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These new ATMs should provide some relief to the beleaguered Greeks....
Who is Katie Hopkins, you ask? Check for yourself.
Looks like our plan to eat more Greek yogurt has not helped much.
"Η φτήνια τρώει τον παρά." - Greek proverb [English equivalent: "If you buy cheaply, you pay dearly."]
University of Wyoming basketball player Larry Nance, Jr., tweeted this about Kobe Bryant and his rape accusation in 2012:
In yesterday's NBA draft, guess which team selected Nance? Yes, Kobe Bryant's team, the Los Angeles Lakers. The Tweet has since been deleted, but not before attention was brought to its existence.
The first practice could be interesting.
Read about Twitter faux pas made by other NBA draftees.
This is a lesson for all of us.
"When you are dead, you don't know you are dead; it is difficult only for others. It is the same when you are stupid." - Unknown
From the pen of Chan Lowe.
I like this idea.
I must confess - my great-great grandfather M.A. Emerson was a member of the North Carolina Company K and fought for the Confederacy.
"You can’t claim to be a proud, patriotic American while you honor the flag of the largest treasonous uprising against this country in our history." - Allen Clifton
Alex Rodriguez, arguably (?) the most vilified man in US professional sports (certainly in major league baseball) achieved another milestone in grand style yesterday - his 3,000th hit was a home run, just like Yankee hero Derek Jeter's a few years ago.
Earlier in the week he knocked in his 2,000th run.
Bud Selig, the recently-retired MLB commissioner, would be turning over in his grave were he dead.
A-Rod is having a good year for a guy who turns 40 next month and missed all of last season under suspension: 14 home runs, 40 RBIs and a .283 batting average after today's game. He's no longer playing the field but serving as the Yankees' DH.
During spring training pundits were predicting a terrible year for Alex. He could no longer get around on the fastball and could not handle a major-league curve. Granted, he will slow down as the season progresses but I don't think many thought he'd been hitting the way he is in mid-June. I know I didn't.
The Yankee management must be (somewhat) pleasantly surprised. They did not think he could hit and wanted desperately for him to take the graceful way out and not come back for the 2015 season.
Although I'm not a big fan of A-Rod I'm happy for him. The guy knows a bunch of people hate him and did so even before all the PED stuff - his reputation as a prima donna is legendary. Yet he's seemingly unfazed and in there swinging away and making contact. More power to the guy, and shame on the Yankee management for treating him like crap.
It's so sad that he screwed things up and then lied about PEDs to boot. He was on his way to a Hall of Fame career even without the drugs.
What a waste.
"I just don't see the light. Where is the light? What am I in this for?" - Alex Rodriguez
Few people know it but Oregon and New Jersey are the only two states in our union that forbid people from pumping their own gas. In all fairness, each has exceptions. Oregon has limited exceptions for commercial drivers and motorcyclists. In New Jersey, you can pump your own gas if you are a politician, know Governor Chris Christie, or are a member of the Mafia.
That may soon change, folks. Oregon's moving into the latter quarter of the 20th century
Today's Oregonian reports that our legislature passed a bill allowing us to pump our own gas in counties with fewer than 40,000 residents (half of our 36 counties) between the hours of 6 PM and 6 AM. The bill now goes to Governor Kate Brown for her (presumed) signature.
One concern: in a state that just legalized marijuana, perhaps this is not a good idea.
"Today I voted for limited self-service gas in extremely rural areas late at night. Am I still a real Oregonian?" - Sen. Sara Gelser, D-Corvallis
This was in the Oregonian earlier this week. No need to comment.
"Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem" - Henry Kissinger
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