Devin Harris, go put on a practice jersey

there's always been a question of whether streetballers can play up against the likes of NBA players. first there was Rafer Alston, who make the transition from Skip To My Lou, a streetball legend, all the way up to starting point guard for a few NBA teams.

here's a video of Devin Harris playing 1-on-1 against a London streetballer by the name of Stuart Tanner. like Alston, Tanner is also a playground legend. who knows if he can actually make it to the NBA (three plays of 1-on-1 is a lot different than a 5-on-5 game in the NBA), but it makes you wonder if a team of streetballers can beat an average NBA team...

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Through the Eyes of a Tiger

By Lauren R. Camhe


With all that’s going on in the world these days, it’s inevitable that some form of technology would breed enough buzz to create so much confusion on any college campus. Similar to the new, wildly inappropriate television series “Gossip Girl,” JuicyCampus.com has graced our university with a similar slander blog, clad with more unflattering adjectives than Madonna’s autobiography. Everyday, a new sorority girl’s name (and in a few rare cases, frat boys’) accompanies the word “cum-dumpster.” Yet everyday, those who bow their heads in disgust only find themselves reading and analyzing more deeply into an unconquerable abyss. Although this anonymously cruel controversy designed to sabotage the seemingly perfect is ruining reputations left and right, we kids just can’t get enough. It’s a travesty how much our contemporary lives resemble scripted television. In reality, however, I believe we are just trying to embody the wrong program.

This brings me to my next point. Why are we dying to live the lives that resemble these Upper East Side “dramedies” when everything was just perfect within the halls of Bayside High? When did binge drinking and one-night stands replace double-strawed milkshakes at “The Max” and kissing on the lips? Even throughout “The College Years,” nothing was half as scandalous as it is these days.

So, in a steady attempt to find a parallel between “Saved by the Bell” and Juicycampus.com, I put my best foot forward in a quest to relate the two. The best way for me to conduct this observation was to post on Juicycampus.com about my beloved 90’s television series. Here were the results:

The Post:
“Who is your favorite saved by the bell character and why?”

The Sub-Post:
“If you were a saved by the bell character, who would you be and why? Zack Morris, A.C., Lisa, Kelly Kapowski, Screech, Jesse Spano, Belding? Spill!”

The results:
“Whoever posted this is a fucking loser”- anonymous

“Kelly Kapowski so I could suck off Zack Morris.”- anonymous

Along with a few unruly racial slurs about “shop-til-she-drops” Lisa Turtle and some relief that this wasn’t about a fraternity and/or sorority, the posts were mostly insults in my direction. (Take note: I am not really a fucking loser).

This, dear readers, friends, and fans, is why I wish everyone idealized a world beyond all of this – a world where KKTY Radio ruled the airwaves, Belding ruled the school, and significant, life-altering problems could be dealt with and squared away in a 30-minute episode. Still to this day I want to look like Kelly Kapowski, flex like AC Slater, debate like Jesse Spano, shop like Lisa Turtle, study like Screech, and date anyone who looks like Zack Morris.

So the next time you log in to Juicycampus.com only to encounter wild claims about everything and nothing, breathe a sigh of relief and keep hope alive. Perhaps one day we will stop seeing life through the eyes of a teenage gossip queen, and start living through the eyes of a Bayside Tiger.


For your viewing pleasure:

D'oh-Bama

By Brian Stelter
October 2, 2008
The Caucus - The New York Times Politics Blog


Even Homer Simpson is a partisan now.

In an episode scheduled to premiere on Nov. 2, two days before the presidential election, Mr. Simpson, the dim-witted star of the animated comedy “The Simpsons,” tries to vote for Barack Obama.

In the 20 years that “The Simpsons” has appeared on Fox, politics has frequently been a subject on the show. Homer Simpson has campaigned for candidates — including Ralph Wiggum, a second-grader, and his boss Mr. Burns — and has even run for elected office himself. Former presidents have even made “guest appearances.” But this is Homer’s first vote in a presidential general election.



“It’s time for a change,” the character tells an electronic voting machine. But, in a humorous take on the allegations of voter fraud that have occurred in prior elections, the machine records the vote (multiple votes, actually) for John McCain, then tries to swallow Homer when he disagrees.

“This doesn’t happen in America,” the character exclaims. “Maybe Ohio, but not in America!”

The scene emerged on the Internet this week, leading some Web sites to take it as a political endorsement. But the program said it isn’t trying to make a political statement. “We’re clowns at the fringe of the party,” Jim Brooks, an executive producer of “The Simpsons,” said at a telephone interview Thursday.

So what are viewers to make of the voting scene and the Web reaction? “Let it be a Rorschach test,” Mr. Brooks said.

Some viewers didn’t laugh at the clip. A blogger for NewsBusters, a conservative site that monitors the media, criticized the show’s attitude that only Republicans engage in “vote fraud when the Democrats perpetrate such activity on a mass scale.” (Perhaps Peter Griffin, the heavy-set star of “Family Guy,” will vote for Mr. McCain.)

“We try to satirize society,” Al Jean, a writer on the show, said. “I think there are people — not everyone — who believe that the voting process, especially with electronic voting machines, is suspect, so that’s what we’re satirizing.”

The video was posted Monday on YouTube by a user named “deebold08,” perhaps a play on the name Diebold, which was once the name of a leading provider of voting machines. Was the anonymous person who uploaded the clip trying to highlight voter fraud allegations, or perhaps trying to criticize Homer’s endorsement? Mr. Brooks doesn’t know. But, he said, “it’s not a bad promo for our Halloween show.”

Vice Presidental Debate Afterthoughts

By Jon Pessah

No, it wasn't a train wreck that every one was expecting, if not hoping for. The Sarah Palin-Joe Biden "debate" captured everyone's attention, the same way everyone slows down to see the car crash on the side of the road.

So, now that it is over, what really happened?

The bar was so low that all Palin had to do was not fall down when she walked out on stage and she would have exceeded expectations. This was not a debate, it was a question and answer session, and Palin often just ignored the question if she did not have a prepared answer. Hardball's Chris Matthews said it was like watching someone at a spelling bee reciting things she had just learned. Close enough.

Had the moderator asked a follow up question for specifics, chances are that Palin would have screwed up. She is not very knowledgeable, and to anyone watching with an objective eye, that was readily apparent. But she stuck to what she knew, repeated the word maverick 20 times — at least — and smiled and winked for the camera, something I think will turn off as many people as it turns on. The last thing most people want now with country falling apart is Gidget. We’re finishing up eight years of that now.

Bottom line: had Palin fucked up, the campaign would have ended. She didn’t, but she didn’t undo all the damage inflicted by Tina Fey and Katie Couric. Had Biden fucked up and Palin hit a home run, it might have been a game changer. That didn’t happen, either. Biden was impressive, and the polls showed independents saying he won, 41%-21%.

So, worst case for Obama: the debate left things unchanged, and that is a big plus. Obama is ahead in all the polls, including virtually all the swing states. McCain tried to sneak out of Michigan yesterday without anyone noticing, using the debate as cover, but the fact that he closed down his campaign and conceded in a big, blue collar swing state he badly needed is very telling.

Expect McCain to go deeply negative. We will hear all about Rev. Wright and Williams Ayers and Tony Resco. He will also suggest that Barack is Muslim and remind everyone that he is BLACK! Given the state of affairs, I think the negative tactics with fall short if not straight out backfire. Hate to get too confident, but without a big game-changing event — another terrorist attack, which would not surprise me — it is hard to see how Obama loses.

Thanks to Janet Hill for the breakdown of Sarah Palin's debate tactics.

Sarah Palin's Facebook Page

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Thanks to Brittany McLaughlin for this.

Debate tonight. 9 PM. Be there.