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Protesters in Brazil halt Olympic torch relay and extinguish its flame
Washington Post ^
| July 28, 2016
| Max Bearak
Posted on 07/28/2016 11:53:58 AM PDT by C19fan
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So much for Brazil's coming out party.
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posted on
07/28/2016 11:53:58 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
Is this a first? Has the flame ever been extinguished by protesters before, en route to to opening ceremonies?
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posted on
07/28/2016 11:56:04 AM PDT
by
Jane Long
(Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
To: C19fan
Brazil is the country of the future... and always will be. - Charles de Gaulle
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posted on
07/28/2016 11:56:41 AM PDT
by
Anitius Severinus Boethius
(www.wilsonharpbooks.com - Sign up for my new release e-mail and get my first novel for free)
To: Jane Long
I know this is the 2nd time a protester has extinguished the flame in Brazil.
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posted on
07/28/2016 11:57:18 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
Does the torch have to go back to Greece to get re-lit?
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posted on
07/28/2016 11:57:28 AM PDT
by
bubbacluck
(America 180)
To: C19fan
Another first in the Bizarro world in which we now live.
Could the problem be the spread of 0bama-itis?
Yeah, I blame him for all bad things.
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posted on
07/28/2016 11:57:38 AM PDT
by
PROCON
(Americans First or Terrorists First - Choose in November)
To: PROCON
Nah. Brazil was messed way before Obama.
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posted on
07/28/2016 11:59:33 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
Zeus will not be pleased . . . . . .
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posted on
07/28/2016 11:59:55 AM PDT
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: C19fan
Oh, boy. This Olympics is gonna be sumpin’ else.
To: Anitius Severinus Boethius
LOL! I like that.
But they sure produce drop-dead gorgeous women, don't they?
I attend a wedding for my nephew five years ago. When I met the bride== Wowza! Beautiful and smart. The bride's sister was almost as gorgeous and had the uncle introducing her to all the eligible young men around.
We went to another reception for a family friend a couple of weeks ago. Also a Brazilian bride and also Wowza! Is there any way we could arrange a trade of American feminazis for Brazilian Wowza?
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posted on
07/28/2016 12:08:02 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
To: C19fan
When was the last time the Olympic Games were exciting and interesting to the general American public? I enjoyed watching them in the 1970s and 1980s. The Games in London in 2012 were good (the Queen’s cameo and her “entrance” into the opening ceremony were funny).
I expect that the Rio games will be a complete shambles.
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posted on
07/28/2016 12:11:25 PM PDT
by
Cecily
To: C19fan
Favela kids making themselves known. Since futball is not the main focus, the pageantry is open for more spoilage by those who actually control Brazil from the inside. The elites are perplexed, but seeking the grace of God, not money, can fix that country (Or any other country as well).
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posted on
07/28/2016 12:13:20 PM PDT
by
rollo tomasi
(Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
To: C19fan
The Olympic Games are for times of peace. Anyone that thinks that is what we are in now is a complete fool.
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posted on
07/28/2016 12:14:17 PM PDT
by
The Toll
To: C19fan
What exactly marks the beginning of these games?
A haiku:
For me, it won't start
Until I see a swimmer
get poop in his mouth
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posted on
07/28/2016 12:16:46 PM PDT
by
T-Bone Texan
(Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
To: bubbacluck
No.
There’s another fire kept nearby in case of it being extinguished, if I remember right. It’s happened before due to carelessness or weather but I don’t know if it was ever purposefully snuffed out en route.
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posted on
07/28/2016 12:20:08 PM PDT
by
Bogey78O
(We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
To: C19fan
Brazil - perpetually a “country of the future.”
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posted on
07/28/2016 12:21:48 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: C19fan
I feel sorry for the young athletes who have trained all their lives for the opportunity to finally make it to the olympics on behalf of the U.S. only to have the games in Brazil under these conditions........
As an adult who has never experienced the training sacrifices these kids have gone thru I can easily say that there is no way I would compete in these games........
I'd probably feel different if in their shoes........
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posted on
07/28/2016 12:22:18 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(If only Hillary had married OJ instead......)
To: T-Bone Texan
You’re on a roll today ...
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posted on
07/28/2016 12:22:42 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(Hillary Clinton: corrupt unreliable negligent traitor)
To: NorthMountain
Another haiku:
For me it won't start
'Til Michael Phelps gets murdered
In drug buy gone bad
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posted on
07/28/2016 12:33:41 PM PDT
by
T-Bone Texan
(Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
To: T-Bone Texan
Will Michael Phelps swim
Faster than he did when he
Was high on reefer?
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posted on
07/28/2016 12:45:26 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(Hillary Clinton: corrupt unreliable negligent traitor)
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