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: Defending the right to copy-paste

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

Asked if there was moment when she doubted herself, Ana Ivanovic laughs. Replies: "There was not a moment. There were many moments." #usopen
— James Henry (@olerafa) August 28, 2012

*That was the money quote of the interview. Self-deprecating humor for the win!

*Nice article from Patricia Evangelista on the plagiarism issue and Sen. Tito Sotto's pathetic attempt to defend his right to copy-paste from blogs for his anti-RH speeches . An excerpt:

The public—and he makes a delineation between the public attacking him and the public who knows him—knows how to perceive right and wrong, and they know better than to believe his attackers.

“Do we know if they are good people? Do we know if they are kind, if they are drunks, if they batter their wives? We don’t know who they are, but they are so good at destroying my name.”

And yet he destroys that name, and continues to cling to his innocence, invoking his position as senator and public figure, placing himself above those he plagiarized, setting up rules for himself. The medium is tainted—a man whose ideas are not his own, whose sources are questionable, whose ethics have been proven false, is a difficult man to trust when he claims moral authority.

*Bond, James Bond, crashes Andy Murray's US Open presser. How do you top this? Maybe we can ask the Queen (aka the new Bond girl) to jump off a helicopter again if Andy wins his first Grand Slam (*fingers crossed*) on Monday.

*She's smart, pretty, has well-toned arms and is married to the president of the most powerful country in the world. Like Angelina Jolie, Michelle Obama is living the life that I want. Isn't she the best First Lady ever?

*Oh, Cristiano Ronaldo. You amuse me so.

Hmmm, I still don't think that a switch to orange shoes will help you against Novak.

Cristiano Ronaldo just gave Rafa Nadal an out-of-the-box idea as to how to solve the Novak Djokovic puzzle (the King of Clay has a 0-7 win-loss record against the Djoker since March 2011).  Props to Nike for another fantastic ad.

Anyway, I can't help but bring up this earlier pic of the two that was posted by Cristiano Ronaldo last February on Twitter. It still cracks me up how CR seems to have coerced his poor friend into having his picture taken with him. Look at how awkward Rafa looks.