Friday, August 31, 2012

Media Preparing For Coverage of Hurricane Isaac Flooding

Bracing for the Flood of Media Reports on Flooding,  One can only hope we've learned from the best:

The Daily Show with Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Weatherman-Based System of Flood Height Measurements
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show Full EpisodesPolitical Humor & Satire BlogThe Daily Show on Faceboo
 

This guy's good....really good, BUT....My All Time Favorite.....

Of course, flooding is a serious disaster. Which makes these, although funny, rather sad in retrospect, in exploiting tragedy.  Thank goodness not ALL reporters stoop to this...

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Rejected Job Seeker's Email Goes Viral (WARNING for Language)

University of Memphis graduate Taylor Grey Meyer applied for 30 jobs with the San Diego Padres after moving to California and seeking to get her start in the Sports Industry.  After finally getting rejected for a minimum wage job, selling tickets, she gave up.

The Padres, sent her a letter, offering her a chance to pay around $500 to attend a sort of Sports Jobs Fair in San Diego.  That sent her off.  Here is her reply:

Hi [Redacted],
I wanted to thank you for reaching out to me when thinking of ways to meet your quota for the Sports Sales Combine.
After careful review I must decline. I realize I may be burning a bridge here, but in the spirit of reciprocity, I would like to extend you a counter-offer to suck my dick. Clearly, I don't have one of these, so my offer makes about as much sense as yours. But for the price you're charging to attend the event, I'm sure I would have no problem borrowing one.
Managers like you have found this to be the most authentic training available. Real, hands-on experience getting you on your way to perfecting the techniques you will need to climb the corporate ladder. In these tough economic times, it's always good to widen your skill set.
Let's talk about why I wasn't a good fit with your organization. Was it my extensive education that made me less of a fit, that now paying $500 will allow me to overcome? My graduate work in sports commerce? Being a law student, working toward becoming an agent? Was it my past experience overseeing the execution of national and international events? Wait, I know, maybe it was my previous internship with Major League Soccer, and that I actually got my "start" in professional sports at the age of 15 when I volunteered at a minor league ballpark in my hometown. And given all that, I chose to apply with the Padres, at least 30 times since moving to San Diego. Persevering through countless anonymous email rejections, I continued to submit my resume despite never even being granted the courtesy of a face-to-face interview. All for the joy of making $30K a year. Maybe you're right. Maybe I'm not the best fit for your company. But here's a nice fit, my foot in your ass.
All the best,
Taylor

The result? Well, she didn't get hired by the Padres, but she has received at least one offer for an interview from a team, and the email has been read by executives from dozens of pro sports teams!



(VIDEO) Fox News Host Drops ANOTHER F-Bomb On Air!

Ironic that as the Merriam-Webster dictionary decides to include the definition of F-Bomb" in the dictionary, Fox News Host Bob Beckel drops ANOTHER F-Bomb live on the air!  After letting loose with one back in April, Beckel let loose with another one today!





This is the one from back in April....

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

NASA Mars Rover Captures First Picture Of Possible Life

NASA's Mars Rover, Curiosity, has captured a hi rez photo possibly showing evidence of life on the Red Planet!
More investigation and analysis of pictures are needed for study by NASA scientists.

The Disturbing Images Of The Week

The most disturbing images of the week found. No explanations offered. 


















Friday, August 3, 2012

(VIDEO) Arizona Executive Fired for Anti-Chick-Fil-A Rant!

Adam Smith was CFO of an Arizona medical  manufacturer.  He made this YouTube video of himself in the drive-thru of a Chick-Fil-A and later was fired by his employer. 


After firing Smith, his employer released this statement: "We obviously found it very disturbing... We respect everybody’s ability to share their opinions in the public square and we have a very diverse workforce with a diverse set of opinions. We expect employees to behave in a professional manner that’s commensurate with their positions, and discuss their opinions in a civil fashion. ... We thought what he did was inappropriate."