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The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

They are not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.

So many bastards, so little time.

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

We are learning that “working class” means “white” for way too many people.

Books are my comfort food!

Fight them, without becoming them!

It’s pointless to bring up problems that can only be solved with a time machine.

A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires.

Bad people in a position to do bad things will do bad things because they are bad people. End of story.

Petty moves from a petty man.

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I’m starting to think Jesus may have made a mistake saving people with no questions asked.

We still have time to mess this up!

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

We are aware of all internet traditions.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

America is going up in flames. The NYTimes fawns over MAGA celebrities. No longer a real newspaper.

Disappointing to see gov. newsom with his finger to the wind.

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  2. 2.

    Morzer

    Can’t disagree with Randinho’s assessment. Japan play pretty soccer, but have no edge to them, while Greece will lumber around hopelessly.

    Any thoughts on Suarez biting Chiellini, Randinho?

  3. 3.

    catclub

    How are your predictions from a few weeks ago standing up? That is why they play the games.

  5. 5.

    SRW1

    I think Columbia will beat Japan, but the other game looks more open.

    Would not suprise me if Greece were to go through on a 1-0 win.

    If there were a deity, sorry Amir, there would be only one team to progress from this group.

  6. 6.

    Calouste

    Let’s hope that these matches have a bit more bite to them than the ones earlier today.

    /coat

  9. 9.

    SRW1

    @catclub:

    I think that topic and the explanations for the near and wide misses would make for a fun thread after we know all of the 16 teams for the knock-out stage.

  11. 11.

    ? Martin

    @raven: Gah. My ‘don’t operate heavy equipment’ medication didn’t say anything about intarwebbing. I think I’ll just sit back and watch now.

  13. 13.

    catclub

    @Randinho:

    I did all the open threads before the second game of each group.

    Now I understand what you meant here. And I can feel like a heel.

  15. 15.

    Amir Khalid

    @SRW1:
    No offence taken.

    I’m considering favouring Ivory Coast over Greece — as consolation for Kolo and Yaya Toure, who have just lost their brother Ibrahim and remain in Brazil despite having to miss his funeral. Japan-Colombia will be a low-scoring draw, I expect.

  18. 18.

    catclub

    @Amir Khalid:

    Japan-Colombia will be a low-scoring draw, I expect.

    Or not. I can imagine the second stringers getting a chance to shine for Colombia.

  21. 21.

    SRW1

    And here’s the Greek 1-0.

    If that stands, one of the games in the round of the last 16 will be Costa Rica – Greece. I wonder what odds were given for that by bookies?

  25. 25.

    scav

    well. Still hoping for CIV over Greece, mostly because that is so meta fun to type.

    ETA among other reasons, some of them even good. But that some Ghanaians call eggplants garden eggs is another definite point in their favor.

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    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    @Morzer:

    I view him as something other than a God of a revealed religion. He’s more like the spirit-gods of the animist religions. I won’t even try and figure out what motivates him to do what he does- I just don’t think it’s a matter of praying harder to win him over.

  31. 31.

    Alex S.

    Fun fact: before the third game only two groups had 4 possible advancing teams and 4 possible eliminated teams (meaning everything was still possible): one of them obviously group G with USA, Germany, Ghana and even Portugal not yet out, yet also not in the next round. The other group, ironically, is the french group. Although France won both their games and have the best goal difference, they are not yet through (they need to lose by a really high margin though).

  33. 33.

    SRW1

    Group C still tight at half time. A goal for Japan or CIV would see either of them progress instead of Greece.

  35. 35.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    I haven’t been really impressed with anyone in this group other than Colombia. The Ticos have to be looking pretty good for the quarterfinals at this point.

  36. 36.

    MattR

    That Colombia goal could screw the Ivory Coast. Now Greece can play more defensively since they can afford for Japan to give up a goal in the other game.

  39. 39.

    SRW1

    OK, Japan would need two goals now. That would appear beyond them.

    So, CIV or Greece to follow Colombia into the next round. Yaya clearly doesn’t want to go home yet, but if there’s anything the Greek are good at, it’s defending a 1 – 0.

  45. 45.

    Amir Khalid

    Ivory Coast have equalised. I’m not expecting them to win but a draw will see them through. You need a few little teams to get through and maybe provide the giant-killing surprises in the knockout stages.

  47. 47.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    I think Colombia really wants to make sure it’s playing Uruguay rather than Costa Rica.

  48. 48.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    Cote d’Ivoire is trying to protect what is essentially a one goal lead by allowing the most boring football team this side of Iran an awful lot of scoring chances.

  54. 54.

    SRW1

    Apparently, Colombia have just robbed Roger Milla of having been the oldest player at a WC by bringing on their 43 year old goalie sub.

  57. 57.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    Oh, crap. Nice job, Elephants. To someone who isn’t a regular watcher of the game that looked like a marginal penalty but they kept giving them chances and something was bound to blow up on them.

  64. 64.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    Yeah, so who had Colombia and Greece advancing from this pool?

  65. 65.

    scav

    @Onkel Fritze: Having a few teams in there we can all gleefully hope get a stomping might have a little value. Every fairy story needs a good villain. But why so many today? (I’m really beginning to dislike light blue and white)

  66. 66.

    burnspbesq

    Brutal for CIV. Just brutal. Was a good call, as the defender was a split-second late and got all foot. Barry guessed right; if he were 6’4″ CIV would be moving on.

    This game is a cruel, heartless bitch. It can’t be repeated enough.

  68. 68.

    dollared

    @burnspbesq: Truly. What a ghastly moment for that fullback, and for CIV.

    Really puts one in fear of what can go wrong on Thursday.

  69. 69.

    MattR

    @dollared: I prefer to think that the US got through their share of those moments in the Portugal game. Both the first goal off of Cameron’s scuffed clearance and the last second goal off the Bradley turnover/Ronaldo cross were brutal.

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