08 Jun 2026 22:44:39
I’ve just been looking at the home kits for the World Cup teams. Argentina as usual looks amazing. I really don’t know how such a simple design seems to get better every World Cup. But I have to say the DR Congo top is delicious. However the USA? That is one atrocious kit.
09 Jun 2026 02:28:51
Yeah, the US kit is bad. It's like the Ryder Cup. The Euros always look so nice, and the Americans so OTT. They can't seem to go w simple and stylish. Loud and brash is the order of the day.
09 Jun 2026 07:43:04
Germany's is class.
09 Jun 2026 09:22:13
Indeed, 1jj. That German shirt is fire. The U.S. kit has been poor for the past 10 years and nothing has changed.
Sadly, Nigeria didn't make it cos their kits are absolute fire.
{Ed078's Note - there's a world cup on? My bad, no LFC players in the England team and the event being held in the new 3rd Reich, I'll watch my grass grow instead.
That's not actually true. I'll be not watching because there are 14 dive sites of Indonesia and a 5 day indigenous cooking school in Laos that I have to attend.
09 Jun 2026 10:24:38
"the new 3rd Reich" embarrassing.
{Ed001's Note - how is it embarrassing? It is spot on. The Nazis even said at the Nuremberg trials that they based their regime on the USA at the time with its Jim Crow laws, which are basically coming back. I think it is more embarrassing that anyone can not see that.}
09 Jun 2026 11:50:51
Like the Tunisia kits and DR Congo third kit is nice, Mexico home and Germany home is classic.
09 Jun 2026 11:38:24
Jim Crow is not coming back to America. I think Trump's enabling of Israel and his actions in Iran are disgusting but that's not an excuse for hysterical misinformation.
{Ed001's Note - ICE begs to differ.}
09 Jun 2026 11:40:35
Eds are correct, the rampant suppression of free speeches. Ignorance of constitutional rights and the literally rounding up of certain groups of people. There's plenty of similarities and only very few differences.
09 Jun 2026 13:00:40
"Jim Crow is not coming back to America."
Go tell that to African Americans in the South who just got the power of their vote taken away from them via a very controversial ruling by the Supreme "Trump" Court, just like during the Jim Crow era.
09 Jun 2026 13:44:09
Can this Jim Crow fella play right back?
09 Jun 2026 14:47:51
ICE has nothing to do with Jim Crow. ICE deport illegal immigrants and they deported more under Obama than Trump. It's ironic that you mention you're going to Indonesia and Laos. Do you know how they deal with illegal immigrants over there?
Oli, how have African-Americans had their power to vote taken away? Please don't tell me it's the voter i'd issue. The vast majority of the countries in the world require i'd to be able to vote.
{Ed001's Note - ICE round up people of colour and put them in concentration camps, nothing to do with illegal immigrants, no matter what a MAGA moron might say. And that is everything to do with Jim Crow, where people are treated differently due to the colour of their skin.
Indonesia and Laos? No idea what you are talking about, it would help if you had the intelligence to realise that those of us who aren't blinded by the propaganda are not just one person. Embarrassing this conversation, some people will swallow any old lies so long as they can keep their white privilege.}
09 Jun 2026 15:02:36
It's not quite that yet, but it's certainly heading there rapidly.
Keep an eye out for Peter Thiel, he's the guy who will bring what you're talking about in full force. He's high up in Palantir and was pivotal in JD Vance getting the VP spot.
09 Jun 2026 16:00:36
Plenty of coffee needs to be smelled when you guys wake up.
09 Jun 2026 18:06:34
Don't know why people and the Eds insist upon getting into politics on here, but here's a little perspective:
The issues you are referring to are known as political "gerrymandering" which is the redrawing of local voting areas to help one party over another. In California, there is no requirement for showing an i'd ie ANYONE can vote. I voted just last week in the Governor race. I also bought a bottle of red wine from the local grocery store which requires me to show an ID. I also have to show one if I get pulled over or want to get through airport security, but not to vote. Why is that? Hmmm.
The US Representative is akin to the local MP in the UK. New England states vote 60/40 democrat/repulican yet have ZERO republican representation in Congress. Ca is also about 60/40 but conservatives have 18% (about to go less with more gerrymandering by Gov Newsome) representation. They have been doing it for decades and republicans are finally fighting back.
As for the black vote, recall that three amendments were made to the US Constitution to protect blacks. They were 1. Abolish slavery. 2. Give black people the right to vote and 3. allow blacks to become citizens. These amendments all passed with 100% republican support (the party who fought to abolish slavery in the civil war) and 0% democratic support, bar one which received 25%. These are all historical and current facts.
{Ed001's Note - who the hell are you to tell us what we can get into? Scroll past if you don't want to read it, but don't go all jackbooted fascist and tell us what we can or cannot talk about.
Not sure why put the end bit on, as it has all changed since then and that is just a piece of useless trivia which is outdated by current events.}
09 Jun 2026 19:35:45
Never told u what you can for can't get into. Just said don't know why as it never goes well. Facist is a little extreme Ed. No need for that. I just pointed out simple facts. Guess u don't like them or can't debate them without attacking.
I was just back in the UK and all seems a lot better than what's in the news media. I would say the same for the takes that I read on the USA. Although not perfect, it's still a great place to live.
{Ed001's Note - I never said I didn't like them, I like trivia, I just get sick of people coming on and telling us what we can or cannot talk about, just because they don't like what is being said.}
09 Jun 2026 20:00:03
Yep, that wasn't my intent. Apologies if that's how it came across.
{Ed001's Note - it did, no worries though, and apologies for jumping on you so harshly, it is just there is so many sites and every day there is at least one thread where someone starts having a dig about what is posted. Regularly we also get one about how editors shouldn't have an opinion as well, so it does tend to cause an overreaction when I see something that looks to be along those lines.}
09 Jun 2026 20:40:32
No worries. I love the debate on here, but the best part is the banter and the back and forth. I'll take your advice and skip the politics next time. ?
{Ed001's Note - just don't miss out the trivia! I like stuff like that.}
09 Jun 2026 11:43:41
@Dirty, if the truth is embarrassing to you then, that is on you. What Ed78 said about Jim Crow laws being the blueprint for the Nazi government is absolute fact.
Even the Apartheid regime in SA did the exact same thing. And judging by what is actually going on in the States under the Dumpster of a Dictator is Trump concerning minorities, can we really argue that America is not the new 3rd Reich?