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Hell, even if Domench was worth a damn as a coach, I would still be having a remarkably gutted feeling about this , as well as almost the entire footballing world. I don't think there's anyone brave enough to tell Ireland to get over this one. Even their prime minister is getting involved in this (though thankfully the football federation of the Republic said that no government official should get in this). So you try telling Ireland to get over it. Unless you are The curious irony in all of this is that many Irishmen chuckled at the misfortune of their old English foes after Diego Maradona's infamous "Hand of God" goal ended their World Cup dreams some 23 years ago. Well, now they have their own injustice to throw into the hall of sporting infamy and, as the English will readily confirm, the pain they are feeling now is unlikely to disperse any time soon. An English chap.

Photo from Truthout.com In this case, it is! Thanks to Alan Grayson guy and RON PAUL, bipartisanship was actually in the favor of the American people in the push back on bank lobbying puppet Mel Watt , who tried to take away your chance to see what the hell transactions the Federal Reserve was doing with the financial industry . Thankfully it didn't go Watt and his supporters way : Today, the House Financial Services Committee passed an amendment to their financial regulatory reform bill that would mandate an audit of the Federal Reserve. The Paul-Grayson amendment, named for its chief sponsors, Reps. Ron Paul and Alan Grayson, passed the committee by a count of 43-26. Almost with a similar feeling of last night's "Too Big Too Fail" banks vote , this one has a ways to go in order to be law. The lobbying challenges will get strong, and there virtually is no chance that this will get passed before years end unless the extraordinary happens. But it is a rare, VERY RARE,...

Instead of tax cuts, maybe the stimulus bill should have included New Moon Twilight series promotion.

The news that everyone knew a few weeks ago is official : The media mogul Oprah Winfrey will end her iconic daytime talk show, “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” in 2011 as she prepares to start a cable channel of her own. A spokeswoman for Ms. Winfrey’s production company confirmed Thursday evening that Ms. Winfrey will make the announcement on her program on Friday. The plans were first reported by WABC, the ABC affiliate in New York City. “The sun will set on the Oprah show as its 25th season draws to a close on September 9, 2011,” WABC said. Fill that time spot Ellen....don't let that Wasilla Quitter fill it up.

Add another to Republicans hating the American people Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic effort Wednesday to immediately freeze increases in credit card interest rates, fees and finance charges. Shortly after Democrats passed credit card reform legislation in May, the card companies began jacking up rates in advance of its implementation. Major parts of the act won't take effect until February and August of 2010. After another great moment in journalism from them, they apologize. Dana Perino sure is qualified for this job . Additional deliveries : For those trying to stay sober, this isn't the study report you probably need to see . Lifetime does have some crazy movie title. Seriously . And your cartoon episode for the day.......Huckberry Hound

Photo from Getty Images' Doug Pensinger San Francisco Giants flame thrower has won the National league Cy Young award for the second straight year, toping the St. Louis Cardinals one-two punch of Chris Carpentier and Adam Wainwright. Lincecum is the first repeat winner of the award since Randy Johnson's legendary four year run. It was break neck close between the top two for the award Lincecum received 11 first-place votes, 12 seconds and nine thirds for 100 points in balloting released by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Carpenter had nine firsts, 14 seconds and seven thirds to finish second with 94. In my mind though, based on the crucial last 10 stars, when their respected teams needed their aces to be ACES then, I feel that Carpentier won the award in my mind over the now two time winner. Check out the numbers: Wainwright (click to enlargen): Last 10 starts, 2.38 ERA (18 ERs) with 66 k's, 59 hits, and 13 walks. Carpenter (click to enlargen): Last 10 ...

In the last few days, Progressive Congressional figures in the House have placed a lot of heat on Tim Geithner for basically favoring Wall Street over Main Street in their opinion. Peter DeFazio is the leader in all of this Today though, instead of being able to address rational people like DeFazio, Geithner had to get into a shouting match with an idiot like Kevin Brady today . In a fiery exchange at Thursday's Joint Economic Committee hearing with ranking Republican Kevin Brady (Texas), who suggested that Geithner had "failed" and should reconsider his job, the Treasury secretary asserted that he and his team had made great strides bringing the economy back from "the brink." "I agree with almost nothing of what you said," replied a heated Geithner, charging President George W. Bush's leadership was to blame for the country's financial woes. "Again, it's just a basic fact: A year ago, this economy was falling at the rate of 6 percent...