1/15: Losing Your Head Over A Situation
9:15 p.m.
• The Golden Globes are currently on. Don't care.
• Hey, there's actual progress going on in the Middle East. We've got outrage over someone getting his head chopped off.
5:15At dawn yesterday a hangman opened the trapdoor and Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti - Saddam Hussein's half-brother, ruthless enforcer and secret banker - plunged through with such force that his head was ripped from his body.
It was gruesome end for a man who ate grapes as he watched torture sessions and was reputed to have had a meat grinder for human flesh.
As former intelligence chief, Barzan was accused of ordering the mass murder of Kurds and Shias. He was also said to have been present when an Iranian-born Observer journalist was hanged in Baghdad for espionage in 1990.
Jubilant Shias greeted news of his death by dancing in the streets and banging drums. But defence lawyers and members of Saddam's Sunni minority expressed outrage.
• Great. I was watching ESPN and just heard Tom Jackson talk about Martin Luther King and I just learned that T.J. and I are born on the same day, which happens to be on the month/day that MLK got shot.
• LOL at the Chargers whining about the Patriots being sore winners
After the New England Patriots thrilling come from behind victory over the favored San Diego Chargers 24-21 in San Diego in the AFC Divisional round, league MVP LaDainian Tomlinson went into an uncharacteristic tirade immediately after the game.
Clearly frustrated, disappointed, and stunned about the loss after a historic regular season, Tomlinson ran over to an unidentified Patriots player who he felt disrespected his team and his organization.
The unidentified player allegedly was performing the ‘lights out” Shawne Merriman dance on the Chargers 50-yard line with three seconds to go in the game. Other Patriot players were celebrating exuberantly as well.
Here's some advice. You don't want the other team dissing your logo on the 50-yard line? Don't let them win. Either that or chop block the haters next season.
• Steelers Offensive Coordinator Ken Whisenhunt signed a four-year deal to coach the Arizona Cardinals Wow, he must like suffering. Actually, it'll be interesting to see what he can do with that offense. Looks like Russ Grimm is the likely choice to coach the Steelers. Eh, don't really care. Actually, I hope they hire the token black guy who got interviewed -- some guy from Minnesota -- just to piss off all the racists in my region. And, no, I'm not referring to myself.
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