In the aftermath of Luis Suárez hand-ball in the Ghana game some pretty ridiculous things have been said. The worst, in my opinion --expressed by his coach--, is that what he did wasn't cheating. That by doing something in the rule book and being duly punished amounts to playing within the rules. Suarez and Diego Forlan have come out and said that he made the best save of the tournament.

So, as the big Argentina/Germany game draws near, the question looms: What's the best result for the Jews? Who should we root for?

Obviously, Germany has a rather large strike against it: the Holocaust. For the same reason my cousin wasn't allowed to buy a Volkswagon, I probably wouldn't support Germany--even if they weren't wearing brown shirts. Anyone who ever watched Leni Riefenstahl's documentary on the 1936 Nazi Olympics is gonna have a hard time rooting for a German sports team.

So at first it seemed obvious: we must pray for an Argentinian win!

For a while I was asking myself if England were the only idiotic team in this World Cup. But no, misery loves company, and France and Italy have truly outclassed England in every way. No team have owned the first round. But some of you poolsters surely have. Who can help but be impressed with our leading triumverate of jackson.bodtker, gilbert, and John Burgess? And then you poolsters who still have all 5 teams in contention: drigo and  Masterpick. Failure to mention perennial pool underachievers marcus and giuliana22 would be remiss as well.

Let's take a closer look at the neighborhood which has spawned this pool frenzy: