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Lint Head

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37. Good luck to the US team but I will not be watching it or supporting it.

Fri Feb 7, 2014, 06:46 PM

Feb 2014

There are brave athletes there putting up with bigotry, racism and an Olympic committee rife with politics and greed.
Why we still have a sport created by Ancient Rome thinking it has somehow become a modern example of benevolence is ridiculous on it's face. The X Games make no bones about being commercial and it is actually a better and more contemporary business model. If the corporate world is going to be our overlords why not just be open about it.

The shiny objects, at which we love to stare, are getting more extravagant while next door genocide and war are sucking the very life out of humanity.

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Lady Who Just Lit Olympic Flame Tweeted A Racist Picture Of The Obamas [View all] Newsjock Feb 2014 OP

My kid says she's sleeping with Putin... SomethingFishy Feb 2014 #1

Would not be surprised at all, not at all. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2014 #3

No, he is sleeping with thr rhythmic gymnast, not the skater. AngryAmish Feb 2014 #5

Sorry my bad SomethingFishy Feb 2014 #6

They use the rhythm method. cui bono Feb 2014 #14

Good one davidpdx Feb 2014 #58

Thats been the news for quite some time. nt 7962 Feb 2014 #30

What happened to her husband, Alexander Zeitzev? TheDebbieDee Feb 2014 #53

We were just talking here, none of us has much interest in the Olympics. Russia has RKP5637 Feb 2014 #2

Same in our house MerryBlooms Feb 2014 #22

You know it's bad when you are more interested in seeing the proceedings mess up than the athletes. eggplant Feb 2014 #29

Same in our home. n/t louslobbs Feb 2014 #33

There's an Olympics this year? EOM BodieTown Feb 2014 #38

Just a rumor I heard. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2014 #40

I wonder why the hell Russia ever got the Olympics in the first place Whisp Feb 2014 #44

I have no plans to watch. Dawson Leery Feb 2014 #4

me either Liberal_in_LA Feb 2014 #7

It just rings hollow with us this year, no excitement, no anticipation, really no interest. We RKP5637 Feb 2014 #42

Not interested this year... yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #13

+1 davidpdx Feb 2014 #59

i do find that all of this is turning me off to it JI7 Feb 2014 #20

Racism is like vodka in Russia jsr Feb 2014 #8

. Cha Feb 2014 #9

What a disgrace Russia is making these Olympics. TheMathieu Feb 2014 #10

You're next-to-last sentence still has me laughing! I didnt watch, did that really happen? 7962 Feb 2014 #34

I thought that was an asterisk. johnp3907 Feb 2014 #46

reminds me of that old Spirograph game we used to get for Christmas treestar Feb 2014 #50

This was a spirogaff. JoePhilly Feb 2014 #56

lol treestar Feb 2014 #57

This is disgraceful. I'm all for Ukraine telling them to f-off now. nt okaawhatever Feb 2014 #11

Russian's are big on Anti-Semitism as well. 1930's Berlin Anti-Semitism tenderfoot Feb 2014 #12

... cinnabonbon Feb 2014 #15

At least if Jamaal510 Feb 2014 #16

being racist requires a very one-track mind Skittles Feb 2014 #61

Stay classy, Irina Rodnina! hatrack Feb 2014 #17

Racism, Homophobia & anti-semitism go hand & hand. nt William769 Feb 2014 #18

... with sexism/misogyny as well. nt redqueen Feb 2014 #25

My apologies. You are correct. William769 Feb 2014 #26

Ah no, not needed... redqueen Feb 2014 #28

"Freedom of speech is freedom of speech, and you should answer for your own hang-ups," she wrote. redqueen Feb 2014 #19

same as, "can't you take a joke?" But the actual translation is BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2014 #21

Eventually most people will get that not all jokes are equal, redqueen Feb 2014 #27

oh, people will use anything they can to excuse their assholery BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2014 #31

OMG yes, WTF is that about? redqueen Feb 2014 #36

omg�..sorry you had to experience that. How charming. BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2014 #39

Generally when I see a fish on the back of a car the driver is rude and driving, sometimes, RKP5637 Feb 2014 #43

ugh�yeah, the fish cars�. BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2014 #45

Oh, I WANT one of those! Squinch Feb 2014 #49

;) BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2014 #51

Thank you! I'm getting one! Squinch Feb 2014 #52

awesomez! BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2014 #54

I seldom use stickers, but that one is great! Squinch Feb 2014 #55

Oh no! Aerows Feb 2014 #23

Just one more reason not to watch Putin's mess . nt UtahLib Feb 2014 #24

I didn't even realize it was on ashling Feb 2014 #32

Why did she delete it then? She should just own it if she believes in it. Ed Suspicious Feb 2014 #35

Good luck to the US team but I will not be watching it or supporting it. Lint Head Feb 2014 #37

How positively 1936 of her. Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #41

I never did like her. GoCubsGo Feb 2014 #47

Wonder how many times she's been married. DinahMoeHum Feb 2014 #48

But but... davidpdx Feb 2014 #60

Kick nt Hissyspit Feb 2014 #62