Banality Check

Dec 11

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“They’re running the Princeton offense and a junior college defense.” — Charles Barkley, on the Washington Wizards (via sportscentr)

“They’re going to hear that bus’ engine all the way back. That’s a lonely ride. I’ve ridden that ride for five years now. It’s time for them to hear that engine all the way home while they look at the stat sheet.” — Josh Cribbs, rubbing it in about Pittsburgh’s bus ride home.  Of course, a 2 1/2 hour bus ride is comparatively short for Cleveland. (via sportscentr)

The results of Slate's "write like Sarah Palin" contest. -

unburyingthelead:

First place: “One night after a long day of campaigning, when the haters had made my spirits reach a nadir, I looked into Todd’s eyes, which were as blue as the stripes on Old Glory, and too representing truth and loyalty, and he looked back at me with a twinkle of determination which I hadn’t seen since I told him my goal of having another baby in my fifties and naming it Tron, then did I know for sure that I could carry on, like he, and we, have done together all of these years on this long, Iron Dog race of a marriage that is at once grueling and celestial, onerous and majestic.”

—Ann Sensenbrenner

apsies:

meredithnyc:lizlemon:katespencer:[via Newsweek]

Yep.  All other decade-ending pieces should quit now. This wins.

Michael Steele turning on the charm for the holidays

straightcashhomey:

Eric Crouch and Lawrence Phillips, St. Louis Rams: “Hey, man, we’ve got a Tommy Frazier jersey if you want to get out of that Tostitos bag.”  “Pfffft…I don’t wanna look ridiculous!”  (Found by Jonathan at the Big 12 Championship.)

HAHAHA!

“That’s what religion is K-fed, just a bunch of made up rules to manipulate people! Why don’t Catholics eat meat on fridays? I’ll tell you why. Because the Pope owns Long John Silvers!” — Tracy Jordan (via newfilosofee) (via adeandabet) (via ericmortensen)

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bowlsby:

Morgan Freeman Chain of Command

Miss Daisy’s driver is below slave and inmate.  Brilliant.

No Corporate CEO from The Dark Knight? You gotta be shittin’ me.

“The people most affected by [the War on Drugs] are black and brown and poor. It’s the abandoned inner cores of our urban areas. And, as we said before, economically, we don’t need those people. The American economy doesn’t need them. So, as long as they stay in their ghettos, and they only kill each other, we’re willing to pay a police presence to keep them out of our America. And to let them fight over scraps, which is what the drug war effectively is.” —

David Simon (Do click. This discussion is incredible. Part II has fantastic insight into the collapse of newspapers.) (via syntheticpubes) (via electronicalrattlebag) (via wireporn) (via unburyingthelead) (via danielholter) (via buffleheadcabin

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Under the Radar Drug Money paves the way for corruption on every level of Government and Corporate Globalism, it is going to be pretty damn tough to convince the powers at be to cut off their own life blood without giving them options of ways to replace it.

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Dec 10

“You can’t run people over getting to work, so there ain’t nothing to really apologize (for). I didn’t try to be late. (There are) cars sitting in the road, you’re sitting there. It’s not the Jetsons. I can’t jump up and just fly. What am I supposed to do?” — Adalius Thomas, not apologizing for being late to practice.  He ain’t got no flying shoes. (via sportscentr)

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