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Brief thought exercise: does the United States even ‘deserve’ to win the World Cup?

Posted on by Ted Bauer

This is all pretty much a moot point, since assuming the United States will beat Belgium and Argentina in its next two games is a wide stretch. But … think about it. Anything is possible. There’s a lot of consternation around legitimate… Continue Reading →

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China’s going to spend about $5 billion on the web today, KTHXBYE

Posted on by Ted Bauer

Today is ‘Singles Day’ in China; for better or worse, that’s their equivalent of Cyber Monday. ‘Singles Day’ is November 11 each year — 11.11 — because the ‘ones’ (1s) in 11.11 represent bare branches, or Chinese slang for bachelors. Around… Continue Reading →