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Well done Germany, the one team you can always count on. While many big teams are eliminated early, Germany almost always gets that top 3 spot.
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France vs. Germany, what a classic match up. France has been looking a lot better in this Cup than its previous few performances, but Germany is better. I think this will be a close match but I would give the slight edge to the Germans - maybe 2-1 or something like that for score.
Brazil vs. Colombia, I'm betting on the little guy. Brazil is ok but nothing spectacular, certainly nothing like its world cup 1st/2nd place quality. Plus Colombia looks amazing, and their young striker James Rodriguez looks unstoppable - he is already leading by goals in the tournament with 5. Colombia to take it in full time 2-1.
Both of these matches should be amazing to watch, these teams have proven to be very high quality, and more importantly, all have star players and excellent offensive capability. This won't be another boring Greece match.
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I ran across this video by total chance. Absolutely hilarity ensues when 2 "fringe" candidates for the Ohio governor's seat are invited to a debate. Is this really what people in Ohio are like?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQlPcwiruaY#t=55I would totally vote for Harley Brown, though. Pro gay-marriage and doesn't like all of that political-correctness bullshit. |
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Skyrim is a great game with tons of content, i think i has a 100 hours of game content if im not mistaken. Plus it has great support from the community via mods, if you have a capable pc you should try its different enhancing mods. The best thing about it is the vastness of the in-game world and the mythology that surrounds it. After finishing the main storyline, I've spent many hours just chilling around the lakes and mountains, or finding books in people's house to learn more about Skyrim. Amen. That is the strength of Elder Scrolls and any other open-world RPGs. You just continue exploring and discovering more interesting stuff. And if you somehow manage to find and do everything there is to do...you can always reroll a different character. There are so many different perk/race combinations to play. |
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Lost and breaking bad are must sees pretty popular and I should think that most people have seen these.
I used to really like "Lost" until I actually got lost in the plot. The episodes would air so sporadically that by the time a new episode was one, I totally forgot everything that was happening in the series... It's interesting that you mention that...There is actually a guy that took all of the Lost episodes and broke up their content in chronological order. Very cool project - it's called Chronologically Lost. He put it up as a torrent for everyone to download for free  |
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Documentaries may not be that popular but I just watched Capitalism: A Love Story on youtube. One of the most depressing movies I've ever seen, but also a great resource to see everything that is currently wrong with America's economic and political system. |
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Wow, I did not expect the US to be that far down. Even Romania is rated higher! The press in the US is obviously not free, as practically everyone else in this thread already mentioned, and I believe mostly for the reasons previously stated: they are paid by people that have a vested interest in spreading their views. Now, there are exception to this, usually in the form of small, mostly online based companies, that don't receive state or corporate funding and rely on public donations instead. Examples are Democracy Now ( http://www.democracynow.org/), The Young Turks ( http://www.youtube.com/user/TheYoungTurks/featured), The Real News Network ( http://therealnews.com/t2/), and so on. However, I think a more interesting topic would be in what way a "good education" may influence this by limiting the spectrum of "acceptable" opinions. You see, in most cases, I don't believe there actually is anyone telling journalists and editors they can't report on something, or that they need to do so through a specific view; people are groomed to accept it. Then those that more easily rise through the ranks are those that have internalized those views. As a practical "try it yourself at home" example, what if someone told you that every American president since the second world war ought to be brought before an international court and tried for war crimes?  I agree that there are those few independent news networks like Democracy Now, but the problem is that very few people listen to them, and they have very, very little exposure. And I'm sure they may have trouble with revealing truly inflammatory material (like Snowden / Wiki-leaks level stuff). I also very much agree that people are groomed to not ask any questions and sort of just roll with the status quo. It is almost like the big news sources like the New York Times realize that they are only posting things that their owners allow and want, but they won't do anything to change that. It's like that saying "don't rock the boat" - the people that accept all of the bullshit and corruption they see will rise quickly. In the end it comes down to what is really worse - state control or corporate control? Is the press more useful in either case? or are they equally bad? |
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This match just proves that you can't get by with a good defense in football - you have to have both good defense and attack. USA, Iran, Greece, and some other teams all have very good defense, but their lack of good offensive potential is their ultimate downfall.
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Black. I used to put a little bit of milk and two spoons of sugar, but both of those things are unhealthy. Milk can't be digested by most adult humans and can cause acne/indigestion, while added sugar is just bad for you straight up.
The coffee does taste like shit for now, but I think I will get used to it. Rather be healthy.
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I hear people say over and over that the US press/journalism is nothing like in authoritarian states like Russia and China where journalists can't write anything negative about the government. But is this really the case? Mainstream media in the US ignores the corruption of the US government, while reporters that try to break the silence by releasing important stories get harassed and silenced. Just recently I read about the story of James Risen, a New York Times journalist who is about to go to jail for refusing to give up a source he used to write his anti-government book "State of War". http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/us/james-risen-faces-jail-time-for-refusing-to-identify-a-confidential-source.htmlWhat do you guys think? |
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Surprised it took both France and Germany that long to score.
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What a save by Nigerian goalkeeper Enyeama!
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Groan I am no better at picking these than I am at picking alts to invest in LOL. At least tommorow's matches should be easy to call. France over Nigeria, Germany over Algeria. I don't think there's much room for surprises here. |
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So fitting, Gekas the 34 year old who isn't going to see another Euro or Fifa cup ends his team's run.
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This world cup is going to give the fans a heart attack. So many close games and penalties.
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Beautiful pass and a beautiful save. Barely off the leg of the goalkeeper.
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Both teams deserved to win, but I'm happier that Netherlands was the one to win(they disclassified would mess my parlays); Hope that Costa Rica wins by 4vs0 against the greeks, Greece has an awfull defensive football and they deserved to lose al their group stage matches That was unlucky for mexico. Very soft pentaly too.
The penalty was given for something that normally would not result in a penalty, but it was the 3rd time in that match already that Robben fell down near the goal (and the first two times were a little more intense), so that's probably the reason why. With all the pressure in the late-game they would most likely win in case of additional play time. Exactly, even if you think the last minute penalty was soft, the one in first half was a 100% foul that should have been a penalty. So Netherlands won fair and square. |
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By far the most dramatic match of the tournament for me. Chile - Brazil was close but it really looked like Holland was dead and out. And the ref made up for his mistake in not giving Robben the penalty in the first half so it's all fair.
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WOW the Dutch are killing Mexican dreams in the last 5 minutes of the match. What a dramatic turn around - go from beating arguably the best team at the tournament to losing in a couple of minutes.
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