Reason #13 Why TWNR

"Yo No Soy Ladron"

Ok, you're gonna have to trust me on this (unless your The Kid, who also speaks Spanish and can probably correct me in places) - this article from Spanish periodical El Pais details the story of two journalists from The New York Times who were actually onto the Watergate scandal before The Washington Post (who in fact broke the story) were aware of it.

...el diario The New York Times dejó escapar una de las exclusivas más célebres de todos los tiempos, y que aprovechó muy bien su competidor, The Washington Post: el caso Watergate, que le costaría la presidencia a Richard Nixon en 1974.

Los protagonistas de esa historia, ahora ex periodistas del Times, han contado en el diario cómo tuvieron primero la exclusiva y la dejaron escapar.

Basically, the journalists in question lost the file that their hot story was kept in. And they've kept their mouths shut about if for like 3 decades.

Commence conspiracy theories at will.....

J Wess Clip 'Do Anything For You' Feat. Digga & Jerson About To Hit The Box

Australia - Backward & Racist?

Mr Trujillo, who earned millions at the helm of the one-time taxpayer-owned telecommunications giant, cited what he described as "restrictive" historical immigration policies and "events over the past five or 10 years" that the report did not specify.

"I would say that Australia definitely is different [from] the US. In many ways it was like stepping back in time," he said in the interview, which was broadcast in part by ABC Radio this morning.

Now if you move past the obvious contradicion that the USA is one of the most historically racist countries in the world, where's the controversy in his statements? Think about what he's witnessed in his time here; Cronulla race riots, a sharp spike in racially motivated violent attacks, one Prime Minister who flat out ignored the native population, and another who was damn near beatified just for saying sorry to them without any real plan of action......

"And then the fat wog said to the skinny wog............"

Oh, and when the Australian Prime Minister heard Trujillo was leaving, what did he say? "Adios."

Fuckin' killer line, Kev!

Is Australia backward and racist? Nah, not for shit, bro.

The World Needs Rappers......... To Come Out Of The Closet

A few years ago, this cat right here (his name's Caushun, for the record) pinched his 15 minutes of fame on the behind by openly coming out as a gay rapper. Mind you, this was smack bang in the middle of swirling rumours that there was at least one reasonably well known MC who was queer as folk. Well, I just may have found the list.

Actually, it's a list of latent homosexual lyrics in rap. My personal favourite is N.E.R.D's "In case you haven't heard, we swallow guys."

Funny stuff.

I Dare You To Read This

Last night I stopped for a burger on the way home from playing ball, and felt compelled to order The Ultimate Double Whopper - largely because the ad ran something like, "Can you handle it?"

"F*&k yes," I thought.

So hats off to the (as Adam Sandler would say) ad wizards who thought of that one. You goaded me into it.

I was ordering something for wifey too, so I asked for the item off the menu that read Grilled Chicken Wrap.

"I'm sorry, the grilled chicken wrap is actually fried chicken," the burger slinger said.

Reminded me of the line from A Bronx Tale:

Chazz Palminteri "There are only two things to do in prison: lift weights, or get in trouble"

Punk kid "What did you do?"

Chazz Palminteri "I read."

Lying Is OK, And Hours Of Fun - Just Ask The Biz

My man The Biz is rapidly developing a tendency toward pathological lying (for his own amusement no less), so I thought he'd get a kick out of this article which absolves him from blame.

Small embellishments can have positive psychological effects, experts say.

That's pretty good.

People who deceive themselves also tend to be happier than people who do not, some research suggests. There are social payoffs, too: Studies have shown that people who lie frequently are viewed as friendlier and more amiable than their more truthful counterparts.

That's even better. As you were, Biz.