As you probably noticed, we've had some S365 machine ghosts to bust this weekend. That obviously slowed me down, and thus, this is late. It's still videos of sweet goals, though...Let's begin with some dude named Ricky at Real Madrid. Apparently, he doesn't mess around.Speaking of single moniker Brazilians, it seems Corinthians have a goal-sniffin' fella name of. Click to continue reading...

The Seattle Sounders vs Houston Dynamo playoffs got the MLS playoffs to a raucous start with their edge of the seat performances even it ended in a goalless draw. Seattle also boasts the highest home attendances in the MLS. It all looks promising.

Except as this article points out, there is enough deadwood in the MLS.

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Watch Jon Stewart skewer the senators who voted against the Franken Rape Amendment;
"I guess it's an efficiency thing. You don't want to waste tax-payer money giving it to someone who advises fake prostitutes how to commit imaginary crimes (like ACORN), you want to give it to Halliburton because they're committing real gang rape. Click to continue reading...

As I write I am listening to Jon Stewart's interview with Betsy McCaughey the promulgator of the death panel drivel (although I believe Sarah Palin may actually deserve credit for the term). A dangerous combination there. But watch the interview ... watch the caginess, the pandering to the audience, the lack of substance.

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I've been on a bit of an early Jayhawks kick over the past couple of days. Hearing Jeff Tweedy sing Pecan Pie the other day reminded me that I got into Wilco and Uncle Tupelo through Tweedy's involvement in Golden Smog, which I think was before the release of A.M. And I got into Golden Smog because it also had Louris and Dan Murphy of Soul Asylum.

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Last year, Tim tried valiantly to chronicle the downfall, but gave up a week in. He hadn't yet even gotten to this one, but I don't know if any of them hold a candle to this one, Ode To A Koala Bear.

Yes, you read that correctly. Ode To A Koala Bear. Proceed with caution.

What's even scarier is that this piece of crap is the B-side to his hit duet with Michael Jackson, Say Say Say.

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You're at a party and the discussion turns to world events. Some dude, usually wearing a Ralph Lauren polo shirt and Sarah Palin glasses, says, "I get all my news from the BBC." It's his way of saying, "I'm an intellectual and the American press is for idiots."

If that story sounds eerily familiar, it should.

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While he may not boast the soccer resume of Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert is apparently a soccer fan now. You can thank the U.S. national team's run through the Confederations Cup for making it happen.

Enjoy this clip of Colbert discussing the sport we love, with his own unique spin:

The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cIs it Time to Care About Soccer? Click to continue reading...

While he may not boast the soccer resume of Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert is apparently a soccer fan now. You can thank the U.S. national team's run through the Confederations Cup for making it happen.

Enjoy this clip of Colbert discussing the sport we love, with his own unique spin:

The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cIs it Time to Care About Soccer? Click to continue reading...

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Three hour traffic jams? "Cocksuckers from Massapequa?" The conjoined twin of New Jersey? "No homos?" Yep, that's my home.

One thing the Senator got wrong, though.

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Okay so I do, I really do want to be rooting for Obama but what's with this latest appointment? GE's defender on environmental issues, Ignacia Moreno, has been hired to do the legal stuff for EPA? How did Obama explained this decision, I'm wondering. It kind of gives me a weird feeling in my stomach.

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So what's happening today?

First off, I see that Obama gave his commencement speech at Arizona State. What a strange decision on their part, to not award him the degree and what a gracious response from POTUS!

Jon Stewart had an excellent piece on The Daily Show about ASU and their decision to diss the president.

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There comes a time in everyone's life who is either in college, doesn't have the money to pay for multiple TV packages, or is just too damn lazy, that they want to watch some soccer online. Yes this may mean that you have to watch a game in quality so low the ball disappears into the certain parts of the grass and you have to guess where it is by where the pixilated players are perusing. Click to continue reading...

Regarding March Madness, our Men's bracket winner ... Mo ... has started off the trash talking for next year with this prediction ..."Next year I will either go perfect in one of the brackets or win both of them."

Alice, you will need to convey this to Mike when you see him. Meanwhile, I will begin plotting my own comeback!

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I admit that Stewart gushes a little bit long at the end, but I can't say, given the opportunity, I would have kept my composure any better.

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So have you made your picks yet?  Sign up here for the men's bracket and here for the women's.  Click the link and then click "Join this group."  You need to be logged in to your NY Times account for it to work.  If you have problems, post a comment and I'll try to help.  [...] Click to continue reading...

It didn't take long, did it? Two years after losing Congress and only five months after Bush left office and it's in shambles. Yeah, and they called Al Gore a sore loser. I also think it's cute that they've embraced identity politics at the same time that we're supposed to have moved beyond that, but that's besides the point.

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Check out MatchTracker starting at 7AM ET to follow the USWNT's opening game of the Algarve Cup.  They start off against Denmark, in a match-up that could prove one of their more difficult of the tournament. "It's not a World Cup year or an Olympic year, so we can try different things and one thing we [. Click to continue reading...

Larry David has said that nothing makes him laugh more than people getting up in his face and calling him the vilest of names. With this clip, Jon Stewart has just beaten David at his own game. So watch this twice, the first for the whole thing, and the second for Jon Stewart's reactions, which even when he loses it bring the bit to a whole new realm of genius.

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So the stimulus package has passed, as the sun rises on this beautiful Saturday morning.  It wouldn't have, without the help of Arlen Specter, Olympia Snow, and Susan Collins - courageous, centrist Republicans in a sea of dissembling, disingenuous, faux bipartisan doofusses mouthing old platitudes and marching in lockstep. Click to continue reading...