Big Drama in Not-So-Little China

China, Angered by Peace Prize, Blocks Celebration (NY Times)

The Chinese government...angrily described the decision to honor Mr. Liu as “blasphemy” and an insult to the Chinese people.

Mr. Liu, 54, a former literature professor who has spent the past 20 years pressing for political reform in China, is serving an 11-year sentence for “inciting subversion of the state,” based on his writings and a pro-democracy manifesto, Charter ’08, that he helped to draft. The document, which demands an end to single-party rule and calls for expanded liberties, gathered 10,000 signatures before government censors blocked its circulation on the Internet. 

Anytime the Communist Party of China is this angry, someone's doing something right. Thanks, Norway. Your pick this year has been both informative AND entertaining.

Another reason Bill Belichick is a D-bag

 
I don't like the Patriots. But Tom Brady is one of the best QBs of my lifetime. Bill Belichick, however, is every tool in the box.

Q: What does it mean for a team to have a quarterback like Brady, so consistent year after year? What does it do for an offense or a team to have his presence there?

BB: It’s always good to have consistency on your team at every position and every unit. Certainly quarterback is in that category. 

Thoughts:

1) Yes, quaterback is in the category of positions that need consistency.
2) How hard would it have been to say, "...and with Tom, that's one position I know I don't have to worry about come Sunday. He's proven himself with his play, year after year....Also, dude's smokin'. Have you seen the ladies he brings back his crib? Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn."
3) Joe Morgan is Belichick is Joe Morgan. Wha!?!?

(Via CBS Sports)