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Tokyo wins bid to host 2020 Olympics (time to glow)
CBS ^
| September 7, 2013
Posted on 09/07/2013 2:36:08 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
CBS/AP/ September 7, 2013, 9:45 AM
Tokyo wins bid to host 2020 Olympics
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina Tokyo was awarded the 2020 Olympics on Saturday, capitalizing on its reputation as a "safe pair of hands" and defying concerns about the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
Tokyo defeated Istanbul 60-36 in the final round of secret voting Saturday by the International Olympic Committee. Madrid was eliminated earlier after an initial tie with Istanbul.
Tokyo, which hosted the 1964 Olympics, billed itself as the safe and reliable choice at a time of global political and economic uncertainty
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Japan; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: duplicate; fukushima; olympics; radiation; tokyo
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Fukushima will take care of the Tokyo Olympics.
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posted on
09/07/2013 3:14:53 PM PDT
by
bergmeid
To: TigerLikesRooster
“Move it to Okinawa or Guam.”
They can’t move it to Guam. There is a danger of Guam flipping over if too many people go there. :)
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posted on
09/07/2013 3:17:19 PM PDT
by
Sporke
(USS Iowa BB-61)
To: cripplecreek
You could never get them lined up for a race in Chicago because they’d keep taking off at the sound of gunfire.
43
posted on
09/07/2013 3:17:28 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(The monsters are due on Maple Street)
To: UCANSEE2
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posted on
09/07/2013 3:19:37 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: TigerLikesRooster
I saw this a couple of days ago and thought Istanbul? No way.
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posted on
09/07/2013 3:19:58 PM PDT
by
real saxophonist
(All you poor, all you needy, all you're doin' is givin' to the greedy... Temptations, 'Power')
To: Gay State Conservative
Don’t forget NBC would have anything on Tape delay LOL!
46
posted on
09/07/2013 3:25:46 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
To: SevenofNine
I think that they should have for the Tokyo Olympics not one mascot, but rather they should use ALL the radioactive monsters from every Japanese SciFi movie as mascots.
47
posted on
09/07/2013 3:46:20 PM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
09/07/2013 3:47:21 PM PDT
by
OwenKellogg
(Fundamental transformation is really starting to suck.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
The Japanese were absolutely radiant when they heard it.
49
posted on
09/07/2013 3:52:13 PM PDT
by
Rocky
(Obama is pure evil.)
To: Sporke; Texican
I know a guy who did a little more on Guam.
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posted on
09/07/2013 3:52:46 PM PDT
by
real saxophonist
(All you poor, all you needy, all you're doin' is givin' to the greedy... Temptations, 'Power')
To: TigerLikesRooster
Dude, you missed it by a mile. I was LMAO. You need to understand sarcasm. Your addition to the title was brilliant!
I was being sarcastic coming from what a tree hugger would be whimpering about.
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posted on
09/07/2013 3:53:50 PM PDT
by
23 Everest
(When seconds count. The police are just 23 minutes away. 831 Bonnie)
To: Mastador1
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posted on
09/07/2013 3:58:21 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Love the Ben and Jerry rant on your homepage.....never tried their sh*t, and never will.
53
posted on
09/07/2013 4:11:04 PM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(The 0baMao Experiment: Abject Failure)
To: TigerLikesRooster
One of our Freep-artists should redesign the Olympics logo...
54
posted on
09/07/2013 4:17:21 PM PDT
by
moovova
To: SevenofNine
Awesome news! Maybe he won’t put in an appearance and mess things up. :)
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posted on
09/07/2013 4:48:07 PM PDT
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL of you heroes!)
To: TigerLikesRooster
All those foreigners buying up kiddie porn and taking bathhouse baths with 12 year old girl hookers. Boosting their incomes.
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posted on
09/07/2013 4:48:31 PM PDT
by
GeronL
To: dfwgator
You don’t like Sumo Wrestling ?
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posted on
09/07/2013 5:03:06 PM PDT
by
Ouderkirk
(To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
To: Ouderkirk
I loved it...I lived in Hawaii when I was a kid, and we had a local Japanese TV station that broadcasted the matches.
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posted on
09/07/2013 5:04:10 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: LUV W
Just broke off the wires personally other Freepers agree with me if you read the thread LOL!
Godzilla and his gang should be official mascot
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posted on
09/07/2013 5:04:40 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
To: dfwgator
OH I used watch Sumo wrestling in 1980s here in SO CAL on Channel 18 LOL! that in middle of the night
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posted on
09/07/2013 5:05:20 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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