Thomas

[Clément Molin @clement_molin]

J'ai regardé la moitié des matchs de la Coupe du monde et ce qu'il s'est passé hier est un scandale qui n'est pas si surprenant.

Il y a une véritable mafia à la tête de la FIFA. Hier, plus de 12 fautes non sifflées, 0 carton jaune pour le Paraguay malgré au moins 3 fautes valant rouge (le joueur qui saute volontairement sur Maignan, l'attentat sur Rabiot et la baffe à Mbappé), pendant que les Bleus prennent 3 jaunes dont 2 sont injustifiés. Les joueurs paraguayens ont été odieux et ont salis l'image du sport et de leur pays.

La VAR n'a été appelée que pour le penalty qui était tellement visible (sous les yeux de l'arbitre…) qu'il était impossible de cacher (faut voir la tête d'Infantino quand Mbappé a marqué) et l'arbitrage a été scandaleux, de la part des 3 Ouzbeks et 2 Qataris.

Difficile de savoir à qui bénéficient ces scandales à répétition, mais un pays revient souvent, l'Argentine, et l'agressivité d'un continent n'est pas punie, l'Amérique latine. En 2022, le match contre les Pays-Bas était clairement arbitré dans un sens et la finale contre la France était un enchaînement d'agressivité et d'insultes non punies. Il y a 2 jours, le Cap Vert s'est lui aussi fait voler sur plusieurs actions face à cette même Argentine, avec Infantino ne cachant même plus qu'il soutient l'Albiceleste…

Je ne suis pas expert de la géopolitique du foot, mais on sait qu'il y a des affaires quand à l'attribution des coupes du monde 2018, 2022, 2026 et 2034. Personne n'est aveugle face à ces scandales et au déroulement actuel de la Coupe du Monde. La FIFA salit l'image de notre sport (j'y joue depuis 10 ans) et c'est dommage pour le foot.

En tout cas, je soutiens la France d'abord et les outsiders (Mexique/Norvège) ensuite et j'espère que l'horrible Argentine sera battue et que le Paraguay tombera dans les oubliettes de l'histoire.

[Thomas @GirouThomas]

@nexta_tv It’s in fact quite possible (for someone else than Russia) to place a nuclear power plant on the moon. It’s a semantic misconception. A RTG is a nuclear power plant.

Just remember that there’s right now 2 US mobiles power plants wandering on Mars.

[Thomas @GirouThomas]

@CMValrak Reported for xenophobia !!!

[Thomas @GirouThomas]

@skdh Net migration is positive for Europe. They are more US moving to Europe than the other way around. For many US who strongly believe they live in the best country in the world, it’s an insult and they are very angry about it.

[Thomas @GirouThomas]

@nexta_tv I had the same issue when my daughter was a baby, minus the police.

I didn’t want to bring her to the men’s restroom and it wasn’t accepted, even when the women’s restroom was the only one equipped for changing her diaper.

[Thomas @GirouThomas]

@TheDeadDistrict And it isn’t just a paperwork problem. It’s mostly an infrastructure problem inherited from the Cold War.

[Thomas @GirouThomas]

@pontus_pilate @malmesburyman See what I mean.

https://t.co/K4ItrFCPfm

[jollof rice expert @GotRapedAtArbys]

@malmesburyman Most euros are too narcissistic to admit America is better

[Thomas @GirouThomas]

@pontus_pilate @malmesburyman They are very angry because net migration with Europe is negative which is unthinkable for most American because they are considering the US as the best country in the world. So they are smearing based on a wonky statistic about the difference in deaths between hot / normal temp

[Thomas @GirouThomas]

@JoshuaJ54142016 @pontus_pilate @malmesburyman UK, Belgium, Nederland, Germany, Scandinavians countries all together had around 1500 heat related deaths last year.

They want to smear us and facts won’t matter.

[Thomas @GirouThomas]

@pontus_pilate @malmesburyman They pretend it’s our supposed lack of AC but it includes drowning, car accidents or anything that can happen during summer.
Strap yourself because they will be as relentless and thick as the Brit with French = surrender mocking.

[Thomas @GirouThomas]

@MWCrispyRoll @idcboutusers0 @ArchysLife @3xcalibaneur It also includes drowning.

[Thomas @GirouThomas]

@MWCrispyRoll @3xcalibaneur It’s worth than that. They include drowning in this statistic because surprise surprise, very few go for a swim the rest of the year.

[Thomas @GirouThomas]

@_hcllywood_ @Cloudeee777 @noidedjester @VitisSweets @peeingbunny Could you please stop your race to the bottom.

[Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 @jurgen_nauditt]

It is a scandal of alarming proportions: for four years, a German company has unhinderedly supplied European high technology—including microcontrollers, sensors, and other dual-use components—to the Russian military-industrial complex, thereby directly supporting Putin’s war machine.

Around 16,000 shipments, valued at over 30 million euros, were processed while the German government apparently stood idly by. Only now, after years of systematic circumvention of EU sanctions, is action finally being taken. This is not merely a failure; it constitutes active complicity through willful blindness.

The German Federal Government—which rhetorically positions itself so vociferously as a pioneer in sanctions policy—allowed a network under Russian control (operating via the sanctioned firm Kolovrat) to place fictitious orders for four years, funneling goods through Turkey so that they would arrive in Russia in record time (often within just 5 to 10 days). Particularly insidious is the fact that many components ended up at the All-Russian Research Institute of Automation—an institution directly involved in the development of Russian nuclear weapons.

Thanks to these 16,000 shipments, Russia was able to modernize its weapon systems, enhance its precision guidance capabilities, increase the reliability of its drones and missiles, and further expand its nuclear infrastructure. Every single shipment has potentially endangered German and European soldiers, as well as Ukrainian civilians.

Why did the German government merely stand by and watch for four years?
• Bureaucratic inertia and a lack of political priority: The relevant authorities (BAFA, Customs, the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, and the BND) evidently possessed information but failed to consistently translate it into concrete action.
• Fear of economic repercussions: There was a reluctance to unduly disrupt Germany’s export-oriented economy, leading officials to instead turn a blind eye.
• Political hypocrisy: Loudly proclaiming "Stand with Ukraine" while simultaneously allowing German companies to supply Putin’s war machine with dual-use technology.
Why?

[Thomas @GirouThomas]

@lukin2006 @YouGov It’s the opposite. You cannot be member without this freedom.

[Thomas @GirouThomas]

@YouGov God tier troll. It’s triggering so many brexiters.

[Thomas @GirouThomas]

@lukin2006 @YouGov That’s part of the deal, the freedom of movement.

[Thomas @GirouThomas]

@EstoppelU @PhillipsPOBrien @RobertFife @TheAtlantic This video has been AI altered. Here’s a picture from their handshake.

[Thomas @GirouThomas]

@Hsdonnelly_Auth @VFinnishProbs In practice, no one care if a country join the eurozone or keep its legacy currency. Plenty of countries are delaying for decades and it’s perfectly fine.

[Thomas @GirouThomas]

@SamTab1048995 @VFinnishProbs @svegfinne If Canada decides to join, there are plenty of EU rules that are great and make perfect sense in mainland Europe (ex : EV charging standards) that would make 0 sense for 🇨🇦. So flexibility would be highly necessary.