Ah, right, so he didn’t confuse Greenland with Iceland, he meant that Greenland is Iceland because of the ice and presumably doesn’t know that Iceland, the nation, doesn’t actually exist.

Honestly - and? There's no effective domestic opposition politically, there's no imminent prospect domestic resistance will evolve to distract him enough from the world stage and 25th Amendment just isn't a goer unless Vance turns on Trump. Embarassing and Dangerous, yes, but also with no off ramp.

Attn news commentators: Trump saying he could use force to obtain Greenland but won’t is not Trump saying he won’t use force to obtain Greenland. It is Trump using force as a threat to obtain Greenland. That is why he mentions it.

It’s 1900s economic colonialism - we’ve just swapped Philander Knox for Philanderer Knox.

The bad news for Slovenian football keeps coming - the first round of the spring part of the season is under threat due to a planned player strike

While he’s not wrong, Carney is seeing a world of isolation rather than world of balance. A 3rd path during the Cold War did happen as you could play US/USSR off against each other for investment. That’s surely the aim over a world of fortresses - marrying the US while having China as a mistress.

New Writing As the Prva Liga loses a club, what happened to Domzale and what comes next…

Yes, I know, it’s from the hellsite but interesting to see a bit of detailed analysis work from an active player here in Radnicki Nis’ Jovan Nisic

The Norwegian Government and the Nobel Peace Prize Committee are not the same thing. This is like him threatening to occupy the Falklands if he doesn’t receive a Brit Award.

So, this reads a bit like the US got caught out planning an invasion of Greenland and, while having plans just in case is standard, for it to need reporting to Denmark suggests it was a bit more detailed and serious than that.

pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things

Capitalising on the Heated Rivalry buzz, no doubt

Yes, the Dodgers have absolutely paid over value here but the next couple of Free Agent years are empty of hitters. Going big here means batting is sorted for 3 seasons at least given their farm. They can (and surely will) also now trade parts of their farm for Skubal.

Stage one next year appears to absolutely go straight past the house I grew up in making me choosing a stage to go to awkward given Stage two is far closer to me. (The answer is I do both, obviously)

New Writing A winter break look at the Croatian league

How much of a s**tshow will the World Cup be? Half the CONMEBOL fans aren’t allowed Visas, only Ivory Coast and South Africa fans of the CAF nations are allowed and more

As today is the first time I’ve heard anyone do it - are we really at the point where musicians are sampling 9/11?

This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.

www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/s/... Terrifying for some in the US as it appears that the Trump administration is (intentionally or otherwise) administratively unexisting people, particularly opponents (such as here - www.tiktok.com/@travelingnu...)

Whatever it is about goalkeepers skipping the 1933-1945 bits of history during school, it’s responsible for one hell of a progression of paragraphs.

That’ll serve them right for… *checks notes* …asking for an equitable financial settlement for a game from a financial juggernaut backed by zillionaire petrodollars

I mean, I'm not a tech expert in this by any means, but how does it take this long to implement a "don't make illegal pornography" feature? Unless, that is, X feels illegal pornography is a feature in itself...

www.heraldscotland.com/sport/257533... Obviously, Nancy doesn't come across well here, but nor do the players. It looks like Nancy came in and asked them to train in a very similar way to Askou when he came in at Motherwell - where the latter took it positively, Celtic players didn't.

Jesse may be kooky but no question that he’s still one hell of a promo

New Writing Celtic linked to Hajduk's starlet but will it be a case of Close, but no Sigur?

The Trump Doctrine, as it seems to be, is that the US should be the owner/master of everything between Tierra del Fuego and the top of the world. Naked Imperialism.

Serious: The Americans Non-Serious: Amphibia. That makes me tear up ridiculously.

We’re at the point where you’d think nations really need to consider a World Cup boycott. It’s certainly increasingly difficult to see how Denmark could countenance playing in it, should they reach the tournament.

Gvardiol with a tibia fracture puts the World Cup in doubt. 6 months is a pretty rushed schedule and, if surgery is needed, then it’s a pipe dream. Raises a real conundrum for Croatia given the lack of alternatives at LB

They are, to be fair, better than sacking managers the day before/after the window closes. Twice. In the same season.

Yuto-ICE is him. One hell of a new year for New Japan and as good as yesterday was, that promo and that war will be what people are talking about going into new beginning.

Time for what will be the best show of 2026 and probably the most emotional moment of the year…

Bizarre game. If that’s the game that gets Nancy sacked, it’s also the one where things looked closest to good and the one where the most culpability can be laid at individual players.

Kasper Schmeichel offering all the defence of Nicolas Maduro there.

Football. Bloody hell.

And THAT is why Celtic needed to do a lot more than just score the once

45 mins at the level of an Ange or Rodgers first spell dominance of a derby. The wonder is it’s only 1-0 because Rangers have been shocking, bits of Celtic have been brilliant but still plenty of areas for improvement. #footy-live

So, Yang’s basically Gareth Bale now? Absurd first 30 mins - relentlessly exciting with the much maligned winger in absolute beast mode.

Ah, so Nancy brought MLS Messi over with him and called him Yang, then.

Helter-skelter start to the Derby. Celtic have the tempo to their game but, as with other games and dominant spells, precious little in end product to speak for it.

If true (and, I mean, this is a huge if), that’s an insanely effective bit of regime change to this point. The problem is that after this point, getting the regime you want, restoring stability and it not going tits up is the vastly more difficult bit.

Nation's largest port and seemingly the defence ministry bombed, supported by helicopters. Absolutely looks like a decapitation strike either to remove Maduro or to, at least, ensure there's no capacity to retaliate vs US action, not that Venezuela were retaliating anyway.

My wife is already insisting that the Secret Traitor in The Traitors must be a man because of the body type in the red cloaked interstitials and that rules out x name in the cast. That's just Ed Gamble modelling the red cloak. Change my mind.

New Writing What now for Wilfried Nancy? What now for Celtic?

If it's any solace, England will probably be knocked out of World Cup Final access also.

MTV going isn't really a thing but it probably encapsulates a big problem music has at the end of 2025 in that while the breadth of music is ever increasing, the channels to get popular have massively narrowed at the same time, in part why old hits have the staying power they do.

Hard to defend not hoofing it here. As soon as it turned over, Motherwell had 4 on 2 on the Celtic defence due to the shape and the goal was inevitable.

Yikes. Rare to see a Glasgow giant shut out completely for a half.

Pjanic announces his retirement - really, the move to Barca ended his career at the top level but he had quite a top level in Italy. Wonderful player.