Massachusetts. Beautiful state. Great people. And they've decided that if you break into this country illegally and you're pregnant, you get the full MassHealth coverage. Not the emergency stuff, the full thing.
And it doesn't stop when the baby's born. Oh no. Twelve more months... A full year of coverage after the delivery.
Paid for by the people of Massachusetts, who by the way are getting crushed on taxes and "energy efficiency" fees.
Why would a state do that? One reason. Because they want more of it. There's only one reason.
💥 El primer palo de Joan Laporta al Real Madrid: "Debemos is un paso por delante de nuestros competidores, que son sociedades anónimas, o fondos que tienen en propiedad los clubes o clubes estado que, cuando tienen dificultades, les recalifican terrenos."
What a load of bullsht. Try writing this nonsense about English clubs and Real Madrid too.
Real Madrid still have over €1.1 BILLION outstanding on their Bernabeu loan. What a surprise: clubs take on debt when they build or renovate stadiums. Maybe talk about them too?
And while you're at it, tell us why Perez wants to open the door to selling up to 10% of a Real Madrid to outside investors. It’s not all rosy over there either, is it?
The majority of Barça’s debt is long-term, and the new stadium will generate massive additional revenue once fully operational.
Go worry about Real Madrid and your shtty English clubs and leave Barcelona alone. What a load of bllsht like your whole instituation. @CWeatherspoon_
Ivan Rakitić on José Mourinho meeting Lionel Messi in 2017:
“When Messi and Mourinho met in pre-season, Mourinho hugged him tightly and said:
‘Messi, I don’t want you to grow old. Please stay young.’
“Then he turned to his assistant and said:
‘This guy made me think all night about how to stop him. It didn’t work. He’s the best. He’s extraordinary.’
“Messi asked him about the Premier League and what it was like to play there.
“Mourinho’s last words to him were:
‘Don’t go to the Premier League until I leave. You can play wherever you want, you’re Messi.’
“I didn’t expect that from Mourinho after all the years he spent trying to stop Messi.
“But Messi earned everyone’s respect simply by being quiet and letting his football do the talking.”
Más goles 25-26: Harry Kane
Más asistencias 25-26: Bruno Fernandes
Top-3 G/A 25-26: Kane, Haaland y Olise
MVP La Liga: Lamine Yamal
MVP Champions: Kvaratskhelia
Mbappé con estos números y CERO títulos colectivos: “No hay jugador con mejor temporada que yo”
Vive en una realidad alterna 🫣
The double standard in Ballon d’Or criteria is crazy. In 2018 Messi had 77G/A (most in Europe), won La Liga, both domestic cups, Pichichi and he finished FIFTH (5th!!!) in the Ballon d’Or. Behind 2 World Cup winners and the WC Golden Ball winner. The argument was “Messi didn’t win the UCL or the World Cup”
Now all of a sudden Mbappé and Kane’s goals are enough to win despite Mbappé going trophyless and Kane only winning Bundesliga & the cup
What makes it worse is Kane wasn’t even the POTY in Germany, that was Michael Olise. And Mbappé wasn’t POTY in Spain, that was LAMINE YAMAL, the rightful Ballon d’Or winner.
If you want to understand corruption, listen to this. Paco González, a well known Madrid based journalist, said UEFA put Jfelixdiaz, Real Madrid and Florentino Pérez's mouthpiece and a director at Diario AS, among the Ballon d'Or voters just to mend ties with the club.
And after boycotting the award since the Vinícius saga, Real Madrid have suddenly posted about the Ballon d'Or again after two years. What more proof do you need that corruption is baked into Real Madrid's DNA?
You can only laugh man. Literally no other league has the luxury to rotate like this. People call bundesliga a farmers league but Kane was constantly playing at least
A mi no me ilusiona este FC Barcelona por la sexta y esas tonterías que tanto repiten los cules acomplejados. A mi que me importa si no la ganó esta temporada, siempre está presente en todos los años. Ya la ganaremos cuando tenga que ser.
Lo que realmente me ilusiona es ver a un culé decir "ojalá el Barça jugará mañana mismo", ese aficionado disfruta de este equipo y eso es lo que importa. Que nuestro Barça demuestre una gran clase de fútbol. Que un culé disfrute partido tras partido.
No soy aficionado únicamente por los títulos, soy aficionado por historia y filosofía. Siempre voy a valorar una Liga, una champions, una copa del rey o una Supercopa. Pero lo que más me importa es que jamás se renuncie al Cruyffismo. Jugar bien es lo que más importa se gane o no un título.
Maybe we have forgotten the criteria France Football listed for winning the Ballon d’Or, because it’s tiring to see unnecessary arguments about who should win the award.
The first criterion is individual performance, including outstanding statistics, decisive moments and impressive performances in key matches.
The second is team success, including trophies won with clubs and national teams, as well as the player’s vital role in those successes.
The third criterion is Fair Play, which includes on-field class, good behaviour and respect.
I don’t think this deserves any further explanation because it is lucid enough to understand.
Without disrespect to Kylian Mbappé, the second criterion significantly weakens his case among the favourites for the award. Irrespective of the fact that the award is primarily based on individual performance, no player exists in a vacuum. Every player exists within a team, and individual brilliance should ideally contribute to collective success.
Mbappé played a vital role for his team. Unfortunately, it didn’t lead to his team winning any trophies, not even a minor one.
This doesn’t mean his individual performance should be ignored. However, team success is EXPLICITLY part of the criteria, and that cannot simply be dismissed when discussing who deserves the Ballon d’Or.
It’s unnecessary to keep arguing this when the criteria are there to judge by. It's not hatred when one says Mbappé doesn't deserve to win it. He doesn't!