Hibbert: Battier Kneed Me in Groin on Purpose
Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert accused Miami Heat forward Shane Battier of purposely kneeing him below the belt during Wednesday's game.
The Pacers center, who was inexplicably on the bench during the final play of Wednesday's loss in game one of the Eastern Conference finals, was kneed in the groin as Battier went up for a shot in the first quarter of Wednesday's game. He was in obvious and noticeable pain after the play.
The former Georgetown Hoya went on Twitter and said Battier's actions were not "inadvertent."
U can knee or kick me every time u drive 2the rim. Ill be there 2protect the rim. That wasn't inadvertent. Battier knew what he was doing
— Roy Hibbert (@Hoya2aPacer) May 23, 2013
Here is footage of the play in question. Decide for yourself.
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Ailes Letter to Journalists is a Battle Cry for Press Freedom
Fox News chief Roger Ailes's letter to his employees is a battle cry that will echo beyond the Avenue of the Americas.
"The administration’s attempt to intimidate Fox News and its employees will not succeed and their excuses will stand neither the test of law, the test of decency, nor the test of time. We will not allow a climate of press intimidation, unseen since the McCarthy era, to frighten any of us away from the truth," he wrote.
Already, Fox News has found some unlikely allies--even in the left media. Salon.com's Washington, DC correspondent, a frequent critic of Breitbart News, tweeted his support for Fox reporter James Rosen, who is being treated like a criminal (literally) for the routine practice of reporting on American foreign policy:
I understand lib cognitive dissonance on Obama admin going after Fox reporter, but only right answer is #TeamRosen.
— Alex Seitz-Wald (@aseitzwald) May 20, 2013
As liberal Democrat Alan Dershowitz noted Thursday, there cannot be one rule for Fox and another for the New York Times. And there are enough journalists even in the mainstream media who are beginning to recognize the dangerous game of divide-and-rule that Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder are playing.
The Huffington Post, of all outlets, called for Holder's departure, citing a report that he had signed off on the surveillance of Rosen--and listing, in red, a series of other grievances that had been quietly suppressed until the Obama administration's brazen assault on media freedom became impossible to ignore or wish away.
Ailes wrote: "As Fox News employees, we sometimes are forced to stand alone." But more and more fellow journalists are standing with them--even if just to maintain credibility. It is a cause impossible to ignore.
What is particularly noteworthy about Ailes's response is that it is the first time in a very long time that Fox has felt emboldened to fight back against the Department of Justice in a direct and forthright manner. The phone hacking scandal at the UK's now-defunct News of the World, a fellow News Corp. subsidiary, led the Attorney General to investigate News Corp.'s U.S. arms for potential involvement. Arguably, Fox was more timid in the 2012 election cycle as a result--just as Tea Party groups were less active under IRS scrutiny.
Now that Holder has been caught in a hacking scandal of his own--first of telephones at the Associated Press, then of Rosen and other Fox News journalists--the playing field is leveled.
And even though the wider media solidarity with Fox News is doomed to be short-lived, from now on the White House will face bolder, fearless conservative media, confident in the knowledge that they are defending universal principles.
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At Least 150 Horses Killed By Oklahoma Tornado
The Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce touts the state as the "horse show capital of the world" and "the venue of choice for more than a dozen top national and world championship horse shows, attracting riders from across the nation - and world - each year."
The horse community was hit particularly hard on Wednesday when the devastating level 5 tornado tore through Oklahoma City and its suburb, Moore. More than 150 horses have died as a result of the violent storm that swept through the area.
The number represents the entire community of farms that sit on the southern border of Oklahoma City, including Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses who were based at Celestial Acres Training Center.
Several organizations coordinating horse-rescue efforts, as well as local veterinarians and horse owners themselves, determined the number, said Joe Lucas, executive vice president of the Thoroughbred Racing Association of Oklahoma.
“We’ve counted, unfortunately, 150 head or more that have been found [dead], were killed, or had to be put down,” Lucas said. “And that’s not just Celestial Acres. That’s the Moore area. That’s what we’ve gotten up to.”
Lucas said a hotline is being set up through the state Department of Agriculture for owners to inquire about lost horses. In addition, there are plans to post photos taken of both surviving and deceased horses for the purpose of identification. The Thoroughbred Racing Association of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Quarter Horse Racing Association are helping with the process, Lucas said.
A friend who went to Oklahoma to help with the clean-up, reports that a racetrack in Oklahoma City lost 25 horses. The picture above is from their property. Individual pictures of the horses are too grisly to share.
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Poor Results Make Charlie Weis a Rich Man
Charlie Weis's tenure as head coach at the University of Notre Dame was, for the most part, a failure and led to his firing in 2009. However, in the world of college athletics, being a terrible football coach can often make one quite wealthy.
Thus far, Weis has received $10.8 million from the university since his dismissal and is due to continue receiving payments until 2015. The final total Weis is expected to reap as a result of his firing is nearly $19 million.
Currently, Weis is now coaching for the Kansas Jayhawks. Nevertheless, he makes more money from the Fighting Irish than head coach Brian Kelly, who took the team to the BCS Championship last season, basketball head coach Mike Brey, who has had success at the university, and Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick.
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UFC Legend Bikes for Vets
Just before turning 40, Randy Couture defeated Chuck Liddell – the current star of a Miller Lite Commercial – for the UFC Light Heavyweight title. Ten years later, the legendary fighter is preparing to film “Expendables 3,” but first he will take some time on Memorial Day weekend to remember his days in the Army by raising money for wounded veterans during his sixth annual Poker Run around Las Vegas.
“I wore the uniform for six years in the 80s, and I have a unique understanding for the dedication it takes to serve,” Couture told Breitbart Sports on Thursday. “The technological advances that have been made are letting troops survive [IUDs] that would have killed them in the past. The downside is you have a lot of guys coming back missing limbs.”
The photo includes (from left) Yu Nan, Terry Crews, Sylvester Stallone, Randy Couture and Dolph Lundgren.
The Xtreme Couture GI Foundation raises money for wounded veterans year round, but the biggest of several charity events is Sunday’s Poker Ride, which is featured on his foundation’s website.
“Every year I get to go out to DC hospitals. Believe it or not, one of the hardest things we had to do was find the families that need help. They obviously want their privacy,” said Couture, who did not go into details about any particular wounded soldier.
Couture remains one of the most admired fighters in the history of Mixed Martial Arts partly because he kept winning UFC fights even at the age of 47, and he was actually the UFC champion until the age of 44, in perhaps the most grueling sport in the world. Ironically, he actually aspired to be an Olympic skier before becoming a national champion in Greco-Roman wrestling before going into the Army after majoring in German at Oklahoma State.
“This is one of several small events my foundation does. We have low overhead – the guys at the gym help me put it together, and I’d seen Poker Rides with horses in Seattle and thought with my small bike shop this would be a great way to raise a little money," he said. "I believe we’ve done that, raising about $400,000.”
When asked about making the transition to acting after defying age to fight until the age of 47, Couture said there are some similarities.
“Acting and fighting are both a grind. Obviously training is a lot more physical 10 to 12 weeks," he said. "The mental toughness can help prepare you for acting. It can be three weeks to three months of 12 to 14 hour days.”
In addition to starting filming on his third Expendables movie, he was in "Setup" and will begin filming “Distant Shore” before starting back on Expendables 3.
Couture claimed the world title six times, alternating between heavyweight and light heavyweight, and in addition to acting he has gone on to own a chain of gyms (Xtreme Couture MMA), a clothing line, a cologne, and a supplement company. His new Spike TV show, "Fight Master: Bellator MMA,” premiers in June.
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Roger Ailes: Obama Press Intimidation ‘Unseen Since McCarthy Era’
Fox News president Roger Ailes has released a scathing letter to his employees regarding the Department of Justice investigating FNC reporter James Rosen for a 2009 story on North Korea's plans for a nuclear test.
From FoxNews.com:
Dear colleagues,
The recent news about the FBI’s seizure of the phone and email records of Fox News employees, including James Rosen, calls into question whether the federal government is meeting its constitutional obligation to preserve and protect a free press in the United States. We reject the government's efforts to criminalize the pursuit of investigative journalism and falsely characterize a Fox News reporter to a Federal judge as a "co-conspirator" in a crime. I know how concerned you are because so many of you have asked me: why should the government make me afraid to use a work phone or email account to gather news or even call a friend or family member? Well, they shouldn’t have done it. The administration’s attempt to intimidate Fox News and its employees will not succeed and their excuses will stand neither the test of law, the test of decency, nor the test of time. We will not allow a climate of press intimidation, unseen since the McCarthy era, to frighten any of us away from the truth.
I am proud of your tireless effort to report the news over the last 17 years. I stand with you, I support you and I thank you for your reporting with courageous optimism. Too many Americans fought and died to protect our unique American right of press freedom. We can’t and we won’t forget that. To be an American journalist is not only a great responsibility, but also a great honor. To be a Fox journalist is a high honor, not a high crime. Even this memo of support will cause some to demonize us and try to find irrelevant things to cause us to waver. We will not waver.
As Fox News employees, we sometimes are forced to stand alone, but even then when we know we are reporting what is true and what is right, we stand proud and fearless. Thank you for your hard work and all your efforts.
Sincerely,
Roger Ailes
NBC News reported Thursday evening that a law enforcement officer implicated Attorney General Eric Holder in the search of Rosen's private emails.
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Roger Ailes: Obama Press Intimidation ‘Unseen Since McCarthy Era’
Fox News president Roger Ailes has released a scathing letter to his employees regarding the Department of Justice investigating FNC reporter James Rosen for a 2009 story on North Korea's plans for a nuclear test.
From FoxNews.com:
Dear colleagues,
The recent news about the FBI’s seizure of the phone and email records of Fox News employees, including James Rosen, calls into question whether the federal government is meeting its constitutional obligation to preserve and protect a free press in the United States. We reject the government's efforts to criminalize the pursuit of investigative journalism and falsely characterize a Fox News reporter to a Federal judge as a "co-conspirator" in a crime. I know how concerned you are because so many of you have asked me: why should the government make me afraid to use a work phone or email account to gather news or even call a friend or family member? Well, they shouldn’t have done it. The administration’s attempt to intimidate Fox News and its employees will not succeed and their excuses will stand neither the test of law, the test of decency, nor the test of time. We will not allow a climate of press intimidation, unseen since the McCarthy era, to frighten any of us away from the truth.
I am proud of your tireless effort to report the news over the last 17 years. I stand with you, I support you and I thank you for your reporting with courageous optimism. Too many Americans fought and died to protect our unique American right of press freedom. We can’t and we won’t forget that. To be an American journalist is not only a great responsibility, but also a great honor. To be a Fox journalist is a high honor, not a high crime. Even this memo of support will cause some to demonize us and try to find irrelevant things to cause us to waver. We will not waver.
As Fox News employees, we sometimes are forced to stand alone, but even then when we know we are reporting what is true and what is right, we stand proud and fearless. Thank you for your hard work and all your efforts.
Sincerely,
Roger Ailes
NBC News reported Thursday evening that a law enforcement officer implicated Attorney General Eric Holder in the search of Rosen's private emails.
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30 Million Americans Added to Food Stamp Rolls Since 2000
New charts from Senate Budget Committee Member Jeff Sessions (R-AL) show the dramatic rise in food stamp enrollments and welfare spending.
Over the last decade, thirty million more individuals have signed up for food stamps.
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U.S. welfare spending last year was enough to send each household living under the poverty line a check for $60,000.
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“No longer can we measure compassion by how much money we spend on poverty but how many people we help to rise out of poverty,” said Sessions. “That is why compassion requires us to reform a broken welfare state that is fostering dependency, hurting families and communities, and failing in the most important goal of helping people achieve self-sufficiency. Welfare spending has increased thirty percent in the last four years, but poverty has gone up, not down.”
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30 Million Americans Added to Food Stamp Rolls Since 2000
New charts from Senate Budget Committee Member Jeff Sessions (R-AL) show the dramatic rise in food stamp enrollments and welfare spending.
Over the last decade, thirty million more individuals have signed up for food stamps.
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U.S. welfare spending last year was enough to send each household living under the poverty line a check for $60,000.
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“No longer can we measure compassion by how much money we spend on poverty but how many people we help to rise out of poverty,” said Sessions. “That is why compassion requires us to reform a broken welfare state that is fostering dependency, hurting families and communities, and failing in the most important goal of helping people achieve self-sufficiency. Welfare spending has increased thirty percent in the last four years, but poverty has gone up, not down.”
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30 Million Americans Added to Food Stamp Rolls Since 2000
New charts from Senate Budget Committee Member Jeff Sessions (R-AL) show the dramatic rise in food stamp enrollments and welfare spending.
Over the last decade, thirty million more individuals have signed up for food stamps.
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U.S. welfare spending last year was enough to send each household living under the poverty line a check for $60,000.
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“No longer can we measure compassion by how much money we spend on poverty but how many people we help to rise out of poverty,” said Sessions. “That is why compassion requires us to reform a broken welfare state that is fostering dependency, hurting families and communities, and failing in the most important goal of helping people achieve self-sufficiency. Welfare spending has increased thirty percent in the last four years, but poverty has gone up, not down.”
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