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What can I say about Robert Green that the Brits haven’t said already? Tough pull, Robert Green. Make the haters remember how Altidore should’ve scored on you with that run up the flank, anyhow.
— If you haven’t yet checked out fellow Metro writer Solomon Leach’s exclusive about a Kensington bus brawl, do.
— I totally dug this quote from Obama, on Politico, that calls some on the Hill out for blatant hypocrisy …
“Some of the same folks who have been hollering and saying ‘do something’ are the same folks who, just two or three months ago, were suggesting that government needs to stop doing so much,” Obama said. “Some of the same people who are saying the president needs to show leadership and solve this problem are some of the same folks who, just a few months ago, were saying this guy is trying to engineer a takeover of our society through the federal government that is going to restrict our freedoms.”
— Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez and Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz are schedule to PPV brawl on July 31. Hyped as the “Fight of the Year: The Rematch.” Both offered their pre-kick-off predictions on the World Cup. Here they are …
JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ:
“I am not only rooting for Mexico, but I believe if they bring their character to the field and are strong physically and mentally throughout the competition, they have a chance to win the World Cup. It will be difficult, but definitely not impossible. They need go the whole tournament without injury and play like they have never played before.Their Group is very difficult. South Africa is going to bring everything that they have onto the field, but I think Mexico can beat them. The first game is definitely key.
Cuauhtémoc Blanco is the heart and soul of Team Mexico. I look forward to seeing him play along with Guillermo Ochoa and Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez. I believe they can lead the team all the way to the finals.”
JUAN DIAZ:
“My loyal fans are Mexican-American or American fans in general, so I am going to root for Team USA.I think we have a great chance of making out of the Group Stage. I know most people aren’t giving Team USA much of a chance to win, but soccer is like boxing, scoring one or two goals quickly is possible and a lot of the time enough to win the game, so anything can happen.
After training each day in camp, I’m going to have a lot of spare time, so I’m going to be watching a lot of soccer. It’s going to be my new hobby.”
Add another wrinkle to that rivalry.
— Saw this truck on the Schuylkill yesterday. (Don’t worry: I was a passenger with camera-phone). Would love to know a) what language that is and b) what it says. C’mon foreign nationals, linguists or people who know what appears to be to be Mandarin — but what the hell do I know? — help a brother out…
What does this say?!
— What color’s your spouse/significant other’s toothbrush? Don’t know? Well, if you want to become an American, you’d better find out. (Quiz here, too.)
— The time of robot-people ascendance is nigh.
— Russell Brand was on the cover of last week’s Rolling Stone …
— But inside the magazine was the best story I read last week. Actually, best of the month-to-date: Sabrina Rubin Erdely’s look at “The Green Hat Gang,” a pack of identity-theft-via-computer-back-roads. Well-written take on a case I hadn’t heard of; translation: the type of story all writers (myself included) should be looking for and writing. Of course, Rolling Stone, in its infinite wisdom, doesn’t make the story available via those new-fangled computer things.
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