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Kogi’s Mexican-Korean fusion cuisine is a nice gloss to put on all of this.
At 8:00 on Saturday morning, September 23, Mexico and South Korea will face off in the second game for each within Group F. (Germany and Sweden were the favorites in the group; they will match off at 11:00.) A Los Angeles Public Radio station was reveling in how very interesting this was, given that Latinos and Koreans are two of the biggest minority groups in LA.
Well, LA, we have you beat.
In the 39th Congressional District, the plurality of which is in OC, we have a Mexican candidate facing off against a South Korean one!
Gil Cisneros and Young Kim should have bet something on the outcome of the match, like two Mayors in the World Series. OJB regrets not having put such a stunt together, but we suspect that our influence as a broker may have been limited anyway.
Anyway, we’ll all be out looking for victory for El Tri tomorrow, even though maintaining our wonderful polyethnic corner of the world is a more important long-term goooooooooooooooooool!
(Yes, you may use this as an open thread to talk World Cup all weekend — and maybe beyond.)
About Greg Diamond
Somewhat verbose attorney, semi-disabled and semi-retired, residing in northwest Brea. Occasionally ran for office against jerks who otherwise would have gonr unopposed. Got 45% of the vote against Bob Huff for State Senate in 2012; Josh Newman then won the seat in 2016. In 2014 became the first attorney to challenge OCDA Tony Rackauckas since 2002; Todd Spitzer then won that seat in 2018. Every time he's run against some rotten incumbent, the *next* person to challenge them wins! He's OK with that.
Corrupt party hacks hate him. He's OK with that too.
He does advise some local campaigns informally and (so far) without compensation. (If that last bit changes, he will declare the interest.)
His daughter is a professional campaign treasurer. He doesn't usually know whom she and her firm represent. Whether they do so never influences his endorsements or coverage. (He does have his own strong opinions.) But when he does check campaign finance forms, he is often happily surprised to learn that good candidates he respects often DO hire her firm. (Maybe bad ones are scared off by his relationship with her, but they needn't be.)
*Since Anna is Swedish….and the Germans are not the Great Team of the Past…
we will go with Sweden. Mexico has a great team but will have to watch it against
South Korea…..with the looming Re-Unification issue on the table. Our picks are
still the small ball folks of Portugal and the Danes! Our Icelandic brothers seem to
have no offense….especially against the Nigerians.
Should have stuck with the Germans rather than the Swedes, I’d say — although it sure didn’t look like it until the waning minutes of the game.
South Korea was very impressive. Mexico was more so. I’ll take this result in November.
South Korea did have 24 fouls, 4 yellow cards v. Mexico’s 7 fouls. Let’s hope THAT doesn’t become a pattern in the 39th…
Wednesday’s Korean heroics against Germany helped guard Mexican dreams in the World Cup…I’d imagine any miffed feelings from Saturday are forgiven.
How will THAT play in the 39th? My hope: the Korean community steps up, dumps Kim en masse, and guards the hopes and dreams of ALL immigrants, so many of whom work so hard for so little beyond the freedom to dream.
There are times when a metaphor outlives its usefulness….
I’ll take this result in November – Traitor Trump spoiling himself in anticipation of impending Impeachment as a result of the stupid self-destructive Republikkkans losing their majorities in the House, in the Senate, in the governorships, in the state legislatures, on the local school boards, etc. THROW THE BUMS OUT!
Meant to say Dumbass Donnie Two Scoops would SOIL himself ️♂️, not spoil himself. Not only is Trump the Chump incompetent, he’s incontinent too.
*The game of the tournament will be when the Swedes face Sudden Death with Mexico
next week. Can you believe it? If Mexico wins …they win the division. If they lose…
they are out!
Viva la Mexico! I glanced up to follow the game, but the largely Latino audience in the room with me was more interested in completed citizenship papers and verifying all the details – a sly smile of pride at Mexico’s performance, a determined and steady focus on becoming citizens.
“Have you ever tried to vote in any American election before?”
“I can’t vote, I’m not a citizen yet.”
“I know, but some people think that non-citizens try to vote.”
“Loco…But when I get sworn in, when can I vote?”
“You can register as soon as you are sworn in.”
“Then I will vote and stop these loco people.”
May it be…
¡Viva México! (My Spanish is to pathetic that I need to google this to figure out the proper form! lol, still love ’em, and they tolerate me…)
If the Danes can take out the French…..they will be the Cinderella team of the Tournament. Portugal over Iran…we are hoping too!
Uruguay’s defeat of Russia was truly awesome. Further proof that legalized weed beats vodka & racism.
Gracias, South Korea! Congratulations on the big win!
For those of you who haven’t been following World Cup, Mexico have developed a bad habit of advancing to the knockout round and then immediately getting knocked out. So this weekend’s game against Brazil is the test they has been waiting for. Unfortunately, it is against Brazil — but if you want to play an easier match against Switzerland instead, it behooves you not to lose to Sweden.