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In light of the end of the Beijing  Olympics (and the start of the Paralympics) I came accross this amusing list of comments from the 2004 Olympics that I thought I would share.  Accroding to Snopes this list may or may not be real, but it sure is funny in any case:

Here are the top nine comments made by NBC sports commentators during
the 2004 Olympics that they would like to take back

1. Softball announcer: 'If history repeats itself, I should think we can
expect the same thing again.'

2. Dressage commentator: 'This is really a lovely horse and I speak from
personal experience since I once mounted her mother.'

3. Paul Hamm, Gymnast: 'I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother
and father.'

4. Boxing Analyst: 'Sure there have been injuries,and even some deaths
in boxing, but none of them really that serious.'

5. Weightlifting commentator: 'This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria . I saw
her snatch this morning during her warm up and it was amazing.'

6. Basketball analyst: 'He dribbles a lot and the opposition doesn't
like it. In fact you can see it all over their faces.'

7. At the rowing medal ceremony: 'Ah, isn't that nice, the wife of the
IOC president is hugging the cox of the British crew.'

8. Soccer commentator: 'Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've
got eleven Dicks on the field.'

9. Tennis commentator: 'One of the reasons Andy is playing so well is
that, before the final round, his wife takes out his balls and kisses
them . . .. Oh my God, what have I just said?'

Now it's on, full bore, until November 4th.  Any bets on where polls will settle once the convention bounces tamp down, in a week or two?

The next big events are the debates.  Here's the schedule:

First presidential debate
Friday, September 26
The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss.
Jim Lehrer
Executive Editor and Anchor, The NewsHour, PBS

Vice presidential debate
Thursday, October 2
Washington University in St. Louis, Mo.
Gwen Ifill
Senior Correspondent, The NewsHour, and Moderator and Managing Editor,
Washington Week, PBS

Second presidential debate (town meeting)
Tuesday, October 7
Belmont University, Nashville, Tenn.
Tom Brokaw
Special Correspondent, NBC News

Third presidential debate
Wednesday, October 15
Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y.
Bob Schieffer
CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent, and Host, Face the Nation

I'll be serving popcorn for the VP debate, I'm expecting fireworks.

Finally, it seems someone might DO SOMETHING about all this shit, Joe Biden hints at a criminal investigation of the Bush years if Obama is elected.

From The Guardian :

Obama might pursue criminal charges against Bush
Democratic vice-presidential nominee Joe Biden said yesterday that he and running mate Barack Obama could pursue criminal charges against the Bush administration if they are elected in November.
Biden's comments, first reported by ABC news, attracted little notice on a day dominated by the drama surrounding his Republican counterpart, Alaska governor Sarah Palin.
But his statements represent the Democrats' strongest vow so far this year to investigate alleged misdeeds committed during the Bush years. 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/03/uselections2008.joebiden

Well, this post is being written in Google Chrome, Google's shiny (HAR HAR HAR!)new  web-browser, I've only been using it for half an hour or so, but so far I like it alot. its really, really simple to use, its much faster for me than firefox is, and its just overall awesome in functionality

 http://tools.google.com/chrome

Discuss  

Two [future] hurricanes are now being tracked bound for the south eastern US.  Gustav's Cone of Death shows it likely bound for the Mid-Gulf coast on Tuesday.  Hannah's Cone shows it just off the coast of Florida Tuesday.  Given the enormous size of hurricanes and their surrounding storms and such, Florida may be looking at some freaking weird and crazy weather.  Think of two Cat 2/3 hurricanes close enough to interact at least on the fringe.

Floridians should be praying that the eyes of these storms wind up  on the far edges of these probability cones.  If they wind up on the inside, we could be seeing some really unique weather.  Of course I don't know much about mereorology so it could wind up being just rainy, but it looks like it could be interesting at least.

Track and observe them here:

National Hurricane Center

or here:

http://www.weather.com/

or

http://hurricane.terrapin.com/

http://media.myfoxtampabay.com/myfoxhurricane/