The NCAA had some good news and some bad news for the University of Illinois today. The good news is that the university will be allowed to use its existing nicknames, “Illini” and “Fighting Illini,” which were deemed to be connected to the name of the state and thereby, not offensive. The bad news is that Chief Illiniwek, the mascot, must go. The penalty for keeping the big chief will be a prohibition on playing in post-season tournaments.
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Hyperbole Rules!
About a month ago, I posted an article called Don’t Bullshit a Bullshitter about a guy named Bill, who was the biggest bullshitter I’ve ever met. As background for the article, one of the other blogs I read had a great expose about Bill called “The BillFiles.” I’ve just been reading the comments appended to that article, which have been quite entertaining.
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The End of the World? Definitely.
The Turkey generally does not do movie and TV reviews, but I am impelled to comment on CBS’s piece of crap, waste of time mini-series called Category 7: The End of the World. From its technical inaccuracies to its political agenda, from its sophomoric dialog to its miscasting, this is the worst garbage I have seen on network TV since the demise of My Mother, The Car, which at least did not take itself seriously. I had to force myself to get through it last night. Well, that’s a lie. I Tivoed it and couldn’t stay awake long enough to watch all of it last night. I had to finish the final half hour of what turned out to be the first installment this afternoon. When it ended with “To be continued…” I knew that I probably would not be watching the second (and, I would hope, final) installment.
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