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New Korean Mystery Team Keeping Things Pretty Weird

February 13th, 2008 · 8 Comments

After a couple of quiet weeks the 8th Korean baseball team, formerly known as the Hyundai Unicorns — for the time being known to the world as Centennial — got things rolling by firing its manager and announcing that players could look forward to a decreased payroll and possible cuts for the Lunar New Year.
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Tags: Baseball - Korea

Mouths of British Athletes to be Stitched Shut For Olympics

February 13th, 2008 · No Comments

This is a couple days old, but I haven’t seen or heard much about it yet. The news out of England is that the British Olympic chiefs will force their athletes to sign contracts promising not to speak out about China’s human rights record during the games.
Naturally the British media is has delivered a […]

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Tags: Maolympics 2008

California Politics in Action

February 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I just heard about this yesterday, and I don’t have a big opinion on it and I’m happy about that fact. More than anything I’m amazed people waste their time with crap like this.
The organizers behind the 11th annual Vietnamese Spring Festival and Parade have snubbed Councilwoman Madison Nguyen - refusing amid a raging […]

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Tags: Culture