Brad

Brasil looked terrible tonight. They had the majority of possession tonight, at least 67%, but couldn’t score. Well, actually they did, twice, but VAR nullified them. They weren’t playing a top team but yet couldn’t score. Credit Venezuela with a good defensive effort.

USA! USA! Every time I've gotten poison ivy, I've gone to the Dr. He prescribed penicilin and .25% desoximetasone cream, which took card of it, although it took a couple of weeks. Anti itch medicine will not treat the causes.

I’ve gotten it a few times. If you’re working in an area that has it, you should wear clothing that covers you. There’s also a saying that is good advice: “leaves of three, let it be.”

Spain advanced to the knockout stage for the first time and for its efforts it gets to play -- in all likelihood -- the US Well, it will be a learning experience. They kept the Germans, the number 2 team in the world to one goal, so maybe they can do the same here. Chile beating Japan 4-0. Well, that's a shocker, isn't it. There was an article in this weekend's Times about Platini, about how he hoped to clear his name when his suspension ended. I have no doubt he's guilty. In Exile on His Home Turf, Michel Platini Runs Out the Clock on His Ban

Count me out as well.

The French team benefited from a couple of home field calls today. It’s good to be the host.

I don’t find the physicality in the Latin American game appealing. I can always watch American football for that.

I stand corrected; we do get some of the games. I looked at some upcoming matches and I see Japan and Qatar are in the Copa. Last time I checked, they were not part of South America geographically nor did they speak Spanish or Portuguese. Of course, I could be wrong

We don’t get the Copa on my system but, to be honest, I’ve never been able to get interested in the Copa or South American football, generally.

They held them to three

Thanks for the explanation Dan.

They priced their IPO at $22 per share and it closed at $34.99 on the NYSE, although after hours trading shows a slight loss. Might be worth a purchase.

This will take awhile to go through. I've asked to see the French list. Can someone explain why some of them are called "Definitive."

I read they plan to offer max contracts to both. No asterisks maybe but did the best team win? Don't believe they did. In the future people will say Raptors were the champs but.... That but will always be there.

The Times has interviewed the author of the article for its Popcast or podcast. Can Record Labels Be Trusted to Preserve Music History?

Rich? Not really. They have a high burn rate.

They wouldn’t have won had they been playing a healthy team. However, injuries are part of the game; the Warriors just had one too many. They could afford injuries to one key player, not two.

Most people probably don’t understand the master tape concept.

Based on the article, there have been so many acquisitions that probably few of the operational people knew all that they had acquired. When I was working on mergers and acquisitions (in a completely different business), I (as an attorney) knew more about some of the smaller assets we had acquired than some of the business people. It’s not surprising that some assets were neglected; had there not been a fire, some probably would have been lost anyway.

A profile of Ma Rainey in the Times' Overlooked series. Overlooked No More: Ma Rainey, the ‘Mother of the Blues’

More like liar.

I've read favorable reviews about this.

I have the cdrs, as mentioned, which is good enough.