Can You Imagine What Would Happen to US Entertainers…

…if the UK demanded reciprocity? For this?

To wit:

Pop star Lily Allen has had her US work visa cancelled after arriving at Los Angeles International Airport.

She was held at the airport for five hours in connection with an arrest for an alleged assault in London in June.

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The arrest arose from an incident outside a London nightclub in March and resulted in a caution for common assault.

Headline Says USOC Apologizes for 'Congo' Joke

In a joke that made Brazilians cringe and forced the U.S. Olympic Committee to apologize, a USOC worker scrawled "Welcome to the Congo!" on a board in the organization's Rio de Janeiro media center for the Pan American Games.

The article makes you wonder if anybody apologized to the Africans.

Dana Rorbacher? Haven't I Heard That Name Before?

I'm surprised Shisaku hasn't mentioned it on his blog. Maybe he saw the clip and had an aneurysm.

The Red Sox Continue to Roll

Here's seventy-year old pitcher Julian Tavares (no, honest), giving it everything he's got. Of course everyone in Japan knows the real story here was Okajima notching a save with another scoreless outing.