I really don't like admitting that I'm wrong, but today I have to eat the sh!t sandwich. In 2024, I defiantly proclaimed that Qatar would never qualify for another World Cup in my lifetime. Shockingly, Qatar slipped into the 8th of (possibly) 9 qualifying spots this weekend. 2026 Qualifiers from Asia? Japan South Korea Iran Australia Saudi Arabia All five of those countries are perennial soccer stalwarts, each having qualified for, at least, 6 World Cups. Uzbekistan Jordan B

Back in August we predicted the finish of the Premier League 2025-2026 season, 1 through 20. Before we were done, we had Nottingham Forest at 18th and relegated. What was our rationale ? "Any last comments? Evangelos Marinakis will melt down and Nottingham's fairy tale season will be a distant memory. Look for 5 managers at Nottingham this year. Manchester United will be average, but at this point they are just shoveling money into a hole." Evangelos Marinakis ruined Notting

10. Speed Buggy - (1973 - 16 Episodes) Teens having Scooby-Doo like adventures with their dune buggy... that is alive! (And voiced by the same guy that did Bugs Bunny.) Chances of a reboot? Speed Buggy has made many cameos over the past 50 years, but the chances of a reboot are slim. 9. Super Friends - (1973 - 16 Episodes) Your DC Comic favorites all having G-Rated adventures on ABC. Chances of a reboot? Between 1977-1985, Super Friends was rebooted or re-tooled 6 differe

Trump thinks it's "weird" that there are Libertarians. We do not like Rand Paul at Beacon of Speech, not at all. Why? Because his Father was a Pillar of Modern American Libertarianism, while Rand himself is part of the Republican Political Machine. That's harsh? Let's step into the way-back machine. Back in 2016, 17 candidates ran for the Republican Nomination. You really only had 4 Choices: Donald Trump: Businessman, Populist, and Outsider Rand Paul: "Libertarian" Ben Carson

Another No Kings Rally this weekend? <yawn> For the millionth time, we are Libertarians here at Beacon of Speech. Donald Trump tried to trick us into voting for him in 2024, we didn't fall for it. Probably a Bit Overpriced at Amazon But I am so sick of "King Trump" or "Nazi Trump" rallies. Do you know we are deporting the same amount of citizens as the Biden Administration? Do you know that the incarceration rates for American citizens are actually falling in this country

We love Dr. Demento here at Beacon of Speech. At first, we did the Top 10 Covers of Songs on the Dr. Demento Show . Then we wrote about our Top 25 Songs That Were Played on the Dr. Demento Show . Then we expanded the concept out to the Top 100 Novelty Songs of All Time . But we are not Novelty Record experts, we are free speech stalwarts. The greatest champion of Novelty Music, Dr. Demento, retired this past weekend after 55 years on the air. On his last show, he created his

When the cease-fire was announced earlier this week between Israel and Hamas, I would say that the reaction in the American Media was fairly subdued. I saw a lot of outlets taking a run at Donald Trump because he thought he should have won the Nobel Peace Prize for ending the conflict, but the news cycle moved away from Israel pretty quickly. I thought the media, who had been chirping for 2 years about a cease-fire, would be ecstatic. Then I was at a Libertarian message board

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