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March Madness
So much for my March Madness bracket, thanks to Duke losing to West Virginia in the second round.
Growing up in Texas and now living in Mississippi I know there are a lot of quality southern teams I should be rooting for, but, I have been a Duke fan for 20 …
B Meets B: Good Morning America (Review)
Bradley Loves Britney or How I Spent My Thanksgiving Break After approximately three miserably failed attempts at sleeping on the night of December 1st, it became evident that I would not be getting in that three hours of sleep before the concert. Instead, I waited up patiently until I met up with my fellow Britney buddy, Erica to hop onto the 4 AM train and begin our journey into New York. Contrary to my deepest fears, the train was not delayed, our taxi did not get us lost, and I did not di
Monopoly Alert: ESPN Now Wants March Madness
It’s probably not the biggest shock in the world, but ESPN really wants the NCAA men’s basketball tournament rights. You can’t blame them; it’s one of the most-watched TV spectacles every year, it stretches across three weeks and draws viewers & advertisers like nothing else outside of the Super Bowl. Still, CBS has owned the rights to the annual hoops escapade for so long that it’s hard to imagine a cable network breaking in to steal it away. (And the 2018 Final Four goes to, drum roll
What Condition Our Condition Is In
(Photoillustration: "Big Red Letters on a Dead End Sign" by Evan Robinson, Group News Blog) Here We Are It's been seven months since I lasted addressed our condition. In the meantime we've finished a two-year campaign and election, with historic results. Those of you in America have survived the Thanksgiving Holiday (most of you), although not everyone overseas did, and there is much wailing and gnashing of teeth over Black Friday, even as sales seem to be going better than many feared. So
U.S. Treasury Bonds in “Bubble” Territory
Since 2000, two important financial “bubbles” have popped. The seeds for the third such destruction are now in progress as government bonds in the United States and overseas skyrocket on deteriorating economic fundamentals. Government bonds love bad news as it suggests lower interest rates lie ahead to fuel an economic recovery thereby sending yields lower. This decade has already witnessed the death of two asset class “bubbles,” both destroyed by either lax monetary policies or rising interes
Blazing Cannons
Leonard Cohen in 2008Leonard Cohen - Glasgow 2008Leonard Cohen - London 2008 (11-14)Bob Dylan in 2008Bob Dylan - New York City 2008 (Source 1)Bob Dylan - New York City 2008 (Source 2)Bob Dylan - Montreal 2008Bob DylanTamworth, AustraliaTamworth Regional Entertainment Centre3/23/01Disc 11. Roving Gambler 2. Song To Woody 3. Desolation Row 4. Country Pie5. Lay, Lady, Lay6. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight7. Mama, You Been On My Mind 8. Girl Of The North Country9. Tangled Up In Blue 10. Standing In The Do
Daily Digest 12/03/2008
10 Useful RSS-Tricks and Hacks For WordPress RSS is one of those technologies that are extremely simple yet extremely powerful. Currently, RSS is the de facto standard for blog syndication, and it is used widely in both personal and corporate settings; for example, in blogs. And because a large percentage of these blogs run on WordPress, we’ll cover in this post some (hopefully) relatively unknown but useful RSS-related tricks and hacks that will help you use RSS in a more effective way — an
Breaking Down Dan Wetzel’s Playoff Plan
What’s college football without a rankings controversy? A sport that borders on perfection. But here we are, yet again, talking about an enormously controversial set of rankings. Every season, we talk about how great a playoff system in college football would be. But until something is done about it (I’m looking at you, Mr. President-Elect), all of these talks are in vain. Today, Yahoo Sports’ Dan Wetzel made his annual plea for a 16 team playoff, something that I feel strikes a perfect ba
We luv you, Britney
Hang in there Britney, courtesy of ~BostonBill~ Britney Spears, everyone’s favorite train wreck, released her new album today, but the real news is that she’s coming to DC! Welcome, crazy dad, dangerous paparazzi, and baby daddy drama. The madness won’t descend on DC until March 24, but the internet presale started today and goes through December 5th at 10pm. If you’re willing to spend upwards of $300 three months before the actual show, all you have to do is enter promo code IHEARTBRIT at
Inconsistencies hamper BCS system
College football's season-long Division I FBS playoff is winding down, and it's proving to be one of the most exciting and controversial years in recent memory. You'll hear people argue that college football needs a playoff with X number of teams so that it all gets settled on the field. Frankly, no one can argue that it wouldn't be an awesome few weeks of football. While many would love to see this March Madness-like playoff in football, there's something great about every regular season ga
JR's RAW Thoughts...Lesnar/Couture...Sooners to KC...JR Headed to Philly...Do Your Holiday Shopping Here Today!
Busy times around Norman, Oklahoma these days with the Sooners squeezing ahead of Texas for the Big 12 South spot to face a dangerous Mizzou this Saturday night in Kansas City for the Big 12 Title and a National Championship Game bid on the line for OU. Most won't believe this but I feel bad for the players at both Texas and Texas Tech who had the same record as the kids at OU earned. the BCS system needs a major overhaul and hopefully by the time ABC/ESPN get the BCS game in a couple of years
Checking in on the… WCC
Michael Chin is the RTC correspondent for the West Coast Conference. So first, five things I noticed from WCC basketball this week: If you haven’t notice by now, Gonzaga is for real. To beat Maryland, Oklahoma State, and Tennessee in one week is a feat so early in the season. If this is a foreshadowing of what’s to come, consider them a Sweet Sixteen lock. Patrick Mills is not the best point guard in college basketball. I love, love, love the Gaels, but Mills is not NBA-ready. Throughout last
US Treasuries…The Panic Bubble
We are frothy with panic. With good reason for sure, but there are many ways to panic, so why follow the panic crowd into US Treasuries. If you read this blog, you are not rich enough to have all your money in US Treasuries. You just may be poor enough to ask why than are dumb ass rich people locking up their money for 10 years for zilch. Don’t they have 20 homes with 80 mattresses to hide all their money. Business Week (they get the online world by the way better than most old media) has a
Power’s world: the Great Game’s bitter legacy
"Save me from my friends"—the Great Game as seen in 1878 ”Those whom the gods destroy they first make mad.” There is a madness about the triangular relationship between India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. They all have resented and often hated each other, made alliances against each other, worked together when it was opportune, supported or, at least, turned too much of a blind eye to terrorists in each other’s countries and became profoundly angry if terrorism was unleashed against them. These
Alas - Far Away from Peace
Far away from peace By Dr Tariq Rahman, Dawn, December 2, 2008 IN March 2007 I visited Mumbai to attend a conference being held at the University of Mumbai. It was a short visit but I loved the city with its clean promenades along the beach. Across the waters was the Arabian peninsula and upwards was the port of Karachi. As I stood by the sea I wished for the day when India and Pakistan would reach that level of peace and understanding that visas — assuming they were still required — would be
Adidas Mad Clima - 3 NCAA Colorways
To get your NCAA spirits pumping, Footlocker will soon be releasing an exclusive release of the Adidas Mad Clima basketball shoe in three NCAA colorways. The Adidas Mad Clima was first released in lieu of all the heated basketball playing associated with March Madness. The shoe itself features a ClimaCool upper, which is a technology that provides ventilation around the entire foot, without sacrificing support. The sole features EVA injections, which gives the shoe lightweight cushioning.
The Politics of Oil, War and Terrorism: Towards a New Obama Policy?
George Gregoriou / Greek News | December 1, 2008 The pursuit of oil through war is not unique to the George Bush. Empires require imperial politics and leaders. Bush I declared the New World Order in the early 1990s in the dessert (oil) fields in Saudi Arabia, with the collapse of the former Soviet Union. This New World Order was like the Old World Order, with one exception. The US was the only superpower, with a license to plunder the world for spheres of influence, raw materials, markets, e
Jos Boils Again
When I wrote Fatwa, some hypocrites thought they love God more than me and quickly labelled me blasphemous. In that article, I opined that the Nigerian government should stop sponsoring Pilgrimages. I also stated that, those who are serious about a better Nigeria, should start thinking of how to wake Nigerians from the religious opium induced hallucination and direct them into nation building based on communal living…” The events in Jos though sad, makes me feel like a prophet. I have been vindi
Jos Boils Again
When I wrote Fatwa, some hypocrites thought they love God more than me and quickly labelled me blasphemous. In that article, I opined that the Nigerian government should stop sponsoring Pilgrimages. I also stated that, those who are serious about a better Nigeria, should start thinking of how to wake Nigerians from the religious opium induced hallucination and direct them into nation building based on communal living…” The events in Jos though sad, makes me feel like a prophet. I have been vindi
One-Drop Rule in Weekend Review
The one-drop rule of classifying race gets a drop-kick in the Washington Post, courtesy of Marie Arana, the editor of the Post’s Book World section. And the big news for the next couple of days will focus on the playoff chances of the Redskins, who lost to this blogger’s favorite team on Sunday at FedEx Field. The sports commentariat will make much of the Skins’ continued offensive woes and perhaps a little bit about the Giants very good offensive line. But to me, the story line is Clinton Po
SPOTLIGHT: Books of December 2008
Welcome to the December 2008 edition of Fantasy Book Critic’s monthly SPOTLIGHT which covers fantasy, science fiction, horror, thrillers, YA, and more. Previous spotlights are listed at the end of this article. So another holiday season is here and you know what that means: presents! So if you’re looking for gift ideas, try The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a new Wild Cards book, Scott Sigler’s Contagious, new Harry Turtledove, Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor, Robert Rankin’s Necrophenia, a
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