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Let’s do a reality check about Iraq – mivins So far, we have not brought democracy to Iraq. We have brought blood, killing and death. A twelvemonth of tumult A brief history: Why do end-of-time beliefs endure? – economist The Corporate Christmas Party as Told by My Cocktails The High-Anxiety Alphabet – mcsweeney’s

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Scared of Santa photo gallery (via metafilter) Billy Beane losing his mind? Let’s not get crazy – bbsavant The Invisible Cities &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp …tunage… It’s time again for the Untied Way – jcarroll Top 100 Wines 2004 – sfgate “Tis the Season” FilmWise invisibles quiz #211

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Bush fails to address environmental reality – mivins The policy was written by the man who watched the looting of Baghdad and said, “Stuff happens.” George Will: Human or Klingon? – scorebard I think I just threw up in my mouth a little. – fogball “Franchise” Players: – mgmtbybball Self-Delusion, Scott Boras & Paying Premium […]

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I am afraid that we have a definition problem. – jcarroll I am afraid that “faith” means “Christian” and “family” means “conformist.” I am afraid that “small-town values” is code for a whole bunch of stuff, including prudery, insularity and bigotry. It’s a great American moment, really. (goldtoelemon via mrcrunchy) Brothers in Arms – Aversion […]

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Cartoon skeletal systems (via b3ta) Bush’s idea for privatizing Social Security is irresponsible – mivins The Bushies don’t want to mend it, they want to end it — and they are quite upfront about it. Pedro takes the cash – sounds to me like Pedro just retired; only he didn’t tell the Mets and will […]

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What’s On Barry Bonds’ iPod Right Now? – ilm Quit using … [NSFW] – sdmb New DrBeeper compilation : 2004:Q

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A’s Prospects Chat – bbamerica LiveStrong LiveLong THE Butter-Poached Lobster

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Big Empty Don’t believe the hype – guardian (via MrCrunchy) JJ for Heisman

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An Economic Evaluation of the Moneyball Hypothesis (SSRN via BBPrimer) This just in: Weed makes you CRAZY Time to speak up about torture – mivins …this feels as strange as though I’d suddenly become Chinese or found Fidel Castro in the refrigerator. Dubya – the movie And the “I really don’t give a F*ck award” […]

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Cheeses of Nazareth – StrDope Threadspotting Oakland A’s Farm Report – sportsblurb Rule 5 Draft preview – rotoworld (via A’sNation) It’s the difference between paying for skills and having skills – jcarroll … brightening the culture with color and music and ideas and ancient crafts now almost lost in our consumers’ paradise. Something else to […]

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