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⚽ “The Anti-Ted Lasso” — Qatar’s World Cup. Starbucks’ biggest day. FTX’s Madoff moment.

The Best One Yet

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Qatar Is a Factory and FIFA Is a Casino From Godfather

The country that's hosting the World Cup has 300,000 people. That is half the population of Vermont. For every one of those citizens of Qatar, there are eight foreigners living in Qatar. There are two million migrant workers who came to Qatar to build all these stadiums and they work in quite exploitative conditions. Rainbow flags will be prohibited at this World Cup because homosexuality is illegal in Qatar.

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