VIDEO Rep. Brad Sherman Destroys CNBC Hosts Who Try to Defend AIG

In a showdown between Rep. Brad Sherman and CNBC Mark Haynes and Erin Burnett over the taxes on AIG bonus payments, Sherman destroyed the two hosts who were desperately trying to defend the failed executives who...

Ny Yankees Sign Burnett to 5 Year Deal

    The New York Yankees signed another pitcher today, A.J. Burnett who recently became a free agent after opting out of a $55 million 5 year contact with the Blue Jays. The Yankees signed Burnett...

Sabathia, Yankees reportedly have deal

"Several reports state that free agent lefthander CC Sabathia has agreed to a seven-year deal worth at least $160 million with the Yankees. According to the New York Post , the final hurdle in the deal is...

Record producer says CD quality isn't good enough

Producer T Bone Burnett is making the case that digital music is losing it's sound quality, especially cd's. " Burnett's no fan of CDs or downloads, stating that CD's inadequate sampling rate loses too much of the...

B.C.'s Emily Carr Art College to Become University

Granting ECIAD official university status is a good thing: now trust-funded starving artists can get Bachelor's and Master's degrees just like the rest of us. But this might not be a good thing from the...

The citizen videographer's quandary

I'm surprised that I haven't seen this commentary earlier. Paul Pritchard's now infamous video footage of the final minutes before Robert Dziekanski's death at YVR last month catalyzed global public outrage at the...

Memo to White House: Bridge Failure Determined to Strike in U.S.

It seems that the White House was fully aware of the fact that this very bridge was shaky, and still cut the necessary funds to address it so they can continue to do what they feel the French didn't have the balls...

Weekly del.icio.us roundup

Just some of the more interesting pages saved under my del.icio.us account

Value Added, Value Subtracted

ESPN reports that two teams have made offers to Marlins free agent A.J. Burnett. Thought the two teams are undisclosed, the rumor is that one of them was the Blue Jays who supposedly offered a 5 year, $50 million deal. As noted earlier, my estimate for a Phillies pitch was...

Phillies Need Starting Pitching

There's a poll going on over in the right column where you can guess what Pat Gillick's first move might be - I had hoped to have pulled it down by now but we're still waiting.  There's plenty of opportunities out there and there has been a lot of talk since he's arrived,...

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