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Grant Wahl: "Roberto Martinez might be the coolest manager in world soccer" http://www.espnfc.com/blog/espn-fc-united-blog/68/post/1996459/everton-manager-roberto-martinez-on-the-premier-leagueeuropa-league-and-the-secrets-to-his-success

No way dude. Purple is sleek. I like all of our kits this season.

They're also collectively known as the Blues, and being the Toffees kinda stands out as being oh so English. A big motto for the club is that you're "born" a Toffee and never "manufactured". Some of the players currently on the squad could maybe go elsewhere for a few bucks more, but they stay at Everton because there's something about the club that makes you feel special playing for it. I don't really have any site recommendations, I either get all my info via Sirius XM or NBC Sports. I follow a few on twitter that always break the news like Lukaku is actually signed.

Only about 8k students attending at any one time.

Everton are hardly frontrunners. We're pretty consistently gritting our teeth in the hopes that we can actually qualify for a European tournament. Great choice Cerebus.

Pretty cool. Some don't exactly "explain" college football, but are really neat observations. http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/8/20/6030683/25-maps-that-explain-college-football

Why Rick Perry Will be Convicted Obligatory: consider the source, consider the source, consider the source http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-moore/why-rick-perry-will-be-co_b_5686664.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592

Oops.

Fascist.

Umm...no surprise I guess. I want single-payer healthcare but also eliminate corporate taxes. So...label me. Go for it. I'd still say that I'd fit way better in with the Liberal Party of Canada, or the Liberal Democrats of Great Britain...both considered centrist parties.

A pretty good article detailing how those not in the oil industry are struggling with the inflation. http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2014/07/the_dark_side_of_the_boom_oil_is_doing_great_things_for_some_in_texas_but_not_for_everyone.php

Rumor is they'll build a soccer stadium for Chivas USA (soon to be rebranded to L.A. FC or something thought). Would be funny if that happened but not a football stadium.

This thread is bound to turn out well.

This could be like a soccer thing with promotion and relegation.... right? right???? Please???

I'm certain you've got good reason to believe this. And by good reason I mean just pure unadulterated hate for the President. I bet you think he's signed like infinitely more executive orders than any other president too, right? Here's your pardon count so far: http://www.infoplease.com/us/government/presidential-pardons-1789-present.html Most Presidents like to save it until the 11th hour, but Obama will still have a ways to go if he wants to catch his predecessors. Not to mention, what JWP would be pardoned for isn't 1/10th as horrible as what Scooter Libby was pardoned for.

All sorts of people were bashing JWP for being a corrupt SOB, and then you came along to troll and say "yeah I hate him too but I expect you guys to call me a racist for that".

Right. Which is why myself, a white liberal, created a thread about a corrupt Democrat.

Conservatives these days think being labeled a racist is worse than actually being a racist.

http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/john-wiley-price-commissioner-indicted-267549761.html Corruption charges. Good. I voted against him in the primaries when I could, but I've since moved.

I blame Bush.

Iran just got rid of a ton of enriched uranium. So there's that I guess...

Jesus Christ.

Welp. Here we go.

Read that this morning too. Shit is cray. What a screwed up guy.

Not usually. The average EPL goals per game is 2.8 I think. This world cup was kinda weird, the group stage was out of control only for the knockout stages to really settle down and see teams play a little more conservatively. All in all it was a pretty great cup though. MLS still in full swing, EPL is back in a month. Soccer never sleeps.