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Author Archives: Al Swearengen
Bill Simmons on Isiah Thomas
What if the Knicks had never hired Isiah Thomas? “This could have been its own bizarro “Where Amazing Happens” commercial called “Where Isiah Happens.” Where Phoenix dumps the Stephon Marbury and Penny Hardaway contracts on someone and remakes its team … Continue reading
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The War Over the War Inside the Pentagon
Scott Horton: Yet the smoke from this firestorm has been everywhere. Why did Admiral James Fallon suddenly resign following the publication of a portrait piece on him in Esquire? The word spread about the media, which covered this, as usually, … Continue reading
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Warren Haynes and Trey Anastasio
They’re talking for a bit, and then it’s a free-flow jam session with my two favorite guitarists. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4wFs91qJaY
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Bush surveys the front, on a mission to boost morale
Maureen Dowd: Bush, who used his family connections to avoid Vietnam, told troops serving in Afghanistan on Thursday that he is “a little envious†of their adventure there, saying it was “in some ways romantic.†(left) my alma matter
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Black Crowes – Feeling Alright (1994)
From an appearance on Lettermanhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NohMVqECIc4
+16.72% since November ’07
November 27, 2007 – I liquidated the portfolio and put it all into gold, ending with 16,337 shares of IAU – avg price $77.70 Total Value – $1,329,020.80 – (The fantasy portfolio had gained 20.16% since it’s inception in February … Continue reading
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Dave Stewart on Roger Clemens
John Shea for the San Fransico Chronicle…(this is the gruesome end) Stewart never was afraid to speak his mind on Clemens, stemming from their one-sided duels on the mound. Clearly, Stewart resented Clemens for receiving so many accolades while repeatedly … Continue reading
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How are the new MREs?
Being a smart ass while in the military…it’s a right of passage.Â
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A Simple Question
I didn’t think this question should have been so hard to answer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey0RjP6uDYU
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Alan Greenspan – Professional Douchebag
How much of an asshole is this guy? Bernanke and Paulson are testifying before Congress, the former having just slashed 125 basis points off the Fed rate faster than any central banker in history…every week brings out the discovery of … Continue reading
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Halliburton Steals Information from Petrobas (PBR)
If someone just made this story up… (Reuters) – Brazil’s state oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA: Quote, Profile, Research)(PBR.N: Quote, Profile, Research), said Thursday that computers containing “important information” of oil and gas field research off the Brazilian coast were stolen. … Continue reading
Super Bowl Sunday
The time that passes is a frustratingly slow grind. No big plans or recipes, nor are there the usual assortments of imported drink, all replaced by laundry folding, floor cleaning and anything else I can direct my nervous energy towards … Continue reading
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Harper’s Weekly Review (part)
“…Dwarf thieves had infested Swedish buses,9 Lithuania was pondering changing its name,10 and a plot by retired Turkish Army officers to kill Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk was foiled. 11 Police in Malda, India, were battling avian flu by conducting a … Continue reading
Election Shenanigans in New Hampshire
BlackBoxVoting.org on top of things up in New Hampshire: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHL_YMBolRs
Mississippi mud
This is a good one… (Lead Story – NYTimes Sunday Business Section – By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ) …Linking Mr. Scruggs, Mr. Patterson and other figures in the case is an obscure former college football star, farmer and politically well-connected adviser … Continue reading
Veteran Killers
Al Swearengen on 2/23/2006: “Iraq Vet Mutilates Wife” – Get ready America, the war’s not over when these guys leave Iraq. Typical of youngsters who sign up while suffering from a mental disorder commonly known as ‘outrageous stupidity’…Marry a woman … Continue reading
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Who goes Nazi?
(by Dorothy Thompson for Harper’s in August of 1941) – – – It is an interesting and somewhat macabre parlor game to play at a large gathering of one’s acquaintances: to speculate who in a showdown would go Nazi. By … Continue reading
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Ron Paul People
Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty fucking serious about their candidate. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p9uBLqz958
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Classy…
Today, in Dover, Francine Torge, a former John Edwards supporter, said this while introducing Mrs. Clinton: “Some people compare one of the other candidates to John F. Kennedy. But he was assassinated. And Lyndon Baines Johnson was the one who … Continue reading
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Roc Boys
Jay-Z on Letterman – SICK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3Tp4PuU5_cI costi sono ancora piuÂ’elevati bencheÂ’ la percentuale che trattiene la casa da gioco dei casino’tradizionali sia molto alta confronto alle poker rooms.
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2008
Things are going our way here in New England, and I’m very grateful for that. 4 games out west, 4 wins…spring can’t come fast enough. I still like Petrobrazil (PBR), Oracle (ORCL), Gold ETF (IAU), Canada Nat’l Resources (CNQ), Resmed … Continue reading
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Massoud’s Last Conquest
by Sebastian Junger, published in Vanity Fair – February 2002 Afghanistan’s master guerrilla commander, Ahmed Shah Massoud, was assassinated by suspected al-Qaeda suicide bombers just two days before September 11. But his Northern Alliance coalition became the U.S.’s most important … Continue reading
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An Ethical Economic Policy
From the 2005 book ‘Greenspan’s Fraud‘ by Professor of Economics (SMU, Dallas) Ravi Batra: The verdict of history is that ethics works, and deception designed to foster the interests of the few does not. Ethical policies start out with direct … Continue reading
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I Am Legend
Andrew Sullivan’s review: “Will Smith’s Bummer” – I took Aaron to “I Am Legend” for his birthday. I wouldn’t bother if I were you. Once the dog dies, you stop caring. (And no, that’s not a real spoiler, so spare … Continue reading
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Joe Lieberman
Joe Lieberman is Gollem, and this storyline (Lieberman Endorses McCain) connecting him with McCain is Tolkenesque in that two men who had been considered in the past as throw-backs to a time when the Senate was occupied by men whose … Continue reading
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A Fox Business Channel “Expert”
I shit you not – they brought in an astrologer to predict the FED’s rate cut. Keep in mind that Rupert Murdoch’s tendency to dumb down everything within his domain, is about to be applied to my beloved Wall Street … Continue reading
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War Critics Obama, Ron Paul Get Most Military Donations
Don’t let your beloved Bauer-heads catch wind of this fun fact…they might break out in a rage and start torturing your pets. (HuffingtonPost) Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Ron Paul have little in common politically, except their opposition to the … Continue reading
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Veteran Suicides
With the new schedule, I’m really behind on my research when it comes to this story right here. Have the Pentagon and VA been cooking the books? Why on earth would they feel compelled to do something like that? http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3713137494186089969&hl=en
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