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BrickHorn

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  1. Indeed. ESPN is one of the very few reasons I have a cable TV subscription. If Spectrum can’t fix this shit fast, I’m out.
  2. NO ARRESTO IN ESPRESSO
  3. Florida man on CNN just reported he’ll be able to weather the storm because they’ve got “a few sandbags and some Elmer’s glue out there.”
  4. Yeah, it’s disappointing. Usually, weird celibates who claim to speak on behalf of god are reasonable people.
  5. I saw a WWII documentary once where a group of POWs thought they had been infiltrated by a German spy, so Col. Hogan startled the guy awake by yelling—in German—that there was a fire. When he reacted without skipping a beat, they knew they had him.
  6. I’m out on my back deck, reading a book and not melting. This little cool front was a nice surprise.
  7. I don’t get why y’all are so excited about her. From what I’ve seen, she doesn’t look that hot. But honestly, I think the Prime Minister of Estonia is blurry. That’s the problem.
  8. If only you had supported me in explaining to the numbskulls on Hornfans that Jesus is fake, maybe we could have averted this Christofascist moment altogether.
  9. I love Massachusetts, but the weather is depressing most of the year. That said, we recently visited and I was reminded how dedicated the state is to providing public resources. Between public transportation, public park space (on what would be nearly priceless real estate), public health services, investment in public education, etc., Massachusetts just kicks Texas’s every-man-for-himself Ayn Randian ass in that regard. It’s awesome and a completely different mentality. An idea that what’s good for the community is good for everyone, and worth investing in. And it creates a sense that everyone has a voice and a role to play in society.
  10. I haven’t been paying close attention. Is there reason to believe Prigozin wasn’t dead long before he stepped on that plane?
  11. If this heat is keeping you dumb spandexed motherfuckers off of 2222, then put me down as pro-Global Warming.
  12. Hannity: Biden is going to raise capital gains, retirement, and estate taxes! Debt-saddled, working class Trumper with no pension or 401K and whose most valuable asset is the Punisher decal on his leased F250: Aw, Hell no!
  13. That is true. And frankly the hardest part was probably getting into Yale, which made it easier to get into Harvard Law. But Desantis seemed to do okay at both schools. He wasn’t tip-top of the class, but earned honors. Which at HLS meant he was in the Top 40%-ish.
  14. It was an interesting watch. Maybe my favorite part was the compilation of big-name, national level sports talk ding-dongs repeating a completely bullshit cover story about Manziel oil money as if it were gospel truth. Just shows how easily manipulated those fucksticks are. A 20 year-old dumbass who went by the name “Uncle Nate” used them as propaganda puppets.
  15. With its speedy forwards and counterattacking style, Japan matches up well against the slow Spanish defenders. But Japan also had crazy shooting accuracy in that game and made the most of their few chances. Spain dominated possession (something like 77%) but didn’t finish. So kind of a perfect storm.
  16. Also no Japan, Brazil, or China.
  17. For the first time, the entire Top 3 is from Europe.
  18. We might have just witnessed the official passing of the torch in women’s soccer. Spain’s youth academies are firing on all cylinders and they’ll be tough to catch for the foreseeable future.
  19. She just let the England keeper set the ball like 20 yards ahead of where the foul happened. Lol
  20. Sort of the same. Even our youngest started select a little late, but at least the rec coach was very knowledgeable. I now highly recommend to friends and family with younger players that their kids should move to a legit academy program if they show any interest in soccer. At the right club, it still be just as fun and light-hearted and positive as a rec team. But they’ll actually learn skills from someone who knows what they’re doing.
  21. I agree, but we also need to widen the net at the younger age groups by shifting from rec league / parent coaching to professionally-coached youth academies at the youngest levels. Too many players waste their formative years learning bad habits from well-meaning moms and dads who know nothing about the sport. The whole parent coach thing is a weird American tradition and it’s particularly counterproductive in soccer because relatively few of us grew up playing the sport at any remotely competitive level.
  22. We (the parents) are the problem. And as long as we are the target demographic in the club soccer business model, it will deliver what we want and not what the national teams need. And as I understand it, at least at the older ages, the MLS Next experience depends on whether you play for an MLS academy team or an independent club. I think the latter is more like ECNL.
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