Tag: the World Cup
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Bottom line not people at the bottom
Reflecting on the distasteful news that Nike is again cashing in on Pride month with their #BeTrue campaign, after their lack of any action over Sochi and the LGBTQ abuses in Russia. It’s one thing to flog rainbow gear made in coutnries where the locals aren’t free to express their seuxality and gender to people…
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John Oliver tackles the FIFA World Cup
I was going to post the ‘You can take the world cup and stick it up your arse’ picture, but I think this video by John Oliver says more eloquently why you can do that. Especially worrying about Qatar, but also the dead kids and displaced people from the Brazilian favelas in the ‘Pacification’ areas…
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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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Idiosyncratic end of year post
Inspired by the likes of CultureBully’s Top 10 mashups of 2010 and Bootie’s Best of 2010 collections, and the fact I should have sent in my top 5 but was too busy organising the Milan-Venice trip, here are my thoughts about 2010, and best mashups of the year. With a lot less Van Halen 😉…
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Radio Clash 83: The World Cup O’ Rock (With Guest Hosts Lee & Jeb)
OK so I was working quietly at the Radio Clash Towers, my top-secret HQ hidden in the dangerous mountainous regions of North London, when suddenly I heard a noise and a hissing sound at the door keyhole and everything went black. When I awoke I saw I note on my iKea desk-come-piranha pool which said:…