The Weekly Six – 7/30/10

A quick hit on this week’s hottest topics: The Weekly Six. If you missed out on what’s been going on this week, tune in to read about the hottest topics on the net – or at least the hottest topics to us. This is your chance to feel free to agree or disagree. And without further ado, in no particular order, behold the six!

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Terrell Owens Signs With The Bengals

The controversial wide receiver turned reality TV star has signed a one year deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Apparently this means that Owens will be playing opposite Chad Ochocinco who also stars in his own reality show entitled “The Ultimate Catch.” This is great because neither player has caught a meaningful ball in several years. This union is a time bomb destined for a prime time explosion. By the way, that’s not how you eat popcorn.

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Arizona Judge Blocks Immigration Law

Federal Judge, Susan Bolton, blocked “key” parts of the Arizona immigration law for further examination. Parts of the law that will no longer be enforced include the ability of Arizona police officers to exercise their racial profiling skills in order to determine if someone looks like they might be illegal. But that’s okay because the portions not blocked still include beating minorities when nobody is looking and ticketing non white drivers who happen to be driving around in upper class neighborhoods. So at least there’s that.

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Pentagon Papers Leaked on Wikileaks.org

How many of you knew there was such a site that specializes in leaking information deemed newsworthy? Apparently this is big because Wikileaks allowed some 91,000 secret documents to find their way onto the Internet regarding the United State’s role in the war in Afghanistan and how it might be a war that can’t be “won.” The leaks do bring into question serious flaws in our country’s ability to conceal information in delicate areas such as national security, but I’m more impressed with the fact that there are 91,000 documents all leading to the conclusion that many of us already came to years ago. Which leads us to this next question, are any of us really surprised that it takes our government 91,000 documents to come to the same conclusion?

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Charles Rangel Charged with 13 Violations

Yes, I know you’re shocked. News about a crooked politician. I’m stunned. Especially since the allegations include failure to report income, his misuse of congressional staff and stationery; accepting favors and benefits from the donors that may have influenced his congressional actions; use of a subsidized New York apartment as a campaign office instead of a residence; and misuse of the congressional free mail privilege. After reading through the allegations, I can only conclude that it was his addiction to mailing countless entries to the Publisher’s Clearing House Sweepstakes that must have tipped off House investigators. I mean, it’s really the only thing that makes sense.

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iPorn Hits The iPhone

Yes, it’s true. If you mix the Internet and technology into any equation, you will also see the potential of pornography and how it will find its way onto any platform. So it was only a matter of time for the porn industry to try and find a way to use Facetime to give iPhone 4 users an opportunity to chat with their favorite porn stars using their handset. Unfortunately beta testers are dropping calls with these Internet babes because, in their enthusiasm to use this feature, most right handed users are gripping the phone wrong. Think about it. Okay, moving on…

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American Idol’s Death Rattle