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  1. 07-25-2012, 03:54 AM #61
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    In the Athlete's village - Canadian moose statue.
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  2. 07-25-2012, 03:59 AM #62
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    Great moose. I want one.
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  3. 07-25-2012, 06:17 AM #63
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    Quote Originally Posted by barbk View Post
    Those are some pretty awful photos. I can't tell whether the athletes or the photographer was more bored. The woman with the shotput looks like she'd just as soon chuck it at the photographer. (Gabby's photo was quite a pleasant exception.)
    poor shotput woman.

    Very amateur looking photos with few if any exceptions.
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  4. 07-25-2012, 10:11 AM #64
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    My sister's facebook status:

    can happily report that the Overground is LESS crowded in the run-up to the Olympics!!! What a bunch of drama queens the media are!!! xx
    To think that fun is simple fun, while earnest things are earnest, proves all too plain that neither one thou truthfully discernest.
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  5. 07-25-2012, 04:09 PM #65
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    Yahoo Sports #1 Summer Olympics memorable moment

    Michael Phelps goes 8-for-8

    I still think Munich should have been #1.
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  6. 07-25-2012, 05:34 PM #66
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    A Greek athlete has been expelled from the team because of racist tweets.
    http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/trackandf...a.html?cmp=rss
    "Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned / Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned."
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  7. 07-25-2012, 05:59 PM #67
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    This is really nice, Team USA giving back

    http://www.teamusa.org/About-the-USO...u-Britain.aspx
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  8. 07-25-2012, 06:41 PM #68
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    Saw this on Boing Boing:

    What annoys me out about these games isn't the militarized security or crazy brand-protection laws, which were predictable. It's the pervasive amateurism of the creative work. From the "Blowjob Lisa" logo to the "Amiga-era 3D Modeling Tutorial" mascots to the "Duct tape lettering on dollar store window" typeface, we now progress--allegedly!--to a battle of the brands fought under exclusive license from Warner Bros. and Disney.
    Link but be warned, there are blatant spoilers for the opening ceremony.
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  9. 07-25-2012, 07:23 PM #69
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    New Olympics vBets will gradually come up over the next day or so.
    http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/vbookie.php?
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  10. 07-25-2012, 07:46 PM #70
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    Quote Originally Posted by Garden Kitty View Post

    Christine Brennan on the London Olympics and the benefits of protest
    This comment cracked me up, since I've never been a big fan of her reporting. However, she is most definitely established:
    Best we stop feeding the troll here. Taking a quick look through Christine Brennan's past articles -- most are written in the same voice. Just trying to get hits, attention, exposure. She's probably a struggling undergraduate journalism major with a few good connections allowing her to freelance contribute an article now and then. Enjoy the Olympics everyone!
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  11. 07-26-2012, 12:43 AM #71
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    Gymnastics in a very pink gym
    "The Devil is joining in, and that's never a good sign." Phil Liggett
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  12. 07-27-2012, 02:19 AM #72
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    Posing in the ice baths.
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  13. 07-27-2012, 03:16 AM #73
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    Mitt Romney is making waves in London but not in a good way. Statements he has made has angered the Brits.
    http://www.thestar.com/news/world/ar...-only-american
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  14. 07-27-2012, 05:49 AM #74
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    The pink gymnastics venue is absolutely hideous. Those poor athletes.
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    Man cycles for two years from China to attend the Olympics in London. His story is unusual but so much fun to read. Hope he gets his wish to be part of the opening ceremonies. I have a feeling he might just et his wish.
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-18984651
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  16. 07-27-2012, 02:13 PM #76
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    Quote Originally Posted by skipaway View Post
    Posing in the ice baths.
    PML at McKayla Maroney's pose!

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    Mitt Romney is making waves in London but not in a good way. Statements he has made has angered the Brits.
    http://www.thestar.com/news/world/ar...-only-american
    He pretty much always pisses me off as well.

    ETA: I didn't realize he made quite so many blunders!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Buzz View Post
    Mitt Romney is making waves in London but not in a good way. Statements he has made has angered the Brits.
    http://www.thestar.com/news/world/ar...-only-american


    Yeah, we can slag off what we like but when it's some Rude 'Merikan =
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  18. 07-27-2012, 03:23 PM #78
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    Is David Cameron on FSU?

    “We are holding an Olympic Games in one of the busiest, most active, bustling cities anywhere in the world. Of course it’s easier if you hold an Olympic Games in the middle of nowhere,” he said in apparent reference to the Salt Lake City Olympics managed by Romney in 2002.
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  19. 07-27-2012, 03:26 PM #79
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    PML!!! Most excellent subtle snarkage back
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  20. 07-27-2012, 03:30 PM #80
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    Quote Originally Posted by SHARPIE View Post
    This is really nice, Team USA giving back

    http://www.teamusa.org/About-the-USO...u-Britain.aspx
    The irony being, Brian Clay, the American athlete in that photo and 2008 Decathlon champion, DIDN'T make the US team after he fouled out in the discus and given the USA's (ridculously) strict policy of first three past the post, they left him off the team.
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