Politics And Bullsh*t

Samsung Omnia

2008-11-26T09:35:00.000-08:00

Today Verizon Wireless announced that it will be selling the Samsung Omnia. The Omnia, which was first announced earlier this year, includes Samsung's TouchWiz user interface as well as Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. Features include a 3.2-inch wide touch display, GPS, stereo Bluetooth, WiFi, and 8 GB of internal memory plus a memory card slot. It has a 5 megapixel camera with auto-focus, geo-tagging, auto-panorama, stabilizer, face detection, smile detection, and video editing. FM radio and auto-rotation round out the features. The Omnia will be one of the first phones able to access Verizon's new VZAppsZone, where users can discover and download third-party content. The Omnia will be available via sales channels starting November 26 and in Verizon Wireless retail stores on December 8. It will cost $250 after rebate with new agreement.

pic and info courtesy of Phone Scoop

KRINK x Nike Air Force 1 at Alife Rivington Club

2008-11-26T09:24:00.000-08:00

Pics courtesy of ARC,more pics at rivingtonclub.com

Lebron James Presents The Nike Zoom Lebron VI....BIG APPLE

2008-11-26T09:15:00.000-08:00

pics courtesy of Nice Kicks

not a big fan of the solid color look but these are clean...

WOW...Bruce Lee Playing Ping Pong........

2008-11-25T17:15:00.000-08:00

.......WITH NUN CHUCKS

Plea to state dogfighting charges makes Vick eligible for halfway house

2008-11-25T17:05:00.000-08:00

SUSSEX, Va. -- Former NFL quarterback Michael Vick pleaded guilty Tuesday to a state dogfighting charge, a move that could make him eligible to leave prison early and potentially speed up a return to pro football.

Vick, 28, arrived wearing wrist and ankle shackles with his gray suit, but the restraints were removed by the time he entered his plea. The one-time Atlanta Falcons star also pleaded not guilty to a count of cruelty to animals, but that charge was dropped under his plea deal.

He received a three-year suspended sentence -- far less than the maximum of 10 years he could have faced.

"I want to apologize to the court, my family, and to all the kids who looked up to me as a role model," Vick told the judge.

Vick's mother Brenda Boddie, brother Marcus Vick and fiancee Kijafa Frink walked in together and sat together in the front row of the gallery with other family and friends. Vick's mother declined to comment to reporters but Marcus Vick acknowledged the family was glad the ordeal was nearly over.

Vick was stoic throughout the approximately 20-minute hearing. Afterward, he turned to his young daughter and winked.

After the hearing, Surry County Commonwealth Attorney Gerald Poindexter approached Vick's mother and hugged her, saying, "At least some of this is over."

Vick already is serving a 23-month sentence in Leavenworth, Kan., on federal charges of bankrolling a dogfighting operation at a home he owned in eastern Virginia's rural Surry County, southeast of Richmond. He also admitted to participating in the killing of several underperforming dogs.

Poindexter defended allowing Vick to avoid additional prison time.

"I feel that what I did today is approved by more than a majority of Surry County, and that's the constituency that I'm concerned about," he said.

Vick is scheduled for release on July 20, 2009, and will serve three years of probation. His latest plea is important because it resolves the remaining charges against him, which is required under federal law if he is to move into a halfway house.

Vick's agent Joel Segal attended the hearing and afterward wouldn't talk specifically about a possible return to the NFL, saying only, "Mike takes full responsibility for his actions and is ready to more forward and will let his actions speak for him."

Once the highest-paid player in the NFL, Vick appeared about as trim Tuesday as when he entered prison a year ago. His lawyer, Billy Martin, said Vick's legal team hasn't been involved in any preliminary steps to revive the suspended player's career, focusing instead on reuniting him with his family.

"Michael as a human being is clearly somebody that we want to salvage," Martin said. "Michael as a football player is somebody that down the road may get a chance to look again."

The trick may be finding a team ready to take a risk on the former quarterback.

Atlanta still has Vick under contract, but Falcons owner Arthur Blank made clear late last month the three-time Pro Bowl selection won't wear that team's uniform again.

"I hope they're prepared to face the dog lovers of America," Kansas City Chiefs president and general manager Carl Peterson said earlier of a team that acquires Vick. "There are going to be a lot of problems. People love their pets, and particularly dogs. There will be protests, people expressing their thoughts -- even though he's served his time."

Vick's problems have compounded since his federal conviction in 2007. He's landed in bankruptcy court after losing nearly all of his record-breaking $130 million from a 10-year contract he signed with Atlanta in December 2004.

Nine protesters from the animal rights group PETA stood quietly outside the courthouse before the hearing, holding signs with photographs of bloodied fighting dogs and others that read "Dogfighters repent."

Asked how activists would respond if the NFL takes Vick back, Dan Shannon, assistant director of PETA, said Vick must speak out against dogfighting as someone who "participated in dogfighting and saw it ruin everything he built for himself and take away all his fame, all his fortune, all of his respect."

"If he chooses to do that, that's the only way I think he could ever be seen as any kind of a positive public figure," Shannon said.

Meanwhile, the house at the center of the dogfighting ring has been put back on the auction block.

A listing on Motleys Auction and Realty Group's Web site says the five-bedroom house in Smithfield is scheduled to be auctioned on Dec. 15, with bids starting at $590,000.

Last December, developer Wilbur Ray Todd Jr. rejected a $747,000 bid for the property, which he had bought for $450,000, along with an additional $50,000 in improvements.

courtesy of the Associated Press

Muscle Milk....funny vids

2008-11-25T16:57:00.000-08:00

one thing...they got too much time on they hands...but it was funny though

NO EXPLANATION

2008-11-25T16:37:00.000-08:00

The Chrome Bugatti Veyron........

courtesy of High Snobiety

Hate to be behind this whip on a sunny day......

Terrible......Nike Dunk Destroyer Pack......

2008-11-25T16:29:00.000-08:00

We hope patten leather on sneakers never dies out. Available now at select retailers is the Nike Dunk Destroyer Pack. It consists of three colorways in the Nike Dunk High model, all of which feature a patent leather construction along with a gradient design. The colorways include black, green, and red. All three start off with a white color scheme at the front, and quickly fade to their respective colorways. A nice added feature is the basketball on the tongue which seems to have a pair of arms and legs. You can’t loose with either one of these choices. Via. KicksOnFire.com

These are terrible...I like dunks but these are garbage...As if all patten leather wasn't bad enough..they managed to out do that by having having the shoe fade from white to the main color of the shoe...one word....terrible

HOT SHIT -MAROK x NIKE 1WORLD AIR FORCE 1

2008-11-25T16:16:00.000-08:00

Marok x Nike 1World Air Force

German artist Thoma Marecki aka Marok has been long known for his work in the graphic design and graffiti fields as well as publishing and art directing Lodown Magazine, which he established in 1995. Finding his niche in the European market with various mediums, he now has been chosen as one of the high profile collaborators in Nike’s 1World project. His rendition of the classic Air Force 1 model features a slick seamless upper with some interesting textiles choices and a visible air heel unit. The shoes are scheduled to release December 13th, 2008 at Nort Berlin.

Courtesy of High Snobiety

These are crazy. The gum bottom caught my eye

JOE BUDDEN TV.....THE TIGHTEST JEANS EVER

2008-11-25T16:11:00.000-08:00

LOL....

Courtesy of Joe BuddenTV

POLITICS AND BULLSHIT

2008-11-25T16:06:00.000-08:00

This blog is going to bring you the latest news in politics to everything in between from shoes to the latest music, sports, women, basically bullshit. P and B