The NO Saints have made a revised contract offer to their disgruntled QB Drew Brees. In an effort to get Brees under contract in time for training camp the Saints made efforts to bridge the $2 million per year gap the two sides are reported to have. [ESPN]
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The Politics of Tech “Confirmed: US and Israel created Stuxnet, lost control of it” [ars technica] Check out this amazing, new touch-screen from Tactus Technology! [TG Daily] Gizmodo makes the appeal that Xbox Live should switch to being free, or at least the streaming video parts of it. [Gizmodo] Audi’s laser rear fog light marks a safe distance to back up. Awesome. [picture] “Nook version of War and Peace turns the word ‘kindled’ into ‘Nookd'” This is just silly. [ars technica]  The Politics of Pigskin “6-Year-Old Sends Brandon Jacobs $3.36 So He Can Stay With Giants.” Cute story. [CBS Chicago] You may want to become more familiar with the so-called 3-3-5 defense or the 30 Stack. [Grantland] More news that could make Saints fans more uneasy than they already are: fights breaking out during OTAs. Could more sanctions be looming for the Saints? [PFT] Justin Blackmon is not a smart man. [Sports Illustrated] Just for fun – Bill Belichick in a suit. [picture] Today's gubernatorial election in Wisconsin may be the state's most high profile recall, but it is by no means the first. In dubious honor of the impending Wisconsin recall election, this week’s Politics of the States will be dedicated to that most polarized of states, the Badger State. – It’s conventional wisdom that Governor Scott Walker will fend off challenger Tom Barrett today. A more unknown quantity is how the down ticket races, for State Senate and Lieutenant Governor, will play out. Rachel Weiner at The Washington Post takes a look at a couple of unexpected possibilities: Republicans keeping the governor’s mansion while Democrats either take the State Senate or win the Lieutenant Governor race. (Wisconsin elects the positions separately, so firefighters’ union head Mahlon Mitchell could well end up Walker’s lieutenant.) [The Washington Post] – With polls tightening up in recent days and Walker seemingly unable to cross the 50% threshold with Wisconsin voters, that state’s Democrats are gearing up for yet another grueling, divisive recount (a sequel, perhaps, to last year’s month-long nailbiter of a supreme court election). State and national Republicans refuse to comment on the prospect, but the Wisconsin Democratic Party has some 440 lawyers ready to go across the state today in case a recount is necessary. [POLITICO] While Wisconsin’s recent political acrimony is well-known and widely-documented, less famous is that state’s lengthy history of recall elections, both successful and unsuccessful: Successful
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For those of you keeping count at home, that’s 13 recalled elected officials and 8 unsuccessful attempts, all but one of which were in the 15 years between 1996 and 2011, in addition to the 6 officials up for recall today (Gov. Walker, Lt. Gov. Kleefisch, and 4 Republicans in the State Senate). This requires no comment. Click here for your personal invitation from Anna Wintour. Doesn’t really matter what it’s for, because…well…it’s Anna Wintour. [Racked] Remember me telling you that Bryanboy was set to be the newest judge on America’s Next Top Model? Well, apparently, I was wrong, and the new judge is – wait for it – you! Check it out: [The Cut] Do you live in one of the worst dressed cities in America? [Racked] A Devil Wears Prada sequel will be coming to a movie theater near you! I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty excited. [Racked]
In an unsurprising move NBC sports has hired newly-retired Steelers WR and former Dancing with the Stars Champion Hines Ward as a studio analyst. Many people have guessed that Ward would explore this route to begin his post-playing days. [ESPN] The Politics of Tech “CEO Says SOPA & CISPA Are Needed Because A Disgruntled Customer Once Set Up A Parody Site To Mock Him.” Okay then. [techdirt] Three heavyweight committees in the European Parliament gave their voting recommendations on ACTA today. All three gave the same recommendation: reject ACTA. [Falkvinge] SpaceX Dragon has returned to Earth off the coast of California. [MSNBC] “I’m going to argue that the futures of Facebook and Google are pretty much totally embedded in these two images” [Robin Sloan] Hollywood want to make it illegal to skip commercials. [Public Knowledge] The Politics of Pigskin Wide Receivers Anquan Boldin and Larry Fitzgerald Travel to Ethiopia to help create farm-able land and also buy cows for the villagers. [ESPN] HBO has finally found its team to showcase on Hard Knocks: The Miami Dolphins. There will be some nice story lines they will be able to focus on. [Yahoo! Sports] Seven years after playing his last down in the NFL Kordell Stewart is officially retiring. [Fox Sports] Worst to First – the most likely teams to go from last in their division in in 2011 to first in the upcoming 2012 season. [SB Nation] Terrell Owens’ career seems to have come to a fitting end. He has been released from his IFL team. Oh, you didn’t know he was playing in the IFL, don’t feel too bad. [ESPN] This video of Illinois state Representative Mike Bost (R-Murphysboro) more or less speaks for itself. [Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire] |
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