thejuggernaut wrote:That being said, CNN has Robin Meade, the best way to end every morning, and Meade's presence tilts the advantage to CNN.

Adding Kate Bolduan makes it an even better start to the day.

CliffByford wrote:I note that Mario Balotelli hasn't been given a late call up either.

I thought he would get a chance. Star in the making but he's only 19 IIRC. They were also probably concerned that he'd launch into a tantrum or 2 and disrupt the 'chi' / harmony of the squad.

ITALY Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Morgan De Sanctis (Napoli), Federico Marchetti (Cagliari), Salvatore Sirigu (Palermo); Defenders: Gianluca Zambrotta (Milan), Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Christian Maggio (Napoli), Leonardo Bonucci (Bari), Fabio Grosso (Ju...

The Habs have been great over the last 2 series. Now the Canucks have screwed it up, I'm throwing my hat in with the Habs for the rest of this season. Really hope they win the cup now.

im heading down to marco island, FL for 10 days to watch the world cup. there are tons of tourists from all over euro-land who go there to get drunk and watch the matches...there is simply NOTHING more fun that getting drunk and watching foreigners watch soccer!! :lol: Done that in Spain before. It...

Sleazyjack wrote:I hope England win obviously , but if we get injuries to the best players in the latter stages , I fear we might not be strong enough!

Hmmm, John Terry went to hospital for a scan on a suspected broken foot today.

I can't make a prediction on who will win as I don't see enough (any!) international football to have any credibility. That said, if England had Capello in charge in 06 instead of Eriksson then they would have had a great chance of winning. That Spanish squad does look scary, front to back. Depends...

Initial 30 man squad lists for England, Spain & Brazil: ENGLAND Goalkeepers Joe Hart, David James, Robert Green Defenders Leighton Baines, Jamie Carragher, Ashley Cole, Michael Dawson, Rio Ferdinand, Glen Johnson, Ledley King, John Terry, Matthew Upson, Stephen Warnock Midfielders Gareth Barry, ...

I want ENGLAND to win. My home country. I think they will have as good a chance as any time in recent memory. Capello has them organised and despite a number of injuries, I think he will do a great job using whatever players are available. I worry about who is going to be our goalkeeper more than an...

So the club season is effectively over for us all. Might as well move on to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. The teams: AFC (4 teams): Australia Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic CAF (6 teams): Algeria Cameroon Côte d'Ivoire Ghana Nigeria South Africa (hosts) CONCACAF (3 teams) Honduras Mexico ...

There are safeguards and one major feature is regarding the decimal point because that is such an easy thing to screw up. I've not physically seen the system working as visitors were never allowed on the corp finance trading floor. Those I know in that business tell me traders do screw up a lot but ...

A lot of lifelong labour voters who have been sitting on the fence because of the shit the two idiots Bliar and Brown have pulled in the past decade, ie destroying the UK through mass uncontrolled, unchecked immigration are going to vote BNP now. Though I would never vote for the BNP, it's about ti...

British politics. Love it!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU1u4MnQG8c

What do you think? Surprised it hasn't yet appeared on this board.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8650209.stm

He's a doofus

Anyone follow MotoGP and/or World Superbikes? My preference can change from season to season. MotoGP : I usually favour the underdog or rising star but cannot fault Valentino Rossi. Greatest ever MotoGP rider? I see Lorenzo is again battling with him but I think Rossi will prevail again this season....

Canucks 7
Kings 2

I was told that the regulations that are being put forward to control banks will not include Fanny Mae & Freddic Mac. Is this true? If so, not sure if they should be excluded.

Anyone know more?

There are very few Western countries with a more equitable tax regime. US tax rates are hard to beat. At present, yes you're correct. But if those 'super rich' have to pay say 70% or more of their income over to the IRS each year (as per NBD's suggestion), then other places may start looking more f...

What is ludicrous are these cocksuckers at Goldman Sachs et al. cratering the economy, while accumulating wealth AT YOUR EXPENSE, and you defending them. WILL OBAMA RETURN $994,795 IN GOLDMAN SACHS CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS? http://images.opensecrets.org/obama_top_contribs.htm?cycle=2008&cid=N0000...

There are very few Western countries with a more equitable tax regime. US tax rates are hard to beat. At present, yes you're correct. But if those 'super rich' have to pay say 70% or more of their income over to the IRS each year (as per NBD's suggestion), then other places may start looking more f...

The problem in practice would be that if taxes were increased to such a degree, many of the 'super rich' would domicile somewhere away from the US that has lower tax rates, so the IRS would lose that money anyway. The world is a lot smaller these days and with the advances in technology over the la...

The problem in practice would be that if taxes were increased to such a degree, many of the 'super rich' would domicile somewhere away from the US that has lower tax rates, so the IRS would lose that money anyway. The world is a lot smaller these days and with the advances in technology over the las...

vlad wrote:Ha!

Scottish Green Party:
64%
Scottish National Party:
63%
Labour Party:
58%



Guess where most of my White people came from...

Now that is as close to being a commie as you can get in the UK. Pinko!!

There must not be as big of a gap in mentality between Labour and the Conservatives as between the Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. They are definitely close these days. They basically fight over the centre ground ala middle class suburbanites, who get shafted in turn by both. The swing was to...

JakeYonkel wrote:British National Party: 56%
Conservative Party: 48%
Labour Party: 22%

Not that I really know what much of this means.

You're views mostly mirror the BNP. What does that mean? Are you sure you're not a member of the KKK?

Is having Israel as an ally, an asset or a liability to the US' national interest? Please take into account factors such as: security/insecurity military influence international reputation business/trade effect financial factors In no way should this be considered a poll regarding religion. Of cours...

And here's my opinion on the leaders of each party: Cameron . Toff snake oil seller who to me remains all front and lack of substance. Apart from their perceived stance on Europe, I don't really know what they stand for these days. Rather attractive wife, after a few pints. Brown . Well, the job is ...

I honestly wouldn't know which party to vote for these days. So I used this website, which matches your views with a political party, that a mate sent to me: http://www.votematch.org.uk It's 30 questions and a bit more. I was always brought up as a centrist, so I'm probably a commie by US standards....