melody
Anything less than election is a felony
Love it or leave it
You better gain way
You better hit bull's eye
Dubya dont play
If there was a problem
Yo, I'll solve it
Check out my economic plan while Fox News revolves it

oooooh NO....There goes Tokyo....

2004-09-09T10:48:00.000-07:00

gOdZiLla!!!!!

from the backer

Tooth Fairy Helps Self to More Teeth

2004-09-06T11:03:00.000-07:00

from the onion

Jim Cantore--Storm Chaser

2004-09-05T09:33:00.000-07:00

On television he resonates a concern for the people that Hurricane Charley and Frances are affecting. Secretly he is seeing dollar $igns, like Peter Arnett and Aaron Brown and the countless morons covering the made for TV movie Operation Iraqi Freedom. Read Jim's Bio here. Truthfully, I like this dude...not in a bicycle-seat sniffing way...I would like to buy this guy a beer, he is good TV!

Hurricane Frances and Possible Consequences

2004-09-05T09:25:00.000-07:00

Charley gave me a bit of a scare...but, Frances looks like the real deal for the Bay Area...It may even disrupt my fantasy football draft....NOT GOOD

Frances!!!!!

2004-09-02T12:58:00.000-07:00

Loads of Hurricane Info here

Here Comes Hurricane Frances

2004-09-01T16:00:00.000-07:00

www.weather.com

Florida Braces for Second Hurricane

2004-09-01T12:37:00.000-07:00

For My Biggest Fans

2004-08-23T16:50:00.000-07:00

The Snooter is Huge in Horseheads and Oneota, NY

2004-08-21T13:41:00.000-07:00

Thanks losers!

Judge Accused of Masturbating Resigns

2004-08-20T05:59:00.000-07:00

An Oklahoma judge facing removal over charges that he masturbated and used a device for enhancing erections under his robes during trials said on Wednesday he would retire from the bench. (full story)

Ted Kennedy--Terrorist Threat?

2004-08-20T05:55:00.000-07:00

Kennedy -- one of the most recognizable figures in American politics -- told a Senate committee hearing on Thursday he had been blocked several times from boarding commercial airline flights because his name was on a "no-fly" list intended to exclude potential terrorists. (more)

Meet Ai FUKUHARA -- Olympic Superstar

2004-08-19T05:33:00.000-07:00

In the grueling sport that is Table Tennis she has no equal! Read the bio of the "Tiger Wood's of Ping Pong" and you will see why this Japanese prodigy is destined for gold!

Photos of Hurricane Charley Damage

2004-08-19T05:12:00.000-07:00

Obviously we (Tampa Bay) were pretty lucky. Our state brethren to the south weren't so fortunate.

See the devastation here from the schnittshow.com.

Meanwhile, help is pouring in from as far as San Diego.

Some Peeps Don't Like George Bush

2004-08-18T06:17:00.000-07:00

Brazilian singing superstar and the Minister of Cool, Gilberto Gil....hmmm, never heard of him, but evidentally, pretty popular....any way this hombre was singing a song called "I'm Crazy about You, America" while an image of GW Bush was in the background with a noose around his neck along with the slogan Morra, Bush, Morra or Die, Bush, Die...the story is here

In related news, mobilization has begun for our armed forces and a press conference is due shortly to announce the plan to "LIBERATE" Brazil...details to follow

For the Backer; Since we are strolling down memory lane---Remember Dominique Moceanu

2004-08-18T05:59:00.000-07:00

Back in '96 I had a conversation that went something like this

the backer: Dude check this Dominique Moceanu chick out, SHE IS HOT
the snooter: Dude, she is 14!!!!
the backer: Dude, are you SERIOUS!!!!
the snooter: Dude, Fo' Shizzle (see it was me, not snoop who started the izzle dizzle...i mean this was 1996)
the backer: Dude, she will be 18 in Sydney, Australia at the next Olympics.

Dude she is 22 now...and guess what she has her own website....check it out!!!!!

Meet Mike "Dick" Goolsby

2004-08-17T19:51:00.000-07:00

as read on thebacker
The N.D. Linebacker is in his last year of football under the Dome.

My boy Snoot is his BIGGEST FAN!!! Actually, when Snoot came up for a game a couple of years ago, not only did "Ghoulsby" almost knock him over "accidentally" in the club (known as Finnegans then, before the big bust of 2000), but he "may or may not" have stolen some of his Marlboros.

snoot says.....

====This guy is a drunken'BUM=====

and he owes thesnooter a pack of smokes and an apology!!!!

Casino Diver gets past Olympic Security

2004-08-17T14:12:00.000-07:00

Apparently it wasn't that difficult to "skirt" past security as the Russian judge only gave him a 6.0 on his dive, citing the degree of difficulty was tooo low. more details here

photo from snarkyspot

courtesy of jay, the crotch shot, ass-blow out guy i work with

Not very cool, but it tickled, and I couldn't resist

2004-08-17T07:05:00.000-07:00

from ilovebacon.com

MMM...the Water is Warm, Mate

2004-08-16T20:15:00.000-07:00

The Australian Women's Water Polo team moments after #13 peed in the pool

Sticks of Fire

2004-08-16T20:06:00.000-07:00

Check 'em out...

Been givin' me some shout outs...so I want to return the favor

Take a peek at some going's on in the Big Guava...and some post-Hurricane coverage at Sticks of Fire

This is why Bowling should be an Olympic Sport; Ridiculous!!!!

2004-08-16T19:40:00.000-07:00

Akira Kito and Toshipo Tasaki of Japan in action against Panagiotis Gionis and Kalinikos Kreanga of Greece during the men's doubles table tennis match at Galatsi Olympic Hall in Athens on 16/08/2004

Look there is even a Book with the Title

2004-08-16T16:04:00.000-07:00

found on amazon

SHOCKER--Fox News to Air Anti-Boss Ad

2004-08-16T06:57:00.000-07:00

MARILYN O'Grady, the long-shot Conservative Party candidate challenging Sen. Charles Schumer, has launched a TV ad campaign bashing Bruce Springsteen for his upcoming concert tour to unseat President Bush, reports The Post's Kenneth Lovett. "He thinks making millions with a song-and-dance routine allows him to tell you how to vote," O'Grady says in the ad. "Here's my vote: Boycott the Boss. If you don't buy his politics, don't buy his music." The commercials are set to run on Fox News Channel.

Miller's rock 'n' roll beer cans lacking in diversity

2004-08-16T06:31:00.000-07:00

Apparently there is some angry meanies out and about regarding Miller's new marketing campaign. Miller decided to put some white people on their "Rock-n-Roll cans". And the meanies, you know, they make a point...left out are Chuck Berry, Ravi Shankar, Shonen Knife, Midnight Oil and certainly Menudo...surely they have a place. (story here)

But we all know what this is...it is Black and White...what a shame

So, I pose this question, IF St. Ides or Colt .45 started a campaign and put the likes of Ice Cube, Ice-T, Rakim, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E on some luscious forties...Do you think that Eminem or Vanilla Ice would make the grade.

WHO CARES?!! Word to Yo Mutha!

P-Funk'r pleads No Contest; I say Leave Him Be

2004-08-12T06:49:00.000-07:00

Now, c'mon...this is like shooting fish in a barrel. He is an easy reliable target. George Clinton IS going to have drug paraphenelia on him. He IS George Clinton. He IS 63! He ISN'T going to hurt anyone but himself!!! Leave George alone!

This is just like Gilligan's conviction or picking on Willie Nelson! Not cool!

George Clinton pleads no contest in Tallahassee--story here

Andy Dick Cracks

2004-08-12T06:40:00.000-07:00

August 12, 2004 -- TV comic Andy Dick went on a randy rampage at Suede early yesterday that ended after he burst into tears over the death of his friend Rick James and was thrown out of the Chelsea club by "Little Shop of Horrors" star Joey Fatone.

Dick, the star of MTV's "The Assistant," was desperately in need of a minion to get him under control as he tried to kiss any man or woman he bumped into, including "Austin Powers" actor Seth Green, rolled around on the men's room floor, and asked clubgoers if they had cocaine. full story

WEATHER UPDATE

2004-08-12T06:36:00.000-07:00

www.weather.com

LET THE GAMES BEGIN

2004-08-11T10:44:00.000-07:00

Mia Hamm and the rest of the US Women's Soccer Team opened the games with a 3-0 victory over host Greece. Hamm scored one and assisted on another.

Grab your umbrellas!

2004-08-11T06:20:00.000-07:00

We are about to get soaked...

Bonnie to hit Panama Bch area Thursday Morning

Charlie to hit Tampa area Friday Morning

www.weather.com

No laughing matter: Clown hooptie stolen

2004-08-11T06:14:00.000-07:00

Tuesday, August 10, 2004 Posted: 2:38 PM EDT (1838 GMT)

ALTOONA, Iowa (AP) -- A clown ain't smiling now that someone stole tha dude's clown hooptie."

Delmer Jefferson drove da miniature, bright yellow tow truck in parades n' shit. But on July 5, someone stole da truck from da parking lot of da Za-Ga-Zig Shrine in Altoona, know what I'm sayin'?

"I'm heartbroken," be like Jefferson, who's been a clown fo' da Shriners fo' mo' than 30 years." "I can't replace that shiznit, know what I'm sayin'? And that shiznit's not worth anything anyone else, know what I'm sayin'? It's a clown hooptie." "

Fuzz Det." Jason Ferguson be like da theft is being investigated n' shit.

"This thing is so unique," Ferguson be like, know what I'm sayin'? "What would anyone do wit that shiznit?"

from cnn and the shizzolator

Keyes v. Obama

2004-08-11T05:39:00.000-07:00

Now everybody knows Alan Keyes stands no chance in November against the Democratic Political Prodigy Barak Obama. Yet still, Sunday he threw his hat in the ring.

Obama was running unopposed after Republican Jack Ryan missed a debate after oversleeping in a swingers club. But now Keyes is running and is doing the same thing he villified when Hillary Clinton ran for the senate in 2000.

Obama, displaying almost irritating good nature, released this statement on his website concerning the whitest-black man entering the Senate race:

Statement from Barack Obama on Alan Keyes' Entry into the Illinois US Senate Race

"I want to welcome Alan Keyes to Illinois and to this Senate race."

"As Mr. Keyes begins to travel the state, he will see that families here are concerned about quality jobs, making health care more affordable and ensuring our children get the best education possible."

"And Illinoisans want a Senate candidate who will attack the problems they and their families face rather than spending time attacking each other."

"I invite him to join me in such a race."

Loosely translated it means--"Ha ha ha, brutha gotsno chance!"

Dave Matthews Band accused of Taking a Dump on Chicago

2004-08-10T16:22:00.000-07:00

By MICHAEL HAWTHORNE
Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO -- The bus driver for rock star Dave Matthews called from the road Monday to say his luxury coach was not the one responsible for dousing passengers on a Chicago River tour boat with foul-smelling muck over the weekend.

Witnesses on the architectural sightseeing cruise told police they saw a long black tour bus dump liquid waste Sunday afternoon as their boat crossed under the Kinzie Street bridge.

About two-thirds of the passengers seated on the upper deck of Chicago's Little Lady were soaked with the "brownish-yellow" substance. more

A reality show (video) for Nicky Hilton?

2004-08-10T06:43:00.000-07:00

PARIS and Nicky Hilton made it simple for thieves to burglarize their Beverly Hills home — the sexy sibs had a habit of leaving their front door unlocked. Pals say Paris lost her keys and purse so often that the airy heiresses decided to keep their abode unlocked. Nicky found out about last week's break-in and called Paris, who was partying at the time with ex-boyfriend Jason Shaw at the L.A. club Concorde. "She started crying and Jason comforted her," our spy said. Paris has good cause to be upset. Among the items stolen were cash, jewelry and — uh-oh — personal video tapes. Hilton's rep didn't return calls.

page six--NY Post

All is seemingly right in the world!!!

2004-08-10T06:30:00.000-07:00

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays roughed up Curt Schilling last night and the new NFL season has started with the HOF game where the Redskins beat the Broncos.

Aubrey Huff blasted a two-run dinger to take the GRAND TOUR on the way to an 8-3 victory at Fenway Park versus the BOSOX.

and

The Washington Redskins defeated the Denver Broncos 20-17 in a game played by a bunch of guys who won't make the team.

Judge tells teens to fear rape in prison

2004-08-10T06:00:00.000-07:00

Canadian Press
Aug. 9, 2004 07:25 PM

WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg judge warned two violent young offenders Monday that they face bleak futures - which could include being raped in federal prison - if they don't turn their troubled lives around.

"Next stop is Stony Mountain," provincial court Judge Ronald Meyers told a 17-year-old boy, who along with a 15-year-old pleaded guilty to three armed robberies of Winnipeg businesses.

"I don't know whether you're prepared to consider yourself the girlfriend of some guy in there. But that's what awaits you. An 18-year-old fresh face comes in and it's fair game. Think about that." (more)

dead man walking

2004-08-09T15:09:00.000-07:00

how long will it take?

Just because your girlfriend jumped off a cliff......

2004-08-09T12:02:00.000-07:00

NEA IONIA, Greece -- As relatives tell it, it was the stuff of Greek tragedy: A love-struck young man threw himself off his balcony Monday, two days after a quarrel prompted his girlfriend -- a member of Greece's Olympic judo team -- to jump from the same spot.

"He had very intense feelings about the girl. He was very much in love," said Nikos Drakopoulos, a printer who lives across the hall from the couple. "He could not see himself living if she was gone."

Giorgos Chrisostomides, 24, was on life-support at an Athens hospital with injuries to his head and back. His high-school sweetheart, 20-year-old judo champion Eleni Ioannou, was at another hospital in critical condition with multiple fractures to her head and body. (for more click here)

Be Afraid

2004-08-09T05:21:00.000-07:00

You see it started with cloning...then you have the x-box, playstation...and now you have this...computer chips being implanted into humans...you had to know it was going to happen sooner or later....dig your bunkers now...Linda Hamilton was right they are coming.

RFID gets skin-deep alternative
August 04 2004

One German start-up has created an alternative to RFID that is likely to get under consumers' skin.

Ident Technologies has dreamt up Skinplex - which could be used in all the same ways as RFID and Bluetooth - but uses a different transmitter: human skin. (read more)

RIP

2004-08-06T13:15:00.000-07:00

SUPERFREAK

Really, whats wrong with a little foot fetish?

2004-08-06T09:58:00.000-07:00

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch Labour party wants to pass a law making unsolicited toe-licking an offence after police were unable to prosecute a would-be Casanova with a taste for female toes because he had committed no crime.

A police spokesman said on Friday a man had been detained after women sunning themselves in Rotterdam's parks and beaches claimed he would sneak up on them and begin to lick their toes.

"The officers had to let him go. Licking a stranger's toes is rather unusual but there is really nothing criminal about it," the spokesman said.

Dutch press reports said the man, who is about 35, had been licking the toes of strangers for about three years but was only recently caught by police.

Peter van Heemst, a Labour member of parliament, asked Christian Democrat Justice Minister Piet Hein Donner on Friday to explain why Dutch laws forbid littering but not uninvited toe-licking. van Heemst demanded an amendment prohibiting it.

"It is a violation of one's privacy and one's physical integrity," he told a local news agency. "The norm... is that no one should touch your body if you haven't asked them first."

Why don't they just cross in Arizona

2004-08-06T05:46:00.000-07:00

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Some TV shows offer an extreme makeover, others a bid for pop stardom. But the hottest reality show in the U.S. Hispanic market is offering the ultimate prize -- a potential green card to immigrants desperate to pursue the American dream.

"Gana la Verde" ("Win the Green") has attracted big audiences and hundreds of contestants willing to eat burritos crammed with live worms, jump off high-speed trucks or wash sky-scraper windows in exchange for a year's legal help in speeding up their visa or green card cases. (whole story click here)

It is a state of affairs when a government, presumabley the Mexican government, is obviously sponsoring this if by anything allowing the game show to speed up the immigration process. Things are starting to shape up along the lines of that Arnie movie "Running Man"!

Soon there will be a game show where if the contestant doesn't cut the mustard he is going to die!

The hell with Texas; Don't Mess with Kern Co.

2004-08-05T12:32:00.000-07:00

BUSHISM

2004-08-05T10:48:00.000-07:00

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we," Bush said. "They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."

-George Bush, August 5th, 2004

credit -- www.goose3five.blogspot.com

It must have been love, but it's over now....or is it?

2004-08-05T07:20:00.000-07:00

After seven years of incarceration Mary Kay Letourneau has been released.

You may remember, Letourneau was convicted of pedophilia after having an affair with a sixth grader and having two children by the young man (boy). That young man, Vili Fualaau, is now 21 and wants his woman back. There is currently a restraining order of sorts prohibiting the two from seeing eachother. But will it be enough to keep them apart?

History of Letourneau and Fualaau (click here)

News of Letourneau's release (click here)

No word yet, if Deborah LeFave and Florida teen plan a reunion after her time in prison.

Some call her a scapegoat...

2004-08-05T06:12:00.000-07:00

I call her: EVERYTHING THAT IS WRONG WITH THE US MILITARY

pic from: the backer

Meet Lina Morales

2004-08-05T05:55:00.000-07:00

Ms. Morales was fired from her job in what her lawyer calls "a classic case of religious discrimination."

-Not because she bowed her head and prayed every now and again at lunch
-Not because she heckelled others with sayings such as "SATAN ROCKS" at lunch
-Not for walking cubicle to cubicle as a rep for the Latter Day Saints at lunch

she was fired BECAUSE SHE HAD A BLT FOR LUNCH

"Are you telling me they fired you because you had something with ham on it?" Local 6 News reporter Mike Holfeld asked.

Springsteen, Pearl Jam join anti-Bush bandwagon

2004-08-05T05:39:00.000-07:00

By LARRY MCSHANE
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A collection of more than 20 prominent musicians from John Fogerty to Bruce Springsteen to Pearl Jam joined forces yesterday calling for President Bush's ouster, announcing an unprecedented series of fund-raising concerts across nine swing states.

"I feel this is one of the most critical elections in my lifetime," Springsteen said in the most overtly political statement of his career. "This wasn't one that a concerned citizen felt comfortable sitting out." (whole story)

Dope Is On The Way

2004-08-04T14:45:00.000-07:00

DUMMY!!!!

2004-08-04T14:36:00.000-07:00

Michael Irvin, Leon Lett, Hollywood Henderson, Tony Dorsett, Rafael Septien, Erik Williams and NOW

Quincy Carter

Great Blog

2004-08-04T06:25:00.000-07:00

I stumbled upon this one...

A good commentary about politics today...Here is a link...give it a look, read the August 4th entry titled Think for Yourself.

NO WHAMMY...NO WHAMMY....STOP!!!!!

2004-08-04T05:53:00.000-07:00

Long before Ken Jennings on Jeopardy there was Michael Larson on Press Your Luck.

It is safe to say that Mr. Jennings' run has been amazing, but something does not smell right. Back in May of 1984 something was definitely not on the level.

Read this story on how Mr. Larson amassed over $100,000 in one taping!

Brad Richards gets his time with the CUP!

2004-08-03T14:50:00.000-07:00

Photo by: AP PHOTO
Tampa Bay Lightning center Brad Richards hoists the Stanley Cup over his head as he and family members take a cruise on his father's lobster boat in Murray Harbour, P.E.I. on Monday.

Italy 95 USA 78....Huh?

2004-08-03T14:44:00.000-07:00

Italy laid the smacketh upon Dream Team 24 today!!! This is supposed to be our game.

WHHHHAAAAAAATTT?!!!?

2004-08-03T10:13:00.000-07:00

Chappelle renews for $50 million

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) -- Dave Chappelle has signed a massive deal with Comedy Central that will return the comedian's hit series to the network for two more seasons.

Sources familiar with the deal indicate it could be worth about $50 million, vaulting Chappelle, 30, into the rarefied realm of television's top earners. The new contract is believed to mark not only a steep increase for Chappelle as star, writer, co-executive producer and co-creator of "Chappelle's Show," but more significantly, reward him with a hefty chunk of the series' robust DVD sales.

from CNN.COM

Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio?

2004-08-03T06:00:00.000-07:00

This picture of Mike Tyson is likely how he will be thought of from here on out. Hitting rock bottom!

Remember when Iron Mike was the baddest man on the planet. Before friday night...before the tatoo...before biting ears...before the rape conviction...before Buster...

He was the MAN...Invincible...Everything that boxing needed. He was a hero and a nightmare all rolled into one.

His career is probably not over (he's got bills to pay)...but the aura that was Iron Mike has long since evaporated...he was/is an animal, he was/is a beast but, man I wish it was like the old days when he beat the snot out of everything in his path. I miss those days. Boxing misses those days. Not since he won the heavyweight title has there been a champion to roll through the competition like he did.

South Africa NOT to cancel X-Mas

2004-08-03T05:23:00.000-07:00

This little bit is the story refuting an earlier publication's claim that Christmas was to be possibly cancelled. Chris Cringle had no comment!

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa has denied a media report that it plans to cancel Christmas. The Sunday Times newspaper ran a banner headline "Christmas may be canceled" above a story quoting a task team evaluating the number of public holidays as warning no holiday should be regarded as sacred in multi-racial, multi-faith South Africa.

"I would like to reassure all of you that there is no such report which has been tabled before me," Home Affairs Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula told a parliamentary committee on Monday in response to the article.

"There has not been that recommendation."

Last year the Advertising Standards Authority banned a Post Office advertisement asking children to write to Santa Claus, saying it was "profiting from the natural credulity of children" and perpetuating "a falsehood that could break the fragile spirits of the already disillusioned youth of South Africa."

Michigan attempts to ONE-UP Florida's Trailer Park Antics

2004-08-02T16:46:00.000-07:00

Woman allegedly assaults boyfriend with fish
By ABCNEWS.com
May 6, 2004 (SAGINAW, Mich.) — Beware of a woman scorned — or allegedly armed with a mounted fish.
A woman was arrested May 3 on allegations that she used a mounted fish with a pointy nose to attack her live-in boyfriend, say police in Saginaw, Mich., who responded to a domestic disturbance and found a 25-year-old man who claimed he was the victim of a knife assault.

According to the police report, the man had small cuts on his arms, right leg and left shoulder. He also had a bite wound on the left shoulder. When questioned, the man's girlfriend allegedly told authorities her attack was an act of retaliation. According to investigators, she said she bit her boyfriend after he bit her first. She denied wielding a knife but allegedly admitted grabbing the fish after he had thrown her down and hit her repeatedly.

Investigators could not find evidence of knife usage at the scene, but observed that the mounted fish resembled a swordfish. The accused woman awaits formal charges.

IDIOT---doing time for shooting self!!!

2004-08-02T16:42:00.000-07:00

Man sentenced after shooting himself

July 14, 2004 (Sheffield, England) — David Walker is adding legal insult to injury. He's been sentenced to five years in jail, after shooting himself in the groin with a sawed-off shotgun.

The Englishman stuffed the gun in his pants after drinking 15 pints of beer. Walker told officers in Dinnington, England, he was so drunk he had no idea how he managed to shoot himself.

He was sentenced yesterday, after admitting to possession of a prohibited firearm. The judge noted Walker's injury, but said the five-year prison stretch is the mandatory minimum.

--from ABC7Chicago.com (from snooter contributor jay--the groin-shot guy)

BJ Upton has Arrived

2004-08-02T16:06:00.000-07:00

19 year old infield phenom makes debut tonite versus the BoSox...the highly touted rookie is the first teenager to play this year...if he gets two hits tonite and the Rays win, I will endorse Piniella for President!!!

PETA will be ALL over this one.....

2004-08-02T15:58:00.000-07:00

Drug Sniffer Dog Dies of Overdose

Mon Aug 2,10:02 AM ET FROM REUTERS

LONDON (Reuters) - A police sniffer dog died of a suspected overdose while out hunting for drugs, British police said on Monday.

Todd, a 7-year-old Springer spaniel, had been looking for drugs in a field and car in Preston, northern England, when his handler noticed he was looking unwell.

He was taken to a vet and then rushed to an animal intensive care unit at Liverpool University, displaying symptoms of ingesting amphetamines, a Lancashire police spokeswoman said.

He died shortly afterwards.

The death was said to have devastated Todd's handler, Police Constable Roger Moore, his wife and two young children.

"He (Todd) lived with them and they would all go for walks with him -- he was their dog," Sergeant Peter Crane of Preston's dog unit told the Daily Mirror.

"He's going to be very difficult to replace, but police work is dangerous and unfortunately Todd has become a casualty."

Police said a post mortem on Todd was being carried out.

Three Florida Teams in Top 10 of the ESPN/USA Today Pre-Season Poll...and I hate them all!

2004-07-30T09:05:00.000-07:00

Im a South Florida fan!

Here is the Top 10

1. USC
2. Oklahoma
3. LSU
4. Georgia
5. Miami
6. FSU
7. Michigan
8. Texas
9. Ohio State
10. Florida

the complete Top 25 can be found here, and unfortunatley for the backer, Notre Dame is in the "others receiving votes"....but that is more than I can say for my beloved Bulls of USF. Our time will come though.

FOX'S BILL O'REILLY SPOOKS THE STARS

2004-07-30T07:46:00.000-07:00

taken from Page Six-NY Post (30July04)
BILL O'Reilly's on-air showdown with lefty hero Michael Moore may have pro vided the biggest fireworks of the care fully crafted coronation known as the Democratic National Convention, so it's no surprise that the Fox News Channel star caused a stir at the Creative Coalition bash at Louis Boston the other night. PAGE SIX's Chris Wilson reports O'Reilly seemed like a skunk at the picnic in the VIP section, where diehard Dems Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Affleck (on The Factor), Bianca Jagger, Richard Schiff, Billy Baldwin, Alyssa Milano, Ellen Burstyn and Richard Kind passed through during a performance by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Just minutes before a drunken party goer would heckle him for his right-leaning views, O'Reilly told us he didn't feel uncomfortable. "I'm an independent," O'Reilly of fered. "I represent all points of view." And what did he think about the band? "The Red Hot Chili Peppers? I'm more of an R&B kind of guy. I'm going to see Crosby, Stills & Nash next week." Huh? "They're more my speed," he continued. "They're good guys." The folk-fa voring firebrand then turned his atten tion to John Edwards' speech playing on a big- screen TV.

Tune into "the O'Reilly Factor" tonight and see for yourself. Is Bill O'Reilly an "independent" and does he, "represent all points of view"?

German man Pummels another German man for abiding the law!!!

2004-07-30T07:19:00.000-07:00

A German motorist who was abiding the posted speed limit was pulled from his vehicle and beaten for driving too slowly. read here

NFL Camps Opening; Bucs Open Tomorrow

2004-07-30T05:42:00.000-07:00

For Full NFL Coverage

For Buc Coverage

For Dolphin Coverage -- www.hightimes.com

Kerry Accepts Nomination

2004-07-30T05:14:00.000-07:00

"I will be a commander in chief who will never mislead us into war. I will have a Vice President who will not conduct secret meetings with polluters to rewrite our environmental laws. I will have a Secretary of Defense who will listen to the best advice of our military leaders. And I will appoint an Attorney General who actually upholds the Constitution of the United States."
-John Kerry, July 30, 2004

transcript of full presidential nomination speech here

My Take
-I gotta say, I am much more impressed than I was 24 hours ago with John Kerry. He showed a forceful and in control presence last night. He seems to have a plan and articulated it well.

-My favorite line from the acceptance speech was the one listed above. Whoever is his speech writer did an excellent job at jabbing Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Ashcroft.

-And he is absolutley correct, no US Soldier should have to call home from the desert and ask mom and dad to purchase body armor. Absolutley NOT!

-Fox News-You know I watch their coverage, because it makes me LAUGH. They are so partisan and their claim to be "Fair and Balanced" is funny, simply funny. This is nothing new though, everybody knows this regardless of their party affiliation. The coverage last night though, c'mon, they panned on Gray Davis, former California governor, what three times during the Kerry speech. What point were they trying to make? And Sean Hannity? well whatever...I am not going to go into, if I do...I will be a democrat by lunch.

Triple Dog Dare'ya to be a MORON

2004-07-29T09:04:00.000-07:00

Frat boys will be frat boys!!!

The below is from the Associated Press

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. - Two men who were arrested for walking through a Wal-Mart while wearing women's thong underwear blamed the stunt on a "triple-dog dare," authorities said.

The men, ages 35 and 36, bought two pair of underwear at the store Tuesday, went into a bathroom and came out wearing only the thongs and T-shirts, police said.

Witnesses said the men walked through the store and out to their car.

Police caught the men in the parking lot, and reviewed a surveillance tape before arresting them for public indecency and disorderly conduct.

When asked why they were wearing thong underwear, one of the men said a friend "triple-dog dared" them. They will not be prosecuted, authorities said.

Rev. Al could be the difference

2004-07-29T06:14:00.000-07:00

Rev. Al Sharpton gave a very impassioned speech last night....a bit over the top at times...but none the less effective. The full transcript is here!

The south will obviously be crucial in this election, if he can get the minorities to the polls, there is no doubt, he can be a huge help to the Kerry campaign. In the 2000 election only 8% of the black vote went to Bush.

Kerry formally accepts nomination TONITE!!!!

2004-07-29T05:57:00.000-07:00

Tonight, John F. Kerry will address the Boston Fleet Center and accept the Democratic party's nomination for President of the United States. While the snooter declines at this time to endorse either candidate and the snooter will not endorse Ralph Nader ever, the snooter will say this....there is a monkey in the white house!

Dope is on the Way!!!!!

2004-07-29T05:52:00.000-07:00

sweet!!!

Obama

2004-07-28T06:44:00.000-07:00

Barrack Obama, keynote speaker for the DNC....Who is he...and what is with all the buzz!!! Last night he got the "donkey's" all fired-up at the Fleet Center in Boston.

Conviction in Golf Course Prostitution Ring

2004-07-28T06:09:00.000-07:00

Odd story of two individuals who run a golf course. Imagine "Sales are down....nobody is hitting the links...we need a marketing ploy... beer...nope tried that...carts rather than walk...hmmm...done that...I GOT IT...PROSTITUTES on holes 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 and 18!!!!"....Well these to geniuses are headed to the clink.

Jim Rome's take on Golf Course Hookers

Transcript of MOORE v. O'REILLY

2004-07-28T05:48:00.000-07:00

Here is the transcript of the meeting between controversial film maker, Michael Moore and The Factor host, Bill O'Reilly....Good, good stuff!

Michael Moore/Bill O'Reilly TONITE on "The Factor"

2004-07-27T15:01:00.000-07:00

Where are his Presidential Knee Pads, and Presidential Training Wheels

2004-07-27T11:45:00.000-07:00

Yep, he took another spill!!!

DNC Opens with Florida in the Heezee

2004-07-27T06:38:00.000-07:00

While Florida figures HUGE (again) in the upcoming November election, delegates from the sunshine state came to Boston with a message. No more hanging chads, but vowed to flog anyone they so desire!!!