THE PERSISTENT IRRITATION

Watching for Pigs on the Wing

Roger Waters weighs in on the democratic primary during his performance at Coachella Music Festival. From the AP.

.. Waters' biggest prop was an inflatable pig the size of a school bus that emerged while he played a version of "Pigs" from 1977's capitalism critique, "Animals."

The pig, which was led above the crowd from lines held on the ground, displayed the words "Don't be led to the slaughter" and a cartoon of Uncle Sam wielding two bloody cleavers. The other side read "Fear builds walls."

The underside of the pig simply read "Obama" with a checked ballot box alongside.

 

Moving Day

Peter S. proved victorious at Game 10 of the the 2007-2008 poker season, winning $180 and moving into ninth place in the overall standings.  Brent C.'s second place finish bumped him up to the number three slot, ahead of Chris L. and just behind second seeded Ben M. Roderick D. rounded out the money winners in third.

More importantly, the whisky co-op is taking root, with Brent C. making the latest contribution. Hopefully others will add to the pot in coming weeks and months.

Recipe Gate hits home

Not a lot of time to post today, but I gotta get this out to the masses (which means all 11 of you who read this site).

From the Huffington Post:

This past Sunday, Lauren Handel, an eagle-eyed attorney from New York, was searching for a specific recipe from Giada DeLaurentis, a chef on the Food Network. Yet whenever she Googled the different ingredients in the recipe, the oddest thing happened: not only did the Food Network's site come up, as expected, but so did John McCain's campaign site.

Turns out she also pilfered a recipe from the wife of Jimmy S.

 

Heads up above the rest

Ben M. brought his A game on Friday, besting eight others in Friday's RPL tournament. The $180 win doubled his yearly earnings and moves him to second place in the overall standings.

Meanwhile, Jeff H.'s second place finish keeps him well out in front in the overall standings with $685. Chris L. finished third; a bit of surprise considering his erratic and sometimes god-awful play.

Could he be the best heads up player in the league?

Nine players have made it to the heads up round this year, but no one has shown as much poise and control as Ben M. Both of his wins have come at the expense of Jeff H.

Speaking of Jeff H... Yes, he's still on a bit of tear, racking up a whopping 28 percent of the winnings to date (last year he finished with 31 percent). However, as was stated last Friday: He bleeds, so he's human. Or something to that effect. The point is that he can be beaten. For the second time in four games, Ben M. proven that it can be done. And a quick analysis shows that you can, too.

Jeff H. played in eight of the nine games we've had this year. He took first place in two games and finished second, third or out of the money altogether in the remaining six. In those six games, a total of seven players finished higher than him.

We're only two-thirds through the season and it's still anybody's ball game. Jeff may be winning the popular vote but there are still plenty of superdelegates to be counted. Simply put, it ain't over yet.