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A year before Olympics, protesters decry filthy Rio bay
Yahoo News ^ | 6/7/15 | AFP

Posted on 06/07/2015 9:34:10 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

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I gotta go with the protesters on this one, it is true. My cousin was aboard the USS Constellation, circa 1989/90, when she made a port call in Rio. When they weighed anchor, she remembers the crew hosing all the “icky stuff” from the anchor.


21 posted on 06/07/2015 7:17:16 PM PDT by Nowhere Man (Mom I miss you! (8-20-1938 to 11-18-2013) Cancer sucks)
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“The breakfast garbage you throw into the Bay,
They drink for lunch in San Jose.” Tom Lehrer


22 posted on 06/07/2015 9:28:23 PM PDT by Ax ("You'll Never Walk Alone" (LFC))
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