It has been seven weeks since former Senior VP of Ticket Sales for the Mets, Leigh Castergine, accused her former boss of discriminating against her for being pregnant and unmarried. The team’s Chief Operating Officer, Jeff Wilpon, was accused of numerous disparaging comments. Today, Wilpon and the Mets filed their answers in federal court in response to Castergine’s complaint. You can read Wilpon’s answer here; the answer filed on behalf of the Mets makes the same response. The same law firm is representing both defendants. Wilpon’s response in short, “[none of it is true].” Above all, Wilpon...
Continue reading...October 2014
Little girl is super sad that George Washington is not our current president
Sick of campaign ads? Disgusted by the DC insiders and/or Tea Party outsiders running for office? This four-year-old girl, who just finished learning about early American history and became very enamored of our first president, feels your pain.
Continue reading...Mango the Cat
Dear V and V, I\’m sorry it\’s been so long. Months ago, I had such good intentions of re-joining this blog with regular posts. Oops. A few things have happened in the interim– law school graduation, bar exam, new job. Plus we got this very photogenic cat, Mango. She is very sweet, and if you ever come to New Haven, she would probably like to cuddle with you. Please accept this picture of Mango and her mini-me as my apology for the long silence. xoxo, Emily
Continue reading...The Yale Community Apparently Doesn’t Know What the Word “Refute” Means
“Indeed members of the Yale community who know Dach personally refute any possibility that he could have been involved in the scandal. According to 32 sources interviewed, Dach’s character is best represented by the way he interacts with others on a regular basis.” –Amid scandal, University community defends Dach “Refute” implies that these sources knew something about the “scandal” Dach is accused of– to wit, hiring a prostitute in Cartagena, a place where prostitution is legal, while working as a volunteer for the Obama campaign. Only one of the sources quoted even mentions ‘women’s issues,’ describing Dach...
Continue reading...Watch: Foo Fighters and Zac Brown Band cover War Pigs on the Late Show
Not sure how I missed this last week, but this is phenomenal.
Continue reading...Michigan Senate candidate hits other Senate candidate with ties to loan Sharknado or something
In this weird and kind-of awful ad, Michigan Republican Senate candidate Terri Lynn Land accuses Democratic Senate candidate Gary Peters for having ties to a loan shark. With Sharknado, because that’s not over.
Continue reading...Watch: This recut is the episode of ST:TNG that we all needed
In this recut video from Star Trek: The Next Generation, Wesley Crusher finally gets what’s coming to him, and it’s brilliant. (Just because it’s old doesn’t mean it isn’t important.)
Continue reading...Watch: Today in Political Buffoonery
So you’re the unpopular governor of a state that hasn’t been doing well, and you’re having some issues in your reelection campaign. Your opponent is the relatively unpopular former governor, whose rank opportunism led him to switch parties. Yet, you’re polling neck-and-neck. Of course, the proper thing to do if you’re Florida Governor Rick Scott is to refuse to participate in the gubernatorial debate because your opponent, former governor Charlie Crist, had a little fan put in the base of his lectern. Because being a petulant little bitch is a good way to appeal to Florida voters? The Tampa Bay Times...
Continue reading...New York Times Columnist Line of the Day
If you frequent this here premier “web log,” there’s a good chance you may once or twice have read the New York Times op-ed page. You might even recognize the names of the columnists, who every day spout the most conventionally wise of the conventional wisdom. This is a feature that is dedicated to these folks, highlighting one line that is either funny, ridiculous, strange, or actually intelligent or well-written. Today\’s is from Roger Cohen, who in his column today, \”The Instruction of Pestilence,\” opens with: Webster’s Dictionary defines plague as “anything that afflicts or troubles; calamity; scourge.” No, seriously, a New...
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