A Good Year for the Outlaw

Back in 1998, when football still mattered a little bit, the Minnesota Vikings, whom I had not been a big fan of since Bud Grant left in the 80’s, put together the most explosive offense in history. Wideouts Randy Moss, Chris Carter and Jake Reed were the best in the game, underrated Robert Smith was [...]

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What are the flat-earth, Gore-haters on the far right going to do now? 
Rice warns about Global Warming.

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Looks like the Bears season might have a chance of being saved.
Dudes, with an improved NFC, as long as Rex plays, your chances of making the playoffs diminish. If this move is made, it will turn out to be the right one.

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On InsightBB’s homepage today, there is this story: 
Inspectors Find Overcharging At PharmaciesSep 23, 2007
The Chicago Department of Consumer Services has discovered an epidemic of overcharging at some of the city’s pharmacies. Department investigators recently posed as customers at more than 180 CVS, Walgreen’s and Osco stores. They found that 71 of the pharmacies overcharged for [...]

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1. Alaska’s “Bridge To Nowhere” project scrapped.
No one affected by decision.
2. “Crazy” Bull Escapes And Beats Up House.
Just before attack, homeowner was in front yard bragging about his outdoor grilling skills.
3. New phenomenon: Tattoo Remorse.
Nothing like a tramp stamp on a lower back to embarrass your kids. Also fun: when that cute little “sun” tattoo [...]

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I’m guessing he died quietly at home.

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I hope it was the latter.
I spit Dr. Pepper when I read this in the PJS today. If it’s a serious letter, I feel very bad for the writer, I really do.
I also got a kick out of this comment among those following the letter:
Don’t let these left leaning America haters get you down. Continue on with [...]

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Saw this AP story tonight. Cringed.
The first paragraph:
 BAGHDAD – Iraqi investigators have a videotape that shows Blackwater USA guards opened fire against civilians without provocation in a shooting last week that left 11 people dead, a senior Iraqi official said Saturday. He said the case was referred to the Iraqi judiciary.

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Discussion continued from Billy’s blog.
Let me respond to you’re latest, Mouse: If you’re going to base the Cubs .667 record against the AL as “proof” of anything, let’s look at the facts: The FACT is the Cubs played 12 interleague games, the LEAST of ANY team in baseball. Further, the FACT is SIX of those [...]

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Jim Thome nailed his 500th homer today, and it was a beauty, a game winner to put a good feeling in an otherwise dismal White Sox season.
Like I wrote on Billy’s blog, it’s just too damn bad he played at the same time as the steroid a-munches who have ruined the greatest game. If there [...]

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All Bear fans like to hate the Minnesota Vikings, and it’s been easy to laugh at that franchise the last few years. But this year’s teams have something in common: Bad offense led by bad quarterbacks.
The Vikes have played two games and the offense has scored two touchdowns. Meanwhile, the defense has scored three, so [...]

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Gotta love it. Nothing but hardball from Sen. Warner, Sen. Hagel, Sen. Coleman, and Sen. Lugar, all GOP’ers, today, at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting with General Patreaus.  If the Bush administration was expecting “toe the line” partisanship…um, well…no. Wrong again.
It’s certainly a case of too little, too late for many of these Repubs, who [...]

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Those who follow the Braves and keep tabs on the nickname controversy with the NCAA might want to read this story from the Minneapolis Star Tribune, to see how other schools are doing in their fight.
For the record, my feeling is this: There’s only one truly offensive name left in sports, and it’s right under the [...]

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http://www.premierelections.com/newsroom/premier81607.htm
Apparently we won’t have Diebold to watch for fraud during the next election cycle. The Diebold people, of course, want us to think they’ve just “gone away” from the election process. But rest assured, those on the right who enjoyed the Diebold CEO’s “guarantee” that he’d bring home the 2004 election for Bush (which, btw, [...]

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You decide.
Is this normal?

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Here’s how NASCAR (or “NAZICAR”, as I call them), FINALLY got me to go completely away. It’s really brilliant.
You take a person who has been hooked on your sport since his youth, and you make decision after decision to lessen that person’s interest. I mean, who would want that kind of fan anymore, you know the kind, the one who [...]

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Oh, so many puns in one headline.
Be that as it may, I’m already hearing a lot of “where’s the proof?” arguments in the case of Senator Craig. Well, the Idaho Statesman has been doing it’s homework all along, and apparently these rumors about Senator Craig date back to 1982, when in a Mark Foley-like story, [...]

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Whipping through the dial this morning (Sunday), looking for something to watch for awhile before heading outside, and I see this on TBS: “Fresh Prince Marathon”.
Are you serious? A marathon of “Fresh Prince” episodes?
That’s like Speed running “Best of Ford: The Pinto Years”.
That’s like MTV running a Milli Vanilli marathon.
It’s like C-Span showing “George W. [...]

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Standing in line at a Canton bank yesterday, I see a decent looking young man, in his 20’s, tall, not overly muscled, just a big-boned boy who looked like he might have been a decent high school offensive tackle.
After filling out my deposit slip, I looked up and saw his shirt. The Rebel Flag was [...]

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