Free Republic

THE WHITE HOUSE, February 10, 2007 -- President Arianna Huffington resigned today amid controversy over revelations that she had once passed the butter to schoolboy basketball phenomenon LeBron James during a dinner. "I received bad legal advice," President Huffington complained, noting she consulted three attorneys before passing the butter to James at a charity event in Ohio in February 2003. Two of the lawyers told her that handing butter to a high-school athlete would not violate Ohio amateur athletic rules, while the third advised her to consult a federal judge before touching the salt or pepper. The Ohio High School...

NEW YORK -- A judge ruled Monday that the NFL cannot force a $200 million lawsuit into arbitration by saying that a union contract governs a player's claim that his career was ruined when his eye was hit by a referee's penalty flag. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Gerard E. Lynch in Manhattan moves the case brought by former Cleveland Browns starting offensive tackle Orlando Brown from federal to state court. He rejected arguments from the NFL that the case should be out of the courts altogether, decided instead by an arbitrator according to the terms of a collective...

Rules for being a true fan By Bill Simmons Page 2 columnist Ugh ... the dog days of February. The Olympics just ended. The NHL and NBA are limping toward the playoffs. We're still a few weeks away from WrestleMania, Junior Kiper's final NFL draft rankings, the Masters, fantasy baseball and watchable spring training games. The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue already came out. You know what that means? We're delving into my "BREAK OPEN IN CASE OF EMERGENCY" treasure chest of column gimmicks! Today's topic: Shouldn't there be rules for being a sports fan? Shouldn't somebody write down some sort ...

Payback is a bitch By Ralph Wiley Page 2 columnist Sat up in Berkeley Cali last week, at the corner of Shattuck and Cedar, had a Barney's Gourmet Hamburger with the trimmings and thought on a question I'd been asked: What do black athletes owe back to communities that spawned them? Like, I should know, right? Like I'm Miss Cleo, Jesse Jackson or somebody? "You can have an opinion," piped in my swaggering company, Ms. Melody Moon. I swear to you, if she wasn't so sharp, I'd ... but that's neither here nor there. What do black athletes owe back ...

This page was grabbed from alt.tv.futurama. Many thanks to Can't Get Enough Futurama for pointing me to the article!! Chris Greetings, Futurama fans of Earth (and Simpsonians as well, if I may impose). David X. Cohen here, Executive Producer of Futurama, with an update on the show. - Futurama's ridiculously late season premiere will be Sunday, Dec. 9th at 7 PM (6 PM Central/Mountain) on Fox. The episode is "Roswell that Ends Well", in which the crew accidentally travels back through time and crash-lands in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947. It's our first time travel episode, unless you count Fry ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The name 3Com Park at Candlestick Point might soon be finished. When the San Francisco 49ers' season ends early next year, the stadium name most likely will end with it. 3Com Corp. has informed the 49ers that the computer networking company will remove its name from the team's home field and not renew a multimillion-dollar annual naming contract, team spokesman Sam Singer said Wednesday. Jan Soderstrom, a 3Com senior marketing executive, confirmed the decision but said his firm was willing to renegotiate a deal. The 49ers control the naming rights to the city-owned stadium. The team ...

THE nice thing about pacifists is that there are so few of them. That's the kind of bait one can't resist tossing upon the waters. It's probably true that there aren't many pacifists -- only two dozen showed up for a White House demonstration this week -- but most "ists" can't resist responding to insults to their "ism." Thus, I expect to hear from every pacifist in America, but how bad could it be? At least I won't get slapped upside the head. And the truth is, on certain days, I'd welcome the visit. On a day when, for instance, ...

SMCCDI Political Committee October 29, 2001 Noble People Of Iran: In recent weeks, mass protests against Iran's clerical regime by brave Iranian women and men have been documented and reported by the international media. These events have caused great anguish and fear among the officials and mercenaries of the clerical regime. High-ranking officials of the Islamic Republic have resorted to desperate means in order to muffle the cries of the people's anger and dissatisfaction, by promising bogus referendums or likening defiant demonstrators to a bunch of football hooligans. The regime's officials, however, must know that they can no longer continue ...

<p>While Berkeley residents and a majority of its City Council rail against the United States' war on terrorism, one of its best-known citizens - "Country" Joe McDonald - is busy supporting the U.S. armed services.</p> <p>Army. Air Force. Navy. Marines.</p>

<p>I have not met Alex Popov, the brave fighter for truth, justice and the right to make a million bucks from Barry Bonds' home run ball.</p> <p>No, I have not met Popov. But I have an idea what he's like. You know those drivers who go berserk and curse at you for pulling into a parking space ahead of them?</p>