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A Couple of Titilating Media Events

June 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Two very different kinds of explosions, both carefully crafted and  fitted for media consumption. First is the demolition of the Yongbyon Cooling Tower in North Korea, which, I guess is supposed to mean to someone somewhere that North Korea no longer has nuclear capability.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3UnhTDuQQc

Wow. I guess that’s a wrap, eh?
Or, um, maybe not. From the [...]

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Tags: Music · Politics

Magic Arm of Daniel Rios Suspended For Drug Use

June 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I might have reported on this yesterday had the blog been working, but it’s just as well that I couldn’t. Here’s a short ESPN summary:
Former major league pitcher Danny Rios was suspended for one year by Japanese baseball on Saturday after testing positive for a banned substance. Rios, a 35-year-old right-handed pitcher with the Yakult [...]

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Tags: Baseball - Japan

Apologies for the Outage

June 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Not sure if you noticed, but the site was down for about 18 hours from early Saturday morning to Sunday. It was apparently a server problem, but it’s been solved and there shouldn’t be any more problems until the next time it happens. If you’ve ever worked on a blog you know how scary that [...]

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