Tag: world cup
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#MorningMonarchy: August 3, 2026
Dinger quotas, canceled strikes and nothing crueller + this day in history w/90 days at most and our song of the day by Sheri Moon Zombie on your #MorningMonarchy for August 3, 2026.
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#GoodNewsNextWeek: Flint Filters, Dumb Phones, Real News (Audio)
This week on #GoodNewsNextWeek: Trolling for good deeds on Twitter; French kids dump cell phones, win World Cup; And countries are already dropping their terrible “anti-fake news” laws.
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#GoodNewsNextWeek: Get Smart, Dump That Dumb Phone (Video)
This week on #GoodNewsNextWeek: Trolling for good deeds on Twitter; French kids dump cell phones, win World Cup; And countries are already dropping their terrible “anti-fake news” laws.
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#MorningMonarchy: July 2, 2018
Divestment festivals, World Cup conscription and the feuding Rothschildren + this day in history w/the final Floyd and our song of the day by Smashing Pumpkins on your Morning Monarchy for July 2, 2018.
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The Geopolitics of the #WorldCup
from atimes.com: One of the defining images of the World Cup – so far – has been the sight of the Mannschaft – aka the German team – fraternizing with Pataxo Indians a few hundred meters away from the spot where Brazil was “discovered” in 1500. Call it a European re-discovery of the exotic tropics.…
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‘Need Food, Not Football’: Brazilian Graffiti Art Expresses Outrage Over World Cup
from RT.com: With just two weeks remaining until the World Cup kicks off in Brazil, those who believe the global event is too much of a burden for the country’s struggling economy have found a new way to channel their protest energy – with graffiti. Street artists have covered walls in Rio de Janeiro and…
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Brazil Finds Expired Food at Hotels Hosting World Cup Teams
Brazilian authorities have confiscated food “not fit for consumption” from two hotels that will host the English and Italian national teams during the upcoming World Cup competition in Brazil.
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Brazil Skirts Organizational Disaster With Most Expensive World Cup Ever
from ibtimes.com: When it comes to soccer, Brazil is a country of superlatives. Its fabled national team, whose skills with the ball are proverbial, has won the most World Cups, appeared in more finals than anybody else, and is the only squad to have qualified for every tournament since the competition began in 1930. But,…