Archive for July 14, 2010

The news of Bristol Palin re-engaged to Levi Johnston…

Posted: July 14, 2010 by datechguy in opinion/news
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…reminds me of the reading of the will in the movie The Devil’s disciple starring Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster and Lawrence Olivier:

During the reading of the will his Kirk Douglas’ Brother Christie played by Neil McCallum is left £50 on the day he marries a certain lady, if she will have him. Douglas’ character Richard Dudgeon and Christie then have the following exchange:

Richard Dudgeon: But will she have him?

Christie Dudgeon: She will if I have £50

Here is the story:

Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston reveal exclusively in the new Us Weekly that they are getting married.

And, they tell Us Weekly, former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has been kept in the dark about their plans … until now.

“We got engaged two weeks ago,” Bristol, 19, tells Us Weekly. “It felt right, even though we don’t have the approval of our parents.”

It’s not for me to say Johnston can be trusted or no, and as a rule, barring violence it is always better for a father and mother to be together and married for a child, the first priority but when I hear about this I can’t get that scene out of my head and I have a bad feeling about this, but I wish them all the best.

Watch this blow away all other stories on Memeorandum today.

Update: Quote from DaTechWife: “It will be the first wedding for them both, it won’t be the last.”

Update 2: Now a hotair headline

Update 3: It’s storytime at Robert Stacy’s!

Update 4: Oh Lonely conservative you should know Gossip is always easier than thought.

Update 5 Yeah it’s “Johnston” not “Johnson” fixed it.

Can MLB count?

Posted: July 14, 2010 by datechguy in baseball, opinion/news
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Fox news reports the following:

The campaign to move the 2011 All-Star Game out of Phoenix to protest Arizona’s immigration law heated up this week, with some of baseball’s superstars threatening to sit it out and demonstrators trying to deliver thousands of petitions to Commissioner Bud Selig.

The increased pressure coincided with this year’s All-Star Game, which was to be played Tuesday night in Anaheim.

Increased pressure you say. Let see just how much pressure there is as we look at the latest poll from that hotbed of conservatism CBS:

Public support for Arizona’s controversial new immigration law has increased slightly, a new CBS News poll shows, with 57 percent of Americans characterizing the law as “about right” in the way it addresses the issue of illegal immigration.

And the pie graph shows that a further 17% doesn’t think the law goes far enough. Only 23% oppose the law as going too far.

So tell me Baseball owner who wants to draw fans, do you want to draw from the 74% or the 23%. Tell me player who makes millions, how will alienating 74% of the people who pay your salary affect your ability to get a big contract?

Think long and hard before you do something stupid MLB

Morning Joe today so far: as of 6:30 NAACP? never heard of em.

Posted: July 14, 2010 by datechguy in media, opinion/news
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As of 6:15 a.m. Hasn’t noticed the NAACP stuff, they are talking Politico and her running but not the NAACP stuff. I’ll keep you posted.

6:19 a.m. They go back to Fox and Kelly & Powers but they won’t talk about the issue yet.

6:26 a.m. They are talking about Palin’s fundraisering and not the NAACP stuff? Is there an order from on high to avoid this?

6:27 a.m. Willie mentions she was on facebook yesterday and nobody touches it, not even politico.

6:28 a.m. Mika is saying she is running and has no patience for anyone who suggests otherwise.

6:44 a.m. They are talking Crist and Pelosi. Joe says the democrats are trying to kill Crist. HA!

Forgot to mention that Tina Brown suggested that Democrats should want Palin running because she is a pushover. HA!

6:53 a.m. They are about to go back to the FoxFight, will they mention the underlying issue?

6:57 a.m. Mika asks what the point was, and the guys mention the New Black Panther voter intimidation business in passing, then go to Mel Gibson.

7:15 a.m. Budget & BP but no NAACP. It is just apparently too dangerous to risk having to give voice to black republican candidates for congress that a link to Palin’s statement might entail.

7:53 a.m. First budget stuff then Pete Carroll they are apparently not going to touch this with a ten foot pole.

8:00 a.m. I guess they must be reading. They finally mention it and try to connect it to the billboard in Iowa.

8:07 a.m. Joe is saying this is foolish but attacks Michele Bachmann.

8:25 a.m. Talking Larry King and Despicable Me, they haven’t touched on the Palin Johnson engagement. It will make Mika’s head explode.

8:42 a.m. Schumer talking about the BP Libyan release link. It is a legit story but there is a reason why it is pushed now.

8:50 a.m. Burns on the Steinbrenner. Did he just say they updated the wonderful “Baseball” to include the Red Sox win in the series? Not sure that’s what I heard, I hope so.

8:56 a.m. He is, they are YES!

It’s begins…

Posted: July 14, 2010 by datechguy in media, oddities, opinion/news, tea parties
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And on Way too early not only are they mentioning Sarah Palin’s response but the Megan Kelly & Kristen Powers fight caused him to mention the Black Panther case in passing.

The moral of the story? Want to get a conservative issue mentioned on MSNBC? Have two hot blonds on Fox argue about it Loudly!

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