📹 VIDÉO - #Insolite : Pendant la coupe des griffes, une marmotte semble avoir déjà accepté son destin… tandis que l’autre panique à chaque coup de coupe. Une scène aussi drôle que totalement théâtrale.
Johor Darul Ta'zim Club 🇲🇾 has ordered me to delete my post and publish another one within 24 hours stating that the club – and, above all, its owner, the Regent of Johor – has nothing to do with any of this, failing which I face attacks and legal action
Firstly : intimidation may work on some people, but I have not backed down in the face of international paedophile networks (which have led to the imprisonment of dozens of coaches and officials across the sporting world), so if you think you can intimidate me with this, you can try again.
Secondly : I was referring to the Malaysian Football Association, not your club specifically. Are some of the players sanctioned for false licences part of Johor? Yes (Irazabal, Figueiredo or Hevel). Does that imply that Johor is responsible for the trafficking? No, but on the other hand, Johor may well have inadvertently breached the rule on the number of foreign players allowed in a Malaysian Super League match
Take the match against Negeri Sembilan, where those three players featured, plus the Brazilians Jairo and Bergson, the South Korean Park, the Malian Sidibé, the Spaniard Arribas, and the Azerbaijani Israfilov
There were more than six foreign players on the pitch (seven in the starting line-up), so why didn’t the federation strip them of the victory? The sanction is INTERNATIONAL, so Malaysia Super League must also be affected
Nothing more, unless your club is above the law?
No ill will
Keep the faith !
The system of false nationalities used by the Malaysian Football Association 🇲🇾 has been detrimental not only to Asian opponents but also to Malaysian teams in the league itself, as the fraud benefited the Johor Darul Ta'Zim club – owned by the eldest son of the King of Malaysia and Sultan of Johor
Despite the sanctions imposed (belatedly) by FIFA on the players and the federation (merely a fine), a question arises : how did the officials manage to get away with NOTHING ?
How can the federation continue to act as if nothing had happened, given that Malaysian football is, to boot, riddled with serious problems (refereeing, the fixture list, failure to comply with basic rules and regulations, match-fixing, violence...) ?
Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada spoke about the contradictions of human nature:
“Some people dream of having a swimming pool at home, while those who have one hardly ever use it. Those who have lost a loved one feel a profound sense of loss, while others often complain about their living relatives. Those without a partner long for one, while those who have one often don't appreciate it. The hungry would give anything for a meal, while the satiated complain about the taste of their food. Those without a car dream of owning one, while those who have a car are always looking for a better one.”
The key to happiness is gratitude: truly seeing and appreciating what we already have, and understanding that somewhere, someone would give anything for what we take for granted.
Today, Punch-kun received a lot of care. One monkey spent time with him and groomed him, and he even made a new friend. I’m really happy to see that.
Stay strong, little Punch!
After enduring days of rejection, Baby Punch finally experienced the comfort of love. Today, the adult monkey Onsing drew little Punch into a firm, deeply reassuring embrace.
This is Punch when he was 6 days old.
That's his comfort plush toy that he's been so attached to.
Punch was abandoned because his mom simply didn’t take to him after giving birth. Parental abandonment happens in a small percentage of cases with monkeys, even in captivity.
Because she wasn’t nursing or holding him, zookeepers had to step in and hand raise him instead.
[📷 Ichikawa City Zoo in Chiba Prefecture]