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| Subject | Re: Sleepless in Brussels |
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| Newsgroups | alt.usage.english |
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| From | Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> |
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| Date | 2026-07-07 20:46 +0100 |
On 07/07/2026 13:36, s|b wrote: > On Mon, 06 Jul 2026 17:27:11 -0400, Tony Cooper wrote: > >> I would imagine that offices and businesses in Brussels will be empty >> tomorrow (Tuesday). > > I think a lot of Belgians here partied all night and then went straight > to work. > >> The match between Belgium and the US starts at 8 PM (my time) tonight, >> which will be 1 AM Tuesday in Brussels. A few there might be >> watching. > > It was 02:00 (2 AM) actually. I wish had seen it live, but I need my > sleep. > >> They will have a spur to their ability to stay awake in the wee hours: >> an overwhelming sense of indignation. >> >> Deserved, I think, because of Trump's interference and his playing of >> the "Get Out Of Jail Free" card for American team ace Folarin Balogun >> by "suggesting" that FIFA review Balogun's red card. Evidently, a >> golden FIFA Peace Prize was not gift enough for Infantino. > > 'I know sports... VERY WELL... he got a red card, I didn't know what > that meant' > > You can't make this stuff up. > >> Trump trumped his 2016 insult when he said "It's like living in a >> hellhole right now" about Brussels. >> >> Interestingly, Balogun was born in Brooklyn, New York as a "tourist >> baby". His mother, a Nigerian living in London, was not allowed to >> return to London because the airline said she was too pregnant to >> travel by air. Balogun is a US citizen by birthright. > > And still Balogun played. I don't understand that. He's not going to be > popular when he returns to Monaco. He might also have problems re-entering the USA, now that he has failed Trump.> >> Trump's current position against birthright citizenship seems to >> exclude anyone who can bring us a win. I wonder what the punishment will be for all those who fail to bring Trump a win?> > Once a cheat, always a cheat. > -- Sam Plusnet
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Sleepless in Brussels Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2026-07-06 17:27 -0400
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-07-07 01:01 +0100
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2026-07-06 23:53 -0400
Re: Sleepless in Brussels occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-07-07 06:51 +0200
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-07-07 16:20 +1000
Re: Sleepless in Brussels athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-07-07 06:58 +0000
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-07-07 20:24 +0100
Re: Sleepless in Brussels nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-07-07 23:33 +0200
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Bertel Lund Hansen <rundtosset@lundhansen.dk> - 2026-07-07 11:19 +0200
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-07-07 20:21 +0100
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-07-07 06:50 +0100
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Bertel Lund Hansen <rundtosset@lundhansen.dk> - 2026-07-07 11:21 +0200
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-07-07 20:11 +1000
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Bertel Lund Hansen <rundtosset@lundhansen.dk> - 2026-07-07 12:20 +0200
Re: Sleepless in Brussels athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-07-07 12:28 +0000
Re: Sleepless in Brussels nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-07-07 11:17 +0200
Re: Sleepless in Brussels "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news> - 2026-07-07 10:04 +0000
Re: Sleepless in Brussels nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-07-07 13:20 +0200
Re: Sleepless in Brussels "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news> - 2026-07-07 12:48 +0000
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-07-07 20:31 +0100
Re: Sleepless in Brussels richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2026-07-07 19:34 +0000
Re: Sleepless in Brussels occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-07-07 14:58 +0200
Re: Sleepless in Brussels "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news> - 2026-07-07 15:04 +0000
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Bertel Lund Hansen <rundtosset@lundhansen.dk> - 2026-07-07 18:52 +0200
Re: Sleepless in Brussels athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-07-08 06:44 +0000
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-07-08 17:12 +1000
Re: Sleepless in Brussels occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-07-08 12:32 +0200
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Bertel Lund Hansen <rundtosset@lundhansen.dk> - 2026-07-08 12:39 +0200
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-07-08 21:33 +1000
Re: Sleepless in Brussels "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news> - 2026-07-08 13:11 +0000
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-07-07 20:13 +1000
Re: Sleepless in Brussels occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-07-07 15:01 +0200
Re: Sleepless in Brussels "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-07-07 15:36 +0200
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-07-07 20:42 +0100
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-07-07 20:28 +0100
Re: Sleepless in Brussels nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-07-07 23:33 +0200
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-07-08 09:54 +1000
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Madhu <enometh@meer.net> - 2026-07-08 15:15 +0530
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2026-07-09 05:14 +0200
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Madhu <enometh@meer.net> - 2026-07-09 14:47 +0530
Re: Sleepless in Brussels "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-07-07 14:36 +0200
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-07-07 20:46 +0100
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2026-07-07 16:25 -0400
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-07-07 22:39 +0100
Re: Sleepless in Brussels "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-07-08 17:02 +0200
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2026-07-08 15:37 -0400
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-07-09 09:53 +1000
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2026-07-08 21:12 -0400
Re: Sleepless in Brussels wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) - 2026-07-09 03:27 +0000
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-07-09 21:00 +0100
Re: Sleepless in Brussels "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-07-10 17:32 +0100
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-07-10 21:18 +0100
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> - 2026-07-08 23:40 -0400
Re: Sleepless in Brussels wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) - 2026-07-09 04:05 +0000
Re: Sleepless in Brussels wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) - 2026-07-09 04:19 +0000
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-07-09 14:34 +1000
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-07-09 21:06 +0100
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2026-07-09 16:19 -0400
Re: Sleepless in Brussels "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-07-09 11:58 +0200
Re: Sleepless in Brussels athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-07-09 13:52 +0000
Re: Sleepless in Brussels nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-07-09 23:40 +0200
Re: Sleepless in Brussels athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-07-10 07:17 +0000
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-07-09 21:13 +0100
Re: Sleepless in Brussels richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2026-07-09 10:21 +0000
Re: Sleepless in Brussels athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-07-09 07:56 +0000
Re: Sleepless in Brussels "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-07-09 11:54 +0200
Re: Sleepless in Brussels Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-07-09 21:16 +0100
Re: Sleepless in Brussels wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) - 2026-07-09 21:49 +0000
Re: Sleepless in Brussels nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-07-10 13:14 +0200
Re: Sleepless in Brussels "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-07-10 10:52 +0200
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