And Now a Moment From the "OMFG" Category

Heh. Check it out.

So to sum up. Husband gives wife kidney to save her life. Wife promptly cheats on and dumps husband for her physical therapist. And on top of that, denies visitation to the husband, for the three young children. Now husband wants 1.5 Million dollars out of the deal.

Harrogate's position? They don't call it "Donate" for nothin, hubby. Sucks that you were done that way, but you don't deserve 1.5 Million dollars compensation for something you already gave her.

Get your visitation problems straightened out, count yourself lucky for being rid of the wife, and move on with it.

But anywho. Harrogate's favorite part of the article is the quote that ends it:

"This has never been done before in the state of New York," said his lawyer Dominic Barbara. "In theory we are asking for the return of the kidney. Of course he wouldn't really ask for that but the value of it."

Good lord.

Assy McGee Award®, 9/23/08: Hugh Hewitt

It's pretty ridiculous to name anyone for this Award, given the scope of possibilities. So Harrogate invites others to throw in their own choices. But Harrogate selects Hewitt, a GOP Think-Tanker pushing hard for the Congress to follow Bush's "lead" on the Economic problems, and whose recent blog entry just took the word "Spin" to a whole 'nother level. It is important that Situationers acquaint themselves with this Spin, however, because Bank On It (pun intended): What ye see on going to the link, WILL be the GOP Talking Points about the Debate or No Debate Controversy, tomorrow and Friday.

'Money' Snippet (Pun Intended). With a few Pieces of Commentary by Harrogate inserted in brackets:

These events should impact the presidential election in a profound way.

Today was Obama's Katrina moment [yes. Readers, ye read that correctly] and an example of great leadership by John McCain [that too]. This contrast was telling and will matter.

Obama's complaint about the debate postponement made him look exceptionally petty given his refusal to debate all summer long [because it was McCain's right to dictate terms and schedule]. Obama's reversal suggests he did not understand the seriousness of the moment and was pursuing a purely political approach to the crisis.

John McCain, by contrast, acted with speed and resolution [heh]. McCain did not wait to see which way the polls were trending and he did what he has often done over the years --demanding what he saw was necessary action and appealing for bipartisan support. I have opposed some of these calls in the past, but today's call was clearly the right thing to do.

What an extraordinary demonstration of the differences between these two nominees.

Gesh. Gesh. Gesh.

Fruits from a Brief Tour of NBA Message Boards

God, the NBA Playoffs last a long time.

A couple of days ago Harrogate was watching the opening ceremonies for a game between (he thinks) the Celtics and the Cavaliers. There was much pomp and circumstance, of course, with the Introduction of the Home Team, replete with fireworks and big light shows and splashy music and a Jumbotron festival of highlights.

Walking into the room, noticing all the hoopla, supadiscomama innocently and, when you think about it, quite reasonably, asked if this was the "last game"? As there really wasn't a good response to the question, Harrogate resignedly said something to the effect of "no," and left it at that.

But one thing about these here playoffs, they sure do inspire some vitriol on the ESPN Message Boards. Only a brief visitation of several of the team sites, this time of year, will put in perspective the comparatively tame sniping that has occured across the political blogosphere between Obama and Clinton supporters.

Here, for example is a sampling of some reconfigured team appellatives, as rendered by hostile fans. Some, obviously are more better than others:

Detroit Pistons = Detroit Pissed-Ons

Phoenix Suns = Kleenex Sons (Spurs fans particularly revel in this one, and seem especially happy at being able to use the city as well as the team in their construction)

Boston Celtics = Boston Smelt-Its

Los Angeles Lakers = Los Angeles Fakers (that one's pretty easy, yes?)

Orlando Magic = Orlando Tragic

New Orleans Hornets = [That's Right] New Orleans Whorenets

San Antonio Spurs = San Antonio Sterns (this one's a bit more cerebral, implying NBA Commisioner David Stern's favoritism towards that team)

Utah Jazz = Utah Jizz

But so far, Harrogate has seen no attempt to appropriate Cleveland Cavaliers.