Last time I checked, a team comprised mostly of MLSers was among the top 16 teams in the World Cup. So the level in MLS can't be too bad. Is it one of the top leagues in the world? Not yet, but they're on the right track. In 2010, only six players were playing in MLS. In 2014 their number went up to 21. We can expect…

As an atheist, I don't understand your need to deny the existence a historical Jesus. It is true we don't have contemporary evidence, and that we should practice great caution in accepting the New Testament as an historical document. However we do have Tacitus' account which can be dated about one hundred years after…

Klinsmann's US did okay in the WC.

You underestimate Iceland. Last time they were one game away from making it to the World Cup. A game they lost to Croatia arguably because they were lacking some depth in their roster. Aside from that they had some pretty convincing qualifiers that made it clear that they could easily count themselves as one of the…

It's great that you are excited, although, as you say, things will probably regress to something more familiar eventually.

You do know there is a thing called the Baseball World Classic where the USA constantly keep embarrassing themselves despite fielding a team of MLBers from all over the nation?

...because the USA's pc rules don't apply all over the world.

What apartheid? You do know that there are Palestinians who live and work in Israel? In fact there are even Palestinian Israelis some of which are members of the Knesset. I'm not going to say that they are all thrilled about, but I would definitely not describe their situation using the word Apartheid.

Yeah, but there's a difference whether the cosplayer genuinely identifies with what he or she is wearing and put a lot of effort into making or procuring his or her costume, or whether he or she are just being payed by some big corporation.

Reread my post. I was saying that even if Israel is doing that, that doesn't justify attacking Israeli or Jewish civilians.

So "an eye for an eye" is still a good way to handle things?

"It must have been a scuffle" [with full on karate kicks]