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Meanwhile, In Argentina: Riot Police Unleash Tear Gas & Water Cannons In Buenos Aires - Live Feed
With the nation teetering on the brink of default amid major inflation pressures at home and growing poverty (and Kirchner facing pressure into next year's election), today's loss in the FIFA World Cup final appears to have lit the blue touch paper. As RT reports, police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse angry fans in Buenos Aires. Following the mass gathering around the Obelisk during the game, fans clashed with riot police as the loss sunk in. There are no reports of civilian injuries but 8 police were hurt. Rio has also seen violence between Argentina fans and others (and Brazil's Rousseff has issued a calming statement).
Riot police are firing tear gas and using water cannons to restrain a group of youth who are hurling rocks and vandalizing stores at a rally in Buenos Aires to celebrate Argentina's gutsy performance in a 1-0 loss to Germany in the World Cup finals.
Parents with young children could be seen running down streets after police, who at first remained on the sidelines, tried to take back the area near the city's iconic Obelisk after 9 p.m. local time.
Local media reported 8 police officers were injured in violence late Sunday.
The disturbances came after thousands of Argentines gathered peacefully at the Obelisk with families and neighbors to applaud Argentina's best World Cup performance in 24 years.
The Obelisk where fans watched the game...
"que pasó argentina, se les fue el internet?" no es que estábamos festejando en el obelisco visteSSSSS pic.twitter.com/xDnPYcpJtv
— fuck you vos (@acrossthey) July 14, 2014
Has become a riot zone...
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And even in Rio there were problems after the match...
#URGENTE #BRA #RIO #COPACABANA Hinchas de #BRA agreden a #ARG y les piden que se vayan del pais (Foto #VIVO) pic.twitter.com/ryedJnFYYv
— Infomedia Argentina (@InfoMedia24hrs) July 14, 2014
Perhaps fearing the same in Brazil, President Rousseff issued a 'calming' statement:
A letter written by Brazil's President Dilma Roussef was released on Sunday, suggesting the national soccer team to "take advantage of the lessons learned in the tournament to improve more our football, both inside and outside the stadiums."
The letter refers to the team's disappointing performance in the match against Germany, where Brazil was defeated with a score of 7-1, as well as in the 3-0 defeat against the Netherlands in the third-place match. Afterwards, the Brazilian team was harshly criticized by experts and fans.
Rousseff's message began saying that both the national team and the country's football "are greater than any other fleeting result."
"What will stay stronger in the heart of our people are the moments of joy that you gave us in this World Cup and that will certainly guarantee us future championships," the letter said.
"Everyone of us, without exception, will know how to take advantage of the lessons learned to improve even more our football, both inside and outside the stadiums," she added.
Rousseff affirmed that "we, the Brazilians, did not raise the trophy, but we made the Cup of the cups. Without you, this would not have been possible."
"Our love and our gratitude for you," said the letter.
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green shoots sprouting everywhere!
Must give them more free shit!
And we thought that sports fans here were fanatic...
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Broken windows!
And while grown men are playing a girl's game Bonesman Kerry has been playing a different type of game...
Ukrainians shell village inside Russia. 1 dead. Russia says this act will be answered in kind.
"Naturally, this action will not be left without a corresponding reaction," the deputy foreign minister, Grigory Karasin, said in a radio interview on Sunday.
In the meantime Poroshenko goes all Israeli saying:
"For every soldier's life, the militants will pay with dozens and hundreds of their own," said Ukraine's president, Petro Poroshenko, after Friday's attack.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/13/ukrainian-shell-russian-bor...
It's beginning to look more and more like Ukraine's putsch regime is under instructions to solicit a war with Ivan.
And of course you can count on the MSM to treat Russia/Putin as they do the Palestinians - as the aggressor even when they are not.
I'm checking out a few sites to cleanse my intellectual palate after reading stories on CNN and NYT. Definitely interested in any other legit news/opinion sites:
http://consortiumnews.com/
http://www.voltairenet.org/en
http://www.globalresearch.ca/
http://www.antiwar.com/
http://www.counterpunch.com/
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http://rightweb.irc-online.org/
is also a good resource for peronal and org bios and has rolling links to news stories on various sites.
< When a latin american soccer team wins there is a riot.
< When a latin american soccer team loses there is a riot.
Seems like they could just skip the game and go right to rioting. The beautiful sport?
This must have something to do with Lebron.
Excuse me but lots of rioting in USA after college football tournaments.
Also I believe your All Blacks rioted after losing that televised brawl between Rodney and the Sylmar Squad LOL
Green shoots! Mustard seeds!
Our Blacks will start studying mathematics and civics, and the Muslims will embrace Peace, and the Jews will leave Israel and move to Detroit!!!
Stand up and take the damn loss already.....you're kinda embarrassing yourselves.
Blame it on global warming....and move on.
None of this would be happening if Messi hadn't have played soft. All professional sports are professionally rigged.
Like everything else.
Good night to pick up some stray tail...just throw her in a cab and wisk her off to Hitler's Village in Patagonia.
Cool - taking a stand against injustice and oppression...
Oh, wait!!!
It's hard not to believe that Gaza is actually the "warm-up act" for Iran...
@Duffy Duck, you're absolutely right - The CIA/Nazis in Ukraine are doing every imaginable atrocity to provoke Russia into a bloody war. Check this Eyewitness account: Ukrainian Nazis crucify a baby and force mother to watch then murder her.
I'm sure they will get what they're asking for but not in a way that would please their wall street masters.
FIFA in Russia 2018. Can't wait... if TWAWKI still exists.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY
you forgot the appropriate link
Zerohead
Please separate the two actions. It is "alledged" that a Ukrainian mortar round struck a residential yard over the border in Russia killing 1 person. This could have been done by the Ukrianians or by the pro-Russians trying to draw in Russia to finally attack in Ukriane to "save" ethnic Russians.
Petro Poroshenko made the statement about payback with "dozens and hundreds of their own" after a Grad rocket attack killed dozens of Ukrianian soldiers in an early morning attack. We just knw the pro-Russians got all this stuff on E-Bay
just like the "Little Green Men" who attacked Crimea in March got all their "latest Russian equipment" on the same E Bay site.
We are rapidly approaching the time when it's best to crawl in a bolthole and pull the lid closed behind you...
If you stay when things go south:
guns & ammo, gold & silver, food & water, etc.
If you leave:
Take all of your money!
You are amatuers when it comes to fan mayhem and violence. Maybe something you could aspire to be no 1 in.
DoChen, there is a saying about how fanatic football fans are...
The game isn't a matter of life or death.... it is much more important than that.
We laugh at "them" as if it does not define "us". The FSA phenomenon is global bitchez, suck it and love it.
The Argies should tell that leftist bitch Christine Kirschner the same thing the Brazilians told half-Bulgarian marxist President Dilma Rouessef after Brazil lost and at the opening of the World Cup. They chanted it for a LONG time both times.
http://www.mediaite.com/online/brazilian-president-world-cup-defeat-wors...
But not all Brazilians are happy being host to the World Cup; lots of money (billions) was poured into it. And with the devastating loss yesterday, many angry Brazil fans started this chant, directed at President Rousseff: “Ei, Dilma, vai tomar no cu.” That roughly translates to “Hey, Dilma, go fuck yourself in the ass!”
Freddie, a friend of mine sells capital equipment (made by a large US company) used in refineries and chemical plants. One of his largest customers is Petrobras, which traditionally has had many good engineers working for them, very professional.
Dilma has been dicking around with Petrobras (mandating gasoline prices, employment, etc.). This has started to affect energy supplies...
This of course does not include all the other stupid Socialist crap she does (pals with Maduro in Venezuela, etc.). Kirchner in Argentina does the same kind of stupid shit, used to pal around with Hugo Chavez... Now, all over Miami you see "SOS Venezuela" on emigrés' cars...
Elections have consequences...
What so they are doing some manipulations on a small scale big deal. If you want to see the big manipulator look at Congress and the FED
Must be a slow news day... This article reminds me of a Larry Flynt editorial at the beginning of the Hustler days - starving for attention. You are much better than this ZH.
Fucking idiots. It's a goddamn game.
and a boring one at that.
Ya, but every now and then you get a 2 - 0 Blowout match.
Sorry nobody can have big scores and numbers like you guys except maybe Zimbabwe and post WW1 Germany
I guess you missed that 7-1 semi.
Yes....but it was doctors orders. He told me I needed to calm down.
Geesh, just imagine when the SHTF then lets see this crap when it becomes real.
That's the problem when your population-control strategy is based on "Bread & Circusses:"
Sometimes the circus' script doesn't play well in Peoria...
and Baseball is exiting?
"Fucking idiots. It's a goddamn game."
That should tell you how despondent the population is. The more public outcry you see of truly inconsequential matters, the worse it is.
All the Jews went into a grave while everyone in the Nazi regime fled to South America to play soccer.
Water cannons in the news twice today. Unarmed citizenry: water cannons. Armed citizenry: hollow points.
So inflation and poverty in a socialist country: shocker!
Long water cannon stocks!
When a sport is all you live for, problems. When a religion is all you live for, bigger problems.
It gets even stupider when they start praying for their teams...
When faith in the state is all you got, biggerer problems.
spelling? and not the biggerer word. that one is okay /snarc
Why don't Stanley Cup-losing cities/countries erupt in riots?
Forget I even said anything. Doesn't matter. Continue about your business.
Wrong !
Vancouver, BC. Twice !
Did he really need the /sarc tag?
Never mind..Go about yer biznez. (That WAS the /sarc tag...)
F.I.F.A. : "F---- In the F----- A--."
Fucked in the Fucking Asshole???
We are all grown ups here. (Except me...)
We haven't any time for those fucking "fill in the blank" games. If you want to abuse swear words when writing here then abuse them you spineless autofellator.
Fuck that noise.
Fuck you in the face Shorty. I write the way I want.
honestly - fuck soccer. Particularly the hipster douchebags that don't follow any other sport and go over the top nuts over games between teams from two different foreign countries. Fuck youse forever.
These fuckers should have been rioting months ago for a number of far better reasons. But losing a soccer game is the only thing that gets them on the streets?
Put the fire out, boys...
You had me at "fuck soccer".
Yes he did...
ok football with your hands..
Every once in a while I have my spirits lifted by the potential of the human soul.
And then people riot because their fucking soccer team lost.
And I think, oh fuck it.
Its OK, its that Darwinian thing, thinning out the morons from the population, let the fails kill each other.
A part of me was really, really hoping this Aussie thing would work for me. Tried living there for 2 years and I didn't come to you as a poorper. Turns out you fuckers are even more fucked over by the socialist police state than I was here in the US. Sorry, but that's my honest opinion.
You are correct. Damn despairing trying to get my neighbours to realise it and consider it maybe a bad thing.
yeah, unfortunately you are right, I know an old guy who signed up to exit International because he believes in voluntary Euthanasia, next minute the cops raided his house and went through all his stuff, drug search for Nembutal, seems over here in Western Australia supporting voluntary Euthanasia is enough to get a dozen cops rampaging through your stuff.
Still Australia is a beautiful country, small population, and your immigration problem is not millions coming across your borders. You have a good standard of living and are reasonably isolated from all the crap in the world, plus you dont get Fuku air.
Reasonably isolated from all the . . . when one's house and life is so readily invaded?
I thought the whole bread and circus's thing was supposed to stop this sort of thing.
Economics <--> Politics <--> Sports
The next few weeks should get intense.
There is already spillover to East Europe.
There was this yesterday...Kirchner and Putin pix...
Putin signs Argentina nuclear deals on Latin America tour
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-28261746
sooner or later we get bored with the game and tired of eating the same ole bread. We want some meat. Sooo, we riot. No more manna.
the same exact thing would have happened if their soccer team won.
people don't riot becasue of the outcome, they riot because it's time!
off topic but speaking of riots [this is from several years ago actually but I think we can expect more and more]
http://govtslaves.info/la-raza-says-preparing-kill-every-american/
Government can only produce poverty, misery and death.
This week, Israel and Argentina said that they would prove it.
So what. The only , only events in the past five years that have mattered are the BP gusher in the Gulf of Mexico, and Fukushima.
Nothing whatsoever else. In the main, humans are losers and always will be until mother nature resets.
It looks to me more like the riot police were the ones that were angry at the outcome of the games.
The Argies are fucked left, right and center - so let them blow off some steam.
But watch Brazil - would not surprise me to see Dhimmi Rosseu lose the next election to an even half assed opponent in or out of her party.
Winning would have papered over billions in corruption - but not now.
Yep let them blow off some steam... at the wrong issue, just how the banksters like it - misdirected energy exploded in a way that harms us uselesseaters the most (eg damage local property) without achieving a damn thing.
The "R" word is revolution, not recovery.
Argentina and Brazil... A chance to get rid of two dipshit socialist females?! Please bring it on! Maybe it will work here eventually. It truely is the "beautiful game".
Never understood the emotional insanity caused by a sport that requires only a ball and a couple nets. The spectators and publc property take a hell of a lot more pounding than any of the players ever do.
And no hot cheerleaders either, though I admit I may be wrong because I never watch it.
I sit on the edge of my seat waiting to see who will bite off the next ear.
Alas...The Lost Art Of The Chokehold.
FIFA la Revolution
Second place in the world cup is pretty good, especially considering that many impartial observers considered the referee a wee bit biased in favor if Angie's boyz.
This is what world goverments get for trying to lull their populations to sleep with bread and circuses while they steal their citizen's wealth via taxes and the printing press. Fuck all goverments.
Cause the world does not have more important things to do than watching 22 grown men chase a ball and when they have the ball they kick it away again until it is between three poles.
Hey Brasil, you spent billions on organizing a tournament that you could have spent on fighting poverty, on education, on housing, etc. And what did you get in return for it? Ass kicking. And you know what? In two years you are going to waste more money on organizing the Olympics.
It is all bread and games except the bread it running out.
Don't cry for me, Argentina!
Putin taking notes for 2018...
I dont understand why countries bother with these events, also doesnt Brazil have like tons of soccer stadiums all over the place, why did they have to build more???
They shouldn't of spent a dime.
Pro sports is massively subsidized, everywhere, all the time, not just during events.
If sports isn't the regent of corporate welfare queens, it's a close second.
The war on the Palestinians is causing this.
FFS Tyler, why can't you bring back the "captcha"?
Hmmm. A country where the police clash with people... and only police get injured? Sounds like a place I might not mind living! Hahaha!
Local media reported 8 police officers were injured in violence late Sunday.
They only reported the police injuries; you're assuming no other injuries, but that may not be the case.
Read the article above. That's what it says.
No, the lack of a report does not mean no injuries. It only means the information was not reported. For a similar instance, the Chinese did not report deaths in Tianamen square: therefore there were none?
So the media in Argentina is 100% controlled by the government like in China? That may be true, but I didn't have that impression.
Do you know the facts?
Regardless of the facts, my point stands. I'd prefer to live somewhere the police are not aggressive, not militarized, and as incompetent as possible. Not because I'm a criminal, but because I don't want to be prey.
I watched the match at the house of a local pastor, with 30 Argentines, in the central of Cordoba in Argentina. I walked home from Duarte Quiros to Colon and south into Alberdi at 10:00PM. There were no crowds, no mobs, no riots. If you know anything about Argentina, you know that I was literally in the very center of the country.. all day... This is such complete bullshit. You completely biased reporting on Argentina calls into question your reporting on a host of other matters. Tyler... I suspect that you have investments here that are not paying what you think they should pay. If you don´t like it, then Sell and quit your bullshit. You curse others for selling their book... but you are doing the same thing. You may be too good for Wall Street now that you have found your Austrian School corruption, but you are still acting just a Wall Street prick
The attitude of the country is pensive and reflective. For the first time in long time, they have something to be proud of. Most people here are proud of the team and understand that the world saw, in the World Cup, a country that is competitive and capable of organizing itself in a competitive endeavor with the best countries in the world (which would be Germany). There were celebrations here, but they were orderly and contained. I know... I was actually here... instead of being pissed off that my overseas investments were not generating the return that I had hoped for.
Just ridiculous Tyler. I watched the match on Duarte Quiros in Cordoba at the house of a local pastor with 30 people. I then walked home across Avenida Colon to Alberdi at about 10:00 PM. If you have any idea of Argentina at all, you know that I was directly in the center of Argentina, in the 2nd largest city. There were no riots... no breakdown of order. In fact the whole city was much better behaved than any North American city in the same type of situation (and yes, I have been in Pittsburgh when the Steelers lost the Super Bowl, in Chicago when the Bulls won the NBA championship- where automatic weapon-fire filled the night for hours in South Chicago, in New York when the Yankees lost the World Series, in Columbus -twice actually- when Ohio State lost the NCAA championship game).
I talked to more than 50 Argentines tonight about the game. They all more-or-less share the same attitude. They are proud of their team. They feel that the match was evenly played and that Germany won by captilizing on an opportunity where Argentina failed to capitalize on several opportunities in the first half. They feel that they have shown, both to themselves and the world, that they are capable of organizing (it is a very important concept to them here, they feel they have lacked the capacity to "organize" themselves... a sort of perspective they have adopted from German immigrants) a competitive team for the most competative international event. It is the first thing in many, many years that Argentines have to be proud of, and they are genuinely proud of their team, their nation, and its efforts in this international competition.
I am now certain that you have assets here... not just your friends, not just the angry American woman in Buenos Aires. You criticize Goldman Sachs for talking its book... how are you different? Grow up.
OK...yeah....the Tylers have the juice to stage what happened in BA...sure...
How fucking stupid.
You sound just as pissed and bitter as those jag offs rioting.
YOU fucking grow up.
The article reports factual events - picture evidence included(!) - which anyone can interpret as they wish. Was it a nationwide outbreak of civil unrest?? I don't think so but the article doesn't allege it was. They referred to Beunos Aires, not Cordoba. Did you miss that??
All of these sports benefit billionaire football club owners and leagues like FIFA or the Olympics or other major sprts like the NFL. Taxpayers get screwed over and the masses are manipulated like bread and circuses.
The poor Brazilians and Argies have pride in their teams because many have a shitty existance at least in poorer Brazil. These games are really pretty meaningless but they can be used to control the sheep.
The Germans have a hell of a team with a lot of talented young guys. Argentina played exceptionally well and almost won. Messei was swarmed on by the Germans. The Germans played great offense but also a smothering defense. The German goalie let in 4 goals (?) in the entire World Cup? Schweinsteiger was the playrer of the match.
When Bread and Circus goes wrong, news at 11!
at least the ghana soccer team got paid. they were the smart ones.
"Riot Police Unleash Tear Gas""Buenos Aires ... it's a gas gas gas. Jumping Jack Flash."
-- Mick Jagger.
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black...
I hear Argentina is very Europeanesqe...
There used to be a saying, "Rich as an Argentinian."
Then they caught the socialism bug. Apparently it is a fatal degenerative disease.
Once people get addicted to loot (because free things arent free, they must be looted), there's no turning back before extinction.
This is what, their 40th bankrupcy since adopting socialism in the early 20th Century?
Really now, I thought they caught the capitalism bug (they sure are acting a lot like the USA in their economic measures), only difference is they dont have a reserve currency.
Argentina caught the socialist bug 70 year ago with Peron. Sadly, it seems the alternative is crony fascist capitalism where scum mega billionaires push for more border invasion.