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Radish posted:The only part I was wrong about was the legal bit apparently. I was only poking fun at you for the world cup every 2 years... the feeling that they're bought by the host nation has seemed increasingly obvious even to casual observers. Russia and Qatar are just the icing on that particular cake.
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hobotrashcanfires posted:I was only poking fun at you for the world cup every 2 years... the feeling that they're bought by the host nation has seemed increasingly obvious even to casual observers. Russia and Qatar are just the icing on that particular cake. Ahh ok, sorry. I was counting the Women's World Cup as well; as an American that one is more important since we win 
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hobotrashcanfires posted:I was only poking fun at you for the world cup every 2 years... the feeling that they're bought by the host nation has seemed increasingly obvious even to casual observers. Russia and Qatar are just the icing on that particular cake. In truth Russia was "fine" (corrupt hilariously, just like Sochi, but they are a world power) but Qatar was so beyond the pale and impossible that everyone went "what in the actual gently caress?" Russia's just gotten dragged into this because if it had been anyone but Qatar there would've been rumblings but no one would've cared.
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^^^ Ha, yeah "fine" and possibly a Picasso for Michel Platini. Qatar certainly demonstrates abhorrent new depths for their depravity, though. How they can ignore all the deaths just so far when it's what 7 years away..that's just unspeakably awful.Radish posted:Ahh ok, sorry. I was counting the Women's World Cup as well; as an American that one is more important since we win Well now I feel silly. I submit to your unquestionable correctness regarding the glorious sport of world cup soccer. I submitted too soon! hobotrashcanfires fucked around with this message at 15:20 on May 29, 2015 |
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The Women's World Cup is held the year after the Mens one, so you can't watch World Cups every second year Scotland are also poo poo at women's football
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Ashley Madison posted:Live stream of the FIFA presidential vote is about to start: I really don't know why people enable comments on these things 
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I CANNOT EJACULATE WITHOUT SEEING NATIVE AMERICANS BRUTALISED!
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A Pale Horse posted:I'm just saying, in the pantheon of crime child rape still trumps white collar crime, even as lovely as FIFA is, and the Swiss used a half assed excuse not to extradite someone who wasn't even their citizen. FIFA is an international organization run with next to no transparancy and its upper echelons and assorted hangers on are rife with very rich and well connected people. They also defy most scrutiny based on their status within society. Frankly at this point I'd be shocked if they weren't hiding a massive child rape ring. Cythereal posted:I don't give a poo poo about football/soccer and am enjoying this thread and the one in SAS immensely. It's the first time in my life the US has done something big and so unambiguously good that most of the world is cheerleading us. We'll allow you 1 (one) of those annoying "USA, USA" chants now, but no longer than 10 (ten) seconds. Orange Devil fucked around with this message at 15:57 on May 29, 2015 |
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Can we please have more of this and less military adventures and GOP insanity?
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IceAgeComing posted:The Women's World Cup is held the year after the Mens one, so you can't watch World Cups every second year Interesting, it always felt like 2 years. Good to know thanks!
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May 29, 2015 15:55
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For those that missed it Sepp Blatter demanded he be re-elected because time is infinite.
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Orange Devil posted:We'll allow you 1 (one) of those annoying "USA, USA" chants now, but no longer than 10 (ten) seconds. Oh, I got this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17mJgQkZX9U
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Lid posted:For those that missed it Sepp Blatter demanded he be re-elected because time is infinite. "Death is but a door. Time is but a window. I'll be back."
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May 29, 2015 16:08
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Are they playing softcore porn music during the FIFA voting?
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Gravel Gravy posted:"Death is but a door. Time is but a window. I'll be back." The exact quote is Mummy-esque quote:
By short he means compared to the literal entire history of the universe.
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Lid posted:For those that missed it Sepp Blatter demanded he be re-elected because time is infinite.
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Lid posted:The exact quote is Mummy-esque Is he just trolling everyone now?
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Ghost of Reagan Past posted:That cannot be real. if you vote for me, i will share my stash with you. just look at how high i am you want this poo poo.
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Grey Fox posted:Worth noting this received applause. He also pledged to fix "things." Nobody ever accused FIFA executives of being overly humble or aware of reality.
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evilweasel posted:if you vote for me, i will share my stash with you. just look at how high i am you want this poo poo. Gonna go with this explanation.
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blowfish posted:is the sepp blatter propaganda movie available online? I dunno but there's this: http://screamer.deadspin.com/heres-what-i-learned-watching-fifas-incredible-propagan-1643394469 quote:The World Cups that we organize do more for world peace than any U.N. resolution.
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The Problem with soccer and FIFA is that it's not a free market
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quote:As soccer has unfolded under FIFA, the beautiful game has become a grotesque and overblown contest of nations, rather than just a contest of teams. How did a team sport become a game of national rivalries, pitting Germany against Spain, Uruguay against the Netherlands?
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Ghost of Reagan Past posted:That cannot be real. He's probably going down but if pigs fly and he somehow gets off while saying stuff like that, he will become a deathless terror. And if not, well, who cares, he's going to jail for a longass time. You gotta play every last minute hobotrashcanfires posted:^^^ Ha, yeah "fine" and possibly a Picasso for Michel Platini. Qatar certainly demonstrates abhorrent new depths for their depravity, though. How they can ignore all the deaths just so far when it's what 7 years away..that's just unspeakably awful. They key here is that until now, the corruption was annoying but ultimately accepted as the cost of doing business because things more or less worked. Russia was corrupt but they're a world power and are fully capable of pulling off a competent World Cup. Qatar is different because it's literally impossible for them to host, and are now actually loving things up by forcing them to mess with season schedules worldwide.
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They finished voting and are about to start counting, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX-gu9pdKyg
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Mange Mite posted:He's probably going down but if pigs fly and he somehow gets off while saying stuff like that, he will become a deathless terror. And if not, well, who cares, he's going to jail for a longass time. You gotta play every last minute Agreed, World Cup Qatar was a major overstep not only on FIFA's part, but for Qatar as well. By the time the World Cup comes around Qatar will be wishing they had never even tried. The amount of international attention that this will bring to not only Qatar, but to the Gulf states in general is going to be very bad for their regimes.
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curropt swiss fat man Vs. Corrupt unelected prince of dictatorship. wow what a great choice you've got there. If this is the choice I would really rather Sepp win rather than see a smiling poo poo prince.
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Judging by the piles of ballot papers, it looks relatively even, I don't think Septic tank Blatter got the 2/3'rds he needed to win outright, so they will have to do another vote and whoever gets over 50% wins..right?
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it's such a shame though that the Israelis managed to outmaneuver the Palestinians through the Fifa leadership committee, in any case at least Israel's soccer team is so lovely it will never get into the world cup in the first place so that's a little consolation.
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No 2/3 majority on the first round of voting, so it'll have to go to second round. Ali-73 Blatter-133 206 of 209 votes were valid.
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haha 3 donkey votes blatter 133, needed 140... loving
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tbh I kinda hope Blatter wins so we can go for the grand prize of arresting the sitting head of FIFA rather than letting them declare fresh start by ditching him.
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Peel posted:tbh I kinda hope Blatter wins so we can go for the grand prize of arresting the sitting head of FIFA rather than letting them declare fresh start by ditching him.  sepp baltar is going down, and the tears will be glorious
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Can they just go a head and arrest everyone of the people behind those 133 votes for corruption. Fascists yes, but it would save on the paper work.
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dr_rat posted:Can they just go a head and arrest everyone of the people behind those 133 votes for corruption. The other voters are also corrupt.
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Ali conceded, Blatter wins the vote. Send in the FBI.
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God damnit alladin.
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NEED TOILET PAPER posted:Ali conceded, Blatter wins the vote. Send in the FBI. Shouldn't that be the CIA? I thought the Feds only work at a federal level.
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awesome-express posted:Shouldn't that be the CIA? I thought the Feds only work at a federal level. Nah, these are technically crimes committed in US jurisdiction. FBI would handle it.
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