The Last Ephor

Jon Stewart FTW. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c World Cup 2010: Into Africa - US Beats Algeria www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party

they're World Cup crazy. Please no more nonsense about soccer being communist or whatever. Just stop, you sound like an idiot.

The best goal I've ever seen. The best goal anyone has ever seen and very rarely talked about. Seriously, the level of skill required to make this shot is insane. This is Michael Jordan scoring a full court shot over his shoulder while diving out of bounds to save a wayward pass.

Landon Donovan's late goal lifts United States over Algeria, and into next round of World Cup Story is good but the clip says it all. The unbridled joy when Donovan scores is awesome.

That's him.  He's trying to kill me.  He is the host Head Inquistitor of something called P90X.  This is a self torture video that is designed to maim but not kill you.  If you attempt to follow the entire regiment after years of inactivity you will be crippled (at least temporarily).  Allow me to explain.  In April I decided to get serious about dropping weight and getting into some sort of shape.  Some of you remember that I used to play soccer on Wednesday nights (nb:  Hube was too scared).  That was 2+ hours of running around every week.  Good for the calorie burn.  They closed the field as it was in terrible shape and wanted to "rest" it over the summer and that was the end of that.  The games never came back.  I had heard good things about the P90X program and decided (yesterday) to try it.  The good thing is, it's on video which makes it handy to follow along and its all plyometrics which means no weights to b...

Happy tears for Donovan Very well played. Can hardly contain my excitement. They were nearly robbed again as the Dempsey goal was called off despite clearly being on sides. The refs have it in for our team. Once is a fluke, two call that bad is not. The Germany/Ghana game starts in a minute. We want Germany to win this one so they play England and then we'll play Ghana. They play rough so the chances for injury are higher but Germany is a very powerful team. One we want to avoid as long as possible.

Put down your stupid horn and try this:

For Democrats the answer is yes according to The New Republic . He cites some solid reasons but really even if he's completely right it's not going to be another 1994. It will be enough to blunt Obamas further efforts are massive, drastic changes. It will also make his favorite activity (Blame Someone Else) that much easier. It will take the pressure off for the True Believers who will be able to stay safe and warm in their cocoon of belief. It will ensure Obama runs in 2012 and likely defeat. That's a long way off but I think this Gulf fiasco is turning his most ardent supporters toward re-evaluation at least. I'd wager even the redoubtable LGOMB and Kavips have doubts they won't publicly air. In fact, Kavips posted one not too long ago that reeked of whistling past the graveyard . November is a few months away and any sort of predictions are very very early (That doesn't seem to stop you -ed). If things continue apace November could be very bad for...

Manute Bol is dead at 47. He was known mostly for his enormous size. I remember him as one of the first seven footers in the game indeed he is reputed to be the tallest player ever to play in the NBA. He was a tireless activist for peace in Sudan. He made millions but spent most of it in Sudan trying to help the people there. He even once incurred a $25,000 penalty for skipping two exposition games while attending a peace conference in DC. He is survived by his second wife and ten (!) children. The NBA could use a few dozen more like him.