USC Football: 2008 USC Football Schedule Wallpaper

Download the Trojan’s 2008 football schedule as wallpaper for your computer.  It features Rey Maualuga, Brian Cushing, Kevin Ellison, and Patrick Turner.  If this is any indication, the defense will be the centerpiece of the Men of Troy this season.

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James Hansen Testifies Before Congress: Globe Not As Warm 20 Years Later

In 1988, Dr. James E. Hansen, a NASA scientist, testified before the Senate about the impending doom of global warming.  Dr. Hansen made much of that day’s temperature, which was 98 degrees, to add some theatrics to his message.

Dr. Hansen testified again on 23 June 2008, this time before Congress, stressing that,

the world has long passed the “dangerous level” for greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and needs to get back to 1988 levels.

Conspicuously absent from Dr. Hansen’s remarks was the temperature in Washington D.C., which was 87 degrees, a full 11 degrees below the record high.  So much for theatrics.  Not so fast, Dr. Hansen did call for prosecutions of CEOs of oil companies.

USC Football: Video of Pete Carroll From Rose Bowl

USC football-coach Pete Carroll, before the Rose Bowl.  Video bellow

Video: Firefight Between Coalition Forces And Anti-Afghan Forces

Video of firefight captured by UAV.

Marine Corps Joint Strike Fighter F-35B Makes First Flight

The Marine Corps version of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) – aka the Lightning II – the F-35B , is the version of the JSF intended for vertical takeoff and landings.  According to Aviation Week,

Lockheed Martin has flown the first short-take-off-and- vertical-landing (STOVL) F-35B, in conventional-take-off (CTOL) mode, clearing the way for funding to be released for production of the first six U.S. Marine Corps aircraft.

The 44-minute flight of aircraft BF-1, the first production-representive F-35, from Lockheed’s Fort Worth, Texas, plant also marked the start of a five-year, 5,000-plus test program involving three variants of the Joint Strike Fighter: the CTOL F-35A, STOVL F-35B and aircraft carrier-capable F-35C.

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Al Gore Makes Home More Energy Efficient: Now It Consumes Enough Power for 232 Homes

Mr. Gore was apparently so concerned about climate change, specifically ACC, and the impact that his compound may have on it that he embarked on an ambitious plan to reduce the carbon footprint of his palatial estate. Extensive greening was conducted. The result:

the former Vice President’s home energy use surged more than 10%, according to the Tennessee Center for Policy Research.

Even after all the environmental measures taken by the Gores their,

Fathers’ Day: Dave Thomas Foundation For Adoption

On this Fathers’ Day it is appropriate to remember one of the greatest fathers ever (outside the author’s own). Dave Thomas was the founder of Wendy’s and an adopted child. He founded the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. A wonderful charity, please visit the site.

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LSU Football: Trindon Holliday Fastest Player In College Football History

The defending national champions down in Baton Rouge are touting their junior wide receiver as the fastest player in the history of college football. They may be right Trindon Holliday , is as fast as they come. Holliday ran a 10.02 in the 100 m and he ran a 6.78 in the 60 m. The video below shows that run.

You decide if he is the fastest in the history of college football. He does have a good argument.

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USC Football Recruiting Update: Alshon Jeffrey Commits To 2009 Class

The No. 16 receiver for the 2009 class has committed to Southern Cal. Alshon Jeffrey is 6′ 3″ and 214 lbs. Apparently Jeffrey is also a stud on the basketball court.

Jeffrey will join recent commits Hebron Fangupo and top quarterback Matt Barkley.

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Hat tip: TrojanWire

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Redskins Football: Cooley Wears Short Shorts

What is going on in the mind of Chris Cooley? According to his blog, The Cooley Zone, he invented “Tight End Tights Day.” This is just wrong.

Chris, you are a very good tight end, and you will only get better with Zorn’s west-coast offense. But, we do not need to see your package.

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Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski: Website Contains Transsexuals, Farm Animals, And Masturbation

Ira Isaacs is a film maker. He is currently being prosecuted for selling films depicting bestiality and deification. Presiding over the case is Judge Alex Kozinski. Nothing unusual thus far.

Now it is being reported, the Judge Kozinski maintained his own website. And on this site there were photographs of nude women painted to look like cows, a video of a man with a sexually excited farm animal, masturbation, and some transsexuals.

This should provide fecund grounds for voir dire by defense lawyers for Isaacs.

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Man Gets Testicles Stuck In Deckchair

Listed under “things you hope never happen to you” is the story of Mario Visnjic, who:

had gone swimming naked in the sea at the Valalta beach in western Croatia, reports 24sata. His testicles had shrunk while in the cool sea and slipped through the wooden slats when he sat back down on his wooden deckchair. But as he lay in the sun they expanded back to normal size and got stuck between the slats.

To quote George Costanza: “I was in the pool! I was in the pool!”

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USC Football: Brian Cushing Makes Cover Of Phil Steel’s 2008 College Football Preview

College-football season is just around the corner. To whet your appetite, on 10 June 2008 the ultimate college-football magazine hits the news stand: Phil Steel’s 2008 College Football Preview. Go to PhilSteel.com for a preview. With the vast amount of statistics, analysis, and predictions in this magazine you will be lucky to finish it before the Big 12 championship game. That being said, what could be better than reading about the third string tackle for Bowling Green? This is a great time of year!

Two Trojans have made the cover of Steel’s magazine: Brian Cushing on the national edition and Taylor Mays on the PAC 10 edition.

It is good to see Cush getting some attention, with all the praise of late for Rey Maualuga. Not that Maualuga does not rate the accolades, he undoubtably does. He was the 2008 Rose Bowl Defensive Player of the Game. But, Cush was also the Rose Bowl Defensive Player of the Game in 2007. Cush did have an injury that kept him out for a number of games in 2007, which may account for some of the spotlight being off him.

What a great problem to have for Trojan fans: arguing about which of our outstanding linebackers should receive more praise. It is no wounder Coach Carroll predicts USC will Win Forever.

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Bonus Video: Cushing returns kickoff for touchdown against Notre Dame: