Angry Panda

Okay That Was Quick - Violence Stole My Attention

Hey Stockton, here's looking at you.

Oh Stockton, you can't avoid the violence (or the foreclosures). Why are you always on a national list for really really crap-tastic things?

What exactly are you on the list for now?

Fifth most violent city in America! AWESOME. AND it's only 2 violent crimes per 100,000 people behind Las Vegas who is barely holding down the #4 spot. We're coming for you Vegas. Stockton's going to take you out, most likely in some violent way.

Miami, Memphis, and Detroit round out the 3rd, 2nd, and 1st spots respectively.

Apparently drug related crime is up, which the Forbes article attributes to Stockton's location on I-5 (high five!) and it's proximity between Seattle and Mexico. Personally, I attribute it to people liking drugs and violence. That's just me though. And I haven't done a "study" on it, or "researched" the "issue" so I guess I'm not considered a credible source of information. Alas, Forbes, you win again.

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Not Much To Say

Haven't had much to write about in the last 48 hours or so. that may or may not change today. I lean towards "negative ghostrider, the pattern is full." Wait, was that even an option?

Quote of the Day

I take the little gummy bear Flintstones vitamins…I try not to eat the lady. I try not the eat the man. Just give the me car. I try to find the car. Yea, worst case scenario, I eat the lady.

Ron Artest

I love this man.


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Story of the Day

For the last several years, TNT has touted its NBA playoff coverage with the tagline "40 Days and 40 Nights."

During his recent visit with Jay Leno on NBC-TV's "The Tonight Show," TNT's Charles Barkley expressed his misgivings about that themed ad.

Leno asked Barkley about his work schedule during the playoffs.

"It sucks," Barkley said.

"During the regular season, I work one day a week. Now some idiot came up with this slogan '40 Days and 40 Nights' like somebody actually wants to work 40 days in a row. Who came up with that stupid slogan? Nobody in here wants to work 40 straight days. That's just crazy."

I love Charles Barkley

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thanks jim

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Love Burns

A Conversation with Jim

me: If I wrote like a set of laws for STCL there would be a provision for sal

and it would be like "salmaan momin cannot: (1) provide testimony as a competent witness; (2) provide expert testimony; (3) provide lay testimony based on common knowledge

Jim: hahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahaahahhaahhahaahahahahahahaha

Jim: what he do now?

me: my stomach made noise and julio was like "I wont' use the words hungry hungry"

and I was like, no, you got food like 2 hours after you had already gone

and we got into a whole thing about it and he was like "ask sal, sal knows"

and I was like, no sal does not count as a credibile person

Jim: never never never never never never never NEEEEEEEEEEEEEVER when trying to confirm your point reference sal

unless you are saying sal believes the opposite

me: hahahahahhahahahah

EXACTLY

so that would be: (4) sal may only be allowed to provide testimony of what a person would state if: (a) they lacked credibility; (b) were irrational; (c) were mistaken; (d) they were applying the 'opposite' test

definitions: opposite - when sal says something, generally the opposite is true

Jim: i like it

julio julio julio

highly disappointing

me: hahhahahahaha

yeah

well sal WAS there, but sal probably remembers a space ship flying in the room and like a barking dog two rooms down

Super Epic Fail

Wow. The franchise is slowly moving towards epic fail-dom.

Let's spell Nationals together. N-A-T-I-N-A-L-S. Nothing is missing from that. Or wait. I wonder why this country has literacy problems.

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props to jim

San Diego Number One Terrorist for the FBI

yes. San Diego

Daniel Andrea San Diego.

Daniel Andreas San Diego, a 31-year-old computer specialist from Berkeley, Calif., is wanted for the 2003 bombings of two corporate offices in California.

Phew and here I thought the whole city of San Diego were terrorists. Well, in a way they are. The people I know who live there terrorize me with talks about "amazing weather" and "beaches" while I'm stuck in the humid south. So you see, in a way, the entire city (and region) is a terrorist. Maybe not #1, but at least top 5.

what were we talking about again?

oh yeah, San Diego. The man, not the city. What else do they know about him?

Law enforcement officials describe San Diego as a strict vegan who possesses a 9mm handgun. On his abdomen, he has images of burning and collapsing buildings.

A violent vegan? That's just kind of weird. I guess the stereotype in my head has always been tree hugging vegan. Or at least world-peace vegan. Or maybe Peta Vegan. In which case, I guess the violent thing makes more sense.

In February, the FBI announced San Diego may be living in Costa Rica, possibly working with Americans or people who speak English in the Central American country.

San Diego and Costa Rica have united?! Wait, is Costa Rica a person or is it the country? I'm confused. Is San Diego in Costa Rica? Is Costa Rica protecting San Diego? Does San Diego need protection?

After a extensive research (1 search on google images) I've found the answer. It's this guy:


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Spoon - You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb

Learning to Dance

thanks Brookie.

Peruse the News

The Washington Nationals suck. Not only are they 1-10, the are very poorly managed. Not just on the baseball field, I'm talking administratively. Elijah Dukes was fined, benched and threatened with a minor league detail for being five minutes late. Oh, and what was he late because of? Charity work. Epic fail. Guy goes and does something good in the community, something positive in a league that has been surrounded by so much negativity, and they fine him for being five minutes late. Makes me want to burn my pinstriped DC Nationals hat.

It's getting bad everywhere. And now it's hitting lawyers too. Skadden Arps cut Frank Scudere a break. They didn't lay him off. Well, at least until a few months after he could recover from a dramatic moment in his life (read: they could wait to avoid the negative press of laying someone off after they survived a plane crash). Yes, Scudere was on the plane that landed safely in the Hudson. Apparently he was due to be laid off the next day, but Skadden gave him a little leway since he, you know, almost died.. Well, they let him go this week. And tried to take his dignity. Way to go Skadden! This story only confirms what I've been thinking: the economy blows.

April is a deadly month historically. Columbine, Virginia Tech, the Binghamton NY shooting, a couple of other tragedies, and as one of the attorneys at lunch pointed out on Friday - Lincoln was assassinated in April. Hang in there, only a few weeks left.

Wanna get high? Drink some water. Dallas, Cleveland (hope Lebron isn't drinking tap water), and Prince George and Montgomery Counties in Maryland are all reporting that there are traces of pharmeceuticals being found in the drinking water. "Why is that" you might ask? Probably becuase the federal government allowed pharamceuitcal companies to dump 271 million pounds of drugs into the water legally. Thanks Federal Government, you guys are awesome.