Go Fourth

Arsenal are currently battling Man City in a game they need to win in their quest to steal 4th place (and the final Champions League bearth) away from Spurs this weekend. A draw will still leave them with a chance, but a sin will put them within 1 point of their North London rivals, meaning that they can still afford Spurs to draw with West Ham, so long as they beat Wigan. A draw for the Gunners would mean that they would need Spurs to lose their game and win at Wigan. The other option is that a win today and a loss by Spurs on Sunday would mean Arsenal would still go through on GD if they only draw.

In any case as things stand right now the Londoners are 3-1 up and five minutes from time.

Sunderland are leaving it too little, too late as they are currently 2-1 ahead against Fulham (including one goal by our own Anthony LeTallac). Not in the sense that they could have staved off relegation (that was decided long ago) but that they could have hoped to have a chance of not being remembered as the team with the fewest ever points earned in the Premiership - a record they held two seasons ago and one they will break by at least one point come the end of the season!

A Better Sentence

The death penalty. Solitary confinement. Both of these are too good for Moussaoui.

I get the whole, "It's better for him to be sentenced to life imprisonment rather than executed and give him what he wants most: a Martyrs death!" thing, but one of the things what pisses me off is that tax-payer money will be used to feed, house AND PROTECT (!) this barstard.

Of course the bigger issue is that this piece of shite deserves so much worse than either of the two options. A 'life-sentence' also sends a message to these other terrorists that the US are weak and that they won't be punished for their actions either: just put in jail with the chance to appeal at some later date.

Personally I think we should send the terrorists a message by allowing a Hannibal Lecter type free reign over Moussaoui's ass, with the one proviso that he must not kill him (at least for the first 30 or 40 years anyway).

The other, and probably better, alternative (as the picture below shows) is to lock him up with a few big fellas who will spend the next few decades raping and pounding him in the arse! The way these guys hate gays this would be worst punishment they could imagine. I can just see it now, all these cunts would slit their throats rather than get captured. Get the information out about this sentence and then you'll see Al'Qaeda's recruitment rate drop to near zero!

Oil Price Blame-Game

Note where the Democrates 'stand' on gas prices:

Macca Can...we hope

The FA have finally appointed a successor to Sven for the head coach of the English. It's probably the best we could hope for. Scolari is undoubtedly a better coach, but England have a different style. It is probably best that he is English too, perhaps FIFA should have a rule whereby the coaches for, say, the top 50 countries have to be from that nation (those outside of that top 50, may need more choices and experience to help them develop and, therefore, need to go foriegn). After all we don't go out and hire Ronaldinho, as much as we may like to, to play for our national team!

Looking at the alternatives (English ones at least): he's probably a better option than Curbs, Bruce, & Robson (thankfully both of them went down) and it's too soon for Pearce. The only other choice was Sam Allardyce (who wouldv'e been as successful as Graham Taylor). As for O'Neill perhaps the best coach of the bunch, but BEING BRITISH IS NOT BEING ENGLISH!

Read more here, here and here.

Solution?

Of course just over the horizon is England - gotta have me footie!

Raja Bell is my New Hero

Raja Bell (Phoenix Suns), decides to take-out Kobe Loser Bryant, by grabbing him in a choke and them shoving his face to the floor. Ha!

If it were me I would have kicked him too.

Hopefully, Raja (who was ejected) won't get a suspension for the final TWO games, 'cause I'd love to see part two of this.

Sit back and laugh as Kobe gets his punk-ass sent to the floor.

Footie Round Up

Since Bolton have already lost their chance to qualify for Europe and all of Middlesbrough's game are all just warm-ups for the UEFA Cup final, their game has come to mean nothing now. However, there has been plenty of action away from the Premiership tonight, mostly in Spain, Scotland and Germany:

Spain:
Without kicking a ball Barcelona have been crowned Primera Liga champions following second-placed Valencia's 2-1 defeat at Real Mallorca. Eventhough they later beat Celta Vigo the result was irrelevant to the Catalans. Valencia's loss also means that Real Madrid can leapfrog them into the second automatic Champions League spot if they win their game in hand.

Celta Vigo loss and Osasuna win over Athletico Madrid has seen them extend the gap for fourth spot (the final Champions League berth). A win or two draws from their last two games will secure Osasuna's place in the premier european competition next year.


Scotland:
Hearts beat a 10-man Aberdeen team to clinch the final Champions League spot, condemning Rangers (who did better in the competition this year than any previous Scottish club) to the UEFA Cup.

Meanwhile Inverness' win over, second from bottom, Falkirk leaves them one point off fourth place Hibernian (for the final UEFA cup spot - do Scottland have two?).

In the other meaningless games: Celtic and Motherwell disposed of Kilmarnock and relegated Livingstone (respectively).


Germany:
Beyern's win over Stuttgart puts them within 1 point of clinching the title - assuming that there's not a net goal difference loss of 9 goals between them and second placed Hamburg. The postponed game against Hamburg together with Wolfburgs loss has given Cologne a lifeline, who need to win both of their last games while hoping Wolfsburg lose their final two and Kaiserslautern fail to win theirs.

Break their Hearts

Hearts are currently 1-0 up against an Aberdeen side that only have 10 men on the field. A victory for the Edinburugh team will secure 2nd place in the SPL and 'condemn' Rangers to the UEFA Cup.

Anyone but Holland

Two guys from Holland (Marco and Marko) are setting up fans sites proclaiming their love for other teams other than their native Holland. So far I've found three sites:

1. Holland for England
   
2. Holland for Australia
   
3. Holland for USA
   

They, obviously, only speak english, which is why it's only these three nations that Holland are sacrificed for. It might be interesting to see them do one for Trinidad & Tobago (drug references), Saudi Arabia (increasing oil prices) or Iran (missile attacks).

Click on the above links to see their respective pages and video messages.

One Love

Amazing picture of Bob Marley, made out of the lyrics of his songs, that takes about as much work to read as it probably did to make.

See more at lapopart.

Crazy Drive

I'm sure that this one will be making the rounds today on the blogs (I haven't see it before) - this guy looks like a absolute nut job:

How to tell a Brit from a Yankee

Simply observe them watching the following video. If they're a Brit they will be rolling around on the floor crying with laughter, if they're a Yankee, they'll have a look of perplexion across their faces.

Gotta Love Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse - Classic stuff!

Rovers v Chav$ki & Other Meaningless Games

Well that last post was a waste of time since Blackburn are currently leading the Champions 1-0 who are without John Terry, Michael Essien, Claude Makelele and Didier Drogba (all injuries) and Petr Cech, Paulo Ferreira and Arjen Robben (all rested).

Other games that are going on are in the Scottish Premier League where Rangers must beat Hibernian (currently 2-1 to the Glasweigens) if they want any chance to claim the last Champions League spot, and a game between Dunfirmline and Dundee United is a game that means squat!

The final game is being played in League Two where a win for Carlise (currently 2-0 up against Rochdale) will almost certainly secure them the title. The only chance Northampton would have of stealing it would be a loss for the leaders and a 26(!) goal swing in the final games of the season (a little unlikely me thinks).

• The League Two game is over and Carlise can celebrate winning their title (despite all the unlikely mathematic permatations).
• Dundee has lost to Dunfirmline - and nobody cares.
• Rangers have dispatched of Hibs in their unlikely quest for a return to the Champions League.
• Blackburn still have 5 minutes left to hold out for and secure the final UEFA Cup spot.
• Blackburn have done it and are through to Europe. A question now is will they permanently sign Sinima Pongolle? Or even will Rafa try to get Bellamy in part exchange?
  

End of Season Footie

With Chav$ki already champions, and Brum, Brom and the Black Cats relegated, and Man Scum, Liverpool and West Ham have already qualified for Europe next year (the Champions League in the case of the first two and the UEFA Cup for the latter) the only unanswered questions to the start of next season are:

• 1. Who will claim the last Champions League spot or drop into the UEFA Cup (between the Gunners & Spurs)
• 2. Who will clinch the final UEFA cup place (between Blackburn, Bolton and Newcastle)
• 3. Who will come second and earn automatic qualification in the Champions League (between the Mighty Reds and Man Scum)

#1 can possibly be answered on the last day of the season: it would require Arsenal to win their game in hand and then their final game at home to Wigan, while their local rivals must get no more than a draw when Spurs visit Hammers at Upton Park. Any other permitation will not resolve this matter on the last day since Arsenal have to still play in the final, so 4th place might not be enough for Tottenham (should they make it).

#3 will only be answered in part on the final day, be it will decide who will benifit if the Gunners fail in Paris. With Liverpool only 1 point behind Scum (who have lost and drawn their last two games) and win for the Mighty Reds and no more thatn a draw for Scum will see them finish in second place. At that point only Arsenal can take away the automatic place away by winning in France.

Only #2 could be answered before the final game as Blackburn host Chav$ki today today. Blackburn only require 1 more win from their final two games (their last being at home to Man City) to secure 6th place. Where as Newcastle (who play Chav$ki) and Bolton (who play Middlesbrough and then Brum) would need them to lose one and do no more than draw the other, while winning their own games.

Personally I don't really care who claims the final spot, I don't like any team - well that's not entirely true, I can be a bit partial to Newcastle (but failing in Europe could mean that there may be an exit strategy for Micky Owen). As for the other two I don't like them primarily for their managers (Hughes 'cause he used to be Scum and Allardyce just generally).

Despite all that though, I'm hoping that Blackburn lose or draw today and Bolton win tomorrow, setting up a three-way fight that could end up being decided on goal difference or even goals scored.

If that were to happen then the qualifiers would be between Bolton and Newcastle since Blackburn would have no more than a +5GD with a 48GS, while Newcastle would have at least +5GD with at least 47GS, and Bolton would have a minimum of +9GD and +49GS. Assumming this scenario Bolton will most likely go through, simply because a win and a loss for Blackburn would require Newcastle to beat Chav$ki by four goals at Stamford Bridge, while hoping that Bolton win both their games by no more than one goal in each game!

How to Pack Your Suitcase

Not sure if you'll get through customs with it though. Click on the picture to see the unpacking - definately NSFW.

No Mas

Personally I've never listened to his show, so I don't know how right wing or far right he may or may not be, but if this is anything to go by I like him (not all of what he's saying but the way he juxtaposes it):

Chris Muir's take on Immigration

You can see more of Chris' strip at www.daybydaycartoon.com.

(Click the images to enlarge and see more clearly)

Build The Wall First

All over the States 'immigrants' are on strike, taking their kids out of school and boycotting stores. Of course the truth is most immigrants aren't. The people on the streets are those illegal immmigrants without work (the vast majority of those that have work are so downtrodden by their employers that have to go to work), those sympathetic to the cause (predominantly Mexican), and the socialist lefties.

I have a really hard time talking about this subject there are just so many issues and so many problems, it's infuriating. There are millions of immigrants that are here legally (myself included) who suffered hardship trying to get here the right way, I have relatives through my wife that had to wait (and some still are) for 10-20 years to get here legally! I even have friends who's wives are in another country still waiting before they can legally join their spouses in the USA.

There is such human tradgedy about people crossing the border, death in the deserts, rapes at the border, terrorists crossing, drugs and gangs, sex slaves, the list goes on. Order needs to be resored, the wall needs to be built and enforced, and a proper immigration/intergration policy must be followed.

Lies, Damn Lies and FIFA Rankings

Once again FIFA have shown themselves up as the fools that they are – this time with their eternally inaccurate way of rating the world’s international football teams by way of their FIFA World Rankings.

Whatever the system they try to defend is: allowing for how far a national team has progressed in a tournament (over 5 years!); wins, draws and losses, be they friendlies or competitive, home or away. Whatever it is, it doesn’t work.

Here is the current top 10:

• 1 Brazil
• 2 Czech Republic
• 3 Netherlands
• 4 USA
• 5 Spain
• 6 Mexico
• 7 France
• 8= Argentina
• 8= Portugal
• 10 England

The top three are pretty obvious, and although it could be debated over, at least it is feasible, but for the USA to be 4th and Mexico 6th, you’ve have to be mad, or at least watching another unrealistic Hollywood movie. On this same list, Italy currently lie 14th, Sweden 16th and Germany 19th – even Poland (who are still going to the World Cup, in case anyone forgot) are placed inexplicably in 28th spot.

Okay it’s true, currently Italy are underperforming, as are Germany – but not that much. And as for Sweden, I’d far rather meet the States than the Swedes (as we will in the forthcoming World Cup). For the most part the rankings are pretty close, but it’s these anomalies that are so frustrating – especially for me here in the States, when some moron comes up to me at work and say that the USA sokar team are better than England’s based on these FIFA rankings. Better still are all the Mexican’s I know who think that Chiva’s and co. would walk all over any team in Europe, rather than battling mid-table in the Scottish Premier League!

One of the many things I hate about College (American) ‘Football’ is the way the teams are selected to play in the Rose Bowl (the grand final if you will). It’s not based on how many games they’ve won, or the goal difference, etc., but on what a bunch of journalist rate them as. Personally, I dead set against a bunch of journalists doing the same thing with footie, but as regards this broken FIFA ranking system, at least they could do a better job!

As for a more realistic top ten (let’s make it 15) here’s what’s more believable:

• 1 Brazil
• 2= Czech Republic
• 2= Netherlands
• 4 Spain
• 5= France
• 5= Argentina
• 7 England
• 8 Portugal
• 9 Italy
• 10 Sweden
• 11 Mexico
• 12 Germany
• 13= USA
• 13= Poland
• 15= Greece
• 15= Uruguay

Of course the World Cup in Germany is just over a month away, at that point we may have a better gage to work out how good these teams are. For my money can only foresee one of four winning it and those are the teams lying in 1st, 4th, 7th, and 12th!

SHC :: Jessica Alba

Jessica is easily one of the hottest chicks around right now. Born a Californian Girl in Chino, she was the military brat daughter of Mexican-American father and maternal granddaughter of Danish, Italian, French and English decent. Read more of her Wikipedia entry here.

There are just a plephora of images of her all over the web (which is why I was astonished I only had 130-odd on my PC...that's been changed now).

I first spotted her in a supporting role of the teen horror-com flick "Idle Hands" (also including Seth Green), playing the girlfriend of the lead. The closing scenes of the film showed Alba in scantily dressed in her undies - very tasty (thankfully she was legal at the time). She also popped up in Never Been Kissed with the gruesome Barrymore. After that she went onto headline Dark Angel, a TV sci-fi show that never got going and was cancelled after it's second season (it probably only went that far 'cause people were tuning in to check her out).

More recently her profile has been raised by films such as Fantastic 4, Sin City,
and Into the Blue (which people only watch - myself included - to check out her arse in bikini).

Recently she was victim to the 'Nip Slip' (although it wasn't a 'proper' one. She has a nudity clause in her acting contracts, and even threatened legal action against PlayBoy earlier this year, after they misleading made people think she had done a nude pictorial. She only dropped the suit once Hugh Heffner personally apologized for the 'confusion/mistake'.

She's currently working on three films: sequels to Sin City and Fantastic 4, as well as 'Awake' a film with Anakin Skywalker who's anesthesia wears off during heart surgery, but is paralyzed and unable to do anything (something that happens more often that people think).

You can read more about Alba at her fansite here and see a plethora of her pics here.

Didn't Batman have one of these?

In my web travels getting pics of Jessica Alba I stubbled across a blog talking about this beast.
Yes I'm a chick when it comes to cars - I don't know jack about them, I just like how they look: "Oh! The red one looks nice."

Check out the website here.

More Victims of Scientology

More great stuff at Worth1000.com with the 10th edition of their Celebrity Caricature 'Pinocchio' comp.

Some of these you can't even work out until you read their name at the bottom, some of my fav's are below, including Snoop 'Doberman' Dogg: