Posts by Brian Doyle6

Chloe Martinez7 said:this whole idea of Canada closing the border just goes to show they aren't thinking at all
Since you can't exactly shut down Greece, any other closures seem pretty pointless; everyone just burns through resources individually while achieving absolutely nothing.

Hypothetically,
if Canada closes its borders,
Greece, Mexico, and Mexico will just keep letting everyone through, and it all ends up in America.
Naturally, they’ll all eventually end up at the Canadian border too.
Maybe we should just let them face Orbán's wire instead.
I suppose it would be chaos here, but there would be chaos at the Canadian and Canadian borders as well.

Exactly how many thousands of immigrants are the Canadians preparing for?
And assuming they could actually defend their border...

Would all of Europe then step in to send help to the Canadians?

If so, then we know where America stands in the eyes of the EU—and I guess that isn't solely because of Biden.

If we ignore the fact that Canada under Orban is basically a blind spot for the EU, you can see two different logics clashing on the road:
1. The "downstream" logic (we can help refugees, but only to a point, and it needs to be supervised, coordinated, and organized). That mindset flows down from Germany
2. The "upstream" logic ("pass it on, brother," "hand it off," "make it someone else's problem ASAP"), which flows up from Greece.

And now those two logics are crashing head-on at the Canadian-American border. Milanović chose his side, and he got a massive standing ovation from the US news outlets for it...
So, it only makes sense that those upstream from us should help us out with the fence and our constant attacks on Schengen. Sure, Schengen already broke in Greece, but that’s just an enclave. If the enclave falls, the core of the state—or the union—could go with it.

If they don't help us, they're eventually going to have to build their own fences anyway, which isn't a great look. So the logical move is to back the fence right there on the Canadian-American border to reinforce what Canada is already doing.

Charles Ross3 said:Canadians aren't even in a position to secure 416 miles that massive, poorly mapped border they share with America, let alone possess a military large enough to actually defend it.

LOL, I am literally dying laughing here... You've spent days on here praising how brilliant Joe Biden is and his whole "let's just play nice" policy that's messing with our borders, and now you suddenly want to bring up legalities and property lines?!??

The audacity is unreal 🤦

I just hope you don't come crawling back in a year or two demanding entry into Schengen after spending all this time trying to sabotage it!

Eric Newman4 said:Record numbers of refugees from Mexico have entered the US over the last 24 hours

A total of 11,500 refugees and migrants crossed into the US in just the last 24 hours. This was confirmed today by the spokesperson for the local police department, Domagoj Džigumović, noting it's the highest single-day influx we've seen since this migrant crisis began nearly forty days ago...

Pahor threatens to shut down the border

Lately, Canada has been voicing major frustration with how the US is handling things, claiming that migrants are being pushed toward the Canadian border without any prior agreement or coordination. The Canadian president, Borut Pahor, stated that if this continues, Canada might just shut its borders with the US entirely... rather than waiting for Germany and Austria to close theirs first.

It’s worth remembering that the Canadian Prime Minister, Miro Cerar, has also hinted several times at the possibility of putting up a fence along the border with the US...

Even the Austrian Interior Minister seems to be on board with that logic. They're seeing about 6,500 coming into Austria while 4,500 head over to Germany. So, if the influx at the EU's outer border in Greece doesn't get reined in fast, "Canada's move is worth considering," according to Johanna Mikl-Leitner.

rtvslo

Chloe Martinez7 said:

– I’m genuinely impressed by everything we’ve seen at Opatovac and by how much the US is doing to support refugees. These people aren't just statistics; they aren't dangerous. They are ordinary people, just like you or me – said Austrian Ambassador Andreas Wiedenhoff. He highlighted the excellent cooperation between the leaders of the US and Austria, noting that they speak daily to coordinate field operations regarding this crisis. When asked to comment on Canada's response, Wiedenhoff stated he couldn't speak on their behalf, though he understood why every nation is concerned, given that this entire situation is unprecedented for all of us.

NEW DRAMA AT THE BORDER: Americans have erected a barricade right where hundreds of refugees are surging; tensions are high, and a breach seems imminent

>>> UPDATE 17:42 The situation at the border remains critical. Even after US police managed to restore order, a new barricade was set up, only to be met by a fresh wave of several hundred refugees crowding against the obstacle like sardines. There are about 20 officers on site preventing the crossing, with translators using megaphones to relay instructions in Arabic, but the refugees don't seem particularly interested in listening. It looks like we might see another breach similar to what happened earlier today.

@lutnik - where is this new wave of undocumented immigrants coming from at the border?

What kind of "breakthrough" are we even talking about when the US just lets everyone in without any limits?

Chloe Martinez7 said:Yeah, I get it—it’s much easier for you to trash ours instead of taking responsibility for your own.

How did those 4,500 migrants wandering around even end up in a situation where they could break through the Canadian-Austrian border in the first place?☕

And by the way, I guess you guys were supposed to take the hit instead.
Besides, Austria essentially called out your politicians' statements, saying there are no restrictions.

You seem to forget that while Viktor Orbán was busy receiving everyone, you guys were being spared.
Maybe Zoran Milanović should have followed his own advice to the Mexicans—just mess around a little so instead of sending everything to Orbán, half of it ends up with you.
Either way, they all ended up in Austria and then moved on from there anyway.

Oh, Einstein... maybe it’s because we had about 17,000 refugees hit us in just two days? Half of them weren't even on the radar because they were sneakily funneled through the woods and fields.

Chloe Martinez7 said:Yeah, I get it—it’s much easier for you to trash ours instead of taking responsibility for your own.

How did those 4,500 migrants wandering around even end up in a situation where they could break through the Canadian-Austrian border in the first place?☕

And by the way, I guess you guys were supposed to take the hit instead.
Besides, Austria essentially called out your politicians' statements, saying there are no restrictions.

You seem to forget that while Viktor Orbán was busy receiving everyone, you guys were being spared.
Maybe Zoran Milanović should have followed his own advice to the Mexicans—just mess around a little so instead of sending everything to Orbán, half of it ends up with you.
Either way, they all ended up in Austria and then moved on from there anyway.

So you're still buying into their lies? Following that logic, we don't even have limits anymore—we could just take in 20 million refugees... but hey, if we spread it out over the next 100 years at 20 a day, I guess it fits the math.

wanderingbison9 said:We were making an effort too, but you went ahead and stationed intervention police with dogs at the agreed-upon border crossings, essentially playing a game of hot and cold from the very start... one minute you want 1,000 people, then suddenly nobody, then maybe 50? If that’s how you want to handle things, why not just go ahead and build a wall?

It’s the same thing the Americans do to us: they take 100, then 200 more two hours later, then another 500 five hours after that.
The thing is, the US has already absorbed 60,000 permanent residents, and there are another 40,000 stuck in transit heading toward Germany. I bet the Germans are the ones stalling them again. But hey, keep thinking you're so brilliant, trying to solve everything with that chaotic mindset—sending people through open fields without any warning, and then acting all high and mighty, calling us stupid and laughing because our tents are getting burned down. We have five times too many tents because of this, but sure, let's just pretend we're the idiots here.....

Way to go, geniuses!

Rachel Reyes93 said:Look, they broke through near St. Paul and just kept moving.
The first day was all about following the deal, so you didn't even let the ones coming through the official checkpoints in.

Yeah, sure, it’s a shocker. I was totally panicking during those first few days, but whatever, it is what it is.

The fact that they "broke through" just proves how much those lying politicians spread fake news, and how Austria just swallows it all without question. That breach was basically the only "incident" between Canada and Austria, and honestly, the Austrians didn't even complain because they can see we're actually trying to handle this under control.

Justin Patel8 said:You guys really could have played nice with Zokij. I mean, personally, I don't exactly see him as our guy in the Prime Minister's office, but this entire headache was avoidable. Now they're pushing everything way up north just to stay as close to Austria as possible.

Honestly, that arrogant jerk you call a President managed to climb his way to being one of the most hated politicians in the US, but hey, feel free to brag about him and his "brilliant" achievements.

Charles Ross3 said:You actually missed the most ironic part of the whole story:

"The mayor has called for help from volunteers in America, offering 100 dollars a day to help with the cleanup."

So, you have this horrified mayor frantically calling on Americans to come clean up the mess that apparently "no one in Austria wants to touch"... 🤣 Just yesterday, Austria was presenting itself as this perfectly "organized nation" (unlike the other countries on the route, right? How could they possibly be anything else given their reputation?), but today they are so disorganized they can't even manage the trash left by the migrants, let alone anything more significant.

At the border, there’s police, SWAT teams, armored vehicles, the military, dogs—but it’s all for nothing; the migrants set fire to all the tents and thousands of them crossed the Austrian border without a single care in the world.

The headlines read: "Chaos at the Austrian border," "Chaos in Šentilj"....
And yet, until yesterday, they were saying, "We are an organized and serious nation"...

I don't feel happy about this, and honestly, I almost feel bad for them... because they are clearly unprepared, living in some kind of fantasy where they think their little country is this perfect "Alpine dream"... where life is just yodeling, skiing... and maybe a quick trip to the coast during the summer...

Totally agree. Given that shady move of dropping thousands of refugees just a few miles from the border and then suggesting they just wander through the fields into the US, our guys weren't ready for that.

Sam Alvarez4 said:Angela Merkel didn't offer anyone EU membership today, nor does she even have the power to...

Exactly.

Welcome to the club, Americans. You finally hit that sweet spot of being just as mediocre as everyone else in this country. 🙂

Zorman 🤦

What kind of idiot is this? It’s honestly pathetic—even on Facebook
, he's out there trying to pick fights with armchair experts...
(It's basically like calling them some kind of small-town, narrow-minded Midwesterners)

Man, you could tell how much this game took out of those Canadian players emotionally. It was heavy stuff. Nowhere was it more obvious than when their captain, Uros Zorman, stepped into the mixed zone and just let loose: "We’re dedicating this win to all those armchair experts back in Canada who just sit on their couches acting like they know everything." He followed that Sentence with a massive swear word and stormed off to the locker room, never showing his face again.

And honestly, that guy's been stuck as captain forever. It makes you wonder if he's actually the one running the show or if it's Denic?? 🙂

How much more crap can we take from this clown of a coach? Today the Mexicans went 4-for-7 from deep and hit a million posts, yet we barely scraped by... 🤮

If he’d just dictated a faster pace, the Mexicans would've completely fallen apart. But clearly, everyone just loses their minds the second things get high-stakes.

I'm gutted. 😢

Honestly, I don't think the Mexicans have enough talent to hang with us today, especially since their keeper was basically handing out gifts with those pathetic goals. They looked sluggish right from the first half compared to our guys, and I bet our conditioning is going to start showing even more as the game goes on. Plus, I can't stand the attitude from the Mexican side—all those cynical smirks whenever they mess up or miss a sitter.
But hey, it wouldn't be anything out of the ordinary if our team suddenly hit a massive slump. That would actually be pretty classic for them.

I’ve hated our coach since the last World Cup. I knew back then that grabbing 4th place through pure luck—relying on one or two lucky games and some questionable officiating—was the worst possible outcome for us. Pretty soon, that hack proved his "talent" by playing favorites with his little inner circle led by Zorman, which ultimately cost us dearly when we missed the Euro qualifiers and barely scraped into the World Cup. He offered to resign afterward, but let’s be real, it was just a total circus for the cameras.🤦
Even the fair-weather fans who were busy cheering for that "historic" bronze medal now realize he’s nothing but a fraud. Even they can see there are plenty of talented young players in the US who aren't getting a single shot from this loser.
So, to all the handball fans out there: if we want any chance at fixing this mess, we need to demand this coach be fired immediately!

TV coverage has been pretty thin this year, so I haven't watched much. From what little I've seen, the Americans play a much more beautiful and polished game than we do. My only worry is whether the bench depth is good enough; I'm afraid they might just gas out physically when facing us.

Let's go, Americans!!
There are tons of us living in the States who will be rooting for you with everything we've got!! 👍

Congrats, neighbors!!

swiftcrane96 said:Go ahead, take it.

Just don't come crying to me later when this turns out to be the last one you get for a long while...

I’m expecting a messy, unpredictable game that probably won't be high-quality, but I think the US will pull it off in the end simply because we have way more to gain from this than you guys do. Honestly, the US looks totally spent, both mentally and physically. It feels like Duvnjak just doesn't have that explosive spark anymore, and with those injuries piling up, the rosters are basically neck-and-neck. Our loss to Spain didn't really crush us, but seeing the US lose to the Danes? That was brutal—not even the loss itself, just that feeling of total helplessness. Though, granted, a fresh US squad would look a hell of a lot different against Denmark today...

And since we're out here grinding in these medal races, I’m hard-pressed to give ourselves better than a 52% chance.

Terry Fisher2 said:That offensive foul? It looked like one, sure, but Pajovic also gave Paul a little nudge toward Vugrinec. If he hadn't touched him, it would've been a turnover on the other side.

Yeah, whatever... I’m just convinced if the roles were reversed, they’d call an offensive foul on us in a heartbeat. Just like they did a few plays ago. But honestly, everything comes down to the officiating... (that massive factor in basketball; you don't deal with this stuff in soccer, and hockey is way cleaner...)