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Re: Sleepless in Brussels

From "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid>
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Subject Re: Sleepless in Brussels
Date 2026-07-07 14:36 +0200
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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.
 
> Trump's current position against birthright citizenship seems to
> exclude anyone who can bring us a win.  

Once a cheat, always a cheat.

-- 
s|b

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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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