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Friday, January 16th, 2009

Footballblogging

Cold Hard Football Facts argues that the NFL realignment of 2002 led directly to the strange playoff phenomena we’ve seen the last several years, capped by this year’s parade of the bizarre.
• A 12-4 team (Indy) had to go on the road to face an 8-8 team (San Diego).
• A 9-7 team (Arizona) hosts not [...]

Friday, January 16th, 2009

The pen scares the shit out of the swordsmen at DoD. Fuck them.

By Thoreau
From hilzoy, I learn that the Pentagon is circulating claims that people released from a prison in a Communist country are using their freedom to take up arms against the US.  We’ve heard these claims before, and my response is that even if (for the sake of argument) these guys are engaging in terrorism, [...]