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June 11, 2009

Steroids, Slander, and the Internets

Maybe I'm extra special partial to this because I've fallen in love faster with Raul Ibanez than any other baseball player, and it's a little unsettling to see him react so angrily to what I consider to be an understandably suspicious, imperfectly presented, but ultimately harmless blog post, but maybe my rapture runs deeper. Maybe the debate really does provide a totally fascinating angle from which to look at press and rumor and the evolution of information flow...



Good for ESPN for hosting the discussion. Good for Jerod the blogger for participating with cool and humility. And good for Raul for offering stool samples if requested. Radical transparency, baby.

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January 21, 2009

Hot Off the Rumor Mill

According to Greg, China is planning on building the world's biggest lake.  They're damming a medium-low altitude Himalayan valley and letting the mountains fill up.  And, apparently, when they finish construction and the waters rise and spread, the lake will be so big it'll affect "the balance of the poles," the earth's "skin" will adjust for balance, and all bets are off.  Volcanoes.  Earthquakes.  High speed continental drift.  In other words: a party.

When he finished his rave, Greg paused for a few seconds, thinking, and then told me he'd call his hydrogeologist friend to check some facts.  He hasn't talked to him in years, but he figures the man's probably a strategic consultant on the project.

Hmmm.

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