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August 6, 1945

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On August 6, 2008
Picasso's painting memorializes the bombing of a Basque town during the Spanish Civil War that killed several hundred civilians. At the time the incident shocked the world. Eight years later, 70,000 people, the large majority women and children, were incinerated when a single bomb was...

Say It Ain’t So, Barry

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On August 5, 2008

After various rumors that he might sign with some sufficiently desperate team failed to pan out, it seems increasingly likely that Barry Bonds has played his last major league game..

Obesity Apocalypse

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On August 4, 2008
Even by the remarkably mendacious standards of the "obesity" racket some of the claims in this story are beyond belief.The most laughable is the idea that by 2048 everybody in the US will be "overweight" or "obese." This result was derived via statistical extrapolation, the...

Brad Ziegler

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On August 3, 2008

This is a pretty nice stat line. Ziegler's story has Billy Beane's and thus Bill James's fingerprints all over it. A 20th-round draft pick out of college who spent a.

Must . . . not . . . blog . . . about . . .

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On July 31, 2008
Resistance is Futile.Yes this whole saga is super annoying, what with Chris Mortensen's hourly reports from his location inside Favre's ass, but I'm getting intrigued by the game theory aspects.My understanding is that the Packers don't have to pay Favre anything if they release him...

Ugh

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On July 30, 2008

Detroit media outlets reporting Yankees have acquired Ivan Rodriguez. No word on what the Tigers got.While obviously not close to the player he was in his prime, IRod is an.

The Real Drug War

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On July 30, 2008

A top government research scientist I know has a theory about the "obesity epidemic." Dr. X isn't allowed to speak on the record to the media about X's work without.

Apocalypse Now

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On July 29, 2008
I've just read Cormac McCarthy's The Road, which Robert Farley reviewed on LGM back when it was published a couple of years ago. I hadn't read anything by McCarthy before, and was very impressed with his stylistic talents, which reminded me of a sort of...

Scumbaggery

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On July 28, 2008

Press release this morning from the McCain campaign:For Immediate ReleaseContact: Press OfficeMonday, July 28, 2008703-650-5550ARLINGTON, VA -- Today, Chief Warrant Officer (4th class) Michael J. Durant (Ret.) issued the following.

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