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Former governor of Rio paid $2m bribe to win 2016 Olympics — defeating Chicago’s bid in the process
Chicago Tribune ^
Posted on 07/06/2019 9:02:38 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
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Chicago got out-corrupted? Unbelievable.
To: ameribbean expat
The Chi-congo olympics would have been fun to watch. From a safe distance.
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posted on
07/06/2019 9:06:30 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
(Build the wall, deport them all.)
To: ameribbean expat
To: ameribbean expat
My Dad taught me,
Whenever theres big money involved, someone is going to find a way to cheat.
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posted on
07/06/2019 9:07:07 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: ameribbean expat
Hussein and his bosses only take bribes. Not make the,
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posted on
07/06/2019 9:10:04 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: ameribbean expat
“despite the presence of then-U.S. President Barack Obama at the IOC meeting in Copenhagen”
I remember the Drudge headline,”The Ego Has Landed”.
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posted on
07/06/2019 9:10:32 PM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(If you want a definition of "bullying" just watch the Democrats in the Senate)
To: ameribbean expat
I was working in Chicago at the time. I LMAO when Chicago was eliminated in the first round. All those lucrative contracts were gone. Mayor for life little Richie Daley retired. All those signs, We support the bid and so can you were worthless.
To: dynachrome
...”And the gold medal of the drive-by shooting event of the Games goes to...D-Money Pimp!”
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posted on
07/06/2019 9:15:56 PM PDT
by
Extremely Extreme Extremist
(Isn't it funny that the very people who scream "My body, my choice" wants a say in your healthcare?)
To: ameribbean expat
To: ameribbean expat
Obama could have arranged for plane loads of cash, just sayin’.......
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posted on
07/06/2019 9:21:23 PM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
To: Richard from IL
I certainly didn’t complain. I was on the phone with a friend when I first got the news that Chicago was out...we were cheering.
Wasn’t there at least one “suicide” of questionable note within Daley’s regime in the wake of the Olympic loss?
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posted on
07/06/2019 9:24:07 PM PDT
by
M1903A1
("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy...and call it progress")
To: ameribbean expat
This is still one of my favorite moments of his Presidency as he really thought they had it in the bag based on nothing more than “hometown of Obama”
Meanwhile, all these globalist grifters on the IOC were lining their pockets the old fashioned “Chicago way” and could care less about the media messiah.
It has to make you laugh.
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posted on
07/06/2019 9:27:06 PM PDT
by
volunbeer
(Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
To: ameribbean expat
The Olympics are so fraught with politics and corruption, the point of them has been entirely lost.
If I were mayor of a worthy city, the Olympic Committee would have to pay the city for the privilege of holding the event there. The thought of greasing palms for all that trouble and drama and resulting debt is something Ill never understand.
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posted on
07/06/2019 9:33:10 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: ameribbean expat
Chicagos bid, considered by most a strong one, was the first to be eliminated, despite because of the presence of then-U.S. President Barack Obama at the IOC meeting in Copenhagen.ML/NJ
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posted on
07/06/2019 9:46:47 PM PDT
by
ml/nj
To: ameribbean expat
“. . . despite the presence of then-U.S. President Barack Obama at the IOC meeting in Copenhagen.”
Well, there’s your problem right there.
To: ameribbean expat
Oddly the Rio Olympics were a financial disaster for Rio.
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posted on
07/06/2019 10:00:50 PM PDT
by
cpdiii
( canecutter, deckhand, roughneck, geologist, pilot, pharmacist THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR)
To: cpdiii
Oddly the Rio Olympics were a financial disaster for Rio.
But Valarie Jarret would have done quite well, so there’s that.
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posted on
07/06/2019 10:04:25 PM PDT
by
hanamizu
To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
Yes, the headline is remembered. This was at the time Drudge was on top of the world (before he fell from grace).
That particular line will remain in memory for a v.e.r.y. long time!
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posted on
07/06/2019 10:09:33 PM PDT
by
V K Lee
("VICTORY FOR THE RIGHTEOUS IS JUDGMENT FOR THE WICKED")
To: dynachrome
I think we (the rest of the country ) got the better of this bribe deal.
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posted on
07/06/2019 10:13:06 PM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(The democrats' national goal: One world social-communism under one world religion: Atheistic Islam.)
To: ameribbean expat
Chicago got beat the Chicago way....
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA....
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posted on
07/06/2019 10:19:01 PM PDT
by
rottndog
('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
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