The Vig

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Middlesbrough 8 - 1 Man City
Even Derby, as bad as they are, has only given up a maximum of six goals this season.  Granted, they did it three times, but still.
If this is how Sven responds to the speculation, then good riddance.

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This morning’s talking heads and their guests.
ABC:
George Stephanopoulos. Age: 47
George Will. Age: 67
Cokie Roberts. Age: 64
Ruth Marcus. Age: Unknown (a gentleman neither asks, nor speculates)
Sam Donaldson. Age: 74
Sen. Harry Reid. Age: 68
CBS:
Bob Schieffer. Age: 70
John Edwards. Age: 57
Terry McAuliffe. Age: 51
NBC:
Tim Russert. Age: 57
Sen. Chris Dodd. […]

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Driving home from work last night on NE Broadway, I witnessed a near-miss between a vehicle and cyclist.  If you’ve driven that route, you know there’s a bike lane on the north side of the street which extends from roughly NE24th all the way down to the Broadway Bridge.  During rush hour, there’s always a […]

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Josh Marshall wonders aloud about the changing electoral demographics.
But it brings one point into sharp relief: though America’s racial make-up is much more complex than just black and white, in the context of blacks and whites, the Democrats are the bi-racial coalition. They win elections by winning overwhelming margins of African-American votes and keeping the […]

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As usual, the Irvine Housing Blog distills the zeitgeist.
Do you see the mentality at work here? All someone had to do was buy some real estate, improve it if they wanted to, wait a short time and sell it for a huge profit. The prices paid do not matter as long as the greater fool […]

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Slog’s Eli Sanders shares a plane ride with a member of the Obama email’s target audience.
Kirby is one of those fascinating people who both know that Obama spent 20 years at a Chicago church with a fiery Christian pastor and firmly believe that Obama is a secret Muslim.
“All the evidence points to that he is,” […]

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Rush Limbaugh yesterday declared Barack Obama the weakest of the Democratic candidates. Weaker than Kucinich. Weaker than even Gravel.
It’s tough to tell when El Rushbo is kidding or when he’s being serious. Olbermann long ago gave up on trying to distinguish between the two Rushes. He now only refers to him […]

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It was a brief comment a few years ago by Winter Hawks announcer Andy Kemper that first made me sit up and pay attention to Tristan King.
I’m going to go on record here in the blog and say that before he graduates, Tristan King will be a star in the WHL.
For most of his rookie […]

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