Showing posts with label The Dumbshine State. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Dumbshine State. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

"If Carnival and Las Vegas had a baby, this would be the placenta"

"The Marlins are planning a structure beyond the center-field wall of their new ballpark. This structure will light up and make a fancy hullabaloo whenever a Marlin hits a home run. And remember, they have Mike Stanton, so they could be firing up this thing quite a bit.

"Now close your eyes, and think about what this structure might look like. Go ahead. Let your imagination run wild...

"Behold. This is what will happen when the Marlins hit a home run. It's what Bernie Brewer thinks he's sliding down after a couple buttons of peyote. Don't avert your eyes. Look at it. Study it. This is what we've become."
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Monday, September 8, 2008

In other news, the cops just shot John Dillinger

UAL Corp.’s stock bottomed out Monday morning after a six-year-old news report about the company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing resurfaced on the Internet.

The report sent shares of the Chicago-based carrier plunging to 1 cent, from a close Friday of $11.92, before trading was halted.

The fallout spread to the industry as a whole, pushing down airline stocks 20% at one point Monday morning.

United in a statement said the South Florida Sun-Sentinel was responsible for its stock tanking after the paper posted as current news on its Web site a six-year-old news story written by sister publication the Chicago Tribune.