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Posted on Sat Feb 12, 2011 at 08:33:14 AM EST
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Is it college football season yet? Rough week. More blogging next week.

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    Algeria next (none / 0) (#1)
    by Capt Howdy on Sat Feb 12, 2011 at 09:38:40 AM EST
    400 arrested in Algeria at rally demanding reforms

    wow (none / 0) (#2)
    by Capt Howdy on Sat Feb 12, 2011 at 09:41:05 AM EST
    ISLAMABAD (AP) - A Pakistani court issued an arrest warrant Saturday for former President Pervez Musharraf in connection with the assassination of ex-premier Benazir Bhutto, while government investigators accused the retired general of involvement in the slaying.
    That is a wow (5.00 / 2) (#3)
    by Ga6thDem on Sat Feb 12, 2011 at 11:02:30 AM EST
    and also good news.

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    turning into a bad year (none / 0) (#4)
    by Capt Howdy on Sat Feb 12, 2011 at 11:11:05 AM EST
    for oligarchs

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    Unfortunately (5.00 / 1) (#6)
    by cal1942 on Sat Feb 12, 2011 at 11:49:42 AM EST
    our oligarchy continues its stranglehold on the levers of power.

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    pfft (none / 0) (#7)
    by Capt Howdy on Sat Feb 12, 2011 at 11:51:29 AM EST
    yeah whatever

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    Naive (5.00 / 1) (#9)
    by cal1942 on Sat Feb 12, 2011 at 12:05:11 PM EST


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    obsessed (5.00 / 2) (#10)
    by Capt Howdy on Sat Feb 12, 2011 at 12:17:00 PM EST


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    I was surprised Bhutto lived as long as she did. (none / 0) (#5)
    by magster on Sat Feb 12, 2011 at 11:43:41 AM EST
    It was akin to win Corazon Aquino's husband tried to return to Ferdinand Marcos' Phillipines.

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    College Football (none / 0) (#8)
    by cal1942 on Sat Feb 12, 2011 at 11:55:19 AM EST
    Sadly we'll have to wait for April or May until spring practice and then endure the long darkness until late August.

    letters of note (none / 0) (#11)
    by Capt Howdy on Sat Feb 12, 2011 at 12:28:28 PM EST
    Arthur C Clarks 31 word short story.

    And God said: DELETE lines One to Aleph. LOAD. RUN.
    And the Universe ceased to exist.

    Then he pondered for a few aeons, sighed, and added: ERASE.
    It never had existed.
    Not quite (none / 0) (#12)
    by rdandrea on Sat Feb 12, 2011 at 01:08:18 PM EST
    Not college football season, but the pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training on Monday.

    Non pitchers and catchers report next Saturday.

    As of next week, winter is over.

    Might BTD's omission of this (none / 0) (#13)
    by oculus on Sat Feb 12, 2011 at 01:25:36 PM EST
    information mean he doesn't think the Yankees will be very good this season?

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    Sadly for the Traveling Friars (none / 0) (#15)
    by CoralGables on Sat Feb 12, 2011 at 01:27:20 PM EST
    Adrian Gonzalez arrived in Ft Myers last Wednesday.

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    Oh, but don't forget, we acquired a (none / 0) (#17)
    by oculus on Sat Feb 12, 2011 at 01:31:50 PM EST
    "low A" and a couple AA players in exchange.  Anyhow, baseball is a business.

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    Dustin Pedroia (none / 0) (#14)
    by CoralGables on Sat Feb 12, 2011 at 01:25:50 PM EST
    arrived in Ft Myers yesterday.

    Life is good is the Sunshine State.

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    WEEI sports radio: (none / 0) (#16)
    by oculus on Sat Feb 12, 2011 at 01:30:25 PM EST
    PEDROIA EAGER TO 'OPEN A CAN OF WHOOP-ASS'


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    Braves are still my major league team, (none / 0) (#18)
    by jeffinalabama on Sat Feb 12, 2011 at 01:36:36 PM EST
    but my minor league affiliate is AA for the Brewers. I can actually afford to go to the minor leagye games... so maybe I'll know a little bit about Milwaukee's future lineups.

    I've seen (none / 0) (#20)
    by CoralGables on Sat Feb 12, 2011 at 02:34:53 PM EST
    Minor League games over the years in Miami, Charlotte, Corpus Christi, and Charleston. Minor League baseball is tough to beat for entertainment value...and a few minor league parks are just beautiful.

    The home opener for the Huntsville Stars is April 13 against the Carolina Mudcats.

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    Sadly, we lost our minor league team last (none / 0) (#27)
    by caseyOR on Sat Feb 12, 2011 at 05:27:22 PM EST
    year. Merritt Paulson (yep, that's Henry's son) bought our baseball team (Beavers) and our soccer team (Timbers). At the time both teams played in the same stadium, and had done so for years.

    Then the Timbers became a MLS team, and MLS requires that their teams play in soccer-only stadiums. That meant a new home for the Beavers had to be built. Well, the process of trying to find a site for a new baseball stadium was poorly managed, had terrible PR people, and failed.

    Lacking a baseball stadium, Paulson sold the Beavers. So, no minor league baseball in Portland this year. : (

    Personally, I find the soccer-only requirement to be stupid. What a waste of resources to require a municipality to fund separate stadiums, especially in small-medium sized markets.

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    When I mentioned (none / 0) (#29)
    by CoralGables on Sat Feb 12, 2011 at 06:44:13 PM EST
    beautiful places to watch a minor league game, PGE Park (Former home of the Portland Beavers) was one of those I had in mind.

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    PGE Park is a beautiful (none / 0) (#35)
    by caseyOR on Sun Feb 13, 2011 at 01:30:31 AM EST
    stadium. I must confess, to my mind it is still and ever will be Civic Stadium, which was its name for many, many years before PGE bought the naming rights.

    The Beavers have left town before, and they always come back. I'm hoping, provided the Oregon economy picks up, that the Beavers will be back in Portland in the next couple of years.

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    As I recall, (none / 0) (#32)
    by desertswine on Sat Feb 12, 2011 at 10:10:52 PM EST
    the Portland Beavers used to be the Albuquerque Dukes, whom you stole in 2001.  That ballpark in Portland is a beautiful park though.

    In turn, Albuqueque stole the team that used to be in Calgary, the Cannons, I think they were called.

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    Chivas USA played Chivas GL (none / 0) (#34)
    by oculus on Sat Feb 12, 2011 at 11:40:31 PM EST
    at Petco Park.

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    Shades of "Shantaram" in San Diego: (none / 0) (#19)
    by oculus on Sat Feb 12, 2011 at 01:40:55 PM EST
    LAT

    Glenn Greenwald addresses the Wikileaks (none / 0) (#21)
    by oculus on Sat Feb 12, 2011 at 03:47:13 PM EST
    "volunteer" issues.  

    DK blackout until tonight. Whatever (none / 0) (#22)
    by oculus on Sat Feb 12, 2011 at 03:55:46 PM EST
    shall we do?????

    I'm going to a violin/piano recital. I (none / 0) (#28)
    by oculus on Sat Feb 12, 2011 at 05:45:20 PM EST
    think.  Maybe too satiated with culture from overnight in LA.  Two voice recitals plus Getty.  

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    LAT re elBaradei (none / 0) (#30)
    by oculus on Sat Feb 12, 2011 at 07:37:39 PM EST
    link

    Zero Hedge has an interesting (none / 0) (#31)
    by Militarytracy on Sat Feb 12, 2011 at 08:09:21 PM EST
    take on why it took Mubarak so long to leave.

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