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Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup—Day 5

In the words of the redoubtable Nelson Muntz of “The Simpsons:” “Ha ha.”  To the highly-vaunted Spanish squad, the consensus favorite to win...

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Doug Klein

Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup—Day 4

Tom Stoppard’s monumental play “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” opens with the scene of the title characters flipping coins.  No matter...

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Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup–Day 3

Once a upon a time, the megalomaniac strongman of the country formerly known as “Turkey” decreed that outsiders–particularly the...

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Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup–Day 1+

Watching the World Cup opening ceremonies, the Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup (ZGWC) had another fever dream, to wit: Imagine a world where the...

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Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup–Groups K/L Previews

It is likely that Portugal goes around with a chip on its shoulder vis-a-vis its larger, more populous Iberian Peninsula neighbor.  For instance,...

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Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup Group–H/I/J Previews

In past editions of the Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup (ZGWC), Spain was consistently rated poorly.  This assessment was based almost entirely on...

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Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup Group–E/F/G Previews

The much-reviled Group of Death will be revealed somewhere below. Dear Reader(s), it is a testament to the shock of October 7th and the evident...

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Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup–Group B/C/D Previews

(Dear Reader(s): If you read far enough in this lengthy post, you will find a bonus Bob Dylan quote.) Every World Cup features a first-round group...

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Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup: Group A Preview

“The Revolution will not be televised,” or so crooned Gil Scott Heron in 1971. This so-called “Revolution,” though, was not charging $2,500 a...

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The Zionist’s Guide to the World Baseball Classic

There is a notion stretching back to the ancient Greeks of the “Olympic Truce.” While the Olympic Games were proceeding, ongoing wars would...

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Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup–Yet More Preemptive Loathing

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Doug Klein