March 2012
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February 2012
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The Swiss Ramble: Arsenal's Mystery Dance →
Summary: -Player sales are keeping the club profitable. -There is enormous potential for sponsorship revenue growth, but we’re locked into our Emirates and Nike shirt deals until 2014. When those deals expire, we’ll likely receive sponsorships that bring in £30m more per year. -Our wage bill is fourth-highest in the league, but £25m behind United and £50m behind Chelsea and City. ...
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New York Magazine: Why 2012 Is the Republicans... →
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Op-Ed: Carbon emission policy could slash debt,... →
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Arsene Wenger and the Whale's Back
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Arsene Wenger is like Schrödinger’s cat, or one of those particles that are supposed to be able to exist in two places at once: it’s impossible to measure him accurately because we don’t know enough about the constraints he’s under at Arsenal. If the board is pleading with him to spend money and he’s responding by humming loudly and composing an oil painting about youth development,...
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I’m against very wealthy people attempting to or influencing elections. But as...
– Sheldon Adelson, a billionaire who, with his wife, has donated $11 million to a pro-Newt Gingrich super PAC. (via officialssay)
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Frontline: The Vaccine War →
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Wired: Why the Clean Tech Boom Went Bust →
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The New York Times: A Jewish Hockey Player at... →
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On Arsène
Arsène Wenger has plenty of attributes. He’s a good man-manager. His players love him, there’s rarely locker room drama, and he’s never caused the type of dysfunction that we’re seeing right now at Liverpool, Chelsea, and Manchester City. He’s also a shrewd operator in the transfer market. His ROI is unmatched, and while he’s had some big misses, he’s had...
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The New Yorker: Larry McCarthy, Mitt Romney, and... →
Not all political media consultants are this horrible.
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Wall Street Journal: Families Who Reject... →
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We should have kept @jlin7. Did not know he was this good.
– Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey
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Sports Illustrated: In aftermath of tragedy,... →
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Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the...
– Judge Stephen Reinhardt
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Barack Obama has succeeded in preserving and even enhancing U.S. influence in...
– Fareed Zakaria
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