Caprica

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Fascinating.'CAPRICA'From executive producers Ronald D. Moore and David Eick ('Battlestar Galactica'), writer Remi Aubuchon ('24') and NBC Universal Television Studio, this new series is set over a half a century.

Mobility

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Make sure to read Ezra's post on income mobility in the United States. The fantasy that the US has greater income mobility than other Western countries is really quite critical.

Secret Flights

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I'm sure that this is all just an elaborate mole-hunting operation designed to ferret out disloyal continents:The CIA has run more than 1,000 flights within the European Union since 2001, often transporting terror suspects for questioning overseas, MEPs [Members European Parliament] have said.The MEPs began a...

Online Budgeting

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Interesting.French Budget Minister Jean-Francois Cope has announced the launch of an online game for the country's taxpayers to have a go at balancing the books.The game, called Cyberbudget, will launch.

"I’m Keith Hernandez!"

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I'm generally a fan of Keith Hernandez as a color commentator, and certainly the Cohen/Hernandez combo is infinitely preferable to the Michael Kay horror show at Al-Yankeezera. I even once had an online argument by proxy with Bill James about his claim that Mattingly was a...

Hilarity Down at the Naming Office

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DD(X) has a number. It is now DDG 1000. The reasons for this are unclear.It's fair to say that the Navy's system for numbering ships is inconsistent. The last Spruance class destroyer was DD-997. The last Arleigh Burke class destroyer will be DDG-113. The DD(X) program...

Staggering

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Bill Petti:Rep. Charles H. Taylor (R-N.C.) decides to take a 'principled stand' and is holding up $10 million dollars necessary to buy the land where a monument to the passengers.

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