Just Stand At Attention and Yell Semper Fi

By: GregoriusU Monday July 12, 2010 7:02 am

This week in hoof-in-mouth disease: Lindsay Lohan, General James “Fun to Shoot People” Mattis and Paul the Psychic Octopus

The 2010 FIFA World Cup: a socialist plot to subvert capitalism and take over the world.

By: davisfleetwood Saturday June 12, 2010 5:22 am

Why is the America the lone holdout in the entire world to hold real football in disdain? Cuz we are Cowboys. We are Hypercapitalist war mongering Cowboys.

World Cup Preview: England World Cup Coach Implementing SEX Surveillance

By: davisfleetwood Friday June 11, 2010 12:44 pm

For many athletes, the opportunity to play in the world cup will only come along once in a lifetime. While cunning linguists may have picked up on the pun in that previous sentence, the coach for England World Cup team has banned his team from that activity. Sex, that is, not punning.

You can be great at soccer, or globally dominant – you can’t be both

By: Zachary Karabell Wednesday July 1, 2009 8:39 am

Cross-posted at River Twice Research.

So the United States lost to Brazil in the final of the FIFA Confederations cup, in that thrilling but painful tale of two halves, with the U.S. up 2-0 only to see Brazil roar back (or rather dance and prance and glide with balletic ferocity) and win 3-2. All I can say is, thank god.

Back-door End-around non-Voter-Approved State Funding Greets D.C. United

By: alank Tuesday February 17, 2009 10:51 am

Funding was never easier when the item of interest is superfluous in the increasingly stringent economic times.

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