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Normally, we try not to give rank stupidity a link, for obvious reasons.
In this case though, if I did not, people would claim I was making it up.
So here you go:
MY LINK OF THE YEAR.
I am forever indebted to BS loyalist "evangel" for passing along this article which, I admit, I read several times because I couldn't believe that it was not a parody.
Of course, there's also the realm of self parody, like when a certain blogger whom Aaron had SOME THINGS TO SAY ABOUT the other day breathlessly passes along the shocking, almost inconceivable news that in the ongoing kerfuffle between USL1/NuRock and the TOA "THE TOA HAS APPROACHED AN ATTORNEY" who "could be handling" one thing or another. Possibly. At some point. Maybe.
Well stop the frikkin presses! You mean to tell us that two opposing parties of businessmen with millions of dollars at stake are squaring off and someone rang up some shyster at Dewey, Cheatem and Howe?
Of course, if you guys would ever let me get away with that many "we are told by sources" and "from this we can presume" and "this would appear to" and "we have been told" and "we have recieved word" and "based on our reporting" and "according to one source" etc., etc., etc. I could provide this page with daily blockbusters the likes of which even Dan Loney on a ten day ether and grain alcohol bender couldn't imagine.
But I'm not complaining. You're a tough audience and that's fine with me.
Better that than an audience that lets you get away with bizarre comments like:
"Americans don't much like to have it pointed out that it's important to have a presence in the New York market." (Hat tip to FAKE SIGI)
So take THAT all of you who keep saying that we should get the hell out of New York. Whoever the hell you are.
But since this is the same blogger who sends me mash notes with blown kisses like
"Just understand that I'm watching closely and if you ever cross the line of fair comment I will legally act... Defamation is reverse onus in British Common Law."
(thanks Bud, I'll be sure to keep that in mind. Or not) I'll just move along.
I had a nice chat with a Seattle fan yesterday wherein, among other things, we talked about the reason why a lot of MLS fans seem to have a negative opinion of Sounders fans.
Immediately afterwards, someone sent me THIS LINK which proves that if nothing else, even the supposed professional journalists up there have a shockingly tin ear:
"We all know that Seattle is the center of MLS soccer, that no other city supports its team like this one, that Seattle has set attendance records and every game was sold out this year. And that other MLS towns like to hate on that, like this city is afforded special status because of the support for the team or something ridiculous.
Did you catch that? He starts out by taking for granted the proposition that Seattle "is the center of MLS soccer" and then ridicules the idea that people think the city is "afforded special status".
Pardon me, Einstein, but you yourself just got done "affording" Seattle "special status" (I believe "the center of MLS soccer" was the term you used) and then said that doing so was "ridiculous" and is caused by (what else?) "hate".
Then, as further evidence of Sounders modesty, he ends on a humble note:
"Furthermore, do you think that Sounders FC is on the world map now as far as a destination point for foreign players?"
Oh, I absolutely do, so long as none of them believes Seattle has "special status".
Since this piece seems to be about nothing at all, I'll take this opportunity to right a couple of wrongs:
First, I used some facts from the always worthwhile CLIMBING THE LADDER yesterday and forgot to provide attribution. The MLS Foul Awards post is very interesting, and the one below it breaking down MLS Goal Details is enough raw material to keep even the most depraved US soccer fan entertained for days on end. Enjoy.
Secondly, highly regarded Moderator (and thus, Stupidface) Stan Collins passed along the bit about the England bid committee providing expensive designer handbags to the FIFA greedheads and I forgot to give him credit, whether he wanted it or not.
And while I'm on the subject of juicy nuggets from my inbox, I have no idea what to do with THIS DISTURBING ARTICLE provided by Sachin, another well respected Moderating Stupidface, except to say that, after seeing TFCs' futility in the box this season, one thing nobody can say is that they kick like girls. The girls apparently kick much harder.
In this case though, if I did not, people would claim I was making it up.
So here you go:
MY LINK OF THE YEAR.
I am forever indebted to BS loyalist "evangel" for passing along this article which, I admit, I read several times because I couldn't believe that it was not a parody.
Of course, there's also the realm of self parody, like when a certain blogger whom Aaron had SOME THINGS TO SAY ABOUT the other day breathlessly passes along the shocking, almost inconceivable news that in the ongoing kerfuffle between USL1/NuRock and the TOA "THE TOA HAS APPROACHED AN ATTORNEY" who "could be handling" one thing or another. Possibly. At some point. Maybe.
Well stop the frikkin presses! You mean to tell us that two opposing parties of businessmen with millions of dollars at stake are squaring off and someone rang up some shyster at Dewey, Cheatem and Howe?
Of course, if you guys would ever let me get away with that many "we are told by sources" and "from this we can presume" and "this would appear to" and "we have been told" and "we have recieved word" and "based on our reporting" and "according to one source" etc., etc., etc. I could provide this page with daily blockbusters the likes of which even Dan Loney on a ten day ether and grain alcohol bender couldn't imagine.
But I'm not complaining. You're a tough audience and that's fine with me.
Better that than an audience that lets you get away with bizarre comments like:
"Americans don't much like to have it pointed out that it's important to have a presence in the New York market." (Hat tip to FAKE SIGI)
So take THAT all of you who keep saying that we should get the hell out of New York. Whoever the hell you are.
But since this is the same blogger who sends me mash notes with blown kisses like
"Just understand that I'm watching closely and if you ever cross the line of fair comment I will legally act... Defamation is reverse onus in British Common Law."
(thanks Bud, I'll be sure to keep that in mind. Or not) I'll just move along.
I had a nice chat with a Seattle fan yesterday wherein, among other things, we talked about the reason why a lot of MLS fans seem to have a negative opinion of Sounders fans.
Immediately afterwards, someone sent me THIS LINK which proves that if nothing else, even the supposed professional journalists up there have a shockingly tin ear:
"We all know that Seattle is the center of MLS soccer, that no other city supports its team like this one, that Seattle has set attendance records and every game was sold out this year. And that other MLS towns like to hate on that, like this city is afforded special status because of the support for the team or something ridiculous.
Did you catch that? He starts out by taking for granted the proposition that Seattle "is the center of MLS soccer" and then ridicules the idea that people think the city is "afforded special status".
Pardon me, Einstein, but you yourself just got done "affording" Seattle "special status" (I believe "the center of MLS soccer" was the term you used) and then said that doing so was "ridiculous" and is caused by (what else?) "hate".
Then, as further evidence of Sounders modesty, he ends on a humble note:
"Furthermore, do you think that Sounders FC is on the world map now as far as a destination point for foreign players?"
Oh, I absolutely do, so long as none of them believes Seattle has "special status".
Since this piece seems to be about nothing at all, I'll take this opportunity to right a couple of wrongs:
First, I used some facts from the always worthwhile CLIMBING THE LADDER yesterday and forgot to provide attribution. The MLS Foul Awards post is very interesting, and the one below it breaking down MLS Goal Details is enough raw material to keep even the most depraved US soccer fan entertained for days on end. Enjoy.
Secondly, highly regarded Moderator (and thus, Stupidface) Stan Collins passed along the bit about the England bid committee providing expensive designer handbags to the FIFA greedheads and I forgot to give him credit, whether he wanted it or not.
And while I'm on the subject of juicy nuggets from my inbox, I have no idea what to do with THIS DISTURBING ARTICLE provided by Sachin, another well respected Moderating Stupidface, except to say that, after seeing TFCs' futility in the box this season, one thing nobody can say is that they kick like girls. The girls apparently kick much harder.
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"Just understand that I'm watching closely and if you ever cross the line of fair comment I will legally act... Defamation is reverse onus in British Common Law."
Yea, and when I move to New Orleans I'm going to slap your ass with a Napoleonic Code violation, you know, cause then I'll be in one of those states where it's "void where prohibited", a phrase that would petrify me when I was a kid and I thought I would spend the rest of my life in prison for ordering a Tony the Tiger Pez dispenser from the back of a Frosted Flakes box.
I'm watchin' you Archer, Magna Carta in hand.
Posted 04 Nov 2009 at 10:19 AM by oldguyfc 
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I agree that Warner has plenty of common sense, he just doesn't have a conscience. For example -- Warner pointed out that there was no promotion of England's bid -- Ask yourself, is it common sense to award a massive event to someone who doesn't grease your palms?
Posted 04 Nov 2009 at 11:59 AM by YITBOS
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Bill, is there any chance, just for comparison's sake, that we might see a sample column written with the dubious methods you mentioned?
I, for one, would like to see it, even if it's just for shiggles.Posted 04 Nov 2009 at 01:16 PM by grant.alpaugh 
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Designer handbags? Sounds like something that rumor site needs to investigate! After all, they were all over that Gucci/Prada/Coach girl development...Posted 04 Nov 2009 at 01:47 PM by Reignking
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I second this.Quote:Originally Posted by grant.alpaugh
Bill, is there any chance, just for comparison's sake, that we might see a sample column written with the dubious methods you mentioned?
I, for one, would like to see it, even if it's just for shiggles.Posted 04 Nov 2009 at 02:41 PM by KCbus
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The Warner article is plain wrong factually too. The FA and the Premier League have been pulling for the use of Hawkeye, used in tennis and cricket, for ages and the FA took it to the last big IFAB meeting. FIFA said no and we get a trial of five officials. This guy's a joke and should lose his job.
Posted 04 Nov 2009 at 03:33 PM by amancalledmikey
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How could you possibly argue with common sense, you big meanie!
Posted 04 Nov 2009 at 06:10 PM by Marko72
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The words "common sense" and "Jack Warner" should never be used in the same sentence, except of course to point out that they should not be used in the same sentence.Posted 04 Nov 2009 at 08:17 PM by Pablo Chicago
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Jack Warner, soccer reformer. It sounds nice . . . and I guess getting bribed out in the open, as opposed to the traditional "dark night" approach, is a change of a kind.
Posted 04 Nov 2009 at 08:58 PM by Morris20
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200....ap/index.html
Just wondering, Bill (since you now get to wear Big Soccer's "Andrew Jennings" hat), what do you make of this?
I'd like to think that at least Uncle Jack still has a functioning sense of embarrassment at being caught with a solicited gift, but that wouldn't explain the whole Scotland debacle.Posted 04 Nov 2009 at 10:11 PM by usafan12
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