By Zack Adams, RP Staff, on Mon Oct 15, 2012 at 3:00 PM ET The Politics of Pigskin
On Sunday night viewers were treated to the Packers beating Texans and Aaron Rodgers putting on an absolute clinic with 6 TD passes. [PFT]
JJ Watt was also on display last night in Primetime and he had a really good night. Here is video evidence that he is crazy athletic. [YouTube]
The rest of the Steelers’ season could be in trouble if some things aren’t addressed and other thoughts from around the league. [NFL.com]
The Redskins ended a 8 game home losing streak – key if they want to make the jump to contender-status – on the back of RGIII’s fantastic day running the ball. [ESPN]
The Cowboys were this close to stealing a win in Baltimore on Sunday, but after the loss there are questions to be answered. [SI]
Finally, some friendly grades for the results from yesterday. [CBS Sports]
Remember to check back tomorrow to see the Fantasy football update as we are moving it to Tuesdays.
By Bradford Queen, Managing Editor, on Mon Oct 15, 2012 at 10:00 AM ET Could a presidential debate ever be held without first a debate over the moderator? No. Now, CNN’s Candy Crowley is receiving criticism because of comments she made alluding to how she will handle her role in tomorrow night’s town hall debate at Hofstra University. [Politico] The New York Times has a nice piece on who is Candy Crowley. [NYT]
More than 51 million people tuned in for the head-to-head meeting of Vice President Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan at Centre College last week. 18 million more watched the ’08 matchup between Biden and Sarah Palin. [WaPo]
‘Today’ viewers aren’t happy. So unhappy that many are switching off the Peacock Network at 7 a.m. [AP]
David Carr of the New York Times writes that last week doesn’t help your case if you believe the media is biased. [NYT]
By Zack Adams, RP Staff, on Thu Oct 11, 2012 at 3:00 PM ET  The Politics of Tech The nation’s major internet service providers by year’s end will institute a so-called six-strikes plan, the “Copyright Alert System.” The players in this plan, that is back by the White House and encouraged by Hollywood, are AT&T, Cablevision Systems, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Verizon. Could this push users to look for alternative or smaller ISPs? [Wired]
More on file sharing and why the MPAA is losing it’s battle to change the digital culture. [TechDirt]
“Last year, for the first time, spending by Apple and Google on [patents] exceeded spending on research and development of new products” [9to5Mac]
Twitter is taking a strong stance against so called “frivolous lawsuits” related to patents. [Gigaom]
A writer for Ars Technica gets cold called by a by a tech support scammer – comedy insues. [Ars Technica]
“From 0 to 450 mph (720 km/h) in 2.0 seconds” – Amazing. [YouTube]
By Zack Adams, RP Staff, on Tue Oct 9, 2012 at 3:15 PM ET The Politics of Laughter
Jokes [ToonHole]
Explain [Left-Handed Toons]
Test Your Stupidity (simple yet effective) [comic]
When trying to be productive on weekends [gif]
Bloody Mary [comic]
By Zack Adams, RP Staff, on Mon Oct 8, 2012 at 3:00 PM ET The Politics of Pigskin
According to Pro Football Reference the 49ers became the first team to accumulate over 300 yards in both passing and rushing. How’s that for a balanced offence? [Pro-Football-Reference]
Cheifs OT Eric Winston had strong words following their game on Sunday regarding fans who cheered when Matt Cassel went down with an injury (which later turned out to be a concussion). [Arrowhead Pride]
Another starting QB was knocked out of his game on Sunday when Robert Griffin III also sustained a concussion while scrambling for a first down. The hit was deemed legal because RG III had not slid. [ESPN]
The Colts did right by absent head coach Chuck Pagano on Sunday – upsetting the Packers and sending a game ball to Pagano in the hospital. [SI]
For Sunday’s night game fans were treated to the Saints claiming their first win of the season and Drew Brees breaking Johnny Unitas’ record for consecutive games with a passing TD. [ESPN]
In the Recovering Politician Bowl we lost our last unbeaten team as the Powerful Lobbyists took their first loss.
By Zack Adams, RP Staff, on Thu Oct 4, 2012 at 1:30 PM ET The Politics of Tech
The Philippines have passed a law that is many times worse that SOPA. It criminalizes cybersex, torrenting, and criticizing someone online. [CBS News]
On the topic of torrents, the founder of Pirate Bay, Gottfrid Svartholm, continues to be imprisoned without official charges being filed. [TorrentFreak]
The CD turned 30 years old today! [What HiFi]
After the criticism of the new Apple Maps app following the release of the the iPhone 5 last week Apple CEO Tim Cook has apologized via press release. [engadget]
MIT grads advancing molten salt reactor which can use thorium as a nuclear fuel. [Forbes]
Why It’s Bad That Smartphones Have Banished Boredom: When we reach for a smartphone at every pause in our day, we forget how to reflect naturally [Slashdot]
By Zack Adams, RP Staff, on Tue Oct 2, 2012 at 3:00 PM ET The Politics of Laughter
The perfect paint scheme for a smart car. [picture]
Witches [comic]
Comic Rewrite Test [Cyanide and Happiness]
Every Morning [Stairwell]
If Novels were Written like Software [FWP]
By Zack Adams, RP Staff, on Mon Oct 1, 2012 at 3:00 PM ET The Politics of Pigskin
A deal was finally agreed upon by the referees and the NFL last week which meant that Sunday was officiated by the regular refs for the first time this year. Here are the 5 big takeaways from the deal according to John Clayton. [ESPN]
According to Sportscenter, after the Packers-Seahawks game that prompted the deal between the NFL and the referees the league office received 70,000 voicemails. [Twitter]
Colts’ head coash Chuck Pagano will likely miss several games as he undergoes treatment during the season for acute promyelocytic leukemia. Offensive coordinator Bruce Arians will take over as interim head coach while Pagano is absent. [Indy Star]
On Sunday the Patriots scored 45 points after halftime to beat the Bills. That is the best score in the same period for the past 40 years. [Twitter]
The USA Today NFL staff hasn’t done the best job with their picks so far. [screenshot]
After the rough 1-2 start the Packers seem to have righted their ship on Sunday against the reeling Saints. Green Bay evened up their record while New Orleans dropped deeper into the hole at 0-4. [ESPN]
Here is your weekly update on the Recovering Politician Bowl standings:
By Zack Adams, RP Staff, on Thu Sep 27, 2012 at 10:00 AM ET The Politics of Tech
The country of Brazil has ordered for a Google executive to be arrested after Google refused to remove a video from YouTube that criticizes a candidate running for mayor of a city in Brazil. [Washington Post]
The future is now – driverless cars have been made legal in the state of California. [Bloomberg]
The iPhone 4 faced adversity with it’s antenna being susceptible to the “death grip” and now its newer brother the iPhone 5 has its own controversy over Scuffgate. [Extreme Tech]
Verizon CFO, Fran Shammo – “Unlimited is just a word, it doesn’t really mean anything.” Alright, then. [engadget]
More Apple news as this week they lost a touch-screen patent case against Samsung and Motorola in Germany. [Washington Post]
Iran is preparing to block Google from the country in response to the anti-Islam independent film “Innocence of Muslims.” [Guardian]
By Zack Adams, RP Staff, on Tue Sep 25, 2012 at 4:00 PM ET  The Politics of Laughter Click and Drag [xkcd]
John Stamos: “two lovely lesbians by a door.” [Twitter]
IKEA hazing [picture]
That photographer had to have been proud of himself. [picture]
It burns! [picture]
Bird Twitter [picture]
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