Please Lord, don't allow Lord Stanley's Cup to be tainted

The Stanley Cup final is upon us (refer below to schedule), and for the first time ever the last two teams (Dallas Stars and Tampa Bay Lightning) standing are from the Sun Belt. Excuse me, while I go and vomit! I will begrudgingly back Tampa in the series, as they play a more exciting brand of hockey, somewhat makes up for Tampa's very 'unhockey' sticky climate. (The Armenian in me is also excited, if Tampa triumph, American Zach Bogosian will become the first player with Armenian heritage to have his name engraved on Lord Stanley's Mug).

I need to get it off my chest, how dare a city that worships football (and has yet to learn the actual rules of the greatest game on earth) get another shot at winning the most valuable trophy in all of sports. Yes, I loved seeing over 100 games live at the AAC (American Airline Centre), but I was mostly hate-watching the team that was formerly known as the Minnesota North Stars (relocated to Dallas in 1993, to have a team uprooted from the State of Hockey to a non-traditional market is akin to first degree murder).

The world's oldest sporting trophy (and by far the hardest to win) is still going, while other sporting leagues create new trophies/hand out replica's, the Stanley Cup remains original, dating back to 1893. Engraving all the winning players' names has enlarged it over the years, now weighs 15.5 kg (34.5 lb)

I understand many of you are baffled at the aforementioned, well, wait until you watch the following 434 seconds, only hockey purists will understand on first viewing. If you need to decipher the content (don't you dare do a web search), then stick to slow sports that require no brain usage, like cricket and gridiron.

What hockey in Dallas, Texas looked liked before Covid-19 (29/1/2020)

Full schedule for all seven games (if necessary). A cup final being played during fall, in an empty Rogers Arena in the NHL's most northern city (Edmonton, AB), featuring its two most southern teams - we have officially entered the Twilight Zone!

Game 1: Sat 19/9, 7.30pm US EST (Sun 20/9, 9.30am AU EST)

Game 2: Mon 21/9, 8pm US EST (Tue 22/9, 10am AU EST)

Game 3: Wed 23/9, 8pm US EST (Thu 24/9, 10am AU EST)

Game 4: Fri 25/9, 8pm US EST (Sat 26/9, 10am AU EST)

Game 5: Sat 26/9, 8pm US EST (Sun 27/9, 10am AU EST)

Game 6: Mon 28/9, 8pm US EST (Tue 29/9, 10am AU EST)

Game 7: Wed 30/9, 8pm US EST (Thu 1/10, 10am AU EST)

This is how much Dallasites lack hockey passion, not one death threat to my following tweet. Imagine if I said this about Boston (or God forbid Toronto), I would be eaten alive!

If the neutral zone trap experts, '95 NJ Devils (aka the 2020 @DallasStars) win the #StanleyCup, I'll move back to Texas & wear a mask for the first time, just to spoil the parade in downtown Dallas. Texas loves small government yet have mandated the wearing of masks - priceless!

The Great Racist Land

The Great Southern Land (Australia) is a xenophobic paradise, hence, why I refer to it as racist. Need proof: then please stay awake for the next 78 seconds. Don't even get me started on why not one state/capital city is named after an Aborigine. Australians worship at the feet of the lowest form of human: Anglo-Saxon colonisers. Please be sure to remind an ugly Australian you encounter (you know, ones that wax lyrical about American racism), to be careful of what they preach, after all, Australia perfected detaining refugees.

Cronulla Beach (14/09/2020)

I've also included footage to back up claims to what locals refer to as God's Country. Although, that term should be rescinded, once you take into account tax dollars subsidising the wages of a refugee drowning proponent (disguised as the Prime Minister).

Cronulla Beach (14/09/2020)

GE turns five! Goes to show geopolitics still sells!

Global Editorial was conceived (okay, get your minds out of the gutter) five years ago on a hot and muggy day in Dallas, which is how you describe Big D for nine months of the year. Here's the the piece that has received the most amount of feedback, both in a positive and death threat kind of way. 

https://globaleditorial.blogspot.com/2018/04/weird-and-wonderful-state-slogans.html

Thanks to everyone who has been there from day one. Looking forward to continuing the global brain exercises for years to come...

The following clips contain graphic images from the world's largest harbour (apologies to Hong Kong). Filming took place on the last day of winter (I use that word very loosely). For those playing weather trivia, there are only two seasons in Sydney: summer and a Canadian summer (or as locals call it, a Sydney winter). 

Harbour ferry (31/08/2020)

Watsons Bay Beach (31/08/2020)

The "Coathanger" finally makes its debut!

I was born and raised in Sydney, which means only one thing: I waited until my fourth decade on this planet to finally vlog with the Harbour Bridge (Coathanger) in the background. 

 If you don't pay taxes to the IRS (non US resident), in 73 days please re-watch this clip to calm your senses over the election result.

Balmain East Wharf - 22/08/2020

JRB all the way (if only there was a better choice)

I love Delaware, there I said it! The first place I visited in the US was fittingly the first state. No, I didn't visit due to its 0% sales tax or it being a haven for companies escaping the IRS. I was doing an internship at the World Trade Centre, while there I discovered what locals refer to as Amtrak Joe. The Joe I’m referring to was born on November 20, 1942, middle name is Robinette, okay, I’ll just say it: the 46th President of these United States. Let me rewind, will become the leader of the free world if a certain vocal racist minority stays in their bunkers. 

The Amtrak connection is worth noting. Biden would get on the train from his adopted hometown of Wilmington to DC, even as Senator he wouldn’t take the easy option of hiding in an armed vehicle. I admire his working class roots from his upbringing in Scranton, PA. Many might think he over does his folksy charm, but I genuinely believe him to be sincere. However, this does not discount the fact that he has a long record of backing tough crime measures. Hey Republicans, you wanna hear this (in case you’ve forgotten): this man you refer to as "liberal" went on live television as a Senator to tell George H. W. Bush that his war on drugs didn’t go far enough. 

I understand the pain of progressives in America, why Joe? It didn’t help that he picked Kamala Harris as his running mate. Take away her proud immigrant roots and you’re pretty much left with someone who can pass as a stern white lady all for jailing her fellow citizens for petty crime. As sad as it is, Biden-Harris is the only vote that can be cast to somehow stabilise the nation. To think open-minded folk who believe in freedom, liberty and empathy have to vote for the mass incarceration advocates, due to the fact that the progressive movement in the US didn't have the guts to nominate quality liberal candidates such as Julián Castro. 

On Tuesday, November 3 I believe the greatest nation on earth (I still think that honour goes to Finland) will wake up and do what's right. Yes, Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is not the best choice, but in comparison to the delusional-maniac-in-chief he is a tree hugging hippie. As an American resident (who knows, I might just become a US citizen if Biden cancels student loan debt and actually makes healthcare a right) I will do my duty to support my better half in making a difference to the nation that the world depends on.

Global Editorial is not about telling you how to vote, it’s all about providing the brain exercises to make you think. When casting a vote in any election (whichever country you have the right to vote in) just remember this: support candidates that would rather defend human rights, then do what it takes to make a name for themselves. Many enter politics to be someone, what we need is more of people that want to do something (for the greater good). I trust that in 76 days, we the people will wake up to an America that has rediscovered its love of diversity and liberty. If not, the People's Republic of China will become the world's lone superpower. Start to brush-up on your communist literature in case of an emergency.