u/Kind_Advisor_35

The player that received a red card and had it taken away at Trump's request is Folarin Balogun, and he's a birthright citizen. His pregnant mom got stuck in the US as a tourist and ended up having him in the US before returning to the UK. Trump was recently pissed about birthright citizenship being reaffirmed in the US Supreme Court, but apparently thought the glory of the US soccer team was worth asking FIFA to revoke the red card given to top player Balogun. It probably felt like whiplash to hear the president say people like you shouldn't be a citizen and then fight so hard for your right to play in the round of 16.

My theory is that the US team wanted nothing to do with Trump and didn't want to advance so far that they were invited to the White House, especially if there was controversy about one of their players being allowed to play in a pivotal game after a red card. By throwing the game, the red card controversy becomes irrelevant, Folarin Balogun is out of the spotlight, and the US didn't finish their World Cup run impressively enough to be invited to the White House and pal around with a racist xenophobe.

Further, there were probably bets made at more distant odds for the US team to win against Belgium before the red card revocation was announced. More distant odds equal a better payout, and Trump could have certainly passed along inside information for sports betting and prediction markets. By losing and losing badly, any possible inside traders that bet on the US either winning or having a higher/closer score because Balogun was back in play are SOL.

https://people.com/kay-parsons-murder-everything-to-know-11974982

Becky Sears is incredibly selfish, manipulative, and cold hearted. Any one of those betrayals make her a horrible person, but she did all of them. Not a care in the world for her friend or her family. She was willing to let both her adult sons take all the blame, one that wasn't even part of it. All for a man that was too much of a coward to break it off with his wife.

Dollar coins in the US stopped being minted in the US in 2011 because they were allegedly unpopular. I think they weren't that unpopular, but vending machine companies and contractors didn't like them because it made counting money and separating for deposit harder, and their machines would sometimes confuse them for quarters and vice versa.

I'm really trying to meal prep more, especially since I'm only cooking for 2 and so many recipes are 4 servings+. I've frozen chili and lasagna with good results, but freezing a fish chowder was a disaster. Making a big batch of meatballs now to freeze most of. I'm debating freezing tofu stir fry in a peanut sauce, but I'm unsure what veggies will hold up and not hold up. Also considering other casseroles like tamale pie.

The job of a defense lawyer isn't always to try to convince the judge or jury that their client didn't do it. Sometimes the job is getting the lowest amount of time in prison for something the client did do. Had the defense been that it was purely a crime of passion with no prior intent, and Mackenzie owned up to that, she could have gotten a plea deal for lesser charges or been convicted of only vehicular manslaughter instead.

I don't know who had the most influence on the defense strategy, Mackenzie or her parents. A defense attorney can't defy the wishes of their client if they're insistent on arguing they didn't do a crime intentionally, so I'm not arguing the defense attorney was incompetent. I do think perhaps Mackenzie was too coddled by her parents and as a result didn't consider admitting even brief intent.

It's showing off what you made to eat when you only had to make something for yourself. It is often accompanied by a trauma dump to explain why you're eating alone. It's not about normalizing fixing yourself a meal outside of expectations as a woman, it's turned into needing to have a justification to eat alone. The disordered eating vibes are based on tying so much emotion into the food and putting so much into the presentation. It reminds me of the diet checking in pro-ana and pro-mia communities.

I have been in analysis paralysis for months. Almost tempted to schedule an appointment with my old one in another state while visiting. The biggest issue is worsening vision, but there are cholesterol deposits in my eyes that should be looked at again too. I'm closest to Silverdale, but willing to go to another city in the county if it's worth it, like Port Orchard or Poulsbo or whatever.

I STRONGLY encourage watching the entire video before forming an opinion.

I saw this video revealing many ties of Trump officials to a kratom company

https://youtube.com/shorts/au\_ErvcNXiQ?si=DMaRA8SzX1Yv23Q6

it feels a little weird that John didn't touch on the political connections very much. I guess they were pressed for time trying to cover three different drug categories in one episode.