United We Stand divided we fall, agent orange the great divider. Any Country banning books instead of discussing the messages of books is a declining country
Unless you are being blackmailed because you are in the Epstein files. Having a president that is easily blackmailed and bought is everything the founding fathers warned us about.
Hasan Piker: “Fox News is Rape TV. It’s the pro-rape network. One of their rapists hosts is now the fucking Secretary of War. Pete Hegseth also has a Nazi tattoo on his motherfucking chest. He was such a prolific rapist that his own mother sent him an email begging him to stop raping”
Every single Mag 7 stock outside of Apple is in the midst of a double-digit drawdown from the highs:
MSFT -29%
META -20%
TSLA -17%
NVDA -14%
GOOG -11%
AMZN -10%
@EinSchwarzwelt@JasonLaCanfora Only real change to the system in America over last 35 years is more existence of pay clubs. Still a general lack of direction in teaching the game, shows with 20+ year olds in World Cup stage watching the play develop instead of developing the play
Some fun facts about Magee are:
Over 500,000 babies have been born there.
Almost 10,000 babies each year which is close to half of all the babies born in Allegheny County.
They change close to 850 diapers a day… making that close to 6,000 a week and 310,000 a year!
And 44 years ago today, on a early July morning in 1982, I was born there ;)
#Pittsburgh #Birthday
10 Steps to fix US Soccer Going Foward:
1. No more MLS Partnership:
They have differing priorities and they should. They’re running a business and they’re promoting that business first and foremost. We can’t be indebted to an entity with self serving interests separate from the success of US National teams.
2. Pro/Rel for US Soccer:
We need to grow the game and get more players the opportunity for exposure and top level competition. Simple. Make the matches more meaningful. Grow the roots, develop talent, make soccer for the people not for the rich MLS owners.
3. Our League Operates as an Exporter:
US Soccer is not a powerhouse. Develop talent. Sell to Europe. Allow players to test their abilities against the best. Re-invest the funds. Repeat. Brazil and Argentina have perfected this. That’s the blueprint.
4. Soccer Needs to be Affordable:
Funds from exports needs to be reinvested into the youth system. We depend on MLS for all youth development. We miss out on tons of talented young players because of their absurd and dated rules.
5. We NEED a Plan at GK Going Forward:
Gaga and Kochen need senior minutes to see what they have. We desperately need somebody to take up the mantle. In the meantime we need to consider what characteristics we value in a GK and how we want to play. Can’t build out of the back with guys like Freese and Turner that are shot stoppers but aren’t great with their feet.
6. We NEED to Recruit:
We simply don’t have the talent to rely on guys that grow up and develop through MLS. Guys like Banks or Chase could have flipped this World Cup. Suzuki could have been the answer in net. Can’t close that door. Poch whiffed on that.
7. Create an Identity:
HOW do we want to play? What type of players do we need to develop to fit our general style? Yes, you scheme to the players you have but you can also develop played to fit a core identity.
8. Change the Culture:
We’re never going to make soccer the most popular sport in the United States. What we can do is format our culture to better reflect sports fans in the US and make it unique instead of trying to copy everything Europe does. The idea of incorporating things done by college football teams is a good place to start. Recognizable traditions that will feel familiar and get fans involved. It needs to feel fun and not exclusive.
9. We can’t play timid or passive anymore. We moved away from big physical athletes grinding out games in favor of skilled players. That’s fine. They can’t lose what makes us unique though. We’re not going to out-skill Brazil, Argentina, Spain, France etc. anytime soon. We need to be the tone setters. Guys like Dest can’t play in the knockouts. We saw that today. We need a mix of both. McKennie, Adams, Richards, Tillman, and Reyna all play with an edge and with skill but don’t shy away from contact or the moment. That’s the blueprint.
10. We Need a World Class Talent or A LOT OF DEPTH:
We better hope that Cavan, Albert, Gozo, Spivey, or Mehmeti can develop into something special. If not we need them all to hit to some degree. We saw with Haaland what an absolute game breaker it can be to have even a single World Class player in your team can be. Short of that you need incredible depth. Much of this tournement the starters were fine but the bench was sub-par. Can’t have that without a distinct identity or a world class roster. Ideally you have 2 of those 3.
There’s many more valid ideas on how to fix this but these are the 10 that come to mind as I sit here miserable after having watched that utterly disappointing effort.
You are not allowed to run a mass surveillance state, whether it's run by the CIA, Peter Thiel, or Flock cameras.
I will ban Flock cameras, and end mass surveillance as Florida governor.
Claiming smart phones already track you so escalation to flock surveillance cameras on every block shouldn’t matter sounds like the same argument as some guy already groped you, so you might as well allow yourself to get raped too.
The US has a development issue. Club and soccer academies are for the upper middle class. Why the f wouldn’t we just copy what they do in Spain, France, England etc? Pay for play development will never succeed.
No one goes to prison for $21 trillion missing from the US government, or for the financial fraud that triggered $29 trillion of bailouts or the fraudulent inducement of $1.6 trillion of student loans or the mass atrocity of killing and disabling millions from the Covid shot or narcotics trafficking by US gov/related parties. But three flock cameras - now that is something that inspires serious enforcement! Three flock cameras are more important that the entire US Treasury. Wow.
American citizens across the country are physically cutting down Flock cameras as authorities are losing control as more people are viewing the technology as an unconstitutional form of mass surveillance.
The incidents are being described as part of a growing trend where cordless, battery-powered tools are used to quickly cut down Flock camera poles because they are highly portable, fast, and quiet.
Mass surveillance must be stopped everywhere.