Tag: Olympic Games
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Olympic Bus Apartheid and The Invisible Poor
The Olympics is about to start in Rio, if they get it finished in time, LOL. It’s interesting though that apparently 11 bus lines from the poor North of the city have been cancelled so poor people don’t come into the richer south where the tourists and Olympics are. Also near the airport a wall…
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I hear there’s some football contest about to start?
Love this response from PWEI to some trophy political game called the World Cup. Which given FIFA’s corruption and dodginess which make the IOC look squeaky would be problematic enough, but it seems the local police forces UPP have been ‘disappearing’ and shooting locals as part of their ‘pacification’ scheme. Apparently bodies are being dumped…
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Discrimination is a new Olympic sport
A hard hitting video from Russia Freedom Fund and Athlete Ally, pointing out the many countries including Russia where to be gay can be fined, imprisoned or even killed. As Sochi begins, and even Google has a rainbow doodle in protest with a quote from the Olympic Charter: “The practice of sport is a human…
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Russian embassy gets the gay treatment and doing Snowden’s dishes
Whoever painted the crossing outside the Russian Embassy in Stockholm a rainbow in protest of the terrible treatment of LGBTQ in Russia, well, I LOVE YOU. I also feel a bit remiss in not really covering this that much here, then again I’ve ranted online about Moscow Pride, St Petersburg & Pussy Riot online and…
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Cassetteboy’s Opening Ceremony aka Panem et Circenses
Well more Boris telling the truth for once about the Panem et Circenses that is the Olympic Games. Very funny! (via b3ta) And you can’t ring my bell with everyone’s favourite walking rhyming slang, Jeremy Hunt (via Dean W):
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Unofficial Anthems 8: It’s an odd boy who doesn’t like sport
Haven’t checked if Stephen Fry (for it is he, he who apparently cannot be questioned :-/) is involved with the Olympics, but if he is remind him his favourite Bonzos song is this one. He explained in interviews and Moab Is My Washpot about finding this song and as a public school boy instantly got…