Pretty Sure Someone Found a Way To Dig the MBTA Out of Debt

Simple and to the point. I know the MBTA launched their own store at some point last year, selling subway memorabilia and ludicrously overpriced, subway branded jeans, but I really feel they're missing their market here. 

I mean, they pay attention to #MBTA tweets, right? They see that most of their customers are A) Perturbed if not outright angry, and B) Love ironic humor, right? That's what makes this shirt gold, they should be kicking themselves that they didn't come up with this first. 

They completely missed their target demographic, these shirts are going to sell like hotcakes*. And spare me the idea that you can't sell something making fun of your service, you guys are facing a massive debt, and again, you're attempting to sell subway branded designer jeans for $159 a-pop, you should be open to anything and everything, including self-depreciating humor. You may have found a nice niche market buying vintage subway signs and train models, but this here shirt has mass appeal, that's what you gotta be going for in a time like this. 

*This is an interesting saying as I have no idea what a hotcake is, nor have I ever seen a hoard of people lining up to buy one. What gives here?

Deion Sanders Assaulted By Ex-Wife, Followed By Hilarious Real Time Tweets

Quality Family Time in the Sanders' Household

Yahoo - Deion Sanders' contentious divorce took another ugly turn on Monday, when the Pro Football Hall of Famer posted a photograph of him and his two sons filling out a police report against their mother, Pilar Sanders. He captioned the photograph with the message, "filling out police reports now! Thank God for this platform to issue the Truth." Last month, Pilar Sanders filed a $200 million defamation lawsuit against her husband. She was responding to a tweet from Deion's daughter, Deiondra, which said Pilar was a "gold-digging [expletive]." Deion later explained that the statement couldn't be defamation because it's true.

This whole thing was hilarious to follow yesterday afternoon. Apparently the whole thing stems from Deions daughter slamming his ex-wife (presumably not the children's mother? I don't know I can't figure that part out) for being a gold digging hoe (her words, not mine). Apparently, the wife took offense to this, as one would, and decided to sue Deion for a perfectly reasonable sum of $200 million (insert pinky in mouth Dr. Evil style). Because that seems like a fair amount for libel, it did after all unfairly defame her character, she went from someone I'd never heard of before to... well, someone I still haven't really heard of, but I hear she's a gold digger, and I'll probably forget about her next week. 

But here's where it gets good...instead of coming out and apologizing, or saying he can't control what his daughter tweets, or just dismissing a $200 million lawsuit as a joke, or even just saying "No Comment," Deion comes out and says:

 Any statements made by any defendants were true, did not create a false impression...Deion also claims the "h*e" insult didn't actually hurt Pilar's reputation -- especially not to the tune of $200 million.

Hilarious. Not only is he not backing down, not only is he confirming it is true, that his ex-wife is a gold digging hoe, but he's also claiming that being known as a hoe doesn't even hurt her reputation. That's gold, you can't ask for a better response. Do you know how low a person's standing and reputation has to be that being publicly branded a "hoe" doesn't even move the needle as to how they're perceived?  Who the hell did Deion marry? Some local hooker in an attempt to have a real life black version of Pretty Woman? 

Also, for the record, I'm on Deion's side here...the fact that she's asking for $200 mm for an innocuous tweet that largely would have been ignored if she hadn't make a lawsuit out of it to begin with, kinda proves that she is in fact, a gold digging hoe. Pretty sure that's all the evidence a judge will need. 

Saints Wire Tapping: At Least Someone At ESPN Gets It (And it's not Schlereth)

ESPN - Wait: The allegations against Mickey Loomis make no sense? How on earth is that? How is the notion of no value that Loomis, the GM of the New Orleans Saints, had electronic access to the real-time, in-game conversations of rival coaching staffs? Ask the NFL why it has rules to prevent that kind of stuff in the first place. It is because such access would be of incredible value. How is it that so many rush forward so quickly to explain that Loomis wouldn't understand the lexicon of coaching well enough to help the Saints gain an edge in a game? The Saints play their divisional opponents twice a season, every season. Every scrap of information is critical. The edge is so obvious, you'd have to be willfully ignorant not to see it. Of course the Saints would benefit from such a system. Of course it's against the rules...As to what Loomis could or could not decipher from among another team's complex set of play calls and jargon, it's almost entirely irrelevant. It pales next to the idea that if you can eavesdrop on something, you can record it. If you can record it, you can review it. You can decode the jargon. You can store information for the games to come.
 

Holy shit, someone at ESPN gets it! HALLELUJAH! Look, ESPN should be embarrassed, nay, that's not strong enough, EMBARRASSED for Schlereth and Polians initial stance on this matter (in fact, I'm pretty sure they are, since I couldn't find that clip anywhere on their site after it was front page yesterday).

 How is it that so many rush forward so quickly to explain that Loomis wouldn't understand the lexicon of coaching well enough to help the Saints gain an edge in a game?

My thoughts exactly, Mark Kreidler

Polian, firstly, is the last person who should be giving unbiased opinions on anything related to front office issues...the guy is like 4 months removed from his own front office job. To say he might be partial towards certain teams and individuals is an understatement. And Schlereth? To directly compare this to stealing hand signals (so talking about the Patriots and Spygate, without actually talking about the Patriots and spygate), and say this is less of an offense, is the SINGLE MOST LAUGHABLE EVENT ON TELEVISED ESPN HISTORY. 

Yes Schlereth, that minimum wage intern recording hand signals from the stands went back during the 20 minute halftime, decoded them, and brought his dossier of intel to the coaching staff...That's more likely than a guy listening in on opposing coaches mic's while sitting right next to the coaching staff in their booth, gaining an advantage? Or, I don't know, recording those conversations and using them in the future? This right here, sums it up:

Of course the Saints would benefit from such a system. Of course it's against the rules...As to what Loomis could or could not decipher from among another team's complex set of play calls and jargon, it's almost entirely irrelevant. It pales next to the idea that if you can eavesdrop on something, you can record it. If you can record it, you can review it. You can decode the jargon. You can store information for the games to come.

What it all boils down to is this: Patriots: Bad, Saints: Holy Saviors. That's the way it's been since Katrina. And before I sound too callous, I get that they earned a bit of goodwill, but not this much, and they certainly used up whatever was left of it during their Bounty Scandal. It's despicable to think they have any defenders at this point.

Sports media watching types are going to have a field day in the coming weeks trying to keep track of all the people who ripped the Patriots for spygate, and seeing how they react to the Saints own, technologically advanced method. And the same goes for Goodell and the front office. If this is confirmed through reliable sources he has to act. It doesn't matter that you just imposed some pretty hefty sanctions not even a month ago for their previous scandal. You have to act. More fines, more lost draft choices, and maybe, longer suspensions (for Loomis in this case).

All Us White People Look-A-Like

I'll plead the 5th on this one, I stared at this thing for an embarrassing amount of time trying to figure out who it was. I mean, if it's not Radcliffe or Elijah Wood, who is it? Not even kidding, about 5 minutes later I figured out what was going on.

For the record you could have thrown in Tobey Maguire too, I'm still not sure I know the difference between him and Elijah, never seen them in the same place at the same time either, for that matter.