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July 6, 2026

"I can call anyone about anything."

He CALLED FIFA 🤣 pic.twitter.com/hp1DObdnFv
— Baby News Network (@BabyNetworkNews) July 6, 2026

35 comments:

Joe Bar said...: Apparently, Starmer did the same thing. It's only bad when the orange man does it.; 7/6/26, 7:43 PM
Leland said...: So far, Balogun doesn’t seem a factor in the game.; 7/6/26, 7:46 PM
Wince said...: Will Trump post a link to this video?; 7/6/26, 7:53 PM
Money Manger said...: When I studied in Paris long ago, and ethnic humor was still OK, the butt of many French moron jokes were the supposedly stupid Belgians. Some of the jokes still bring a smile.; 7/6/26, 7:53 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: 2-1 belgium. Both sides playing well.; 7/6/26, 8:03 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Soccer's penalties are too draconian. The USA player that got the Red card didn't injure his opponent or affect the game in any way. Compare that to the old NBA where "The Chief" Robert Parish could just hit Lambier in the face six times and not even get ejected!; 7/6/26, 8:06 PM
rehajm said...: …everyone wanted to hit Lambier in the fave six times…; 7/6/26, 8:07 PM
Ficta said...: "Well now, the result of last week's competition when we asked you to find a derogatory term for the Belgians. Well, the response was enormous and we took quite a long time sorting out the winners. There were some very clever entries. Mrs. Hatred of Leicester Said 'let's not call them anything, let's just ignore them' ... and a Mr. St John of Hurtfingdou said he couldn't think of anything more derogatory than Belgians. But in the end we settled on three choices: number three ... the Sprouts, sent in by Mrs. Vicious of Hastings... very nice ; number two..... the Phlegms ... from Mrs. Childmolester of Worthing; but the winner was undoubtedly from Mrs. No-Supper-For-You from Norwood in Lancashire ... Miserable Fat Belgian Bastards" - Month Python; 7/6/26, 8:10 PM
narciso said...: Lol; 7/6/26, 8:12 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: Turns out it’s easier to fix the World Cup than the reflecting pool.; 7/6/26, 8:27 PM
Joe Bar said...: When I briefly worked for SACEUR.
"What do you call a an attractive woman in Belgium?"
"A tourist."; 7/6/26, 8:40 PM
Big Mike said...: Belgium wins, 4 - 1. I thought they had the better athletes, particularly at goalkeeper.; 7/6/26, 9:04 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Yeah, you tell there was a talent gap between belgium and the USA, maybe not in raw talent but definitely in working together as a unit.; 7/6/26, 9:07 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: 4-1 completely exaggerates how much better Belgium was. USA had its chances but once it got behind 2-1 in the 2nd half it had to keep pressing which opened things up for Belgium.; 7/6/26, 9:09 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: The main thing is to beat France. Hopefully, Argentina can power through to the finals.; 7/6/26, 9:12 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Team USA was ranked 13th (tied with Japan) when the World cup started. They were lucky to get to the final 16. Historically, they never get past the Round of 16. You don't become a soccer powerhouse overnight.

Interesting that all 3 World Cup host teams made the final 16 and none will be in the final 8.; 7/6/26, 9:58 PM
bagoh20 said...: Congrats to Belgium! They played a great game and beat our full team. No. Excuses. No asterisks, thanks to Trump. This is as it should be in all things.; 7/6/26, 9:59 PM
Big Mike said...: Wife asked who won. I told her Belgium. She said "Gives the Democrats something to celebrate."

I think she's right.; 7/6/26, 10:05 PM
hanuman_prodigious_leaper said...: Hercule Poirot left Belgium with all available grey cells; 7/6/26, 10:12 PM
bagoh20 said...: I felt like Belgium played the way I wanted the U.S. team to play, and vise versa. Worst thing was losing to those uniforms. It was like getting beat up by a tranny on the 4th of July. Still one of the best times I had losing since Belinda in Microbiology in 1979 beat me at arm wrestling and forced me to do what I promised. She had some good moves.; 7/6/26, 10:33 PM
mccullough said...: The best male athletes in the U.S. don’t play soccer. The best female athletes do. That’s the way it is.; 7/6/26, 11:34 PM
WA-mom said...: I agree with bagoh20 . Those were some sissy uniforms. Ick!; 7/6/26, 11:57 PM
hanuman_prodigious_leaper said...: No tag for Baby Trump?; 7/7/26, 1:04 AM
Saint Croix said...: ha ha ha ha; 7/7/26, 2:08 AM
Saint Croix said...: You know, I missed the game. Fell asleep. Sad but true. Now I'm up at 3 in the morning. Grrrr.

I'm still watching the tournament. Pulling for Argentina. One thing I like about Lionel Messi, the best soccer player in the world, is that whenever he celebrates a goal, he does a quick finger-point up to heaven. Thanks the Lord, every time.

And man, he can really play.; 7/7/26, 2:17 AM
Saint Croix said...: that video cracks me up

thanks, Althouse; 7/7/26, 2:20 AM
Wilbur said...: Love Baby Trump.; 7/7/26, 3:09 AM
wendybar said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 7/7/26, 5:02 AM
wendybar said...: NotKennyRogers
@NotKennyRogers
Not so fast, Belgium.

The city of Los Angeles still has another 29 days to count all the goals from tonight's match.
https://x.com/NotKennyRogers/status/2074311716809183690?s=20; 7/7/26, 5:03 AM
Saint Croix said...: I've never seen baby Trump before. These are hilarious.

Baby Trump and Baby Kamala; 7/7/26, 5:03 AM
wendybar said...: Peachy Keenan
@KeenanPeachy
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12h
My 19 yo today: "the best part about rooting for the USA to win today is that if they win, it'll be awesome, we'll feel great. And if they lose, we won't care and we get to go right back to totally not caring about soccer."

https://x.com/KeenanPeachy/status/2074238988710547946?s=20; 7/7/26, 5:06 AM
Saint Croix said...: okay, most of them suck.; 7/7/26, 5:10 AM
Saint Croix said...: AI's getting scary

if it solves the humor paradox, oh man

we're doomed

I notice AI glitches and I'm like, "Oh shit, that's not funny"

fuck

I thought humor would save humanity

fucking robot is making jokes now; 7/7/26, 5:13 AM
Breezy said...: Now that the US is out, I’m rooting for the Vikings.

Plus, I love seeing the raging normal masculinity on display from the world’s soccer fans here in the US. It’s the way it should be.; 7/7/26, 5:17 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: Trump does something. The media freaks out and screams “UNPRECEDENTED!” Then those who follow the subject closely put the president’s words in context. Then everyone realizes that the organization is the entity operating in the grey area and we are only AWARE of the shady practices now because Trump drew attention to it.

Sure this applies to FIFA, but just sit back and contemplate all the times this same sequence has played out over the last ten years. If you are honest then the pattern is obvious.; 7/7/26, 6:14 AM

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