The Goat Pen

And I will likely be stuck in jury duty. Blech.

Tiger is turning into a big pussy.

John Daley is saying "hell, I'd would have played thru that"

Yeah he either needs to man the fuck up and play or shut it down for 12 months, get out of the country, and get his shit together somewhere else. This is destroying his legacy, all over multiple pieces of ass.

I mean if he was the best player in the game while banging multiple women, then go back to it. Become the anti-champion on the tour and go back to what made you great.

Who the hell will say anything? PGA? Not bloody likely when the advertising checks come rolling in. His peers? Just yell scoreboard and tell them to STFU. His wife? Don't have one. His bitches? Get new bitches.

His brand wouldn't take a hit either. Hell, it would probably double his sales on his stuff.

Yeah, who would've thought Tiger was more Pau Gasol than Kobe Bryant?

"Who the hell will say anything? PGA? Not bloody likely when the advertising checks come rolling in. His peers? Just yell scoreboard and tell them to STFU. His wife? Don't have one. His bitches? Get new bitches."

Well said, sir...

Hey Hedge. Recall that discussion we had a few weeks ago about the role/influence of speculative/financial money/investment in oil, particularly, outside the bounds of the commodities market? Its been much in the news lately and it seems your view was incorrect or at least limited. Have you noticed?

I should have said Hedge. If you want to continue the discussion with new information, let me know at the baseball thread here or at Artemis's joint. Otherwise I might (almost certainly will) miss your post.

seems your view was incorrect or at least limited.

he gets this a lot. only not phrased so politely.

have you noticed?

maybe if you just came out and told him he's full of shit.

Heh. No, its that he has knowlege of and interest in the topic. Recent changes in the law, as so often happens, have begun to effect some commodities in ways not much seen before. I see it as outside of and not particularly beneficial to 'comodities markets,' and to date Hedge thinks it not important.

For example, several recent analyses of oil prices seem to suggest that as much as 15-20 bucks of the 100 dollar price of a barrel of oil these days is as a result of speculation by profit motivated financial investers......the point being that the more they buy and sell which they are doing at present/recently the higher the price is driven. The buying and selling not only creates a cost of transaction, it drives the price up.

This is not about the commodities market per se. Its about the increase of speculative money outside of the conventional commodities trading.

so, are you saying it's the bastards on Wall St. fucking up the price of gas?

not really. It's Brasil and China combined with a reduction in production from OPEC.

Make the speculators put up at least 75% of the money, and this oil drama will drop a whole bunch.

WTF? This is the soccer thread.

Let's get back on track with some classic clips of Santana's brilliant '82 squad:

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http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news;_ylt=A ... jiru-death

yahoo is saying the gold medal winner committed suicide

wtf

after being caught by your wife in bed withanother woman you commit suicide by jumping off a first stroy balcony "plunging' to your death

He didn't commit suicide. The jump was only 20 feet. His wife had caught him and locked him in the room with the mistress. He jumped because he thought he could survive it with minimum or no injuries.

ON another note, he must have wanted to get caught. DUDE, why you bring her home?

Who has bedroom locks on the outside of the door?