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Get di broom fi di clean sweep! Jamaica takes the 100M one, two and three while the US banned their weed smoker.
Adding this tweet
ShaCarri Richardson
@itskerrii
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41m
Congratulations to the ladies of Jamaica for the clean sweep. Powerful, strong black women dominating the sport. ✨
Link to tweet
spanone
(135,830 posts)malaise
(268,976 posts)Last edited Sat Jul 31, 2021, 09:37 AM - Edit history (1)
Truly amazing
That's not right - should have checked rather than listened to the clown on local TV.
FalloutShelter
(11,860 posts)Congrats Jamaica!
ok_cpu
(2,050 posts)Thompson-Herah even let off the gas a little at the end and still set a new Olympic record.
Celerity
(43,343 posts)malaise
(268,976 posts)although it was a 1-2-2 as second was a dead heat. I repeated the clown on local TV and then checked it cause I thought something was wrong
Celerity
(43,343 posts)I think she was dirty. Her increases in performance were never seen before, and they happened so late in her career.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Griffith_Joyner#Allegations_of_performance-enhancing_drug_use
Her best before 1988 at 200-meters was 21.96 seconds (also set in 1987). In 1988, she improved that by 0.62 seconds to 21.34 seconds, another time that has not been approached.
After the 1988 Olympics Griffith-Joyner retired from competitive track and field, just before the introduction of mandatory random drug testing in 1989.
malaise
(268,976 posts)as we were hit by Hurricane Gilbert on September 12
JT45242
(2,267 posts)The international doping committee has marijuana on the banned list.
It is supposed to help with pain and recovery, which is why the NFLPA wants it off their banned list.
Like it or not, the rule is clearly stated and all world class athletes know the rule.
malaise
(268,976 posts)The irony is still hilarious
Rustyeye77
(2,736 posts)joking
not fooled
(5,801 posts)the Jamaican ladies have never partaken.
I lost interest in these 'Lympics after they booted Sha'Carri. But, big congratulations to Jamaica. That's a great story.
malaise
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given the Covid pandemic. That said you should have heard the screaming on this street during the final and after
Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)Tommymac
(7,263 posts)But what else is new?
madaboutharry
(40,209 posts)malaise
(268,976 posts)is laughing the loudest
madaboutharry
(40,209 posts)Paladin
(28,254 posts)ripcord
(5,372 posts)It is typical of Americans that we have decided cannabis is acceptable so the rest of the world needs to give in and give us what we want, the ugly American is back.
elias7
(3,997 posts)And its only legal in 18 states for recreational use.
And its legal for med use in:
Argentina, Australia, Barbados, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malta, the Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Rwanda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand, the United Kingdom, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
This is not really an ugly American scenario, though Im sure we could find other examples
argyl
(3,064 posts)And the " ugly American" in the Burdick and Lederer novel is not the kind of man the title suggests he is.
PatrickforB
(14,572 posts)What is not funny is that cannabis is even still illegal. The prohibition has always been, is now, and always will be...
STUPID, based on greed, not fact.
malaise
(268,976 posts)and yet every citizen can have a plant for every adult in the household
90-percent
(6,829 posts)also based on racial discrimination. In the late 30's morality cop Harry Anslinger thought it was a good way to persecute blacks and Mexicans because he felt both minorities used weed a lot. Nixon amped it up because he felt it was a good way to persecute hippies and war protesters and college students that didn't want to get drafted and die in a stupid senseless tragic war we ended up losing anyway..
Stupid, destructive and unfair law that's taken perhaps 70 years to unwind, although there may still be a few socially retarded states that still jail people for weed?
-90% Jimmy
reACTIONary
(5,770 posts)... with the demise of prohibition.
90-percent
(6,829 posts)he needed a new side hustle in addition to censoring movies.
Good point. I'm still upset the government made Coca-cola remove cocaine from the soft drink. Now I have to add it myself
As my hero Frank Zappa once said; "America is a nation of laws. Badly written and randomly enforced."
-90% Jimmy
reACTIONary
(5,770 posts)... but off hand I would say that you are mistreating the cocaine.
My father told me that back in the day Coca-Cola was referred to as dope, and he had a friend who had chronic pain in his jaw who drank it for relief.
MagickMuffin
(15,937 posts)research the 1937 Harry Anslinger, a big racist and used a huge dog whistle to promote his racist views on America.
spooky3
(34,444 posts)malaise
(268,976 posts)They do this every weekend - one guy said he had ginger tea and a big head spliff to celebrate the sweep
Rustyeye77
(2,736 posts)eom
malaise
(268,976 posts)paleotn
(17,912 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,784 posts)Mosby
(16,306 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,784 posts)RoadRunner
(4,494 posts)barbtries
(28,789 posts)i'm not really paying attention this time around but happy for Jamaica!
IronLionZion
(45,433 posts)let's see how fast people can run
Congrats to Jamaica
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,355 posts)Thanks for the thread malaise.
moondust
(19,979 posts)Jet fuel?
Congrats!
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malaise
(268,976 posts)Last edited Sat Jul 31, 2021, 06:45 PM - Edit history (1)
in the hemisphere
shanti
(21,675 posts)and here was his response: Is di yellow yam dem a eat mek dem run so fast.
malaise
(268,976 posts)Well done
DenaliDemocrat
(1,476 posts)The international Olympic committee did
Way to go, Jamaica!
HipChick
(25,485 posts)Congrats JA!!
malaise
(268,976 posts)ShaCarri Richardson
@itskerrii
·
38m
Congratulations to the ladies of Jamaica for the clean sweep. Powerful, strong black women dominating the sport. ✨
Link to tweet
IcyPeas
(21,866 posts)We have lots of running songs - running from knives or guns
Quarrie (the great Donald Quarrie) was a boy to I man last night
im couldn't follow
Demovictory9
(32,454 posts)rickyhall
(4,889 posts)spike jones
(1,678 posts)and his sponsor, Kellogg, dropped him. The company was boycotted by the weed smoking public. The lesson being if your income depends on selling frosted flakes and pop-tarts, dont piss-off the stoners.
malaise
(268,976 posts)questionseverything
(9,654 posts)Screw kellogs besides the generic is cheaper
H2O Man
(73,537 posts)My dreams of competing in Olympic races has gone up in smoke.
malaise
(268,976 posts)I've never been that competitive or driven
Rhiagel
(1,676 posts)"More interestingly, her personal best of 10.72 - achieved at a meet in Florida in April - would have been good for the silver medal, ahead of Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce (10.74) and Shericka Jackson (10.76)."
https://www.11alive.com/article/sports/olympics/olympics-womens-100m-final-shacarri-richardson/85-a9ade14b-ebff-4f2c-8fea-825860f37682