The "Must" List: Horror Roll

Forehand Policy's usual round-up of a few must read/see/view things that you guys (as in the five people who read my blog) might find interesting.

*I seriously cannot stop watching this video. Nice to know that the Manning family has a great sense of humor.

*Horror roll: embattled New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner (also known by his sexting name, Carlos Danger) doesn't know how to quit; NY Yankees' star Alex Rodriguez, accused of using performance enhancing drugs, is the guy at the party no one wants; the Napoles family, through their counsel, Atty. Lorna Kapunan, threatens Rappler with a poorly written demand letter and Bikram yoga founder is accused of rape, sexual harassment and racism.

*Tennis players dominate Forbes list of the highest paid female athletes. The WTA is indeed the leading women's sporting organization in the world.

*Want to encourage more people to read? A little creativity can go a long way.

*Forehand Policy's resident mascot, Ryan Gosling, is in the shortlist to play Batman in Man of Steel 2. 

*Roger Federer, who is celebrating his birthday today, could be ranked as low as #7 by the time the US Open starts later this month. 

*Probably the greatest power couple of all time.

*Cristiano Ronaldo has been on a charm offensive lately. I honestly have no snark on this. Keep it up, dude.

*Andy Murray and Jennifer Lawrence continue to be adorable.

*Filipino marketing executive Jonathan Yabut is Apprentice Asia's first winner. Highly successful Malaysian businessman Tony Fernandes definitely hired the right person for the job. 

*Diplomacy 101

As revenge for this Snowden mess, Obama should stick to the summit with Putin, but staff it entirely with flamboyant gay dudes. #takethat
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) August 1, 2013

*Political trolling 101 

I just received this insane email: pic.twitter.com/ogEQB3oqha
— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) July 29, 2013

The "Must" List: You're the man, Coops.

Forehand Policy's usual round-up of a few must read/see/view things that you guys (as in the five people who read my blog) might find interesting.

From Gawker

@retireleo wow, tough words from an anon Internet troll. why not use your name and photo, coward? Have some more fritos and keep typing
— Anderson Cooper (@andersoncooper) November 19, 2012

*These tweets just made me love Anderson Cooper even more.

*With the way that the peace negotiations are going on between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Force (MILF), I won't be surprised if PNoy and the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process get a Nobel Peace Prize next year.

*Fantastic interview from Homeland producer and co-creator, Alex Gansa.

*People magazine snubs Ryan Gosling yet again. BuzzFeed calls it a "crime against humanity". I agree.

*I would like to extend my belated congratulations to President Barack Obama for winning another term as US President. However, I think that the real winner of this election is sports nerd/statistician, Nate Silver.

*Give up already. Sheesh.

*From the Manila Standard Today: "The true tragedy of Philippine politics is that we have people like Senator Sotto who are put in positions of power where they can do great damage with only a modicum of learning." Is it really that hard to offer a genuine apology, Senator Tito Sotto?

The "Must" List: Muppets against Romney? LOL.

Here's a round-up of a few must read/see/view things that you guys might find interesting.

* So, there's Sesame Street Diplomacy and now there's US presidential candidate Mitt Romney going after Big Bird during his first live debate with incumbent president Barack Obama. Who knew that these muppets could wield so much power and influence?  

* Thanks, Patricia Evangelista, for telling us what the future could look like with Sen. Tito Sotto as the King of Cyberspace. God save the Philippines.

* Roger Federer being, well, like Roger Federer:

"I think he's done so well," Federer added. "His reaction was amazing after not winning Wimbledon against me.
"Then coming back to win the Olympics and bringing the victory home for his first Grand Slam at the US Open was great to see.
"I was very impressed and I'm sure that's going to give him confidence for what's to come.
"How me, Novak and Rafa - whenever he comes back - and the rest of the players will play will have a little bit of an impact.
"But, overall, Andy has some control over that himself now."

* Novak Djokovic dancing Psy's Gangnam Style. Tennis is so cool.

* And I've missed you too.

* Anna Wintour is a big fan of tennis. She's also a big fan of Homeland. Who knew that we had a lot of things in common?

* Team Nicki Minaj or Team Mariah? Let BuzzFeed help you decide.

The only person who can beat Vladimir Putin

Dear opposition groups: If you want to unseat the Eternal President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, this guy is your best bet:

taken from Russia Beyond The Headlines

Marat Safin is a former tennis world number 1, winner of two Grand Slam titles and Roger Federer's could have been greatest rival. The guy has also been voted several times as the Sexiest Male Tennis Player in TennisReporters.net's Readers' Poll. (The website actually had to retire him and Ana Ivanovic from the poll for winning for five straight years.) Just late last year, he was also able to secure a seat as a representative at the Russian Parliament.

Even if Marat is still with Putin's United Russia Party, there are no permanent friends in politics and I think he could still very well be the male Katniss Everdeen of Russia for the following reasons:

From Getty Images

1) He's a doting brother to fellow tennis playing-sister, Dinara Safina. He'd probably volunteer as tribute should a Reaping take place to save his sister. A lot of women (myself included) would readily volunteer as his Peeta (or even Gale).

taken from Go To Tennis

2) You can talk to him and he'll listen.

From the Hopman Cup

3) He's willing to fight for you. Just look at the black eye and cut eye on this photo. He also smashes rackets when pissed off and frustrated. Don't we all like our leaders with a bit of a temper?

From Marat Safin Forum

4) Marat actually reads the news. Take that, Sarah Palin.

taken from The Downward Spiral

taken from The Guy From Russia

5) He could easily win in a Presidential battle of shirtless pics.

6) He's willing to poke fun at his good looks:

I have many ideas to offer in the economic and social fields. And I may be the prettiest boy in the Duma, but only because the others are all over 60.

Want a face for the rebellion? Marat Safin is your guy.

"Memes really do come true."

Taken from Texts from Hillary. Image was actually a submission from US Secretary of State Hillary "Hillz" Clinton herself. Click here for the signed copy.

I discovered the Tumblr site, Texts from Hillary, through a couple of tennis fans that I follow on Twitter. People, this is how a fan site should look like. I've always liked Secretary Hillary Clinton and, while I'm not a US citizen, I honestly believe that she is possibly the most awesomest President that the US never had. (Hillz, can you re-consider for 2016?) Seriously, Hillz > Obama. Who run the world? Girls. ZOMG, she even got a text from Mr. Perfect (a.k.a. Ryan Gosling) himself! Sadly, the creators of this hilarious Tumblr site has decided to "stop while they are ahead". ("Is it really possible to top a submission from the Secretary herself? No.") But, we'll always have the LOLz.