Coma

I'm torn between Cicero thinking that Aquaman is Marvel and my desire to see Ryan Gosling in Obama.

Bremen 1-2 Leipzig
Dortmund 2-2 Mainz
Hoffenheim 2-0 Darmstadt
Union 2-0 Köln
Leverkusen 3-0 Bochum
Frankfurt 2-1 Gladbach
Wolfsburg 2-2 Bayern
Stuttgart 3-1 Augsburg
Heidenheim 2-2 Freiburg

On 16/12/2023 at 12:52, Rucksackfranzose said:

If this article is correct this decision might have  juridical consequences and not be as sacrosact as the first reports suggested.

http://www.kicker.de/die-kind-kontroverse-rollt-ein-problem-auf-die-liga-zu-984931/artikel

Especially the part about "Bösgläubigkeit der DFL" might have serious implications.

Yes, this is the point I tried to make, perhaps poorly, on Discord.  The league has to ensure that 50+1 was followed.  If "the child" voted yes when he was instructed not to then he has defied 50+1 and the league cannot allow the results of the vote to stand.

I don't own any but my kids live them. I have no issue with them and I don't understand all the uproar. If they are comfortable then wear them. Who gives a fuck what they look like.

I gave both my parents a hug yesterday. 

2 hours ago, Tommy said:

You forgot to take your pills, mate. 

His apology was wholesome.  

I like listening to 50's-60's Christmas music this time of year.  Takes me back to my childhood.

Schalke 2-2 Fuerth
Paderborn 3-2 Rostock
Hertha Berlin 3-1 Osnabrueck
Magdeburg 2-3 Duesseldorf
Nuernberg 3-2 Hamburg
Kiel 3-1 Hannover
St Pauli 2-0 Wehen
Karlsruhe 3-3 Elversberg
Braunschweig 1-2 Kaiserslautern

Gladbach 2-1 Bremen
Mainz 1-1 Heidenheim
Bochum 2-2 Union Berlin
Augsburg 2-3 Dortmund
Darmstadt 2-1 Wolfsburg
RB Leipzig 2-0 Hoffenheim
Freiburg 3-1 Koeln
Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 Frankfurt
Bayern 2-2 Stuttgart

No.

Personally, I don't like the matchup but for the purposes of getting lower league clubs into the semis that's a good draw. 

I'd say ourselves and Leverkusen are the favorites, so to have one of us go out next round is of benefit to the rest.

Fucking hell, you think you hit bottom and then someone throws you a shovel.

17 hours ago, Rucksackfranzose said:

Viva's Köln 0-0 Mainz forecast was the only perfect score predicted this matchday.

                                                                         Matchday 14

 

1) Viva la FCB                                        7 points

2) Tommy                                              6 points

3) Coma                                                 5 points

3) nawoo                                                5 points

5) Bluewolf                                            4 points

5) Michael                                             4 points

5) Rucksackfranzose                          4 points

5) Stan                                                  4 points

9) 6666                                                 2 points

9) CaaC(John)                                    2 points

Two more players jopin the 100 points club.

                                                                        Table after 14 matchdays

 

1) @Tommy                                              113 points

2) @Stan                                                  101 points

2) @Viva la FCB                                        101 points

4) @Coma                                                  96 points

5) @Michael                                               95 points

6) @6666                                                   89 points

7) @Bluewolf                                             84 points

8- @CaaC (John)                                       82 points

9) @nawoo                                                 79 points

10) Rucksackfranzose                                 77 points 

Only @Viva la FCB had the wisdom to see a shit match and call it a shit match.

Hoffenheim 2-2 Bochum

Union 1-1 Gladbach

Frankfurt 2-4 Bayern

Wolfsburg 2-1 Freiburg

Bremen 3-3 Augsburg

Heidenheim 3-1 Darmstadt

Dortmund 1-2 Leipzig

Stuttgart 2-2 Leverkusen

Köln 1-1 Mainz

Hannover 2-1 Karlsruhe

Wehen 3-2 Braunschweig

Hamburg 3-3 Paderborn

Lautern 2-2 Hertha BSC

Fürth 2-1 Magdeburg

Osnabrück 1-3 St Pauli

Düsseldorf 2-2 Kiel

Rostock 1-1 Schalke

Elversberg 3-1 Nürnberg

GOP Rep. George Santos told CNN after the House voted to expel him that "it’s over."

“The House spoke that’s their vote. They just set new dangerous precedent for themselves,” he added.

When asked if he would still stay and use nonmember privileges because he is not convicted, Santos said, "Why would I want to stay here? To hell with this place.”

Pressed if he knew this was how it was going to go, Santos said, "I had no skin in the game." 

And then he said, "You know what? As unofficially no longer a member of Congress, I no longer have to answer your questions."

George Anthony Devolder Santos is was an American politician who is was the U.S. representative for New York's 3rd congressional district, serving since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Santos was elected to Congress in 2022 after running unsuccessfully in 2020 against incumbent Democratic representative Thomas Suozzi

10 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

The congressman that simply could not stop lying about everything was expelled from the house of representatives - has only happened 6 times before.

Santos?  Hahaha

3 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

The culture war is of such little importance and is only used to drive a wedge between people to force them onto either side of "liberal" or "conservative" even though both parties in the US are remarkably similar - and that's because at the end of the day both parties are slaves to the same corporate masters.

Regardless, I don't think you can assume NAGA (the institution you're talking about) speaks for all natives in the US - https://news.berkeley.edu/2020/02/04/native-mascots-survey/#:~:text=Contrary to polls showing that relatively few Native,team’s 87-year-old moniker and Native mascots in general. it seems like there's basically a 50-50 split over whether they support the name being changed. Regardless of what you, I, or any other white person might think... the previous name is a racial slur.

At the end of the day... who fucking cares? It's an NFL team that's changed it's name from something that might offend half the people in the community it was named after. Now they've got a name that will offend less people and people just want to be offended that the name has changed. Who gives a fuck? It's an American football team name.

I don't know if you want to talk about no anti-Arab hatred in the US though considering 3 Palestinian kids were just shot for being Palestinian. America's clearly got a problem with antisemitism and anti-Muslim sentiment. Given the events that have transpired in Australia, the UK, France, Germany, Spain, etc... it doesn't appear to be isolated to the US either.

I also don't know what you're expecting in the US to do with this rally in Scranton, PA. If you expect cops to break the rally up... why the hell would you expect that? It's the US, KKK members can advocate for killing every non-white, white supremacists can hold rallies and chant "Jews will not replace us," a large number of morons can even storm the US Capitol building and just get a slap on the wrist for trying to overthrow the government. They take freedom of speech more seriously than other countries, even when it's hateful speech that shouldn't be protected. Expecting the government to do anything about a protest in the US is wild. Even when it gets violent and unlawful, I doubt arrests would come after the protests - like they did with the rioters who stormed the US capitol. And even then, the charges they'll get would be... pitiful considering the offense. And from what I can tell, these riots didn't get violent. They just chanted repugnant things.

But you, a non-American that doesn't live or work in America, getting worked up about the US culture wars makes no sense. @Spike and I are non-Americans living and working in the USA. I'm pretty sure both of us see the culture war as nothing more than a divisive distraction issue. @Coma's American and I'm fairly certain he feels the same way. It's just bizarre to care so much about America's culture wars. For most Americans these issues aren't even close to important.

I couldn't give a fuck less about changing team names. As if that is the biggest problem in this country lol.

For Washington and Cleveland it seemed like the right thing to do if people were genuinely upset about it. The travesty here was the new team names were so bad. The Guardians and the Commanders? I could eat some alphabet soup and shit out better names.

Darmstadt 2-1 Köln

Bayern 3-1 Union

Leipzig 2-1 Heidenheim

Gladbach 2-2 Hoffenheim

Bochum 2-2 Wolfsburg

Stuttgart 3-1 Bremen

Mainz 2-1 Freiburg

Leverkusen 4-2 Dortmund

Augsburg 2-1 Frankfurt

Schalke 2-2 Osnabrück

St Pauli 2-1 Hamburg

Kiel 3-1 Wehen

Nürnberg 1-1 Düsseldorf

Braunschweig 1-2 Fürth

Magdeburg 2-2 Lautern

Hertha BSC 2-3 Elversberg

Paderborn 1-2 Hannover

Karlsruhe 3-0 Rostock

14 hours ago, MUFC said:

It was the kick up the arse I needed to get going.

Or was it a finger?

On 25/11/2023 at 12:02, Rucksackfranzose said:

Rostock fans again showed a banner gloryfying the racist and xenophobic Lichtenhagen riots. Disgusting! It's indeed a scandal DFB are quick to fine a club, who's fans use fireworks, still don't punish Rostock for this behaviour.; especially so since the club officials never distanced themselves from these messages. Shows DFB's anti-discriminatory stances are just words spoken in the wind-

Edit: To those falsely referring to free speech in this case, here's a reminder §140 STGB " Öffentliches Billigen und Gutheißen von Straftaten" does exist. For foreigners and those unwilling to check: Violations of this paragraph are punishable by fines or imprisoment up to 3 years.

This club can roll over and die.  Nothing about it sounds friendly or accepting.  I can't believe players of color or creed even bother going there to play.  If my agent worked a deal for me to go there I'd fire him.

On 14/11/2023 at 08:24, Tommy said:

Osnabrück part ways with Schweinsteiger. 

 

I must've missed this.  Stupid of the club to think that they were going to stay up after letting all their talented players leave in the summer after promotion was achieved.  Same bonehead shit that Schalke did when they were promoted back to the Bundesliga.  All the players that got them there were sold off.

Just now, Tommy said:

Just giving the others a chance to catch up because it's so boring otherwise. 

One point at a time