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Will the Russian Ultras behave themselves today?
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Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
Tick tock motherfuckers!
Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?
Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.
We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.
No one could have predicted…
You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.
Prediction: the GOP will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.
Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.
An almost top 10,000 blog!
We still have time to mess this up!
Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.
The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.
Usually wrong but never in doubt
I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.
When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?
🎶 Those boots were made for mockin’ 🎵
All your base are belong to Tunch.
Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll
When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.
rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius
fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)
Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.
Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.
Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.
Punchy
There was an article on Deadspin yesterday about how the Russian thugs appear to be well-trained (!) and purposefully starting fights with others. Then, in response, the Russian officials completely supported these brawls and the Russian fans who caused them and called it patriotism. Incredible response….not only NOT an apology, but the exact opposite. I hope they lose their ass in this game, and so do the French police.
If this is any indication, WC 2018 is going to be a complete riot.
raven
Slovakia!
Wyrm1
Great half by Slovakia.
Hopefully the Russian thugs will be depressed by Russia’s embarrassing performance thus far, and if they do act up that UEFA will have the guts to toss them out of the tournament, but they probably won’t.
Aldo
@Punchy: I think there was just never any qustion that the “WC 2018 is going to be a complete riot”. The Russians may have kept things in check in Sochi (small town, no history of hooliganism in Olympics), but won’t be able to do so across multiple, much larger cities. Nor do they seem willing to do that.
I also just do not see how any non-white fans will venture into Russia where fans are known to taunt and threaten their own team’s black players. 2018 will be a WC for the ages.
Gin & Tonic
Eurosport says Russia has never come back to win from 0-2 in the Euro competition.
Origuy
Besides the Euro and the Copa America, there’s another international competition going on. The ConIFA World Football Cup is taking place in Abkhazia, a breakaway region of Georgia. ConIFA is a federation of unrecognized, sometimes unconsolidated “nations” like Somaliland and Kurdistan. Anthony Bourdain wrote an article about the Somaliland team.
dr. luba
France has taken some action, and deported a busload of Russian “fans.” Also, too, stickers have gone up in hotels and shops depicting a pig in Russian colors with a slash through it–i.e. we don’t serve Russian pigs.