Pac Man for President
Well maybe not yet, we'll have to wait for 2012.
Sound far-fetched?
While in the real world that campaign is unlikely
to happen, it doesn't mean you wouldn't get
the chance to cast that ballot.
A couple of researchers from Princeton University and the
University of Michigan have been able to hack into a DRE,
[a touch-screen direct-recording electronic voting machine]
and have it display the Pac Man video game
instead of the candidates names.
News Link - Vote Pac Man in 2012!
Danielle Staub booted from Housewives of New Jersey
Again we cross the river from Philly into New Jersey.
Seems the Jersey Girls are getting all the ink these days.
The Bravo network has fired cat-fighter Danielle Staub,
presumably only keeping on the wives that are friends.
Ok, so the woman needs some psychological help,
and it's a good bet that most viewers didn't like her,
but let's face it, allegations of video sex sessions,
drug scandals, prostitution,
that couldn't have hurt the ratings.
This is a woman who celebrated her most recent
birthday by swinging on a pole in a strip club.
What's not to like about that?
[You, in the corner, put that tomato down].
We're thinking there has to be more to the story.
Maybe Bravo is getting gun-shy about potential lawsuits,
or other ways of settling old debts.
On and off screen pal Danny Aguilar is
demanding she pay back $100 grand.
Seems the two at one time were partnered up
in a cocaine deal, and the deal went bad,
leaving the two out $24,000.
They then kidnapped the man they felt caused
the deal to fall apart, and sought $25 G's in ransom.
That brilliant idea caused them both to be arrested.
Danny did 15 years, while Danielle cut a deal,
and that deal was what put Danny away.
Still, he bailed her out, and paid her legal fees.
Guess he's finally decided it wasn't a worthwhile investment.
News Link - Danielle fired from Housewives
Mob guy arrested for spitting.
Everybody spits, at sometime or another, even the most genteel of us.
You may not make it a habit, but admit it, you've done it,
even if it was just because something didn't taste good.
Baseball players do it a lot, when they step up to the plate,
waiting for the next pitch, or right after grabbing their crotch,
but that's a whole other story.
Mob guys seem to do it as much as anyone.
It's a skill honed in their teenage years while hanging on the corner.
Still, there is a time and place for everything,
but spitting on a cop, on your way out of jail, probably isn't one of those,
especially if you hold an executive position.
Most people wouldn't consider the term Mob Underboss to be an
executive title, but technically it is an executive position.
You are in charge, and therefore responsible, for your 'employees',
so in that respect it does qualify.
Just that fact alone, that you're an executive,
makes spitting on a police officer bad form,
that and the fact that it's really a stupid thing to do,
again especially when you're on your way 'out' of jail.
I know, I know, that sentence is a repeat,
but really, how dumb can you be?
Dumb may not be the appropriate word in this instance though,
but we're betting 'arrogant' is a good fit.
Keep in mind now, we're referring to an individual
with 12 prior arrests and 6 convictions.
This is someone who should know how the game is played.
You get caught, you do your time, and then you get out,
knowing you can't commit your next crime if you go right back in.
Yet just the opposite happened, the guy spits on a cop,
and is immediately re-arrested for assault.
Mob guys, like celebrities, think they can get away with anything.
Both have spent too much time watching the movies.
News Link - Philly mobster walks out and right back in
Speaking of Jersey Girls...
Little ol' Snookie from the cast of Jersey Shore
isn't the only Jersey Girl in the news this summer.
Consider the story of Donna Simpson.
Donna tips the scales at over 600 pounds,
and is aiming for 1000, hoping to make it into
the Guinness Book of World Records.
Lots of folks try to get into the book,
in one way or another, but we're not sure if
eating yourself to death is a legitimate category.
Donna consumes over 12,000 calories a day as
part of her 'training', but just trying to set
a record doesn't guarantee you fame.
Yet she already has taken hold of her own
15 minutes, having become a YouTube sensation.
That's right, folks are clicking links in an
increasing number to watch her fat rolls jiggle,
and if that wasn't enough, she shows more for a price,
at a place called supersizedbombshells.com.
Some people will pay to see anything.
News Link - CBS News - Donna Simpson
Jersey Shore star busted on drunk charge.
Yeh yeh yeh, we know, it's just a TV show,
but this latest episode wasn't scripted,
and 'reality' was topped by real life.
Little Snookie got hammered.
Big surprise, huh?
Just can't figure the appeal of this program.
A bunch of spoiled brats, acting out, throwing tantrums,
and it's MTV's number 1 rated show.
Oh well, it is MTV...
For the record, the kids that appear on Jersey Shore,
aren't from New Jersey after all.
They're New Yorkers, who hang at the shore in the summer,
and the image they present is so low class that the
Governor of New Jersey mentioned that fact in a
press conference the other day, obviously embarrassed
that people think this crew is from his state.
News Link - Snooki Arrested
Lindsay's lawyers file for early release.
The original sentence was what... 90 days?
Speculation was that Lindsay Lohan would
serve 1/4 of that, so... 22.5 days?
It's been a week kids, and rumors have been
around that she would serve 2 weeks at most.
Now even that time frame might be a bit long,
because Lohan's jail mates aren't being very nice to her.
They've been calling her names, admittedly crude names,
but not even vulgar by today's street standards,
and Lindsay has been wailing the night away,
screaming for the warden, and keeping the other inmates up.
Now there's a good reason for early parole...
News Link - Crotchety girls taunt Lindsay
Tow Drivers go at it in Philly
Gun shots... fire bombs... "Got your insurance card ma'am?"
These are just a few things you could see or hear
if you break down in the city.
No worries though.
With surveillance cameras all over the place,
you could probably take the whole scene home on video,
or at least watch it on the evening news.
That's the way it just happened the other day.
Two tow operators arrived at an accident scene at about the same time.
The first to arrive though, didn't have his tow truck.
He was driving his Cadillac Escalade.
Still he made a deal with the accident victim
to go get his truck and tow the car in.
Moments later, another operator arrived on the scene as well,
and this one had his tow truck with him.
Naturally, there was an argument, about who should tow the car.
It didn't take long for a gun to come out,
and the first operator shot the second.
The shots weren't fatal, they were wounds to the thigh,
still kind of insulting though.
It's just not good form to pull a gun in an argument.
You know the cops are going to intervene, and they did.
The shooter posted bail, and was assigned a court date.
So much for that story, right?
Not quite.
A day or so later, at about 1 in the morning,
shots were fired into the office of operator one.
Coincidentally, at about just the same time,
13 vehicles were set on fire in a lot owned by operator two.
The moral of the story?
If you happen to break down anywhere around here,
just walk away, leave the car, write it off.
That would be a much better decision than getting
involved with either of these two morons.
News Link - Tow Truck War
