Gordon Sumner meets Glenn Hubbard

Now this is chocolate and peanut butter:
For those interested here is the real life Glenn from the movie Inside Job showing us what a tough guy he'll be when/if he takes over for ZB:

Not quite like chocolate and peanut butter

... bad toupees and HDTV.

Happy Gerard Finneran Day!

This Monday, as you're hitting the slopes or otherwise enjoying the three-day weekend, please remember the man behind the holiday: Gerard Finneran.

Gerard Finneran was born February 16, 1937. Truly a renaissance man, Finneran was a multi-sport athlete who went on to an extraordinarily successful career in banking. The details of Finneran's long and storied career are chronicled here in a 2005 obituary. But he will always be remembered for that one, shining moment. A quarterback for the Air Force Academy, Finneran would come to be known for a far greater feat in the air.

... on a flight back from Buenos Aires to New York, Mr. Finneran had a bit too much to drink.

He drank snowballs and other cocktails, starting before take-off and continuing until a flight attendant decided that it would not be appropriate to serve him any more. He assaulted her, then then started shouting "Fuck the President, fuck him in the ass" while serving himself from the trolley. (History does not record whether he meant the President of Argentina or the President of the United States.)

Moments later, Finneran made the decision that entered his name in the annals of history.

He dropped his pants, pulled off his underwear, and took a shit on a service cart. When he had finished his business, he used linen napkins as toilet paper and wiped his hands on various work surfaces in the galley, smearing faeces throughout the first class cabin.

Gerard Finneran, we salute you.

Spaceballs

NASA to chronicle near-miss asteroid fly-by.

... which reminds me: have you watched Melancholia yet?

The New York Times deceives?? Say it ain't so...

So technically challenged John Broder wrote a scathing review of one of Tesla's cars for the New York Times here. He claims all sorts of things which Tesla responds to here with data. Hilarity ensues.

Tesla's rebuttal to the article was basically that Broder lied. Tesla shows the log files illustrating that the claims Broder made were false. Imagine that, a newspaper guy not realizing that technology is everywhere, cars log everything now, and someone as sharp as Musk is not going to be played the fool.

The New York Times - America's leading propaganda outlet, nothing more

Soccer Racism Solution?

Not on our list of usual topics here but something that does exemplify the flaws of liberal solutions: solving racism in world soccer.

For those that aren't aware there are many folks in many stadiums throughout Europe who when a black player touches the ball they start shouting monkey chants. Completely infantile and moronic but it really pisses a lot of black players off to the point that they even just get up and leave the field. For example the monkey chants were so horrific, so evil that Ghanian midfielder Kevin Prince Boateng of AC Milan kicked the ball into the stands and the walked off the field with his team in tow here. HAH! Have that evil racists!

Sensing a little bit of snarkiness in my narrative? Oh, it's there. Why? Because the best way to treat ignorant, neanderthal racists, who as a Constitutionalist I do support their right to vocalize monkey chants, is to not react at all and instead do what New Jersey born American Jozy Altidore did while playing in Holland for AZ Alkmaar when the opposing fans started doing the same thing to him. Ignore and kick the crap out of the opposing team. AZ beat Den Bosch 5-0 and when the ref went to stop the game because of the racist "abuse", Jozy replied, no no, we're playing well, we're professionals and our job is soccer. He went on:

"It's a bit disappointing that these things still happen in this time we're in but what are you going to do?

"You just hope that these people can improve themselves. You pray for them. I feel like I have an obligation as a football player, to my club, to my family, to not react to things like this and to show that the club stands better than that, that I was raised better than to respond to such ridiculous behaviour.

"You would hope that we as humanity can grow from these kind of times but it's still alive, racism. All we can do is try to educate ourselves, and try to raise young kids to be better than that."

THAT'S HOW YOU REACT TO RACISTS! Jozy is one of my favorite American soccer players and now one of my favorite sports figures. You don't entertain this kind of crap just like I don't entertain my 4 year old's tantrums.

Yet the European solution machine is in full voice on how to stop racism, exemplified here by New York Red Bulls former French great Theirry Henry(pronounced On-ree):

HARRISON, N.J. -- Thierry Henry wants soccer officials to deduct points in the standings from teams whose fans racially abuse players.

Now to be fair Henry is not stating that as an absolute but many in Europe are. They desire that the teams of the fans should be punished through points deductions if their fans make monkey chants. This leads to an obvious conclusion to those who can think, generally non-liberals. One can easily purchase a ticket to any soccer match and if your team is in a tight race against your rival then all you and your mates need do is buy tickets to your rival's game and whenever the opposing black players touch the ball make monkey chants. Your rival will be punished for your behavior and your team reaps the benefit. See how that works? See the unintended consequences?

As a huge Arsenal fan can anyone get me some tickets to a Tottenham Hotspurs game?!? Also any recommendations for which monkey, chimp or baboon I should try to emulate? Arsenal has to finish ahead of Spurs this year! I'll do whatever it takes..........

Zimbabwe Ben comes for your liquor

We've pointed out the package shrinkery trick that food sellers have used to hide price inflation, but this is ridiculous.

Maker's Mark watering down its bourbon by 6.7%.

That's amazing for a premium brand like Maker's Mark to feel the need to reduce quality.  They must believe consumers have hit their limit on what they can pay for a bottle of bourbon, so price increases are out of the question.  Meanwhile, grain, energy, and labor inputs aren't getting any cheaper.

May Zimbabwe Ben be forever remembered as the face of New Maker's Mark just as Bill Cosby was the face of New Coke.




UPDATE: Maker's Mark backtracks faster than New Coke.