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Trade Deficit

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At the beginning of this week, there didn’t seem to be much on the horizon to discuss in this space other than whether UFC Fight Night 138 features the worst on-paper main card in five years, or in 10. Seriously, when was the last time there was a sub-.500 fighter in an Ultimate Fighting Championship main or co-main event? Where’s Jay Pettry when I need the answers to these questions?

What a difference a few days make. Yesterday, police in Florida apprehended the man they claim is the mail bomber who has gripped the country’s headlines, and it turns out he’s a cage fighting aficionado.