When he’s in the field, everyone else plays worse. How Tiger throws off golf’s incentive structure.
January 2008
Monthly Archive
Thu 31 Jan 2008
Thu 31 Jan 2008
Obama To Rip Clinton For Siding With McCain On Iraq & Iran
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Obama will appear in Denver to speak on foreign policy. Excerpts from today’s speech: “It’s time for new leadership that understands that the way to win a debate with John McCain is not by nominating someone who agreed with him on voting for the war in Iraq; who agreed with him in voting to give George Bush the the benefit of the doubt on Iran…”
Thu 31 Jan 2008
Haitians Are so Poor They Resort to Eating ‘Mud Cookies’
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With food prices rising, Haiti’s poorest can’t afford even a daily plate of rice, and some take desperate measures to fill their bellies. Charlene, 16 with a 1-month-old son, has come to rely on a traditional Haitian remedy for hunger pangs: cookies made of dried yellow dirt from the country’s central plateau.
Thu 31 Jan 2008
New UK survey: Iraq Conflict Has Killed A Million Iraqis
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“The survey, conducted by Opinion Research Business (ORB) with 2,414 adults in face-to-face interviews, found that 20 percent of people had had at least one death in their household as a result of the conflict, rather than natural causes.:
Thu 31 Jan 2008
Four people involved in the running of file-sharing site The Pirate Bay were indicted in Sweden on Thursday on charges of being accessories to breaking copyright law.
Thu 31 Jan 2008
Former President of Chicago NOW, Lorna Brett Howard, tells the story of why she switched from supporting Hillary Clinton to Obama.
Thu 31 Jan 2008
The Colbert Report: The New Capt America, Obama is an Alien
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Marvel’s Editor in Chief Joe Quesada visits Stephen Colbert to let him know that he wont be the new Captain America. He also reveals that Stephen is still a strong presidential candidate in the Marvel universe, and a shocking alien plot to take over the US presidential elections! [VIDEO]
Thu 31 Jan 2008
Rough Ride: Documenting Neil Young’s Freedom of Speech Tour
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“I was a nervous wreck by the end of that thing,” he says. “We had to deal with death threats and bomb-sniffing dogs the whole time.” The Atlanta concert is a pivotal scene in CSNY Déjà Vu, a documentary chronicling the tour, directed by Bernard Shakey (a.k.a. Young) which premiered at this year’s Sundance.
Thu 31 Jan 2008
Magistrate judge suggests sanctions against RIAA lawyers
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A federal magistrate judge has suggested the possibility of sanctions for the RIAA’s lawyers in a case involving 27 college students. At issue is the RIAA’s practice of lumping unrelated defendants into a single “John Doe” case and then pursuing individual lawsuits once the Does’ identities are learned.
Thu 31 Jan 2008