Philippe Vande Weyer

@philippevw

Journaliste Le Soir, spécialisation sports olympiques. Omnisports sans être omniscient. Mes tweets n'engagent que moi.

Brussels

Joined March 2009

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LesoirSports @LesoirSports

about 13 hours ago

🇧🇪 Le Comité olympique et paralympique belge est (bientôt) né https://t.co/Eor6VLz1iO

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about 15 hours ago

BREAKING - La fusion du Comité olympique et interfédéral belge et du Comité paralympique belge pour former le Comité olympique et paralympique belge dès le 1er janvier 2027 est approuvée à l’unanimité lors des AG du COIB et du BPC.

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LesoirSports @LesoirSports

1 day ago

Olympisme : le COIB et le BPC à l’heure de la fusion https://t.co/r19hX4ZuVT

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Gianl1974

@Gianl1974

2 days ago

*BRITISH WRITER PENS THE BEST DESCRIPTION OF TRUMP* Someone asked "Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?" Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote the following response: A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump's limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief. Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don't say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it's a fact. He doesn't even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty. Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn't just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness. There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It's all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don't. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He's not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He's more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege. And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless or female – and he kicks them when they are down. So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think 'Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy' is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that: • Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and most are. • You don't need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man. This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it's impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

$Gianl1974's tweet photo. *BRITISH WRITER PENS THE BEST DESCRIPTION OF TRUMP* Someone asked "Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?" Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote the following response: A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump's limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief. Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don't say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it's a fact. He doesn't even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty. Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn't just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness. There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It's all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don't. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He's not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He's more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege. And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless or female – and he kicks them when they are down. So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think 'Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy' is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that: • Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and most are. • You don't need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man. This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it's impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.$

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Philippe Vande Weyer @philippevw

3 days ago

@SignalFootBE @TheAthleticFC Ca, c'est de l'info !

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LesoirSports @LesoirSports

4 days ago

Eliott Crestan sixième à Rabat pour sa plongée dans le grand bain https://t.co/Sh5nnzwkT8

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5 days ago

A Rabat (@Diamond_League), Eliott Crestan termine 6e du 800 m en 1.44.08, un bon chrono de rentrée même s'il souhaitait descendre d'emblée sous 1.44. #athlétisme

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5 days ago

A Rabat (@Diamond_League), dans une course embouteillée avec 18 coureurs au départ, Ruben Verheyden termine 11e du 1.500 m en 3.32.38, le deuxième chrono de sa carrière, tout près du minimum européen (3.32.13). Une belle rentrée pour l'Alostois ! #athlétisme

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5 days ago

20 km après 100.000 pas : le pari fou et solidaire pour les infirmiers de rue | Société https://t.co/ykvmKQmhDQ

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7 days ago

Les Belges au Mémorial Szewinska à Bygdoszcz : H 400 m: 2. Segers 45.31; 3. D.Borlée 45.87; 4. Doom 46.07 110 m haies (+0,7): 6. Obasuyi 13.45 Hauteur: 4. Vermeiren 2,15 Perche: 4. Broeders 5,72 m F 400 m: 3. Ponette 51.80 #athlétisme

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8 days ago

Un vote sur la fusion du Comité olympique et interfédéral belge (COIB) et du Comité paralympique belge (BPC) sera à l'ordre du jour de l'AG du COIB, le 4 juin prochain.

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LesoirSports @LesoirSports

12 days ago

Circuit Mare Nostrum : Roos Vanotterdijk remporte l’épreuve du 50m papillon au meeting de Monaco https://t.co/TIsxGhgSDj

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MP Arizona☀️🏳️‍🌈💙🌵🐕🐕‍🦺🫂💦🏜🐟🌴🎙🌎🌻♍️🌊 @AzPetrich

14 days ago

In a clear message Up to 70% of the rooms reserved for FIFA in Boston, Dallas, LA, Philadelphia, and Seattle have been canceled, according to the US Hotel Association. What should have been a huge economic boost for these cities is now an economic disaster. Trump did that.

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Andrea Junker

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14 days ago

FIFA is panicking: World Cup hotel cancellations are surging as global fans ditch the U.S., citing soaring costs, visa bonds, and Trump’s dictatorial behavior. Turns out nobody wants to pay $1,000 a night just to experience an authoritarian simulation.

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