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Do voters want Republicans or Democrats in Congress?


D+0.2
Very close

 

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Donald Trump says he won’t quit NATO — if Europe pays its way

 

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Senators quietly elevate their next generation as senior citizens battle for the White House

 

[The Cat]

 

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Biden boosts Intel with massive CHIPS payout in swing state Arizona

 

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Congressional leaders roll out final $1.2T funding package ahead of Saturday shutdown deadline

 

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US sues Apple over 'smartphone monopoly'

 

[Red Herring]

Germany is in mourning and shock.

First the new away jerseys for the upcoming UEFA Euro 2024 cup were presented and they are *gasp* pink and purple!

This obviously lead to a lot of pearl clutching from certain circles, especially since the team sucked big time in 2022 in Qatar where they wore a rainbow batch as a sign of LGBTQ alleyship. There just has to be a causal relationship.

To top things off the national soccer association declared that after 70 years of partnering with Adidas (a German brand) they would wear Nike (American brand) outfits starting in 2027, simply because the Americans pay double the money for the team to wear their cloths. I actually agree this is sort of lame.

So to summarize: We have a European championship coming up which we will host. I don't think I need to explain that soccer is the most seriously taken sport in these parts of the world. Rightwingers already have a hard time accepting that about one in five players in the national team is a migrant (or son of migrants). Last time they wore a rainbow and this time they'll occasionally wear pink. Imagine the outrage. I think, if they now were to change to a female trainer or feed the athletes some vegetables there would be civil war!

I personally don't care about professional sports at all, but have very fond memories of when Germany hosted the world cup in 2006. There was a magical mood all summer. And I know how much this matters to many people.

 

[The Cat]

Germany is in mourning and shock.

First the new away jerseys for the upcoming UEFA Euro 2024 cup were presented and they are *gasp* pink and purple!

This obviously lead to a lot of pearl clutching from certain circles, especially since the team sucked big time in 2022 in Qatar where they wore a rainbow batch as a sign of LGBTQ alleyship. There just has to be a causal relationship.

To top things off the national soccer association declared that after 70 years of partnering with Adidas (a German brand) they would wear Nike (American brand) outfits starting in 2027, simply because the Americans pay double the money for the team to wear their cloths. I actually agree this is sort of lame.

So to summarize: We have a European championship coming up which we will host. I don't think I need to explain that soccer is the most seriously taken sport in these parts of the world. Rightwingers already have a hard time accepting that about one in five players in the national team is a migrant (or son of migrants). Last time they wore a rainbow and this time they'll occasionally wear pink. Imagine the outrage. I think, if they now were to change to a female trainer or feed the athletes some vegetables there would be civil war!

I personally don't care about professional sports at all, but have very fond memories of when Germany hosted the world cup in 2006. There was a magical mood all summer. And I know how much this matters to many people.

But they look so much better now, I might actually watch soccer if more uniforms were as easy on the eyes as these. The glaring white brightness and yellow and red colors i see on a lot of them are just hard for a person with light sensetive eyes to watch. I don't buy ball sport merchandise, but I would buy one of these pink and purple ones.

Though I do follow ball sport fans with almost as much gusto, though much less reverence, but then it's not a religion(in this case meaning the focus of a "sacred" spiritual exchange) to me There is an unfortunate tendency in humans to dismiss this kind of thing, but in my observation ball sports are church for some people, and everyone holds something sacred and not to be messed with in any way shape or form that interferes with the worship. It's fascinating, and as I understand it, is more scary than interesting to most humans.

It's strange to think the odd little things people will go to war for. I didnt realize players taking a knee was going to be seen as disrespectful. Kneeling is like the literal most respectful pose a person can take. Otherwise Knights would have stood before the king or queen to be knighted. You wouldnt kneel to pray, drop to your knees to beg, It's like no one ever reads the dictionary, or takes a moment to think before reacting and its fascinating too, but more frightening, and so many seem to think thats the way it should be and that's just baffling. It's like different worlds folded on top of each other. Hard to believe if you've never laid eyes upon it. Hope your week is going well.

 

[Red Herring]

It's strange to think the odd little things people will go to war for. I didnt realize players taking a knee was going to be seen as disrespectful. Kneeling is like the literal most respectful pose a person can take. Otherwise Knights would have stood before the king or queen to be knighted. You wouldnt kneel to pray, drop to your knees to beg, It's like no one ever reads the dictionary, or takes a moment to think before reacting and its fascinating too, but more frightening, and so many seem to think thats the way it should be and that's just baffling. It's like different worlds folded on top of each other. Hard to believe if you've never laid eyes upon it. Hope your week is going well.

I know, right? It's almost as if what offends them is people pointing out racialized injustice and violence rather than sonebody kneeling for the national anthem. But what do I know?

 

[SensEye]

Those new jerseys make no sense to me. And I find them rather ugly. The standard jerseys use the colors of the flag, which makes perfect sense in international competitions. It seems sports organizations like to cause outrage every now and again (it's probably a marketing scheme to get people talking) and then after the outrage they go back to the tried and true for the next big event.

 

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Trump leads Biden in Michigan, ties in Pennsylvania, polls show

 

[The Cat]

 

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World’s cartoonists on this week’s events

 

[The Cat]

 

[SensEye]

I see Trump got a 60% discount on his bond amount, down from $465 million to $175, and another 10 days to come up with it. This amount is something he can handle, so the whole story becomes much ado about nothing.

He seems to have the legal system wrapped around his little finger. I'm still not certain he will win the election, but he should be free and unfettered by any legal proceedings.

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

Justice system found not to apply to rich people, what else is new? I wonder what low-level flunky they'll throw the book at so that all the beloved optimistic people can convince themselves the system works.

 

[Virtual ghost]

I see Trump got a 60% discount on his bond amount, down from $465 million to $175, and another 10 days to come up with it. This amount is something he can handle, so the whole story becomes much ado about nothing.

He seems to have the legal system wrapped around his little finger. I'm still not certain he will win the election, but he should be free and unfettered by any legal proceedings.

If his "severe legal problems" didn't start to hit until now it is kinda safe bet that they wouldn't. Some of those cases should have been solved years ago. Plus the fact that he stormed the primaries only adds to the picture.


Therefore in November we have Biden vs Trump and "may the best man win". Everything else is basically a distraction at this point.

 

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US allows passage of UN resolution calling for cease-fire in Gaza, prompting retaliation from Israel

 

[The Cat]