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"Robust" seems like a good characterization of what I was seeing. Also, I hadn't a clue that the period extended from June 29th to July 9th.
Amazingly, I've only found one story of anyone managing to kill himself this July 4th. Dude took a mortar shell right in the throat, apparently peering into a hang-fire.
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Woohoo Blackburn! Armstrong scored this amazing goal from halfway across the field to make it 3-2. Blackburn remain alive :)
Amazingly, I've only found one story of anyone managing to kill himself this July 4th. Dude took a mortar shell right in the throat, apparently peering into a hang-fire.
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Woohoo Blackburn! Armstrong scored this amazing goal from halfway across the field to make it 3-2. Blackburn remain alive :)
And Blackburn beat QPR and rise to tenth! They're not *that* far from competing for promotion, but it's a very tight league once you're in the top 2/3 or so.
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"Arizona woman charged with murder in disturbing killings of 3 children" is a disturbing headline, implying as it does that there are reassuring, ordinary ways to commit mass pedocide.
Remarkable smirk in the mugshot as well.
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The Chinese Doom is apparently harder on men than on women, which seems odd to me. The doctor being interviewed implies that's expected for viral diseases, though. I have learned something new.
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"Arizona woman charged with murder in disturbing killings of 3 children" is a disturbing headline, implying as it does that there are reassuring, ordinary ways to commit mass pedocide.
Remarkable smirk in the mugshot as well.
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The Chinese Doom is apparently harder on men than on women, which seems odd to me. The doctor being interviewed implies that's expected for viral diseases, though. I have learned something new.
Sports Thoughts
Jul. 7th, 2019 09:15 pmSo, Yankees are carrying on like bosses. Cubs are barely ahead (one-half game) of the Beer Factory Employees, despite having a 4/6 run. The Reds, meanwhile, are only 4.5 games back at the tail-end of the division! Every other division's lead from first to second is larger than that. This is probably some kind of record.
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Our guys scored 26 goals altogether. Half of those were against Thailand.
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FIFA wants to add eight more teams for next time, but honestly... Thailand, Korea, South Africa, and Jamaica really weren't good enough to be there this time, and Cameroon should probably be barred from international play for a few years.
Four groups of five teams each would have been more sensible, I think.
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If Alex Morgan wanted to grab her crotch and hump the air like the men do, I don't think anyone would object. These are professional athletes - they're not the sort of people you invite to nice parties, or expect them to behave themselves if you do. The tea-drinking thing was taunting, though. That was offensive.
There's an old, vastly underappreciated social SF movie called "Rollerball" that comes to mind.
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Lyon is, IIRC, a 60k stadium (60G if Fox is counting), but I don't think it was over 3/4 full. I suspect that for the men's championship, even if it were Andorra v. Vanuatu, you'd still have a sellout.
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Our guys scored 26 goals altogether. Half of those were against Thailand.
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FIFA wants to add eight more teams for next time, but honestly... Thailand, Korea, South Africa, and Jamaica really weren't good enough to be there this time, and Cameroon should probably be barred from international play for a few years.
Four groups of five teams each would have been more sensible, I think.
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If Alex Morgan wanted to grab her crotch and hump the air like the men do, I don't think anyone would object. These are professional athletes - they're not the sort of people you invite to nice parties, or expect them to behave themselves if you do. The tea-drinking thing was taunting, though. That was offensive.
There's an old, vastly underappreciated social SF movie called "Rollerball" that comes to mind.
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Lyon is, IIRC, a 60k stadium (60G if Fox is counting), but I don't think it was over 3/4 full. I suspect that for the men's championship, even if it were Andorra v. Vanuatu, you'd still have a sellout.
That was close. Not content with being predictably wrong, the VAR guys're gonna change their standards in mid-stream for extra popularity. Hopefully there'll be a reaction against this, and a return to real-time officiating in future.
Now we get to play England.
Now we get to play England.
Sports Commentary
Jun. 20th, 2019 03:30 pmThe BBC said: "Thailand need to win 15-0 to qualify today. It's still 0-0 against Chile after 25 minutes so not looking good..."
Edit: I have this vision of the mob assembling outside the VAR offices, with pitchforks and torches and a guillotine...
Edit: I have this vision of the mob assembling outside the VAR offices, with pitchforks and torches and a guillotine...
I Should be Singing Along
Jun. 12th, 2019 08:03 amSo, I'm not the only person stupid enough to have done this, and I apparently thought of it about 40 years before anyone else, too.
To be honest, the idea is probably as old as sticky tape. There seems to be a modern assumption that the first time a fad shows on the internet marks its actual beginning.
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I skipped watching the America / Thailand game, as I had stuff I needed to get done, and figured it would be a steamrollering anyway. Well...
There seems to be some criticism, mainly here, that running up the score was unsportsmanlike. If it were two American teams playing one another, I'd agree, but as several foreign friends have pointed out over the years, that seems to be mainly a US / Canadian thing, and nobody else sees it that way.
If advancement comes down to points differential, we're covered.
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After watching France / Korea, and now America / Thailand, it's difficult to avoid the conclusion that some of the teams are just added to the schedule as filler.
To be honest, the idea is probably as old as sticky tape. There seems to be a modern assumption that the first time a fad shows on the internet marks its actual beginning.
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I skipped watching the America / Thailand game, as I had stuff I needed to get done, and figured it would be a steamrollering anyway. Well...
There seems to be some criticism, mainly here, that running up the score was unsportsmanlike. If it were two American teams playing one another, I'd agree, but as several foreign friends have pointed out over the years, that seems to be mainly a US / Canadian thing, and nobody else sees it that way.
If advancement comes down to points differential, we're covered.
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After watching France / Korea, and now America / Thailand, it's difficult to avoid the conclusion that some of the teams are just added to the schedule as filler.
What a Massacre!
Jun. 7th, 2019 04:55 pmFrench coach looks dour.
French women all seem taller than the Koreans.
Koreans have decided not to go halfsies with the Tubby Tyrant's team this time.
The French have roosters on their jerseys, instead of hens. Hens would be better, IMHO. Actually, they should have Ettie.
I find myself cheering on the French, as I imagine Ettie playing on their team.
9' France 1-0. It's pretty obvious already how this is going to turn out.
27' I do not like the idea of stopping games for review to begin with, and like it still less when it produces bad results. That was such a monster kick, too!
34' France is pretty much suppressing Korea. France 2-0.
45' Only two minutes of stoppage time. They wasted at least three minutes on that review.
45 +2' Korean goalie might as well have been a cardboard cutout on that last goal. I wonder if she thought the half was already over?
France up by 3 at the half. Should be 4. French coach still looks dour.
62' Koreans manage a shot (barely) on goal. French goalie casually catches it. That's pretty well the high point of the game for the Koreans so far. If I were the Korean coach, I'd be resting my good guys for Nigeria at this point. This is a massacre.
69' Poor Korean coach is clapping and acting enthusiastic to keep his team pumped.
71' Korean goalie is hurt :( Not badly, it seems.
76' For Pete's sake, Korea... That was just sad. *I* could kick on goal from that range.
79' French player is double then triple-teamed by the Koreans in the corner. She comes out on top.
82' French coach manages a neutral expression.
84' 4-0 France.
90+3 French coach manages a slight smile. 4-0 France final. It wasn't nearly as close as that makes it sound. It could have been 8-0 if they'd pushed in the second half like they did the first.
French women all seem taller than the Koreans.
Koreans have decided not to go halfsies with the Tubby Tyrant's team this time.
The French have roosters on their jerseys, instead of hens. Hens would be better, IMHO. Actually, they should have Ettie.
I find myself cheering on the French, as I imagine Ettie playing on their team.
9' France 1-0. It's pretty obvious already how this is going to turn out.
27' I do not like the idea of stopping games for review to begin with, and like it still less when it produces bad results. That was such a monster kick, too!
34' France is pretty much suppressing Korea. France 2-0.
45' Only two minutes of stoppage time. They wasted at least three minutes on that review.
45 +2' Korean goalie might as well have been a cardboard cutout on that last goal. I wonder if she thought the half was already over?
France up by 3 at the half. Should be 4. French coach still looks dour.
62' Koreans manage a shot (barely) on goal. French goalie casually catches it. That's pretty well the high point of the game for the Koreans so far. If I were the Korean coach, I'd be resting my good guys for Nigeria at this point. This is a massacre.
69' Poor Korean coach is clapping and acting enthusiastic to keep his team pumped.
71' Korean goalie is hurt :( Not badly, it seems.
76' For Pete's sake, Korea... That was just sad. *I* could kick on goal from that range.
79' French player is double then triple-teamed by the Koreans in the corner. She comes out on top.
82' French coach manages a neutral expression.
84' 4-0 France.
90+3 French coach manages a slight smile. 4-0 France final. It wasn't nearly as close as that makes it sound. It could have been 8-0 if they'd pushed in the second half like they did the first.
So, as retailers do, they were advertising automobiles on TV. It was a very old-fashioned car commercial, in that they were actually talking about the features of the car, and not just trying to create a mood. I've really not saeen that approach since the 70s or so, and it pleases me. However, one of the selling points was a secret compartment where you can keep valuables in the car. They showed where it is. They showed where the button is that you push to open it. Words fail me.
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We've got Everton vs. Southampton on TV for match of the day. Everton seems to be sponsored by Angry Birds, which seems weird to me. For whatever reason, the crowd keep singing "When the Saints Go Marching In". Repeatedly. That must be thr Southampton song. As an American, I associate that with New Orleans.
EPL guys flop worse than the NBA, which is saying something. Dude got brushed while airborne, landed squarely on his feet, then, after about a half second delay, fell over backwards.
And what a remarkable finish!
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Blackburn won their game, but Doncaster failed to beat Wigan. I'm happy with that, They'll advance to the Championship League. Congratulations to any Wigan fans reading this.
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We've got Everton vs. Southampton on TV for match of the day. Everton seems to be sponsored by Angry Birds, which seems weird to me. For whatever reason, the crowd keep singing "When the Saints Go Marching In". Repeatedly. That must be thr Southampton song. As an American, I associate that with New Orleans.
EPL guys flop worse than the NBA, which is saying something. Dude got brushed while airborne, landed squarely on his feet, then, after about a half second delay, fell over backwards.
And what a remarkable finish!
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Blackburn won their game, but Doncaster failed to beat Wigan. I'm happy with that, They'll advance to the Championship League. Congratulations to any Wigan fans reading this.
