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In his major league debut, July 23, 1988, Smoltz pitched an eight-inning four-hit gem against the Mets at Shea. I remember watching the game on TV and having several WTF moments.

Just think how much better things would be if we had listened to Jimmy Carter. THIRTY FUCKING YEARS AGO he saw all of this coming, but that shithead Reagan appealed to the inner lazy shitheads in all of us and said our problems were no problems.

Brucellosis is a bacterial infection. Seriously, it has almost killed my friend at times, and has made her wish she was dead at others. It is pervasive, nasty, debilitating and pretty much impossible to get rid of. It was once cultured as a biological weapon. Fuck with it not. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brucellosis That said, I kind of agree with your theory of building up resistance. I just draw the line at unpasteurized dairy. I think unpasteurized apple cider does not carry brucellosis, so that's OK. Oh, and there is no substitute for pecorino romano, grated fresh.

I don't think we are ever leaving Iraq, and I think that was the plan all along, to have a permanent U.S. military presence where all the oil is, and to act as a counterbalance to Iran.

That's good, though. I will give that a shot.

Indeed.

I'd vote for that.

Have a good one, sweetness! I would tip you 25 percent!

I watched a mixed martial arts fight on Saturday in HD. It was a little too much.

Hey. Watch out for unpasteurized cheese. My reporter had some when she was in Spain and has come down with a really nasty case of brucellosis.

No. I had oatmeal today. (Fuck! Wrong thread!)

Eh, fuck Scott McClellan. Being a toady is bad enough. Being a disloyal, opportunistic toady masquerading as a whistle-blower ought to get you beat with a motorcycle chain.

I discovered the can-of-crushed-tomatoes method of making spaghetti sauce recently and will never buy sauce in a jar again. The method: Get skillet, heat on medium or so. Pour some olive oil into it. Saute 2-3 cloves of crushed or sliced garlic for just under a minute. Add one 28-oz. can of crushed tomatoes. Add a little salt, crushed red pepper if you like and lemon zest if you like. Heat up for a few minutes. Pour over pasta. Enjoy the goodness.

It'll be hard to quantify the race effect to any degree of certainty. Will it outweigh the fact that Obama is outraising McCain in the cash department? We shall see. Great days we're livin', brothers and sisters. We are witnesses to history.

Indeed. You guys are the best.

That's fucking funny. Their version of our typical "All Arabs Are Terrorists" piece.

Only in Plato's head were politics ever about a reasonable attempt to figure out who would be the best person to be in charge. As the annoying Alan Chartock puts it, politics is at its base the "authoritative allocation of resources." There is a big fat layer of bullshit layered above it, but that's what it is when it comes down to it.

Hey, he knew when he got into the race that being an Iraqi might be raised as an issue.

It's all fair game, really.

Boston don't need the hassle. My sister moving there will be hassle enough for that city.

Werd. Some great acting in that too - one of Hauer's best performances and Harrison Ford is a great non-hero hero who gets the crap kicked out of him quite a bit.

At the very least, Claudio Vargas should get a regular turn in the rotation at this point. Perez can go to bullpen detention with Heilman.

As far as I am concerned, the version of "The Weight" they do with the Staples Singers is as holy and sacred as the Baby Jesus' binky.

I was going to mark Sept. 11, 2002, by joining the Green Party, but when the day came, I forgot to do it.