Farewell. The Flying Pig Has Left The Building.

Steve Hynd, August 16, 2012

After four years on the Typepad site, eight years total blogging, Newshoggers is closing it's doors today. We've been coasting the last year or so, with many of us moving on to bigger projects (Hey, Eric!) or simply running out of blogging enthusiasm, and it's time to give the old flying pig a rest.

We've done okay over those eight years, although never being quite PC enough to gain wider acceptance from the partisan "party right or wrong" crowds. We like to think we moved political conversations a little, on the ever-present wish to rush to war with Iran, on the need for a real Left that isn't licking corporatist Dem boots every cycle, on America's foreign misadventures in Afghanistan and Iraq. We like to think we made a small difference while writing under that flying pig banner. We did pretty good for a bunch with no ties to big-party apparatuses or think tanks.

Those eight years of blogging will still exist. Because we're ending this typepad account, we've been archiving the typepad blog here. And the original blogger archive is still here. There will still be new content from the old 'hoggers crew too. Ron writes for The Moderate Voice, I post at The Agonist and Eric Martin's lucid foreign policy thoughts can be read at Democracy Arsenal.

I'd like to thank all our regular commenters, readers and the other bloggers who regularly linked to our posts over the years to agree or disagree. You all made writing for 'hoggers an amazingly fun and stimulating experience.

Thank you very much.

Note: This is an archive copy of Newshoggers. Most of the pictures are gone but the words are all here. There may be some occasional new content, John may do some posts and Ron will cross post some of his contributions to The Moderate Voice so check back.


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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Upset of the decade

By Fester:


The Detroit Lions will beat the New England Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers this year. Or at least the odds for that to happen are no worse than the odds for the United States to beat Spain in FIFA's Confederation Cup.



The USA team squeaked into the semifinals where they will play Spain in Confederation Cup odds as +1.5 goal underdogs on Wednesday at 2:25pm EST on ESPN.


Getting to the semifinals for the United States was a minor miracle but winning against Spain would be a major one. Spain has won 15 straight matches overall and is unbeaten in their last 35 matches....


odds at SBG Global have Spain -1.5 (-120) against the USA +1.5 (-120) with a Draw +350 and a betting total of 2.5 OVER -130 in soccer odds.


And now the results:



2120: Full-time Spain 0-2 USA Well, I wasn't expecting that - but was anyone? USA produce surely the greatest Confederations Cup shock to beat Euro 2008 champions Spain and secure a place in Sunday's final. Against either Brazil or South Africa - and no way am I calling that one now. We've missed you, football.




Wow! That is a shocker. I think I know what I'll be watching on the DVR during bottle time tonight...



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