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Missouri Lincoln Days will be held February 9-11 at the Frontenac Hilton Hotel in St. Louis.

Barb Cooper has put together an incredible weekend.

You can register here.

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If the Royals hired Tony LaRussa to manage the team, and LaRussa signed Chris Carpenter, would the Royals go from worst to first in a year?

Probably not, but Carp would elevate the level of play of his teammates, and restore some faith among the fans that want to root for the home team but don’t care for their brand of baseball.

Expect a .500 performance next year. By ‘08, they may be contenders.

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The St. Louis City Republicans are hosting a Holiday Christmas Party tonight at 7 p.m. at the Q’Doba Mexican Grill at Grand and Arsenal.

As readers of this blog tend to be smarter than the average bear, you’ve noticed that I’ll be slowing down a little until session restarts in January … I’ll link to this blog on johncombest.com each day this month when a new post is uploaded …