I Have a (Olympic) Dream
Women and people of color had a unique experience that ended yesterday in Tokyo, Japan. The controversial Summer Olympics closed with America at the top of the medal leader board … Read More
Category: Soccer
No Shoes, No Shirts, No Shots, No Service
Democrats, since the time of Franklin Roosevelt, have fought the accusation of wanting a Nanny State; equal access to housing, healthcare, fair wages, and education have been guiding tenets of … Read More
Anti-Capitalist Meet-Up: financialization and sandwich shop capitalism
Whether it’s soccer teams or sandwich shops, financialization was there before the pandemic, only making some of its supply-chain hijacking yet another example of an impending capitalist disaster. Re-regulation must remain … Read More
Tiffany Cross schools Meghan McCain for silly Identity Politics comment on Asian Senators' actions
MSNBC’s Tiffany Cross, the host of the Cross Connection, excoriated Meghan McCain for her ignorant statement on Identity Politics. Tiffany Cross schools Meghan McCain See full episodes here. Tiffany Cross did … Read More
Passenger plane experiences engine failure near Denver, drops debris, returns safely
A Boeing 777 passenger jet leaving Denver lost power in one engine. There were reports of an explosion with an immense debris field in Broomfield, CO. No one on the ground … Read More
What did you do in the war, Daddy? Veterans Day 2020
What did you do in the war, Daddy? Is this what Ivanka has asked lately? I would bet whether he answered this way or not it was pretty much like … Read More
GA-Sen B: “After GA GOP House Speaker asks for help, Kelly Loeffler condemns ‘blue state bailouts’”
The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported that Georgia House Speaker David Ralston (R. GA) reached out to both U.S. Senators David Perdue (R. GA) & Kelly Loeffler (R. GA) last week … Read More
LIVE BLOG – daily COVID Taskforce briefing – Trump took no questions today!
LIVE BLOG below 5:30* PM EDT *(rarely starts on time) Members of the Coronavirus Task Force Hold a Press Briefing The White House Trump may try to double down today, … Read More
Megan Rapinoe — who famously dissed Trump — is SI's Sportsperson of the Year
You may have fell in love with her as she led the U.S. National Soccer Team to the World Cup and, ultimately, a tournament victory. I fell in love with … Read More
Mark Penn is advising Trump on impeachment, what could go wrong?
Glasses of water on the Titanic. Nearer my god-emperor to thee. Can Dick Morris be far behind. scoop with @jdawsey1: Clinton strategist Mark Penn counsels President Trump on impeachment. https://t.co/nBDHMBdcB2 … Read More
One down, three to go . . .
Friday was the final day of 1st quarter. It was also the penultimate game for our freshman soccer team. Both of those events are occasions for another reflection on teaching … Read More
So this is my first post since August 25
which is the longest I have ever gone silent here since joining this site during the 2004 cycle in December, 2003. Given how visible I have been here, I thought … Read More
LOL. LOUD Boos at Pro Soccer Game when Military Enlistees Asked to Obey drumpf.
The Hill (Bolds mine) “Fans at a Portland Thorns soccer game this week appeared to boo President Trump as Armed Forces enlistees pledged to obey his orders as part of a swearing-in … Read More
Tomorrow I begin teaching my students
As I wrote in June in So here's my new teaching gig, I am now employed by DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville MD. I am, besides teaching 6 (of … Read More
Fox News to U.S. women's soccer team: Shut up and play
The world champion U.S. women’s soccer team is fast becoming the Dixie Chicks of 2019 — and I love them for it. But not everyone is so inspired. Take Fox … Read More
Kicking your Way to the Goal of Equity
In the middle of a simmering rape scandal involving writer E. Jean Carroll and a peripheral connection to sex trafficking, with the arrest of Trump friend Jeffrey Epstein, the White … Read More
AOC invites U.S. soccer star Rapinoe to House of Representatives; she'll be there, man
Megan Rapinoe has made it clear she won’t visit the White House should the U.S. women’s soccer team win the World Cup, but she’ll be heading to Washington regardless. After … Read More
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George Conway: 'Amazing how [Trump] still finds new ways to demonstrate his incompetence'
Oh, I think there are as-yet-undiscovered mother lodes of stupidity lying dormant in the folds of Trump’s “brain,” but you have a point, George. It’s astonishing how creatively incompetent he is. … Read More
U.S. soccer star: 'I'm not going to the f*cking White House'
Here’s yet another reason to love our women’s soccer team. When asked if she was excited about visiting the White House should the U.S. win the World Cup, team co-captain … Read More
Sinclair-owned TV station loses advertisers over pulling truth-telling meteorologist off the air
AUTHOR’S NOTE: This is an update to a previous story I published here. According to the Springfield (IL) Journal-Register, at least four advertisers have pulled their funding from Sinclair Broadcast … Read More
Si Se Puede! Yes, it can be done!
photo: Arizona Activists Rallying To Pressure Then-Senator Jeff Flake Si Se Puede! Dan O’Neal for Alan, Deb, Mike H, Janis, Mike F, Shayna, Dr. Bill, Kimberly, and Bryan—your PDA National … Read More
Will Immigration Be The Next “Crack” In The GOP Senate Ceiling?
Ding-dong, the witch is dead, the wicked witch, the witch is dead The Wizard of Oz RIP (Rot In Prison) Kirtjen Nielsen. The Kommisar of Kiddie Kages now finally joins … Read More
Trump makes up crazy lie about Virginia's abortion bill
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is in a ton of trouble of his own making. How much? Well, apparently not enough to keep Donald Trump from making up crazy shit about him … Read More
One last reminder about those voter enthusiasm polls.
What? Am I worried? Nope, not at all. Actually, I’m fucking terrified. I can sum up my paranoia in three simple words. lifelong Cubs fan. November 2016 will never be number one … Read More
The Final Nail In The Coffin?
GOP strategist Rick Wilson named his new book “Everything Trump touches, dies.” I’ve been calling Trump the “Anti-Midas” for quite a while now, everything he touches turns to shit. Just … Read More
ICE Forcing Parents of Kidnapped Children to Pay $8 a Minute to Talk to Them
x Charging families separated at the border as much as $8 per minute to talk by phone is a new low. Our country is better than that. I am calling … Read More
The sweltering soccer field ICE moved the mothers…so official wouldn't hear their screams
I had a little trouble feeling patriotic this July 4th, and it’s not just because our president is on the take with Russia. No, I had a real sickness in the … Read More
Trump's response to terror attack in Iran is disgraceful
“Gunmen dressed as women stormed Iran's parliament building on Wednesday while a suicide bomber targeted a shrine to the Islamic republic's founder in deadly twin attacks that were claimed by … Read More
2022 A World Cup Bathed In Blood
No sporting event is worth 1 death let alone over 4000 to date Qatar has the highest ratio of migrant workers to domestic population in the world: more than 90% … Read More
Alrighty, then. What is happening at Tikrit ??? ::UPDATE
Back in September we had a telephone conversation with two men in Tikrit related to observance of Eid al-Adha. This holiday involves obtaining a meat animal, sacrifice/butchering, and distribution of … Read More
