The Daily What

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• RIP: Amarillo Slim, at 83
• Suspended Campaign of the Day
• Lunchtime Links
• Afternoon Snack
• From the Archives
• Controversial MySpace Page of the Day
• Olympics Preview of the Day
• New Challenger Footage of the Day
• Bin Laden Memorabilia of the Day
• Morning Fluff

RIP: Amarillo Slim, at 83 Posted: 02 May 2012 01:03 PM PDT Amarillo Slim, who won the World Series of Poker in 1972 and went on to become an international living legend in poker circles, died Sunday of colon cancer. Considered poker’s first celebrity after his world title win, Slim made the rounds of the late shows to promote the game — and himself. He was infinitely quotable: “Look around the table. If you don’t see a sucker, get up, because you’re the sucker.” Slim authored several books, including “Amarillo Slim’s Play Poker to Win” and “Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People: The Memoirs of the Greatest Gambler Who Ever Lived.” Slim was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1992. “He brought poker out of the back alleys,” said Larry Grossman, a longtime gaming analyst and poker historian. “He was just a guy with an outsized personality, and he was the perfect person for the time to represent poker. It was really Slim that became the face of poker for middle America.” [lat] Tagged: amarillo slim, RIP

Suspended Campaign of the Day Posted: 02 May 2012 12:25 PM PDT Newt Gingrich finally, officially, has waved the white flag. At a press conference happening now in Arlington, VA, Gingrich announced the suspension of his campaign for the GOP nomination, calling his run “an amazing year” for himself and his wife, Callista. More to come. [bi] Tagged: election 2012, gingrich

Lunchtime Links Posted: 02 May 2012 12:21 PM PDT Today on The Daily What Geek: An 11-year-old damages $36,000 of school-owned MacBooks by peeing on them Elsewhere on the Internets: Opposed: CISPA, by browser heavyweight Mozilla Planned: Original TV programming, by Amazon Threatened: Princeton freshmen, with suspension, if they choose to join the Greek system Spiked: Organ donation registry in California, by 5,105 percent Found: The most mathematically perfect running playlist Lunchtime Leisure: Bullet Audyssey Lunchtime List: The 10 Strangest Job Titles on LinkedIn [image: ianbrooks] Tagged: Lunchtime Links

Afternoon Snack Posted: 02 May 2012 12:00 PM PDT Dogs in Cars are back for Round 2, set to Phantom Planet’s O.C. anthem California. [thanks, keith!]

From the Archives Posted: 02 May 2012 11:19 AM PDT For a new book on President Obama, author David Maraniss managed to track down several of Obama’s old girlfriends, and they were more than happy to talk. Now Maraniss’ reporting has set the Internet afire, as it seemingly reveals that the “New York girlfriend” Obama referenced in his 1995 autobiography, Dreams From My Father, is actually a composite of several women (including Genevieve Cook, pictured). But we already knew that because Obama admitted as much in his book. So what’s new? We learn that Obama was “so Columbia,” natch. We find out he was quite the ladies’ man. And — most perhaps importantly — we learn he wore Brut. Barack Obama: The Story, out later this month, is excerpted in May’s Vanity Fair. [vanityfair] Tagged: From The Archives, Obama

Controversial MySpace Page of the Day Posted: 02 May 2012 10:32 AM PDT Just days after a coordinated social media assault was launched by his legal team, the ancient (circa 2005) MySpace page of George Zimmerman — charged with second-degree murder in the February 26 shooting death of Trayvon Martin — has been unearthed. And it’s a doozy. First, his username, “datniggytb.” “That was an old nickname his black friends gave him,” a Zimmerman family member told the media. And the intials at the end? “They called him ‘Tugboat’ because he was so big.” Next, Zimmerman’s headline, “Si vis pacem, para bellum” — it’s Latin for “If you wish for peace, prepare for war.” Finally, this little gem: “I dont miss driving around scared to hit mexicans walkin on the side of the street, soft ass wanna be thugs messin with peoples cars when they aint around (what are you provin, that you can dent a car when no ones watchin) dont make you a man in my book. … Workin 96 hours to get a decent pay check, gettin knifes pulled on you by every mexican you run into!” Zimmerman also boasted on the blog section of the page about having two felonies knocked down to misdemeanors and describes a court battle with an ex-girlfriend. The account, the legitimacy of which has been confirmed by Zimmerman attorney Mark O’Mara, is no longer active. [image: dailycaller / newser] Tagged: George Zimmerman, myspace, Trayvon Martin

Olympics Preview of the Day Posted: 02 May 2012 10:17 AM PDT In a par-for-the-course move when it comes to Olympics sponsorship, the world’s largest McDonald’s is being built in London’s Olympic Park for the 2012 Games. The restaurant, which will seat 1,500, headlines quite the exclusive deal — no other brand name food will be sold in the Olympic Village. Despite rampant criticism of the juxtaposition of fast food and world-class athletes, an Olympic Committee spokesman defended the move: “Without our partners such as McDonald’s, the games simply wouldn’t happen.” [consumerist] Tagged: mcdonald's, olympics preview

New Challenger Footage of the Day Posted: 02 May 2012 09:36 AM PDT The niece of a couple who retired to Florida primarily to attend space shuttle launches recently came across what could be called a national treasure — her father, Steven Virostek, captured the 1986 Challenger tragedy on home video. The rare footage, made public this week, begins with Steven’s wife, Hope, caught up in the excitement of teacher Christa McAuliffe’s flight. “C’mon, Chris! … Go Chris, Go! Beautiful! Oh, Beautiful, Chris! … Go, Chris, Go!” Seventy-three seconds into the launch, however, the Challenger explodes. Then Steve Nesbitt is heard, broadcasting from the Mission Control Center in Houston: “Flight control is here looking very carefully at the situation. Obviously a major malfunction.” The Virosteks were devastated. “After it happened,” Tricia Hunt said, “for weeks and months they would go to the local beach to search for parts of the shuttle.” The new footage joins just a handful of other amateur videos of the explosion. [huffpo]

Bin Laden Memorabilia of the Day Posted: 02 May 2012 08:57 AM PDT The going rate for Pakistan’s most creepy souvenir? A mere nickel, which gets you a brick from the former compound of Osama Bin Laden. Shakeel Ahmed, the shrewd businessman contractor hired to demolish the structure, paid $5,300 for the rubble that remained after the place was bulldozed. Despite brisk brick business, Ahmed travels with a bodyguard; he is worried that Islamic militants may target him for his entrepreneurial savvy. “My family is very worried that my life now is in danger,” Ahmed said. [nydn] Tagged: bricks, osama bin laden

Morning Fluff Posted: 02 May 2012 08:43 AM PDT Pug meets trampoline. That is all. [fluffingtonpost] Tagged: morning fluff, pug, trampoline

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