Bob McCarty Writes

Nowhere on the web page for FARMER JOHN® Premium Spiral Sliced Half Hams could I find a “2-lb. frozen ham sliced” priced at $1,191,200. I could, however, find a contract summary (shown below) that appears to reveal that the Department of Agriculture paid Clougherty Packaging, L.L.C., $1,191,200 for a “2 POUND FROZEN HAM SLICED.”

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An article in the Wall Street Journal Monday summed up the situation surrounding Al Franken, the washed-up comedian-turned washed-up Air America Radio talk show host who decided to make a run for the U.S. Senate seat of incumbent Republican Norm Coleman:
Strange things keep happening in Minnesota, where the disputed recount in the Senate race between [...]

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The Big 12 North’s Kansas Jayhawks defeated the Big Ten’s Minnesota Golden Gophers, 42-21, late yesterday afternoon in the Insight Bowl in Tempe, Ariz.
Because the game was aired on NFL Network, I didn’t watch it and will not give spend much time writing about the efforts of these two unranked teams.  I will, however, thank [...]

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It appears I blew it when it came to predicting the outcomes of the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl played last night in San Diego.
In my second annual college football bowl game predictions post, I had picked #13 Oklahoma State to defeat #17 Oregon, 29-20.  Unfortunately, the Ducks had other plans for the Cowboys of my [...]

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Due to the fact that there are seven — count ‘em, seven — Big 12 Conference teams involved in college football bowl games between Dec. 29 and Jan. 8, I decided to include all of their games as well as all of the BCS bowl games in my predictions this year which appear below:
Monday, Dec. [...]

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