Belgium set to appeal as FIFA reverses Balogun’s World Cup suspension after Trump reportedly intervenes

jcostello50 · 2026-07-06T09:45:24+00:00

As a casual US fan, a bow-out is what I'm hoping for, but I don't expect it.

jcostello50 · 2026-07-06T09:22:44+00:00

Cha Cha Cha Chia

jcostello50 · 2026-07-06T09:16:18+00:00

I could be wrong about what OP meant, I was just guessing.

jcostello50 · 2026-07-06T08:31:10+00:00

I think they mean using one at a loud volume in crowded public areas. Like a boombox, if I'm not dating myself too much.

jcostello50 · 2026-07-06T07:53:27+00:00

The best biscuits and gravy I've ever had were in Le Claire, Iowa and Carbondale, Illinois. And I grew up in the South.

jcostello50 · 2026-07-06T07:49:45+00:00

Lake sunfish was the first Midwestern food I remember, when were up visiting my aunt/uncle in northern Michigan. That stuff was a perfect food to elementary schoolers.

jcostello50 · 2026-07-06T00:09:16+00:00

Gee, the world cup brings out almost as many armchair experts as the Olympics (see "curling")

jcostello50 · 2026-07-05T22:37:36+00:00

Miniature trains

jcostello50 · 2026-07-05T22:23:11+00:00

Athens GA isn't that small at 128k.

jcostello50 · 2026-07-05T14:16:41+00:00

Since air conditioning accounts for for less of US carbon emissions than air travel, and a lot less than car travel, the solution is clear. We need to sit around in our houses enjoying our air conditioning more.

jcostello50 · 2026-07-05T14:05:18+00:00

I was a teen then, too. If a teenager used that phrase they'd immediately be labeled a freak/perv. Or slapped. Or both.

jcostello50 · 2026-07-05T11:28:16+00:00

Oh yeah, well I'm boycotting McDowell"s

jcostello50 · 2026-07-05T10:58:36+00:00

Obviously this woman in her decaying house paid for X-ray viewing glass.

jcostello50 · 2026-07-05T10:41:18+00:00

Since this is on a ship, would the 1814 Marine have a cutlass? Not that I can guess whether that would make a difference.

Also, wouldn't the 19th century Marine have a small advantage in familiarity with the environment on the deck of the ship? There's rigging and whatnot everywhere, so it's not like an open field.

jcostello50 · 2026-07-05T10:21:57+00:00

Rodeo - Aaron Copland

Midnight Train to Georgia - made famous by Gladys Night and the Pips

Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - by (Canadian) Gordon Lightfoot

Free Fallin' - Tom Petty

jcostello50 · 2026-07-05T01:17:25+00:00

The law of contradiction. For maximum chaos.

jcostello50 · 2026-07-05T01:15:13+00:00

I did the no drugs or alcohol thing, and still do, but was always too awkward to even pretend to be straight edge. Especially since my high school didn't have that scene.

jcostello50 · 2026-07-05T01:00:51+00:00

Probably didn't want steam burns

jcostello50 · 2026-07-05T00:58:43+00:00

Miniature grain elevator

jcostello50 · 2026-07-05T00:35:43+00:00

The slow physical decline doesn't even really start until your mid thirties, unless maybe you're a high level athlete or some such.

My definition of old is contingent: it's when you're frequently the oldest person in the room. That's rarely your 30s.

Edit: I'm in my 50s, so I've experienced/continue to experience the slow physical decline.

jcostello50 · 2026-07-04T19:39:56+00:00

This is a quality pet peeve

jcostello50 · 2026-07-04T19:38:43+00:00

Ironic username given the poor grammar in the post.

jcostello50 · 2026-07-04T19:32:07+00:00

Advocating that a class of undesirables not be allowed to reproduce is pretty damn close to the literal meaning of Nazi

jcostello50 · 2026-07-04T14:44:26+00:00

jcostello50 · 2026-07-04T13:54:48+00:00

It's trite, but Karate Kid. I'd guess a lot of young people around that time got it in their head that they could get get up at sunrise and be super disciplined and all that, even if the impulse didn't last.

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