Neither one wanted to settle for this game, but now it’s for pride. Who takes home the bronze?
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Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
Tick tock motherfuckers!
No one could have predicted…
Fuck the extremist election deniers. What’s money for if not for keeping them out of office?
You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.
“woke” is the new caravan.
Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.
Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?
“I never thought they’d lock HIM up,” sobbed a distraught member of the Lock Her Up Party.
The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.
The worst democrat is better than the best republican.
Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.
A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.
Innocent people don’t delay justice.
Republicans: slavery is when you own me. freedom is when I own you.
If you are still in the GOP, you are an extremist.
They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.
Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.
Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.
And we’re all out of bubblegum.
I see no possible difficulties whatsoever with this fool-proof plan.
When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.
We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. let’s win this.
Despite his magical powers, I don’t think Trump is thinking this through, to be honest.
Conservatism: there are some people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.
Ed Marshall
France. Sweden isn’t going to be able to beat them without Caroline Seger.
Amir_Khalid
Only one shot at goal in the first 20 minutes. Looks dull.
Amir_Khalid
Sweden 1-0 France. Scored Lotta Schelin.
Other football news: Liverpool FC beat Malaysia All-Stars today 6-3 in KL. ‘Pool looked sluggish in the first half against a sharp local team but came back and had control over the second half.
Randinho
Nice counter by Sweden and a great finish by Schelin. Necib is now out of the game and that can’t be bode well for France.
James E. Powell
When I first read this sentence, I thought it was about the debt ceiling business.
burnspbesq
Sweden could easily be up 3-0. A free header wasted and a solid save by DeVille on Schelin. France has hit a post. Not a lot of defense being played in the latter stages of the first half.
burnspbesq
Comic relief tonight in Los Angeles: Galaxy vs. Real Madrid.
Ha Nguyen
Gahhh!! I hate this. I’m in Australia, the land where rubby never stops and I can’t watch! Even on my computer which I could if I was still in the United States.
Darn it all to heck and back!
PaulW
The GOP House Leadership! No, wait…
MikeJ
@burnspbesq: Man U got in town a few days ago for Wednesday’s match against the Sounders.
Amir_Khalid
France equalize. One all.
burnspbesq
And France equalizes. Quality finish by Thomis.
ardent henry
Ugh! Necib gets hurt. She leaves a third of the way through the match. I love you, Louisa! See you next year in London at the Olympics. France 1 Sweden 1.
Ha Nguyen
Sweden scores! Despite being a man, or rather woman, down.
A Swedish player had been booted from the game about 15 minutes earlier for fighting on the field.
Amir_Khalid
Sweden 2-1. With championship no longer at stake for either losing semi-finalist, the third-place match is usually just a glorified friendly.
cmorenc
The usually excellent referee (Kari Seitz, US) inexplicably no-called (or missed seeing) a rather blatant instance of deliberate handling in the PA by Swedish defender #6 at the 89the minute. A defender has no business having her arm extended like that when a ball is incoming toward a French attacker and the defender is goalside of the attacker, that still qualifies as “deliberate” handling as that term of art is understood in the soccer laws of the game, irrespective of whether she actually intended her hand to hit the ball or not.
BTW: I have no rooting interest in this game for either side, but I referee soccer and IMHO this is simply a badly missed call by the CR.
burnspbesq
@cmorenc:
But see, e.g., Torsten Frings. ;-)
GR
Perhaps change the subject to a game that actually matters? Uruguay has somehow kept level with Argentina through regular full time. I know Muslera has his shortcomings, but he had a couple of terrific saves in the second half. That last one off the deflected free kick was particularly spectacular.
Bill Murray
@burnspbesq
isn’t he Toronto’s new designated player? He probably would still be toxic for a US side to sign