Blig Blog: Archive

Back to Long-Play Format?

Because I am feeling a desire for somewhat longer-format posts - although most of it will still be the ephemera that currently stokes the BB fire - I’m thinking of heading back to Wordpress for a while. So, if you are so inclined, keep up with me there: http://bliggityblog.wordpress.com bb

Jul 20th

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Jul 8th

Robert Reich: Slouching Toward a Double Dip or a... →

Watching the wind (not that it was ever powerful) go out of the sails of the mainstream liberal folks who held some hope for a stimulus-driven recovery is getting a bit depressing. I like how Reich labels the state-level budget apocalypses of the coming two years as the “anti-stimulus” (and then some). bb

Jul 7th

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Jul 4th

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Jun 3rd

“The Hip-Hop Hypocrisy of Chick Guevara: or, Boringly Bourgeois in Brentwood with...”

– I know this sounds like an exaggeration, but I seriously was waiting this week to see the Readers’ Comments section on this NY Times Magazine piece on M.I.A. Comments such as this one made it all worthwhile! They released the piece earlier this week and I read a bit, until I got bored. Do I...

May 30th

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May 28th

“We cannot change what happened in the past. But we believe it is time for...”

– It’s been pretty cycling/doping/Landis/Armstrong-heavy here on BB, but I really do believe this is a pivotal, potentially watershed, moment for pro cycling. I feel bad for Vaughters and Garmin/Slipstream in this case. Vaughters has not tried to really hide his own doping during one part of...

May 28th

"LeMond Rode Bike" →

Ah, the poetry of semi-illiterate Craigslist ads! [Greg LeMond used to have his own line of bikes. Some of which were “road” bikes. And, of course, LeMond often rode bikes.] bb

May 27th

The Inner Ring: Oops, he did it again →

UCI President Pat McQuaid keeps fighting the good fight here…har, har. This comment the other day, that there was nothing improper about Armstrong pledging money to the UCI in 2002 because there were no accusations against him at the time, seemed absurd. And, of course, it is. bb

May 26th

May 24th

“These guys coming out now with things like this from the past is only damaging...”

– This is the kind of shit that makes me apoplectic about the state of pro cycling. I’m with Adam Meyerson on this one, let the whole fucking establishment burn to the ground if this is the attitude. Who has more “love for the sport” - a guy willing to risk his life racing and doping...

May 20th