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 The Politics of Pigskin Arkansas head coach Bobby Petrino has been put on paid leave Thursday after a motorcycle accident this past weekend. It was discovered that Petrino who is married with 4 children has been having an affair with an Arkansas employee half his age. [USA Today] The Politics of Tech 600,000 Mac computers infected with a botnet and counting. 57% of infected Macs are in the US. The virus is designed to steal personal information. [ars technica] Augmented reality glasses from Google. Badass. [NY Times] The Pirate Bay teams up with independent artists to promote there music. [Torrent Freak] Browse Google Maps in 8-bit. [Google Maps] More Google magic. [Google]
 The Politics of Pigskin Disgraced former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams allegedly implored his players during a speech to inflict injuries to 49ers players. Stick a fork in him. [Yahoo! Sports] Joe Flacco thinks he is the best QB in the NFL. Not sure how you say that with a straight face. [ESPN] The 49ers will not play the Raiders this preseason. Probably for the best. [NBC] Nike unveiled their new NFL uniform designs this week. [Sports Illustrated] The all-time QB bust Ryan Leaf was arrested this week. The charges were for both burglary and drugs. [CougCenter] Upon release Leaf was promptly arrested again. [NFL.com] It’s almost that time: fashion and chocolate collide in these Vivian Westwood Easter eggs. [The Cut] Jason Wu is literally on fire! [SheFinds] A makeup lover’s dream: create your own eyeshadow palette thanks to Urban Decay. [Beauty High] Shop: Colorblock your wardrobe! [SheFinds] Why are pro days important for players entering the NFL draft? Also click through for some really good info on the most important prospects heading into next month’s NFL draft. [CBS Sports] The Politics of Tech Flexible e-ink displays coming soon. Awesome! [Extreme Tech] Here are some rumors regarding what we could see in Sony’s next generation Playstation. [Kotaku] The “Holy Grail of Material Science?” How does self-healing plastic sound? [BGR] Is this the first step in the downfall of Best Buy? [Star Tribune] A German court has found Rapidshare to be legal. [Tech World]
The Politics of Pigskin With Sean Payton suspended for the season the Saints have begun to search for potential replacements for the 2012 season. One named that has floated around has been Bill Parcells. Parcells recently said that a stint with the Saints is not outside the realm of possibility. [ESPN] Is free agent acquisition Matt Flynn the answer at quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks? [CBS Sports] New York Jets CB Darrelle Revis spoke on Sportscenter recently and referred to the Jets’ locker room as in “disarray right now.” [NBC Sports] The NFL owners have officially agreed to expand replay to turnovers. The playoff overtime system has now been applied to the regular season as well. [ESPN] Cornerback charting! Who were the best in coverage in the 2011 season. Click through to find out. [Football Outsiders] The Politics of Laughter “I’m gay too!” [New York Times] Failure [gif] A cautionary tale of cheering too hard. [gif] What a delightful product. [picture] Can’t argue with that logic! [picture]
The effort to recall Wisconsin governor Scott Walker has lead to an influx of campaign cash into that state. After a lengthy (if unintentional) hiatus, the Politics of the States is back. Without further ado, the Badger State. Wisconsin’s long-running recall nightmare has a new twist. With a recall election for Governor Scott Walker coming up this summer, money is pouring in from all sides– pro-Walker forces including Americans for Prosperity are spending massive amounts of cash on ads from the right, while his opponents on the left are being funded by labor groups. Small, passionate donors are caught in the middle. [The Washington Post] Ending an unnecessarily long saga of redistricting, a federal court last week set in place new congressional district lines for the state of New York. After endless months of wrangling, the state finally produced new state legislature lines a few weeks ago, and only through the judiciary’s intervention was a new Congressional map drawn. New York lost two seats in the most recent round of reapportionment, and redistricting had become wildly contentious in the state. [Albany Times Union] More redistricting drama in Florida, where the state Democratic party has filed a lawsuit after the state supreme court rejected a Republican, legislatively-drawn map that critics alleged was not constitutional. The Democrats’ map has 11 Democratic districts, 13 Republican, and 3 swing, while the current map favors Republicans 16-9-2. Additionally, this new map proposes 7 minority majority districts, most south of the I-4 corridor. [The Tampa Bay Times] Because it’s California, a Sacramento-area candidate may have just set himself up to endorse another candidate– while he’s still in the race. Andy Pugno, a lawyer running for State Assembly, pledged to support whichever Republican gets the most votes in this June’s Republican primary for the seat. The catch? Under 2010’s Proposition 14, California has a non-partisan blanket primary, meaning that the top two vote-getters advance, regardless of party, and in the heavily-Republican 6th district, it’s entirely feasible that Pugno and incumbent Beth Gaines will both be in the runoff. Leaving Pugno having pledge to endorse his competitor. [Sacramento Bee] |
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