TIGER GETS A FINE, BUT HIS TROUBLES ARE FAR FROM OVER

Well, the police have given Tiger Woods a citation for careless driving, which means he gets a fine and four demerit points for his crashing-into-fire-hydrant antics in the middle of the night.

I'm sure there will be people, though, who will be frothing at the mouth. they will claim Tiger was let off easy because he is a celebrity and that the police should have arrested him and thrown him in jail. It never fails.

Also, there's even more stories out there about Tiger cheating on his wife. I don't even know whether to believe them or not. His alleged mistress Rachel Uchitel is still in total denial mode, claiming she didn't have an affair with Tiger. Meanwhile, people are claiming Tiger has an obligation to "come clean" and tell the whole story about what happened that fateful night -- as if we're all entitled to know.

Like heck does he have an obligation! He's not some public official, he's a golfer! If he wants to keep quiet and try and keep himself away from these wild animals who make up the US press corps, that's his business. Anyway, I'm starting to get tired of all these Tiger Woods stories swirling out there -- I beginning to wonder if they are even true, because it seems like there's a lot of speculation out there and not enough hard facts. Let the man deal with his own demons without any further help from the rest of us.

GOOD GRIEF! PRESIDENT OBAMA IS BACK ON TV YET AGAIN

Welcome to chilly December at THE CAIRNS BLOG. Tonight, we present to you another episode of THE BARACK OBAMA SHOW.

Yes, that's right, our favorite Television President is back on TV preempting your favorite shows, this time for a good reason: so he can announce a troop buildup to 30,000 in Afghanistan. Well, I sure hope this works, otherwise Obama could end up being the LBJ of our generation.

Speaking of which, Obama's TV appearance tonight pre-empts a certain TV special produced in the LBJ era. That's right: It's A Charlie Brown Christmas getting pre-empted!! The fabled cartoon has been delayed to next week!!!

All together now: GOOD GRIEF!

ON TO LESS DEPRESSING MATTERS, LIKE THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE

It was a close race with New Moon almost getting blindsided by The Blind Side. My Reject Report rant is up.

For some strange reason I am not in any kind of football mood right now, so I have no desire to see The Blind Side at all.

WELL, I'VE SEEN IT ALL NOW

That's my comment on Montreal's 28-27 comeback win over the Riders on a last-second field goal. What a way to lose -- but then again, Rider fans have seen plenty of ways to lose over the years.

Seems like old times here in the flat province.

SLOWLY, THE REAL STORY EMERGES (RE: TIGER WOODS ACCIDENT)

Well, it sure sounds as if a big fight in the Tiger Woods household was the big precursor to Tiger's big early morning car accident the other day.

Leave it to our good friends over at TMZ to dig up the dirt on the big Tiger Woods car crash fiasco. According to them, the scratches on Tiger's face were caused not by the car accident, but by his wife over allegations that he had been cheating on her!!  (Oh no -- not another one!!)

Also, here's another story on the police investigation which Tiger doesn't seem to be in a hurry to cooperate with.

Also, the woman alleged to by Tiger's mistress is getting ready to sue the National Enquirer over the allegation and has given a call to, surprise surprise, Gloria Allred.

Why am I not surprised?? If it's a celebrity in trouble, you can count on two things: both Harvey Levin and Gloria Allred will be involved in making cash off of it some way.

Expect more details soon - hopefully we'll get to the bottom of this strange, strange story.

EDMONTON INDY TAKES ANOTHER BIG FINANCIAL BATH

The reports this week about the $3.9 million financial drubbing taken by the Rexall Edmonton Indy in 2009 do not bode well for the future of the race, I am sorry to say. The race is still scheduled to go forward in 2010 but after that, I have to say I have doubts.

The main problem is that it's the city of Edmonton and the taxpayers who are left holding the bag for the race at the end of the day. Frankly, that isn't acceptable, and much as I love going up to Edmonton to see the race there I wouldn't blame the city if they decided to pull out.

The question I have is: is there anyone out there who might be prepared to make this race viable?? Seems to me there is no one prepared to step up to the plate any time soon to possibly save the race. It's too bad. If the event does eventually bite the dust, though, I sure hope people won't point fingers at the fans and say "well, racing will never work in Edmonton because they just don't like auto racing." That would be bee ess, because the fan support has been solid for this event. It's just that the money isn't there to keep it running at a profit. It's a crying shame.

SURE SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE

Well, it's official: the world dies in 2012. Too much bizarre stuff is happening in the world right now.

First: Al Roker writes a book about murdering the executive producer of your TV morning show. Scary stuff- I'd hate to be Al Roker's EP right now..

Next was the strange case of that reality TV couple that crashed that big White House function the other day. Which makes you wonder -- if they can crash the White House, who else could?!

Third, Dubai is under water financially and people are worried it'll bring the whole world economy down, again, too. Well, great. We're just exiting one recession and now we're going to be plunging head-first into another one whether we want it or not.   

Finally, Tiger Woods injures himself in a bizarre auto accident in the wee hours. And they say charges will be laid!! I'm going: "what the hey?" This is the kind of stuff worthy of some third-rate basketball or baseball player, not Tiger Woods.

All I have to say is -- be ready for 2012, folks. These are all signs of the coming doom of the human race.

GOD BLESS CHEERLEADERS!!!!

And god bless the NFL because we have three games Thursday, including the Packers at the Lions, Giants at Broncos, and the Cowboys host the Raiders.

Too bad the Raiders are such a stinking team these days, but that's life. (I like putting up pictures of the Cowboys cheerleaders at Thanksgiving -- they're sooooo cute.)

I notice there are some idiots who think maybe they should just do away with the Cowboys and Lions always playing on Thanksgiving. You know, do away with tradition. I think that's a terrible idea -- tradition is one of the great things about sports. Besides, we know Thanksgiving is the only day of the year when we see the Detroit Lions on TV and see how crappy their team is, because they won't be on the tube any other time for that reason alone.

Hey, what a great week for football, eh? We've got the NFL on Thursday, college games on Friday and Saturday, and the CFL Grey Cup on Sunday.

And I have no meetings scheduled for Monday, so I can watch the NFL, too. Now, if only I can get over this bug I've got that has me stuck at home right now, life would be good. (So don't expect too many posts from me for a bit.)

Oh, my Reject Report Thanksgiving movie predictions are up. And did you hear that Donny Osmond won Dancing With the Stars?

$140 MILLION FOR NEW MOON

My Reject Report on all the box office records (Midnight record, Single-day record etc) set by the Twilight Saga: New Moon is now up.

I'd say more, but I'm too busy celebrating Saskatchewan's great victory in the CFL West final. Now on to the Grey Cup!

BIG SPORTS DAY FOR YOURS TRULY; A LOT OF CUPS ON THE LINE

This is a big day for me sports-wise. The NASCAR season ends today, so I'll have to find out what's going on in the big race in Miami to see if Jimmie Johnson wins another Sprint Cup. More important, it is a big day for another important cup: the Grey Cup.

It is big day of CFL playoff action with the Saskatchewan Roughriders taking on the Calgary Stampeders in the West final. Winner takes on the Montreal-BC survivor in next week's Grey Cup game.

Oh, and the MLS Cup final is today, but not even fans in Los Angeles or Salt Lake City care about that. 

I expect I will be focused on one game and one game only. All I have to say is: Go Riders.

NEW MOON SHATTERS THE FRIDAY RECORD OF THE DARK KNIGHT!!

Holy freak, Batman.They also set the midnight-movie record and at $140 million have the highest box office domestic opening of the year. I should have seen it coming, but I didn't. This exceeds everyone's predictions and expectations.

More soon.