IconianCat

Im a ruthless pragmatist.

i only want to find the substance of any situation. what happened, why it happened, how it happened and what can be fixed or changed

[IconianCat @TheIconianCat]

ima be honest, watching USA vs Belgium tells me that the damage done by the officiating in the Bosnia match was teamwide not just to balogun. for the first 45 minutes the US players were playing passive and halfhearted to not get entangled in fouls again and it didnt even work. and while i think this ref was better than the last one, its blatantly obvious the morale was low for the entire game and only getting lower.

Belgium won the match but i dont feel this was even remotely the same team that played bosnia, the energy was off, the pressure was gone, the US Defense and attack was fragmented and sluggish. FIFA should take more pride in the fairness of its officiation when things like red cards are SUPPOSED to carry between games because slapping players with random nonsense sometimes and not slapping others for blatant fouls just taught this team that they have no reason to trust the refs and one of their star strikers is on PROBATION because a bogus redcard endangered the entire tournament simply for the players playing.

[IconianCat @TheIconianCat]

@Telegraph So people are winning elections in Latin America but it’s TRUMP’s plan for domination because they aren’t left wing communists or corrupt dictators now?

Self report much telegraph?

[Brivael Le Pogam @brivael]

Encore un scandale.

On accuse Elon Musk sans arrêt de se servir de Grok pour faire passer ses idées.

Pourtant, le @neutralityorg vient de sortir The Neutrality Project : une étude indépendante qui prouve l’inverse.

Sur 18 modèles IA testés, 54 positions sur 60 atterrissent à gauche du centre.

Moyenne globale : -0.41 (biais progressiste massif, surtout environnement et valeurs sociales).

Et Grok 4.5 ? -0.02. Le modèle le plus neutre de tout le benchmark. Le seul vraiment proche du centre.

Pendant ce temps, les autres boîtes injectent massivement leur idéologie de gauche dans des IA qui répondent à des milliards de questions par jour.

Manipulation des masses à grande échelle.

C’est absolument scandaleux. Ça devrait être un scandale mondial.

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thanks @sircalebhammer for the birthday wishes my dude
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[IconianCat @TheIconianCat]

the implication that a bad ref making bad calls should not be questioned is asinine.

if a ref makes a call that is inconsistent, overly harsh or just downright in violation of FIFAs own rules YES they should be reviewed and have the card overturned.

better yet if the ref's are inviolable and absolute why does FIFA even HAVE article 27 in the first place. why do they even have an independent review board for punishments if your mentality is just "roll over and take a bad call from a bad ref"

what happens if a ref is out to get a player? what happens if a ref is paid off to make a call thats incorrect to fix the match. what happens if the ref starts calling fouls for one team and not the other.

yes if you think a card is questionable you should appeal it. might actually make fifa better since every nation ive seen the entire world cup has had issues with inconsistent officiating and nobody wants to call FIFA out on it. but its somehow corruption to CALL THEM OUT on bad calls and poor officiation consistency.

pick a side you cant have your cake and eat it too.

[IconianCat @TheIconianCat]

Oh no sports fans acting rowdy and obnoxious in support of their team while… *checks notes*… all of the European visitors praise American hospitality and the World Cup as a whole and banter back and forth with the Americans over drinks in our sports bars.

Yeahhhh totally Americans were “arrogant and loud”

Also reading the rulebook for the sport you’re trying to learn about is basic common sense and the rules were obviously broken when balogun was issued his red card. Cope harder. VAR protocols were broken top to bottom

[IconianCat @TheIconianCat]

youre literally delusional if you think he saw full speed replays. you and i did not watch the same game if thats what you believe because you're just objectively wrong. i watched it live, i saw the full VAR replay. from the time he arrived at the screen we could see the replay he was being shown to the ten seconds later when he gave the red card.

you are actually delusional if you think he saw a full speed replay of the entire thing. he saw slo mo only and it was on national TV that he saw slo mo only.

[IconianCat @TheIconianCat]

When FIFA’s historically corrupt ref breaks rules, and upgrades a no call to a red card on an improper VAR review it’s fine.

But the US standing up for its player in a circumstance EVERYONE ELSE WOULD TOO, is problematic?

That ref had no business officiating for a World Cup match to begin with from his history and you have the AUDACITY to take issue with the USMNT asking for a review and getting one BEFORE Trump even made the call to ask someone UNRELATED to the review process if it could be reviewed.

THE WORLD are the bad guys here. Looking for any excuse to try and beat the US down because we had the backbone to call out a shady ref, a bad call, and blatant violations of the PLAINLY WRITTEN VAR PROTOCOLS.

[IconianCat @TheIconianCat]

When FIFA’s historically corrupt ref breaks rules, and upgrades a no call to a red card on an improper VAR review it’s fine.

But the US standing up for its player in a circumstance EVERYONE ELSE WOULD TOO, is problematic?

That ref had no business officiating for a World Cup match to begin with from his history and you have the AUDACITY to take issue with the USMNT asking for a review and getting one BEFORE Trump even made the call to ask someone UNRELATED to the review process if it could be reviewed.

THE WORLD are the bad guys here. Looking for any excuse to try and beat the US down because we had the backbone to call out a shady ref, a bad call, and blatant violations of the PLAINLY WRITTEN VAR PROTOCOLS.

[IconianCat @TheIconianCat]

Missed the point and substance of everything I said by a mile.

Also the ref had no business refereeing the World Cup anyway, with a history of match fixing, bribery and corruption accusations and charges for which he had to testify for in the past.

If that passes the sniff test for you on its face alone then you aren’t impartial or objective.

[IconianCat @TheIconianCat]

ref called no foul on field, VAR demanded a replay and then a no call was upgraded to a red based on slow motion shots in violation of VAR protocols in FIFA's own rulebook.

a red card issued by a ref with a history of corruption who had no business being a ref for the world cup in the first place. that card was absolutely unjust and you know it.

[IconianCat @TheIconianCat]

@blixberrie @optiontrader001 @PunishedRWR incorrect, youre in conflict with infantino's own account and the timing of the announcement of the suspension of balogun's 1 match ban. infantino directly stated that a review of the red card was already underway at the time trump called to ask about the red card.

[IconianCat @TheIconianCat]

has literally nothing to do with my point at all. re-read it and try again.

also yes im aware you just really wanted to see the US lose, thats why i know you never wouldve accepted a US win at all after what happened despite that ref having a history of bad calls, bribery and match fixing and somehow still being allowed to referee in the world cup thank you for proving part of my original statement that this was a lose lose situation because of the rest of the world.

america was not treated fairly from start to finish.

[IconianCat @TheIconianCat]

by stating a factual observation of the entire discourse around the world cup? the ref has been in court before to testify against accusations of match fixing and he was allowed to referee for the world cup but somehow THATS less of a problem than the US asking for HIS call to be reviewed for impropriety?

once someone proves my point that this became a lose lose situation for the US. win and its because we cheated over asking for a bad ref to be reviewed. lose and its "you couldnt even win with cheating"

nothing that our team couldve done at this point wouldve mattered because the rest of the world wants to shit on us, theyre openly admitting to it continually today.

in WHAT universe is this "whining" to call out that the entire exchange has been a massively one sided anti american pile-on. you could see it in our players in the match too.

[IconianCat @TheIconianCat]

incorrect. asking for a specific decision wouldve been improper. but if asking for a review of a punishment constitutes being unacceptable then why should article 27 and the review board exist in the first place.

if country's are not allowed to request a review of disciplinary action on their player then why have the review board at all since FIFA has no motivation to initiate a review on their own automatically. the USSF and USMNT were the ones who initially requested it before trump which is why it was even being reviewed in the first place.

youre crying and coping so you can bash america because the officiation is fucking busted and handed a bogus red card out by violating their own rules flagrantly.

[IconianCat @TheIconianCat]

@T_Whiz @PunishedRWR sounds like a skill issue to me

[IconianCat @TheIconianCat]

@RickP1884 @PunishedRWR youd know a lot about gay stuff wouldnt you.

[IconianCat @TheIconianCat]

@TheGunner91 @PunishedRWR you demonstrate otherwise by taking issue with my original post in the first place.

[IconianCat @TheIconianCat]

he didnt weigh in, he asked for a review and then made a public statement about how unfortunate the red card was. thats not weighing in, he didnt inject his opinion into fifa he made a public statement about how he felt about it.

the only person kidding themself here is you acting like he committed some cardinal sin by asking to make sure the call was right.

[IconianCat @TheIconianCat]

no it wouldnt and you know it and didnt you just have a scandal with criminals actively sabotaging the enemy team in one of your games with laser pointers pointing at the players?

ill be trusting the judgement of my own eyes and of every single professional who actually broke down the event and explained how and why it violated the rules written in plain text in the FIFA handbook thank you very much.

also "account based in mexico"
"connected by argentina app store"

[IconianCat @TheIconianCat]

@T_Whiz @PunishedRWR You must’ve had a hard time passing English/literature classes then. I’m sorry to hear that.