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I don't want to say this in such a way as to make you feel dumb (word is, I tend to do that), but there are many ways in the business world to get rid of somebody without actually 'firing' them.

There's an excerpt on cnnsi that might help.

The Yankees are on television a lot, though. They have to be protected from things like reality seeping out into the open.

I'm reading Truman again. I hope I'll be able to give my subjects the McCollough treatment if I get the opportunities to publish books.

Boarding is a lot like volleyball.

When I first saw the musician pictured above, I thought it was Freddie Roach.

Fightnews reports that Pac-Hat is officially on for 5/2 and a presser will probably come later this week.

Watching them watching you.

Who's making the mint on all these converter boxes and whatnot?

Biggest spending ever, biggest deficit ever, numerous proposals and drives for more new laws that restrict peoples' lives, one of the widest expansions of government in American history (both in power, reach, and financial burden), and a foreign policy that branched away from imperialism to attempt the even more costly idea of coerced nation-building...this was the neoconservative philosphy and results, as carried out by the Bush Jr administration and espoused by the Weekly Standard. I guess it just depends on whether or not you believe that saying something makes it so.

They can say whatever they want, but there's nothing conservative about it.

I think it was Noah Herron that beat a would-be burglar with a piece of his bed.

Time to bring Marney back.

Awesome. Hopefully he wasn't high as shit.

Hell of a sentence.

Not good.

It was a good idea to bring back Counsell. He seems to know what he's doing out there, fairly reliable in run situations, not too much money. I think he might be retarded, though.

http://www.madison.com/wsj/mad/breaking_news/434262

There may have been some money exchanged amongst the judges before JCC-Whitaker. Poor Sweet Pea.

Weekly Standard is as far from conservatism as it gets

Andrea Mitchell said there were no reported arrests yesterday. Absolutely crazy.

When Teddy Kennedy was carted out of that big luncheon, Keith Olbermann wasted so much time rambling about a mysterious hospitalization that Obama broke the news in his speech by offering his prayers,etc for Vicky and the family. I guess sometimes it's best to just let the new president give his speech rather than elaborate further on what may have happened. I thought they learned about letting him host these kinds of events last summer.

Bonnaroo lineup will be out on Feb 3.

I hope that Holyfield-Lewis 1 ends up in the collective memory like RJJ at the Olympics or Pernell Whitaker's 2 earliest jobs, where most just remember the result as it should have been. Might not be possible, though. That was such a huge fight at the time. It was popular and drew mainstream attention that looked like it might possibly eclipse Tyson's ear-biting thing and Lewis' unfortunate begininnigs for his second title run. I think there was about two million ppv buys. The fight ended up being rather dull but the consolation was there, we had seen a major spectacle and a new undisputed heavyweight champion was gonig to be crowned. Lewis was denied his biggest victory on the biggest stage; boxing took an embarassing hit I don't think it has ever recovered from. Oscar De La Hoya running around the ring a few months later really made 1999 a shitty year for boxing. What happens if 1999 panned out like everybody hoped it was going to? What if Lewis gets the decision against Holyfield- do they still rematch? if that a bigger/more meaningful fight, how much better does Lewis look all-time? if no rematch, does Lewis fight again that year? What if Oscar had chosen to fight Tito down the stretch? Would it even matter with this goddam racket?

Are you going to have your jaw removed at sea?