Chess Grandmaster Anna Muzychuk, on refusing to play in Saudi Arabia.
"In a few days, I'll lose two world titles, one after another. Because I decided not to go to Saudi Arabia.
I refuse to play by special rules, wear an abaya, or be accompanied by a man so I can get out of the hotel, so I don't feel like a second-class person.
"I will follow my principles and not compete in the fast chess and blitz world championship where in just 5 days I could have made more money than with dozens of other combined tournaments. This is all very unpleasant but the sad part is that no one seems to care. Bitter feelings, but I can't go back."
~ Anna Muzychuk
@igetredpilled@danielfoch@CMHC_ca wife and I bought our first house in 93 for 235K, put down 40K. Same young couple today would need 550K down payment to have a mortgage under 800K. We paid 8%, today about 5.5 to 6%.
@ronmortgageguy@AlderLaneEggs we have always been soft of corporate crime, our crooks like Eagleson, and Lord Almost, were proseccuted by the Americans. But the Yanks are about to elect Trump a 2nd time, to me that seems a lot worse.
@__Edman__@MattCalmer33 sorry no, he simply spent 2 yrs on a god awful team, and then was stuck behind Joe Montana. He would have been a star from 87 on if Montana wasn't there