Lorne Daley

@Chicago1Ray @PeteHegseth @POTUS Stupid as shit!

@PeteHegseth @POTUS The G.O.A.T

@VinnysCorner1 Tom Landry

Without saying your age… Who was the coach of your favorite NFL team when you started watching football?

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney today: “Many of our former strengths, built on our close ties to the US, have become weaknesses. The US has changed.” “We’re deepening our partnerships with the EU, the Nordic countries, and Australia.” Spain called Trump a liar in 10 minutes. The Pope won’t debate him. Starmer called him noise. Now Canada is formally pivoting away. America’s closest allies are building a world without us.

Oh STFU. Trump danced on Rob Reiner’s grave, on Robert Mueller’s grave, called recently for the execution of elected members of Congress. Kimmel told a joke. I’m so fed up of this idiocy, dishonesty and faux outrage.

I mean, I know we all know this, but it is still insane that people who work for Donald Trump, the most verbally abusive, name-calling, threatening, violence-inciting politician of the modern era, can dare give lectures to anyone else on language or name-calling. Just shameless.

See America. Yet another Trump LIE! Now it's $400,000,000 of taxpayer's money and it's no longer privately funded by Trump's rich buddies.

@DrDick1414 @KimMulkey God you're dumb Rick.

@KimMulkey Another vaccine death. We see this everyday.

My heart is broken over the loss of Melissa Jones. She was more than just a player to me — she was family. She left her mark on Baylor, not just basketball, and she was loved by the entire community. I’m grateful I had the chance to coach her and know her. Rest in peace MJ 🤍

What will happen to Tottenham if they get relegated? The first thing to understand is that relegation does not cancel a single contract. Of course, every player will wake up the next morning still legally employed by Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. Their contracts are valid and binding regardless of which league the club is playing in. Nothing changes on paper. Now, the contracts may remain, but some clauses MAY be activated. One of those clauses is “the relegation clause”. There are two types of relegation clauses that appear in Premier League contracts. The first is a wage reduction clause, which automatically cuts a player's salary by a set percentage if the club goes down. The standard figure quoted across the industry is around 20 to 50 percent, depending on how the clause was negotiated. David Ornstein of The Athletic has confirmed that most Tottenham players have these clauses, inserted by Daniel Levy before his departure, with reductions of approximately 50 percent. The second type is a relegation release clause, which gives the player the right to leave for a predetermined fee if the club is relegated. Both types exist in the same squad, sometimes in the same contract. That said, a case of relegation would still be scary for Tottenham. Tottenham's total revenue for the year ended June 2025 was £565 million, with TV and media income of £127 million that season alone. In the Championship, even with parachute payments, that broadcast income drops from approximately £190 million to around £45 million. Parachute payments are structured at 55 percent of the Premier League equal share in year one, dropping to 45 percent in year two and 20 percent in year three. They are designed to cushion the fall. They do not come close to replacing what was lost. Financial analysts who have examined the Spurs-specific situation estimate a first-year revenue drop of between £200 million and £260 million. The commercial picture even complicates it for them. Tottenham's shirt deal with AIA, worth approximately £40 million per year, contains relegation clauses, and AIA have already confirmed they will not be renewing when the deal expires after the 2026/27 season. Their Nike kit deal, worth around £40 million annually and running to 2033, would face pressure though likely a smaller reduction given its long-term structure. A long-standing commercial partner has already cut ties ahead of this summer, reportedly citing on-pitch underperformance as a deciding factor. There is one additional constraint that often goes unmentioned. The EFL operates a Salary Cost Management Protocol in the Championship that caps wage bills at 55 percent of a club's turnover. With Tottenham's revenue collapsing and their wage bill remaining large even after relegation clause reductions, this regulatory ceiling would force further issues on top of everything else- as the quality of players they can sign would reduce drastically. Tottenham's net debt as of June 2025 stood at £831 million, almost entirely tied to the financing of their stadium. That debt continues regardless of league position. The interest payments continue. The unpaid transfer instalments to other clubs, reported at over £300 million, continue. The stadium generates significant non-football revenue through NFL games, concerts and events, which gives them more resilience than most relegated clubs would have, but it does not plug a £200 million hole. The players who have relegation release clauses will activate them and leave. The players who do not will be sold because the club needs the cash. But here is the part that rarely gets discussed: some players will not attract the offers needed to move them on. A Championship player on Premier League wages is an expensive problem, and if no buying club meets the asking price, that player stays on the wage bill regardless, draining resources the club desperately needs elsewhere. This is precisely how clubs that intend to bounce back end up falling further than they planned. Sunderland are the cautionary tale. They went down, could not shift the players nobody wanted, and dropped through to League One. The squad that comes through the other side of that summer will look almost nothing like the one that went down. And returning from the Championship is not guaranteed. Stoke City spent ten seasons in the Premier League and have not been back since 2018. Relegation for a club of this size and this debt structure is not a bad season followed by a recovery year. It is the beginning of a restructuring that could define the next decade. My name is Ajoje. I am a FIFA Licensed Agent and International Sports Lawyer. I write on the Law and Business of Football, a lot. Repost and Follow if you want to read more posts like this.

@nekaishi Maybe if you lived in Canada you'd know more about our Westminster parliamentary system. But you don't. You live in the US. Crossing the floor is permitted, legal and is not uncommon. Now... when will you invoke the 25th Amendment and get rid of President Shitgibbon?

🔴 Le New York Times vient de publier le récit le plus accablant sur Trump depuis le début de la guerre. Et c'est une bombe. Jonathan Swan et Maggie Haberman, deux journalistes de la Maison Blanche, révèlent comment Trump a pris la décision d'entrer en guerre contre l'Iran. Ce qu'ils décrivent est exactement ce que j'analyse dans Le Pantin de la Maison Blanche. Voici les faits. Netanyahu a vendu un rêve. Le 11 février, dans la Situation Room, le Premier ministre israélien a présenté un scénario en quatre actes : tuer le Guide Suprême, détruire l'armée iranienne, déclencher une révolution populaire, installer un nouveau régime. Il a même montré une vidéo de montage avec les "futurs dirigeants" de l'Iran. Trump a répondu : "Sounds good to me." En une phrase, il venait de sceller le destin de la région. Le lendemain, la CIA a dit que c'était du vent. Les parties 3 et 4 du pitch de Netanyahu, la révolution populaire et le changement de régime, ont été qualifiées de "farce" par Ratcliffe lui-même. Rubio a traduit : "In other words, it's bullshit." Le général Caine a ajouté : "C'est la procédure standard des Israéliens. Ils survendent, et leurs plans ne sont pas toujours bien développés." Trump a entendu. Et il a quand même dit oui. Vance a tout vu. Le vice-président était le seul dans la pièce à s'opposer frontalement, avertissant que la guerre pourrait "détruire la coalition politique de Trump", que le Détroit d'Ormuz était le vrai point de vulnérabilité, que personne ne pouvait prédire les représailles iraniennes quand la survie d'un régime était en jeu. Il a dit : "Tu sais que je pense que c'est une mauvaise idée. Mais si tu veux le faire, je te soutiendrai." Ce n'est pas du courage politique. C'est de la déférence. Susie Wiles a regardé. La cheffe de cabinet, qui avait des inquiétudes, a estimé que ce n'était "pas son rôle" de s'exprimer sur une décision militaire devant les autres. Elle a "encouragé les conseillers à partager leurs vues." Elle s'est tue. Le général Caine n'a jamais dit non. Il a exposé les risques : diminution des stocks de munitions, Détroit d'Ormuz, pas de voie claire vers la victoire. Puis il a dit : "Si vous ordonnez l'opération, l'armée exécutera." Trump, lui, "entendait seulement ce qu'il voulait entendre." Et Trump a signé à bord d'Air Force One, 22 minutes avant la deadline fixée par son propre général : "Operation Epic Fury is approved. No aborts. Good luck." Voilà comment on entre en guerre au XXIe siècle. Pas avec une délibération solennelle. Pas avec un vote du Congrès. Pas avec une stratégie de sortie. Avec un slide show de Netanyahu, un "sounds good to me", et une note envoyée depuis un avion. Dans Le Pantin de la Maison Blanche, j'écris que les vrais décideurs sont ceux qui préparent les présentations que Trump regarde. Netanyahu l'a compris mieux que quiconque. Il a mis en scène une heure de spectacle visuel dans la Situation Room avec Mossad en fond d'écran, des vidéos de "futurs dirigeants", une promesse de victoire rapide et propre. Et Trump a dit oui. Pendant que Vance, Rubio, Wiles et Caine regardaient. Voici l'article du New-York Times : nytimes.com/2026/04/07/us/… 📖 Le Pantin de la Maison Blanche → amazon.fr/dp/B0GPCCMS68/

@Brewjew308 @RonanFarrow I love the way that comment is drenched in sarcasm!

@RonanFarrow Ahh, but do you have Crypto in your bio, Dr. Farrow? As you must know, that is the universal certification of political science supremacy in these parts.

I have a PhD in political science from Oxford, focused on US foreign policy; worked as a State Dept. official in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Middle East; and wrote a celebrated foreign policy book taught at universities like Princeton. That's why I get geopolitical questions.

While everyone has moved on, I remain deeply troubled by Trumps threat to wipe out an entire civilization. No American president has talked in such terms. No American president ever should.

@charise_lee Yes it was like night and day!!! When Trump phoned, he just droned on about himself and the astronauts politely listened, said nothing much. With Carney who asked about them, the mission, they talked, laughed, joked and everyone seemed to enjoy the call!

@charise_lee And the other

Notice the difference when they talk to Carney compared to Trump‼️

BLATANT LIE CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Karoline Leavitt: "Lebanon is NOT part of the ceasefire agreement". FACT: Literally the PM of Pakistan, who mediated the ceasefire, tweeted out that it WAS included. He's literally the one who witnessed the deal.

Just wanted to remind folks, especially the GOP and the FDD, that Barack Obama’s 2015 nuclear deal didn’t give Iran control of the Strait of Hormuz or allow it to keep 60% enriched uranium. It sent $1.7 billion to Iran versus the tens of billions Iran will now make from tolls. 🤷🏽‍♂️

🇪🇸 BREAKING: Spanish PM Pedro calls for the IMMEDIATE ARREST of Netanyahu He said: "Netanyahu launched the worst possible unjustified attack against Lebanon. His contempt for life and international law is intolerable. He is a criminal that must be arrested immediately.” He also adds that the EU will suspend its Association Agreement with Israel very soon. This is what true leadership looks like.