Late night hotness . . .

Too tired to be clever tonight . . .

This is a must read . . .

Over at RedState, contributer Lori Ziganto posted a devastating deconstruction of the shrieking harpy liberal meme about "ultrasound as rape" that's being promoted by the Chris Brown wing of the Democratic Party.

Speaking as a rape survivor, Ms. Ziganto is uniquely qualified to point out the shocking insensitivity of this demagoguery.

I urge you to read it and remember her words next time Debbie Wasserman-Shultz or one of the water carriers at MSNBC trot out this heinous meme.

And it used to be a "classy" holiday

President's Day - that day between Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays that we use to celebrate the men (and someday women) who have led this country throughout it's history.

Yeah . . . it just got a whole lot more classy up in this joint:

Faux-celeb Courtney Stodden dressed up as Marilyn Monroe (where's Lindsay when you need her?) and did a knock off photo shoot with her creepy husband to celebrate the holiday.

Next we have that delicate flower, Jenny Farley, posting a little missive on her blog or website or something about PILF's. Yeah, you got that right folks - Presidents I'd like to f*ck. Rumor has it she kept it to only eight lucky guys. A couple of whom are still alive, so get steppin' fellas, you ain't gettin' any younger.

I simply cannot imagine a more dignified way to celebrate the sacrifice and service these men have given to our country. Can you?

So about those unemployment numbers . . .

Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) posted a graph today that shows what unemployment really looks like in this country:

According to Jordan and the Republican Study Committee, true unemployment stands at a staggering 36.3%!

This figure is found when statisticians look at the total number of Americans who are of eligible age to work and compare it to the actual employment numbers. Pretty much everyone knew that when Dems and the White House were touting the drop in unemployment last month, that it was just a numbers game. But now it is more obvious just how horrible those numbers are.

Even if one quibbles with the Republican's math, the path of the graph -- continuously downward, shows that this administration's rampant spending and pie-in-the-sky plans have done nothing to improve employment in this country.

Twitter yes . . . twitter no

Twitter yes? The Tis uploads a couple of cute/sexy pictures of herself:

Twitter no? Miley Cyrus gets another tattoo!

I believe Miley has enough ink now to qualify her to run the Tilt-a-Whirl at any carnival or state fair in the country.

Though if it comes to arm wrestling, looks like she could take Avril pretty easily.

My boy Wake retired today

Timothy Stephen Wakefield retired from baseball today at the age of 46.

Faced with no spot in the starting rotation and no guaranteed bullpen job, Wake's only choice was to come to training camp as a non-roster invitee and try to earn a spot or try to latch on to another team.

Born in Melbourne Florida and coming out of Fla Tech, Wake broke into the bigs with the Pirates in 92. Picked up by Boston after he was cut by Pittsburgh, Wake got some coaching from the famed Niekro brothers in the art of throwing the knuckleball, and the rest is history.

A durable, reliable pitcher who could eat up innings, Wake was the epitome of what true Red Sox players are -- a team first guy. He pitched out of the bullpen, he started, he came off the bench to spell the staff even if it meant sacrificing his next start as he did in the historic 2004 World Series season.

This guy gave it all for the team, and chose to retire as a Red Sox rather than try to hang on with another team just to pad his stats.

I've always had a soft spot for knuckleball pitchers, and Tim Wakefield is probably my favorite pitcher of all time. My son bought me a great picture that Wake did for charity, that has him pitching on the field with the Looney Toon characters. It's signed by Wake and is something I'll cherish for years.

Thanks Tim! For all you've done for the Sox and this fan. You will be sorely missed.

Stats:
1992 - 2011
wins -- 200
era -- 4.41
innings pitched -- 3226
strikeouts -- 2156
Roberto Clemente Award -- 2010
All Star -- 2009

Yzerman, Bolts not standing pat. And yet . . .

Yesterday, the Lightning traded forward Dominic Moore to San Jose for a 2nd round pic in next year's draft. That gives the Bolts three pics in that round, which will be nice for either trade bait or stocking the pantry for down the road.

Veteran defenseman Pavel Kubina is reportedly on the trade block as well. The 34 year old did not play in the o/t win against the Sharks and is sitting out games to protect his trade value as Yzerman shops him around. Kubina has a no-trade clause and was asked to submit a list of teams he would be willing to go to if traded.

It's nice that Yzerman is working hard to upgrade the team, but what they need is a big time goalie and local favorite Kubina simply isn't going to fetch one in a trade. The thought is that someone looking for veteran leadership going into the playoffs will be interested in Pavel, which may be true. But that same team isn't going to jettison their goalkeeper to get him.

Are we looking at picking up someone else's back up or number three guy? Yzerman's got an eye for talent, so maybe he sees someone out there.

I don't know. It's just killing me to see this talented team languishing with a sub-.500 record because of less-than-stellar play in goal.

Oh well, hope springs eternal. I guess.