I look at a lot of stuff on the ‘net that I don’t bring here. That’s for lots of reasons, including that it’s not interesting or only interesting to me. One of the things I read a lot is FARK news. It’s kind of a snarky look at news events and it’s kind of hard to explain. One thing you get at FARK is double entendres. It’s a new year, but this may be my favorite for 2008 of actual journalism gone terribly wrong.
“Fort De Soto Park, Florida — New information has been released regarding the sperm whale that came into the mouth of Tampa Bay over the weekend.” From Tampa Bay’s Channel 10.com
I first saw this on Reddit, but it’s a sure fire FARK.
Speaking of coming into the mouth of the Bay, looks like Obama and Edwards are telling Hillary to suck their caucus.
Here’s my predictions from a Dec. 28 post with results as of midnight Thursday in boldface
GOP:
Romney 24% —– 25% 2d
McCain 23% —– 13% 3d-tie
Huckabee 21% —– 34% 1st
Ron Paul 17% —– 10% 5th
Guiliani 11% —– 3% 6th
Thompson 4% —– 13% 3-tie
Dem.:
Hillary 27.5% —– 29% 3d
Edwards 27% —– 30% 2d
Obama 26.5% —– 38% 1st
Richardson 9% —– 2% 4th
Biden 7% —— 1% 5th
Dodd 2%
Kucinich 1%
Hey, if I was any good at predicting the future, I’d either be a weatherman on TV or a stock broker, OK? Pretty sure I won’t be a political pollster. STFU. Yes, you, STFU. That’s actually not bad prognosticating, all things considered, but I was certainly surprised by results for one candidate on both sides of the aisle: Obama’s winning doesn’t surprise me, but this is a breakout win that I think will carry into N.H. next Tuesday and S.C. on Feb. 5; for the GOP, where did those Fred Thompson votes come from? In a related note, Joe Biden and Chris Dodd ended their vice presidential campaigns and Mike Gravel will soon follow while Richardson is hanging his vice presidential hopes on Nevada so 4th is good enough for him and Kucinich will again hang in to the end. Ron Paul’s folks must be stunned that only one in 10 Republicans in Iowa are out of their minds and, come to think of it, so am I. Not much else seems decided for the Republicans except that the Washington press is starting to talk about the Reagan coalition falling apart and the poor Repugs are fighting amongst themselves into oblivion in ’08. From their mouths to God’s ear, as the saying goes, but something tells me that GOP money won’t just give up and forfeit to the Democrats.
After last night’s OU debacle and tonight’s Orange Bowl, looks like Kansas may be the Big XII team that’s highest rated in the final polls even though they didn’t compete in the conference championship. If LSU beats Ohio State, Kansas will be the least defeated major college team in the nation. If I was a Jayhawk, I’d be claiming the national champtionship. Instead, as a Sooner, I’m trying to get my OSU friends to tell me exactly how you say “wait ’til next year!” without having your bottom lip quiver. That is, I’ll ask ‘em that after I hear in detail about their win over Indiana and their hooting and hollaring about OU getting thumped in the Fiesta Bowl for the second straight year. This is why I hate it when I let myself care about college football.
And the following, Barak Obama’s victory speech last night, maybe isn’t your cup of tea. Maybe you feel about politics as I do about college football, or, worse, as I feel about celebrity gossip. Even so, after this past 8 years, politics seems desperately important to me. I believe you will understand why I am an Obama supporter after you watch this. He strikes me as the Bobby if not Jack Kennedy of this generation. The enthusiasm of college students seems so familiar. The rhetorical heights, such echoes of the 1960s optimism of my Boomer generation. What more American thing can we do than replace that smirking prep school jerk with a man of color who grew up poor. I think the world needs us to elect this guy, not just beat the Republicans for being ignorant jerks. Anyway, he’s a good orator and please watch.