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This was a great night for fights.   I am surprised at how strong Pacquiao is and he demonstrated his power with the 2 knockdowns against Cotto.  I don’t think Cotto could have done anything different to get a different result.  Honestly, this was a great perfromance by Pacquiao.  I think he fought more patient and [...]

This was a very good ESPN show on MMA.  They highlight the last 3 knockouts and show them.  So you get to see Fedor knocking out Tim Sylvia, Andre Arlovski, and Brett Rogers.  The guy in the middle is an experienced fighter and knows what he is talking about.   They discuss the CBS ratings [...]

This is going to be a nice weekend as their is great entertainment available.  I was hoping to get some Filipino food but am afraid that all the restaurants will be overcrowded with Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto coming to town and fighting.  The fight is sold out and this will definitely be a good [...]

It seems that the pace of bank closures are increasing as we get closer to the end of the year.   These are not just single banks but chains of bank representing many branch locations.  We are up to 123 officially closed banks taken over by the FDIC.  Some of these banks were TARP recipients and [...]