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Man tries to put out Olympic torch with fire extinguisher in Brazil
Fox Sports ^ | 7-19-2016 | Dan Carson

Posted on 07/19/2016 6:44:24 AM PDT by atomic conspiracy

Flame on. While the Olympic torch was being carried through the Brazilian city of Joinville on Thursday, a man attempted to put out the flame with a fire extinguisher. A runner ran through the streets with the torch when a spectator came out of nowhere and did his best to extinguish the flame. The man got one burst of the extinguisher off before he was swarmed by security. The attempt was, fortunately, a failure, but even in failure, a second attempt doesn't bode well for the remaining days of torch transit. We don't know the most recent attacker's motivations, but his actions build on the initial douse attempt from late June. The torch was passing through the southwestern Brazilian city of Maracaju when a 27-year-old man threw a bucket of water at the torch. The splash missed, hitting the carrier and security guards.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2016olympics; brazil; olympics
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Headline is inaccurate, the inverse arson attempt actually occurred in Joinville, several hundred miles from Rio. Video is pretty good. Security made short work of fire extinguisher guy and he is now cooling his heels in the Joinville slammer, which I am guessing is not a good place to be. Story on earlier attempt to douse flame: Man Arrested After Trying to Extinguish Olympic Flame with BUcket of Water.
1 posted on 07/19/2016 6:44:24 AM PDT by atomic conspiracy
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To: atomic conspiracy

The number of a-holes grow by the day.


2 posted on 07/19/2016 6:45:56 AM PDT by A Navy Vet (An Oath is Forever)
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To: atomic conspiracy

For some reason that headline just really cracked me up . Not sure why, but thinking about it a bit, the wheels are really falling off all over the place.


3 posted on 07/19/2016 6:48:09 AM PDT by skimbell
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To: A Navy Vet
The number of a-holes grow by the day.

In Brazil, at least, a case can be made that there is something--lots of things actually--in the water.

4 posted on 07/19/2016 6:49:03 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: skimbell

No kidding. With body parts washing up in the swim venue, police on strike over late pay, zika, presidential impeachment, super bacteria in the water, open warfare in the favelas: The Rio Olympics are shaping up to be quite a show.


5 posted on 07/19/2016 6:50:51 AM PDT by atomic conspiracy (Victory in Iraq: Worst defeat for activist media since Goebbels shot himself.)
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To: skimbell

Ditto


6 posted on 07/19/2016 6:59:00 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: atomic conspiracy

I have grown to dislike the Olympics, not because of the athletes of course. It is a commie run organization filled with corruption, and it does more to bankrupt nations than promoting athleticism.

It needs to be broken up. They should have events in multiple countries venues instead of building brand new massive infrastructure in one place each time. Tens of billions are spent on throwaway infrastructure. What a joke! Pray they never come to your state.


7 posted on 07/19/2016 7:00:22 AM PDT by bigtoona (The media, GOPe, dems, commie Pope, hate Trump. He is the destroyer we've been waiting for!)
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To: atomic conspiracy
It takes professional to get a job done right.


8 posted on 07/19/2016 7:17:22 AM PDT by Rebelbase ( Pokemon is a dark evil bent on consuming our souls.)
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To: Rebelbase

If the jamoke wanted to do it right, he needed good size Dry Chemical, not some wimpy CO2!


9 posted on 07/19/2016 7:25:22 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
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To: atomic conspiracy

Maybe it was skeeter spray...


10 posted on 07/19/2016 7:28:42 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: atomic conspiracy

Guy running with torch, being chased by guy with fire extinguisher. The first visual I got was someone running around their house trying to pee on the cat.


11 posted on 07/19/2016 7:31:32 AM PDT by Lee Enfield (I identify as rich, cut me a check.)
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To: bigtoona

But if they hold different events in different countries then how are the athletes going to have one big orgy together?


12 posted on 07/19/2016 7:41:00 AM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: A Navy Vet

You ain’t kidding. More every day, trying to out-do each other with the stupid...


13 posted on 07/19/2016 7:54:12 AM PDT by W. (Screw it. Send in the Marines! NOW!)
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To: Rebelbase

Spot on drop!
Can we do that at BLM riots?


14 posted on 07/19/2016 7:55:42 AM PDT by polymuser (Enough is enough)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

Or the loss of condom sales!
The first I heard of Twitter was the last Olympics in Russia.


15 posted on 07/19/2016 8:00:00 AM PDT by conservative cat
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To: polymuser

I think we should start with fire-hoses first.


16 posted on 07/19/2016 8:25:26 AM PDT by Rebelbase ( Pokemon is a dark evil bent on consuming our souls.)
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To: atomic conspiracy

Smokey Bear?


17 posted on 07/19/2016 8:35:54 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

You’ll like this one,TSR!


18 posted on 07/19/2016 8:37:56 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (We will no longer surrender this country to the false song of globalism. --Donald Trump)
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To: Rebelbase
Your video made me think of TWO Hitchcock movies:

The Birds

and North by Northwest
19 posted on 07/19/2016 8:42:36 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (VThere's no salvation in politics.)
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To: atomic conspiracy

So if someone manages to put out that torch...then what? No Olympic games? Everything canceled, don’t bother coming?

Or just light it up again and continue? IOW, who cares.


20 posted on 07/19/2016 9:10:15 AM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building)
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