Sharks Player Cheats and NHL Doesn’t Care

In a Thursday night game against the LA Kings, San Jose Sharks player Ryane Clowe was sitting on the bench when he reached over the wall with his stick and tapped the puck. The illegal move was not caught by officials at the time and after reviewing the play the NHL has decided not to fine Clowe. The reasoning is that if it had been caught during the game it would only have been a minor infraction. Watch the action after the break. Continue reading →

Dance Moms Recap: Just End it Already

Previously on Dance Moms, Melissa went crazy, again, and Chloe forgot her dance. This time, we’re heading to NYC because we’ve been invited to an open audition for the Joffrey Ballet School, which has absolutely no affiliation with the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago or the Joffrey Ballet Academy (other than being started by the same person). Join me after the jump! Continue reading →

Jim Marshall, Founder of Marshall Amplifiers Dead at 88

Jim Marshall, founder of Marshall Amplification, died this morning at the age of eighty-eight.

Marshall, often called the “The Father of Loud,” was born in West London in 1923. As a small child he was diagnosed with tuberculosis of the bones and spent a large portion of his childhood in and out of London’s hospitals, his body encapsulated in plaster casts. Exempted from military service due to his sickly adolescence, Marshall became a civilian musician after developing a keen interest in drumming. Around this time, Marshall began applying his knowledge of engineering (then his day job) to developing his own personal voice amplifiers, so that his soft, crooning voice could be heard over his thunderous drumming. Continue reading →

Congressman Steve King’s Delusional Vegetarian Tale

Here’s another one to file under “Bizarre Shit Politicians Lie about.”

Iowa Representative Steve King, recently politicking at a local town hall meeting, announced to the attendees that he had forced witnesses testifying at a congressional hearing to “confess” they were vegetarians. While this might seem a pretty odd thing to be bragging about in the first place, it gets even weirder when Think Progress reveals through a search of congressional testimony – it never happened.

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