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Tokyo chosen to host 2020 Summer Olympics
Los Angeles Times ^
| 09/07/2013
| David Wharton
Posted on 09/07/2013 6:02:34 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Edited on 09/07/2013 6:04:42 PM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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Amid concerns about the Fukushima nuclear crisis, the International Olympic Committee voted Saturday to select Tokyo as the host city for the 2020 Summer Games.
The capital city outdistanced two other finalists
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Japan
KEYWORDS: 2020; 2020olympics; 2020summerolympics; chosen; host; japan; olympics; summer; tokyo
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Good luck with the radiation...
Let's hope that there will be no huge earthquake prior to Summer 2020.
To: SeekAndFind
WE GOT IT !!
To: SeekAndFind
I thought posting from The Onion was prohibited.
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posted on
09/07/2013 6:05:28 PM PDT
by
steve86
(Some things aren't really true but you wouldn't be half surprised if they were.)
To: SeekAndFind
To: SeekAndFind
Just glad the Muzzies didn’t get it.
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posted on
09/07/2013 6:06:51 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: SeekAndFind
It’s so exciting, I could just...
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posted on
09/07/2013 6:07:07 PM PDT
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
To: steve86
THE THREE FINALISTS
Turkey would have been the first majority Muslim country to host the Olympics had they won.
To: SeekAndFind
ANY muzzie who goes there will be sorry —they will be checked 10,000 times.
They are the most incredibly polite xenophones on Earth, or maybe a close second.
Bray at the moon? You better keep your papers, look profoundly unsuspicious, and you better scrape bow A WHOLE LOT.
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posted on
09/07/2013 6:08:31 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: SeekAndFind
Are we going to see the three legged race?
To: gaijin
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posted on
09/07/2013 6:11:40 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: gaijin
You better keep your papers, look profoundly unsuspicious, and you better scrape bow A WHOLE LOT.
You mean like Barry does?
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posted on
09/07/2013 6:13:38 PM PDT
by
Veggie Todd
(Still crazy after all these beers.)
To: gaijin
TOKYO HAS HOSTED THE OLYMPICS ONCE BEFORE... BUT THAT WAS WHEN THE MUZZIES WEREN'T THAT SUICIDAL...YET
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
09/07/2013 6:16:21 PM PDT
by
Veggie Todd
(Still crazy after all these beers.)
To: SeekAndFind
if i were an athlete i sure as hell wouldn’t go to japan now.
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posted on
09/07/2013 6:21:20 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: SeekAndFind
Good luck with the radiation...
The Tokyo gift baskets to athletes will include Geiger counters.
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posted on
09/07/2013 6:21:20 PM PDT
by
toldyou
(Even if the voices aren't real, they have some pretty good ideas.)
To: SeekAndFind
actually they hosted the winter games in ‘72 (Saporro) and ‘98 (Nagano)...
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posted on
09/07/2013 6:23:15 PM PDT
by
God luvs America
(63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
To: God luvs America
Sapporo and Nagano aren’t Tokyo.
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posted on
09/07/2013 6:27:24 PM PDT
by
A.A. Cunningham
(Barry Soetoro can't pass E-verify)
To: SeekAndFind
I like how the other two logos are in English, but Spain had to put “Ciudad Aspirante” in Spanish. I would have voted against them just for that vanity.
To: Boogieman
Plus their log makes it look like they’re bidding to host the 20020 olympics.
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posted on
09/07/2013 6:32:30 PM PDT
by
eclecticEel
(Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: 7/4/1776 - 3/21/2010)
To: SeekAndFind
The Japanese are just glowing at the news.
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