That’s the problem — no one is willing to admit these jobs aren’t coming back. Ever. Trump may talk about it, but he’s not going to bring anything back here. Nobody is going to go on a stage in middle America and point to the Wal-Mart down the road with their 5-pairs-for-a-dollar socks and their $100 lcd TVs and say…

There’s Arizona’s next great neck tattoo.

The Lions may suck, but big props to the Lions fans who wrote in. They really brought it this year.

IMG going through commenters and forgetting Gourmet Spud and Hatey Mclife was like recounting the 27 yankees and forgetting Ruth and Gehrig. Also big ups to Iracane for doing the dirty work and Sussman for the best puns.

On the USMNT team bus:

Three.

Good thing he was all out of bubble gum. Probably would’ve been a boring scene otherwise.

Baby blue and teal are really awful colors.

And you should because anyone who doesn’t have a Europe > MLS bias is insane. Even though the MLS is still considerably below Euro levels, I feel like there’s been exponential growth in the quality of play over the past 5 years. I think the MLS is more mid-tier around the 70th percentile than the bottom feeder that…

I think you are right IF we can read between the lines. The point about Leroux was brought up by Haisley - it could be that Wambach does not link her with the foreign-raised men’s players. And I do think Wambach is blowing off steam.

Not sure she qualifies as an opportunist. Barring injury she was a shoo-in for a spot on the Canadian senior team but at the time she moved, there was no guarantee of making an age group US team, not to mention the senior team. We are getting a glimpse into this process right now and any kid - no matter how good she…

You are right but it still is not an apt comparison. She saw time on the older Canadian teams at age 13 because it was weaker (much harder to make the Sr Women’s team in Canada these days BUT they had at least 2 teenagers at the world cup, I believe). It is not like one of our German imports who cannot make the German…

Would you characterize Michael Jordan’s first retirement as “quitting on” the Bulls and his teammates?

So Abby Wambach and Landon Donovan suggest that Jurgen should focus on developing untapped talent in the US (which would include minorities) and that makes them prejudice toward foreign players?

I can’t seem to work up an outrage-boner for this.

I see shades of my mother-in-law—whom I long ago nicknamed my Martyr-in-Law—because she uses money to control and manipulate everyone. Welcome to why, despite being in the upper 2 percent, none of her many children completed high school. My husband eventually made it to law school, but the others are varying lifeforms…

Im sure the daughter doesn’t expect to NEVER talk to her mother whilst accepting college money. It’s the FREQUENCY that is the issue: mom wants texts every day and phone calls once a week. Jesus, I wouldn't do that for my mom now and we have a way better relationship than ever before.

This letter writer is giving me strong flavors of my mom. The martyrdom, using money/gifts as control. The question of “should a young adult text their mom back” isn’t really my takeaway here, it’s that a well - adjusted person would not have written this letter.

Or go to Walgreens and get the $5 one.

Orenthal Simpson wouldn’t mind taking a stab at being on a jury of his peers.