Throw up a hand if you remember when our society was stable enough you could give 10,000 fans regulation baseball bats without worrying they’d immediately start trying to kill each other.
The three stages of career development:
1. I can’t wait until I’m important enough to be included in meetings.
2. I feel so important being in these meetings!
3. I will do anything legal and several illegal things to avoid these meetings.
A cashier at Dollar General with diabetes drank a $1.69 orange juice during a low blood sugar emergency, paid for it immediately after, and was later fired for violating company policy. A federal jury ruled it was disability discrimination and awarded her more than $277,000.
One of the most jarring things about adulthood is the realization of how many truly incompetent people are in the most important jobs. When I was a kid, I just assumed everyone “important” was smart or they wouldn’t be important. Boy, was that fucking wrong.
@jeff_gluck I missed the last hundred laps because I couldn’t stay awake either but when I woke up and saw the highlights, it appeared to me it was a good race. Just because I didn’t see it happen live doesn’t mean it’s not a good race. FFS
RIP Randolph Mantooth, better known as John Gage in the TV series "Emergency!", who passed away yesterday at age 80. Mantooth came to #LasVegas a few times to help out Dan Tanna.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino:
“I have seen the public comments regarding the decision of the independent FIFA Disciplinary Committee related to the suspension of Folarin Balogun, and I would like to reiterate a fundamental principle of FIFA’s governance.
“FIFA’s judicial bodies are independent. They operate autonomously, apply the FIFA Disciplinary Code, and decide cases based on the applicable regulations and the specific facts before them. Their independence is essential to the credibility and integrity of football, and this must always be respected.
“Yes, I regularly discuss matters related to the FIFA World Cup with the President of the United States, and on this matter, I did receive a call from President Donald Trump, just as I receive calls from heads of state, government officials, football stakeholders and business executives from around the world on many different issues. During our conversation, I explained that there was an ongoing legal process involving FIFA’s independent judicial bodies and that the case would be decided in due course by the competent bodies. That is how FIFA’s system works, and it is a principle that I will always uphold.
“I read the decisions of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee when they are issued. Sometimes I am surprised by them. Sometimes I agree with them, and sometimes I disagree.
“What I always do, however, is respect those decisions and the autonomy of the bodies that make them. Whether we personally like a decision or not is irrelevant. Respect for independent institutions and the rule of law is what protects the integrity of our competitions and the credibility of FIFA at all times.”