Who gives them a Red Card?

This World Cup was a joke, a parody of soccer. It would be better said that it was a mockery of the sport. Many have profited greatly at the expense of incorrect judgement calls. If it was incidents that happened once or twice it would be quickly forgotten from the pages of our minds, but they were from beginning of the championship and continued until it concluded, even in the final act for the World Cup. I am at a loss of words, how can I express the events. The bias of the referees was undeniable. When will FIFA realize the importance of using replay review to make an objective call? Clearly one of the most frustrated teams this world cup was Team USA, but the same can said of Italy who should have won its last game by 4 - 3, instead of losing by 2 - 3. The Italians scored a perfectly valid goal, plus a crystal clear penalty that was not granted to them by the referee in question. Maybe Italy deserved to be eliminated due to their unconvincing performance. They were too weak for a reigning world champion, but a theft remains theft. They were robbed of a victory if not more. Another memorable situation was when the referee had invented a free kick for African team vs Uruguay in the last minute of play (my guess is that African team was supposed to qualify), then a penalty was easily awarded for the African team. Eventually the team’s worth became apparent. The Africans were left where they belong. Spain was visibly frustrated as the match against Paraguay, but like the game that I mentioned earlier, it was Spain's turn to be helped by the referees in the last act of the competition. Maybe the Dutch did not deserve a victory, but football is no longer a sport for fun, but a business, and those guys with the big bucks give a damn about fans and spectators.
Congratulations to the Netherlands, congratulations Germany, congratulations U.S.!

Jumper

For today I couldn't pick one out of these two images, so finally I've decided to upload 'em both!
The shot is from the sunday's football game Houston Dynamo vs Colorado Rapids (final score 1-0 for Dynamo)

Today's joke:

FAX: To My Dear Wife,

"You will surely understand that I have certain needs that being with a 54-year old you can no longer supply. I am very happy with you and value you as a good wife. Therefore, after reading this fax, I hope you will not wrongly interpret the fact that I will be spending the evening with my 18 year old secretary at the Comfort Inn Hotel. Please don't be perturbed I shall be back home before midnight".

When the man came home, he found the following letter on the dining room table. "My Dear Husband, I received your fax and thank you for your honesty. I too am very happy with you and value you as a good husband. I would like to take this opportunity to remind you that you are also 54 years old. At the same time I would like to inform you that while you read this, I will be at the Hotel Fiesta with Michael, my tennis coach, who like your secretary is also 18 years old.
As a successful businessman and with your excellent knowledge of Math, you will understand that we are in the same situation, although with one small difference. 18 goes into 54 more often than 54 goes into 18. Therefore I will not be back until lunchtime tomorrow".

The Pro

A professional photographer taking shots during the Dynamo - Red Bulls soccer game.

Today's joke:

An old Mafia Don is dying and he calls his grandson to his bed:
- Lissin-a me. I wanna for you to taka my chrome plated 38 revolver so you will always remember me.
- But grandpa, I really don't lika guns, says his grandson. Howz about you leava me your Rolex watch instead?
- Shuddup an lissin. Somma day you gonna runna da business... you gonna have a beautifula wife, lotsa money, a biga home and maybe a couple a bambinos. Somma day you gonna comma home and maybe find you wife inna bed with another man. Whadda you gonna do then... pointa to your watch and say 'Times up'?