Sign of our Times
I just realized that between all the things in my life, the thing that is most under attack, and at the same time, the most secure, is my World of Warcraft account.
My email account? Meh. Bank account? Too much heat. My WoW account? Probably 100 injection attacks a day trying to get that password. (Which is why I have an authenticator.)
The Worst Playboy Mansion Story Ever | TMZ.com
How do you take an ass whuppin at The Playboy Mansion on Superbowl Sunday?
According to the suit, a guy named Ryan Murphy claims he somehow scored an invite to a Super Bowl party at the Mansion in 2008 — a party where guests were “permitted to consume an endless amount of alcohol without restriction.” So far, so good — right?
But Murphy claims his night took a drastic turn after the party when a Playboy shuttle took him to a parking garage where party guests parked their cars.
In the suit, Murphy claims there was a backup in the parking garage and many of the “intoxicated individuals … became impatient and unruly”
Murphy claims the people in the car behind him began throwing beer bottles at his car — and ultimately dragged him out of his ride, where they proceeded to “savagely beat him.” Murphy claims he was knocked unconscious and sustained “several severe and debilitating injuries” from the attack.
Murphy is suing Playboy, the parking garage, his alleged attackers and others. Murphy claims Playboy knew that “incidents like this were likely to occur” — but did nothing to prevent it.
Here’s a word to the wise — if there is ever a time to hire a limo and skip the parking lot altogether, it’s when you have an invite to the Superbowl party at the Playboy Mansion. That’s one that you want to show up at in style, not in your Hyundai with your designated driver.
Change on No-Bid Contracts
From Obama’s Blueprint for Change (PDF), in the Ethics section:
End Abuse of No-Bid Contracts: Barack Obama will end abuse of no-bid contracts by requiring that nearly
all contract orders over $25,000 be competitively awarded.
From today — Obama Administration Steers Lucrative No-Bid Contract for Afghan Work to Dem Donor:
Despite President Obama’s long history of criticizing the Bush administration for “sweetheart deals” with favored contractors, the Obama administration this month awarded a $25 million federal contract for work in Afghanistan to a company owned by a Democratic campaign contributor without entertaining competitive bids, Fox News has learned.
Change you can believe in, if you lower your expectations by a factor of 1000.
Rick Santelli
The Shout Heard Round the World.
It’s not over yet.
Waterloo
“I would advise that we try to move quickly to coalesce around those elements of the package that people agree on,” he said.
The president said there are “core elements” to the health care legislation that both Republican and Democrats agree on and they must come together to work for comprehensive reform.
