Obsidian Wings

Women's World Cup Final! U! S! A! (open thread too!)

by Ugh

Let's do this.  For some reason the game is at 11am Eastern instead of 3pm like the semifinals, but whatever.  Need to by me a Rapinoe jersey and walk around by the White House with it on if they win.

Separately - go Coco!  And really, All England Club, this "no middle Sunday play" nonsense has got to stop.  Srsly.  Also, love that the French starts on Sunday, the other tourneys should do that too (though I guess the Australian technically starts on Sunday in the US).

What other less than horrible sh1t is going on out there?

Open thread 

Women's World Cup (yetanotheropenthread)

by Ugh

So I've said before the nation rooting order for anyone watching the (male) World Cup should be:

1. Your home country
2. Any nation from Africa
3. Any nation outside of South America & Europe
4. Brazil
   ....
   121,212,312. Germany (no offense Hartmut!)

This gets more complicated for the Women's World Cup as the primary reason for rule 3 is that no nation outside those two areas has ever won the Men's World Cup, or indeed even made the World Cup Final.  That's obviously not the case for the current tournament.

Anyway, based on my own rules, U! S! A! (for the sportsball tournament, not our nightmarish presidential administration that, apparently, thinks it's cool to emulate Soviet Russia and roll tanks down The Mall on July 4th.........).

Maybe someone could trick Trump into reading "What to the slave is the Fourth of July?"

Feh

UPDATE:  You fncking go Sue Bird.

I'm in Charleston and it's effing hot (Open Thread)

by Ugh

It's SCOTUS Armageddon this week, where we learn if we can keep it.  Good on ya', CJ Roberts (probably the incorrect turn of phrase).

USWNT won today, although likely didn't deserve it.  Nevertheless, woo!

I watched Brightburn and it needs a sequel (in fact the concurrent credits scenes are some of the most compelling of the movie).

Did I mention it was hot in SC?  A perfect time for dinner on the USS Yorktown with no AC...."feels like" 103 degrees.

Anyway, I've been neglecting my duties here for a variety of reasons, so, open thread............................