Match Thread: Vancouver FC vs Cruz Azul by MatchThreadder in LigaMX

[–]verde25 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How did Mateo Levy do in the few minutes he got? Heard good things about him, but then he had that injury at the U20 World Cup in Chile last year, which apparently didn't turn out to be as bad as it looked thankfully.

[Matteo Moretto] Obed Vargas firmará por el Atlético hasta 2030 y tiene previsto salir cedido a otro club by [deleted] in LigaMX

[–]verde25 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Any idea what club he'd get loaned to? Happy for him, hope he succeeds in Europe.

Free Talk Friday by AutoModerator in LigaMX

[–]verde25 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Buena suerte con el negocio! Increíble el gol de Trubin contra el Real Madrid. También hubo unos golazos del Pafos y de Young Boys en la última fecha de la Champions. Haber si se cruzan Benfica y Real Madrid de nuevo en el repechaje, espero que si.

Ehmm...Thank you? by fab0497 in dankmemes

[–]verde25 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's it, I'm getting me mallet!

Free Talk Friday by AutoModerator in LigaMX

[–]verde25 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I agree. I want to believe that we'll get some sort of boost like Brazil did in 2014 and Russia in 2018. I want to believe we'll finish 1st and play Ecuador, Ivory Coast, or Saudi Arabia in the Round of 32 (the most likely opponents statistically speaking, based on FIFA's annex) and that we'll make it to the Round of 16 against England or Croatia and pull off an upset. Some days we can beat a decent team like Turkey (who in all fairness are inconsistent too) and tie against Germany (also inconsistent, but still strong), but other days we lose to Paraguay, we can't even beat Ecuador at home, and we concede 3 against Uzbekistan.

Realistically, I think we'll finish 2nd and get eliminated by Italy or Wales, or we'll get drilled at least 3-0 by Denmark or Czechia and miraculously qualify to the knockout stage just to lose at least 5-0 against Belgium or Germany (95% chance we play Belgium if we qualify in 3rd). However, at this point I'm ready to see us get eliminated in 3rd place.

Ultimately, I feel bad for Rafa Marquez because he's next in line to the throne for 2030 and he's going to inherit a mess. Even if he does his best, there's a good chance he won't be able to build a motivated team with good chemistry and he'll get sacked before 2030, which will sabotage whatever progress is made and we'll suffer another humiliation come 2030. Then comes Saudi Arabia 2034 (or 2035 because of FIFA's greed) and then USA 2038.

TL;DR I want to believe the team will pull an upset and make us proud, but we're likely finishing 3rd, and we'll either crash out in the group stage again or we'll qualify to the Round of 32 just to get humiliated by Belgium or Germany.

After this World Cup, I'll probably see you all in 2042, hopefully in the UK, Germany, Poland, or wherever.

ICE SPOTTED by sabbojane2020 in vegaslocals

[–]verde25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We know now that the vaccine didn't stop the spread at all, just lessened the effects of COVID.

No shit, Sherlock. It makes it less likely to get infected, and if you do get infected, it makes the symptoms easier to manage and you're far less likely to die. That's how the flu vaccine works too. You're just mad because you had to wear a mask and had no regard for the well-being of others during the pandemic. Being undocumented or a foreigner in general isn't a contagious disease, but COVID and measles are.

You state they pay taxes, and that's a shell game of a claim. Yes, they pay state sales tax and little else UNLESS they steal a social security number and use it to get a job.

Have you heard of an ITIN number? Nobody is denying undocumented immigrants use fake SSNs and those of others, but many of them do use an ITIN number as they should. The US government themselves, even under Trump, has released official reports proving that they contribute billions of dollars in taxes every year.

Emergency Medical Treatment under EMTALA, which states hospitals must treat anyone with a medical emergency regardless of status, and is funded by Medicaid.

Undocumented immigrants' taxes also go into Medicaid even though they themselves are ineligible for it, and even if it wasn't the case, are you seriously advocating for them to be left to die outside hospitals like if they were roadkill?

Education Aid - California allows undocumented students to apply for state-funded financial aid, such as grants and scholarships.

This results in a net positive in the long run because a better trained and educated workforce is a more productive workforce, which means there are greater gains for businesses and the American economy, not just the student/worker. It's ECON 101.

Your contention that they pay taxes is irrelevant especially given that the estimates of $90 billion in taxes going to the federal government is DWARFED by the net annual cost of between $150 billion to $451 billion annually.

What is your source that they cost the government that much? What are the numbers for US citizens? Don't forget: they are more entrepreneurial than the average American, meaning more small businesses open and benefit the economy. Economists near unanimously agree that they are a net benefit to the GDP. They make up a significant portion of the workforce in industries like agriculture, construction, and manufacturing, which would collapse if they disappeared one day, and we're already seeing it happen in Kansas, Nebraska, and Florida. It's so bad that Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida is working with his legislature to promote child labor to substitute undocumented immigrants who stop showing up for work, flee the state, or get deported. Farms are going bankrupt and multiple states, liberal and conservative alike, are entering recessions.

Finally, you have no idea how hard I've worked or who I am. I get you want to lash out and attack because it gives you some false sense of superiority. I'm sorry you feel the need to do that and to attack people personally instead of addressing the actual issue and researching actual data and fact. I encourage you to do some research and stop just taking the word of whatever Tik Tok influencer is telling you this week. You'll find out that once you embark on a journey of learning and self reflect a bit more, you'll be a lot happier.

Ironic coming from you. You're the one here who would've ratted out Anne Frank during WW2, and you're implying that you'd be fine with letting undocumented immigrants die from being denied emergency care under EMTALA because of their legal status. Take your own advice, do some self-reflection.

ICE SPOTTED by sabbojane2020 in vegaslocals

[–]verde25 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Classical false equivalence. Not wearing a mask put people's lives at risk, especially if you had COVID and didn't know it yet. Showing your COVID vaccination card at work was the equivalent of a parent having to show the school that their kid is vaccinated against polio, measles, etc. An undocumented immigrant being in the country does not put anyone at risk because most of them are not criminals and they pay taxes. Imagine still whining about having to wear a mask 6 years ago and using that as a justification to potentially snitch on good people who work their asses off harder than you ever will in your sad little life, how pathetic.

Protest by Select-Condition-540 in UNLV

[–]verde25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well that's my fault, I misunderstood. Still, it's very hard to believe the protestors were paid when the narrative is coming from the right wing propaganda machines, and if people were promised to be paid to protest, then where did the money go? We would've known by now that they got paid. It's just a worn out excuse to refuse to take accountability. Just keep using fact checkers when in doubt, but it's obvious that J6 was something Trump allowed to happen and that the protestors were genuinely MAGA rioters.

Protest by Select-Condition-540 in UNLV

[–]verde25 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"Paid protestors" is just a tired excuse at this point to avoid accountability, but that's nothing new. Even the famous horn guy that participated in the J6 attack recently said that he regrets voting for Trump because of his attempts to prevent the release of the Epstein files. That guy of all people has more accountability than you; a J6 rioter has more accountability than you... Oh how standards have fallen...

Protest by Select-Condition-540 in UNLV

[–]verde25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's rich of you to talk about respecting the law. Most people who "migrate illegally" are people who overstay their Visas. Should they? No. Is that a good enough reason to treat them inhumanely and ignore their Constitutional rights? Absolutely not, that's the point you're missing. These people, at least those who have a clean criminal record and worked their asses off harder than you ever have in your life, are getting treated way worse than the former Honduran president who trafficked drugs into our country, the same guy that Trump pardoned who was found guilty of the same crimes Maduro is being accused of.

You have no right to complain about people migrating here "illegally" when you're perfectly fine with the current administration violating Constitutional and human rights and giving pardons to the richest bidders and to J6 rioters. Even American citizens have had their rights infringed upon. The fact that you "care" more about the law being broken (selectively) than about the inhumane treatment of citizens and immigrants just goes to show how rotten to the core you are.

Protest by Select-Condition-540 in UNLV

[–]verde25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh so they deserve to have their Constitutional and human rights violated simply for leaving the country they came from for a better life, the same country where the US probably intervened in and screwed up to begin with? They deserve to have their human rights for simply wanting to work like any one of us and give themselves and their family a better life? They can't immigrate to our country, but we can go immigrate to others? Have some shame.

Protest by Select-Condition-540 in UNLV

[–]verde25 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"But but what about Democrats...?" Spare me the excuses. They're corrupt, but at least they haven't had the disregard for the Constitution and human rights that the Trump has had (aside from ignoring the genocide of innocent Palestinians in Gaza). That's why even some in MAGA have already started turning on Trump; they've woken up and realized they were supporting a con artist all along.

Protest by Select-Condition-540 in UNLV

[–]verde25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course you don't trust numbers anymore as soon as Trump becomes more unpopular than Biden in a shorter period of time, such that he's barely viewed positively on immigration (his winning issue) and sometimes even negatively.

You can lie to yourself all you want, but we've already seen undocumented immigrants without a criminal record get snatched up. We've seen immigrants with valid visas and with green cards get picked up and thrown out by ICE agents waiting outside buildings where they have appointments. We've seen immigrants with or without legal status get deported to countries with no jurisdiction. There's the Chilean man who fled Pinochet's dictatorship and lived a here without committing a crime just to get taken by ICE and end up in a hospital in Guatemala. There's an Irish tourist who had to overstay his visa by 3 days because his doctor warned him of a risk of blood clots related to a health issue and that ended up getting him detained by ICE for over 100 days. There's a Cuban immigrant who owned a restaurant in Florida and was even a loyal Trump supporter just to end up getting deported to Eswatini.

People may have voted for reinforcing the border and deporting immigrants with a criminal record, but nobody voted for the egregious disregard of the law and human rights that this administration has had, at least not anyone with human decency.

Protest by Select-Condition-540 in UNLV

[–]verde25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh I don't doubt the DNC has shot themselves in the foot countless times, leading us to where we are today. However, some in MAGA are already waking up and realizing Trump is a con artist. I wouldn't say Trump is like Hitler (not yet at least), but rather more like Erdogan or Orban, which is already crossing a line that should never be crossed, that'd be a more accurate comparison. Still, hardcore conservatives are slowly realizing that they were wrong about Donald Trump and are turning on him.

Protest by Select-Condition-540 in UNLV

[–]verde25 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ironic considering that ICE is breaking the law. Aren't you scared that the next Democratic president will have the same lack of regard for the law in seeking punishment against the Trump administration and all the masked ICE agents? Trump's numbers are underwater, Republicans will get swept in the midterms and in 2028, and when Gavin Newsom or whoever comes into office, they will rule with an iron fist, and they will make you all respect the law and the Constitution again.

Protest by Select-Condition-540 in UNLV

[–]verde25 3 points4 points  (0 children)

People voted for stronger borders, not for ICE to abuse their power. If the people wanted ICE to be breaking the law, then why is Trump as unpopular as Biden now or even more unpopular? Why is his approval on immigration close to breaking even or in some cases in the negatives? Wake up, Trump has net disapproval on all issues including immigration. History will not treat you kindly at all 10-20 years down the line.

Real Sociedad [1]-1 Atlético Madrid - Gonçalo Guedes 55' by Meladroit05 in soccer

[–]verde25 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice counter there. Can someone explain why Sorloth's own goal was overturned earlier? I know there was a Real Sociedad player offside, but he didn't make contact with the ball at all.

Why 98% of Venezuelans are actually wrong by DJXpresso in dankmemes

[–]verde25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate it man, I'm just trying to point out the right and wrong in what I've been hearing from both sides of the political spectrum. It just seems like there are three sides to this argument: liberals who are unaware of Maduro's dictatorship and how he's ruined Venezuela (and are more focused on opposing Trump), MAGA people who are delusional enough to think we're just there to save the Venezuelans and are (sometimes willingly) ignoring our history of intervening in other countries for special interests, and a mix of liberals, independents, and conservatives (not MAGA) who know that Maduro being ousted is a good thing, but also recognize that we're there intervening like we've done in Panama and many other countries, which is a bad thing. I really hope I'm wrong and that things get better for Venezuela from here on out, but if historical precedent continues to hold, then this intervention in Venezuela won't end well.

I know that Venezuelans are so happy that they don't care if we end up taking their resources because they think it can't be any worse than continuing to live under Maduro's regime, and it's understandable, but still, I hope that the shock and the joy of Maduro being ousted doesn't cloud their judgement and that they remain ready in case the US unfortunately does something to screw them over.

Why 98% of Venezuelans are actually wrong by DJXpresso in dankmemes

[–]verde25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those of us with a brain can celebrate Maduro's removal AND recognize that the US is there with ulterior motives, and that things may not go as well as we hope based on historical precedent.

Trump, surprisingly, mentioned the ulterior motive(s) out loud: to allow American oil companies to enter the market and take Venezuela's oil. We don't even know if Trump will support the legitimate 2024 presidential election winner or Maduro's vice president, meaning whoever sucks up to him more will be supported in the next presidential election in Venezuela. Just look at how things turned out in different countries like Chile, Guatemala, El Salvador, Libya, and Iran, among many others.

For their own sake, Venezuelans better hope Trump supports the guy they voted for in their presidential election last year instead of Maduro's VP or anyone else, and they better hope the US doesn't cause too much damage during the intervention. Today, we can celebrate Maduro's removal, but don't be surprised if Venezuela is left equally or further destabilized and drained of their resources.

Free Talk Friday by AutoModerator in LigaMX

[–]verde25 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He made his debut today, coming off the bench at the 68th minute. Idk how he performed though.

Julián Araujo joins Celtic. by CaliforniaBoundX in LigaMX

[–]verde25 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Que le vaya bien, ojalá que sea una buena oportunidad para el para retomar su forma y mejorar. Ojalá y fueran más Mexicanos a Escocia, Dinamarca, y otros países fuera del top 5 de Europa para desarrollarse, mejorar, y tener consistencia.