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    Seems like a great tax plan to me

    Here is a summary from FoxNews about the Democrats' new tax plan: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,304999,00.html Call me what you want, but I think this looks damn good. I know a lot of conservatives are only in favor of changes that include flat taxes or sales taxes, but I think this is...
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    Movie deal made for future sports gambling book

    From Variety: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117974691.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 Random House, Focus take 'Dog' Duo option Beth Raymer's gambling memoir By DIANE GARRETT Random House Films and Focus Features have optioned the bigscreen rights for "Lay the Favorite, Take the Dog," an upcoming...
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    For the FairTax zealots

    There has been a fairly sizeable push for the FairTax (fairtax.org), especially after the billionaires behind the FairTax movement (including OK St. donor T. Boone Pickens and Texans owner Bob McNair) bussed in and paid the admission for enough Iowa straw poll voters to allow Mike Huckabee to...
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    The Big Inning

    It's baseball season again. Though I post far less often on this site than I used to, I still have very fond memories of betting baseball every day in the first few years after I joined this site. I learned a lot about betting baseball from quite a few people on this site. Unfortunately...
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    USC, Michigan or LSU

    Who should be the preseason number one next season? Lord knows I'm biased, so I'll just pose the question and let you decide.
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    Bucks in a bad spot Wednesday

    Memphis -1 at home against the Bucks may seem like an odd line considering their records, but I fear my beloved Bucks are in trouble here. Steve Blake tweaked his back and only played 8 minutes on Tuesday. For that reason Mo Williams played a lot of minutes and he was especially active late...
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    Trouble in the Horn of Africa

    The war between Somalia and Ethiopia is really escalating. This could be a problem because many people in the Muslim world see Ethiopia as sort of an African version of Israel (i.e., unrelenting U.S. support because of the religious makeup of the country). Since Ethiopia is invading a Muslim...
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    Titans Playoff Parlay

    For Tennessee to make the playoffs, the following has to happen (lines from BetCRIS): TITANS -175 over Patriots 49ers +475 over BRONCOS Steelers +235 over BENGALS CHIEFS -140 over Jaguars We all know it's going to happen, so I figured I'd make some cash off it. So here it is... Titans...
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    Major Bias

    I wrote an earlier thread about bias in polls where I compared unbiased computers with pollsters who are notoriously reactionary and prone to degrading the value of Pac-10 teams. Check out the final BCS regular season standings: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/BCSStandings All 4 Pac-10 teams...
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    Anyone else want to see a BCS selection committee?

    I remember that Herbstreit touted this idea a year or so ago. Rather than allowing biased, reactionary pollsters determine who plays in what postseason game, I'd rather see the BCS put together a selection committee similar to the NCAA basketball selection committee. My idea for this committee...
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    OK, LSU fans...

    What's the wager? (Avatar, signature, etc.) I know some of you guys like Nosigar will want to put up a friendly bet for the game. Also, if any of you LSU fans are coming out for the game, let me know. I haven't decided yet if I'm going to attend the game, but at the very least we can have a...
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    Bias in Polls

    USC has certainly been on both the positive and negative ends of poll bias in the past. In 2003 pollsters gave use much more credit than unbiased computers did, while in 2002 the opposite was true. I took a look at the current (11/26/2006) BCS Standings to see possible instances of poll bias...
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    Ode to Bitterness

    Check out this poll: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/fp/flashPollResultsState?sportIndex=frontpage&pollId=40959 Gee, what do the two clown states (outside of Big 10 country) with the anti-USC bias have in common? Hmmm...
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    kosar, start thinking...

    We still have another week before any real speculation can begin, but if things go as expected, we have to have something at stake here. Thoughts?
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    Democrats need to take a cue from The Governator

    I know he's a Republican, but he crushed it in the bluest of blue states because he decided to become a social Democrat and fiscal Republican. Democrats need to realize that big government is just wholly unacceptable to the country because the communications revolution has taught people that...
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    Best night ever to watch Fox News

    This is great. First of all, their female correspondents are way hotter than CNN's (Malkin, Kendall, etc.). Secondly, Brit Hume actually surmised that they could end up on Newsbusters for reporting results too early (that'd be like Olbermann ending up on Media Matters). And of course, the...
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    Cato Institute on CSPAN

    Tonight I watched part of a discussion on Iraq and counterinsurgency held at the Cato Institute. The Cato Institute is a right-wing think tank that is far more libertarian than conservative, so you'd expect some degree of criticism of our problems in Iraq. By the end of the discussion it was...
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    Wal-Mart

    I saw this topic brought up in another thread. Is it just me or do other Democrats also wish that our party spokespeople would quit ripping this place so hard? I am a pro-Union guy and we all know how aggressive Wal-Mart is in snuffing Unions at their stores, but at some point you just have to...
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    Soros on Fox News

    He was on Cavuto's show. Man, did Soros ever lay it out perfectly. This guy has been made into a conservative Boogeyman but he is very sharp and very aware of world issues. I hope the conservatives who've demonized him based on the attacks from the far right take a look at that interview on...
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    Actual conversation at today's USC game...

    ...I thought you guys might find this amusing. Nick Douglas: At this point I think I've voting for Arnie [Governator]. Hardcore Liberal Friend: What? He's a Republican. ND: I know, but I think he's better than [Phil] Angelides. HLF: Is that who he's running against? ND: Yeah. Obviously...
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