- The real miracle isn't that Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow played through torn cartilage on his first rib where it attaches to his sternum, a bruised lung and had fluid buildup in the plural space of his chest during Saturday night's AFC divisional playoff game against New England. No, what is miraculous is that Tebow didn’t just heal himself on the spot - just kidding, Tebow fanatics The increasingly out of touch sect that believes Timothy Richard Tebow can do no wrong and that anyone who dares to criticize him is a jealous hater doesn’t take well to any jokes about their favorite human being, so it’s fun to take a jab at them every now and then. The injuries were real and came as the result of a hit in the pocket when Tebow was pressured after throwing a pass. Even though his team was being blown out and hadn’t been in the game since the first half, Tebow was determined to finish the game and fought through the final few series of an ugly 45-10 loss. After the game, he was in such severe pain that he had difficulty sleeping and underwent an MRI on Monday chest to determine the extent of the damage. He will begin his offseason doing rehab and is still expected to will begin his offseason training program according to schedule. Broncos chief of football operations John Elway didn’t exactly give Tebow a ringing endorsement at his a season-ending news conference Monday, committing only to him being the starter through the beginning of training camp. Commitment or not, the legend of TRT continues to grow……….
- Reasons America is uber-FAT No. 14,766,887: Burger King decides people slamming thousands of calories worth of its unhealthy grub in restaurants or their cars after hitting up the drive-thru window isn't bad enough and tests the concept of ferrying 1,250-calorie sandwiches right to customers’ doors. Because the convenience of fast food simply isn't convenient enough, Burger King has launched a pilot program in the Washington, D.C. area to deliver food to customers within a 10-mile radius of a store. The delivery service is presently available in a few locations in Virginia and Maryland, but the company plans to expand it to as many as 16 locations by the end of January. There is an $8 minimum order for delivery, but to entice customers further BK is offering delivery meals such as 40-piece chicken tenders ($10.99) and four large sandwich combos ($23.99). The obvious question is what the quality of the food will be when it arrives because anyone who has eaten more than one fast food meal in their life knows that fries and burgers are only good for a few minutes right after they are made and are still hot. Fries are notoriously terrible when reheated and if they are being delivered seven miles and 15 minutes from a restaurant, odds are they will be cold and need to be heated up after delivery. To alleviate this concern, all delivered items it will be "packaged in thermal bags to keep it warm." Rest assured, there will still be 40 grams of fat in a whopper and 1,230 calories in a Triple Whopper with Cheese. Not exercising and grubbing on fast food regularly will still make you FAT and unhealthy no matter where you eat your meals. The only comparable service to what Burger King is doing is a limited program in Manhattan wherein McDonald’s will deliver to very confined areas near its approximately 751 locations around the city. Burger King has not yet announced whether it plans to expand its delivery program nationwide…………
- Famous people are still no different than everyone else. They are still screwed up, insecure and many of them are not all that intelligent. They simply have more money, better therapists and people know who they are. Nobody embodies this phenomenon more than country pop starlet Taylor Swift, who is riding about as high as any recording artist could be at the moment. She’s universally loved and perceived to be the sweetest, nicest thing to ever hit a recording studio and even those who don’t like her mainstream approach to country music look at her as a beautiful, kind soul who they’d love to hang out with. She was recently named favorite country singer at the People's Choice Awards and seems to have nothing but success ahead of her. But that doesn’t mean she’s any more confident about her future than the average person struggling to pay their bills and make ends meet on a daily basis. Swift admitted she is always worried about her future and fears that her life will take a turn for the worse. "This is what I've wanted to do my whole life. It never freaks me out. Never. Ever. But you know what does freak me out? When is the other shoe going to drop? I am so happy right now. So I am always living in fear. This can't be real, right? This can't really be my life," she fretted. Oh, it is your real life and that includes the part where arrogant, megalomaniacal blowhards like Kanye West jump up on stage and rip the microphone from you at awards shows. Success can end quickly for any performer, but Swift really should stop worrying and enjoy the ride while it lasts……….
- The circle is nearly complete in Myanmar. Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi spent nearly two decades under house arrest, effectively banned from participating in politics or having any freedom at all because she dared to believe that the results of an election that should have put her in power were to be honored. International outcry over the Burmese government’s treatment of Suu Kyi grew louder over the past decade and her plight became a rallying cry for the world’s biggest rock band, U2, at its live shows. She was finally freed from house arrest last year and after being politically ostracized for two decades, Suu Kyi will participate in April elections to select a new parliament. Her campaign officially began Wednesday when she registered Wednesday to run for a parliamentary seat in Kawhmu, a poor district south of Yangon where villagers' livelihoods were devastated by the 2008 cyclone Nargis. While the potential impact of the April elections is not immense, the symbolic value of Suu Kyi being a part of the process is great. Her party will only have minimal power even if it party wins all 48 seats to be contested April 1, but her decision to run is a tacit endorsement of the new government's reforms after years of authoritarian rule. A victory would also give Suu Kyi a voice in parliament for the first time, 20 years after she legitimately won a vote that should have put her in power. Two decades too late, a dose of political justice could finally come to Myanmar……….
- Los Angeles city council, do you have any idea what you’re doing? Sure, you may think a new measure establishing an ordinance that would deny film permits to adult film producers who do not comply with the city’s condom requirement is solely a health issue, but is it really? Yes, having hundreds of down-on-their-luck, drug-addled freaks getting after it on dirty mattresses in back alleys and empty warehouses is filthy, revolting and sad. Sure, there is the potential for the spread of every imaginable STD and more than a few unwanted pregnancies as well, but if the city follows through on its nascent effort to police adult film sets and order that every actor be outfitted with a condom, what will the financial impact be? After all, the greater Los Angeles area is the porn capital of the world and porn producers have made it clear that say they'll start packing up their sex toys and abandoning the city if the new measure goes into affect. The city council approved it by a 9-1 vote on Tuesday and it now goes to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa for approval. The STD merchants, er, porn industry members denouncing the law can only hope that a council-mandated study by of a committee of police officials, the city attorney, state health officials and others to assess the potential law’s enforceability determines that implementing the measure isn't feasible. "It's going to be interesting to see how in fact they do try to enforce it and who's going to fund it, and all of the time and effort they're going to spend," said Steven Hirsch, co-founder and co-chairman of Los Angeles-based Vivid, one of the standard bearers in the porn industry. "Ultimately I think what they will find is people will just stop shooting in the city of Los Angeles. That's a given." Umm….and the downside is? While 90 percent of U.S. porn films are made in Los Angeles, almost all of them in the city's San Fernando Valley, porn will find a seedy new home somewhere else and L.A. will be a healthier, cleaner, more sanitary and less STD-riddled place. Besides, Internet porn is plentiful and free, so the adult film industry is on the downslope anyhow. One voice in support of the new law is the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. Ged Kenslea, spokesman for the organizations, said the measure is needed because the industry has failed to properly police itself. "Let's make one thing clear: Condom use on adult film sets is, and has been, the law in California under blood-borne pathogens regulations," Kenslea said. "It is just a law that has not been uniformly enforced or followed. This film permit ordinance that the city council approved today provides another enforcement mechanism to make sure that adult film producers are complying with existing California law." Well said, Ged. Let the scumbags of the porn industry learn to follow the law or find somewhere else to ply their pathetic trade………
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