JadedWolf

So, Dutch airline KLM apparently pissed off world famous Mexican Gael Garcia Bernal by tweeting an "adios amigos" to the Mexican team. Yeah, I don't know who that is either, but he's threatened never to fly with KLM again. And apparently a lot of other Mexicans who are also sour losers with no sense of humour have been complaining about the tweet. After which KLM quickly removed the tweet. Gutless move by KLM, the Dutch queen should promptly take the royal predicate away from the airline. https://twitter.com/yoyen/status/483324954323472387/photo/1

The penalty was correctly given. Yes, Robben went to the ground in a theatrical fashion, but he was quite clearly fouled. There are quite a few people who have it in for Robben, and certainly based on his play throughout his career there is cause for displeasure at his whinging and diving. However, the last couple of years he's been a lot less prone to this sort of behaviour and he's really grown as a player. I think people should give him more credit. At the moment he is one of the best, if not the best, player in the tournament. That being said... Boy, I was anxious watching this game. The orange team looked absolutely dreadful at the start. De Jong getting injured really put a dent in our defense, and the new defender that replaced Janmaat was horrid. No offense to him, but I hope this was his last game in the orange jersey. Things really turned around when the team started to play 4-3-3 and we got rid of the dead wood. It helped of course that Mexico had completely given up on trying to play football and their coach had his team go into ultra defensive mode the moment they were in the lead. Awful decision by the Mexican coach. And then Sneijder, of all people, scoring the equalizer, and Huntelaar who hadn't played even a minute previously scoring the winning goal. Love it.

My fears for today: Netherlands-Mexico 1-1, penalty shoot-outs: Sneijder misses, Netherlands out of the tournament.

Columbia really is three sizes too big for a Uruguay without Suarez, it seems. Not much excitement left in this game.

I feel so, so sorry for Jara, that must be the most awful feeling.

Wow, that Hulk is annoying. Such unsportsmanlike behaviour.

I slept like a baby.. In other words, your shrill cries kept up everyone else in the house.

So the guy who got bitten by Suarez actually thinks the punishment is excessive. http://ht.ly/yvRp6 Go figure.

I guess in France people are used to it and consider this a normal way of celebration for the Algerians.

http://www.demotix.com/news/5111111/clashes-between-algeria-football-supporters-and-riot-police-lyon The thing is that French Algerians have a better chance to play in the Algerian team than in the French team, unless like Zidane they are really really good.

So in France people of Algerian origin have been celebrating the fact that their country is through by torching other people's cars and motorcycles. Yep, given the choice I think I prefer U.S. football fans.

I haven't seen any Algerian women among the fans either. Then again, that might be because I am watching the South-Korea - Belgium game. South-Korea should really work on getting a better keeper. This one's dreadful.

I am not sure who to support here. On the one hand eleven hardworking, passionate, plucky representatives of a nation that is in every respect a dwarf among football giants and who try to make up for their lack of individual talent by giving it their very best, and on the other hand there's South-Korea. Just kidding, neighbours! Your team is actually quite decent. On paper.

Can't imagine many clubs having an interest in buying him from Liverpool anymore now. Then again, you never know.

Ah, he is also suspended from all football activities for four months. That's more like it.

Het got off light, if you ask me.

Stray cat befriends lynx after sneaking into its zoo enclosure http://metro.co.uk/2014/06/18/stray-cat-befriends-lynx-after-sneaking-into-its-zoo-enclosure-4766873/

I think we should send Cesar Milan to have a look at him...

Its good that you moved so swiftly to prevent said murder, what would happen later when kitty gets older and reflects on its life. Imagine the guilt Cats hunt - its what they do. They're obligate carnivores and as they can't produce etinol, taurine, and arachidonic acid IIRC and they have to get it from the flesh, organs and/or bones or prey. Or cat food. But while you can take the animal hunting out of the cat food, you can't take the animal hunting instinct out of the cat. But murder is murder, and what about the long term psychological consequences when Kitty realizes all the lives that he/she has ended? Just because Kitty is an animal this needs to be considered...don't you think? So you're suggesting that cats abstain from hunting... ...and thus go blind and die because they can't synthesize proteins they need from eating plants? And what about plant murder? Why is that bird okay to save, but not the grass. WON'T ANYONE THINK OF THE GRASS? I am quite sure Bruce was joking. I certainly hope so!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6t2n_Tbu3E

Jadedmeister, I can't comment on the Netherlands but in South Africa we Pet Psychics and Pet Behavioral experts ( Pet Psychologists ) who do claim to understand what is going on in the mind of pets. So don't dismiss the fact that pets have feellings and thoughts too that correlate at times with ours I don't discounts that they have feelings and thoughts at all. I do very much doubt our cat will ever feel guilty about chasing birds though!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3Gl6T0CC2I#t=86

Its good that you moved so swiftly to prevent said murder, what would happen later when kitty gets older and reflects on its life. Imagine the guilt Cats hunt - its what they do. They're obligate carnivores and as they can't produce etinol, taurine, and arachidonic acid IIRC and they have to get it from the flesh, organs and/or bones or prey. Or cat food. But while you can take the animal hunting out of the cat food, you can't take the animal hunting instinct out of the cat. But murder is murder, and what about the long term psychological consequences when Kitty realizes all the lives that he/she has ended? Just because Kitty is an animal this needs to be considered...don't you think? Don't worry Bruce, we can't afford a cat therapist but we are going to try to council her ourselves with the help of some self-help literature. She's going through a rough patch, but we are going to make sure she gets through it. In all seriousness, the bird must've had a death wish because it came back later that day. I was looking for the cat since it was her feeding time and saw her having a go on the same bird. It looked quite rough and I was quite sure the bird was dead but as it turned out she was only playing with the silly bird. I wonder if she even had her claws out, because when we the birdie hopped into our neighbours garden, who stuffs animals for a living and as such has a good idea of their anatomy, he gave the bird a good checkup and said that the bird was just fine. Weird, but our kitty has brought live animals into our garden before so it seems it's just play to her.

Off-topic: I once met a fellow who claimed to practise the sword stroke of the assistant in this rather quaint ceremony every morning. He said whenever he did he imagined that he was cutting off the head of his best friend. So... I asked him who his best friend was - he answered his girlfriend was his best friend. I then asked him what his girlfriend thought of that. I don't remember what he answered, but he completely failed to see the connection. In all fairness, the guy probably had a social disorder. Nonetheless, the bizarre obsession and reverence some people have for this weird suicide ritual never ceases to amaze me. On topic: And Greece is through. There is no God.

Goodbye Japan. You did your best, but sadly it wasn't good enough. Good luck next tournament. A shame, after the WC in Japan and S-Korea I had high hopes for both teams, but Japan hasn't improved at all and South-Korea has only gotten worse.