Win a soccer game by more than five points and you lose

An Ottawa children’s soccer league introduced a rule that a team that wins by more than five points will lose by default. The Gloucester Dragons Recreational league’s edict intends to dissuade runaway games. Read more:

Win a soccer game by more than five points and you lose

I Thought We Were Friends?

In the original film "The Stepford Wives," a malfunctioning wife turned robot (due to sinister surgical alterations), said repeatedly to soon to be altered Kathryn Ross, "I thought we were friends.....I thought we were friends." President Obama, who gets a national security briefing every day, is taking heat from a group he thought was his friend, the American Civil Liberties Union. Read why the ACLU is upset with the president here:

I Thought We Were Friends?

Taxpaying Couples Share of National Debt: Over $237,000

Do you and your spouse work and pay taxes instead of sitting in the wagon and calling on others to pull? If so, you might want to take a look at this continuously updating website.  It will help you understand more fully how much the U.S. government is borrowing on your behalf. Your share of what we owe can be seen here:

Taxpaying Couples Share of National Debt: Over $237,000

Zenyatta Tries for # 17 Today

Great racing mare Zenyatta (left), ridden by Roswell native Mike Smith will try to win her 17th consecutive race today at Hollywood Park in the Grade I Vanity Handicap today. Arguably the greatest racing mare of all time, Zenyatta still needs 3 more wins to tie the 19 race winning streak of New Mexico's Pepper's Pride (right). Read details here:

Zenyatta Tries for # 17 Today

NMSU Coaches Discuss Boise Departure

NMSU coaches from a number of sports chime in on the topic of the day.....BSU's plans to join the Mountain West and get out of the WAC.  Read the viewpoints and comments here:

NMSU Coaches Discuss Boise Departure

Paul Krugman is Debt/Deficit Dove....Again

We have a cousin in our family who often quips, "This is no time to quit drinking." Paul Krugman, economist, partisan, New York Times columnist, and author of the  book "Conscience of a Liberal" questions the wisdom of fiscal discipline in his column. Like so many partisans in both parties, Krugman has switched from dove to hawk and then back to dove again on the national debt. It comes as no surprise that with his party is in power, his deep analysis lands him in the, "This is no time to stop borrowing," camp again.  He attempts to explain/rationalize why here:

Paul Krugman is Debt/Deficit Dove....Again