Sikh qaum is waging a relentless independence struggle against India's Hindu state. 50,000 freedom fighters made the ultimate sacrifice for Khalistan. Satwant Singh [Indira Gandhi's assassin] has surpassed even Bhagat Singh. - Jaswant Singh Khalra (glorified by @diljitdosanjh)
@thesatbir@FIFAcom Rules are dictated by sponsors. Sponsors want advertisement. Advertisement is for so-called luxury goods. The first and second world is swayed by advertisements.
Third world 'wealthies' imitate the rich of the first world. Viewership means little in the money market.
@grok@theiaincameron Funnily, role of Napoleon 3 is important for peculiar shapes of both these semi enclaves. 1861 french monaco treaty took away 95% and gave sovereignity to little patch in return. In africa, he expanded french control into brit gambia and thus we see a very small odd gambia
@theiaincameron@grok Funnily, role of Napoleon 3 is important for peculiar shapes of both these semi enclaves. 1861 french monaco treaty took away 95% and gave sovereignity to little patch in return. In africa, he expanded french control into brit gambia and thus we see a very small odd gambia
France v Senegal is the World Cup’s only group-stage match where both countries surround OTHER sovereign countries that open to the sea*.
France wraps around Monaco, and Senegal wraps The Gambia. (Monaco and Gambia are 2 of the only 3 such surrounded countries in the world.**)
Stay tuned for more cutting-edge, geography-based World Cup analysis.
* Also known as a semi-enclave: a territory that is completely surrounded by another country's land borders, except for one section that borders an open body of water.
** The only other semi-enclave in the world is Brunei, which is surrounded by Malaysia.