Dec 3 2009
Polanski Peel-Out Pool
I’m setting up a “betting” pool. Not with real money, of course; we have no way to force losers to pony up. This is just a fantasy-bet pool.
Pick how many days will elapse from Roman Polanski’s release under “house arrest” until he splits down the Alps — on the French side.
Choices range from [...]
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Oct 9 2009
Imagine There’s No Peace Prize, It’s Easy If You Try
So at the very moment that President Barack H. Obama convenes his “war council” to decide whether to accept Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s recommendation to expand operations in Afghanistan — changing to a counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy and adding 40,000 additional troops to the war effort — the Norwegian Nobel Committee announces that the president, who has [...]
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