Car companies on Twitter

The LA Times looks at how car companies are attempting to use Twitter as a part of their marketing plan for cars:

Scott Monty at Ford says the company has been using Twitter since July of last year and now has about 30,000 followers across 12 subject areas. "We're using it in day-to-day communications in terms of interacting with people, solving vehicle-related problems, sharing corporate news and live tweeting from events and auto shows." He says the company's more popular feeds include information on its Drive Green program and its Mustang model, and the company recently launched a bilingual feed in English and Spanish.

Sam Seder invades "Fire David Letterman" Rally

A funny video of comedian Sam Seder at the pathetic "Fire David Letterman" rally:

Woman fined $1.9 million for illegal song downloads

I hope they were 24 really good songs.

CNN:

Attorney Joe Sibley said that his client was shocked at fine, noting that the price tag on the songs she downloaded was 99 cents. She plans to appeal, he said.

@PeteHoekstra digs deeper

Congressman Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) is still digging deeper, a day after, via Twitter, comparing the Iranian election protests to an unsuccessful political stunt that House Democrats tried to pull.

From Politico:

The incident he was referring to occurred in August last year when Nancy Pelosi shut out the lights in the House chamber after passing a motion to adjourn for the August recess. Republicans had taken to the floor for a pre-election round of bashing Pelosi and Democrats for failing to lift restrictions on offshore drilling.

It should be noted that there are a few differences between the victimized Iranians and the oppressed Republicans.

Pelosi, unlike Ahmadinejad,didn't dispatch her Revolutionary Guard to beat them up or shoot them in the streets, nor did she have the capacity to block their access to the Internet, rig a national election to keep them from being seated in the legislature or place them under House arrest when they protested.

Is there any question as to why Republicans are mocked so often?

Daft Hands

I have to watch this video once every week or so. It's a fan video for the Daft Punk song Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger:

Kobe Bryant Proves He Can Win Championship With Luke Walton On Team

Example of why I love The Onion number 341,974:

"I was so sick of hearing people say how I couldn't do it with Luke out there," said Bryant, acknowledging that his teammate's deficiencies have overshadowed the Lakers since Walton was drafted in 2003. "It gets annoying to hear that question over and over, but you can't argue it. You can't deny it. You have to show that you can prevail alongside one of the worst small forwards in the game."

Why Sacha Baron Cohen is funny

It appears some people are angry at Sacha Baron Cohen's portrayal of a gay European for his upcoming movie "Bruno." Cohen is the guy behind Borat, which, as you recall, spawned its fair share of controversy.

Luckily, this blog can tell us why what Cohen does is funny:

In fact, what makes the movies so hilarious is that the character is SO OBVIOUSLY a joke, a silly collection of quirks that could only be created by a comedian playing a prank on dumbasses.

Donte Stallworth

Cleveland Browns wide receiver was suspended indefinitely today by the NFL. What did he do?

Cleveland Browns receiver Donte' Stallworth was suspended by the NFL indefinitely without pay following his guilty plea to DUI manslaughter in the death of a pedestrian, the league announced Thursday.

Stallworth was sentenced in a Miami court Tuesday to 30 days in jail, a controversial ruling that drew a great deal of criticism.

Yeah, he killed a man while driving drunk in Miami -- and will only be in jail for 30 days.

Pilot dies during transatlantic flight

A pilot died while flying from Brussels to Newark.

The 247 passengers onboard Flight 61 weren’t told about the pilot’s death while they were in the air.

During the flight, an announcement was made asking if any doctors were aboard and several passengers approached the cockpit, including one doctor who told The Associated Press the pilot appeared to have suffered a heart attack.

It looks like he may have suffered a heart attack. The doctor who saw him said there was "no chance at all" of saving him.

Chad Ochocinco and Carson Palmer are like "Brokeback Mountain"

Umm... yeah.

"I know people are trying to say we're mad at each other and all that, but we're good," he said. "We're like Brokeback Mountain. I'm going to be with Carson so much in July that I'm going to be the nanny (for his new twins).

"I'm going to babysit. We were getting down to the details. If he and the wife go out, they have to be back by three. I asked for permission to have company over."