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Neymar may have scored for Brazil in their 2-0 victory over Mexico but it was his theatrics that got everyone talking during the last-16 World Cup clash. But football fans have flocked to social media to direct their anger and embarrassment towards the player for his theatrics, with Gary Lineker leading the charge. The former England international, now pundit, wrote on Twitter: 'Neymar has the lowest pain threshold of any player in World Cups since Opta stats began.' Another social media user, @Scienceofsport, posted a video of the incident, alongside the caption: 'Come on, man. How do you even show...

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Pushes 2007 deadline in proposal to remove US soldiers from Iraq WASHINGTON -- Senator John F. Kerry is pushing back by six months the deadline he wants to set for removing combat troops from Iraq, as he seeks to build support in the Senate for his plan for troop withdrawal. The proposal to be offered by Kerry today would require President Bush to remove nearly all US troops from Iraq by July 1, 2007. The Massachusetts Democrat's initial plan -- to remove troops by the end of 2006 -- received just six votes in the Senate last week, and the...

 

Go to Flippercam and click first on the icon in the upper right to turn off the Flipper music. Then click on the debate prep video, which is about six minutes long. I did have to minimize the screen to turn off the music, which came on again a few times while the video was playing. Maybe a FReeper who is more tech-savvy than me can explain how to turn it off permanently while the video is playing--or tell the RNC how to fix this annoyance. Enjoy the video--it's a hoot.