Monday Stuff

Aside from Cole Hamels’ no-hitter, the five runs scored against Jonathan Papelbon in a 12-5 win concluding the Phillies’ series with the Nationals (here) may be the highlight of the year – I admit that that doesn’t say much about what kind of a year the Phillies have had, but considering their run from ’07 until ’12, they really were due for a letdown...oh, and what’s featured in this clip is pretty funny too – looks like Pap will be getting shopped to yet another team in the offseason – take those lectures of yours about how the Phillies are lacking effort or whatever and stick them where the sun don’t shine - at least Bryce Harper has his best years ahead of him (which is scary I'll admit), which is more than I can say for you…



...and a hat tip to David Sirota for this; Hedrick Smith interviewed John Boehner about the time that Boehner handed out checks from the tobacco industry on the floor of the House to preserve the tobacco industry subsidy, which was a pretty bald-faced admission of who those who voted in favor of the subsidy truly served...



…and thankfully, everything went well for The Holy Father when he visited this area (heh); with that in mind, I thought this was an interesting interview Thom Hartmann conducted with author Kevin Kruse on the subject of religion and the corpocracy earlier this year…



…and NOW IS THE TIME ON SPROCKETS WHEN WE DANSE! (Google it if you have any questions.)