Daily Archives: June 18, 2010

World Cup scenario update

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After the surprising 0-0 tie between England and Algeria, which was literally the best possible result for the Americans after this morning’s amazing comeback/referee screwjob against Slovenia, here’s where things stand, I think, in terms of the USA’s hopes of qualifying for the next round of the World Cup. Someone correct me if I’m wrong: * If we beat Algeria,… Read more »

The soft bias of high expectations?

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On Twitter yesterday, Melissa Clouthier and I had another one of our epic back-and-forth tweet-debates, complete with multi-part tweets (mostly by me) and rhetorical fireworks. Melissa is on record as calling me her “blog husband,” so is it any wonder we bicker on Twitter like an old married couple? Heh. Anyway, this time, the topic was “unexpectedly” bad economic news… Read more »