Schadenfreude
There’s Schadenfreude, and then there’s SCHADENFREUDE
Saturday, October 4th, 2008schadenfreude \SHOD-n-froy-duh\, noun:
A malicious satisfaction obtained from the misfortunes of others.
This one tops even Eliot Spitzer.
AP: In the end, O.J. Simpson comes up a loser in Vegas
The OJ sentence is read at 2:07 of the video. Enjoy.
O.J. GUILTY ON ALL 12 COUNTS - video powered by Metacafe
Two more championships for Boston; New York struggling to cope with new world order
Sunday, April 13th, 2008Ho hum, another day, a couple of more championships for Boston area….
BC Eagles beat Irish to take NCAA hockey title
DENVER - The names came filtering down. Bernie Burke. Len Ceglarski. The so-called ’49ers, whose championship spawned the Pike’s Peak booster club at The Heights. Brian Gionta and 2001.
The current crop of Boston College skaters [...]
Schadenfreude Alert: Eliot Spitzer Is Linked to Prostitution Ring
Monday, March 10th, 2008schadenfreude \SHOD-n-froy-duh\, noun:
A malicious satisfaction obtained from the misfortunes of others.
Gov. Spitzer tied to prostitution ring
Spitzer has built his political legacy on stamping out corruption, including several headline-making battles with Wall Street while serving as attorney general. He stormed into the governor’s office in 2006 with a historic share of the vote, vowing to continue [...]
Schadenfreude Alert: $1.3 billion and counting…
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007…spent on player salaries since the last New York Yankee championship WAY BACK in 2000.
Look at it this way New York fans, now you can turn your attention to the Jets and Giants…bwaaaahhaaahhaaa
UPDATE: Soxaholic has more on the word of the day, Schadenfreude
Schadenfreude Alert: Mets complete Red Soxesque collapse
Monday, October 1st, 2007Schadenfreude \SHOD-n-froy-duh\, noun:
A malicious satisfaction obtained from the misfortunes of others
For more on the Mets collapse, here’s the Post’s treatment
October 1, 2007 — The fall turned out to be extraordinary, the collapse astonishing. The Mets’ season is over, an ultimately dreadful meltdown that finished mercifully yesterday at Shea.
It’s never been more appropriate for a [...]
Schadenfreude Alert: Beauchamp Delivers TKO to The New Repubic’s Credibility
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007The New Republic’s much maligned Baghdad Diarist blogger, Pvt. Scott Thomas Beauchamp, has admitted, finally, that he made up all of his horror stories about the troops in Iraq. Just as most in the military blogging community thought.
No wonder The New Republic is taking the week off. What will the arrogant editor of [...]
Schadenfreude Alert
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007Schadenfreude: enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others
Nothing pleases me more than reading stories about bad people who get what’s coming to them. Here’s a story that demonstrates the benefits of a concealed carry law.
Detroit Free Press
Man with unloaded gun killed by victim
A robbery and crime spree aided by an unloaded gun came to [...]
Schadenfreude Alert: More misery for the miserable Jimmy Carter
Friday, January 12th, 2007Schadenfreude is a German word meaning “pleasure taken from someone else’s misfortune.” So, when 14 more members of the Carter Center resign in protest over his new book, well, I’m delighted. No figure in American public life bothers me more than Jimmy Carter.
The Washington Post
14 quit Carter Center panel as fuss [...]
Schadenfreude Alert: Another former ally turns on Jimmy Carter
Friday, December 8th, 2006What a week for Jimmy Carter. First, a 23-year director at the Carter Center resigns over the myriad of lies, bias and revisionist history in his new book Palestine: Peace, Not Apartheid
Now this,
WASHINGTON �?? Former President Jimmy Carter faced new criticism Friday over his controversial book on Palestinian lands when a former Middle East [...]
Schadenfreude Alert: Rove cleared
Tuesday, June 13th, 2006Having read hundreds of breathless “Rove will be indicted” posts on the left wing blogs, I can find nary a word this morning about the news that Karl Rove will NOT be indicted.
Where is HuffPosts Lawrence O’Donnell? I hope is ok this morning. Maybe he can’t get out of bed this [...]
