Later today, we’ve post the link to this year’s Lowdown Hockey Pool. As always, it’s for bragging rights but who doesn’t like a little friendly competition. Anyway, it’s time for the link. Let’s start with Tina Fey who picked up an Emmy for 30 Rock earlier this week.

It’s not just the Democrats and economists who think that playing chicken with the debt ceiling is hurting the economy. Bush 42’s budget director thinks that political gamesmanship with the debt ceiling hurts the economy. (Washington Post)

Here’s a slightly heartwarming story about a gunman in the Kenyan shopping mall attack freeing a family after a four-year-old boy told him that he was a bad man. (The Independent)

The folks at the Louisville Courier-Journal clearly don’t watch The Newsroom because they printed a letter to the editor from a character using a direct quote from the show. (Mediaite)

How much money did Manny Pacquiao miss out on because Floyd Mayweather kept ducking him? At least $100 million. (Sports Business News)

Phil Kessel has been suspended for 3 preseason games for slashing. Here’s how his suspension meeting went down. (Down Goes Brown)

Niki Lauda had only two requests for the makers of Rush: Don’t make me look gay and get me to the Oscars. (The Wrap)

Who got the most screen time in season three of Game of Thrones? You probably won’t be surprised by the first four characters on the list. After that, it gets surprising. (BuzzFeed)

Bond is back. This time, he’s getting a new book by award-winning and best-selling author William Boyd. (Daily Telegraph)

The folks at The New Yorker have discovered the secret identity of the people behind @horse_ebooks. The question is how did BuzzFeed benefit from this. They must have somehow. (New Yorker)

CBS is going to be running three NCIS series by this time next year. Is there some way to make CBS an acronym for crappy sitcoms and generic police procedurals. (New York Times)

Jeff Daniels, AKA Will McAvoy, won the Emmy for Best Actor. Naturally, I have to post this video. By the way, it’s bullshit that he got cutoff after 45 seconds.

Walter White, on the other hand, wasn’t as impressed as I was with Daniels’ Emmy win.

Speaking of Bryan Cranston, here’s his favourite fan letter.