soxfan121 said:Uh, Jack's gonna get tossed in the back of the Saturday afternoon flight by some US Marshals in the next couple weeks and the T&T government will gladly look the other way when it happens - as long they aren't on the list for extradition.
The idea that he can make it off the island to anywhere but US custody is laughable.
MentalDisabldLst said:
How far is it from T&T to Venezuela? He should be able to charter a boat pretty easily.
His target audience probably laps it up.teddykgb said:How did this clown ascend to anything approaching power? He's such a dolt.
That is incredibly complicated.teddykgb said:How did this clown ascend to anything approaching power? He's such a dolt.
Even if it did, as much as Maduro would like to embarrass the USA, why would he pick Jack Warner as the guy to help? The soccer-mad South Americans have been lapping up this story of corrupt oligarchs getting what's coming. It wouldn't be very Bolivarian to give one asylum.soxfan121 said:He could try. That boat would not arrive in Venezuela, though.
Cellar-Door said:His target audience probably laps it up.
It's really not very far at all from the Fox News model and millions of Americans watch that.
He's kind of the Sarah Palin of the Caribbean, amirite?DrewDawg said:
Come on dude.
Oh yeah.DLew On Roids said:But he's playing right into Oliver's hands. Warner may be a great fixer/skimmer, but his public appearances are always amateurish. Oliver can buy another six minutes of TV time and mock Warner over the background music, his calling Oliver an American, etc. Warner is wrestling a pig and doesn't realize it.
Deadspin is quoting the exact same Swiss source. They didn't independently verify anything.adam42381 said:Deadspin is reporting the same thing.
http://screamer.deadspin.com/report-fifa-president-sepp-blatter-may-not-resign-1711246742
Banks in Switzerland have reported 53 possible acts of money-laundering in the investigation of FIFA's 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding contests, the country's attorney-general said Wednesday
Michael Lauber said the "suspicious bank relations" were filed to comply with Switzerland's regulations against money laundering.
The federal prosecutor described a "huge and complex" case which targets "criminal mismanagement and money-laundering" in the bidding contests which sent the 2018 World Cup to Russia and the 2022 tournament to Qatar.
Lauber is prepared for either country to be stripped of the hosting rights if new evidence proves wrongdoing.
This statement has to be referring to formal suspicion, right?DrewDawg said:
Like, he doesn't have evidence yet that directly incriminates them? Because how can they not be under suspicion in the ordinary sense (that one suspects, but is not yet in possession of proof, that they may have engaged in corruption)?
Lauber said he "does not exclude" interviewing FIFA President Sepp Blatter and secretary-general Jerome Valcke in the future, though they are not currently under suspicion.
On Wednesday, Alex Soosay, a senior official at the Asian Football Confederation, stepped down. He had previously been suspended by the AFC amid allegations reported in the local press that he tried to conceal evidence from investigators looking into corruption.
In April, the Malay Mail, a Malaysian newspaper, reported that it had obtained a video, dating from 2012, of an AFC official telling a FIFA investigator that Mr. Soosay had asked him to hide or tamper with documents. Those documents were related to an investigation tied to Mohamed bin Hamman, a former president of the AFC. At the time, the confederation was conducting an audit of itself under Mr. Hamman’s presidency.
In 2012, FIFA banned Mr. Hamman from all soccer-related activity for life, citing ethics violations. He has denied wrongdoing.
The AFC suspended Mr. Soosay in May after it said that it had verified the authenticity of the video reported by the newspaper. Mr. Soosay, a former soccer player from Malaysia who became AFC’s general secretary in 2009, has denied all wrongdoing.
Kevin Youkulele said:http://fortune.com/2014/09/22/fifa-to-pull-2022-world-cup-from-qatar-for-medical-reasons-official/
So now a FIFA ExCo member says the WC may be pulled from Qatar over medical concerns. This seems to me like an exercise in face-saving, in that there really isn't that much new information on the health front that would explain the timing.
Look at the byline, that story is 9 months old.Kevin Youkulele said:http://fortune.com/2014/09/22/fifa-to-pull-2022-world-cup-from-qatar-for-medical-reasons-official/
So now a FIFA ExCo member says the WC may be pulled from Qatar over medical concerns. This seems to me like an exercise in face-saving, in that there really isn't that much new information on the health front that would explain the timing.
YesConigliarosPotential said:He's baa-ack...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33284185
It's really going to take a wooden stake and mallet to kill off Blatter, isn't it?
Blazer's life story could be made into a Hollywood film. The rights to an upcoming book of his football administration career were bought last month.
In a tit-for-tat move, Blazer has placed FIFA on The Naughty List for life.ifmanis5 said:Blazer banned for life by FIFA.
Link: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/03c99348f6a044bba06070dcb1e22a5f/former-fifa-official-chuck-blazer-banned-football-life
Interesting that he dropped his opposition to extradition. Does he want to be first in line to cut a deal? Or perhaps he thinks extradition is inevitable and he might as well get moved to the US so he can post bond.Infield Infidel said:Jeffrey Webb extradited to the US http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/9914565/jeffrey-webb-is-first-fifa-official-to-be-extradited-to-united-states
This is really happening.
That's if he is even eligible to bond out. He's most likely entered the country on an immigration parole status since he is a foreign national.Cellar-Door said:Interesting that he dropped his opposition to extradition. Does he want to be first in line to cut a deal? Or perhaps he thinks extradition is inevitable and he might as well get moved to the US so he can post bond.
Any reports on how much cash Blatter got away with?Kliq said:Blatter held a press conference and he was interrupted by an intruder who got through security and threw a bunch of money at him.
https://youtu.be/ndu7BA2RrRA
Under the assumption a photographer captured that shot. Honestly you couldn't Photoshop that any better.twoBshorty said:
JimBoSox9 said:If no one's made that their avatar yet, we should all be fired in favor of a new crop of members. My loyalty to Wade Boggs and professional wrestling is being SORELY tested.