Too fucked up and corrupt for Sepp Blatter.
For Sepp Blatter.
this post was submitted on 26 Jan 2026
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I had to double check if this source was from The Onion lol
Too evil for that evil motherfucker.
Impressive.
Not even Qatar got that far.
Forcep bladder Heh.
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Even a scumbag corrupt clock is right twice a day.
He is just jealous that someone else sits at the trough.
Nah, that shit is get in and get out with a bag quick. Don't want to get caught with all that loot when shit goes down.
hes mad hes not more corrupt than infantino who gave "jerk off prize" to trump
It could be deeper. Some people argue that the Fifa investigation that made Blatter resign were triggered by the US in retaliation for giving Russia the world cup before the US.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup (not a proof of my statement)
The World Cup is happening in my city, and today, I'm seeing stories about ICE pulling cars over and arresting people indiscrimately.
Do not come to Kansas City.
Hello fellow KC citizen!
I’m in the Northland and the Clay County Sheriff had the gall to say he wasn’t aware of any ICE activity and the pictures were probably fake bc the SUVs didn’t look like law enforcement cars and the agents didn’t have matching uniforms.
Bro. Have you even looked at the news? We’re lucky if they even state they are “law enforcement” at all? I don’t trust anything the Clay County Sheriff says.
EDIT- apparently I’ve already run into you on Lemmy bc I already had you tagged as a local, lol. So hello again!
Ah, hello.
Yes, it's bleak. Most of what I'm seeing happening is being reported out via social media by local mutuals and activist organizations, but I have no doubt ICE is up to their fuckery here to some extent.
As another KC resident, I'll second this sentiment.... there is nothing happening here worth the risk
Ty. I am not planning on traveling, but it's nice to know. I guess I should start making a "not safe" list
It is so strange to agree with Sepp Blatter.
We thought Blatter was the worst possible Fifa president we could have. And then we got Infantino.
Wow I didn't know he had the capacity to ever be correct in anything!
Most of them do
That's what I hate most about them. They know right from wrong, they're just willing to ignore that while they're getting money and power from it
He could have made real, positive change when he was the head of FIFA. Instead he helped shape FIFA into the corrupt organization of today. It's only once he's out that he's willing to say what's right
Reminds me of that old Upton Sinclair line, "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it."
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No one should travel here for the World Cup.
How many players are going to get nabbed by ICE due to the color of their skin or their accent?
~~Sepp Blatter suggests~~ fans should not travel to US ~~for World Cup~~
If they’re murdering white US citizens in the street for demonstrating and resisting illegal arrest, imagine what they would do to brown tourists.
they are also likely raping women in thier custody, and in the concentration camps, that isnt being blasted on the news.
Took him 89 years, but he finally got something right
That's strange. I thought FIFA had presented Donald Trump with his Big Beautiful Peace Prize. I am getting confusing messages here.
Blatter doesn't run FIFA any more. And was fine with Russia and Qatar having the world cup, so I'm guessing the principles arrived when he retired.
the current head is Infantino, hes even more corrupt.
As someone in New Jersey (right near the stadium), I agree. Admittedly, I would be saying that you shouldn't come here even if things were great because I don't want the added traffic and further delays on NJTransit. But with the fact that there's a potential risk, absolutely - do not come.
I'm in Pennsylvania and I couldn't agree more. Do not come here -- not just because the personal risk to a foreigner is incredibly high right now, but also because tourism is money and money is the only language these shitstains in office speak.
I have a number of colleagues in Europe that normally I occasionally see. Since ICE ramped up last year, none of them have set foot on American soil at all. No one wants to risk even legally being in this mess.
I know some Canadian idiots still going there
are they rich A-holes or from alberta?
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Sepp Blatter was corrupt but he genuinely was in for the love of the game. Infantino is even worse.
Did they stop paying his bribes or something?
He's not in charge of FIFA any more.
Man, this summer is going to be HOT. More people come out to protest when it's warm + tons and tons of foreign nationals for the World Cup + lead up to midterms = crazy shit. This summer is going to be history, not in a good way.
Just in case You weren't aware of how bad it is right now, this.
Oddly good advice from him. The Administration has already said they'll be targeting people that come to this. Why you'd come put yourself in danger I do not know.
What, giving Krasnov a bullshit award didn't work?
That wasn't Blatter it was Infantino, Blatter is suspended for corruption.
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Every country is cleaning their streets off homeless people before a world cup or olympic games. The US is just a bit more generous with their definition of homelessness. Everything will be fine when the tourists arrive.
/s
World Cup 2026 events are also happening in Canada. The expanse of the US without the extrajudicial killings and concentration camps.
plus all the rape getting undocumenting on the concentration and camp and several "potential SA" caught and uploaded on social media too
I think they should, and start some shit with ice.
A part of me thinks absolutely nothing will happen at the world cup and the nazis will relax their usual terror tactics just because it's the world cup. A part of me thinks the world cup will be a shitshiw with fans and players being arrested or killed in the middle of, or before and after, games
Nazi Germany successfully held the Olympics, so I'm sure they'll get ICE to chill during the world cup.
People within the USA generally do not know what the world cup is. I don't expect any preferential treatment.
ICE: “World Cup? Sounds foreign.”
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