Friday, June 22, 2012

The Scam Wall Street Learned From the Mafia | Politics News | Rolling Stone - Matt Taibbi - How America's biggest banks took part in a nationwide bid-rigging conspiracy - until they were caught on tape


http://themeck.blogspot.com/2012/06/scam-wall-street-learned-from-mafia.html


Humbled LeBron grows into champion | FOX Sports - Jason Whitlock


http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/LeBron-James-grew-up-in-championship-season-will-critics-do-same-062212


Barkley calls Heat fans 'front-runners' - Yardbarker


http://network.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/charles_barkley_on_miami_fans_theyre_not_real_fans_frontrunners/11063603?linksrc=home_rg_head_11063603


Taibbi on Imus: How Municipal Bond-Rigging Robbed Americans of Billions | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone


http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/taibbi-on-imus-how-municipal-bond-rigging-robbed-americans-of-billions-20120621


Curt Schilling 'Tapped Out' Financially, Says Money From Baseball Probably 'All Gone' - Yardbarker


http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/curt_schilling_tapped_out_financially_says_money_from_baseball_all_gone/11067032?linksrc=home_rg_head_11067032


JOEY KENNEDY: Maybe we like the way things are going because we don't know any better | al.com - I might argue that's because they don't know how good things could be. That many people in Alabama never go anywhere else, to see how other states operate so much more efficiently; to see we don't have to reinvent the wheel for every issue we face, but could borrow the best ideas from other states.


http://themeck.blogspot.com/2012/06/joey-kennedy-maybe-we-like-way-things.html


Bobby V on Chipper: ‘Thorn in my managerial side’ | David O'Brien - AJC


http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/06/22/bobby-v-on-chipper-thorn-in-my-managerial-side/


At UA system (and Auburn), the price is wrong | Birmingham News - John Archibald - It's not that the universities don't need money. Everybody needs money these days. It is merely that the university system has the power to build its empire on the backs of those it is supposed to serve. And it cannot last. - The wedge is too wide, and for students the cost and the debt too high. It is a threat to the state, to its hope for a more educated future, and to its social condition. The price is wrong.

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http://blog.al.com/archiblog/2012/06/at_ua_system_and_auburn_the_pr.html


Video: Mark Cuban ridicules Skip Bayless' analysis on air - USATODAY


http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2012/06/video-mark-cuban-ridicules-skip-bayless-analysis-on-air/1#.T-UR5o6BBaU


Caddie gets pro DQ'd with not-so-sneaky move – USATODAY.com


http://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/story/2012-06-22/Lara-disqualified-after-caddie-tried-to-hide-club/55761712/1


Braves vs. Red Sox: Bad Septembers, now streaky first halves | David O'Brien AJC


http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/06/22/braves-vs-red-sox-bad-septembers-now-streaky-first-halves/?cxntfid=blogs_atlanta_braves_blog


Finals MVP LeBron James finally an NBA champion – USATODAY.com


http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/story/2012-06-22/LeBron-James-NBA-title-Finals-MVP/55756344/1?csp=hf