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14 Aug 2012
Who Really Won the Olympics?Empires, History, Olympic Games, Olympics![]()
The official count says the United States came in first with 46 Gold Medals, followed by China with 38, and Great Britain in third position with 29. But Reuters argues that, if we look at all this another way, taking all the medals won by countries of which Queen Elizabeth II is head of state, the total is really a bit different.
But what’s a piddling 48 Gold Medals? Pingflux suggests counting historically and looking at the results by Empire. The British Empire does decently, achieving a tie for second place (55 Gold Medals each) with the Roman Empire. But the real winner may be a bit of a surprise. The real winner of the 2012 Olympics proves to be Genghis Khan’s Mongol Empire with a whopping 102 Gold Medals, 285 total. 09 Aug 2012
Usain Bolt Stops Interview to Stand in Silence For the US National AnthemBarack Obama, Michelle Obama, Olympics, Usain Bolt![]() While American Sanya Richards-Ross was accepting the gold medal for winning the 400-meter dash, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt was giving an interview. The world’s fastest man, a Jamaican who won the 100-meter dash, stopped what he was doing to listen to the Star-Spangled Banner. Instead of continuing to talk to the interviewer, he turned around, pointed at the flag, and indicated to the reporter that he would like to watch in silence. Video of Bolt’s interview has gone viral. ————————– Of course, not everybody feels the same way about the American National Anthem. and Washington Times story 17 Aug 2008
Heart-Warming Television MomentChris Collinsworth, Kobe Bryant, Media Bias, NBC, Olympics, Patriotism![]() From Ms. Underestimated via Gateway Pundit: NBC’s Chris Collinsworth prods Basketball player Kobe Bryant (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) with an audible sneer to remember that public expressions of patriotism are no longer appropriate. 0:58 video Collinsworth: Is that a ‘cool’ thing to say, in this day and age? That you love your country, and that you’re fighting for the red, white and blue? It seems sort of like a day gone by(?) Bryant: No, it’s a cool thing for me to say. I feel great about it, and I’m not ashamed to say it. I mean, this is a tremendous honor. 15 Aug 2008
Olympics of FraudChina, Fraud, Olympics, Propaganda![]() The original Olympic Games were played by competitors representing a variety of Greek cities sharing a common civilization, culture, religion, and ethical perspectives. Having a lot more sense than modern Europeans and Americans, the Greeks did not invite barbarian nations to compete or to host games. Barbarian participation in competition is a firmly established part of the modern day Olympics. But the contemporary Olympic committee ought to make a policy of refusing to allow the Olympic Games ever to be hosted by totalitarian or non-European countries, period. The 1936 Nuremburg Olympics, long ago, demonstrated the unseemly manner in which the spectacle of Olympic competition could be appropriated to glorify a criminal regime and to legitimize in the eyes of the world its despicable ideology. The 1988 Seoul Olympics featured flagrant cheating by host country judges on behalf of native athletes, and ought to have made clear the undesirable problems associated with trying to conduct fair competitions under the authority of representatives of non-European cultures where the rule of objective law is unknown and in which “face” is valued far above integrity. Predictably enough, the Red Chinese Olympics are proving to be another carefully orchestrated pageant of deceptive spectacle glorifying the Chinese State and its authoritarian regime, and cheating in competition and judging is well underway. Phony fireworks in opening ceremony broadcast. The actual 7-year-old singer replaced with a more attractive lip-syncher mouthing to a recording. 56 Chinese minority ethnic groups falsely represented by 56 ordinary Chinese (Han) children. China cheats, winning Olympic gold medals with underage gymnasts. Jonathan Kay rants indignantly, too. 11 Aug 2008
Beijing Fireworks Faked for BroadcastChina, Fauxtography, Fireworks, Olympics, Technology![]() Yahoo Sports explains that, though fireworks were actually used at the Beijing Olympic Games opening ceremonies, the astonishing display broadcast around the world on television was faked, combining computer generated images with prerecorded shots of fireworks. 10 Aug 2008
Olympic MomentGeorge W. Bush, Kerri Walsh, Misty May-Treanor, Olympics, Women's Beach Volleyball![]() Even George W. Bush likes watching women’s beach volleyball. News-agency-not-to-be-named photo Same news agency complete story, with even more cute photos (whose reproduction is streng verboten). Hat tip to the News Junkie. The LA Times reported:
07 Aug 2008
2008 Olympics Equestrian Events US TV ScheduleHorses, Olympics![]() Date: Program–Time (EST) on Channel Aug. 9: 3-Day: Dressage–2:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. on USA 01 Aug 2008
Beijing’s Totalitarian OlympicsChina, Olympics![]() John Murrell says foreign journalists arriving to cover the Olympics in Beijing are finding there’s more than air quality different about the local atmosphere.
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