Take one last look at Abraham Lupus Frohman III, because he’s going into the mothballs. You know what that means: despite Barack Obama’s pandering to the Danish, Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics was finally put to sleep.
In fact, between the four remaining cities [Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro, and Madrid were the others], Chicago was the first city to be eliminated in the initial voting. Sorry Chicago, the tribe has spoken.
Also eliminated: Tokyo. Sayonara, amigos…I’m actually pulling for Rio now, since they’re only one hour ahead of North America’s east coast and avoiding the internet during the summer will only be more annoying seven years from now.
I’d like to thank Mr. Frohman for his service to With Leather and wish him a warm and happy retirement, preferably in a well-lubricated locale. Godspeed, sir.
4TH UPDATE: Here are the highlights in case you missed the match, or just want to relive your jaunt onto the MNT bandwagon.
3RD UPDATE: It’s over! USA Wins, 2-0!
2ND UPDATE: USA’s Michael Bradley gets a red card with four minutes left. America’s a man down. That’s not good.
ZOMG! Clint Dempsey just scored on a loose ball! It’s 2-0 America! We’re good now!
Nineteen-year-old Jozy Altidore scored in the 27th minute of Team USA’s Confederations Cup semifinal with Spain, giving the MNT a 1-0 lead that they’ve managed to carry into halftime. Spain has since responded with well-timed attacks that have barely come up unfinished, and one has to think that the Americans can only dodge so many bullets before the world’s No. 1-ranked team finds the back of the net.
The second half just started. We’ll recap the game when it ends. You can follow the game here if you’re stuck at work. ESPN forgot to load this page with annoying videos, so you should be good.
For the US Men’s National Team to advance in the FIFA Conferderations Cup, they had to beat Egypt by three goals, and then Brazil had to beat Italy by three goals, and both of those things happened over the weekend. Sweet, we advance! We’re good now! The MNT advance out of the pool stage and will play their next game Wednesday in the semifinal against the slanty Spaniards of Spain. Spain?! Aw, no! We suck again!
Anyone ever heard the expression, “Three Spaniards, four opinions.” What the hell does that even mean?
Don Chavez and Buzzfeed had the poop on this bullfighter from Spain that was gored in the chest during a “performance” on Wednesday. From BF:
Israel Lancho is currently in serious condition after undergoing surgery for a 20cms hole, and we’re assuming the bull was put down shortly thereafter.
I can only hope that bull got on a boat and came to America, where we either kill the damn thing and throw it on the grill, or just let him hang out until we run out of other stuff to eat. If you hadn’t noticed in the image, that’s a goddamn SWORD in the bull’s back. Nothing better to do in Spain than dragging on the killing of animals for show? Michael Vick is plotting his comeback in the wrong country. F’ck Spain.
Watch the DC video after the jump, if you like. I’m sure it’s as disturbing as you’d expect it to be. But watching the rest of his clown posse drag him to medical attention is somewhat gratifying. Not that I’m bitter.
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When they’re not making slanty eyes for photographers, they’re laying (lying?) infants in the street to be hurtled in the name of Christ. Yes, it’s El Colacho, a tradition dating back to 1620 started to celebrate the beginning of the Catholic feast in the village of Castrillo de Murcia. Blockquote, por favor?
The festival has been rated as one of the most dangerous in the world. The origins of the tradition are unknown but it is said to cleanse the babies of original sin, ensure them safe passage through life and guard against illness and evil spirits.[7][8][9] Pope Benedict has asked priests in Spain to distance themselves from the El Colacho, or Baby Jumping Festival, after a recent tragic accident where babies were endangered and a 92 year old man was killed.[citation needed]
Wow, I never would have guessed that the old man would have died. That said, jumping over a baby is not that hard. I’ve successfully jumped over 99 babies out of 100 attempts. Of course, everyone wants to keep bringing up that one mistake. That’s just the kind of society we live in.
|A is for Afro…J is for Jacks, via Christmas Ape|
One of the nice things about Europe, you know, aside from the fact that you could sit on your ass all day on the government’s dime, is that they don’t have the big stigma about alcohol. I blame the mothers of all the lightweight drinkers that die in car crashes. And the fact that our professional sports teams have never paid out bonuses in beer.
The Spanish players will each receive their weight in beer from sponsor Cruzcampo after winning Euro 2008 at Austria and Switzerland in June. Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina will be the happiest after tipping the scales at 95.6 kilograms (211 pounds). Villarreal winger Santi Cazorla is the lightest player on the squad at 70.4 kilograms (155 pounds).
The grand total? 1,742 liters for the 23 players on the roster - the equivalent of 5,200 bottles.
This is almost as sweet as the deal for the North Koreans, who were paid their weight in 14-year-old girls. And to think my uncle did time for having that same idea. No wonder he always had so much candy in his glove compartment.
[Machochip, via FOX Sports]
