Canada Day.

 

Soccer ...Soccer.... US team.

The American goalkeeper had saves of every kind. He flashed a leg out several times to knock shots away. He dived to his right or his left to snare hard-hit balls. He reflexively punched close-in shots away. He tipped the ball over the crossbar on a couple of occasions.

That's the most saves in any World Cup game since they began keeping such records in 1966. His club coach said there is no better goalkeeper in the Premier League.

 Howard "It's my job. That's what I signed up to do," he told ESPN. Many learned that he has Tourette syndrome.

With all the excitement, today's disappointment is far easier than later. Many of the big boys are out, Spain, England, Italy, and now USA. This team achieved a lot and we enjoyed the performance and the excitement.  The New York Times puts the TV numbers of Soccer viewers on Sunday as "Bigger Than Baseball".

Just a thought.

No Fun???

Some believes that the high court will side against the company that’s seeking to evade the Affordable Care Act’s requirement.

“The Court will not violate anyone’s religious beliefs, but no one has the right to discriminate against a woman or a man because of own. 

Business owner has a right to his or her religious beliefs, but that doesn’t mean you get to impose it on any women/men who have different beliefs.

Just a thought.

Don't defeat yourself -Soccer

Mexico and the Netherland.

The game looked like a sure Mexico victory heading into the final minutes. In the first half, Mexico had most of the better chances and was looking threatening from outside the box and on the counterattack.

In the second half, Mexico opened the scoring with a beautiful strike from outside the box to lead 1-0. Then a decision is made to make sure to defend this goal by all means.

That opened the door for the Netherland to continue to attack and Mexico defends. Mexico succeeded to be ahead till few inutes before the end. The Netherlands scored twice in the final eight minutes to go from being sent home to advancing to the quarterfinals. What a turn of events. It is all in your strategy.

Just a thought.

Fighting ISIS.

 

The first group of U.S. Special Forces [advisors] arrived in Baghdad. 
 
The Syrian government bombed Sunni militant targets in Iraq. Iraq media reports that the attacks near Iraq’s western border were carried out by U.S. drones [May not be true but just propaganda to show that US is involved].

The New York Times reports that Iran has been sending two daily flights of 70 tons of military equipment and supplies, launching a small fleet of drones and also sending Militia to fight the Sunni.

CNN reported that some old tanks for the Iraqi military are on the move while the newer are in their bases.
 
From all these reports and others, it is obvious that the Iraq military is unwilling to fight.  This after years of training by the Americans.

So here is the Americans, the Iranian, the Syrians, and the Iraq to fight a tiny force with minimum equipment. The ISIS has pulled all parties together for this fight.  

Just a thought

Dvision...*

The division between Iraq's Sunni and Shia is the oldest in the Middle East. It is one which seems increasingly shaping the destiny of this region.  Thousands of devotees from both sides pour into Syria. Jihadist [al-Qa'ida] volunteers on the Sunni side and Hezbollah militants on the Shia, are joining what is fast becoming a transnational civil war between the two factions. Now into Iraq.

The majority[ Shia] became in charge of Iraq after the invasion on 2003 and the fall of Sad-am. Now all of a sudden, the Sunni got support and ready to fight while the Shia just walked away. The Sunni control many towns moving to Bagdad [power] and the oil fields [source of funds].

So the fight will continue. At the end, the Kurds will be standing over the collapse of others. Then the Turks would fight them.

Netanyahu, who deals with both on a daily basis, said both the radical Shi’ites, led by Iran, and the radical Sunnis, led by al-Qaida and ISIS, are both enemies of the US. “When your enemies are fighting each other, don’t strengthen either one of them.  Both sides would want US to inter the conflict, then turn against US.

Both Soma Wrestlers look the same without the outfit, and that's the naked truth. Let us not get sucked-in the Game.    Just a [peaceful] thought.

Failed.. reappeared.

The Bushies are back.         Bush’s national security team, architects of the 2003 Iraq war, have reappeared.

"The policies of the last six years have left American diminished and weakened, Cheney says.   

Paul Wolfowitz said on MSNBC, we have an obligation to stop what he said is an Al Qaeda-linked group. "This is about preventing another 9/11."  
Paul Bremer, " U.S. might need troops on the ground in Iraq.

Reid "To the architects of the Iraq war, who are now so eager to offer their expert analysis. "Unfortunately, we already tried it your way, and it was the biggest foreign policy blunder in the history of the country."

Democrats point out "the non-existent WMD, disbanding the Iraqi military, more than 4,000 killed U.S. soldiers, billions upon billions spent on the war, frayed alliances, and backlash from other countries". Add to this, the World Financial collapse in 2007 after the Trillion dollar spent on the failed war.

Yet you can't blame someone for trying to ......

Just a thought.

Megyn interviews Dick Cheney

 Megyn Kelly began by quoting Washington Post columnist Paul Waldman:
“‘There is not a single person in America who has been more wrong and more shamelessly dishonest on the topic of Iraq than Dick Cheney, and now as the cascade of misery and death and chaos, he did so much to unleash raises anew, Mr. Cheney has the unadulterated gall to come before the country and tell us that it's all someone else's fault.’ The suggestion is that you caused this mess, Mr. Vice President.  What say you?”

Kelly came back hard: “But time and time again, history has proven that you got it wrong as well in Iraq, sir.  You said there were no doubts Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.  "we would greeted as liberators"  "the Iraq insurgency was in the last throes".  And you said that after our intervention, extremists would have to, quote, ‘rethink their strategy of Jihad.’ 

Now with almost a trillion dollars spent there with 4,500 American lives lost there, what do you say..... you were so wrong about so much at the expense of so many?”

One more questions, Were the President then served appropriately?

Just a [4500 lives lost] thought

Medical Marijauana...?

Governor Cuomo has made it clear he doesn’t want the bill to legalize medical marijuana in the state to go up in smoke, he just wants to make certain it isn’t administered in any smokable form.
That’s one of the stumbling blocks holding up passage of the measure. The state senate worked late as leaders conferred with the Governor to reach some compromise.
The Assembly approved it, and it was expected to breeze through the Senate until the Governor said he feared the measure in its current form would wreak havoc unless major changes were made. He doesn’t want it administered through smoking the weed. It could be given orally.

No need for any delay since it impact the patients' lives. Marijuana's side effect [Smoked or not]looks great compared to Chemotherapy treatment.

Physician visit, Co-Pay, Insurance Premium, Pharmacy, Co-Pay or a dispensary, Manufacturing, Distributors, DEA, Court system, etc. So let us make it simple, not a money maker on the backs of those who needs it. Let us put the patients comfort first, make sure it is low cost product for the patient who is or isn't on Government's assistant.

Just a [simple] thought.

Spain, Down and Out...

Spain has been the world’s best soccer team, winning the World Cup in 2010 and winning the European Cup in 2008 and 2012. They did it with flair and creativity, with a beautiful, fluid short passing game. 

Spain lost 5-1 to the Netherlands, then fell 2-0 to Chile. They will play Australia but they cannot advance. The Aussie put up a surprisingly good battle against the Netherlands.

Spain appeared slow, no desire to win or prepared to fight.  Spain’s goalkeeper, Casillas, may be blamed for couple of errors.

So for the World Cup Soccer 2014, one of pre-tournament favorites is a bust, leaving Brazil, Germany, Argentina and the Netherlands as the most potent-looking teams thus far.

Just a [sad] thought.