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Yeah, I’ve gone off on the political rant tangent again - remember it’s randomduck you’re dealing with!
But in some good news: the LeMond is back in one piece - hooray! One local shop had a spare SRAM PowerLink for me to use, which solved the pesky chain issue. And during lunch today, another [...]

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I don’t condone what Hizbullah has done throughout this mess, either. I’ve never respected their tactics or their insistence on pedantic arguments to claim legitimacy.
Nor do I believe that the Lebanese government’s “stop-or-I’ll-say-stop-again” inaction toward Hizbullah is helping matters. In a coalition government, it’s always possible to utilize the power of other coalition [...]

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Israel has reneged on its 48-hour cease-fire.
I guess that words don’t mean anything to Olmert and his gang of misguided hooligans.
Did I mention that I have no respect for them?
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That’s my $0.02 on the government of Israel, given the ongoing military action they are taking against Hizbullah. Israel refuses to honor the UN-brokered truce, stating that it would give their adversaries time to rebuild, regroup, and “build human shields” against attack.
For a so-called “peace-loving” nation-state, that’s not exactly a pacifist stance, nor is [...]

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Let’s see, what have we learned today?

Apparently a double-header on Fox Saturday Baseball is not really a double-header in a market where one of the featured teams is being broadcast. So while we saw the later game (Nats-Dodgers), we didn’t get to see the early game (Mets-Braves or an AL matchup). Funny thing: [...]

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Okay, so while I was away at Falcon Ridge, the Tour de France wrapped up with one of the greatest comebacks in modern cycling history. Floyd Landis, after losing over 8 minutes to his closest competitors, stormed back to a commanding solo win during stage 17, earning back all but 30 seconds of his [...]

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