Unfortunately Big Sir Jim is strapped for cash right now. It’s great that Ruben Amorim stepped in. Honestly, he deserves better than Manchester United in my opinion.

This outcome really didn’t look likely just a few weeks ago. While PSV played well over the season this was really a bottle job by Ajax to give away what looked like a safe lead.

With initial, preliminary results from actual votes being counted now coming in it looks like Dan only has the slightest of leads thus far. Since this only includes votes from within Romania it now looks likely that the votes of Romanians living abroad will swing the election in favour of Moscow. It seems incredibly frustrating that people not living in the country get to (perhaps) change the outcome of the vote for the people who actually live within the country and therefore need to live with the consequences.

From my experience it’s just part of the cultural differences. While many Americans, at least in the Midwest where I spent a lot of time for work, are very friendly and outgoing, I hardly ever got the impression that it’s deep or meaningful. From my experience it was very easy to have great conversations with people whom I hardly knew or had met just an hour ago but hardly ever did it go anywhere meaningful.

Now to the question of how does one become this outgoing kind of person: just try and talk to people, remain friendly and open. It will likely take some practice and maybe not be reciprocated by your average European.

True. However, Guirassy scored 3 of his goals via penalties (out of a total of 4 taken) while Kane scored 9 (out of 9, an impressive record).

It’s crazy that it came down to a final match to decide who will play in the Champions League between Eintracht Frankfurt and… checks notes… SC bloody Freiburg! Being a well run club for several years will do wonders for you in the Bundesliga, given the abysmal mismanagement that has taken place in many of the traditional big clubs.

What terrible news! I hope he can recover as well as possible given the severity of the injury. I have fond memories of seeing him performing for Brazil. Such a class act in his day.

He did fall off. He scored fewer goals than last season. Last season he scored 36 goals. This season he only scored 26. Serhou Guirassy scored 28 last season and also fell off to only score 21 this year. Had he kept up the same level as last season Harry Kane would only have come second.

Add to this the fact that Harry Kane is the designated penalty taker for his team. If I’m not mistaken he scored 9 penalties this season. While I don’t believe penalties should be discounted - Kane is one of the best penalty takers currently active - neither Guirassy nor Patrick Schick, the joint runners up this season, scored many penalties.

All values I gave were in Euros, but the exchange rate currently sits at around 1 Euro to 1.12 USD. Therefore the Dollar amount should be slightly higher than what I gave in Euros, but my Euro values already include VAT (more or less our Sales Tax).

For reference I used the “normal” German supermarket rather than the cheaper Aldi. I just checked again on the supermarket website and cherry tomatoes are at 0.99 € and a cucumber is at 0.79 € with Feta cheese at 1.89 €.

What an awesome result! I’m no Palace fan, but I really couldn’t be happier that a team that usually doesn’t win trophies finally gets its place in the spotlight. Well done Palace!

Honestly, prices in the United States for some items seem very high, at least to me. I have full confidence in your calculations. Here’s the equivalent cost from Germany:

Feta: 1.89 Red Onion: 0.5 Red bell pepper: 0.7 Green bell pepper 0.7 Chicken thigh: 2.8 Cucumber: 0.79 Tiny tomatoes: 0.99 Olive oil: 0.3 Lemons: 0.69 Oregano: 0.1 Red wine vinegar: 0.1 (all values in Euro)

While Americans tend to earn higher wages, this really illustrates why ppp calculations matter.

13$ per person for a salad? I can make this exact salad with ingredients from my local supermarket for maybe 3€ per portion.

According to the police, one officer was dragged into the crowd, forced to the ground and trampled on. The 36-year-old reportedly suffered severe injuries to his upper body, including a broken arm, and remains in the hospital.

Just your friendly neighbourhood demonstration. Nothing to see here, move along.

If I may ask: which two languages do you speak alongside English? Does your child understand (and perhaps already speak) all three?

The weirdest combination I’ve ever met was a set of female twins. One was named after their mother. The other had a different first name. Must have been really odd when growing up.

Exactly. Above all real world combat experience cannot be trained. Nobody can predict how you react when under fire, at least that was my impression in Charikar province, Afghanistan in ca. 2004. Knowing the basics will definitely be helpful though.

Infantino making everyone wait just to jerk off President Cheeto and Prince “Bonesaw” MBS is an insult to the world football community on a level seldom seen before. Honestly, this entire FIFA Mafia should be disbanded sooner rather than later.

I guess they were… singing in the rain? Thanks, I’ll see myself out.

He’s right, you know. If you own an AR you shouldn’t slack on practice. Go to the gun range regularly. Train how to clean and maintain it. You may one day be facing people who are well trained.

Maybe an unpopular opinion, but why change the current arrangement? It seems to work very well for all participants. Norway is already an EU member in all but name when it comes to applying the EU based regulatory standards. There’s also freedom of movement. Meanwhile Norway can keep its independence in a few key areas that are of importance to it, including fisheries and an independent currency. Unlike the UK or Switzerland this is a solid basis for long term cooperation between trusted neighbours. If Norway decides to join they should be welcome. But until then the current arrangement is perfectly fine already in my opinion.