[Lance] Slate Heads for the Blacklist.

[John the Monkey]

His bizarre, histrionic behavior while off the bike, though, leaves one to wonder whether this guy is cut out for public life. Lance actually http://nyvelocity.com/content/toto/2009/toto-turns-123shares a few traits with Sarah Palin. They both react to any criticism with extreme defensiveness. They demonize their enemies while at the same time cultivating nonstop melodramas that keep them in the news.

http://www.slate.com/id/2222407

 

[Landslide]

"Sarah Palin in Spandex"!


Wouldn't surprise me if he went into politics at some point, a la Schwarzenegger.

 

[garrilla]

Guttersnipe.

 

[rich p]

Nothing new but interesting to be reminded of the comments he made earlier this year about fearing French fans might try to harm him.
So far so good!

 

[GrumpyGregry]

He'd be a shoe in as Governor of Texas....

 

[stoatsngroats]

What is Slate - where does it's principles lie, who are the 'reporters'...?

What a bunch of T&$$£&S.....

 

[John the Monkey]

What is Slate - where does it's principles lie, who are the 'reporters'...?

Slate is an http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_languageonline current affairs and culture magazine created in 1996 by former New Republic editor Michael Kinsley initially under the ownership of Microsoft , as part of MSN. On December 21, 2004, it was purchased by the Washington Post Company http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Post_Company. Since June 4, 2008, Slate has been managed by The Slate Group , an online publishing entity created by the Washington Post Company to develop and manage web-only magazines.

Yeah, what a bunch of hacks.

 

[Chuffy]

Yeah, what a bunch of hacks.

Not toeing the Team LA line though. Obviously just haterz who r jelus.
Etc....

 

[John the Monkey]

Not toeing the Team LA line though. Obviously just haterz who r jelus.

You've seen the decals those fixie guys have on BSNYC, right?

How long before this turns up on an Astana bike...?

 

[stoatsngroats]

"Slate is an online current affairs and culture magazine....."

Ohhh....what HAVE I been missing then.......

Yeah, what a bunch of hacks.

+1

Revert to my previous description then....

 

[John the Monkey]

Whatever stoats.

IMO they publish some good stuff - I used to read a lot of their current affairs coverage back when I had time.

 

[Chuffy]

You've seen the decals those fixie guys have on BSNYC, right?

How long before this turns up on an Astana bike...?

I believe Lance has a wheel on standby with "If you can read this, you're too close" on it.


In Spanish...

 

[stoatsngroats]

IMO they publish some good stuff - I used to read a lot of their current affairs coverage back when I had time.

No probs - I just can't stand people who think up fantastically inept stories just so they can have stuff published, i.e. I don't like opinionated prose - only facts...

I know - "If you don't like it, don't read this crap" - so I don't.....

I wasn't commiting any comments on your(good)self......

 

[John the Monkey]

I believe Lance has a wheel on standby with "If you can read this, you're too close" on it.

In Spanish...

I'm enjoying the racing tips he seems to be giving to Berto in his latest interviews. Berto himself seems to have the arse a bit with the leadership question, saying there are "9 leaders" in Astana in an interview today.

 

[John the Monkey]

No probs - I just can't stand people who think up fantastically inept stories just so they can have stuff published, i.e. I don't like opinionated prose - only facts...

A fair bit of the stuff in the article is fact though.

He DID say he would set up his own, money no object testing program with Don Catlin. And then binned it as being too expensive.

He DID get the arse with the media at the Giro in a BIG way.

He DID block journos he doesn't like, despite earlier claims about transparency.

I can probably pick through the whole thing and find the references, given time.