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Is President Obama the foreign-born, Muslim failure that so many paint him to be? No, he isn’t: Barack Obama is down, but it’s far too early to count him out.

Catholics: 19th century America’s  Muslims: Catholics, Muslims, and the Mosque Controversy

Another wonderful interview with my intellectual hero: The Humanist interview with Gore Vidal.

US ties Slovenia 3-2!

by Luke on 19 June, 2010

Koman Coulibaly

Koman Coulibaly who, according to Wikipedia, "is rumoured to hate the United States of America with the burning passion of a white hot sun."

This guy’s almost as bad as Kim Jong-Il.

The BBC 5 Live commentators mentioned several times that Coulibaly was on-field before the match with his video camera, “soaking up the atmosphere like a tourist”. I’d guess it likely that, in addition to having a history of being a grossly  incompetent referee, Coulibaly was also paid to throw the match.

USA 1 – 1 England

June 14, 2010

Ever since the group draw for the World Cup, I’ve been excited about being in the UK to watch the US play England. I assumed that in Scotland I would watch the match with a relatively friendly, England-hating crowd. Then I arrived at St Andrews and found that most of the classmates didn’t care much [...]

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Willie Nelson in Dundee

June 9, 2010

Monday night I finally, finally was able to watch Willie Nelson perform. I wouldn’t have imagined that Dundee, Scotland would be the place where I would finally see the man, but life is unpredictable. I couldn’t have asked for much more from Willie’s set, and his voice was fantastic, much better than you might imagine [...]

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