Archive for January 5th, 2012

Firing watch.

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

The Sacramento Kings fired head coach Paul Westphal after a 2-5 start. Westphal’s record was 51-120 over “2+” seasons.

In other news, I guess the pro basketball season has started.

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Getting high.

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

My sister’s latest post is up at the Park City Snowmamas site:

Dealing with altitude sickness.

(I know she was looking for old photos of us as kids visiting Pikes Peak. The thing that stands out most vividly for me from that trip was the g-dd–n splitting headache. Granted, I was only 8 or 9 years old, but that was the worst headache I’d ever had in my life to that point.)

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Dirty deeds, dunder jeep…

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. was charged with embezzling more than $300,000 in city funds and filing a false tax return, according to court papers filed Thursday in the District’s federal court.

Worth noting:

Thomas is alleged to have steered more than $300,000 in city funds for youth sports programs to pay for personal expenses that included an Audi sport-utility vehicle.

And:

There is no city law barring someone from running for office even after a felony conviction.

(I would do my usual “these are only charges, he hasn’t been convicted yet” disclaimer here. But according to the WP article, it appears that Thomas has pretty much already conceded that he’s guilty of the charges, and the only thing left is working out a plea deal with the prosecution.)

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