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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
Protests have continued to roil the lead-up to the 2016 Summer Olympics, with the opening ceremony just over a week away. On Wednesday night, government employees angry over delayed salary payments took to the streets in Angra dos Reis, a city near Rio de Janeiro, and confronted the procession carrying one of the Olympic torches.
Chaotic scenes caught on amateur video show a crowd of young people appearing to steal the torch from the procession and then extinguish it. Local news reports said that the Brazilian military eventually disbanded the protests using tear gas and rubber bullets, and in return were showered with rocks and bricks by the crowd. One child was reportedly injured. The torch relay was temporarily halted.
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To: C19fan
I can’t think of a more mental wreck of a nation than Brazil.
The smells that waft from a late morning Sunday breeze in Rio must be the smell you’d imagine coming from Satan’s breath.
To: T-Bone Texan
The Bay of All Delights Sculls glide dead even
with skulls in Guanabara
bacteria win
To: NorthMountain
Phelps may bring home gold
And certainly a bag of pot
And of course, some AIDS
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posted on
07/28/2016 12:59:40 PM PDT
by
T-Bone Texan
(Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
To: C19fan
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posted on
07/28/2016 1:00:58 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: who_would_fardels_bear
Wow, that was high quality.
The allusion, the synonym; I just can’t compete with that.
I’m gonna just focus on the poop in the swimmer’s mouths.
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posted on
07/28/2016 1:01:06 PM PDT
by
T-Bone Texan
(Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
To: Original Lurker
A haiku:
Dead dogs and feces
Those Rio smells stay with me
Burned into my nose
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posted on
07/28/2016 1:04:02 PM PDT
by
T-Bone Texan
(Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
To: Original Lurker
A haiku:
Law of gravity:
Favela poop runs downhill
and into Phelps' mouth
27
posted on
07/28/2016 1:06:29 PM PDT
by
T-Bone Texan
(Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
To: Original Lurker
Smell of death, decay
Does it come from Satan's mouth?
More like his anus
28
posted on
07/28/2016 1:08:20 PM PDT
by
T-Bone Texan
(Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
To: T-Bone Texan
Favela poop runs,
Mingles with richer neighbors
Hey look - I see corn!
29
posted on
07/28/2016 1:11:19 PM PDT
by
T-Bone Texan
(Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
To: bubbacluck
Yep. Games now rescheduled after Christmas. Gotta have that Greek fire.
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posted on
07/28/2016 1:14:43 PM PDT
by
Romulus
To: T-Bone Texan
AIDS Syphilis clap
Norovirus e-coli
Rio memories
31
posted on
07/28/2016 1:15:40 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(Hillary Clinton: corrupt unreliable negligent traitor)
To: NorthMountain
What Phelps doesn't know:
Actual adversary
Is bacteria
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posted on
07/28/2016 1:17:01 PM PDT
by
T-Bone Texan
(Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
To: T-Bone Texan
Is there Gold Medal
For running to the latrine
While running from the butt?
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posted on
07/28/2016 1:18:55 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(Hillary Clinton: corrupt unreliable negligent traitor)
To: NorthMountain
Came for the beaches, shows
Stayed for the AIDS and crime
Got Zika in butt
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posted on
07/28/2016 1:20:20 PM PDT
by
T-Bone Texan
(Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
To: who_would_fardels_bear
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posted on
07/28/2016 1:21:15 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(Hillary Clinton: corrupt unreliable negligent traitor)
To: NorthMountain
Their bacteria:
Explosive diarrhea
Is distance event
36
posted on
07/28/2016 1:23:07 PM PDT
by
T-Bone Texan
(Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
To: T-Bone Texan
Olympic Showcase
Display your country’s finest:
Sewage and disease
37
posted on
07/28/2016 1:24:41 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(Hillary Clinton: corrupt unreliable negligent traitor)
To: T-Bone Texan
Greetings from Rio
So many wonderful things
I can’t list them all
Projectile vomit
Explosive diarrhea
Be glad you’re not here
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posted on
07/28/2016 1:27:00 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(Hillary Clinton: corrupt unreliable negligent traitor)
To: NorthMountain
Sewage and disease?
Please don't forget to mention
AIDS and Zika too
39
posted on
07/28/2016 1:27:32 PM PDT
by
T-Bone Texan
(Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
To: NorthMountain
Stabbed, dies in gutter
Oddly, cleanest part of town
Cops stand by, want bribe
40
posted on
07/28/2016 1:33:50 PM PDT
by
T-Bone Texan
(Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
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