Here is another gem from the Chicago Cubs’ anti-hero, Milton Bradley:

Bradley, known for emotional outbursts throughout his career, said what he’s gone through is not new and is not surprising.

“It’s nothing that just started when Milton Bradley came here,” he said.

So does he regret signing with the Cubs, who are his seventh major league team?

“I don’t regret anything,” he said. “I regret that there are idiots in the world, that’s what I regret.”

I’d start off by saying that people who speak about themselves in the third person qualify as idiots.  That said, Bradley does not seem to understand that saying something along the lines of “I regret that there are idiots in the world” while having a discussion about how fans treat his is akin to Chicago Cub supporters idiots.

Classy move, Milton.

I suspect he will not be on the roster in 2010 even if it means the team needs to eat his entire salary.

The dog once known for the “Yo Quiero” ads is now a goner.   Yea, I don’t care.  However, as I was reading this story about the dog I realized that I was reading an obituary written as if the dog was a person.

The “mostly-retired” canine also appeared in the film “Legally Blonde 2,” starring as Bruiser’s mom. In addition, she appeared in a commercial for the ‘90s edition of Trivial Pursuit.

When she wasn’t starring in films and commercials, Gidget enjoyed taking hikes, sunning her fur and sleeping for 23 hours, her trainer Sue Chipperton told People.

Come on, people!  She enjoyed “taking hikes”? Hikes? You have no clue if this thing liked “taking hikes” or licking her ass.  This was a dog.

Some people take things was too seriously.

A rather busy day today but as I was quickly looking over the headlines, I see this:

Russia’s energy giant Gazprom has signed a $2.5bn (£1.53bn) deal with Nigeria’s state operated NNPC, to invest in a new joint venture.

The new firm, to be called Nigaz, is set to build refineries, pipelines and gas power stations in Nigeria.

Is it me or is there something wrong here?

Come on now…

It looks like there is an elevator right at the top of the escalator. If that is the case, there is NO excuse for this behavior. I’m just waiting for the lawsuit, but the dude was just asking for it.

I said I was in the mood for some humor and Oz, over at OzSoapbox delivered. How did he know I would love this one, am I that predictable? 

 Anyway, check this out folks…with my play by play added.

Local police in Ohio, US, said Danica Wallace, 29, was “extremely intoxicated” and admitted: “We got horny and just wanted to f..k.” 

Two drunk folks want to get it on.  That is not uncommon these says.  

Her 24-year-old lover, Jeremy Welch, was driving a Ford Taurus when the couple “pulled off the roadway to have sex”. 

So, wait…. they are DRUNK and DRIVING and the want to have sex.  The have some points taken away for driving under the influence, but win some back for pulling off the road to get it on.

Ms Wallace’s children, aged just four and 22 months, watched on from the back seat.

Wait, WHAT? Seriously, what? Was this some education session?  Did the kids have cams and they were going to put the stuff on the net.  What type of parenting is this?  Oh, wait, white trash….

Ms Wallace claimed to have only drunk one bottle of Budweiser – but failed a series of drink driving tests.

One bottle in the car, she just left everything else out.

She was charged with drunk driving, child endangerment, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Can you chrage someone for being stupid?  If no, we should find a way.

Her children were placed in the care of a friend.

Would you trust her friends?  Yea….

You just have to love the decision making process of some people.  Thanks for this, Oz!

Who thought it would be a good idea for the Air Force to have a 747 and two F-16s buzz New York city?  Now, I can say to myself that I am a bit of an emotional cripple.  I understand that I don’t always look at things from an emotional standpoint – usually more so when I’m tired – but this decision was pure dumbass in motion.

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Wednesday a photo-op featuring the presidential jet flying over the Manhattan skyline was as “stupid a thing to do as one could dream up.”

Here, here!  For once I agree with something that has come out of this man’s mouth.

White House Military Office Director Louis Caldera accepted responsibility and apologized late Monday for permitting the exercise that infuriated New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who had not been alerted to the flyover.

Apologized?

He Apologized!?!

You apologize when you are rude to someone in the office, you apologize when you break something that isn’t yours, you apologize for neglecting a duty.  When you scare the ever living sh*t out of an entire city, one that is already emotionally scarred due events that closely resembled this right before planes flew into your city, you don’t apologize.  You resign.

Again, YOU RESIGN.

This is, in my view, akin to a CEO missing quarterly numbers by a billion dollars or a Director of Race relations making racist comments.  They’ve shown gross neglect in their duty and end up on street with the public “saying don’t dent my door as it hits your ass on the way out.”

Hell, a Fox News Reporter was fired recently for reviewing a pirated copy of a new movie… and he does not even come close to the level of responsibility MOD Louis Caldera does.  I don’t believe Caldera’s actions were intended to be harmful, I think it was just poor decision making. Yes that gets you fired, too.

The level of stupidity, or the lack of common sense, in this world is shocking to me.

Ok, yesterday I saw this article and thought to myself.  Really?  

As the swine flu outbreak continues spreading, an Israeli health official is making waves by saying the name should be changed to “Mexican” flu, because the reference to pigs is offensive to Jews and Muslims, who consider pigs unclean and forbid the eating of pork products. 

For me, the dumbassity (yes, it’s now a word – deal with it) is in the following words:

“the reference to pigs is offensive to Jews and Muslims”

This is especially the case when one take a brief moment to say “Oh, yea… because calling it Mexican flu isn’t offensive to anyone”.

I mean, really people.

Jews and Muslims do not even eat pork, so what the hell is the issue?  By this logic, saying pork, pig, or hogs should be equally offensive because Jews and Muslims cannot eat said products anyway.   I’ve always had this issue with society trying to be overly politically correct.

In my opinion, this is one of those cases.  

Well, I thought the dumbassity was only limited Israel at this point.  Yea, sorry to say that is not the case.  U.S. pork producers want the swine of out the name as well. Why do you think?  Simply because their business is starting to take a hit.

“At a news briefing, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack took pains to repeatedly refer to the flu as the “H1N1 virus.” 

Here is an idea, let’s call it Pork Flu.  No, Ham flu.  Oh, wait, what about double bacon cheese burger flu.  The reason the “swine” flu will stick is because people, well a number of people, have no ability to connect to H1N1. Anyway, people need just relax a bit.

Talk about just ASKING for trouble.

Check this out – a man and his bear.  Make sure you look at picture #9.  There is no way you can tell me this is normal, let alone safe.  The second this thing goes nuts I have a feeling this man/family would say “We were not asking for trouble by doing this…”

Seriously. Wrong.

This little commercial has been bothering me for some time now.  Take a look…

I’m all for cute animals, I mean who isn’t?

Unfortunately for Kia, this makes their cars look like toys. At 39 seconds into the commercial the car actually looks like a remote control car and not a vehicle that that looks street worthy. I understand you are trying to market to a younger demographic, but come on!

About a month ago, right after the predictions of Gerald Celente came out, a Russian academic came out stating that the United States was going to break apart in 2010 due to our poor economic situation.

“There’s a 55-45% chance right now that disintegration will occur,” he says. “One could rejoice in that process,” he adds, poker-faced. “But if we’re talking reasonably, it’s not the best scenario — for Russia.” Though Russia would become more powerful on the global stage, he says, its economy would suffer because it currently depends heavily on the dollar and on trade with the U.S. 

Right away it seems odd that he puts it at a 50% chance – I mean, isn’t there a 50% chance of something happening at any point to begin with?  Anyway, here is how he expects the break-up to shake out:

(via WSJ)

I also find it interesting that Russia is facing, and using the military to put an end to, dissent due to the devaluation of the ruble because of the plunging price of oil….

Anything can happen, don’t get me wrong, but it looks like Russia has more issues right now than the US.