I agree with much of what you say. That said, Zidane did not line up as an inverted winger opposite Ribery in 2006. France played a 4-2-3-1 in just about every game. Zizou sat centrally in front of Makelele and Viera and was flanked by Malouda on the left and Ribery on the right. Titi was nominally up front alone but…

And Reus and Marko Marin before him. They were fun to watch.

Toby Charles. I grew up on that as a kid. My dad would watch on PBS on Saturdays. We also got this little guide magazine for the show, The Globe Kicker. Hamburg was then ascendant and my brother had a Manfred Kaltz shirt my dad fashioned at some T shirt shop in Montana, while I had a Hansi Mueller shirt. Loved that…

bravo....

While Bill Clinton is far from innocent, there is a good deal of distortion with respect to his record and the crime bill and the incarceration of black men. Below are some figures from the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

Wow. Faulkner could do whatever he wanted. He is a pleasure to read. I am reading The Sound and the Fury now for the first time, having only read Light in August and the Reivers. (The former, is the only book I have read four times). Thus far it is a struggle albeit a joyous one.

best show on TV. I have a running internal debate about whether I would rather be best friends with Abby or Ilana...There is really no wrong answer.

Or...maybe discuss both of them?

If you haven’t seen this documentary, check it out. Interesting look at Ronaldo’s athleticism and metrics. Well worth a look. In particular, the 12 min mark measuring his jumping ability, two footed versus off one foot.

Best show on TV, IMO.

Deakins did Sicario which I also thought looked great. And I completely agree about Jesse James...I just am bummed I can never get my wife to rewatch it with me.

Crash is fucking terrible. I hate hate movie. Like someone took Altman’s brilliant Short Cuts and dumbed it down considerably, threw in some JV level race related juxtapositions and boom.

“and it is indeed possible to count every very good Welsh soccer player in the history of the sport up to and including Ramsey on Jason Pierre-Paul’s right hand.”

Who!!?

“Donald Trump, a toupee someone found in a garbage can and stapled to a sweet potato.”
Did Anna Merlan sign off on this? Just checking whether this should be added to the list. http://theslot.jezebel.com/this-has-not-b…

Toronto v GSW isn't the correct comparison.

The point was pretty straightforward but I'll walk you through it: the author (and others apparently) were seeking to credit an exhausting game on the road to a good team the night before (and not the Bucks) for the defeat. I was pointing out that the Bucks, too, played on the road against a good team the night…

Bucks played last night on the road in Toronto.

People do know that the Bucks also played last night on the road in Toronto, right?

It is easy to look at repugnant clients and say to the defense lawyer “how could you?” Take the repugnant client out of the picture for a second and then focus on the important role that defense lawyers play as a check on state power. The state has this awesome power to strip someone of their liberty and the best way…