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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32941740 So cute.  So, what are the odds that Blatter's in denial, or simply does not comprehend the reach and purpose of RICO cases and the DoJ?
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Dolash posted:Seal Team Six extract Putin from the Kremlin to face justice... for international sporting events related bribery. Someone better be on the phone to a Hollywood movie exec right now.
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GreyjoyBastard posted:Someone better be on the phone to a Hollywood movie exec right now.
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May 30, 2015 15:55
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Ha, Blatter is accusing America of going after FIFA because we lost the 2022 Cup bid. Does he really have no idea just how much of the population never even knew that?
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May 30, 2015 15:57
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Alkydere posted:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32941740 It does not surprise me at all that the guy has such a huge ego that he thinks himself to be untouchable.
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mdemone posted:Ha, Blatter is accusing America of going after FIFA because we lost the 2022 Cup bid. Does he really have no idea just how much of the population never even knew that? Here's another choice Blatter quote quote:Blatter said of the remarks: “Of course I am shocked. I would never as Fifa president make comments about another organisation without being certain of what has happened.”
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May 30, 2015 16:09
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mdemone posted:Ha, Blatter is accusing America of going after FIFA because we lost the 2022 Cup bid. Does he really have no idea just how much of the population never even knew that? He's probably partially right in that this stems from losing the bid because of illegal activity from FIFA.
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mdemone posted:Ha, Blatter is accusing America of going after FIFA because we lost the 2022 Cup bid. Does he really have no idea just how much of the population never even knew that?
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Bip Roberts posted:He's probably partially right in that this stems from losing the bid because of illegal activity from FIFA. Apparently the investigation predates the whole bid, though I'm sure that broken mirror helped give it more juice.
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Bip Roberts posted:He's probably partially right in that this stems from losing the bid because of illegal activity from FIFA. I thought it stemmed from an idiot not paying taxes and a separate Russian mob investigation that both interlaced on FIFA. I mean losing the World Cup to Quatar also raised some eyebrows, but it seems that the overall investigation predates that. You can gently caress with US soccer all you want, but you pay the tax man. Always pay the tax man. He doesn't care who you are, he want's his money, honey.
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Mange Mite posted:Apparently the investigation predates the whole bid, though I'm sure that broken mirror helped give it more juice. The investigation predates Blatter as president of FIFA.
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karthun posted:The investigation predates Blatter as president of FIFA. It's important to remember that pre-Blatter FIFA was run by Joao Havelange, who was president for 24 years and served as a member of the IOC for nearly 50. If you think Sepp is slimy and corrupt, just consider: 50 years on the IOC. Havelange and another FIFA official actually received around 50 million Swiss francs in bribes from a company for World Cup and Olympic broadcasting rights, but this type of bribery wasn't illegal under Swiss law at the time. Sepp even passed bribes along to Havelange while Sepp was FIFA Secretary General.
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Alkydere posted:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32941740 I'm sure he comprehends his situation perfectly well. If not, he can afford the best lawyers in the world and they can comprehend it for him. I'm sure they've already explained how deep the poo poo is and I would bet dollars to doughnuts their strategy is to simply stall for time until he dies of natural causes.
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Blatter is in a category of his own when it comes oozing loving corruption out of every pore in his body. You can see the crookedness on his ugly face. There are precious few cunts like him in the world. Berlusconi is another one that comes to mind. And Henry Paulson.
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OhYeah posted:Blatter is in a category of his own when it comes oozing loving corruption out of every pore in his body. You can see the crookedness on his ugly face. There are precious few cunts like him in the world. Berlusconi is another one that comes to mind. And Henry Paulson. Bernie Ecclestone.
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VideoTapir posted:Bernie Ecclestone. Ich finde dieses kapitalistische System gut 
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I CANNOT EJACULATE WITHOUT SEEING NATIVE AMERICANS BRUTALISED!
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-Troika- posted:Someone needs to make a GIF of the Death Star blowing up a soccer ball instead of Alderaan.
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OhYeah posted:Blatter is in a category of his own when it comes oozing loving corruption out of every pore in his body. You can see the crookedness on his ugly face. There are precious few cunts like him in the world. Berlusconi is another one that comes to mind. And Henry Paulson. I'm not familiar with those two, who are they?
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Berlusconi was PM of Italy best known for being that corrupt, sleezy fellow who threw sex parties. One where he wouldn't check to make sure the hookers were over 18. He was prosecuted for that, and I think he was also charged with dodging taxes at one point.
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Xenomrph posted:I'm not familiar with those two, who are they? Berlusconi is an infamously corrupt former Italian Prime Minister who is still somehow in poslitics despite being under prosecution for corruptions for years and being basically the modern version of Nero. Henry Paulson was the head of the US Treasury during some of the Bush years which means he was involved in both banking and a right leaning government which in D&D terms basically means he is UltraHitler Supreme 2000EX. Paulson is/was probably only corrupt in the way that virtually every Senator, Congressman and Governor in the US is.
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Berlusconi also owns AC Milan. So basically all soccer is rotten to the core god bless.
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Jonad posted:Berlusconi is an infamously corrupt former Italian Prime Minister who is still somehow in poslitics despite being under prosecution for corruptions for years and being basically the modern version of Nero. Henry Paulson was the head of the US Treasury during some of the Bush years which means he was involved in both banking and a right leaning government which in D&D terms basically means he is UltraHitler Supreme 2000EX. Paulson is/was probably only corrupt in the way that virtually every Senator, Congressman and Governor in the US is. pretty unfair to Nero, the historical sources painting him poorly aren't very credible
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Jonad posted:Berlusconi is an infamously corrupt former Italian Prime Minister who is still somehow in poslitics despite being under prosecution for corruptions for years and being basically the modern version of Nero. Henry Paulson was the head of the US Treasury during some of the Bush years which means he was involved in both banking and a right leaning government which in D&D terms basically means he is UltraHitler Supreme 2000EX. Paulson is/was probably only corrupt in the way that virtually every Senator, Congressman and Governor in the US is. paulson left goldman sachs to head the treasury, hes in deeper than the average congressional scumbag
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VideoTapir posted:Every banker on Wall Street is watching this and laughing. It's only been a year since BNP Paribas pleaded guilty to charges and paid $9 billion for doing transactions in $US for Sudan, Iran and Cuba.
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Mitsuo posted:pretty unfair to Nero, the historical sources painting him poorly aren't very credible Goon solidarity 
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Anyone know why the construction in Qatar has been so deadly? A few major accidents, or just workers being forced to work in 130 degree heat without water or shade?
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sullat posted:Anyone know why the construction in Qatar has been so deadly? A few major accidents, or just workers being forced to work in 130 degree heat without water or shade? They're literally using slave labor and it's been during the summer too. The coolest month in Doha is January and the temperatures average around 17 C. Right now (i.e., May) the average is 31 C. computer parts fucked around with this message at 14:22 on May 31, 2015 |
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Fun scenario: declare the entirety of FIFA a criminal syndicate. 
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ZenVulgarity posted:Fun scenario: declare the entirety of FIFA a criminal syndicate. Don't the RICO charges already do that?
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sincx posted:Don't the RICO charges already do that? That is pretty much the point of RICO, so yes.
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sincx posted:Don't the RICO charges already do that? No, the US still hasn't slapped FIFA with a label that makes it so no US company can do business with them, meaning 99.5% of all possible sponsors.
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ZenVulgarity posted:Fun scenario: declare the entirety of FIFA a criminal syndicate. Good news, everyone! 
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32952426 "Daddy's not a criminal! He's just the victim of a conspiracy! He's not the one taking money! Qatar was given the World Cup entirely on its own merits!"  Seriously, this reeks of the Enron wife who started bawling about how they'd have to sell half of their mansions or whatever.
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sincx posted:Don't the RICO charges already do that? Pretty sure the angle the DoJ is going for is that there was a criminal organization that was defrauding FIFA
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Jonad posted:Berlusconi is an infamously corrupt former Italian Prime Minister who is still somehow in poslitics despite being under prosecution for corruptions for years and being basically the modern version of Nero. Henry Paulson was the head of the US Treasury during some of the Bush years which means he was involved in both banking and a right leaning government which in D&D terms basically means he is UltraHitler Supreme 2000EX. Paulson is/was probably only corrupt in the way that virtually every Senator, Congressman and Governor in the US is. Paulson lost his bid to be one of the most corrupt people in the history of the US when his demand for total, completely opaque control of the entire financial bailout was denied. In hindsight, maybe he should have been less ambitious with his starting offer.
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Dr Pepper posted:Pretty sure the angle the DoJ is going for is that there was a criminal organization that was defrauding FIFA
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Nessus posted:And that organization was "FIFA" Yeah on a fundamental level it was FIFA officials doing the old kickback scheme for everything from broadcast to merchandizing rights.
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http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/may/31/fifa-sepp-blatter-champion-world-football-africa-asia This is the funniest loving thing. Its like someone thought United Passions was a documentary.
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No, Lid, THIS is the funniest loving thing: http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/31/ex-fifa-vice-president-jack-warner-swallows-onion-spoofThe Guardian posted:In a video on his Facebook page, [former FIFA vice president Jack] Warner appears to hold up a printout of an Onion article headlined “FIFA Frantically Announces 2015 Summer World Cup In United States” and, in a rambling address to camera says: “Then I look to see that Fifa has frantically announced, 2015, this year […] the World Cup, beginning May 27. If Fifa is so bad, why is it that the USA wants to keep the Fifa World Cup?” Sadly, the actual video was removed sometime in the last eight hours.
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