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2014 Sochi Olympics Opening Ceremony Live Thread
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Posted on 02/07/2014 5:27:17 PM PST by Nowhere Man
Live Discussion of the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Olympics
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Music/Entertainment; Sports; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: farce; olympics; openingceremony; russia; sochi; sochiolympics
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE
You’ll note the courtesans around the edge of the dancers, as if at a court ball.
Russian history they were supposed to forget ever happened for almost 70 years..
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posted on
02/07/2014 7:11:54 PM PST
by
tcrlaf
(Well, it is what the Sheeple voted for....)
To: rlmorel
Interesting story. My father was an industrial photographer and he went up to Expo ‘67 to help cover it with KDKA-TV IIRC. I think they used some of his stills at the TV station as well.
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posted on
02/07/2014 7:12:10 PM PST
by
Nowhere Man
(Mom I miss you! (8-20-1938 to 11-18-2013) Cancer sucks)
To: rlmorel
And Russia ballet the Nutcracker nice Christmas fav LOL!
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posted on
02/07/2014 7:12:53 PM PST
by
SevenofNine
(We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
To: All
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posted on
02/07/2014 7:13:18 PM PST
by
Girlene
(Hey, NSA!)
To: UB355
You didn’t hear she going light the torch
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posted on
02/07/2014 7:14:05 PM PST
by
SevenofNine
(We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
To: DManA
What could possibly be worse than the bastard nobility? The communists.
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posted on
02/07/2014 7:14:29 PM PST
by
DManA
To: Nowhere Man
KDKA, eh? That must have been a fun assignment!
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posted on
02/07/2014 7:14:47 PM PST
by
rlmorel
("A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral." A. Hamilton)
To: SevenofNine
Hey, no doubt...good stuff. Tchaikovsky was a genius. Serenade for Strings is my favorite work of his.
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posted on
02/07/2014 7:16:35 PM PST
by
rlmorel
("A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral." A. Hamilton)
To: DManA
Russian revolution coming up after the commercial break!
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posted on
02/07/2014 7:17:15 PM PST
by
Girlene
(Hey, NSA!)
To: DManA
Yeah, maybe the nobility were not that great but I think out of the two, the Commies were worse. I think over time, the nobility would have learned to deal. According to family history, I’d like/need to verify that, my great-great grandfather was a general in the Red Army in the Russian Revolution and knew and worked with Lenin. He did have the wisdom to tell his son, my great grandfather to get out and go to America, later on, he was drafted in our army to fight World War I. His wife was a Russian Jew, she got burned out by the cossacks twice and fled to America.
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posted on
02/07/2014 7:18:02 PM PST
by
Nowhere Man
(Mom I miss you! (8-20-1938 to 11-18-2013) Cancer sucks)
To: DManA
"Dude! We DIED so you could enjoy it, Man!"
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posted on
02/07/2014 7:18:04 PM PST
by
rlmorel
("A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral." A. Hamilton)
To: rlmorel
Yeah, IIRC, my Dad did say they did get bumped when one of the governors of PA passed on at the time, but they did use some of his work IIRC.
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posted on
02/07/2014 7:19:04 PM PST
by
Nowhere Man
(Mom I miss you! (8-20-1938 to 11-18-2013) Cancer sucks)
To: Nowhere Man
LOL, one only needs to read “The Gulag Archipelago” to hear it in perspective. The comparative treatment of political prisoners under the Tsars, and under the communists.
Pretty striking comparison.
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posted on
02/07/2014 7:19:38 PM PST
by
rlmorel
("A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral." A. Hamilton)
To: tapatio
Hobo sweaters but very patriotic.
To: Girlene
Here come da Propaganda Train!
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posted on
02/07/2014 7:19:57 PM PST
by
Girlene
(Hey, NSA!)
To: Nowhere Man
Everybody is calling this a celebration of communism but this seems to be pretty darkly themed.
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posted on
02/07/2014 7:21:38 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: Wiz-Nerd
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posted on
02/07/2014 7:21:40 PM PST
by
rlmorel
("A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral." A. Hamilton)
To: Girlene
They traded a royal handcuff for a state handcuff.
I really do feel an empathy for the Russians.
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posted on
02/07/2014 7:22:35 PM PST
by
DManA
To: Nowhere Man
That had to be a disappointment...probably got filed in some cabinet somewhere!
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posted on
02/07/2014 7:22:43 PM PST
by
rlmorel
("A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral." A. Hamilton)
To: cripplecreek
Yeah, it is a bit like Orwell’s 1984, a bit fascistic if you ask me. Very dark.
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posted on
02/07/2014 7:22:50 PM PST
by
Nowhere Man
(Mom I miss you! (8-20-1938 to 11-18-2013) Cancer sucks)
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