Thanks, BBC.
Just arrived in my mailbox: Britney on the cover of April’s Atlantic.
Wonkette’s Cartoon Violence on John McCain (in this cartoon): “Scientists have tentatively classified John McCain as member of family Sciuridae, based on the large, protruding skin flaps around his mouth; however, among field researchers, this is still controversial.”
Mike Jensen writes in the Inquirer today about Philadelphia basketball players in Europe. There are a ton of Philly ballers overseas, some of whom make decent cash; most recently, Lynn Greer left the Milwaukee Bucks to sign a two-year, $7 million contract with Olympiakos, a Greek club.
Above, Rashid Atkins (known as Rashid Bey when he played at Saint Joseph’s) is interviewed by Polish TV. He makes six figures and outearns his wife, who has a finance and bio degree from Penn. “That’s Wall Street money,” he told the Inky.
The Atlantic’s Matthew Yglesias posts this chart comparing Pennsylvania’s demographics (or democraphics) with Ohio and the United States. Hey, we have a higher percentage of Bachelor’s degrees than Ohio! And way more old people!
Pennsylvania (and Philadelphia) will be ground zero for both campaigns until the April 22 primary. I will no doubt be inundated with propaganda from supporters of both Obama and Clinton unless they follow this brilliant idea.
Yglesias writes the state is demographically favorable to Clinton, but says if Obama wins here, Clinton is done. Does it play in Pottsville?
I’ve been working at home more recently — it’s winter — instead of walking into the office and my morning television regimen has boiled down to this: pre-9 a.m., Good Day Philadelphia (for, uh, Jennaphr Frederick); 9 a.m. Morning Show With Mike & Juliet (for the unintentional comedy); 10 a.m. Rachel Ray (for Rachel Ray’s occasional brief lapses into insanity); 11 a.m. The Price is Right (because it’s The Fucking Price is Right).
I used to watch CNN, but I can’t stomach the election anymore; before CNN I’d watch SportsCenter, but I can’t stomach SportsCenter anymore.