Archive for April, 2007

Monday, April 23rd, 2007

Tales From IRC

From Patterico:
 
What religious extremism? I’m so glad you asked: 
American commanders cite al-Qaeda’s severe brand of Islam, which is so extreme that in Baqouba, al-Qaeda has warned street vendors not to place tomatoes beside cucumbers because the vegetables are different genders, Col. David Sutherland said.
And my commentary in my gaming clan’s IRC channel on the topic:
[17:04][FoR|Redlan`w3rk] […]

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Friday, April 20th, 2007

Reid runs up the white flag; soldiers respond

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Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

‘07 Red Sox: The Starting 9

Continuing the Soxblogging, as promised, here are my thoughts and impressions on the Sox’ starting position players.
Batting first, the shortstop, Julio Lugo: While there’s no question that Lugo brings a great attitude and energy to the Sox, there’s some problematic numbers involved with this guy. For instance, we’ll start with .341, his career on-base percentage. […]

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Friday, April 13th, 2007

Worshipping at the Altar of Jeff Goldstein

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Friday, April 13th, 2007

Hypocrisy 101

re: Don Imus:
Jackson called the firing “a victory for public decency. No one should use the public airwaves to transmit racial or sexual degradation.”
Except rappers, obviously.
Because, you know… it’s art.

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Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

‘07 Red Sox: The front-5

Ok, as I was saying. With the Sox’ offense bound to be a tick or two below rosy projections by the end of the season, the boys’re gonna have to rely heavily on their starting corps. There’s going to be a lot of 2 and 3-run grinders throughout 2007, and the difference between winning and […]

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Friday, April 6th, 2007

Thoughts on the 2007 Red Sox

Yeah, I know.
“But Nate, you’ve never blogged about sports before.”
Then this is a great time to start!
“I come here for amateur-hour politics. Sports are for fags.”
Sorry. This is probably only the first of many Red Sox-related posts for the next 6 months, so suck it up.
“Baseball sucks.”
Fuck you.
There. Onward and upward.
The lineup:
This isn’t going to […]

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