 For those of you who don't know soccer, you know, the best by far was Brazil yesterday. Oh my God, that was a fantastic game. And one of the most beautiful goals, one of the most beautiful goals scored that you will ever see. It's just gorgeous. So if you have a chance, try to go online or try to see it somewhere, the second goal, Brazil 1-2-0, the second goal of the Brazilian victory, the Brazilian scores is just a gem. It is a beauty, it is a testament to just the ability and the flair of Brazilian football or soccer. And a lot of fun, a lot of fun. I really enjoyed that game. Brazil could have easily won that game 7-0 or something like that. They had tons of opportunities that they blew throughout both the first and particularly the second half. But at least they won. I'm rooting for Brazil, this World Cup. Hopefully they take the title. But it was truly an enemy, I know Americans, most of you don't care about soccer. But yeah, that was a good game. And of course, a little bit later today, we've got the US playing England, not the UK, because the UK has like four different teams, right? The UK has England, Wales, Scotland, and I think Northern Ireland. They each have their own teams. And two of those teams are in the World Cup, Wales and England. And England is playing the American team, the US team this afternoon. So that'll be fun to watch. And I have to admit there that I'm rooting for England, not just because they're a much better team. They have a chance of winning the whole thing. In England, Brazil finals, I don't know if that's even possible. The semifinals or something like that would be pretty, pretty cool. So that's what I'm rooting for. Anyway, I encourage you to watch that. So that was a lot of fun. But I do want to also use the opportunity of the World Cup to talk about a few other things relating to Qatar, which is the country in which these games are being held, a country that has, that is a dictatorship, a country that is basically a theocracy, that is run by Sunni Muslims, that treats its kind of immigrant workers, its imported workers primarily from Pakistan and from India. Horribly, I mean, just horrifically, they have no rights, they have no stand, illegal standing. But also, you know, this is a country that is unbelievably intolerant of because of its Muslim laws. So for example, Budweiser is a sponsor of the World Cup. It's one of the main sponsors of the World Cup. I think some of the cups, some of the prizes that are being provided are called Budweiser prizes for different things. And like a week before the World Cup started, the Qataris said, oops, we're not going to allow any beer sales in the stadium. The agreement had been that while they wouldn't be alcohol sold in Qatar, because that's illegal, you will be able to sell beer in the stadium. Nope, that was banned. So here is Budweiser, the sponsor, and Budweiser's plastered everywhere, and they can't actually sell the beer. And here are the fans going to Watsaka and they can't drink beer. I don't know how they're managing, particularly those northern Europeans. How can they even manage to watch a whole game without a pint of beer? But that's just one example of kind of the randomness. I don't know contractually whether Budweiser has any claim against Qatar. I assume they do. I mean, I assume it was in their contract. But that's one example. Another example is the ban in Qatar on flying the rainbow flag of LGBTQ+. So anybody seen with LGBTQ T-shirt, hat, flag, you know, so just the colors. Doesn't even have to say anything, just the colors. The item of clothing is confiscated. Luckily, it's very hot in Qatar, so if you lose your T-shirt, you can still survive. But they've confiscated items of clothing. They've confiscated bucket hats. And they've confiscated, like, armbands. And it's just been a constant conflict around LGBTQ. Because remember, this is a culture that stones homosexuals or drops them from skyscrapers to their death below, or basically kills them. So homosexuality is banned, homosexuality is something that you get killed over. So this is where they're holding the World Cup. It is really hard to believe that this is the kind of place that FIFA, the organization that runs these things, has chosen to run a World Cup, but here we are. This is it. So anyway, sad, sad, sad, sad, and I don't know, I have to say that in spite of all that, I'm still watching. So it is pretty horrific that this is one of the choices that were made by FIFA. And by every measure or by every suggestion, corruption had a lot to do with this. 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