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Well, my girl didn’t quite make it. She broke down in the quarterfinal with Jelena Jankovic. I was naturally bummed. Surprisingly Serena’s nemesis Justin Henin got ripped up by Russian hot chick, camera hustler Maria Sharapova. But James Blake is still in it. He’s been playing fabulously. Of course, he’s playing Roger Federer next. Which…
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Poor fella.
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From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch today: JANUARY 18, 2008 – St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay (in front on right) waits to speak as protesters, including Anthony Shahid dressed in a Klu Klux Klan outfit. chant “Slay Must Go” during a ceremony held to honor the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at The Old Court…
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From Salon.com, an article about Randall Kennedy’s new book “Sellout,” which is about, ahem, black heretics in America. Namely Clarence Thomas among others, including a chapter on forgotten blacks from American history who were forgotten because they were known for screwing over their fellow slaves/militants/freedom fighters because, I don’t know, they believed they deserved to…
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I spent the day with my parents arguing over politics. Just another MLK Jr. Day with the Snob family. Debating what states in the south Obama could carry (we’re picking maybe Virginia and Maryland. Is Delaware a southern state?); discussing whether Gov. Huckabee’s visit to Atlanta for King Day was sincere in light of his…
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Serena blasts her way into the quarterfinals of the Australian Open … and Barack Obama lost Nevada to Hillary Clinton. You can’t win it all. But man, I stayed up late to watch her play against the Czech teenager Nicole Vaidisova. Serena did not disappoint, beating Vaidisova in two sets. I’d say Vaidisova’s downfall was…
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I’m late and lazy on this, but Hillary took Nevada, which is kind of huge since there were so many shenanigans going down on Friday before the vote by Hillary supporters. Their efforts were thwarted, but vote appears to be breaking in her favor with her getting 51 percent, 45 percent for Obama and John…
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