Recent content by Smeegs

  1. S

    World Cup Thread

    It’ll never happen as long as we view it as a second tier sport at the scholastic level. You know, probably the biggest culprit impairing our men’s soccer development is football. Football is a unique sport, in that no other sport requires SO many players and has SUCH large rosters, and as a...
  2. S

    Kerr Kriisa arrested by FBI

    Dumb gullible victims are deserving of sympathy too. In fact, one could fairly argue that they’re more deserving of sympathy because they’re more vulnerable. They can’t help it that they’re dumb and gullible.
  3. S

    World Cup Thread

    That episode does make this butt-kicking look even worse. At least we’d have a built in excuse for it if Balogun hadn’t played. And we would’ve been viewed as the plucky underdog trying to fight against adversity. But instead the world is now laughing that we still got smoked even after our...
  4. S

    World Cup Thread

    Well, our brief delusion that we were finally ready to take on the Euro soccer powers got shattered in an ugly way tonight. That day has yet to arrive. They’re still a clear level above us.
  5. S

    Kerr Kriisa arrested by FBI

    It wasn’t just one person, there are multiple victims named in the indictment. As for why he wasn’t reported sooner, who knows? People can be amazingly gullible when dealing with a smooth talking scam artist …even really rich ones. Especially when the scam artist comes with an aura of...
  6. S

    Kerr Kriisa arrested by FBI

    He’s accused of stealing at least $2.2 million, not just 100 grand.
  7. S

    Kerr Kriisa arrested by FBI

    Sounds like Victim-1 is a really gullible sap.
  8. S

    World Cup Thread

    I’m not a “sodden lefty”, and despise much about the far left. In fact, I don’t regard myself as a lefty or righty (as inconceivable as that might seem to some). But it’s clear you can’t even say the word Trump now without people becoming irrational and misinterpreting intent. So I apologize...
  9. S

    World Cup Thread

    I can see the difference. But the point wasn’t about me. Not sure why you’re having trouble grasping that. The point is that the dude in the White House couldn’t see that difference …because he wanted no special exceptions for tourist visa babies in his situation. I was just pointing out...
  10. S

    World Cup Thread

    I really don’t want to be guilty of making this thread political, but I’ll just say this doesn’t change the point. Trump also wanted people who visit legally on tourist visas to lose citizenship for babies born during the visit (like Balogun). In fact, that’s precisely the sort of “anchor...
  11. S

    World Cup Thread

    Maybe so, but Trump didn’t want to make an exception for those who represent us well, instead he wanted to end citizenship for ALL birthright cases along the lines of Balogun’s. Which does make it kinda funny that he’s now become the big advocate for one of those anchor babies when he’s winning...
  12. S

    World Cup Thread

    No doubt. You’ll rarely watch a sporting event where you can just feel the intensity and emotion coming through your TV screen like that game last night. I know a lot of (deserved) criticism has been lodged about the behavior of Mexican fans at the Azteca. But those games are good for the...
  13. S

    World Cup Thread

    There is a certain irony to Trump going to bat for Balogun given why he’s American. He’s never actually lived in the US and is only a citizen because he happened to be born here while his mom was here on a tourist visa. In other words, a classic “birthright citizenship” case of the sort Trump...
  14. S

    Kerr Kriisa arrested by FBI

    Yes. He was actually arrested in Kentucky while preparing for TBT with La Familia.
  15. S

    Why do Pope products really seem to struggle in the NBA

    I reject your premise. Amari and Brea massively overachieved just by reaching the NBA, considering they started out their college careers as low rated mid major prospects who were never expected to reach that level at all. What more were you expecting out of mere second round picks in their...
See more
Top Bottom