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The US is now a 2nd rank power in Ladies figure skating. /src on/At least Adam Rippon was fabulous./src off/
1 posted on 02/23/2018 5:37:44 AM PST by C19fan
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Need more males on the team


2 posted on 02/23/2018 5:39:23 AM PST by dsrtsage (For Leftists, World History starts every day at breakfast)
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CNN will report this as Trump’s fault, yet again. The figure skaters deliberately failed in a protest against a lack of gun control and as an excuse not to have to attend the White House reception by Trump.


3 posted on 02/23/2018 5:41:04 AM PST by laconic
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Every area of our country suffered under obama, it seems.

Dont see how he could have ###ed up the woman’s skating team though. But who knows :)

MUCH more important is the talent in the military. We can survive less gold medals.

Can’t survive the rampant destruction of our armed services the past 8 years. (well, not the past one, and let’s hope Trump gets them up to snuff sooner than later. I do know final field tests have become MUCH more difficult recently under orders from up top)


4 posted on 02/23/2018 5:43:28 AM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know saying Syrian rebels in anost back in Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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Some one said the other day that they changed the scoring system to weigh more heavily on difficulty of spins rather than perfection in carrying them out.

So, for example, you might get more points for crappy execution of a triple than you would get for a flawless execution of a double.

So this encourages them to try things they can’t do as well, to increase their points. It’s all about the points.


5 posted on 02/23/2018 5:46:16 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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Just about everyone landed on their bum at least once last night. It’s like dogs howling or babies crying; one does it and everybody else joins in.


6 posted on 02/23/2018 5:47:44 AM PST by Not A Snowbird (A year in Arizona... and I haven't burst into flames yet.)
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Impossible to believe! Who wouldn't be riveted by this sh!t!?"

8 posted on 02/23/2018 5:49:31 AM PST by chris37 (Take a week off racist >;-)
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You couldn’t pay me to watch the olympics.
Okay, you could pay me..


9 posted on 02/23/2018 5:51:06 AM PST by Leep (The dims better watch it..Trump is CRAZY!!)
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“At least Adam Rippon was fabulous.”

Adam’s sequins were second to none.

NBC, we don’t care about the sob stories connected to these athletes. We want to see WINNING. There were few winners in this dreary Olympics, with the exception of our snowboarders and the women’s hockey team.


11 posted on 02/23/2018 5:53:39 AM PST by txrefugee
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The fact is the Russian figure skating girls are just better than everyone else this year. In four years it will be someone else.

I think the ratings slip is just the continued decline of network TV in general. Many people continue to cut the cable and watch Netflix, HULU, etc.


13 posted on 02/23/2018 6:02:26 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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At least we get to see Johnny weirdo and his fruitcake hairstyle.


14 posted on 02/23/2018 6:04:39 AM PST by DownInFlames
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At least we get to see Johnny weirdo and his fruitcake hairstyle.


15 posted on 02/23/2018 6:04:39 AM PST by DownInFlames
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Wow it’s a good thing nobody’s been watching it.


25 posted on 02/23/2018 6:40:18 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism us truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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I love figure skating, but the women are BORING.We will never again have a group of skaters like those in the 80’s. Boitano, Wylie, Hamilton,Petrenko,Baiul,Gordeeva and Grinkov,Torvill and Dean,Underhill and Martini. And once your a&& hits the ice you should be-IMO- out of contention. This Olympics, the Japanese have it. Even our golden boy-Chen-disappointed.


27 posted on 02/23/2018 6:55:59 AM PST by ClearBlueSky (ISLAM is the problem. ISLAM is the enemy of civilization.)
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Sometimes you suck, that’s the way it is.

Gators win National Championships then look like they did this season, it happens in all sports, it’s cyclical.


30 posted on 02/23/2018 7:24:15 AM PST by dfwgator
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I’m sorry NBC, but having to listen to Johnny Weird made me reach for the remote.


31 posted on 02/23/2018 7:28:38 AM PST by Huskrrrr
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Not sure how you load up for a triple axle and only do a single, which anyone can do.


35 posted on 02/23/2018 7:48:24 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.cwom/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M5)
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The thrill of victory... and the agony of defeat.

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47 posted on 02/23/2018 12:54:23 PM PST by csvset (illegitimi non carborundum)
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