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Crazy Tokyo Olympics Get Even Nuttier With Latest Rules
Lidblog ^ | 15 July 2021 | Andrew West and Jeff unetz

Posted on 07/16/2021 2:39:07 PM PDT by Rummyfan

Things are not going well for the organizers of the Tokyo Olympics, and the situation continues to grow more complicated by the minute.

First and foremost, there appear to be some very valid concerns that the games will be taking place amid a rise in COVID cases in Japan and despite warnings from local and global health officials on that subject.

There will already be no spectators in place during the international gathering, but now there will be no hugging or shaking hands among the athletes also. Not that it affects me, I won’t be going (or watching).

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BMX freestyle rider Chelsea Wolfe (an alternate) said she will burn the American Flag if she wins. I suppose that will be okay as long as she doesn’t touch anyone.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Politics; Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: chelseawolfe; olympics; tokyo; transathlete
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To: Rummyfan

I heard on the radio this morning that the entire Brazilian contingent has locked themselves inside a giant bubble inside their hotel after learning that seven hotel employees had tested positive. Lordy.


41 posted on 07/16/2021 4:35:49 PM PDT by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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To: Blurb2350

I think they are going to be cancelled.


42 posted on 07/16/2021 4:36:20 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Tai_Chung

How can you boycott something that has no spectators already???


43 posted on 07/16/2021 4:41:32 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Wayne07

Aaagghhh! My eyes! Need eye bleach.


44 posted on 07/16/2021 4:45:42 PM PDT by Qui is (Biden spews and Harris swallows)
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To: Rummyfan

The cost and the internet pretty much killed off world’s fairs. How long can the Olympics keep going? Eventually, they’ll scale back and stick to a few rotating locations if they survive at all.


45 posted on 07/16/2021 4:49:19 PM PDT by x
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To: Gay State Conservative
Dudes competing against women

At least the East Germans tried to pass them off as women.

46 posted on 07/16/2021 4:57:15 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Gay State Conservative
Of course, we have a history of a woman competing against dudes. Hee Hee!


47 posted on 07/16/2021 4:58:31 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Wayne07

48 posted on 07/16/2021 5:00:31 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: x

They need to have a true Virtue Signaling Olympics.

Each group in the Woke Pantheon gets a team.

The teams throw feces at each other.

Homo Sapiens Devolution!


49 posted on 07/16/2021 5:04:11 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: dfwgator
Yup,I once saw an article about that written after the Berlin Wall fell. IMO the Stasi and the Red Guards were the purest forms of Communist barbarity seen so far. although I suppose that North Korea is pretty pure too.
50 posted on 07/16/2021 5:17:59 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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To: Rummyfan

I am boycotting all of communist america.


51 posted on 07/16/2021 5:53:58 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

I was talking about the Beijing games from Feb 4 - 20, 2022


52 posted on 07/16/2021 6:35:45 PM PDT by Tai_Chung
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To: Chode

hahaha


53 posted on 07/18/2021 5:49:45 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: Trillian

sad but true


54 posted on 07/18/2021 7:16:55 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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