Bawful After Dark: March 7, 2011

"You soccer football players sure are good at diving, but have you ever seen me dive while on rollerskates?"
We're getting deeper into the month of March. You know what that means: clanked trey after clanked trey, lots of random pointless passing to kill a 35-second shot clock, and the ever-annoying possession arrow. I live in college basketball country, where few people give a crap about the pros, but I really just don't get it. Yeah, I watch some college basketball. But I always end up feeling frustrated by the poor play, inferior rules, and the fact that there are approximately 18,391 teams that I am supposed to know about come tournament time. Can we please get to the NBA playoffs sometime soon?

Worst of the Night in Pictures:

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What's up with Carmelo Anthony and Violet Palmer? And just what in the hell is Christian Eyenga doing?

"Hey! Cracker Jack guy! Over here!"

Larry Drew and Birdman Andersen, is there something you need to tell us?

Oh come on, Silas. Quit trying to blame it on someone else. Everyone knows he who smelled it, dealt it.

Further proof that playing with Vince Carter will give you a headache

I'm not sure what's happening here, but it sure looks bawful, and it doesn't surprise me that Jon Brockman is involved

Uh, Tony, I'm pretty sure "Headbutting" is an offensive foul just like charging

All The Games:
Frail Blazers at Magic, 7pm: Those who had early March on their "when will Dwight Howard get suspended for picking up too many technical fouls" office pools, please collect your winnings.

Clippers at Bobcraps, 7pm: Eric Gordon: Out indefinitely. Clippers' hopes to no longer be who we thought they were: (Still) Out indefinitely.

Jazz at Knicks, 7:30pm: Carmelo: "Man, getting poked in the eye hurts!" Amar'e: "I see what you mean."

Hornets at Bulls, 8pm: So much for that epic Chris Paul/Derrick Rose matchup. By the way, if you haven't read Lee Jenkins' recent SI feature on Derrick Rose, I highly recommend it.

Mavericks at Timberwolves, 8pm: Nobody really cares about who wins or loses this game. We just want to see if Kevin Love can tie Moses Malone's double-double streak. (And I apologize in advance if I just stat cursed the hell out of Kevin Love. I really hope I didn't.)

Thunder at Grizzlies, 8pm: What's more odd: that Zach Randolph has transformed into one of the best power forwards in the NBA, or that we've basically come to accept this as fact and no longer give it much thought? Wasn't Z-Bo headlining our friggin' banner mere months ago?

Rockets at Kings, 10pm: And the sad saga of the Maloofs screwing over Sacramento continues. I'm really, really not looking forward to the Anaheim Kings.

Worst of the Weekend: The Miami Heat

What a painful, winless weekend for the Super Friends of South Beach.

From ESPN Stats and Information:

One day after blowing a 24-point lead in a loss to the Orlando Magic, the Miami Heat were again embarrassed, this time in San Antonio. LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and company lost 125-95 to the Spurs on Friday. It's the Heat's worst loss of the season and the second-most points they've allowed. The Spurs set a franchise record with 17 3-pointers en route to their 22nd straight home win.

Miami falls to 1-8 this season against the Bulls, Celtics, Lakers, Mavericks and Spurs. That one win came against the Lakers on Christmas Day, but there have been no presents since then against the league's top teams and the schedule doesn't get easier. The Heat play their next eight games against teams currently above .500.

The Heat entered the game with a 43-18 record. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it's the first time in almost two years that a team that many games over .500 lost a game by 30 or more points. Cleveland beat the [Kevin Garnett-less] Celtics by 31 points on April 12, 2009. Boston entered the game with a 60-19 record.

Also from ESPN Stats and Information:

If you watched SportsCenter, you probably heard the stat -- the Heat are now 1-for-18 this season in the final 10 seconds of regulation when trailing by three points or fewer. But that's not the only troublesome number to come out of this game.

The Bulls completely took away Miami’s isolation offense, holding the Heat to 1-for-7 shooting on plays where a potential shooter is isolated against his defender. The Heat typically score 13 points per game on such plays, according to video review, but the Bulls held them to just three points on Sunday.

And although Chris Bosh was 9-for-14 from the field, he struggled again against Joakim Noah. Bosh was 3-for-8 from the field when Noah was the primary defender against him. In the last two games against the Bulls, Bosh is 4-for-14 when Noah is guarding him.

One other nugget related to the Heat's 1-for-18 in "crunch time." James' former team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, may not be having the best season, but they are 5-for-11 in similar situations in 2010-11.

And now the quotes:

Chris Bosh:

"When you put your heart and your soul, your blood, your sweat, your tears into something and you want something so bad and it just slips from you by one point, two points, three points, 30 points, just to come up short again and again, it hurts."

Dwyane Wade:

"Outside, the Miami Heat are exactly what everyone wanted, losing games. The world is better now since the Heat is losing."

LeBron James:

"I told my team, I'm not going to continue to fail late in games. I put a lot of blame on myself tonight. I told the guys that I just keep failing them late in games and I won't continue to do that."

Yeah, well, what about that "potential game-winning shot," LeBron? I mean, a running, left-handed, contested layup attempt flung over a seven-footer?

"I had a step on Joakim and I knew he was going to try to use his length to block the shot. I've made plenty of left-hand layups over bigs before."

I guess that makes it all okay then. But what about D-Wade? I mean, this was his team, right? Why are his crunch-time touches coming from offensive rebounds instead of plays featuring his number? What do you think, Dwyane?

"I'm used to coming down in the fourth, having the ball, making mistakes, getting a chance to make up for them, etc. You try to do your best. That's all you can do. That was one of the things we got to understand when we all decided to come together. That there were going to be sacrifices that have to be made. And you live with the consequences."

Interpret that as you will.

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra:

"This is painful for every single one of us to go through this, there are couple of guys crying in the locker room right now, it is not a matter of want."

Crying? Crying?!

Okay. The crying thing may be true. And, honestly, it's not as shameful as some people are making it out to be. But you don't out your players for weeping because of a loss. Not after a regular season game in March. I think coach 'Spo knows that. Or he should have known it. I get what he was trying to show how much his players care about winning. But what he actually did was emasculate and embarrass them in from of the world.

From the Palm Beach Post Heat Zone blog:

Oh, that's not good. Players didn't seem thrilled that Spoelstra said this, especially when reporters began probing to learn the identities of the weepy. I understand what Spoelstra was trying to do, but it will just come off that his team is soft. For the record, Chris Bosh said he was close but didn't cry, and Dwyane Wade (who was more emotional than usual) took umbrage to the question.

From Rick Morrissey of the Chicago Sun-Times:

After a loss to the Bulls on Sunday, Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said "a couple of guys" were crying in the locker room.

For his sake, I hope it was the Big Three of the trainer, the ballboy and the physical therapist. If Spoelstra has players crying after a game in early March, I can't imagine what he’s going to encounter in the locker room when the Bulls beat the Heat in the playoffs.

Actually, yes, I can. It will look like an audience that just finished watching "The Notebook."

There is nothing wrong with crying. Speaker of the House John Boehner is an inveterate crier. People cry on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" all the time.

But NBA players after a loss in March? Really?

If so, the Bulls can cross the Heat off their to-do list. Now, if they can only figure out what activates the Celtics’ sprinkler system.

Now, in the interest of fairness, Rod Benson provides some much-needed perspective to the "crying" thing. A player's perspective.

These guys care. They care a lot, actually. Yes, they care what people think. They care that their legacies are on the line. They care about the city of Miami. They care about the NBA. They even care about you, their haters. How do I know they care? Because I know how much you have to care to cry after a loss.

Let's look at this as if The Decision had never happened, shall we? Three superstars are willing to each give up a part of their stardom, and give up a part of their money, in order to try to win a championship. This is pretty high on the basketball sacrifice scale. Then they have to each change their games and learn how to play with one another, taking a huge gamble in the process, in order to take their games to the next level. Each of them will have to do things they've never done before.

They took a risk and now, they're actually kind of successful. A contender? Not for me to call, but certainly not a group of bumbling idiots trying to learn to cope with themselves like the cast of "The Wizard of Oz."

LeBron James has to get courage, Dwyane Wade a brain, and Chris Bosh some heart? And this crying, especially by Bosh, is supposed to show that they're too weak for the task? All of this because they lost four games in a row?

Think about it like this: Jay Cutler showed no emotion when he was forced to sit out and watch his team lose in the NFC Championship. People chastised him for not caring. So why do the flip the script and treat these grown men like little girls for doing the opposite? Take your pick: either it's just a game, a job, a business, and it's devoid of emotion, or it's something more. It's something like love. When it's great, nothing can make you happier, and when it's bad nothing can be worse in the world. Don't you wish every athlete had that? There are a lot of guys who will never have it. Some of them are the best players on your favorite team right now. Sorry to break it to you. You have to at least give it to the Heat for that.

Whatever the case, something's wrong. After 63 games, the Heat are 43-20. Last year, the Cavaliers were 49-14 after 63 games. Back then, LeBron was teamed up with a bunch of bums, right? The team's failures weren't his fault. They were the fault of management for not supplying a better supporting cast. They were the fault of his teammates for not being good enough. Now he's got an MVP-level teammate and another All-Star getting his back.

So if the Cavaliers failed because LeBron didn't have better teammates -- specifically a secondary scorer to take the pressure off of him -- what's his excuse this time? Basketball's statocracy tell us King Crab is the best basketball player in the world. The numbers don't lie. They can't lie.

Why, then, can't the Heat beat good teams? Why can't they close games?

I don't feel entirely comfortable making player comparisons. But I imagine Larry Bird or Michael Jordan in similar circumstances. Sitting in the locker room in steely-eyed silence. Teammates avoiding their raptor-like gaze. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm suffering recall bias, but I don't remember K.C. Jones or Pat Riley ever say that the Celtics or Lakers were weeping after a big loss that wasn't a playoff elimination. I do remember Bird calling his teammates sissies and hearing that post-loss practices were so intense they bordered on hostile.

Machismo is overrated. It really is. But if you had to bet your chips on a team to come back from losing, would you bet on the team that gets pissed off and looks like they want to kill somebody (maybe even each other), or the team that's moping around, whining about the world being against them, and maybe crying? That's not a judgement. I'm asking an honest question.

Like A Bosh: Nationally Televised Single-Double Watch

Superstar material right there.

On our very first Worst Of The Night this season, commenter Lord Kerrance had this to say about the Boshmallow's personal hubris upon his successful attachment to the "Heatles" -

From the Toronto Star:

"Really, it’s all about being on TV at the end of the day," the five-time all-star said Tuesday. "Seriously. A guy can average 20 and 10, and nobody really cares. If you don’t see it (on U.S. national TV), then it doesn’t really happen."

Glad to know that nationally televised double-single counts. Looking forward to many more.

I replied...

I think we HAVE to do a CB4 Nationally Televised Double-Single Tracker now.

Everyone with me? :D :D

Despite encouragement by The Other Chris, Lord Kerrance worried about a stat curse from our preemptive smackdown of the 7th most important member of the South Beach triumverate...but we needn't have fretted.

It turns out that he indeed was setting the tone for a mist of mediocrity, one which can now be quantified!

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Listed below are CB's nationally televised games (whether in the US or Canada) and the critical statline for this elite pillow forward - whether he earned double-digits in one category or less, or not.

10/26
Heat-Celtics (TNT)
Not a single double - he did go a mere 3-11 from the field though!

10/29
Magic-Heat (ESPN)
10 boards, 11 points - double-double

11/11
Celtics-Heat (TNT)
15 points - single-double!!!!!!!!!!

11/13
Craptors-Heat (TSN - nationally televised in Canada LOL)
12 points - single-double!

11/17
Suns-Heat (ESPN)
35 points!...and nothing else. Single-double.

11/24
Heat-Magic (ESPN)
21 points - single-double!

12/2
Heat-Cadavers (TNT)
15 points - single-double

12/10
Heat-Warriors (ESPN)
16 points - single-double

12/17
Heat-Knicks (ESPN)
26 points - single-double

12/23
Heat-Suns (TNT)
23 points AND 11 boards - double-double

12/25
Heat-Lakers (ABC)
10 assists, 27 points - double-double

1/13
Heat-Nuggets (TNT)
24 points - single-double

1/15
Heat-Bulls (WGN)
17 points, but 11 bricks - negatory double-double

1/30
Heat-Thunder (ABC)
20 points - single-double!

2/3
Heat-Magic (TNT)
13 points - single-double

2/13
Heat-Celtics (ABC)
10 boards, 24 points - double-double

2/16
Heat-Craptors (TSN2 - nationally televised in Canada!)
25 points - single-double

2/24
Heat-Bulls (TNT)
11 bricks - single-double!!!!

2/27
Knicks-Heat (ESPN)
12 boards, 20 points - double-double

3/3

Magic-Heat (TNT)
13 points - single-double

Final Conclusion

Like a Bosh, 13 single-doubles and one less-than-single double performance (out of 20 nationally televised games) CAN'T be wrong, can they? And with one of his double-doubles resulting from having 11 bricks, this means that 70% of his nationally televised performances are middling-or-worse.

Maybe there was something to the idea that he played better rollerskating in obscurity on a bad team...just maybe.

Worst of the Night: March 3, 2011

Cue up the Bonnie Tyler...the Heat are holding out for a hero!
The Miami cHeat: The cHeat led 30-22 after 12 minutes. They were up 63-45 at halftime. Their lead reached 24 points with 8:57 left in the third quarter.

Game over. Right?

Wrong. A thousand times wrong. The funny thing is, even as I was watching it, the lead felt like an aberration. In that overpowering first half, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James combined for 47 points. That's right: They outscored the Magic by themselves. And you wanna talk about smokin' hot? Those guys were 18-for-21 from the field and 11-for-11 from the line. When you've got to MVP-caliber players converting 86 percent of their field goals and 100 percent of their foul shots...that's just crazy.

It's also an outlier.

'Cause, see, it's not like D-Wade and LeBron were running a layup drill. They were shooting dead-eye from the outside. In the first quarter, Wade hit back-to-back jumpers from 21 and 15 feet. Later in the quarter, 'Bron drilled a 15-footer while being fouled by J.J. Redick (he went on to convert the three-point play from the line). A little more than a minute later, James hit again from 15 feet. With eight ticks left in the first, LeBron knocked down a 21-foot jump shot.

This trend continued in the second quarter. One minute and eight seconds in, Wade connected from 20 feet. A minute and five seconds later, he hit from 20 again while being fouled by Redick (and, like LeBron, he converted the ensuing freebie). Then, 24 seconds later (after Hedo Turkoglue missed from 21 and Ryan Anderson failed to convert a tip in), Dwyane hit a shorter (eight feet) jump shot while being fouled by Redick again (it wasn't J.J.'s day). Wade finished off the three-point play from the charity stripe.

Wade wasn't done. With 6:39 left in the half, he drilled a 16-footer. On Miami's next possession, LeBron hit a 20-footer on an assist from Wade. Then, one possession later, James nailed a 22-foot jumper. Less than a minute and a half later, LeBron connected on yet another jump shot from 15 feet out. Next cHeat possession, James hit a 17-footer. Finally, with 24 seconds left in the second quarter, D-Wade hit from 20 feet.

Okay, let's get something straight: Wade and James are incredible players. But, for all the amazing things they can do, they are not dead-eye outside shooters. Opposing teams want to force them to shoot from the outside. It sure beats giving up layups or being forced to foul them. See, that's when Dwyane and LeBron are at their most dangerous. But, despite the huge and seemingly insurmountable deficit, the Magic actually succeeded. They turned the Dynamic Duo into jump shooters. Unfortunately for Orlando, Wade and James were both red hot from the outside at the same time.

Well, Pookie and King Crab regressed to the mean in the second half, combining for 10 points on 3-for-13 from the field and 4-for-8 from the line. We're talking some serious cool down here. Four minutes into the second half, Wade bricked two freebies in a row. A few minutes later, one possession after LeBron had thrown the ball away, Dywane bricked a jumper. Speaking of LeBron throwing the ball away, here's the rather hilarious way that happened:


On Miami's next possession, Dwight Howard blocked LeBron's jump shot. However, Miami recovered the ball, and LeBron went on to hit a 22-footer. That said, James missed from 15 on the next possession.

Fast forwarding to the fourth, Wade missed from 12 feet and, three possessions later, LeBron checked back in from a short rest and missed from 25 feet. Next possession, another missed jumper for Wade. A few minute later, Wade missed a 26-foot three-point attempt. With 46 seconds left in the game, Dwyane missed from only four feet away. LeBron closed out the game by clanging a potential game-tying three-point attempt off the front iron.

So, from the point at which the cHeat took that 24-point lead to the final buzzer, Orlando outscored Miami 50-23. That included a 40-9 run.

Said Magic coach Stan Van Gundy: "Well, that defies explanation."

Added Dwyane Wade: "Mindboggling."

It was the second-largest comeback in Orlando franchise history. Their only bigger comeback came from 25 points down to the Cavaliers in 1989.

The funny thing is...this isn't even a one-time thing. When the cHeat played in Orlando last month, the Magic came back from a 23-point deficit in the final seven and a half minutes before missing a potential game-tying shot in the final seconds.

According to the AP recap, there have been only six games this season in which a team has led by at least 22 points and lost. The cHeat are responsible for two of those losses -- the other coming against the Jazz back on November 9 -- and both were in Miami.

According to the Elias Sports Bureau: "Only one other NBA team has lost a game after leading by 24-or-more points this season. That was the Detroit Pistons, who blew a 25-point lead in a 120-116 loss to the Raptors on December 11."

According to ESPN Stats and Information: "Miami continues to demonstrate a stunning inability to defeat good teams. Against the Spurs, Celtics, Mavericks, Bulls and Lakers -- the top 5 teams this season in terms of win percentage -- the Heat are a dismal 1-7. They've split 4 games with the Magic. And in games decided by 5 points or fewer, the Heat are 5-12. That yields a win percentage of .294, tying them with Philadelphia (also 5-12) for second-lowest in the league in such games, ahead of only Minnesota (4-12, .250)."

Said Chris Boshmallow (5-for-15 with four blocks against): "We've blown a lot of games where we were in full control. And we have to do something."

What's more, the cHeat are now 12-16 against teams that are currently above .500.

Said Wade: "The urgency is there. Just got to finish it. We enjoy these games. We play them hard. ... It's growing pains and it sucks. You're looking for the light at the end of the tunnel and maybe [in the playoffs] we'll look back on it and say, 'Oh, that's what it was for.'"

Added James: "We continue to get big leads and we continue to falter. Hopefully we can figure it out soon."

Or...hopefully not.

Anyway, games like this are what make the "LeBron for MVP" campaign kinda funny. His box score (29 points, 11-for-16, 7-for-7 from the line, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocked shots) will boost his Player Efficiency Rating and make the stat geeks drool all over themselves. Unfortunately, his advanced stats won't reflect the way he disappeared in the second half as his team was choking away a monster lead, not to mention his clunker of a wide open three that would have forced overtime.

And let's not forget that whole "5-12 in games decided by 5 points or fewer." Which brings me to this...

Evil Ted, quote machine: "How can a team with Dwyane Wade manage to not utilize Dwyane Wade in crunch time?"

That's an excellent question.

ET's answer: "LeBron James."

Chris Boshmallow: He wanted to be on TV. He wanted this. Now, not only does he get to be Ringo, his failures are being nationally televised right and left. Last week, the world got to watch his epic flop after the dreaded Carlos Boozer airbow in the middle of his even epic-er 1-for-18 shooting performance in Miami's loss to the Bulls. This week, we got to watch his testicles shrivel against another Eastern Conference power. Again: 5-for-15, four of his shots got stuffed, and he took a pass from LeBron in the face. Even The Onion is mocking him.

And now he's so very sad.


Wait. Was Bosh...crying?!


Thanks to Basketbawful reader stephanie g. for the link and pic. Vid from AnacondaHL.

Update! One more goodie from kazam92:


Reggile Miller, quote machine, Part 1: From Basketbawful reader Erik: "I like the ball and man movement."

Reggie Miller, quote machine, Part 2: From Basketbawful reader Aaron: "Eric Damiper playing HUGE for the Miami Heat."

Jazz Bear says: Only you can prevent forest fires looking like a douchebag.
The Utah Jazz: You can bet that, when TNT scheduled this game, they sure didn't expect Carmelo Anthony and Deron Williams to both be playing in different cities. And you can also bet they probably wanted to take a mulligan on this one before tipoff. That said, it was actually an exciting game. You know why?


Unfortunately for Utah fans, the Jazz may have played a little too hard. To wit: The Nuggets attempted 25 foul shots...in the fourth quarter. By contrast, the Jazz attempted 12 freebies for the game.

Did I mention Utah was the home team?

And yet, the Jazz still had a chance to pull this one out. Devin Harris nailed a triple to cut Denver's lead to 103-101 with 1.2 seconds to play. And then...

Kenyon Martin: In what may have been the worst last-second inbounds play since Isiah Thomas helped cement Larry's Legend, K-Mart basically handed the ball to Andrei Kirilenko. Mind you, Kirilenko's fast thinking and freakishly long arms helped, but Kenyon wasn't thinking on this one. Literally.

Said Martin: "My brain stopped working."

Fortunately for the Nuggets...

Andrei Kirilenko: ...the Russian Rifle misfired. Big time. I'm talking an airball from directly underneath the basket.

But it wasn't his fault!

Said Kirilenko: "[Martin's] hand was on the ball. It wasn't a foul but I didn't really get the ball and I tried to finish without it."

The Denver Nuggets: Remember how I said the Nuggets shot 25 free throws in the fourth quarter? Well, they hit only 15 of them. Still, they held on to win, giving them five victories in six games since 'Melo went buh-bye. Which is more than we can say for:

The Utah Jazz: Utah has dropped four of the five games they've played since exiling D-Will to New Jersey. Even worse, the Jazz have fallen two games behind Memphis for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. And, yes, even worser, Utah has lost seven straight at home...their worst home fail streak since 1982.

Chris's Amazing One-Line Lacktion Ledger: Zydrunas Ilgauskas piggybacked a board in 4:08 with two bricks and two fouls for a 2:1 Voskuhl.

Bawful After Dark: March 3, 2011

Aww, how cute. You actually think you stand a chance
Not much time to work with today, folks. Sorry about that, but it means this post needs more filler than Taco Bell's ground beef. After finishing up here, I recommend reading this post at The Basketball Jones to see how your knowledge stacks up against NBA bloggers. (For the record, I would have done terrible if I had been involved in this quiz, except I would have totally nailed the Kosta Koufos part of one of the questions.)

Worst of the Night in Pictures:

"LaLa! Where did you get those shoes? They could make me look almost 5'4"!"

Doc Rivers in the background: "Is someone gonna scoop up this mess, or do we just have to play around it?"

"...what are you doin', KG?"

They're just like one big happy family!

Looks like Big Baby needs a big diaper

Jeez, did Courtney Lee stab Blake Griffin on his way to the hoop or something? If so, is that a Flagrant 1 or 2?

Nationally Televised Games:
Magic at Heat, TNT, 8pm: The Heat are only 13-14 against teams that are .500 or better. The last time team they beat with a winning record? The Magic. (You may remember that as LeBron's 51 point game.) And now both teams are hitting tough stretches of their schedules, playing against likely playoff teams. So I'm looking forward to a high-intensity game tonight that will feel a bit like a playoff game. Looking forward to that exciting play, and an even-more-animated-than-usual Stan Van Gundy.

Nuggets at Jazz, TNT, 10:30pm: TNT exec: "Quick! Destroy all those 'Deron vs. Carmelo' promos!"

Worst of the Night by Charlie Sheen

"I have a disease? Bullshit. I cured it with my brain."
Hi there. I'm Charlie Sheen and I am on a drug. Its called Basketbawful. It's not available. If you try it once, you will die. Your face will melt off and your children will weep over your exploded body.

In case you hadn't heard, I don't have a job. I've got a whole family to support and love. People a lot more important than me are relying on that money to fuel the magic. So I figured doing a guest post here would show the TV people what a major mistake they made. Come this afternoon, they're gonna rename it Charlie Bros. and not Warner Bros.

Can I write basketball: I've got a one-word answer for you: Duh, winning! It's, like, guys, IMDB right there, 62 movies and a ton of success. I mean, c'mon bro, I won best picture at 20. I wasn't even trying. I wasn't even warm.

So here you go. But be warned: You'll be scooping your brain up into a bucket when you're done reading this.

The Chicago Bulls: The Bulls started the game on a 14-0 run and went up by as many as 19 points in the second quarter before heading into halftime with a 50-33 lead. Then the shit went south: They gave up 18 points off 17 turnovers and got outscored 50-30 in the second half. Ended up losing by three points. Their offense died. Literally died. I've got a message for you, Bullies, and it's this: Dying's for fools, dying's for amateurs. Write that down. Live it. Boom!

Charlie Sheen, quote machine: "I live inside the truth, and you cannot debate me."

The Cleveland Cavaliers: The Celtics. The Heat. The Lakers. The Bulls. The Magic. What about the Spurs? I'm tired of pretending like the Spurs aren't special. I'm tired of pretending like Tim Duncan's not bitching, a total frickin' rock star from Mars. People can't figure Timmy out, they can't process him. I don't expect them to. You can't process Tim Dunan with a normal brain.

As for the Cavs? They suck: 39 percent shooting, no defense (San Antonio had an Offensive Rating of 116.9), and another loss. And don't blame LeBron James, okay? Their failures are on them. Hey, I used to be addicted to drugs. Know how I got clean? I closed my eyes and made it so with the power of my mind. The only thing standing between Cleveland and a championship is their toxic attitudes, bro.

Charlie Sheen, quote machine: "I think I'm worth over 100 billion dollars, but that's just on a cellular level."

The Washington Wizards: People wonder where the stuff I say comes from? This answer will probably blow you human mind: It comes from my grand wizard master. I don't know. Stuff just comes out and it's entertaining and it's fun. But not everything from wizard's is entertaining and fun. Take the Washington Wizards. Those sad bastards got outrebounded 54-40 and lost at home to the Golden State Warriors. Make it 15-45 on the year. Those guys, it's pretty obvious, they're addicted to losing.

Know how I avoid losing? I just don't do it. I will not believe that if I do something then I have to follow a certain path because it was written for normal people. People who aren't special. People who don't have tiger blood and Adonis DNA.

Charlie Sheen, quote machine: People keep getting confused about my "tiger blood" comments. It's a metaphor for having absolute rocket fuel in my veins. That's why people cannot process me."

The Phoenix Suns: The Suns were supposed to be surging or something. Then they play a good team for a change and find themselves down by 29 points before the Celtics took a second half siesta. Which I totally get. I got magic and I've got poetry in my fingertips, you know, most of the time, and this includes naps.

On the bright side, Phoenix got 63 points out of its bench. And watching Channing Frye and Vince Carter knock heads was pretty funny.

And you know what else? There's been a tsunami of media about the Kendrick Perkins trade and the Celtics have been riding it on a mercury surfboard. If people think Danny Ainge is insane or they don't think that what he's saying is true, I have no interest in their retarded opinions. The Celtics are gonna win inside every moment, and the haters can just find the most comfortable chair in their small house and sit back and enjoy the show.

Charlie Sheen, quote machine: "I have a 10,000-year-old brain and the boogers of a 7-year-old. That's how I describe myself."

The Detroit Pistons: Some people say I'm bi-polar. Wow. What does that mean? I'm bi-winning. I win here, I win there. My life is perfect. It's awesome. Every day is just filled with just wins. Me and my goddesses, all we do is put wins in the record books. We win so radically in our underwear before our first cup of coffee, it's scary. People say it's lonely at the top, but I sure like the view.

As for the Pistons, I'm betting they don't like their view, which is from under the feet of whoever they're playing on a given night. Last night, Kevin Love was the guy walking all over them. He had a double-double of 20 points and 20 rebounds, which was his 48th double-double in a row. Now that guy has tiger blood. Adonis DNA? Eh, not so much. Anyway, the Pistons let Minnesota shoot 53 percent, and the Timberwolves did it in Detroit.

Charlie Sheen, quote machine: "You have the right to kill me, but you do not have the right to judge me. Boom. That's the whole movie. That's life."

The Charlotte Bobcats: So let me get this straight. Michael Jordan's team got beat by 40 points by the Carmelo Anthony-less Nuggets? Hey, MJ, I think we need to reshoot that Hanes commercial. This time, I'll drive away in the car, okay? I'm an F-18, bro.

Charlie Sheen, quote machine: "Winning, anyone? Rhymes with winning. Anyone? Yeah, that would be us. Sorry, man, didn't make the rules. Oops!"

The Sacramento Kings: Not often you see a team shot 53 percent and score 52 points in the paint but lose at home. Must've been the 25 points they gave up off 16 turnovers. Man, poor Sacramento fans, huh? Their team sucks and the owners are trying to move the franchise to Anaheim. Anaheim?! Look what Kings fans are dealing with, man. They're dealing with fools and trolls.

Charlie Sheen, quote machine: "If you're a part of my family, I will love you violently."

The New Orleans Hornets: Let me get this straight: Chris Paul (4 points on 2-for-7 shooting) was outplayed, no, wait, make that totally owned by Toney Douglas (24 points on 10-for-13 shooting). That blows my mind. Boom! And my mind...you borrow my brain for five seconds and just be like dude, can't handle it, unplug this bastard. It fires in a way that is, I don't know, maybe not from this terrestrial realm. So blowing my mind, it means something, bro.

Anyway, quite a fall for the Hornets. They're 4-12 since their 10-game winning streak, and three of those wins came against the Wizards, Timberwolves and Clippers. I keep hearing all this loser talk. Chris Paul has a leg injury and can't do what he used to. The team can't perform at its peak without a healthy Paul. Etc. Well, "can't" is the cancer of happening. Think about that: "can't" is the cancer of happening. Period. End of story.

Charlie Sheen, quote machine: "I'm celebrating me, every day."

The Indiana Pacers: "The rest of the season, we're coming. We're not backing down. We're not having any lackadaisical games. We're on the prowl. We're hungry."

Sounds like something I would've said, right? Well, Indiana's Roy Hibbert said it after the Pacers lost to the Heat. And the Pacers have gone 3-4 since then, including last night's 113-89 loss to the Thunder. Indiana trailed by as many as 35 in this one. So much for not backing down.

But, hey, there's no shame in Hibbert's not being able to roll like me. Bro, I probably took more drugs than anybody could survive. I was bangin' seven-gram rocks and finishing them because that's how I roll, because I have one speed, one gear. Go! The run I was on made Sinatra, Flynn, Jagger, Richards, all of them look like droopy-eyed armless children. But I'm different. I have a different constitution, I have a different brain, I have a different heart. So, you know, Roy, no shame in not being like me. Nobody is. Nobody.

Charlie Sheen, quote machine: "I wish him nothing but pain in his silly travels especially if they wind up in my octagon. Clearly I have defeated this earthworm with my words -- imagine what I would have done with my fire breathing fists."

The Houston Rockets: They lost to the Clippers. That give you some hope, Clippers fans? Hope is for suckers and fools. Suckers and fools...pretty perfect description for Clippers fans.

Charlie Sheen, quote machine: "Can't you spin on a pink cloud your whole life, and just be super bitching and focused?"

Chris's Charlie's Lacktion Ledger:

Bulls-Hawks: Atlanta's starting big man Jason Collins sauntered into the report tonight by negating a board and free throw in 16:56 with three fouls for a 3:2 Voskuhl. Meanwhile, Hilton Armstrong checked in with a brick and rejection in 4:03 for a +2.

Spurs-Cadavers: Sad Cav Ryan Hollins went 100% from the field (on one attempt) and even had two made free throws and a board in 10:09, only to foul four times and lose the rock twice for a 6:5 Voskuhl.

Wolves-Pissedons: Minnesota's Nikola Pekovic poked away a board and field goal in 12:25 as starting center with three fouls and two turnovers for a 5:3 Voskuhl.

For Oakland County, DaJaun Summers simmered down with a brick from Telegraph Road for a +1 in 4:33.

Hornets-Knicks: Jason Smith sired a foul and brick in 6:29 for a +2 that doubled as a 1:0 Madsen-level Voskuhl.

Pacers-Thunder: Nick Collison had a perfect percentage from the field (on a singular attempt) in 19:33, and even added on a trio of boards...only to foul four times and lose the rock twice for a 6:5 Voskuhl.

Frail Blazers-Purple Paupers: Darnell "Lacktion" Jackson traded in his Power Balance bracelet for a Game Genie to earn 42 seconds of hardwood time for a Mario, in which he also tossed a brick for a +1!

Michelle Obama on her Fashion Style

First Lady Michelle Obama is loved for her classic sense of fashion as much as she loved for her social activism.

This Wednesday she appeared with Today’s Matt Laurer to discuss variety of topics ranging from her husband’s ongoing fight against child obesity and the fact that he has now quit smoking. And as the interview proceeded, came the topic of her sartorial decisions.

Along with many designers such as Peter Pinto, Jason Wu, Isabel Toledo, First Lady also bought the fashion of wearing pearl strands and brooches back in vogue. On this particular occasion she was wearing a very feminine polka dress from a not so fancy named designer, but an just an off the rack H&M dress worth just $34.95.

When she was asked about the public fascination of her personal style, she said that she takes it as a compliment and she also explained, “It's not something I focus on ... Everybody's got to get dressed in the morning and put on something. I hope people find it nice, but it's not something I focus on.”

Obama said that it is practicality, more than anything that decides what she will be wearing, "It's really just sort of, how cold is it? Do I have to stand outside, and what am I going to use to cover my arms if I'm freezing so I'm not shivering while I have to give a speech? It's really stuff like that.

Bawful After Dark: March 2, 2011

Pro tip: Try catching the basketball with your hands, not your face
Hard to follow up that Evil Ted post, but I don't have kids to be awesome in any videos I might do, so that's understandable, right?

Worst of the Night in Pictures:
"Dear God! They're shutting down the buffet early!!!"

Lessons in How Not To Look Intimidating, starring Jason Terry

Nationally Televised Games:
Suns at Celtics, NBA TV, 7:30pm: Apparently the key is to keep the ball away from Channing Frye in the last seconds of the game. Good to know.

Rockets at Clippers, 10:30pm: Right now, the Rockets are like Willie Nelson -- they just can't wait to get on the road again. (However, I assume they smoke much less marijuana than Willie Nelson.)

All The Other Games:
Bulls at Hawks, 7pm: The Bulls and Hawks face each other three times in the next three weeks. So let's just hope this gets us off to a good start. Otherwise, it could be a long few weeks.

Spurs at Cadavers, 7pm: The Spurs are missing Tony Parker, but the Cadavers are missing a decent basketball team. Advantage: San Antonio.

Warriors at Wizards Generals, 7pm: I think this speaks volumes: ESPN's preview page of this game doesn't include a preview.

Timberwolves at Pistons, 7:30pm: All right! A chance for Darko Milicic to show the Pistons what they missed by giving up on him!

Hornets at Knicks, 7:30pm: Wait a second... you mean to tell me the Knicks have given up over 106 points per game playing Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony together while being coached by Mike D'Antoni? Who could have ever seen this coming???

Pacers at Thunder, 8pm: Interesting note about the Pacers: Mike Dunleavy is their second highest paid player. And you wonder why this team is fighting for an 8 seed in the East.

Bobcraps at Nuggets, 9pm: I'm a bit confused. Does Charlotte even have a plan, or do they just make this stuff up as they go along? Does MJ care either way?

Frail Blazers at Kings, 10pm: Three words: Power Balance Arena. Sigh. Also, via the Onion: DeMarcus Cousins Worried He Might Have Locker Room Cancer.

"Si Pirang Menggairahkan" Tinggalkan Khadafi

Salah satu ‘perawat pribadi’ Pemimpin Libya Muammar Khadafi yang
dideskripsikan sebagai ‘si pirang menggairahkan’, dikabarkan ikut
evakuasi dan pulang ke negaranya, Ukraina. Siapa dia?



Galyna Kolotnytska adalah salah satu dari empat perawat Ukraina yang
dikabarkan setia pada Khadafi dan menjadi favoritnya. Galyna terpaksa
meninggalkan Libya dan ikut serta dalam sebuah pesawat yang mengevakuasi
22 warga Ukraina.



Putrinya yang tinggal di pinggiran Ibukota Kiev, Tatyana, kabarnya
sedang menanti kedatangan ibundanya. “Ia berbicara dengan suara tenang,
meminta kami tak khawatir dan berkata akan segera pulang,” kata Tatyana.



Galyna pernah disebut-sebut dalam dokumen diplomatik rahasia milik
pemerintah Amerika Serikat (AS) yang dirilis situs kontroversial WikiLeaks. Ia dikatakan sebagai seorang perawat berambut pirang yang ikut Khadafi kemanapun ia pergi.



“Khadafi sangat bergantung pada perawat pirang asal Ukraina, Galyna
Kolotnytska, yang dideskripsikan sebagai si pirang yang menggairahkan,”
demikian WikiLeaks.

Tak Sengaja Ter-Foto Saat Kecil, Mereka Pun Kini Berjodoh

Foto Mandy Best dan Ray Knaggs semasa kecil.
 

Foto Mandy Best dan Ray Knaggs setelah berkeluarga. 

 

LONDON
– Cinta sejati benar-benar ada. Sepasang suami istri mendapati bahwa
mereka sesungguhnya sudah pernah bertemu ketika keduanya secara tak
sengaja terfoto bersama sewaktu masih kanak-kanak sekitar 14 tahun
silam.



Foto hitam putih itu menjadi saksi cinta sejati mereka. Mandy Best,
yang saat itu berusia 4 tahun, sedang liburan bersama keluarganya.
Mandy, yang kini berusia 50 tahun, berfoto ria untuk kenang-kenangan.
Ray Knaggs kecil, yang ketika belum mengenal Mandy, saat itu secara
tak sengaja ikut terfoto.



Setelah 20 tahun berlalu, Ray Knaggs dan Mandy Best akhirnya menikah.
Tapi, keduanya belum menyadari bahwa mereka pernah berfoto bersama saat
masa kanak-kanak dahulu.



Keharuan muncul setelah Ray Knaggs dan Mandy Best saling menunjukkan
foto masa kecil mereka. Ketika Mandy Best memperlihat foto liburan
tersebut, Ray Knaggs begitu sangat terkejut. "Gambar itu diambil oleh
ibu saya atau ayah. Ray tampak terkejut dan berkata,'Itu aku!"
Bagaimana kemungkinan itu? ",’’ cerita Mandy Best.



Foto itu diambil di Butlins, Filey, Yorks Utara, pada 1965. Keluarga
Ray Knaggs dan Mandy Best saat itu sebenarnya tinggal berdekatan di
Billingham, Teesside. Rumah mereka yang hanya dipisahkan oleh jalan.
Mereka saat itu sedang berlibur secara bersamaan, tetapi tidak saling
mengenal.



Ray Knaggs dan Mandy Best bertemu di sebuah klub pada 1979. Mereka
kemudian menikah pada 1985. Mereka kini memiliki anak Louise (23), Mark
(20), Jessica (18), serta kembar Ashleigh dan Liam (16).

Perlombaan Seluncur Tanpa Busana

Pada saat musim salju memang saat menyenangkan untuk bermain, tapi
bagaimana jika salju dijadikan ajang kompetisi meluncur tanpa busana?



Para pria dan wanita di Jerman turut serta dalam mengikuti kejuaraan
dunia berseluncur bugil, sekira puluhan orang ikut terlibat di ajang
yang diselenggarakan di Braunlage, dan didukung oleh 1,700 penonton.



Hanya dengan menggunakan helm dan celana dalam, lomba seluncur ini dimenangkan oleh tiga pegawai hotel.



Para peseluncur yang bertelanjang dada ini meluncur di sepanjang 90
meter demi memperebutkan hadiah sebesar Rp14 juta dan juga gelar Juara
Dunia Peseluncur Bugil.



"Tahun ini acaranya lebih meriah, banyak peserta yang ikut serta.
Tampaknya mereka sangat bersemangat walaupun di udara dingin seperti
ini," ujar penyelenggara Tobias Wannemaker, seperti dilansir Orange,
Rabu (23/2/2011).



"Sekira 400 orang ikut mendaftar dalam acara ini, tapi kami hanya
memilih 30 peserta saja. Kami memiliki semua jenis usia, ukuran dan
besarannya. Tahun depan kami berharap dapat menjaring lebih banyak orang
lagi," pungkasnya.

14 Negara Tergagal Di Dunia

1. Somalia

Somalia adalah sebuah negara di pesisir Afrika
Timur yang ada secara de jure. Somalia tidak mempunyai otoritas
pemerintah pusat yang diakui, tidak ada mata uang nasional atau
ciri-ciri lain yang berhubungan dengan sebuah negara berdaulat.
Otoritas secara de facto berada di tangan pemerintah yang tidak
diakui, yaitu Somaliland, Puntland dan gembong militan kecil yang
saling bermusuhan, di mana ketiga-tiganya memimpin pemerintahan
oposisi. Somalia telah menduduki peringkat 1 Failed State Index
selama beberapa tahun terakhir.

2. Zimbabwe

Perekonomian Zimbabwe
terus mengalami kemorosotan selama beberapa waktu ini. Inflasi
negeri ini terus meningkat hingga 2,2 juta persen,[1] yang menjadi
inflasi tertinggi di dunia.[2] Akibat inflasi yang tinggi tersebut,
bank sentral Zimbabwe sudah mengeluarkan 4 versi mata uang sampai
sekarang. Terakhir kali bank sentral Zimbabwe mengeluarkan pecahan $
100,000,000,000,000 (100 triliun dolar!!!!) yang menjadi uang
dengan nominal terbesar didunia yang kemudian digantikan dengan dolar
versi ke-4 dimana setiap $ 100,000,000,000,000 (100 triliun dolar)
uang lama digantikan menjadi $1 uang baru. Dengan ekonomi yang terus
memburuk sekarang bank sentral Zimbabwe memutuskan untuk
membolehkan rakyatnya menggunakan mata uang dolar Amerika sebagai
mata uang mereka untuk menstabilkan kembali ekonomi Zimbabwe.

3. Sudan

Sudan adalah negara yang terletak
di timur laut Afrika. Sudan adalah Negara terluas di Afrika dan di
daerah Arab dan Negara terluas kesepuluh di dunia. Lokasi sekolah
terkonsentrasi di sejumlah daerah perkotaan, yang mana sejumlah
sekolah yang terletak di bagian Selatan dan Barat telah rusakbahkan
hancur akibat konflik di Negara tersebut.





Pada tahun 2001, Bank Dunia memperkirakan bahwa
partisipasi murni siswa Sekolah Dasar adalah 46% dan 21 persen
dari pelajar sekolah menengah yang terdiri dari siswa yang memenuhi
syarat. Tingkat kelangsungan pendidikan di Sudan sangat
bervariasi, di beberapa provinsi bahkan hanya mencapai di bawah 20
persen. Sudan memiliki 19 universitas berbahasa Arab. Pendidikan di
tingkat menengah dan pendidikan tinggi di universitas mengalami
masalah penghambat yang serius disebabkan oleh sebagian besar
penduduk berjenis kelamin laki-laki melaksanakan dinas militer
sebelum dapat menyelesaikan pendidikan mereka.

4. Chad

Chad dalah sebuah negara di
Afrika Tengah yang terkurung daratan. Chad berbatasan dengan Libya
di sebelah utara; Republik Afrika Tengah di selatan; Niger di
barat; Sudan di timur; dan Nigeria serta Kamerun di barat daya.
Disebabkan oleh jaraknya dan kebanyakan kawasannya yang beriklim
gurun, negara berkenaan dirujuk sebagai ‘jantung mati Afrika.’
Sebagai negara bekas jajahan Perancis yang terbesar, Chad termasuk
negara miskin. Lebih dari 75% penduduknya berada dalam keadaan
melarat. Pada 2000-an, keadaan sudah relatif membaik karena
pendapatan per kapitanya sudah melebihi US$1.000.

5.Republik Demokratik Congo

Perang bersaudara berlangsung
berkepanjangan di Kongo sejak 1998 yang menghancurkan serta
menyeret seluruh wilayah tersebut dan negara-negara di sekitarnya.
Aksi kekerasan tersebut telah menghancurkan infrastruktur dan
perekonomian negara tersebut hingga akhirnya PBB mengambil alih
permasalahan di negara itu dan memaksa Presiden Joseph Kabila
menyelenggarakan Pemilihan Umum pada 30 Juli 2006.

6.Irak

Irak adalah sebuah negara di Timur
Tengah atau Asia Barat Daya, yang meliputi sebagian terbesar
daerah Mesopotamia serta ujung barat laut dari Pegunungan Zagros
dan bagian timur dari Gurun Suriah. Negara ini berbatasan dengan
Kuwait dan Arab Saudi di selatan, Yordania di barat, Suriah di
barat laut, Turki di utara, dan Iran di timur. Irak mempunyai
bagian yang sangat sempit dari garis pantai di Umm Qashr di Teluk
Persia.

7. Afghanistan

Afghanistan merupakan sebuah
negara yang relatif miskin, sangat bergantung pada pertanian dan
peternakan. Ekonominya melemah akibat kerusuhan politik dan militer
terkini, tambahan kemarau keras dengan kesulitan bangsa antara
1998-2001. Sebagian penduduk mengalami krisis pangan, sandang,
papan, dan minimnya perawatan kesehatan. Kondisi ini diperburuk oleh
operasi militer dan ketidakpastian politik. Inflasi menyisakan
banyak masalah. Menyusul perang koalisi yang dipimpin AS yang
menimbulkan jatuhnya Taliban pada November 2001 dan pembentukan
Otoritas Interim Afganistan (AIA) yang diakibatkan dari Persetujuan
Bonn Desember 2001, usaha Internasional untuk membangun kembali
Afganistan ditujukan di Konferensi Donor Tokyo untuk Rekonstruksi
Afganistan pada Januari 2002, di mana $4,5 juta dikumpulkan untuk
dana perwalian yang akan diatur oleh Bank Dunia. Wilayah prioritas
untuk rekonstruksi termasuk konstruksi pendidikan, kesehatan, dan
fasilitas kesehatan, peningkatan kapasitas administratif,
perkembangan sektor pertanian, dan pembangunan kembali jalan, energi,
dan jaringan telekomunikasi.

8.Republik Afrika Tengah

Pada asalnya satu koloni negara
Perancis, Republik Afrika Tengah merdeka pada tahun 1960. Negara
baru ini dengan cepat jatuh pada pemerintahan diktator dibawah
presiden pertamanya, David Dacko. Pada tahun 1966 Dacko digulingkan
oleh sepupunya, Jean Bedel Bokassa yang mendirikan kerajaan
militan dan menjadi diktator yang berperangai rumit. Pada tahun 1976
Bokassa mendeklarasikan dirinya sebagai maharaja dan dinobatkan
dalam upacara yang serba mewah dan mahal yang dikritik oleh banyak
negara lain. Dia juga kerap melanggar hak asasi manusia serta
menyokong gerakan anti-Perancis. Akibatnya, pemerintahan Perancis
mendukung suatu kup terhadap pemerintahannya dan pada 1979 Dacko
kembali berkuasa di negara tersebut. Pemberontakan yang kedua terjadi
pada 1981, dan pemerintahan demokrasi mulai berkuasa pada 1993.
Namun pada 2003, suatu kudeta terjadi sekali lagi, di mana François
Bozizé mengambil alih kekuasaan.

9. Guinea

Sebelumnya diketahui sebagai
Guinea Prancis (bahasa Inggris: French Guinea), sekarang negeri ini
kadang-kadang disebut Guinea-Conakry untuk membedakannya dengan
tetangganya, Guinea-Bissau. Ibukota, pusat pemerintahan, dan kota
terbesarnya adalah Conakry.

10. Pakistan

adalah sebuah negara yang terletak
di Asia Selatan. Pakistan berbatasan dengan India, Iran,
Afganistan, China dan Laut Arab. Dengan lebih dari 150 juta
penduduk, Pakistan menduduki peringkat keenam negara dengan jumlah
penduduk terbanyak di dunia. Ia juga menduduki peringkat ketiga
dalam negara berpenduduk Muslim terbanyak di dunia (setelah Indonesia
dan India) dan juga salah satu anggota penting OKI.

11. Pantai Gading

Pantai Gading adalah sebuah negara
di Afrika Barat yang berbatasan dengan Liberia, Guinea, Mali,
Burkina Faso, dan Ghana di sebelah barat, utara dan timur serta
dengan Teluk Guinea di sebelah selatan. Sebagai salah satu negara
termakmur di wilayah tropis Afrika Barat, perkembangan ekonominya
telah dikikis oleh kekacauan politik yang ditimbulkan oleh korupsi
dan penolakan reformasi.

12. Haiti

Negara yang terkena salah satu
gempa terdahsyat tahun lalu ini memiliki GDP per kapita sebesar 790
USD atau sekitar $2/orang/hari!!





13. Burma (Myanmar)

adalah sebuah negara di Asia
Tenggara. Negara seluas 680 ribu km² ini telah diperintah oleh
pemerintahan militer sejak kudeta tahun 1988. Negara ini adalah
negara berkembang dan memiliki populasi lebih dari 50 juta jiwa.
Ibu kota negara ini sebelumnya terletak di Yangon sebelum
dipindahkan oleh pemerintahan junta militer ke Naypyidaw pada tanggal 7
November 2005.





Pada 1988, terjadi gelombang demonstrasi besar
menentang pemerintahan junta militer. Gelombang demonstrasi ini
berakhir dengan tindak kekerasan yang dilakukan tentara terhadap
para demonstran. Lebih dari 3000 orang terbunuh.





Pada pemilu 1990 partai pro-demokrasi pimpinan
Aung San Suu Kyi memenangi 82 persen suara namun hasil pemilu ini
tidak diakui rezim militer yang berkuasa.

14. Kenya

Kenya adalah republik demokrasi
perwakilan dengan sistem presidensial, di mana Presiden Kenya
menjadi kepala negara dan kepala pemerintahan sekaligus. Negara ini
juga memakai sistem multipartai. Kekuasaan eksekutif dipegang oleh
pemerintah, yang juga memegang kekuasaan legislatif bersama
National Assembly. Kekuasaan yudisial tidak dipengaruhi oleh dua
kekuasaan tersebut.

Lokasi Striptis Paling Terkenal

Jika kehidupan seks Anda terasa monoton, maka mulailah melakukan
variasi bercinta yang berbeda dari biasanya. Salah satunya, mengajak
pasangan melihat penari-penari bugil beraksi.



Pasalnya, ada beberapa hal yang tidak dapat ditinggalkan pria, yaitu
daging, alkohol, dan wanita telanjang. Karena alasan itulah yang
mendasari pria selama 19 dekade selalu senang pergi ke klub malam untuk
menikmati lekuk-lekuk tubuh penari striptis.



Bahkan, kebanyakan pria senang berlama-lama menyambangi klub malam
untuk melihat wanita-wanita cantik tampil dengan busana seksi, dan
menanggalkan pakaiannya satu per satu hingga tak berbalut sehelai
benang pun. Tak ayal membuat kaum adam senang berfantasi seks "liar".



Nah, untuk Anda yang ingin mengunjungi klub malam bersama pasangan, Askmen memaparkan beberapa lokasi terbaik yang dapat dijadikan alternatif pilihan. Di antaranya:



The Sapphire, Las Vegas, Nevada

Klub malam terbesar di dunia ialah The Sapphire Gentlemen's Club di Las
Vegas, Nevada. Buka selama 24 jam, 7 hari dalam sepekan, dan 365 hari
setahun.

Jika Anda berdua menyambangi lokasi ini, dijamin bisa menikmati aksi
penari-penari striptis. Di sana ada 8.000 penari eksotis yang akan
melecutkan gairah Anda.

Klub malam ini juga memiliki bangunan modern yang nyaman. Apalagi, klub
ini memiliki aura eksotis yang membuat Anda betah berlama-lama berada
di dalamnya.



K5 Relax, Prague, Chech Republic

Jika Anda tengah mengunjungi Prague, Chech Republic, di mana banyak
wanita cantik di sana, maka Anda harus mengunjungi K5. Di sana Anda
akan meneguk pengalaman menyenangkan dengan klub striptis yang
memberikan pelayanan pribadi.

[b]Anda tak hanya mengunjungi klub, namun bisa juga mengunjungi
restoran pilihan. Lalu mengajak pasangan menikmati malam indah di hotel
K5.



Mons Venus, Tampa, Florida

Klub malam ini memang khusus diperuntukkan bagi para wanita. Namun,
klub ini tak hanya disambangi kaum lesbi (penyuka sesama jenis), pria
pun tetap dapat menikmati tarian menggoda para stripper.

 


Dengan tidak disediakannya ruangan pribadi, semua pertunjukan striptis
tersedia di panggung, di mana biasanya ada enam penari meliukkan tubuh
indahnya.



Seventh Heaven, Tokyo, Japan

Seventh Heaven merupakan klub malam di Tokyo yang menampilkan
pertunjukan striptis. Meski terletak di Asia, namun Anda tetap dapat
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