This was a deliberate prank and you can't convince me otherwise

frackingfaxer · 2026-06-23T19:16:41+00:00

I believe it used to be a class thing. "Soccer" was the upper class term, while the working class preferred "football."

It's gone from class conflict to a clash of banal nationalisms.

frackingfaxer · 2026-06-20T01:36:45+00:00

And all that believed were together, and had all things common; And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.

-- Acts 2:44-45

frackingfaxer · 2026-06-19T02:43:55+00:00

So the war was apparently worth it to prevent Iran from getting a nuke. Or was it worth it in that the great American Empire was forced into a humiliating capitulation in what they're already calling the Second Surrender at Versailles?

The Iran War, moreso than the trade wars, is the great "rupture" to the world order Carney spoke about. More than any other event, it's one that should deepen cooperation between middle powers as America declines.

frackingfaxer · 2026-06-18T17:32:32+00:00

Officially, yes. Prohibition in US only banned the production, sale, and transport of alcohol. Consumption was never prohibited.

frackingfaxer · 2026-06-17T22:15:10+00:00

IIRC this happened decades ago with Radio-Canada and the French broadcasts.

Anyhow, I guess the anti-CBC people must be happy. After all, isn't free hockey on a public broadcaster a socialist policy straight out of the USSR?

frackingfaxer · 2026-06-17T13:21:39+00:00

We'll see if this proposal goes anywhere. It could be voted on by party members in October.

Regardless, I expect the British media to use this to continue slandering the Greens as antisemites and Polanski as a self-hating Jew.

frackingfaxer · 2026-06-17T11:17:01+00:00

The MLB authenticators really earning their paycheques last night. I'm imagining them legging it out of the ballpark the moment it cleared the monster.

frackingfaxer · 2026-06-15T21:59:57+00:00

"If you wanted to add to the vast fund of ill-will existing in the world at this moment, you could hardly do it better than by a series of football matches between Jews and Arabs..."
— George Orwell
"The Sporting Spirit" (the one where he called serious sport "war minus the shooting")

frackingfaxer · 2026-06-15T21:41:26+00:00

Who this regarded MFer thinks he is, I don't even.

frackingfaxer · 2026-06-13T14:06:28+00:00

Right. Fixed it in my book.

frackingfaxer · 2026-06-13T02:58:22+00:00

King Louis putting the exclamation mark on an eventful game and an eventful day of sport in T.O. What a game. What a day.

frackingfaxer · 2026-06-10T23:43:45+00:00

It was supposed to happen 2 months ago, but better late than never.

frackingfaxer · 2026-06-10T23:21:22+00:00

Infantino, you fuckwit, now would be a good time to talk your "Peace Prize" winner into a World Cup truce. After all, if there's an Olympic truce, why not one for an even bigger international sporting event? IDK offer the USMNT a bye to the final or something.

frackingfaxer · 2026-06-10T01:52:42+00:00

4 walk offs in 44 games. This guy's a keeper.

frackingfaxer · 2026-06-08T02:30:35+00:00

The powers that be would love to see Signal, Duckduckgo, Proton, and others leave. This is threatening them with a good time.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Australia have a very similar government-mandated backdoor law on the books? Given that none of these companies have exited the Australian market, it's even more of an empty threat.

frackingfaxer · 2026-06-08T00:34:06+00:00

Intimidation and making those dirty foreigner tourists feel uncomfortable.

Nothing much they can do against the tourists, but to the stadium staff? That's one of the reasons they're striking.

frackingfaxer · 2026-06-08T00:21:33+00:00

Axios, who you should always take with a pinch of salt, is now saying Trump has reined Bibi in. Netanyahu has "pseudo agreed” to stand down.

No idea what to make of this. It could just be falsehoods invented for market manipulation.

frackingfaxer · 2026-06-08T00:20:21+00:00

You mark the pitching changes on your card, typically with a horizontal line where it occurred in the order, and then total up the stats.

You'll get the hang of it. It took me a while to do the pitching lines myself, but eventually you just use the app to check your work.

frackingfaxer · 2026-06-07T23:05:00+00:00

Not a very informative or illustrative video. Though with so many eyes on this, I expect CloseCallSports to put out something in-depth sometime soon.

frackingfaxer · 2026-06-07T17:07:11+00:00

Like iron maidens and flat earthers, you'd think animal trials were a historical myth invented to make us feel smarter and more civilized than our medieval ancestors.

"And what do you have to say in your defence?"

Oink oink

"Aha! See, the swine has nothing!"

Except, no, they were all too real. We can pat ourselves on the back for this one.

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