by Michelle Malkin: President Obama's hometown cronies lost their bid to bring the 2016 Olympic Games to the Windy City. But this week they got a consolation prize: the Gitmolympics. On Tuesday, the White House went public with its official plans to purchase the Thomson Correctional' [...] 
For the black lab owner on your Christmas list (what, about 1 million Arkies?), you'll want the new Game and Fish conservation plate, won't you? But, oops, it's not available until Jan. 1.
[...]By commenting on this open line?
Which reminds me: The Arkansas Lottery rolls out a new "draw" game Monday, Cash 3. Too complicated for me.
PS -- Got my Democrat-Gazette renewal when I got home. It will be $180 for a year of home delivery (plus web access, of course), versus [...]
It’s official: The Arkansas Razorbacks will play the East Carolina Pirates in the Liberty Bowl on January 2nd in Memphis, Tennessee. The game kicks off at 4:30 p.m. and will be televised on ESPN.
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From http://Mint.com - Are you *officially* unemployed? The reported rate actually excludes millions of jobless Americans. H/T Steve Foley - The Minority Report
One of the refreshing things about Bill Simmons‘ new book, “The Book of Basketball,” is his unwavering and persuasive belief that basketball, unlike baseball, is both an objective and subjective sport. It’s objective in the ways you might imagine: scoring, shooting percentage, rebounds per game, assists, minutes. But it’s [...]
With the Republican Party of Arkansas Senate Straw Poll only a couple days off, Senate candidates are evaluating how they believe they will perform. A standard part of such events are setting expectations going into the event.
Conrad Reynolds Campaign did that today with a [...]
Gerard Matthews is Twittering from the hearing on Sen. Sue Madison's request for a lottery study. The NAACP, Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families and the Family Council have joined Madison in objecting to the game and state promotion of it.
We mentioned this hearing earlier today.
More from Gerard [...]
If so, comment here. Looks like the world is as sleepy as I am.
A Fayetteville reader grabbed the cellphone pix below -- "a statement of sorts," he writes.
David Bazzel reminds us all that there's a football game to be played Saturday (not Friday as I originally wrote erroneously) and a' [...]
The Arkansas Lottery Commission today approved sale of Mega Millions multistate lottery tickets beginning next year. Powerball tickets are already sold here.
If the two multistate games merge, it will create a mega-mega lottery prize in time.
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I obsess about bowl games this time of year, especially when, for the first time in two season, the Arkansas Razorbacks are eligible for one. Today, e-mails have blanketed my in-box about scenarios that would lead the Hogs to the Cotton Bowl. Is it really possible? I asked in response.
After [...]
