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Posts Tagged ‘Money’

torontolightning

Toronto ‘wins,’ The Atlantic sins


The following outrage, noted via the Mock Turtle blog (some DRIVEN comments after the fold):

“I got a little excited when I saw this month’s Atlantic Monthly on the newsstand. The suburbs lose. The sun belt fades. Toronto wins. How the crash will reshape America, touts the cover over a nighttime shot of Toronto seen from the lake. A little strange, granted, since Toronto is in Canada and there is no sun belt here, unless you’re talking midnight sun—but, with the author listed as Toronto-based urban affairs guru Richard Florida, it made sense.

“Except… the article doesn’t mention Toronto.”

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sportsbook

Super Haul XLIII: In it for the money?


There are fewer things more precious to an American’s psyche than war and money. One could argue—and there’d be no disagreement on this end—that their undisciplined approach to both has created a mess not only for themselves but also the global village at large. For one day each year, the love of the almighty dollar meets the bloodlust of obliterating an opponent in a made-in-America orgiastic celebration of all that is supposedly honourable and admirable in that nation’s character. You may know this annual event as the Super Bowl.

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