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Great comment.

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:00:56 -0400

Great comment.

"No matter where an immigrant hails from, he can find a cluster of his ethnic kin somewhere in..."

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:11:15 -0500

“No matter where an immigrant hails from, he can find a cluster of his ethnic kin somewhere in America. In fact, he is probably spoilt for choice. If he wants to live in a suburb, eat Korean food and listen to fire-and-brimstone sermons in Korean, he can do so in northern Virginia. If he prefers an urban and secular Korean lifestyle, he can try Boston or San Francisco. If he craves Ethiopian food, Amharic radio and lots of gay clubs, Washington, DC, may suit him. And so on.”

- Going to America: A Ponzi scheme that works | The Economist

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Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:54:35 -0400

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"A quick congratulations to former College cornerback Derek Cox, a third round pick of the..."

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:48:37 -0400

“A quick congratulations to former College cornerback Derek Cox, a third round pick of the Jacksonville Jaguars in the April NFL draft. Derek started in his NFL debut Sunday, lining up against Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts, a tough opening assignment. He responded by making a goal-line interception, recovering a fumble and notching three tackles. Great debut for an excellent player and even better person.”

- Video of the interception

On CCSU, Derek Cox and U. Va. | Flat Hat News

"Anyone who writes like that should expect a long, difficult process of finding a job. No wonder the..."

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:31:30 -0400

“Anyone who writes like that should expect a long, difficult process of finding a job. No wonder the rest of the world thinks MBAs are full of themselves…”

- From the comments of: Guest Blog: After an MBA, Making Unexpected Compromises - Laid Off And Looking - WSJ

The Pirate Bay Taken Offline By Swedish Authorities (Updated) |...

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:15:31 -0400

The Pirate Bay Taken Offline By Swedish Authorities (Updated) | TorrentFreak

"His mistake was assuming you all were open-minded enough consider these ideas without taking..."

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:15:54 -0400

“His mistake was assuming you all were open-minded enough consider these ideas without taking offense—that you wouldn’t throw a tantrum merely because he suggested some reforms that didn’t fall in direct line with those endorsed by your exalted Democratic leaders in Washington. In retrospect? Yeah, it was a bad move. Turns out that many of you weren’t nearly mature enough to handle it.”

- The Agitator » Blog Archive » Whole Foods, Ct’d…

"Complaining is fun for about 10 seconds. Then you realize that these same people will be complaining..."

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:44:43 -0400

“Complaining is fun for about 10 seconds. Then you realize that these same people will be complaining for the next three decades…”

- The 10 Year Savings Strategy: Saving money after you’ve already handled the basics | I Will Teach You To Be Rich

"In reality, spouses learn marriage, just like they learn communication, child-rearing, or making..."

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:46:18 -0400

“In reality, spouses learn marriage, just like they learn communication, child-rearing, or making love. Unfortunately, education about marriage is now sadly perceived as self-obvious, juvenile, or feminine, the domain of disparaged home economics courses. Nothing could be further from the truth.”

- The Case for Early Marriage | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction

Could you imagine living here? Greenland - The Big Picture -...

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 01:40:30 -0400

Could you imagine living here?
Greenland - The Big Picture - Boston.com

"Mr. O’Leary lives on a farm outside of Dublin, raises cattle and racehorses, and rarely takes..."

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 11:50:43 -0400

“Mr. O’Leary lives on a farm outside of Dublin, raises cattle and racehorses, and rarely takes vacations. He irritated the Irish government by paying thousands of dollars for a taxi medallion for his Mercedes so that he could use the taxi lane, thereby circumventing traffic.”

- The Saturday Profile - Ryanair Is Thrifty, and Chief Makes No Apologies - Biography - NYTimes.com

"Musinski, Florida A&M’s Jacquay Nunnally and Mississippi Valley State’s Jerry Rice..."

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:08:41 -0400

“Musinski, Florida A&M’s Jacquay Nunnally and Mississippi Valley State’s Jerry Rice are the only Championship Subdivision (Division I-AA) players with more than 4,000 receiving yards.”

- Star Track: Rich Musinski

"Then there are the unnamed athletes and team personnel who pawned 400 title rings to the online..."

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:08:56 -0400

“Then there are the unnamed athletes and team personnel who pawned 400 title rings to the online reseller championship-rings.net over the past three months, a spike of about 33% from the same period last year. (A 2008 Giants Super Bowl ring was among them.) “It’s mostly younger players who’ve been selling,” says Tim Robins, the site’s owner. “It’s the economy. Selling these items is always embarrassing, a last resort.””

- Recession or no recession, many NFL, NBA and Major League - 03.23.09 - SI Vault