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The US is on an egg hunt in Europe to ease prices at home
  • Your experience is interesting, because where I am it absolutely is a shortage. Most stores are putting a limit of 1 dozen eggs per customer because it was getting so bad. The only place where I can reliably find eggs is the farmer's market and the organic store.

  • Protests are the last thing keeping Turkey’s democracy alive
  • Depends on how seriously they take things like Trump, le Pen in France, and AfD. Not looking great so far, but hopefully we start seeing something soon.

  • Judge Confirms LaLiga's Right to Block Cloudflare in Pursuit of IPTV Pirates.
  • Imagine having the audacity to claim that you're losing money to pirates and thus were justified in blocking Cloudflare IPs, and then claiming that there were no damages done to Cloudflare et al by your actions. The only way this makes sense is it Cloudflare is the only method by which people access pirate streams. What the actual fuck.

  • Google moves all Android development behind closed doors – OSnews
  • You're right, but don't be snarky.

    Changes to the free part of Android (AOSP) is no longer going to be constantly publicly accessible. Google will release the source code once development on that branch is done. The code is (eventually) open source, but not constantly. It is kind of a damp squib, though.

  • The “Signalgate” Memes Have Entered the Chat
  • Not until they find some other way to make extremely concerning, bordering-on-treason actions sound like a toddler dropping their milkshake on the ground.

  • Trump sends innocent man to El Salvador for having autism awareness tattoo
  • That was 10 years ago. DHS is the Gestapo you're seeing now, courtesy of the Patriot Act. They've already sworn fealty to Trump. People are looking at January 6th as an isolated event, but it proved how far the right-wing could get if they wanted to forcefully take over the government.

  • Tesla Is Allegedly Withholding Wages Of German Employees On Sick Leave
  • So basically you just have to prove that you weren't filing frivolously. Sounds like a decent bar to clear.

  • MTG hits out at British Sky News reporter: ‘We don’t give a crap about the UK’
  • MTG's district is the 14th of Georgia. It has a population (according to Wikipedia) of 796,193. She won her election with 64.4% of the votes. Even if we had 100% voter representation (lol we most certainly do not), that means that 512,748 or so people voted for her. Again according to Wikipedia, the US' population is at about 340M. That means that at most 0.15% of the country voted for her.

    She also originally won her election because she jumped from a different district in Georgia to the 14th, whose incumbent had announced was not running for re-election. So no, she doesn't represent anything approaching a majority of the US; if anything she represents everything that is wrong with our current voting system.

  • Germany says it 'will not give in' as Trump announces 25% car tariffs
  • The US auto market is already no longer competitive. This is just the nail in the coffin.

  • Tesla Is Allegedly Withholding Wages Of German Employees On Sick Leave
  • That's a fantastic rule that I wish were true everywhere. So many frivolous lawsuits (which Elon is well-experienced in filing) would suddenly disappear.

  • Daily Discussion - 27 March 2025
  • This drum needs to be beaten. With the current furor over MLS, I have absolutely no sympathy for Foden.

    How long have we seen headlines like - Foden bangs in some long-range shots while oil money boosts CIty to another trophy: Foden clear of Saka MLS does a lotus pose goal celebration: MLS needs to calm down and be humble (ironically)

    What's really interesting is that I've heard almost no one talking about Saka but Arsenal fans wishing him back to health.

  • 'Like a sound from hell': Was an illegal sonic weapon used against peaceful protesters in Serbia?
  • Fuck that. You just know that as soon as they were issued the weapon, the entire department drew lots to see who got to use the shiny toy on protesters first.

  • EU tells the public to hold 72 hours of emergency supplies
  • If you have a bathtub, an easy way is just to fill that and use it for flushing the toilet. I think my family did that for a week after Katrina.

  • Tesla Is Allegedly Withholding Wages Of German Employees On Sick Leave
  • I always forget that in Europe, the government actually pursues fines and penalties levied against companies. Must be nice.

  • Tesla Is Allegedly Withholding Wages Of German Employees On Sick Leave
  • I hope they do. Germany should go back to producing das richtig Nazi Auto.

  • Points Difference Chart (Gameweek 28)

    Catching up on this. Tbh I've had absolutely no desire to look at this table since West Ham.

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    claim-of-wrongful-dismissal-and-clearly-excessive---myles-lewis-skelly---28-january-2025.pdf

    This is from Myles' red card hearing, you can find it yourself here

    Football Association Regulatory Commission (the ‘Commission’) in the matter of a Wrongful Dismissal/Excessive Punishment Claim brought by Arsenal Football Club (‘AFC’) on behalf of Myles Lewis-Skelly (‘MLS’).

    Regulatory Commission Decision

    1. These are the written reasons for a decision made by an Independent Regulatory Commission which sat on Tuesday 28th January 2025 via Microsoft Teams video conference.
    2. The Commission members were Mr. Stuart Ripley (Chairman), Mr. Bradley Pritchard and Mr. Alan Knight, all three of whom are Independent Football Panel Members of the FA Judicial Panel.
    3. Mr. Marc Medas of the FA Judicial Services Department acted as Secretary to the Regulatory Commission.
    4. The Commission were advised on the Laws of the Game (LOTG) and their application by Mr. Mike Mullarkey of the Referee Advisory Panel. In particular, the Law relating to Law 12 section S1 (Serious Foul Play) and the factors considered by a Match Official when determining such an incident. Mr. Mullarkey remained available to answer questions with regard to the Laws of the Game, however took no part in discussions concerning the actual specifics of the case or the Commission’s decision.
    5. The IFAB Laws of the Game definition of Serious Foul Play is as follows: “A tackle or challenge that endangers the safety of an opponent or uses excessive force or brutality must be sanctioned as serious foul play. Any player who lunges at an opponent in challenging for the ball from the front, from the side or from behind using one or both legs, with excessive force or endangers the safety of an opponent is guilty of serious foul play”
    6. In order for a claim of Wrongful Dismissal to be successful the Player and/or his Club must establish by the evidence it submits that the Referee made an obvious error in dismissing the Player. The burden rests on the Player and/or his Club to prove this.
    7. The role of the Regulatory Commission is not to usurp the role of the Referee and to simply re-referee the incident.
    8. The relevant incident took place during the Wolverhampton Wanderers FC (‘WWFC’) v Arsenal FC, English Premier League fixture on Saturday 25th January 2025.
    9. In his Official Report Form the Match Referee, Mr. Michael Oliver, stated, “I have to report that I, as the Referee sent off Lewis-Skelly, Myles Anthony of Arsenal FC Under Law 12 section: S1”
    10. Arsenal FC furnished the Commission with four video clips (Exhibits 1, 3, 4 and 5). • Exhibit 1 showed the incident very clearly from numerous angles and distances in both slow motion and real time. • Exhibit 3 showed a challenge made by Joao Gomes of WWFC in the same match for which he was given a (second) caution. • Exhibit 4 showed a challenge made by Bruno Fernandes of Manchester United FC (‘MUFC’) for which he was dismissed for Serious Foul Play. The dismissal was overturned following a ‘Wrongful Dismissal’ claim brought by MUFC. • Exhibit 5 showed a challenge made by Alexis MacAllister of Liverpool FC (‘LFC’) for which he was dismissed for Serious Foul Play. The dismissal was overturned following a ‘Wrongful Dismissal’ claim brought by LFC.
    11. AFC also submitted a document drafted by Mr. Patrick Camerer Cuss, AFC’s Associate General Counsel, dated 27 th January 2025, that set out why, in its opinion, the dismissal was wrongful and why, alternatively, in the event that the dismissal is deemed by the Commission not to be wrongful, the imposition of the standard punishment, a three-match suspension, would be excessive.
    12. The Commission noted the various factors to be considered by a Match Official when assessing an incident of Serious Foul Play: a. Could the Player play the ball fairly? b. Could the Player play the ball without putting his opponent at risk? c. What was the degree of speed? d. What was the distance that the Player travelled? e. Was the Player airborne and out of control? f. What were the position of the Player’s feet g. Were the Player’s studs showing? h. Was there malice or brutality in the challenge? i. Did the challenge endanger the safety of the opponent?
    13. The Commission viewed the available footage of the incident on numerous occasions and carefully noted the written submissions from AFC with the practical information and the relevant LOTG definition from Mr. Mullarkey in mind.
    14. The Commission members were unanimous in their opinion that the Referee had made an obvious error in sending off MLS for the challenge that he had made. The challenge was certainly ‘Foul Play’ but it obviously could not, to the mind of the Commission, be categorised as having been ‘Serious Foul Play’. MLS had stepped across his opponent and tripped him up, possibly deliberately, but in doing so he had obviously not endangered the safety of his opponent or used excessive force or brutality, nor had he ‘lunged’ in at his opponent.
    15. The Club’s claim for Wrongful Dismissal was therefore deemed to have been successful and the standard punishment withdrawn.
    16. Pursuant to the relevant Regulations, this decision of the Regulatory Commission is final and binding, and there shall be no right of appeal from decisions made by Regulatory Commissions under Fast Track 4. Stuart Ripley Regulatory Commission Chairman 28th January 2025
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    Points Difference Chart (Gameweek 22)

    Strangely, I think I felt more optimistic while we were getting hit by bullshit red cards left and right.

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