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We hold these truths to be self-evident…

July 4, 2006

…that George III is a punk. Happy 230th birthday America!(By the way, Rainer says you’re gettin’ old and should consider a political makeover)

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How Long Will America Lead the World?

June 28, 2006

From a Newsweek International article at msnbc.com: Jeffrey Immelt, CEO of GE, reflects on the growing competence and cost advantage of countries like China and even Mexico and says, “It’s unclear how many manufacturers will choose to keep their businesses in the United States.” Intel’s Andy Grove is more blunt. “America … [is going] down [...]

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it’s a brand new day

June 13, 2006

I’m in a better mood today and am now considering if I want to go into Berlin for the Brazil v. Croatia game tonight. And maybe I will go into Potsdam too and check out the Togo v. S. Korea game first. There is a viewing screen in front of Potsdam’s Brandenburg Gate. Charlie says, [...]

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game over

June 12, 2006

We got schooled Czech Republic won 3:0, dominating the USA every step of the way. Now the USA pretty much needs to beat Italy to advance to the next round. Italy plays Ghana in 20 minutes, we’ll see how they look, but it appears that the chances of the US advancing are now slim. Rainer [...]

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Halftime

June 12, 2006

It’s 0:2 to the Czech Republic, and Czech player Jan Koller left the game with what appeared to be a bad hamstring injury. I’m no big football fan, so here are two observations from someone who doesn’t know anything about football: The USA players slide a lot more than the other teams. Is this a [...]

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Lipreading

June 12, 2006

Hey, one of the guys on the USA coaching team just mouthed “F*CK ME!” (The guy in the blue shirt with the cool ‘stache sitting next to the coach)

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Score one for the Czechs

June 12, 2006

Ehhh… great. Czech Republic just made a goal. USA 0:1 Czech Republic

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