Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

I'm not sure this is true -- some of the elimination games become deathly boring as both teams seek to avoid mistakes and, if they score a goal, packing it in defensively.

The second and third group games are more open because the teams often have different incentives. One may need a win more than the other, or need goals, so they open up the field, which allows for more countering and open space.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

Or not, as I am off to watch the second halves of both 0-0 games right now.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

You must be expecting them to become more exciting . . .

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

I saw that. I did not realize how completely nuts the whole situation was. I thought it was a good show.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

With Australia up there seems to be little incentive for Ghana to score as they would surely rather play the US than England.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

If Serbia score to tie, then Ghana is out on total goals. Ghana's on a knife-edge, because they can't really control whether they finish second or out.

Which do we want, Ghana or Serbia?

ETA: Well, guess it's settled then.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

While I tend to agree, tell that to Algeria.

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I'm not going anywhere near Algeria right now. Those guys are a little testy. I'm glad she got him back. Her nail got his lip, too. I hope it bled a lot.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

And I thought Domenech's refusal to shake the South African coach's hand was the least classy act in defeat . . .

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

The Aussie / Serbian game was actually quite enjoyable - wide open, lots of shots, chippiness, a waved-off tying goal.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

Or, you could just Auto-Tune a vuvuzela to play Europe's 1986 anthem, "The Final Countdown."

GOB Bluth approves.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

Isn't that like ATM Machine?

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

This is rEdiculous: The fifth set of a match at Wimbledon is tied 59-59. And was suspended for the second day in a row because of darkness.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/ten...ory?id=5319726

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

The Guardian liveblog of the match is a fun read.

ETA: for example.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

These French teams have problems.

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It's like a Simpsons episode.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

Yeah, it was a fun second half. The German fans I was watching it with for some reason were very keen for an Aussie win, some of whom did not seem to understand that there was almost no way for Australia to advance.

The waved off goal, though, wasn't really close. He was clearly offsides. Unlike the U.S. disallowed goal.

ETA: Huh. I thought we woudl have to play the winner of England/Germany in the second round. Apparently not.

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It would suck if they lined it up that way because it would create the distinct possibility of a group rematch in the round of 8. As it's set the only place two group teams can meet is in the finals. In 2002 they did it differently, so that group teams could meet in the semis, I believe to ensure that South Korea and Japan both would be assured of playing in their home countries if they emerged from their groups (i.e., both their groups were assigned to the half of the bracket played in their respective countries.)

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

am I on ignore? is your TV broken? the US ain't meeting England in the finals. except maybe in the beer line.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

USMNT blog collection of video reactions to Landon's goal.

The second video is my favorite. The transformation of facial expressions is priceless.

And they say Americans don't 'get' football.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

You're on skim, not ignore. But what post of yours did I ignore? I was explaining to Adder something that he seemed to have overlooked.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

whenever adder posts he seems to have overlooked he's an idiot. now. no one needs to reply to that sort thing again. continuing point.


P.S. Do the FBs find the Blue Light rescue ladies commercials offensive? it's crazy how canada can have anti-ethnic offense laws but allow what is so sexist here.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

Whereas Hank is a raging anti-America who apparently does not believe in the national side.

So, speaking of continuing points, Hank is anti-American. Does Michele Bachman know?

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

I have never heard of Michelle Bachman. I can say atticus's sister doesn't "no" iykwimaittyd.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

You don't actually know any tea party folks, do you? [/politics on the FB]

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

That is seriously hard to believe. She rather seems your type.

As to soccer, Hank, si se puede, si se peude.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

That you would post this observation 15 minutes before an "Atticus's sister is sexually available to many" post is not surprising. What is surprising is that you have a veritable elephant's memory for alleged outlook inconsistencies in the posts of others, spanning years.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

You should have seen the scene in my bed at 8:45 a.m. I "get" futbol.

I stopped masturbating to that robot on Fox and Friends for almost 20 minutes.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

Most of us don't really "get" football but we do like it when our team wins.

For the ladies....
 

.....some futbol eye candy.

http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/201...on-donovan.jpg

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

A tactic perfected by the Dartmouth Review by an acquaintance of mine. {{Shudder}}

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

You're a buddy of Laura Ingraham?

iPhone 4
 

Got mine and am very pleased. It's a big step up and the only reason I can think of not to buy one is AT&T (although their service has never been any worse than Verizon's for me).

I'm still messing with it, but the thing I like most about it is the speed. Everything is faster. Internet, opening and closing applications, downloading and updating apps, synching, texts, etc., are all much, much faster. This is the least talked about benefit and it's the one that will be most appreciated.

The camera is really good. The flash works well for a camera phone. I haven't really fucked around with the hd recording feature.

The screen is nicer, but haven't watched any video on it yet(besides Deadwood for 5 seconds, but that show was filmed in the dark). The clarity is great. The colors are excellent.

Haven't tested the facetime feature because I don't know anyone else who has the phone yet.

The multi-tasking feature makes sense and is easy to use. The app folder has been a long time coming.

The phone is definitely thinner, heavier (which I like--the first one had a nice weight and feel, the second one and the 3Gs felt plastic-y) and maybe a touch longer and a touch less wide. It feels much better in your hand.

Isn't it ironic* that the one feature I haven't used or even thought about is the phone? Sound quality going in both directions is supposed to be better, but I don't really care because I hate talking on the phone and really only use it to talk to my daughter.

That's all I got so far.

TM

*In an Alanis kind of way.

eta: I ordered the thing over their website on the 15th and they actually delivered it a day early (for free). Good bye lines at the Apple Store.

eata: One more thing, two more great features are, (i) the grouped email, so all your emails from multiple accounts are on one screen and (ii) the email string feature, which puts a little number on the email (on the email list page). That number tells you how many emails you've sent or received in that string. And If you tap that number it moves to a listing of all of those emails, which is amazingly convenient for work.

Re: iPhone 4
 

Are you comparing to 3G or 3GS?

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

I wouldn't say buddy. And the one I was actually referring to is the undercover reporter herself. Initials TP.

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

It looks like the FIFA ref has had about enough of Italian / Slovakian goalkeeper floppery.

Re: iPhone 4
 

3G. Didn't buy the 3Gs, but I've used friends' and the 4 kicks its ass too. The difference is the 4 uses the processor from the ipad, I believe.

TM

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!
 

I am all-around happy with those results. An African team advances. The US does not have to play Germany, whose disciplined defense always gives us difficulty. And Germany, a team I really like watching play, advances. (It is all about me, of course).

The US is also in a great position in the elimination rounds -- a quadrant that does not include Germany, Brazil, Argentina, England, or any other team rated in the top dozen or so. Ghana's not an easy team, certainly, and they beat the US in 2006 -- but we're better now, and Ghana is worse without Essien.

I am struggling not to get my hopes up.

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Still going at 68-68. Sheeh.

And holy crap Slovakia!

ETA: If I get the math right, New Zealand advances if there's a tie, right?