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If any of you gents want to explain to us the game fixing scandal — for dummies — do, do.

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Well, Cameron Diaz is annoying. Tom Cruise is weird. But mostly he’s weird because he should be so very good. But then he’s weird and that makes him weirder. But when he’s on, he’s very good. Anyway it’s nice to hear this:

The Sunday Times – Jeremy Clarkson talks cars, fighter jets and biscuits with Hollywood [...]

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AWESOME.

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Notice: Shopping for houses sucks and I recommend no one try it. Instead, cyanide and great aunties. Trust me it’ll go smoother.

In other news, this made me pull a face and nod a lot:

Wheat & Weeds – Lament For The Sense Of Humor

Guy writes a funny piece about how soccer is ruining America. [...]

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First, there’s this this “anti-British” backlash backlash going on:

And this screaming across the internet:

From: Philip Breeden, US Embassy London To: Martin Longden, British Embassy Washington DC Subject: World Cup Bet Mr. Longden, It has not escaped our attention that a certain sporting event is fast [...]

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Load this in HD and watch it full screen:

Man I’m excited for World Cup.

They have such a good sense of the international distinctions. I love it. The mad Brazilians erecting a statue and the crazed Englanders and the South Africans, etc etc. As Peter says, this is Nike on form.

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Note first: The sad little hop

Note second: The random brick house they’re in front of, with a little park, and a random little rainbow painted for a backdrop.

Note third: They’re supposed to be evocative of cameras, presumably to remind people that they’re on CCTV at all times while they enjoy their stay in the British [...]

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Jesus’s walking on water trick ain’t that big a deal after all

Pfft.

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Today’s topic: Cricket. How long has it been since I’ve opened the floor for a good Australia vs. England Yorkshire debate?

I’ll start: A very long time.

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RC2 reports that Pride And Prejudice was nearly beaten in their March Madness Tournament of Novels by, of all things, that ridiculous bain upon our public broadcasters, Wuthering Heights (lookit that picture… seriously…)

Now it’s up against Ender’s Game.

ninme girds herself for battle against sci-fi enthusiast Peter

Although in one thing, we can all be agreed: If [...]

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WaPo – IOC failing in its responsibility to the Olympics, by Sally Jenkins

As the Vancouver Games come to a close, International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge will call them a success. But it’s the IOC — so incubated in blue blazers, five-star accommodations, and shellfish buffets — that requires real assessment. Exactly what [...]

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Telegraph – Canadian women’s ice hockey team apologise for beer and cigars on ice The all-conquering Canadian women’s ice hockey team has apologised after players celebrated winning Olympic gold by quaffing champagne and beer, and smoking cigars, on the ice.

Victorious players emerged from the dressing room, still in their uniforms and with gold medals [...]

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National Post:

The Winter Games in particular are a hotbed of weirdness. You say that not enough women play hockey internationally to make it legitimate? How about the sport of nordic combined, in which participants both cross-country ski and ski jump? Are there leagues devoted to the pursuit of such an odd combination of [...]

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A golden (get it?!) oldie from Mark Steyn, from New Criterion, September, 2007:

The same networks which offer drearily parochial coverage of the Olympics to the point where you’d barely know there were any other countries competing except as exotic background extras in a Team USA victory parade insist after the commercial break that [...]

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I was about to make a crack yesterday that, apparently, nobody in the MSM has ever been near drugs or alcohol, because nobody got what Tiger Woods was doing yesterday. It was obvious when he announced the press conference he’s in a 12 step program (and he even referenced it in his speech), because the [...]

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