Archive for October 30th, 2012

As David Letterman always says…

Tuesday, October 30th, 2012

…”Please, no wagering.”

Nine people, including coaches and the president of the South Florida Youth Football League, have been arrested as part of an elaborate gambling operation involving illegal betting on peewee, college and professional sports teams.

Oddly enough, the HouChron has a longer story, which states that “more than $100,000” was bet on the youth football championship.

Coaches routinely met before games and set point spreads, investigators said, but they do not believe the games were thrown or that coaches encouraged players not to complete a touchdown in order to control the outcome. Authorities said they had no evidence that the players were aware of the bets.

Yeah. Wanna bet the players weren’t aware that Daddy was betting on them to cover the spread?

Wait. That was kind of insensitive of me, wasn’t it?

Still. Eight-year-olds, dude.

Star Wars, nothing but Star Wars…

Tuesday, October 30th, 2012

…there are plans in place for not one but three new “Star Wars” movies, the first of which will arrive in theaters in 2015. Lucas, however, will only serve as a “creative consultant” and will not write or direct.

I don’t think Disney is going to have the courage to do what I’d like to see in the last three movies: follow the Rebel Alliance as it takes power and tries to govern, watch the compromises they make to hold the Alliance together and maintain power…

…and, at the very end of the last movie, force the audience to come to the realization that the Rebel Alliance is now completely indistinguishable from the Empire they were rebelling against. Ideally, by having Princess Leia execute Han Solo as a traitor to the revolution. For extra bonus points, have Luke Skywalker gunned down while trying to lead a revolution on another planet in the system, and young people in the new Empire wearing his image on shirts.

What? Me? Cynical? Never!

(Subject line hattip.)

TMQ Watch: October 30, 2012.

Tuesday, October 30th, 2012

The dead walk only to redig the graves, and make them big enough to fit TVs and microwaves. Plus, this week’s TMQ. After the jump…

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