Sepp Blatter resigns, FIFA ExCo members face extradition
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Jack does raise really good points in his statement.
The government are trying to get him to go quietly when they gladly profited off his dealings.
It will be incredibly interesting to see how this plays out ----once it doesn't play out in appeals and head to Privy Court because that could literally take a decade or more.
Elections are in early September and Jack will probably really ramp up the batshittery to drown the ruling coalition in a flood of evidence.
The government are trying to get him to go quietly when they gladly profited off his dealings.
It will be incredibly interesting to see how this plays out ----once it doesn't play out in appeals and head to Privy Court because that could literally take a decade or more.
Elections are in early September and Jack will probably really ramp up the batshittery to drown the ruling coalition in a flood of evidence.
Uh, Jack's gonna get tossed in the back of the Saturday afternoon flight by some US Marshals in the next couple weeks and the T&T government will gladly look the other way when it happens - as long they aren't on the list for extradition.
The idea that he can make it off the island to anywhere but US custody is laughable.
The idea that he can make it off the island to anywhere but US custody is laughable.
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soxfan121 said:
How far is it from T&T to Venezuela? He should be able to charter a boat pretty easily.
Alternatively, they could just knock him off.
I'm only half joking. There are some corrupt fuckers running the country.
Seriously though, forcibly dragging him off would end badly for everyone involved. Dude has too many fingers in too many pies.
I'm curious to see if he'll drop the fight if he really thinks they'll kill him.
I'm only half joking. There are some corrupt fuckers running the country.
Seriously though, forcibly dragging him off would end badly for everyone involved. Dude has too many fingers in too many pies.
I'm curious to see if he'll drop the fight if he really thinks they'll kill him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB7CBxfRUaw
Jack Warner responds to "American foreigner", "comedian fool" John Oliver, and oh he also hijacks someone else's music without permission to serve as the menacing sonic backdrop.
Jack Warner responds to "American foreigner", "comedian fool" John Oliver, and oh he also hijacks someone else's music without permission to serve as the menacing sonic backdrop.
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Come on, you've got to appreciate an ad from an accused corrupt official which has text at the end with the subhead, "have you gotten your fair share?".
We love caricatures. Jack Warner is like a Trinidadian Donald Trump, with somehow even less intelligence.
We love caricatures. Jack Warner is like a Trinidadian Donald Trump, with somehow even less intelligence.
His target audience probably laps it up.teddykgb said:
It's really not very far at all from the Fox News model and millions of Americans watch that.
Hell millions of Americans watch the History channel specials on Aliens building the pyramids, and secret Illuminati conspiracies and believe every word.
That is incredibly complicated.teddykgb said:
The long and the short of it is money and football. He has always been a fixer of sorts. He is as corrupt as anything but he actually gets shit done for the people (or political parties) who ask, and has been doing so for decades. Hell, he propped up Blatter's predecessor.
Calling him Donald Trump is an insult to Jack.
And Trinidadians aren't "lapping it up" or even rooting for him per se, it's just that this is honestly the most corrupt government in a really long time and everyone knows it.
Everyone knows he is corrupt but it was never in anyone's interest to do anything about it or him.
So for them to target Warner and pretend that he didn't personally fund their victories with all his dirty money, is infuriating people. Especially in the case of the embarassment that is the current Prime Minister who is claiming ignorance.
There are money launderers that the U.S. has wanted for almost a decade roaming free as birds around Trinidad right now---so if they wanted to protect him they absolutely could.
Everyone (that isn't the coalition) is basically praying for him to release everything.
Like I said, it is really complicated shit that predates my birth.
Eta: Good lord that got long. My bad, guys.
No, don't apologize. That was really good info. Thanks for going into detail.
Even if it did, as much as Maduro would like to embarrass the USA, why would he pick Jack Warner as the guy to help? The soccer-mad South Americans have been lapping up this story of corrupt oligarchs getting what's coming. It wouldn't be very Bolivarian to give one asylum.soxfan121 said:
Besides, he's right. Fox feeds its viewers stories of the depravity of the Other to keep them focused on imagined threats. Warner's doing the same thing in a much less sophisticated way.
But he's playing right into Oliver's hands. Warner may be a great fixer/skimmer, but his public appearances are always amateurish. Oliver can buy another six minutes of TV time and mock Warner over the background music, his calling Oliver an American, etc. Warner is wrestling a pig and doesn't realize it.
But he's playing right into Oliver's hands. Warner may be a great fixer/skimmer, but his public appearances are always amateurish. Oliver can buy another six minutes of TV time and mock Warner over the background music, his calling Oliver an American, etc. Warner is wrestling a pig and doesn't realize it.
Oh yeah.DLew On Roids said:
It's sort of legitimizing for Oliver to have an actual news source engaging him like this. Oh and I forgot Warner engaged the Onion too. And you're right no chance Warner comes out on top in this one.
Guardian sport @guardian_sport 2h2 hours ago
Sepp Blatter may seek to stay as Fifa president, source tells Swiss paper http://gu.com/p/49n8z/stw (Pic: Reuters) pic.twitter.com/wqsyzyeCTZ
LOLOL
Sepp Blatter may seek to stay as Fifa president, source tells Swiss paper http://gu.com/p/49n8z/stw (Pic: Reuters) pic.twitter.com/wqsyzyeCTZ
LOLOL
Deadspin is reporting the same thing.
http://screamer.deadspin.com/report-fifa-president-sepp-blatter-may-not-resign-1711246742
http://screamer.deadspin.com/report-fifa-president-sepp-blatter-may-not-resign-1711246742
Deadspin is quoting the exact same Swiss source. They didn't independently verify anything.adam42381 said:
This statement has to be referring to formal suspicion, right?DrewDawg said:
Like, he doesn't have evidence yet that directly incriminates them? Because how can they not be under suspicion in the ordinary sense (that one suspects, but is not yet in possession of proof, that they may have engaged in corruption)?
That tells me they most likely suspect him but don't have as much evidence as they'd like implicating Sepp.
http://fortune.com/2014/09/22/fifa-to-pull-2022-world-cup-from-qatar-for-medical-reasons-official/
So now a FIFA ExCo member says the WC may be pulled from Qatar over medical concerns. This seems to me like an exercise in face-saving, in that there really isn't that much new information on the health front that would explain the timing.
So now a FIFA ExCo member says the WC may be pulled from Qatar over medical concerns. This seems to me like an exercise in face-saving, in that there really isn't that much new information on the health front that would explain the timing.
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That article is from September 2014, isn't it? Or am I missing something?
He's baa-ack...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33284185
It's really going to take a wooden stake and mallet to kill off Blatter, isn't it?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33284185
It's really going to take a wooden stake and mallet to kill off Blatter, isn't it?
Blazer banned for life by FIFA.
Link: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/03c99348f6a044bba06070dcb1e22a5f/former-fifa-official-chuck-blazer-banned-football-life
It'll all be in his book.
Link: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/03c99348f6a044bba06070dcb1e22a5f/former-fifa-official-chuck-blazer-banned-football-life
It'll all be in his book.
Jeffrey Webb extradited to the US http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/9914565/jeffrey-webb-is-first-fifa-official-to-be-extradited-to-united-states
This is really happening.
This is really happening.
How big was the load in Sepp's diaper when he heard that news? Better, how long does Webb hold out in an American prison, even some remote, gentle, resort prison for white collar criminals such as he, before he sings louder than the lead of Lohengrin?
Interesting that he dropped his opposition to extradition. Does he want to be first in line to cut a deal? Or perhaps he thinks extradition is inevitable and he might as well get moved to the US so he can post bond.Infield Infidel said:
That's if he is even eligible to bond out. He's most likely entered the country on an immigration parole status since he is a foreign national.Cellar-Door said:
Andrew Jennings testified to Congress that he can't find any evidence that FIFA has reserved space for attendees for an EGM to vote on a Blatter replacement.
The last time we heard "FIFA" and "independent" in the same sentence the Garcia Report had been handed off to someone who was basically inner circle FIFA.
Jeffrey Webb to enter in a plea deal
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/18/us-soccer-fifa-webb-idUSKCN0PS0M420150718
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/18/us-soccer-fifa-webb-idUSKCN0PS0M420150718
Blatter held a press conference and he was interrupted by an intruder who got through security and threw a bunch of money at him.
https://youtu.be/ndu7BA2RrRA
https://youtu.be/ndu7BA2RrRA
FEB 26th is the election
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/07/21/sports/soccer/fifa-sepp-blatter-election-date.html?referrer=
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Under the assumption a photographer captured that shot. Honestly you couldn't Photoshop that any better.twoBshorty said:
If no one's made that their avatar yet, we should all be fired in favor of a new crop of members. My loyalty to Wade Boggs and professional wrestling is being SORELY tested.