• Epic U.S. Open Man!
• Epic U.S. Open Interview! (FF to 1:05 in)
• The anti-government fervor infusing the 2010 elections represents a political triumph for the Kochs. By giving money to “educate,” fund, and organize Tea Party protesters, they have helped turn their private agenda into a mass movement. [New Yorker]
• A couple of weeks ago, on Aug. 17 to be precise, the Atlantic City Press broke the news that the whole deal had fallen through, that new-wave restaurateurs weren’t stepping up, that the developers were stalled, that Busch’s – unless a pot of financing money fell out of the sky – was going to have next season after all. “Part of me,” said Schettig, “was relieved.”[Philadelphia Inquirer]
• A homeless man in Oregon was arrested for trespassing after sneaking into a local hot tub and calling 911 to request “a hug and a warm cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows,” The Oregonian online newspaper reported late Wednesday. [FoxBoston]
• Insane Clown Posse mention Faygo a lot and spray concertgoers with it during shows. This has resulted in one of the longest-running instances of an unsolicited celebrity endorsement. [New York Times Magazine]
• Women have certainly never hit harder and not just on account of improved equipment. They’re stronger, bigger, faster, better trained and pushed above all by the example of the Williams sisters. [New York Times Magazine]
• The New York Yankees’ top prekindergarten prospect lives in Jersey City and plays baseball with his three brothers in the dusty courtyard behind their apartment. [SI.com]
• If you ask them right now, they might say that might not have been one of our best moves. Cliff was a great teammate. He had ice in his veins. He was a great competitor and so even keeled. [Moyer on Lee; New York Times]
• As Bunch documents on almost every page, excoriation of the Oval Office occupant is personal and at the highest decibel of free speech. Obama is (take your pick) a socialist, a communist, a new Hitler, a Manchurian candidate, even the Antichrist. Each epithet does more than demean; there’s a larger purpose at work. One Arizona minister interviewed isn’t reluctant to say he’s praying for the president’s death. [Philadelphia Inquirer (on a book by the Philadelphia Daily News’ Will Bunch)]
• Febreze has become the “Official Air Freshener of the N.F.L.,” raising questions that may reflect well on men. [New York Times]
• Detroit’s Mayor’s ride gets de-rimmed! [WXYZ.com]