The World Cup began yesterday and the U.S. plays its first match today... and most of the news is about how Qatar brought in thousands of workers from poor nations nearby and how hundreds died in construction accidents and many more have not been paid and how all those workers were mistreated. Hooray for sports!
FIFA, the organization that runs international soccer, is a rotting, horrifying gang of wealthy elites who find autocratic nations easier to work with... thus forcing teams to toil for the amusement of dictators and monarchs. More cheers for the beauty of sports!
Billionaires are in the news -- when are they not? -- and it's mostly bad news. Elon Musk is quickly revealing that he is mostly a spoiled rich kid who has manipulated his way to a fortune and who claims genius when really he has stolen great ideas.
Trump may or may not be a billionaire (he claims he is) but his "return" to politics seemed like a rerun of an old TV show that only attracted a few fans to begin with. Americans have short attention spans and little regard for history, but his shelf-life may be over. Hooray for moving on!
The wacko who snookered thousands into investing in FTX crypto reveals that the company may owe about $3 billion to investors, and the entire crypto market may finally be revealed as the ponzi scheme it always was. Hooray for idiots looking for quick riches!
Just an hour south of here, a clearly deranged psycho who should have been receiving mental health care murdered five and injured dozens more in a shooting at a GLBQA+ dance club. One customer evidently tackled and beat up the guy, thus saving many more lives before police could even arrive. Hooray for personal bravery!
So much to be thankful for.
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