In terms of ownership, never has an ownership been so rich and so dumb as RBNY. Seriously, you look at the payroll of that team compared to the quality of that team, and it's absolutely absurd.

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Well, he had been playing at a high level in Spain, but his club (Levante UD) wasn't actually paying him. By contrast, the Sounders are financially solvent enough to give him the hefty paychecks that Levante was not. The truth is that while La Liga has high levels of competition, unless your club is named Barcalona or…

I can't wait to see what ECS has up their sleeve for the tifo this time. Also, what role will Roger Levesque play this year?

Regarding Seattle vs. Portland:
There will be rain…OF BLOOD!
The only music will come from the mighty brass band at the north end zone of the cLink.
The mighty Sounders will proceed to slaughter their neighbors to the south. Obafemi Martins might make an appearance if we are lucky. Roger Levesque will show up to…

I would read the hell out of that book. Quick, someone form a magic circle, get some goat's blood, a chicken liver, an eye of newt, and summon Alan Moore!

I don't know. If Garak is on his A-game, I suspect they would have no way of knowing. Here's how it would work: he schedules a holosuite romp with Bashir, programming a holographic double of himself to take his place at a given point, at which point the real Garak slips out, does the deed, and is then back in the…

Oh man. Garak would have made for one hell of a Faceless Man. And given the Obsidian Order's penchant for radical plastic surgery, it might even be semi-possible in universe without resorting to magic.

If my hypothetical teenage children have anything to do with it, he would be!

I'm going to allow this.
"Roddenberryianist Antidisestablishmentarianism"

@avclub-7cbaf9384cf3835106bf2f444c0bcf65:disqus /high-five! DS9 wasn't a so much a flat-out rejection of Roddenberry, but an in-depth effort to put those Roddenberryian principles through their paces and examine how people could realistically work both within and outside of that framework.

@avclub-7cbaf9384cf3835106bf2f444c0bcf65:disqus I would argue that "Homefront" and "Paradise Lost" are examples of that deepened, more complex Roddenberryianism, as it shows how even in the Utopian 24th-century Federation, humans can succumb to fear and paranoia, and how in their zeal to protect their society, give up…

Oh man. Worf was really the show's comedic secret weapon. It often seems like his life is this grand cosmic joke that only he gets. It's a good thing towards which to aspire.

It certainly didn't help. Truly, this is the darkest of timelines.

Christopher Judge was pretty much my favorite part of Stargate SG-1, and the foolish, yet constant hope that he would maybe throw in a cameo appearance is the only thing that kept me watching Atlantis for as long as I did (two seasons, to be specific).

@avclub-3db41011acc2d229176bf6a92202728d:disqus "I won't say that I fucked your daughter…but knowing that I could say that if I wanted to, well it kind of gives me a Cardassian erection."~Garak's inner monologue upon next meeting Dukat

My mistake.

"If I don't make it out of this alive, tell my wife 'Hello.'"

In general, I think DS9 was at its best when it asked serious questions about the Roddenberry ideals. Eddington's speech is an example of that. It forces the crew (and by extension, the audience) to think seriously about the implications, costs, and responsibilities inherent in Roddenberry's philosophy. Roddenberry…

From my understanding, he was involved with the Maquis long before he ever arrived at DS9, and specifically sought the position there so that he would be better-positioned to help coordinate supply efforts in the badlands.