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Posted on 07/26/2024 10:47:04 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Olympic Games are getting underway in Paris on Friday, a reminder of what once was a glorious sporting event now corrupted beyond measure by corporate sponsorships, cheating athletes, and cloying network coverage.
Fifty years ago, there were no professionals competing for the United States. Today, they're all professionals, paid top dollar so they can train full-time for the glory of the country. They are sponsored by Coke, Pepsi, GM, and dozens of the largest corporations in the world.
Even the USA Canoe Slalom Olympic Team has sponsors.
The preparations for the games have taken seven years, so naturally, France is on edge, hoping everything goes off without a hitch.
Is a sabotage of the French rail network considered a "hitch"?
France’s high-speed train lines were targeted by multiple “malicious” acts including arson on Friday, in what has been described as “an attack on France” and “coordinated sabotage” to disrupt travel ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.
The French state railway company SNCF said in a post on X that “a large number of trains were diverted or canceled,” and asked “all travelers who can to postpone their trip and not go to the station.”
Who's behind it? The French government and the rail company don't say. For a list of suspects, see "telephone book."
An intelligence source told CNN that French intelligence services are “fully mobilized” to find those responsible. The source added that “these methods have been used by the far-left in the past” but “there is no evidence to tie today’s actions to them.”
It would have been nice if they had headed off the attack before it happened.
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Gérald Darmanin, France’s interior minister, said at a meeting about Olympics security that, setting aside the arson attacks, “things were perfectly positive” in Paris, where authorities had not identified “any particular problem” ahead of the opening ceremony. “All that is left is to hope for good weather,” he quipped.
"All's well! Remain calm!"
One rail company said its train service would be disrupted until Monday due to "a fire near the tracks in Courtalain, northern France impacting services to Paris."
SNCF (the French National Railway) CEO Jean-Pierre Farandou explained they have to pull the damaged cables that are used to protect the train drivers out one by one, reconnect them, and test them. “It’s a question of security,” he said. “We have to make sure we test them so when trains are back up and running, they are safe.”
The French Minister of Sports and the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Amélie Oudéa-Castera said the disruption to the train lines are “a sort of coordinated sabotage.”
Speaking to BFMTV, Oudéa-Castera condemned the attacks in the “strongest possible terms,” and said it is “truly appalling.”
“We will assess the impacts on travelers, athletes, and ensure the proper transport of all delegations to the competition sites,” she said.
Other French officials agreed that the attacks were intentional. Attal said the incidents were “prepared and organized” in a way that “shows a kind of knowledge of the network in order to know where to strike,” while the SNCF called the disruption an “attack on France.”
> Is a sabotage of the French rail network considered a “hitch”? <
It was mostly peaceful arson.
Another negative would be the creeping transgenderism.
I am wondering how it will manifest at the Olympics but don’t care enough to tune in.
I am happy they are starting.
It means that they are closer to ending.
Watching the opening ceremony live and all I can say it is the most bizarre opening I have ever seen and then Lady Gaga showed up and it did not get any better.
RE: Another negative would be the creeping transgenderism.
I don’t think men are allowed in women’s sports in the Olympics ( at least not yet and not in Paris ).
.....Fifty years ago, there were no professionals competing for the United States. Today, they’re all professionals, paid top dollar so they can train full-time for the glory of the country.....
That is very sad. The amateur spirit of the Olympics is gone!
I had no idea it was on.
How weird that the Parade of Nations are on boats on the Seine instead of in the Stadium.
“...cloying network coverage.”
Years ago I was able to watch Mexican TV’s coverage of the opening parade and yes, they were extra excited when Mexico’s team was shown, but they actually showed every country’s team.
I’m watching it on Telemundo, can’t stand the NBC commentators.
I keep saying ‘what the hell is this.?
Just tuned in, saw a bunch of French sailors and Michael Phelps, then a dude in a skirt dancing like a girl, immediately turned it off.
They're really not even trying anymore.
I have personal interest in some of the less popular sports, but the NBC coverage is unwatchable. I’ll catch the highlights on YouTube.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-26/migrants-and-homeless-people-cleared-from-paris-during-olympics/104146198
I think the procession of boats is a great idea and Lady Gaga did a good job. Other than that it`s bizarre beyond words.
Is it me are this the gayest opening ceremony ever?
Regardless of whether these athletes get paid or not, they have to perform at the highest level of their sport. A lot of time and training goes into their preparation.
I just tried to watch the opening “ceremonies.”
What a freaking hodgepodge of a mess! It was hard to hear, hard to determine what was going on and they changed songs/venues/styles so often it just gave me a headache.
We turned it off when the 2 gay dudes and the one bi chick went into the apartment for an obvious sausage-forward manage-a-tois.
Proof the French are too damn French.
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