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- Celtic legend Bertie Auld has passed away at the age of 83. Auld spent 12 years at Celtic over two spells, winning the European Cup, 5 league titles, 3 Scottish Cups and 2 League Cups. He also played for Dumbarton, Birmingham and Hibernian https://www.celticfc.com/news/2021/november/14/celtic-legend-bertie-auld-passes-away/ 14 comments soccer
- US lies and deception spelled out in Afghanistan Papers’ shocking detail - the Afghanistan Papers portray deliberate misinformation, wishful thinking, massaging of figures and cruel waste of lives – civilian and military – and a trillion dollars spent in pursuit of an unwinnable war. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/09/afghanistan-papers-military-washington-post-analysis?= 954 comments worldnews
- [Simon Johnson] #Luiz spent 6.5 years over two spells at #cfc - most were what most consider a player's peak. He won 6 major trophies. What did the club end up paying net (approx) in transfer fees for all this? £1m. They spent £59m (25m in 2011, 34m 2016), received £58m (50m in 2014, 8m 2019) https://twitter.com/sjstandardsport/status/1159579787951779846 119 comments soccer
- "This is the story of the years which I spent alone, in two spells on an uninhabited coral atoll half a mile long and three hundred yards wide in the South Pacific." http://www.janesoceania.com/suvarov_tom_neale/ 10 comments books
- Reagan, Gingrich and their successors have spent 30 years convincing both Democrats and members of the media that deficits are always bad. That could spell trouble for Obama's agenda http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/04/06/deficits/ 4 comments politics