We can’t even except when a woman says she can’t stand him. Rejection is tough on the poor boy.

"No means yes and yes means anal".

is encrusted with 321 diamonds, 56 sapphires, 13 emeralds, and six rubies. The top of the ring is the size of a watch face. His tiny little finger will be weighted down.

worthy of a red card, it was bad judgement from the referee.

Having said that, the call was made, and there is no way that it should have been overturned. It is unprecedent, but of course, we have the president of FIFA who is as corrupt as the USA president, the two get together and...it happens.

FIFA is most probably one of the most corrupt organizations in the World, it just proved it.

..if the US team loses, as it surely will, if not to Belgium then to Spain.
Will the cunt of mostly Crisco have his Neanderthal hordes storm the stadium and smear feces??
What a numbskull (a lot people don't know there's a B in numbskull)

You're not posting in Scotland or Australia, mate.

And rarely is removed.

That name is the worst profanity.

He is but not his name

Which is why I think he is even worse.

Thank you for saying so.

They're both slang terms for part of the anatomy. How did one become quasi-acceptable and the other not?
Should I remove my reference to Trump being an asshole?

Given the efforts of womyn to reclaim the "c" word, I think objecting to it may be more misogynistic than using it in the first place. But I'm cis-male, and so have less right to opinions on such matters.

And find it very offensive, regardless, whom it is directed at. Much like when homophobic slayers are directed at Republicans and it is justified because of the target. My family, who is LGBTQ find that offensive and homophobic.

YMMV

But it is a free country you can direct any slur at any person you want. I also have the right to judge the use of such slurs.

Linguistic interpretation is primarily cultural and secondarily personal, IMO. I've had others object when I referred to Trump as an "orange shitgibbon" because of their respect for those other primates. As another example, I find the use of the word "pig" to refer to men in general to be extremely offensive. I find the c word more off-colour than offensive, but that's just me. Out of respect for others' sensitivities, I just don't use it. There are more generally acceptable ways of making the underlying point.

I'm sorry if my position upsets you.

We are good

… I have no problem calling someone a cunt—especially a man who’s specifically deemed women worthy of the insult, which I think makes them (and especially HIM) even more worthy of having it thrown back in their faces.

I can’t think of a better insult to a guy who thinks he’s the most macho dude in the world. I would think this term in particular is the one that he would take maximum offense at—which makes it the perfect choice. His machismo is all an act and for a “macho man,” he surely does bend over to Putin’s every wish, doesn’t he? So yes, I’ll take him down at every opportunity with a word I think would infuriate him like no other. It’s not implying anything against us as women—it’s just a word, and he point is that HE would think it the ultimate insult to HIM.

Seriously. We’re adult here. Listen to news podcasts and note that even professionals will throw out a fuck here and there because this timeline is ridiculous. Everyone needs a way to vent. Do we really need to be whacked on the knuckles by a room monitor when we use a word someone is offended by? You assume a lot in speaking for “most American women,” I assure you, just as I’m sure I’m not the only one who finds pearl-clutching every bit as annoying.

most American women that I know.

Others, such as yourself, have different opinions.

Every word is just a word but I'm not going to go around saying N****r or F****t because they are just words

Especially your spelling of “women.” I didn't know I was reclaiming the c word. Yes, you know a lot about this issue 🙄

I was on a jury and voted to hide, but hypothetically if I was on such a jury I know what I would have voted.

Hence my response.

"The Con of Mostly Crisco."

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orange creature is still offensively misogynistic.

THIS time and place, it is a misogynist, sexist slur, so I would ask you to remove it. A little common courtesy, as requested by other DU members as well. The fact that so many are now so casually using it as the slur that it is does NOT make its use any less offensive. That this has to repeatedly be stated on DU is disheartening.

From the G. A. B. (from "SUFFS: The Musical" )

Sour grapes not withstanding, it seems FIFA is perched to survive this.

will be forfeit in the eyes by the entire world.

But I've listened to many commentaries on this, and the common message, perhaps pushed by a corrupt FIFA leadership, is that there was agreement among players and coaches that the red card was a bad call.

I don't really care about soccer/football or any other sport to see it move it into a political domain. Mostly I think it's Trump faking power and influence when the shaky reality of the call was already understood within the players and teams

Is anything England accomplishes forfeit because Starmer helped stop an earlier start for the Mexico game? Or is it just that you hate Trump that he lives rent free in your head and you can't imagine that other people aren't so consumed by him. I get it, he sucks. But most of the rest of the world isn't nearly as consumed by him as too many of us are. If FIFA sending the World Cup to Russia and Qatar didn't diminish the World Cup, neither is Trump whining and getting a suspension suspended isn't going to do it

by how much other countries focus on him. Look at any international newspaper online and see how often he's mentioned. And then VISIT somewhere, and see what people say to you as soon as they realize that you're from the US.
They're obsessed with him, and they think that we're idiots for electing him again...

And they are right.

Probably should have been a caution. The player accepted it and the coach.
FIFA has done this before, vacating punishment for a red card. For Christiano Ronaldo. He had 2 games of suspension removed.
That set a precedent.
The biggest problem is the real or perceived interference by Trump. That is what is so bad about this in my opinion. Infanti could have said I talked to a bunch of officials, referees and we thought the decision was too harsh. Then agree or not people would move on.
Having Trump, seemingly, in a public manner put the squeeze on changes the equation. Not for the better.

Everything Trump Touches Dies.

I came here to post the same thing. Rick Wilson is right!

But wasnt everyone pissed off that he shouldnt have had the red card in the first place?

Balogun only got the red card cause he's black. Yes I said it. The soccer rules are not applied equally. Everyone knows this. Nothing is fair in soccer. So what's good for the goose is good for gander.

The point is, you accept the outcome. Your dad doesn't call the league to get a reversal.

I watch a lot of sports. There are missed calls and bad calls in every game. It's part of the game, and it happens all the time.

Part of being a mature adult, is accepting the rules you've agreed to and accepting the fact that things don't always go your way. You dust yourself off, move on, and accept that sometimes the cookie crumbles your way, and sometimes it doesn't.

This is just one more example that Donnie Dipshit and his fucking MAGAts don't think the rules apply to them.

If Balogun plays, he's no different than the lowest MAGAt Proud Boy out there.

It's literally in the rules -- political pressure is an automatic DQ for that country.

FIFA is a law unto itself.

No integrity.

What I can't figure is if the FIFA president made his decision because of Trump's call or despite it.

I understand the motivation for the "peace prize." FIFA was concerned that Trump would block players from entering the US or, worse, having ICE start arresting players. It was a weasel move but it guaranteed Trump wouldn't disrupt the World Cup when it was too late to move games.

At this point, there is nothing Trump can do to interfere with the World Cup. By the next time the US might host the World Cup, Trump will have long gone to his award. I just don't see a reason for FIFA to continue kissing Trump's fat posterior.

Sickening that the two largest international sporting events are basically criminal organizations that are open for bribes.

Nevertheless, FIFA and the IOC are both corrupt. They are both laws unto themselves that are answerable to no one.

FIFA was “buying” Trump’s silence…allow the games to go on without Trump’s psychotic need to sabotage hosting blue state cities…but regardless the right or wrong of Balogun’s red card suspension, Trump (the apex of corruption) calling in a favor and FIFA (under scrutiny for ethics complaints) honoring that favor, poisoned the one grand event that brought the us together as a nation..

Like his little sippy cup of warm milk

I know the GOP doesn't.

had to insert himself

He is tampering with the ruling to suit himself and effect a favorable outcome. The event has been tainted by his interference and people should send a very clear message that this will not be tolerated.

There has long been scandals in cheating in various matches. In certain areas of the world, it is tacitly accepted that if you don’t get caught it is legal. The France versus Paraguay match was an excellent example of that attitude; had Paraguay won they would not have disqualified themselves for their actions in the match.

It’s like trash talk during the game and then everyone goes out for a beer afterwards

Although thinking about it, I should give myself a yellow card for unsporting behavior, and trash talking

It has endured scandals and cheating (I’m looking at you, Maradona) in the past this will be a footnote, but ultimately this scandal will be small potatoes.

they are both nothing more than corrupt organizatons the exist to make their leadership rich thru corruption

But given the amount of money involved in both venues, I fear corruption would simply re-emerge.

The ironic thing is this FIFA is still better than it was under Sepp Blatter. SMH

No matter who, what, or where... Trump will
claim it to own, fuck it up, and proclaim victory
and excellence for his part and blame something
or someone else for the fuckup.

He would go ballistic.

...all the crap that it always in the news about Trump.

Now he has ruined even that.

I'm so sick of the fucking man child getting everything he wants. Enough is enough.

The Olympics.

You just know he'll fuck that up too, especially if he can't make it all about himself.

responsibility? Perhaps the most? If no one knuckles under to Trump, his power is greatly diminished. People and organizations that do, are at least partly to mostly responsible for this disastrous presidency.

After all, Trump is just being Trump and doesn't know any better. It's up to the adults in the room to curb him, because they SHOULD know better.

It's been a fun, joyous World Cup, and then he just had to inject himself into it. It was inevitable. He is the dumbest, most brutish embarrassment.

Even the press conference today. He was going on and on about how much he knows about sports but then says he started hearing about what a big deal a red card is. A goddman, fucking embarrassment of a man and president.

He broke the USFL years ago, nearly jinxed the Knicks, and now calls up his buddy who gave him his fake trophy (after nearly stealing the REAL World Cup trophy brought to the oval bordello).

FIFA is singularly the most corrupt organization in the world, aside from some governments. FIFA is looking at "integrity" in the rear view mirror.

They need to get that Italian guy out of the top position. He's probably Mafia.

Political favoritism, bribery, quid pro quo, retribution, racketeering, money laundering, kickbacks, vote-selling...it's all part of FIFA's standard ops. On top of that, they gave Trump a totally made-up "FIFA peace prize" to curry favoritism against ICE interference with foreign tourists and teams traveling to the US.

I loved watching the matches. But FIFA is a criminal enterprise.

It ended for the U.S. Team when Trump put his stench on them.

Well,that helped. Thanx Trump!

FIFA should have moved all US games to Mexico and Canada citing Trump as the reason but they already gave him the FIFA peace prize.