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Sunday, August 30, 2009

Roller Derby: JCRD Cops vs. Robbers

Ogden’s Junction City Roller Dolls played their second expo bout of the season Saturday at Layton’s Davis Conference Center, with the theme of “Cops vs. Robbers.” Sure, they were wearing the same uniforms as their April season-opener, “Blue vs. Black,” but the theme was different.

Chula Vista Baby

The boys of summer… literally --- The Little League Word Series championship featured Chinese TaiPei (Taiwan) facing Chula Vista, California.

Beer for Becker, Whine for Waddoups

Mayor Ralph (The party animal) Becker is bound and determined to make Salt Lake City act and look like big cities in America.--- He wants a major overhaul of the cities booze ordinances to allow more bars, pubs and the like in areas that have not had them before.%uFFFDHe also wants to get rid of the incredibly stupid rule of no more than 2 bars per block.

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Speling Wit Glenn Beck

Is this the end result of home schooling and prolonged exposure to the Fox News water cooler? Forget pesky "definitions" and "facts"--Glenn could have just thrown in "Communism" and the anagram would have totally worked!

In The Loop: 8/29/09. The MC Wall, Douchbagery & Sego No-Go

Hello to all the brand new governor-hating enthusiasts.

After Placido & Yo Yo

When you're a Kennedy, Placido Domingo & Yo Yo Ma play your funeral...---

Friday, August 28, 2009

Broke City & The Major Street Project

Two local release shows his the scene this weekend. If you haven't planned out a show to go to yet, take one of these into consideration.

The End of the Rainbow

After 26 years, Reading Rainbow has reached its final chapter. I guess PBS is giving up, considering the fact that nobody reads books anymore; Twitter has ensured that generations will never develop the attention span to consume more than 140 characters at a time.

Salami Fighting Association

Fun with cured meats. You don't want to miss this.

Discrimination against blondes

It's too bad I need to tell you this, Governor Herbert, but even though you are white, Christian and heterosexual you, too, have a race, religion and sexual preference. Thus, you are the beneficiary of these so-called "special rights" conferred by anti-bias laws, as is everyone else.

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