Dr. Gonzo

Unfortunately this is what’s happened.

Lol I don’t like him but Canada is a far cry from Nazi German

Hopefully it’s not the government killing off political prisoners and claiming it’s an accident

Yeah but not understanding it is how you end up with dickheads that cry about immigration from Mexico and the countries south of Mexico, while simultaneously supporting policies that ultimately encourage the illegal drug trade that's ripped through those countries. And as a result, there are more and more people who want to leave those countries to come to the US. I live about as far from Canada as you can on the west coast, so I don't feel Canadian issues impact me as much - although I probably should learn more about it... as the far right in Canada and the far right in the US has an unreal amount of spillover.

She's an absolute fucking monster. I can't believe she murdered newborns. Also it's a bit unsettling her written confession is on a post-it... I dunno why - but it is.

Honestly wish more Americans would have a more vested interest in the domestic policy of their neighbors to the north and south.

It's hard to argue against that.

Yeah tbh it's a bit like beating Bournemouth 9-0... I feel like it doesn't really mean anything in terms of turning this shit season around, even if it feels nice to see your side score so many goals in a match.

Doesn't literally everybody know this about America? Not much of a bombshell

I mean, Moshiri's invested pretty heavily in Usmanov's mining businesses - so I do think he has genuine wealth (not as much as Usmanov though), but sanctions are going to have that money frozen a bit. His other ventures I think would have him as "just a multimillionaire" () - but his ties to Usmanov push him up to a billionaire I think. But I think he doesn't have access to a lot of his money right now due to those ties with Russian industries & oligarchs. If an auditor isn't willing to sign off on financial reports, I think that would lend credence to those money laundering rumours though.

I think in this instance, we're hoping that the military steps in to stop the IRGC (which is a separate entity to the military... but better equipped and funded) - the people you see out in the streets beating and shooting protestors are Basij - a volunteer force of the revolutionary guard.

It's mirrored 1978 in Iran in a lot of ways - the demonstrations at universities marred with violence, now the oil and gas industries going on strike with national strikes (which are happening today - so we're seeing basically a total internet blackout as Iran tries to hide it & their response to it from the world). The oil and gas strikes are massive news. The government needs the energy revenues to survive. A few months after it happened in 1978, Pahlavi's Iran fell. I hope the West holds its resolve and doesn't engage the IRI in any new nuclear deal that eases sanction restrictions (which is weird because in the past I had been a big advocate of engaging in democracy to gradually moderate them). I know the EU is keen for new sources of energy after the Russia-Ukraine war broke out - but with Iranians compounding the economic squeeze of sanctions... doing so now undermines the best chance for change in Iran in my lifetime. There's obviously a huge amount of uncertainty about what could come next - but I think most Iranians I know seem to prefer an uncertain future over the certainty of the IRI staying in power.

Correct me if I'm wrong, and maybe @RandoEFC or @Whiskey know better than me, but aren't many of Moshiri's big money business deals tied to that Russian/Uzbek oligarch Usmanov? I think most of Moshiri's wealth comes from mining - Usmanov's got several mines. I wonder if whatever is going on with Everton's accounts may be an indirect result of Moshiri finding a lot of his money inaccessible in Monaco where he lives due to the aftermath of Russia's invasion.

Pretty sure that's @LFCMadLad's job

Yeah but you made it sound like he'd just get syphilis, not never play and then get injured for months

Is this the guy who took a lot of El Salvador's money and put it in bitcoin?

She lives in the UK & is a citizen - she went back because her brother/my uncle (who also lives in the UK) was there before the protests on Holiday & had a pretty serious stroke unfortunately. He needed help getting back to the UK, so his wife and my mum went there to go get him. They've both been in the UK since the revolution. She hates wearing the hijab & said it was a bit of an interesting time to be back - as many women were openly not wearing a hijab. But also the basiji were out looking for women not wearing hijabs to beat. My Iranian side of the family is pretty anti-religion though, which is understandable because religious zealots ruining a country will do that to people.

Hooray my mum is out of Iran!

I think FSG would need to sell about 7 players to fund that

Arthur Melo was such a pointless signing thank god it’s only a loan.

Just very bad news to lose one of the few players who looks like they give a shit.

Diaz out until after the world cup, so we're fucked.

I’m sure @Storts doesn’t put too much stock into what Paul Merson thinks. And honestly nobody should