Didn’t work for Zidane in the World Cup, anyway.

Dang.  A few minutes earlier, the guy misses scoring the probable winning goal by mere inches, after staying in the game after what was clearly a painful injury.  Would have been an incredible way to finish a great career.  It’s Michael Jordan hitting the game-winner against Utah, only while playing hurt, and in front of a billion people.

Instead…

Ouch.

Still, congratulazioni, Italia!  And at least now we don’t have to be yelled at by Cantona during every commercial break anymore.

Just for that, I’ll call it a good day.

From the Southern Poverty Law Center: Lowered enlistment standards lead to white supremacists serving in Iraq.

Results: Aryan Nations graffiti in Baghdad.  And hundreds of racists with military training and the intention to use it… back home in the U.S.A.

More on the Seas of David, shoeless paintballers-turned-national menace.

Wow.  Um.  That’s some impressive opening statement in the debate against Lieberman tonight.  The first half of which was made while looking at the wrong camera entirely.

I can’t stand Joe.  Rooting for Ned.  But yeesh. 

Not gonna live-blog.  Just saying.  But in the first five minutes, it was all Joe.

Getting better, though.  Too bad Lieberman never speaks this forcefully and decisively to Republicans…

Update: nearing the end of the debate… Lamont got way better.  Lieberman often was victimized by his own knowledge of procedural minutiae, getting into details that weren’t nearly as compelling as Lamont looking straight into the camera saying simple things.  I almost felt bad for the old Bush-kissing guy.

That said, I’ve always hated how slogans and eye contact always win these things, even when they’re working for the candidate I prefer.  And some of Lamont’s slides (like on whether he would release his tax returns just now) and attacks (like linking Lieberman to Bush at every opportunity) were as transparently dodgy as they were well-done.

When I was a kid, you had to call a trick shot beforehand, or it didn’t count…

When the GOP finally does cut U.S. troops in Iraq, what will they call it?
Proof That Bush Never Planned A Permanent Military Presence
217   52.5%
Negative Redeployment Toward Ultimate Victory
147   35.6%
Unphased Rapid Re-Iraq-ification
40   9.7%
Failed Occupation With Honor
9   2.2%

So with the Iraq thing already costing hundreds of billions, the military overstretched, increasing troubles in Afghanistan, and plans for upcoming war with Iran still floating around, not to mention a National Guard which is also now supposed to be able to protect the Mexican border and help out with the next hurricane disaster to strike the red states… what the heck can Chimpy do about N. Korea?  Take the poll.