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Not nearly as scary as those smoking forests in the Great White North, apparently. Yeah, TFG has been smoking something. Trump imposes 50% tariffs on Canadian goods, citing disputes over autos, alcohol and cheese

It has been a long time

That was a fair outcome. Spain dominated throughout, and the only surprise was that it wasn't a 4-0 thrashing. I thought the ref-ing was of good quality and fair, letting just enough of the physical stuff go to keep the game flowing. All told a very enjoyable World Cup. I do think they need to clean up the VAR so it doesn't intrude into the game as much. Adding more VAR calls just makes it worse. If they aren't careful, it'll wind up like American Football where it seems like every play goes to the review for legal interpretation.

Whomever wins... 😋 I don't think it will be as fun as the England-France match.

That was a Steve Martin kind of game: wild and crazy. It was a lot of fun too.

In primetime speech, Trump doesn't provide evidence for illegal voting Well, the guy fancies himself a clever fellow, but the foundations of his thinking are fundamentally flawed. He claims that their are security flaws in the election system, but if there are then he helped put them there. He has done nothing to address these "flaws", instead he is tearing down the institutions that helps keep it secure. An example is his dismissal of the election commission. His promotion of this idea of election insecurity may have the detrimental effect of causing Republican voters not to vote. All it does is protect his fragile ego against the idea that he actually lost. Putin must be loving it.

Well, I think you missed the point we were talking about that, and it wasn't about maintaining supposedly "normal" levels of testosterone.

Creating a genetically flawless child is not the same as creating a supersoldier. The latter is optimized for military operations, which may include limiting other capabilities.

I'm sure parents will be lining up to raise these little murder bots.

It was intentional, on the part of the Spanish player. I've seen that a few times during this World Cup, where the player intentionally places a body part in a position to get fouled. Very crafty. Some players make a living off that, gaming the system. While the called fouls follows the letter of the law, I'm not sure they follow the spirit.

France seems the more enjoyable watch, but it wouldn't surprise me if Spain won.

Well, it seems like FIFA got their seedings correct: the surviving four teams were ranked one through four before the draw. Apparently that has never happened before.

"...once you start down the dark path... forever will it dominate your destiny. Consume you it will..." Yeah, in retrospect it looks a bit like a Faustian bargain. I suppose in worse case outcome the band can get back together to try and form a new studio. I'm not sure how viable that will be in the face of AI-everything though.

That red card in the Arg-Swi game is why I'd like to see FIFA allow an 'Orange' card option for two yellows. (It's like a red card, except the team can sub for the ejected player.) Red cards should just be for the most flagrant and dangerous fouls.

I don't know if Norway was "robbed", but Miami in July has miserable conditions for playing a football match. I'm glad the MLS is switching to a winter schedule, if only for that reason. It seems like Bellingham may be on his way to superstardom.