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THREAD: There are rare occasions when a cover of the song transcends the original. Here are some of my nominees in that category:
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. @GNev2 should be ashamed that he didn't call out Keane's hypocrisy there. He was a part of th squad that Keane criticised so badly in an interview that United killed the entire interview.
"This reflects where Man United are and where this dressing room is!" 😳 Roy questions the mentality of United's other senior players following Lisandro Martinez's comments! 🗣️
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He said he spoke out of anger and frustration, but he didn't say he didn't mean what he said. Good.
Spoken out of anger and frustration, maybe. If you wanna believe his PR teams writing some fluff. Delivered cold, definitely. Is he right, of course. Thing is it's not going to get better quickly (or at all) because the owners choose not to inject more money. Three deals every summer when we need five. Always a step behind. The players know it. Future players know it too.
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So... Sports washing?
Sheikh Mansour’s impact on Britain and Manchester goes far beyond football: 🏦 Helped rescue Barclays during the financial crisis 🏠 Thousands of new homes in Manchester 🏗️ Major regeneration of East Manchester 🎵 Helped deliver the £365M Co-op Live arena 🏨 New hotels and commercial developments 👷 Thousands of jobs created 🏆 Bought City’s first FA Cup trophy and donated it to the National Football Museum ⚽ Transformed #ManCity into a global football powerhouse A legacy far bigger than football. 🩵
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Everybody knew City was cooking the books. United fans were told "you're just bitter". Newcastle fans were told "the rules are different now" etc. The FA knew. Pundits knew. Managers knew. Agents knew There was just enough deniability for everyone to pretend it was all Ok 1/2
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The Premier League could be over as the dominant league in the world. The financial and reputational ramifications on this are massive. And all because the league didn't do timely scrutiny of financial submissions when something's been smelling rotten since day 1
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Maybe do a bare minimum of soul searching on the NY Times' role in it.
A fair question: How did humanity allow Gaza to happen? And the answer is not just about Israel, but also about the role of the US in particular in providing the 2,000-pound bombs and diplomatic support that resulted in this. Democrats and Republicans alike bear responsibility.
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Or indeed all the clubs that got relegated because of points lost to a club that was cheating
Replying to @AndyMitten
What about all the clubs that missed out on European football & the financial & personal reward that brings, because City occupied the spot by cheating?
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Michael Deacon of The Telegraph could just have changed the headline to "let me tell you all goes badly islamophobic I am" and saved the column inches.
Michael Deacon from The Telegraph wrote a bigoted article titled, “Why do Man Utd have a Muslim supporters’ group?” Manchester United also has a Manchester United Jewish Supporters’ Club (MUJSC), but he would never write an article attacking them. I’m glad they’ve stopped hiding their hatred.
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Does Sir Jim RaTcliffe even pay any UK taxes? Also, it is some kind of pre requisite to being a billionaire that you have to be racist?
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It wasn't about the stadia. It's about access to people like Kraft, who's wedding @edsheeran performed at.
Here's what I don't understand about the Macklemore/Sheeran story. The promoter says stadiums threatened to cancel Ed Sheeran's shows if Macklemore remained on the tour. OK. Let them. These are contracted performances. Unless the venues had some clause allowing them to cancel because an opening act said “Free Palestine,” wouldn't they potentially be breaching the contracts? And wouldn't Sheeran then have claims for damages while being free to try to book replacement venues? Obviously moving stadium shows on short notice would be a logistical nightmare, and maybe the contracts gave the venues an out. We haven't seen them. But “the stadium owners said no, so we had no choice” feels like it's skipping over a pretty important part of this story: What contractual right did the stadiums actually have to cancel?
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I really, really hope his band walks, showing a greater spine than he has.
this is so funny to me because the band ed is touring with, Beoga, is pro-palestine. is he going to fire them? his own manager has been posting about gaza, is he going to fire stu next?? how does he not realize how much of a dumbass he looks like right now
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Is there any politician who has criticised Hasan who hasn't received significant donations from pro-Israel lobby groups?
Replying to @rafaelshimunov
The Democrat establishment (MAGA lite) doesn't surprise me at all, Rafael. They're a special interest group with an agenda that serves them well and anything that challenges their status will be firmly rejected with lies, smears, doxing and manipulation. That's old school.
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Conflating Zionist Americans with Jewish Americans is anti Semitic.
Hasan Piker’s dangerous and hateful language targeting Jewish Americans has no place in our civic discourse. Suggesting that Jewish Americans bear responsibility for hatred or violence directed against them is wrong, dangerous, and antisemitic. We can, and should, argue fiercely over policy. We should have meaningful dialogue and debate about the policies and actions of the Israeli government and American foreign policy. That is the lifeblood of democracy. But that’s not what this is. No American should be told that their political beliefs make them responsible for hatred or violence directed against them. There is a bright line between vigorous debate and rhetoric that stokes hatred toward our neighbors. Mr. Piker has crossed that line, repeatedly and unmistakably.
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Airstrikes by whom?
Two airstrikes in Gaza killed at least two people, including a 4-year-old boy, and wounded seven, according to Palestinian health officials reut.rs/4zG9xS3
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"Vote Blue No Matter Who" until the nominee is Muslim.
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Hi @LetsTalk_FPL Bruno didn't take any corners Vs Leeds last night. Should we be worried?
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It's so strange that this vision of Paradise that's being presented here is exactly the vision of Paradise Muslims get loads of hate for presenting.
Don't worry, Roshan, I'm sure Rod Liddle is getting exactly what he deserved
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It's only a bit of rain water Lahoris, calm TF down your car won't drown in 3 inches of water! PS: good to see DHA Lahore keeping the traditions alive. Outside DHA pretty much no standing water on the main roads.
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Why should people be expected to be kind to terrible people, in life or in death?
Seeing the despicably cruel, heartless and abusive way that many people in UK and US have responded to the deaths of conservative politicians, Ann Widdecombe and Lindsey Graham, reminds me that the least kind people on earth are ironically those on the #BeKind woke left.
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