I think in any normal year...
If England went into a quarter-final against a side that had comfortably knocked out Brazil...
With Saka, Rice and James not fit to start, Livramento already ruled out, another right-back option in Quansah suspended... and a potential Rice replacement having broken his arm in a freak accident...
AND the game coming just 5 days after one of the most exhilarating, gruelling England matches of all-time... beating Mexico, in the Azteca... a place they hadn't lost since 2013...
And you concede the 1st goal, for the 2nd time in 3 knock-out matches...
I think a lot of manager's would panic and think "man, this might not be our year."
Not Tuchel. He finds a way and his team, which are so, so gritty and determined, find a way.
What a guy!
British livestock welfare vs the rest of the world:
Growth hormones in beef:
UK - Illegal
USA - Legal and routine
Brazil - Banned on paper, compliance varies
Routine antibiotic use for growth promotion:
UK - Illegal since 1999
USA - Legal until 2017, still loosely regulated
Majority of global producers - Ongoing
Slaughterhouse CCTV:
UK - Mandatory
USA - No federal requirement
EU - Not mandatory
Sow stalls (gestation crates for pigs):
UK - Banned since 1999
USA - Legal in most states
China - Standard practice
Live export for slaughter:
UK - Banned 2024
EU - Still permitted to non-EU countries
Britain is not perfect.
But the gap between British welfare standards and global welfare standards is not a small gap.
When you buy British, you are buying inside a legal framework that most of the world has not yet built.
That's worth something.
In Bale’s return to Spurs he scored 11 league goals in 20 games
Clearly a shadow of the Bale that was first at Spurs and early years at Madrid BUT 11 in 20 is some return
Such is the lack of depth (and quality) of forwards in the league now, those numbers would be very good today
You don’t hate the media enough. Especially, state propaganda arms like the BBC.
This is the same BBC that sheltered and paid Jimmy Saville, one of most horrific pedophiles in British history, for decades.
Usyk was 223 pounds and remains the heavyweight champion. A clear illustration why the 224-pound bridgerweight division is absurd and pointless. #boxing
Deontay Wilder may not have been the best of his generation, but he brought brilliant drama to his era as a unique heavyweight unlike any seen before. If this is indeed the end, boxing will miss him.
The underdog against Xu Can.
The underdog against Michael Conlan.
The underdog against Mauricio Lara.
Behind on every scorecard after six rounds against Josh Warrington.
Never write off Leigh Wood.
#WoodWarrington
Look at this woman - Let us never forget!
The world hasn't just become wicked...it's always been wicked.
The prize doesn't always go to the most deserving.
Her name is Irena Sendler
She Died 12 May 2008 (aged 98) in Warsaw, Poland
During WWII, Irena, got permission to work in the Warsaw ghetto, as a plumbing/sewer specialist.
She had an 'ulterior motive'.
She KNEW what the Nazi's plans were for the Jews (being German).
Irena smuggled infants out in the bottom of the tool box she carried and she carried in the back of her truck a burlap sack, (for larger children).
She also had a dog in the back that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto.
The soldiers of course wanted nothing to do with the dog and the barking covered the infants' noises.
During her time of doing this, she managed to smuggle out and save 2500 children/infants.
She was caught, and the Nazi's broke both her legs, arms and beat her severely.
Irena kept a record of the names of all the kids she smuggled out and kept them in a glass jar, buried under a tree in her back yard.
After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived it and reunited the family.
Most had been gassed. Those children she helped got placed into foster family homes or adopted.
Last year Irena was up for the Nobel Peace Prize.
She was not selected.
President Obama won one year before becoming President for his work as a community organizer for ACORN
Al Gore won also --- for a slide show on Global Warming.
In MEMORIAM - 63 YEARS LATER
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It is now more than 60 years after the Second World War in Europe ended.
This posting stands as a memorial chain, in memory of the six million Jews, 20 million Russians, 10 million Christians and 1,900 Catholic priests who were murdered, massacred, raped, burned, starved and humiliated!
Now, more than ever, with Iran, and others, claiming the HOLOCAUST to be 'a myth'.
It's imperative to make sure the world never forgets, because there are others who would like to do it again.
Share this posting and be a link in the memorial chain and help us distribute it around the world.
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Dubois should be champion after that body shot, definitely wasn’t a low blow.
Usyk didn’t like and took full advantage of the time given to recover.
Did Dubois give up there &
Quit or was it just a great Jab?