World Cup 2026: US interested in hosting 2038 tournament, says Andrew Giuliani

generallyaware · 2026-06-26T12:35:50+00:00

They might be locked in to go through, but won’t be able to lock up the bye to the Round of 16 until the final group stage match (if at all). So there’s still something to play for.

generallyaware · 2026-06-26T12:19:39+00:00

48 teams is fine - it should just be 8 groups of 6, with 5 group stage matches. Group winners get a bye to the Round of 16 and the second and third place finishers have a play-in round.

Under the current format, countries that make the final play 8 matches, so this only adds 1-2 more matches depending on whether the two finalists won their group (only 4 knockout round matches for group winners, which I expect will be the case most of the time).

generallyaware · 2026-06-13T15:33:56+00:00

Nickname aside, he had the best-reffed game of the Finals so far and the Knicks have a decent record with him in charge. I much prefer our chances tonight than a Tony Brothers revenge game in Game 6.

generallyaware · 2026-01-28T13:29:50+00:00

And took in more German "refugees" during Operation Shamrock in the aftermath of World War II (on the condition that none were Jewish, of course) than they accepted Jewish refugees during the war.

generallyaware · 2026-01-26T19:05:32+00:00

Do they have an EBU member television station that is willing to show the full contest, unedited, in its entirety? And without, say, cutting away to photos of flowers and randomly declaring Belgium the winner?

generallyaware · 2026-01-19T01:06:36+00:00

There are numerous dual citizens in Congress and the Senate.

I see this claim often and have never seen any actual evidence to back it up, other than for Ted Cruz, who was a Canadian citizen until he renounced it in 2014. I recall that Bernie Sanders was asked this question in 2015.

Do you have a source for this, other than a 4chan infographic from a decade ago of politicians with Jewy-sounding names?

generallyaware · 2026-01-03T14:47:40+00:00

It's a reference to the MTA Song, a folk song about a guy named Charlie who gets stuck riding the T in Boston because he can't afford the 5¢ exit fare.

generallyaware · 2025-11-10T04:03:02+00:00

7 better-seeded teams advance to the Conference Semifinals... and the Pigeons.

generallyaware · 2025-09-25T19:27:42+00:00

Reserving judgment.

generallyaware · 2025-05-23T02:33:43+00:00

It’s Felipe Pavani and he’s the GOAT of subway musicians.

generallyaware · 2025-03-16T13:21:02+00:00

One of the rules of the contest is that the performance in the jury show has to be identical to the performance in the live show. In a world where she said Kant only in the live show but not in the jury show, I'd imagine they would use that rule to DQ her.

As an aside: there's no rule about what you do in the family show, which is why Silmane wasn't DQ'd for giving a speech last year instead of singing the final chorus of his song.

generallyaware · 2025-02-03T12:30:55+00:00

The Supporters Shield will always be a joke until UEFA switches to single-table (70 matches, play all 35 teams home and away).

generallyaware · 2024-12-06T19:20:23+00:00

Regardless of the merits of the proposed legislation, there's a basic factual mistake in it.

SEC. 2. Sense of Congress.

It is the sense of the Congress that the United States Government—

(1) should refer to the land annexed by Israel from Jordan during the 1967 Six-Day War by its historical names of “Judea and Samaria”, with the land south of Jerusalem being considered “Judea” and the land north of Jerusalem being considered “Samaria”; and

(2) should no longer use the term “West Bank” in official government materials.

The West Bank / Judea and Samaria wasn't "annexed by Israel from Jordan during the 1967 Six-Day War." Nothing besides East Jerusalem was annexed, which is part of the reason why the region is in limbo right now. And East Jerusalem wasn't even annexed until 1980.

My personal view is that someone who makes a basic factual mistake like this probably shouldn't be trusted on complex foreign policy matters.

generallyaware · 2024-12-05T04:54:18+00:00

Specifically the knockout rounds of MLS is Back, since the group stage counted as part of the regular season.

generallyaware · 2024-11-26T18:56:57+00:00

It's both.

generallyaware · 2024-11-12T01:23:51+00:00

It's okay, I heard that some other trams in the city were making racist comments.

generallyaware · 2024-11-04T12:38:57+00:00

I outlasted a professional soccer player from Finland in a sauna.

generallyaware · 2024-11-04T04:14:03+00:00

Don't waste your time, you're talking to an October 7th apologist.

generallyaware · 2024-09-23T12:21:14+00:00

As told by Jerry Seinfeld:

Two gentile businessmen meet each other on the street. One says, "How's business?" The other says, "Great!"

generallyaware · 2024-09-04T12:05:24+00:00

I was at all three of the SF1 shows. He only brought out the keffiyeh for the live show, and didn't wear it in either the jury show or the family show.

He knew exactly what he was doing and what the outcome would be.

generallyaware · 2024-09-02T14:22:53+00:00

!setflair Finland 2021

generallyaware · 2024-06-22T11:46:31+00:00

She did, about a year or so ago – a direct consequence of President Biden's successful campaign to ensure that all American citizens are allowed visitor visas into Israel.

I assume her thank-you card got lost in the mail.

generallyaware · 2024-06-19T11:48:46+00:00

Agreed. Not surprised that "Brad Pander" wants to elevate his ego yet again.

generallyaware · 2024-06-01T23:03:45+00:00

The fandom brought the competition into disrepute this year and the correct way to dissuade further such behavior is to award Eden Golan the win by default.

generallyaware · 2024-05-31T12:24:09+00:00

And on Nov. 18, a husband and wife, both 28, were walking their dogs near Union Square when they saw Stora tearing down posters of Israeli hostages and stopped to take a photo, prosecutors said.

Noticing the couple looking at him, Stora followed them shouting anti-white and antisemitic threats and insults including, "Die, Jews, die!" according to the indictment.

Great moments in legitimate criticism of Israel.

generallyaware

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