We switched to another channel, the âBaghdadâ channel (allied with Muhsin Abdul Hameed and his group) and they had the same news item, but instead of the general âcoalition forcesâ they had âAmerican coalition forcesâ. We … [Read more...]
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Open Letter to Josh Marshall on “picking” a baseball team
Talking Points Memo's Josh Marshall is choosing a baseball club to root for. Even growing up in upstate New York, I never had any trouble or doubt about this, but here's my attempt to help him pick the right New York … [Read more...]
Friday backblog
Drips and drabs that I've neglected to blog:So, a Kennedy school dean and University of Chicago prof release a white-hot report on the influence of pro-Israel lobbying groups on American foreign policy. I'm not going to address the merits … [Read more...]
Conservative Whiners
A nice review on hack conservative site NewsMax of the recent Berkeley study that found that whiney kids grow up to be conservatives while cheerful children become liberal adults. "Ever since Theodor Adorno came out with his scandalously … [Read more...]
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On Saturday we welcomed our 1,000th registered user - aptly named "LividPatriot," which some days is probably a pretty good description of many of us. … [Read more...]
Koufax Awards voting closes Sunday at midnight
If you haven't yet voted for Blue Mass. Group in the final round of the 2005 Koufax awards, and would like to, you have until midnight Sunday to do so. Here's the link - just leave a comment to vote. (We'll keep the box in the … [Read more...]
RIP Addwaita
Addwaita, a giant tortoise who lived in the Calcutta zoo, has died. It is estimated that he was approximately - get this - 250 years old.If Addwaita first came into the world around the year 1750, then he was present for all of W.A. … [Read more...]
How to Format Posts & Comments
Make posts and comments easy on yourself: Links: Open square-bracket [ followed by the text to be linked, followed by the URL, followed by close square bracket ]. Thus, [ Blue Mass Group http:// www.bluemassgroup.com ] comes out as Blue … [Read more...]
A real sport gets realer!
Tennis has introduced the instant replay as a means of challenging a linesman's call. And thus, a real sport became even more real than before. … [Read more...]
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