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Infantino caught in the web as tide turns against Trump in midterms and leaves Fifa exposed | Barney Ronay

By · Via The Guardian Business · Published by Everything Blog

In short

Gianni Infantino previously established high-profile public connections with Donald Trump, appearing alongside the US president inside White House cabinet rooms for policy discussions. That relationship now faces intense scrutiny after a Democratic landslide flipped both the Senate and the House of Representatives, leaving Trump politically diminished. Adding to this administrative strain, FIFA council member Kozo Tashima has stepped forward to challenge Infantino in the upcoming March leadership election.

Key points

  • Infantino's administrative position has become vulnerable following major political shift…: Infantino's administrative position has become vulnerable following major political shifts within the United States government.
  • The outcome of the American midterm elections threatens to diminish the influence of Infa…: The outcome of the American midterm elections threatens to diminish the influence of Infantino's primary political ally.
  • A contested March leadership election will force Infantino to defend his presidency again…: A contested March leadership election will force Infantino to defend his presidency against an active internal challenger.

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Oh baby, clamp me in your repulsive mouthparts. Sink your unusually large and venomous fangs into my abdomen. And yes, we are doing this in the White House cabinet rooms, out there in plain sight of the watching world, just a gleaming golden ball between us. But it’s fine. Probably. Now take a sip of those sweet, sweet tiny male arachnoid entrails.

An exciting new study was published over the summer into the habits of the Australian redback spider. The research made headlines for its focus on reproductive behaviour, specifically the male’s urgent and very willing engagement in what is known as sexual cannibalism, AKA copulatory suicide.

Scientists observing these tiny arachnoids discovered that during the act of lovemaking with the larger, more decorative female, the male will perform a spectacular sexual death-somersault, flipping himself upside down, presenting his underbelly to the female’s fangs, and urging her to literally consume his intestines mid-coitus as an energy snack and self-dooming sweetener. You’ve already ripped my heart out, babe. Now take my guts as well.

This doesn’t paint a very flattering picture…

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