Posted on 02/05/2022 7:15:24 AM PST by NOBO2012
I could comment on how China didn’t let either a global pandemic or a muted global concern over their human rights violations stop them from throwing a really big party to celebrate the opening of the Olympic games. It wasn’t as creepy as their 2008 Summer Olympics opening, which showcased 5000 identical drummers drumming in unison…
They chose a much less threatening theme this time around: snowflakes,
and hearts…
Ironic, no?
It was touching; cute kids singing John Lennon’s “Imagine” – in what passed for English – and the IOC President urging everyone to just “give peace a chance” – also in what passed for English - but fell on deaf ears in the heart of the CCP assembly.
Or I might choose to focus on how it is now simply assumed that the Chinese will deploy surveillance and malicious software on anyone stupid enough to actually use their personal phone or computer while in China. It is so taken for granted in fact that the U.S. Olympic Committee felt it necessary to warn athletes that “every device, communication, transaction and online activity may be monitored” and advised U.S. athletes to use only burner phones while in Beijing. Oh well, it’s just another bug from China that could be deployed in order to shutdown international commerce. It’s probably nothing.
But I’m not that interested in any of that. I’d rather discuss Olympic fashion.
Team U.S.A wore Ralph Lauren designed red white and blue anoraks and parkas which - although they reportedly contain some super-secret warming technology – are decidedly traditional.
I couldn’t help but note that the more avant-garde nations all sported more butt covering renditions of the standard ski slope styled parka. Take, for example, Team Iran
Team Russia (aka Team Russian Olympic Committee)
Team China
Even Team Finland, whose hats I personally love but can’t find a close up of.
But the hands-down fashion winners in last night’s contest was Team Canada. Their Lululemon designed opening ceremony outfits consisted of knee length puffers with matching vests and some sort of neck gear that could be deployed either as a scarf or an inflatable floating device.
I don’t know who’s really in charge up there in Canada, but you guys just keeping kicking butt, eh?
While the rest of the world appears quite happy to march in goose-step with Red China.
Chinese soldiers goose-step the Red Chinese flag to be hoisted at last night’s ceremonies.
NOTE: There is no cat in this post. Really. Don’t waste anymore of your precious time.
Posted from: MOTUS A.D.
This Olympics may be the very first in over 50 years I won’t watch a minute of.
How appropriate! "Imagine" is the Communist Manifesto wet to music.
Did you watch the 1989 USSR Olympics? We boycotted and NBC did not televise.
Do the Chinese know John Lennon was married to one of those hated Japs?
Forgotten about that one. The only thing I remember from 1980 winter olympics thinking how incongruous the soviets’ mascot was from the the commie regime it represented.
The Canada thing was rather hilarious!
The coat is huge, but the weirdest I noticed right away was the puffy scarf! Show a pix of most of them wearing it so, and people can see how odd it is!
Every freakin’ Olympics has that damn song now. Should’ve known it’d rear its ugly head again.
I’m about 4 olympics ahead of you. I know I watched at least a minute or more of London and Sochi. Rio is where I really went radio silent followed by Turin, PyongChang,Tokyo and now Beijing.
I remember watching a movie of the opening ceremonies a year or so after. It was quite impressive. I thought at the time the only way LA in 84 could top it was to do a shuttle launch in the middle of the stadium. Before it began the movie showed the usual suspect commie celebs showing up. Castro and Arafat were there.
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