Schadenfreude

FBI Photo: Sticky Fingers Turner accepting his ca$h bribe. Boston City councilor Chuck Turner has a long history of embarrassing himself and the city. This morning he was arrested at his City Hall office as part of the Diane Wilkerson corruption probe. Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner Arrested BOSTON (WBZ) ― Boston city councilor Chuck […]

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schadenfreude 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

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Ho 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 […]

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schadenfreude 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, […]

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Kevin on 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

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Schadenfreude 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 […]

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The 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 TNR, […]

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