Chris Paul records third triple double of the season

CBS Sports:

Chris Paul’s three triple-doubles in the first two months of the season have impressed, but not surprised, his teammates.

“He’s one of the best point guards ever to grace this game,” Hornets shooting guard Rasual Butler said. “He’s the ultimate talent.”

Paul had 15 points, 16 assists and 10 rebounds, tying a franchise record with his seventh career triple-double, and New Orleans beat the Washington Wizards 97-85 on Tuesday night.

Paul routinely reaches double figures in points and assists, but this time had 10 rebounds before scoring his 10th point on a free throw with less than 3 minutes to go. The crowd acknowledged the feat with a roar as the foul shot went down.

“Anytime you can do something like get a triple-double and get a win, it’s great for the team and the organization,” Paul said. “I did notice I was getting more rebounds than normal because when I get rebounds I can start the break. I don’t have to wait for anybody to throw it to me.”

Santa detained at border, sent to Guantanamo

Santa Claus was detained at the Canadian border and flown to Guantanamo Bay for what U.S. officials are calling "[...]one of the most suspicious beards we've ever seen." "The guy had a bunch of Playstation 3's and I've been dying to get one," explained border patrol agent Joseph Giuliano, "I mean, come on..." Officials first became suspicious when Claus was searched and identifications with multiple names turned up. "Claus, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle," explained Giuliano, "It's like he's trying real hard to be someone else."

A GamePro Magazine

Witnesses said that officials broke one of Claus's fingers and that his captors desecrated a GamePro magazine, one of the most holy publications to those who celebrate Christmas. The Pentagon has already rejected allegations that Guantanamo Bay authorities abused Claus. The detainee's freedom will be decided in 6 to 24 months by a US federal judge.

This is on the heels of fresh allegations of prison abuse at Guantanamo reported in statements taken from 13 detainees shortly after a navy chaplain reported the incidents to military investigators in mid-October. The detainees said they were repeatedly beaten and humiliated sexually by American interrogators working at the site. Pentagon spokesman Navy Cmdr. Jeffrey Gordon denied the report and any new allegations. "The Department of Defense policy is clear," he said. "We treat all detainees humanely." There was no comment on whether or not Guantanamo officials sodomized Claus with a candy cane.

This is not good news for an already struggling economy. Any holes left in gift delivery will have to be filled by an increase in demand in consumer goods, an increase that will take away from an already monumental task of retooling the nation's lagging infrastructure. Immediate changes in Christmas however, may go unnoticed as George Bush, always doing his best to make a buck, stole Christmas in a roundabout way by outsourcing the previously free gift delivery to Haliburton for $18 Billion.

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Tina Fey beats out Kevin Garnett as entertainer of the year

Yahoo:

NEW YORK – Tina Fey is the entertainer of the year? You betcha. Fey was voted The Associated Press' Entertainer of the Year, an annual honor chosen by newspaper editors and broadcast producers across the country.

Fey was selected by AP members as the performer who had the greatest impact on culture and entertainment in 2008.

The 38-year-old comedian bested runner-up Robert Downey Jr., whose comeback was capped with the blockbuster smash "Iron Man," and the third-place vote-getter, Heath Ledger, who posthumously wowed audiences as the Joker in "The Dark Knight."

But it was Fey who most impressed voters largely with her indelible impression of Gov. Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live." Her cameos on her old show (where she had been a head writer until 2006) helped drive the show to record ratings and eventually drew an appearance from Palin herself.

Human Garbage Watch presents Don Surber

Since 2003, two trillion tons of ice in Alaska, Greenland and Antarctica melted and never reformed.

This guy thinks Greenland, Antarctica and most puzzlingly Alaska, literally float on the water.

http://blogs.dailymail.com/donsurber/2008/12/16/just-ask-me-251/

Question: What do you think of 2 trillion tons of ice melting since 2003?

Answer: Not much. It is a scary number that is not put into context. I suspect there are quadrillions of tons of ice out there. When the media uses a scary number, it is because the percentage is small. When the media uses a percentage without using a base number, it is because the number is small. For example, murders doubled without the number could mean 1 murder last year, 2 murders this year.

Question: But doesn’t melting ice raise the sea level?

Answer: Not really. James O’Brien, an emeritus professor at Florida State University: “When the Arctic Ocean ice melts, it never raises sea level because floating ice is floating ice, because it’s displacing water. When the ice melts, sea level actually goes down.

“I call it a fourth grade science experiment. Take a glass, put some ice in it. Put water in it. Mark level where water is. Let it met. After the ice melts, the sea level didn’t go up in your glass of water. It’s called the Archimedes Principle.”

I know when you look at a map it looks like land is floating on water, but it's actually attached to the crust.

Gary Payton speaks the truth

BDL: Who in your opinion is the best point guard in the game right now?

GP: Chris Paul.

Even more interesting:

BDL: You said recently that you believe Seattle will have another team by 2011, what makes you so sure?

GP: A lot of people don't know why the city took the deal ... the NBA guaranteed [Seattle] that they can get a team back in 2011. They can keep their colors, keep their tradition, and they can keep their name, and gave them 75 million dollars. Most people don't know what was in the deal, and that's why the city took the deal because they knew they're gonna get a basketball team back.

- Ball Don't Lie