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Boston To U.S. Olympic Committee: No Thanks
I don't think this is as serious as the media is reporting it. This is posturing. The committee wants Boston to hurry up and sign a host city agreement that includes a provision to pay for cost overruns (of which, there will be many, of course). The mayor has to put on a big show of pretending to care about it.
Walsh made his announcement at a hastily called news conference that coincided with Gov. Charlie Baker's meeting with the U.S. Olympic Committee. The USOC was pressing Baker for assurances that he would back the bid, but Baker said he couldn't do it until he saw a detailed report about the games from a consulting group. That report isn't expected until next month. Olympic bids need strong support from key city leaders. The USOC board was meeting later Monday to discuss the future of the bid. Baker's recalcitrance, combined with an about-face from a previously supportive Walsh, gives the board an opening to pull the plug on Boston, where public support has lagged.The deadline for nominating a U.S. city is September 15, but the committee is eager to get an agreement now. Los Angeles is waiting in the wings. Andy tells me "the idea of hosting the Olympics is about as popular as the clap up here in Boston. We've seen this movie before." Like this junk-punch op-ed.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at July 27, 2015 01:20 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Baltimore at July 27, 2015 01:20 PM (VPLuQ)
I think it was previous governor mayor that wanted it.
Posted by: Carol at July 27, 2015 01:22 PM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at July 27, 2015 01:22 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: brak at July 27, 2015 01:22 PM (Tj+s6)
Good call in declining.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2015 01:23 PM (NOIQH)
Greece had the stupid farkin Olympcs in 2004 and it did wonders for their economy.
Posted by: Soothie at July 27, 2015 01:25 PM (ppXFZ)
Posted by: AmishDude at July 27, 2015 01:26 PM (b65cm)
Posted by: exdem13 at July 27, 2015 01:28 PM (ry4ab)
Yeah, put Chicago on the list of potential sites, then we will know the outcome in advance.
Oh, but still have Oprah and Michelle plead their case for it - that was especially amusing/embarrassing.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2015 01:28 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 27, 2015 01:28 PM (St6BJ)
Posted by: Unbiased LIV journalist at July 27, 2015 01:28 PM (jWtyG)
Posted by: Drill_Thrawl at July 27, 2015 01:28 PM (JOG+K)
Good point - lots of available real estate in Detroit and plenty of palms willing to be greased.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2015 01:29 PM (NOIQH)
I don't think any Olympic host city has made money from having them. They're stupid I never watch them, I only watched joke of opening ceremony in London. Remember how it was supposedly a tribute to Nationalized Healthcare, with real nurses, who should have been with patients instead of wasting time rehearsing.
Posted by: Carol at July 27, 2015 01:30 PM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Sound Less Rage-Crazy, Get Quality Euphemisms at the Outrage Outlet! at July 27, 2015 01:30 PM (hLRSq)
A Howie Carr caller said it best: these cockamamie Olympic committees act as if EVERYONE is in the hospitality business.
We're not all waiters and hotel staff, you idiots.
Posted by: Soothie at July 27, 2015 01:30 PM (ppXFZ)
Posted by: Bwoston Stwong!! at July 27, 2015 01:30 PM (hKyl0)
When this idea was broached before, they were using a pretty broad definition of Boston. They were looking at not just the greater metro area but even considering facilities as far away as Foxboro.
It would be a nightmare though. Boston doesn't need all that extra traffic. The student invasion causes enough problems. And then there's the small problem of it always costing a hell of a lot more than predicted.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2015 01:31 PM (OGm46)
Posted by: rd at July 27, 2015 01:31 PM (KV+L+)
Posted by: eleven at July 27, 2015 01:31 PM (IPzoI)
Posted by: Hugh Hewitt at July 27, 2015 01:32 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Boston! 2024 at July 27, 2015 01:32 PM (b8RK4)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 27, 2015 01:33 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Baraka Hussein, your Commander-In-Chief!!! at July 27, 2015 01:34 PM (wAQA5)
Worcester Olympics!!
Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2015 01:34 PM (NOIQH)
I'll have to look at last update.
Posted by: Carol at July 27, 2015 01:34 PM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Not dead yet at July 27, 2015 01:35 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: eleven at July 27, 2015 01:35 PM (IPzoI)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Not dead yet at July 27, 2015 01:35 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Zombie Teddy Kennedy at July 27, 2015 01:35 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Not dead yet at July 27, 2015 01:35 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: V the K at July 27, 2015 01:36 PM (O7MnT)
And by the way, if you ask me as an Atlanta-area resident, the impact of the Olympics on a city is way overrated.
Posted by: Mike at July 27, 2015 01:36 PM (ISxUB)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2015 01:36 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: AmishDude at July 27, 2015 01:26 PM (b65cm)
Give LA credit, the last Olympics they had (82?) they said "no new fucking buildings, you'll use what we have" and IIRC managed to eek out a small profit.
Would they do that again? Unknown.
That being said, all other cities would certainly spend ton of money they don't have on useless shit they won't use, making an Olympics something I wouldn't wish on a city I hated. (Plus the feds will kick in some of MY money to help)
Posted by: tsrblke (tsblet) at July 27, 2015 01:36 PM (U8W/7)
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at July 27, 2015 01:36 PM (1RNgT)
Posted by: eleven at July 27, 2015 01:37 PM (IPzoI)
Posted by: wth at July 27, 2015 01:37 PM (wAQA5)
Didn't they also use a lot of the Olympics buildings (dorms) to make a commuter college a live-in college? Though I had heard they had really thought through what would happen after the games....
Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2015 01:37 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: wth at July 27, 2015 01:37 PM (wAQA5)
I'll make sure they have a geriatric division.
Posted by: Hillary! at July 27, 2015 01:38 PM (2Ojst)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 27, 2015 01:38 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Officer Paddy O'Irony at July 27, 2015 01:38 PM (QuNQQ)
Posted by: Andy at July 27, 2015 01:38 PM (piD6/)
Governor Charlie Baker is a Republican and he replaced Obama clone Deval Patrick.
Sometimes elections actually do have consequences.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2015 01:39 PM (OGm46)
Posted by: mayor bob filner at July 27, 2015 01:39 PM (8LTOS)
Not our neck of the woods, but West Bumf*ck, Egypt would be a good choice.
Bathe in all the Fuzzy-Wuzzy Muzzie love!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) at July 27, 2015 01:39 PM (95CzI)
Posted by: Insomniac at July 27, 2015 01:39 PM (2Ojst)
Posted by: nnptcgrad at July 27, 2015 01:40 PM (gVC3Y)
Posted by: CNN at July 27, 2015 01:40 PM (8ZskC)
That would be legen... Wait. For. It. ... ... dary.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Not dead yet at July 27, 2015 01:41 PM (kff5f)
O-hi-o.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2015 01:41 PM (OGm46)
Posted by: Mike at July 27, 2015 01:41 PM (ISxUB)
Oh, wait ... http://goo.gl/lkB9So
It makes sense since they wouldn't have much space to build anything in the Boston area - at least not without some eminent domain abuse.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2015 01:41 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Foreign exchange student, asking for a friend. at July 27, 2015 01:41 PM (bUmSq)
Because this time... THIS TIME... Ohio will go red for Jeb. Pinky Swear.
Posted by: Begonia, GOPe Whore at July 27, 2015 01:41 PM (O7MnT)
We're not all waiters and hotel staff, you idiots.
Posted by: Soothie at July 27, 2015 01:30 PM (ppXFZ)<<<
I loved it last week when someone pondered why Jonathan Gruber hadn't been brought in yet to run some of his patented microsimulations, and then claim that the Olypmics would bring in eleventy billion!!! dollars of revenue for the state.
Actually, I think it was amended to ask why some of his (nonexistent) highly paid research assistants hadn't yet been brought in to run the simulations.
Posted by: Boston! 2024 at July 27, 2015 01:42 PM (b8RK4)
Posted by: Matt Damon at July 27, 2015 01:42 PM (wAQA5)
back when this was still a decent place to live.
now, we're just another corrupt third world shithole, so the Olympics would fit right in, and i can see these fools falling all over themselves to host it.
we're a speshul kind of 5t00pid here, even by #Failifornia standards.
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 27, 2015 01:42 PM (lsWof)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2015 01:42 PM (NOIQH)
37 The opening ceremonies could be called "Shelter In Place." A dance number that pays tribute to the eager supplication of the people of Boston. A real patriotic type of show with lots of flags and fireworks and men in SWAT uniforms.
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at July 27, 2015 01:36 PM (1RNgT)
Seriously LOL!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) at July 27, 2015 01:43 PM (95CzI)
Posted by: Billings, Montana at July 27, 2015 01:43 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 27, 2015 01:44 PM (St6BJ)
I'm still wondering why the fuck the GOP picked Cleveland for their convention.
Because this time... THIS TIME... Ohio will go red for Jeb. Pinky Swear.
Posted by: Begonia, GOPe Whore at July 27, 2015 01:41 PM (O7MnT)
.............................................
Have you seen my resume?
Posted by: The Kasich Juggernaut at July 27, 2015 01:44 PM (wAQA5)
Posted by: Keith Arnold at July 27, 2015 01:45 PM (iIzG7)
40 I read it and didn't see anything wrong with it.
When you can't spot racism that means you're a racist.
Isn't that what they say?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 27, 2015 12:43 PM (W5DcG)
Huh? The one I read was about Rick Wilson.
Did I miss something?
No. Weirddave fisked Rick Wilson's "I blame conservatives" article. Within hours the sidebar included an article on Chinese aggressive maneuvers against regional allies ....with a H/T to Rick Wilson.
heh.
Then Malor posts 3 in a row.
Life sucks sometimes.
Posted by: some random meathead at July 27, 2015 01:45 PM (QuNQQ)
Because the Cleveland Steamer will make a great GOP mascot.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 27, 2015 01:45 PM (8ZskC)
But Boston? Really? Its most famous event, the Boston Tea Party, was an egregious act of cultural appropriation. Surprised the IOC would even consider it.
Posted by: LizLem at July 27, 2015 01:46 PM (hvf9s)
Because the other option was Dallas, and that was far too close to high concentrations of Conservatives for the DOPe's tastes.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Not dead yet at July 27, 2015 01:47 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Carol at July 27, 2015 01:47 PM (sj3Ax)
It's the same principle as why groups of women always have a token fat friend. Makes them look more attractive by comparison.
Posted by: joe at July 27, 2015 01:47 PM (KUaJL)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at July 27, 2015 01:47 PM (/kI1Q)
The Dropkick Murphys are hardcore leftists.....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2015 01:47 PM (Zu3d9)
Dammit. Stomped a good gun thread.
Posted by: fixerupper at July 27, 2015 01:47 PM (8XRCm)
It's the Gateway to Dayton.
*hic*
Posted by: John Boehner at July 27, 2015 01:48 PM (8ZskC)
Dammit. Stomped a good gun thread.
Posted by: fixerupper at July 27, 2015 01:47 PM (8XRCm)
It's still going.
Posted by: rebel flounder at July 27, 2015 01:48 PM (Vf5rR)
Posted by: some random meathead at July 27, 2015 01:48 PM (QuNQQ)
A marathon might be good too. 'Cause nothing says motivation like running for your life through downtown Spfld! *unfortunately not sarcasm*
Posted by: Boston! 2024 at July 27, 2015 01:48 PM (b8RK4)
Posted by: wrg500 at July 27, 2015 01:48 PM (kQBSd)
+1 on the traffic comments. I-93, I-95, Rt 1 on Monday mornings and Fridays are the pits.
Host the Olympics in Cuba instead. Politics are about the same.
Posted by: OurCountryIsScrewed at July 27, 2015 01:48 PM (DlmoZ)
Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at July 27, 2015 01:49 PM (RD7QR)
Just ask Greece. >>>
"Abandoned Athens Olympic Venues 10 years on"
http://preview.tinyurl.com/plwfhn5
Link to Guardian
Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 27, 2015 01:50 PM (81UWZ)
Less chance for riots? I keep thinking this election feels an awful lot like '68 all over again. Gotta keep the burning to a minimum.
Posted by: LizLem at July 27, 2015 01:50 PM (hvf9s)
Because the National Association of Furries and Plushies was also meeting that week and Buffalo NY won the toss.
Posted by: V the K at July 27, 2015 01:50 PM (O7MnT)
Will that include contractors who self-identify as wymyn and minorities? I'm certain there are just oodles of them ready to sign on for some of that sweet, sweet government graft money. My friends Bruce and Rachel are already saving their place close to the front of the line.
Posted by: Keith Arnold at July 27, 2015 01:51 PM (iIzG7)
How refreshing.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2015 01:52 PM (NOIQH)
Gristle @ 37, outstanding!
My first (and only) thought at seeing this headline was opening ceremonies similar to the orwellian (wowza talk about prescient) stuff at the London Olympics. Especially the Nat. Health Service stuff. My gawd.
OK, so two centuries ago, Boston had some association with freedom. Well, in the run-up to the Late Unpleasantness, as well.
Actually, Boston could help hold down the costs of the ceremonies by just slightly repackaging some of the London crap. Equally fitting for America's birthplace/mass grave of freedom and ordered liberty, in many cases.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 27, 2015 01:52 PM (QDnY+)
I'm still wondering why the fuck the GOP picked Cleveland for their convention.
Because the National Association of Furries and Plushies was also meeting that week and Buffalo NY won the toss.
Aren't the Brony crowd scheduled there as well?
Posted by: OurCountryIsScrewed at July 27, 2015 01:53 PM (DlmoZ)
http://bit.ly/1IpMltf
Posted by: MTF at July 27, 2015 01:53 PM (TxJGV)
Yeah, put Chicago on the list of potential sites, then we will know the outcome in advance.
Oh, but still have Oprah and Michelle plead their case for it - that was especially amusing/embarrassing."
It wasn't embarrassing to me; I was relieved when Chicago was rejected. It's bad enough when Democratic National Conventions come here.
Weren't the Olympics restarted in the 1890s by someone who thought they would lead to world peace and harmony? And since we know how that worked out, can't we just scrap them?
Posted by: Annalucia at July 27, 2015 01:53 PM (a5bF3)
Hiring quotas for illegal aliens.
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at July 27, 2015 01:53 PM (/kI1Q)
Are there any appropriate options anymore?
Maybe a lobster?
Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2015 01:54 PM (NOIQH)
1984
The "profit" also needs to be compared against opportunity cost. Usually the taxpayers pay for the improvement of infrastructure at a higher rate than just paying for an actual improvement of infrastructure without the Olympics.
Of course, in the days when people got excited about the Olympics coming to town, you could use that as motivation to get the dumb sucker taxpayers to cough up the taxes.
One thing people don't take into account, if you're a tourist city already, the Olympics keep tourists *out*.
The regular tourist trade knows to avoid the city and the expense of hotel rooms, etc. at that time.
Posted by: AmishDude at July 27, 2015 01:54 PM (b65cm)
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at July 27, 2015 01:36 PM (1RNgT)
And this, my friends, is the main reason I inhabit the HQ now. For the comments as much if not more than the content.
Posted by: Blano at July 27, 2015 01:54 PM (w1ewr)
I still think they should set up a permanent venue in Greece that the world pays into every 4 years, and the same deal in Switzerland. Have them there every time, not this mobile roving thing.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 27, 2015 01:54 PM (39g3+)
What's not to like?
Posted by: Warden at July 27, 2015 01:54 PM (wHAYQ)
Let's run this Olympics SJW style and award all construction contracts to wymyn and minorities. Because hilarious.
Hiring quotas for illegal aliens.
All construction must be tongue-in-groove?. No nails because they are phallus shaped and oppressive.
Posted by: OurCountryIsScrewed at July 27, 2015 01:55 PM (DlmoZ)
Pfft. As if Detroit can come up with enough cash to be interesting to the IOC.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 27, 2015 01:55 PM (jhqr1)
Posted by: Roy at July 27, 2015 01:55 PM (VndSC)
Whoever's socking "Boston 2024!", you ever go to the Springfield Armory national historical site/museum? Sounds pretty good. I know lots of western Mass. is actually American, but I still wonder if some day that museum will have to be moved elsewhere. To protect the treasures from defacing/destruction a la the Bamiyan budhhas or the CBF.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 27, 2015 01:55 PM (QDnY+)
I was, too. The embarrassment was over Oprah and Michelle's plea to the Olympic committee. Michelle did her typical 'it's all about me' shtick and thought she would win the crowd over with anecdotes about sitting on her dad's knee while watching the Olympics blah, blah, blah.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2015 01:56 PM (NOIQH)
Cleveland offered the best package of bribes, kickbacks, and hookers.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 27, 2015 01:56 PM (39g3+)
Plus the mining rapes Gaia. All biodegradable construction materials!
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at July 27, 2015 01:56 PM (/kI1Q)
It was a day or so after Trump said he wasn't a hero because he'd been caught.
Posted by: Carol at July 27, 2015 01:56 PM (sj3Ax)
And the gold medal for the most creative and discreet method of doping goes to...
Posted by: IOC "We will have a clean games"Award Bestowers at July 27, 2015 01:57 PM (hvf9s)
Are there any appropriate options anymore?
Maybe a lobster?
Olympic mascots don't resemble anything. They're supposed to be incredibly stupid looking, and completely forgettable. At least I think that's their design philosophy, based on the last several.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 27, 2015 01:57 PM (jhqr1)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 27, 2015 01:56 PM (39g3+)
So Vegas didn't even try, huh?
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Not dead yet at July 27, 2015 01:57 PM (kff5f)
Just ask Greece. >>>
"Abandoned Athens Olympic Venues 10 years on"
http://preview.tinyurl.com/plwfhn5
Link to Guardian
Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 27, 2015 01:50 PM (81UWZ)
Move it back to Greece Permanently.
Posted by: rd at July 27, 2015 01:57 PM (KV+L+)
I think that a better idea than a Boston Summer Olympics would have been a New England Region Winter Olympics. Figure skating, hockey, etc. in the City, skiing/snowboarding, etc. In NH, VT and Maine. Spreading out an Olympics has been done before, they're not confined to City Limits.
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 27, 2015 01:57 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 27, 2015 01:57 PM (iQIUe)
The reason Olympics go knee deep in debt is because they build all this shit that is never used again. Boston - and pretty much every big American city - already has everything needed. If done right it could be nicely profitable.
Posted by: HUCK / AKIN 2016 at July 27, 2015 01:57 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at July 27, 2015 01:58 PM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at July 27, 2015 01:58 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: rrpjr at July 27, 2015 01:58 PM (s/yC1)
Not to pick on you, but WHUT?
Sure, there was a revival in the 1890s, but they date back to the 8th century BC.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 27, 2015 01:59 PM (jhqr1)
Posted by: bernverdnardo at July 27, 2015 01:59 PM (WhfU/)
I figure they are planning for the Winter games in Boston, right. Their
snowpile just melted a few weeks ago. They could have the downhill run
along the Freedom Trail.
Posted by: Roy at July 27, 2015 01:55 PM (VndSC)
Nope. 2024 is the Summer Olympics.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at July 27, 2015 01:59 PM (4df7R)
I think they are so terrified of offending someone, somewhere and having something that is condemned by the usual suspects that they are only using completely abstracted, non-representational shapes clinically designed so as to not trigger or resemble Chinese characters.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 27, 2015 02:00 PM (39g3+)
Just ask Greece. >>>
"Abandoned Athens Olympic Venues 10 years on"
http://preview.tinyurl.com/plwfhn5
Link to Guardian
Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 27, 2015 01:50 PM (81UWZ)
Move it back to Greece Permanently.
Posted by: rd at July 27, 2015 01:57 PM (KV+L+)
At which point it would degrade into decathlon, synchronized swimming, and two sweaty guys wrestling.
Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at July 27, 2015 02:00 PM (RD7QR)
I hear that if the Olympics are held in America, Cuba will require every athlete to deliver two family members as hostages, to serve as collateral against their eventual return to Havana.
Posted by: Keith Arnold at July 27, 2015 02:00 PM (iIzG7)
Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at July 27, 2015 02:00 PM (9Y7bY)
White person dressed as an Indian! Edumacational. Or a giant baked bean.
But let's be honest, anything we come up with has GOT to be better than the monstrosities that were the London mascots.
Posted by: Mascot Brainstorming Committee at July 27, 2015 02:00 PM (hvf9s)
Hey-how-are-ya Hey-how-are-ya Hey-how-are-ya! And how!
Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2015 02:01 PM (vxBxx)
Err... thus the "restarted in..." portion of the comment.
Just sayin'.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Not dead yet at July 27, 2015 02:01 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: some random meathead at July 27, 2015 02:01 PM (QuNQQ)
Maybe a lobster?
Since when did it become okay to promote humorous cartoon stereotypes of benthic marine fauna?
Posted by: The Crustacean People's Front at July 27, 2015 02:01 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 27, 2015 02:01 PM (W5DcG)
look the whole point of building the Olympic village is to get all your construction worker union buddies lots of overpriced work. Who cares if its ever used again? Ask Atlanta, they built a beautiful new baseball stadium, the Braves moved in, and a few years later built a new one. Using public funds.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 27, 2015 02:01 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: wrg500 at July 27, 2015 02:01 PM (kQBSd)
I know that, but then they disappeared for a couple of millennia. That's why I said they REstarted in the 19th century.
Posted by: Annalucia at July 27, 2015 02:02 PM (a5bF3)
What would you settle for - the Olympics or a high speed railway?
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 27, 2015 02:02 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor
So Vegas didn't even try, huh?
Posted by: AllenG
The Olympics aren't supposed to be for professionals. IYKWIM.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2015 02:02 PM (vxBxx)
Posted by: Liz Warren. at July 27, 2015 02:02 PM (KUaJL)
they build all this shit that is never used again. Boston - and pretty
much every big American city - already has everything needed. If done
right it could be nicely profitable.
Posted by: HUCK / AKIN 2016 at July 27, 2015 01:57 PM (0LHZx)
That's the point. Getting the Olympics isn't about getting the Olympics; it's about getting all those sweet construction jobs for fat unions while fleecing the locals for every thin dime. It doesn't MATTER that there are existing facilities; they'll claim that they have to be "updated" or "modernized." They'll claim all the roads have to be torn up and repaved in preparation for the increased traffic. They'll claim that Logan needs a full overhaul to make it shiny as a new minted coin for all the international visitors the Olympics will draw.
Boston would end up in a hole deeper than they got with the Big Dig.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at July 27, 2015 02:03 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2015 02:02 PM (vxBxx)
I thought they changed that rule so that the US could embarrass everyone in Basketball.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Not dead yet at July 27, 2015 02:03 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Zombie Jim Thorpe at July 27, 2015 02:03 PM (W5DcG)
Granted. Misha was alright. But looking at the pictures, some of the poses were pretty ghey.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 27, 2015 02:03 PM (jhqr1)
Posted by: Front of Crustacean People at July 27, 2015 02:03 PM (/kI1Q)
Since we're over 100 comments, does Weird Dave have his own blog?
If you find it let us know, it would be a great alternative to Malor's posts.
Posted by: some random meathead at July 27, 2015 02:04 PM (QuNQQ)
Let's at the very least keep modern W Beach Volleyball in the events ItN.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 27, 2015 02:04 PM (81UWZ)
Posted by: Keith Arnold at July 27, 2015 02:04 PM (iIzG7)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 27, 2015 02:01 PM (39g3+)
_________
Not quite "a few years later", it's 20+. But every pro team pulls this shit, it's not really an Olympics issue.
Posted by: HUCK / AKIN 2016 at July 27, 2015 02:04 PM (0LHZx)
Is it because we just love putting a new city in debt every two years?
Posted by: RKae at July 27, 2015 02:04 PM (upjBJ)
Posted by: bonhomme at July 27, 2015 01:57 PM (jhqr1)
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I'd just like to see the pictogram instructions Boston would create on how to use the toilet.
Posted by: Soona at July 27, 2015 02:04 PM (P25Hh)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 27, 2015 02:04 PM (81UWZ)
Second!
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Not dead yet at July 27, 2015 02:05 PM (kff5f)
As long as the old Soviet Bloc Easter Germans aren't allowed to compete, that's a ratings blockbuster.
Four members of the Cuban rowing team defected from that socialist utopia that we just normalized relations with this month, and half of the men's hockey team.
How long until President Obama Elian Gonzaleses them back?
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 27, 2015 02:05 PM (39g3+)
You'll take the high-speed rail
You'll settle for the Olympics
You'll get $2B sunk into defective websites for defunct "insurance exchanges"
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at July 27, 2015 02:05 PM (/kI1Q)
Just sayin'.
Ah, yes, good show. I missed that.
My apologies!
Posted by: bonhomme at July 27, 2015 02:05 PM (jhqr1)
Chances it would involve a police car?
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Not dead yet at July 27, 2015 02:06 PM (kff5f)
Any City/County/State Jail or Prison
Any City/County/State Roads construction or repair
Any City/County/State group working to get the Olympics into their area
Posted by: Diogenes at July 27, 2015 02:06 PM (Z9g7j)
Posted by: wrg500
From last thread:
225 Yet another reason I don't like the 1911.
You have to "invest" in $55/each magazines.
Posted by: bonhomme
Where? I've never paid $55 for a 1911 mag. Not even Chip McCormick or Wilson Combat.
H&K USP, yes. 1911? No.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2015 02:06 PM (vxBxx)
They come by boat?
Posted by: wrg500 at July 27, 2015 02:07 PM (kQBSd)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at July 27, 2015 02:05 PM (/kI1Q)
Of the 3, that'd be the cheap one.
Remember, Jerry-World here in Arlington ran over $1bn.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Not dead yet at July 27, 2015 02:07 PM (kff5f)
Traffic up here in the northeast is shitty enough without throwing the damn Olympics into the equation. No thank you.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Vaginassassin, aka Beth
.......................................
Then of course Los Angeles is the appropriate alternative.
Posted by: dammit asshole just cut me off! at July 27, 2015 02:07 PM (wAQA5)
Posted by: Titanium at July 27, 2015 02:07 PM (j/0FK)
Posted by: Chupacabras at July 27, 2015 02:07 PM (CGjum)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at July 27, 2015 02:08 PM (LWWrf)
Posted by: wrg500 at July 27, 2015 02:08 PM (kQBSd)
Your bigotry against chicks with dicks is duly noted, H8R!
Posted by: Insomniac at July 27, 2015 02:08 PM (PYq1E)
Any updates?
Posted by: some random meathead at July 27, 2015 02:08 PM (QuNQQ)
I meant for the bribes, kickbacks and hookers. :-0
Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2015 02:08 PM (vxBxx)
I hear that if the Olympics are held in America, Cuba will require every athlete to deliver two family members as hostages, to serve as collateral against their eventual return to Havana.
Posted by: Keith Arnold at July 27, 2015 02:00 PM (iIzG7)
Cuba has a hockey team?
Posted by: Blano at July 27, 2015 02:09 PM (w1ewr)
Posted by: dammit asshole just cut me off! at July 27, 2015 02:07 PM (wAQA5)
Hrm... I wonder if we could set up an Olympic Village on the moon.
Honestly, Lunar Olympics might be cool. Twenty-five foot high-jumps. Six foot hurdles...
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Not dead yet at July 27, 2015 02:09 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: wrg500 at July 27, 2015 02:09 PM (kQBSd)
I always laugh when people say this. Oh no traffic for 2 weeks will be extremely shitty instead of just shitty!! That's about the dumbest reason not to have an event in your city. Besides it's summer, traffic is always less awful in summer since at any gives time 20% of the population is on vacation and 100% of kids are driven to and from school.
Posted by: HUCK / AKIN 2016 at July 27, 2015 02:10 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2015 02:08 PM (vxBxx)
I know
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Not dead yet at July 27, 2015 02:10 PM (kff5f)
You didn't think the ships in the Cuban Navy had engines, didja? The last working engine in Havana is under the hood of a '58 Chevy. The Cuban Navy runs on galley slaves.
It build up great upper body strength, which is how they got an Olympic rowing team in the first place.
Posted by: Keith Arnold at July 27, 2015 02:10 PM (iIzG7)
Well, you probably shop around. I'm just quoting the price I saw last weekend. Wilson Combat.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 27, 2015 02:10 PM (jhqr1)
Haiti.
Posted by: wrg500 at July 27, 2015 02:09 PM (kQBSd)
Will police brutality be a sanctioned event, or just have exhibition status?
Posted by: Insomniac at July 27, 2015 02:10 PM (PYq1E)
How did I miss that? I even quoted it.
I have to echo: Cuba has a hockey team?
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 27, 2015 02:10 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 27, 2015 02:10 PM (81UWZ)
Posted by: Keith Arnold at July 27, 2015 02:10 PM (iIzG7)
Of course its weird that their caller uses a drum instead of a megaphone.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Not dead yet at July 27, 2015 02:11 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at July 27, 2015 02:11 PM (/kI1Q)
*wondering if shellfish like lobster is halal*
*or baked beans, since a lot of them have bacon in it*
Posted by: LizLem at July 27, 2015 02:11 PM (hvf9s)
Posted by: Soona at July 27, 2015 02:11 PM (P25Hh)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 27, 2015 02:10 PM (39g3+)
Dat's just crazy mon!
Posted by: Jamaican Bobsled Team at July 27, 2015 02:12 PM (kff5f)
I do think there are too any events. They finally got rid of ball room dancing but it was replaced by something else.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 27, 2015 02:12 PM (LA7Cm)
And just ask whoever negotiates for the Rams. If a town says "Fuck you, no money" they'll bribe a governor!
Posted by: tsrblke (tsblet) at July 27, 2015 02:12 PM (U8W/7)
Must be hard to row to a samba beat.
Posted by: wrg500 at July 27, 2015 02:12 PM (kQBSd)
My favorite is the Trampoline competition.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2015 02:13 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 27, 2015 02:05 PM (39g3+)
Katerina Witt can compete naked any freakin' time she wants to in my book.
Posted by: Blano at July 27, 2015 02:13 PM (w1ewr)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 27, 2015 02:12 PM (LA7Cm)
I'm a fan of removing any sport that has subjective judging criteria. If "artistic merit" is any part of your judging, it should not be an olympic sport.
Which is not to say that those people are not athletes and don't deserve some world-stage event. It is simply to say that I don't believe they belong in the Olympics.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Not dead yet at July 27, 2015 02:14 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Bigby's Reacharound at July 27, 2015 02:14 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Roy at July 27, 2015 02:14 PM (VndSC)
Posted by: Keith Arnold at July 27, 2015 02:14 PM (iIzG7)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 27, 2015 02:14 PM (qCMvj)
I try. However, I have never been able to find H&K USP
for under $55.00 anywhere.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2015 02:14 PM (vxBxx)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 27, 2015 02:15 PM (2cS/G)
Not sure why city and state govt would listen to the citizens, they rarely do these days.
Besides that, a country that is overrun with muzzie terrorists should not be on the short list for the Olympics.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2015 02:15 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: Cruzinator at July 27, 2015 02:15 PM (KkliO)
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at July 27, 2015 02:15 PM (yxw0r)
Posted by: wrg500 at July 27, 2015 02:15 PM (kQBSd)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 27, 2015 02:16 PM (39g3+)
Greece a permanent home for the summer games, Switzerland for the winter games (since the IOC lives there.) Boom. Done. But it makes far too much sense so it will never happen.
Posted by: LizLem at July 27, 2015 02:16 PM (hvf9s)
Posted by: Baraka Hussein, Commander-In-Chief-Of-The-World!!! at July 27, 2015 02:16 PM (wAQA5)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 27, 2015 02:12 PM (LA7Cm)
-----------------------------------------
They replaced it with gay ribbon swirling.
Posted by: Soona at July 27, 2015 02:16 PM (P25Hh)
Disco.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2015 02:16 PM (vxBxx)
Posted by: some random meathead at July 27, 2015 02:16 PM (QuNQQ)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Not dead yet at July 27, 2015 02:17 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: wrg500 at July 27, 2015 02:17 PM (kQBSd)
Posted by: Don "The Party" Lemon at July 27, 2015 02:17 PM (TGqLo)
Anything involving 'inspection' such as homes, restaurants, etc. The most infamously and consistently bribeable position ever.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 27, 2015 02:17 PM (39g3+)
I'm petitioning for the Winter Olympics to be held in Houston. >>>
Well they have a ski slope in Dubai so why not.
http://www.theplaymania.com/skidubai
Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 27, 2015 02:18 PM (81UWZ)
Posted by: Roy at July 27, 2015 02:18 PM (VndSC)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2015 02:18 PM (ODxAs)
Suddenly the entire population of Kenya is a gay athlete.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 27, 2015 02:18 PM (W5DcG)
Salt Lake City, Denver would be ideal candidates.
Posted by: HUCK / AKIN 2016 at July 27, 2015 02:18 PM (0LHZx)
http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2012/sports/_/name/gt/trampoline
Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2015 02:18 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 27, 2015 02:14 PM (qCMvj)
City of Barrow.
Posted by: wrg500 at July 27, 2015 02:15 PM (kQBSd)
/shrug
close enough to Siberia, I guess
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 27, 2015 02:18 PM (qCMvj)
I agree, move them back to Greece. Once they get the infrastructure paid off, it's profit. They surely can use it. But as Glenn Reynolds would say, insufficient opportunities for graft, so it'll never happen.
Posted by: Agent J at July 27, 2015 02:18 PM (ueOgE)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2015 02:18 PM (ODxAs)
Or the trampoline competition.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Not dead yet at July 27, 2015 02:18 PM (kff5f)
-
And a sideways shooting event.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at July 27, 2015 02:18 PM (XUKZU)
Posted by: Menino at July 27, 2015 02:19 PM (TGqLo)
I could go for that.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 27, 2015 02:19 PM (LA7Cm)
That's been my suggestion for what to do with the Astrodome.
Posted by: Cruzinator at July 27, 2015 02:19 PM (KkliO)
Posted by: logprof at July 27, 2015 02:20 PM (TGqLo)
You forgot the one little detail about Boston being one of the top tourist destinations in the country. Clearly, you've never tried to travel in Boston in the summer.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2015 02:20 PM (OGm46)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at July 27, 2015 02:20 PM (XUKZU)
Careful though, Greece will probably confiscate all money the minute you set foot on their soil
Posted by: tsrblke (tsblet) at July 27, 2015 02:20 PM (U8W/7)
Works for me!
Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2015 02:20 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at July 27, 2015 02:20 PM (0O7c5)
When I lived in the Philippines as a child, I actually took lessons from a guy who trained Olympians. I am biased of course, but I think trampoline is no less difficult than gymnastics.
My personal peeve is that all of the combative sports games are skipped over for the artsy-fartsy stuff.
Seriously, why do we have seven hours of rhythmic gymnastics and zero hours of Judo?
Posted by: bonhomme at July 27, 2015 02:21 PM (jhqr1)
Open with "The Running of the Hobos"
Posted by: Mr Wizard at July 27, 2015 02:21 PM (eOpVe)
Got to meet her a few years ago whilst in der fatherland.
You know, the "athletic" types don't seem to need as much assistance in looking, well, smoking...
Wait, what were you talking 'bout again?
Posted by: anon a mouse at July 27, 2015 02:21 PM (C9pBZ)
Posted by: W**rddav* at July 27, 2015 02:21 PM (QuNQQ)
Posted by: Cruzinator at July 27, 2015 02:21 PM (KkliO)
Springfield Armory national historical site/museum? Sounds pretty good.
I know lots of western Mass. is actually American, but I still wonder
if some day that museum will have to be moved elsewhere. To protect the
treasures from defacing/destruction a la the Bamiyan budhhas or the CBF.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 27, 2015 01:55 PM (QDnY+)<<<
Sorry... distracted by lunch. Yeah I've been, but not in many, many years. It's probably very different now.
But I do drive by the Smith ampersand Wesson HQ every few days, so am reminded that guns haven't become completely verboten in the Communewealth... yet.
Posted by: Boston! 2024 at July 27, 2015 02:22 PM (b8RK4)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 27, 2015 02:22 PM (LA7Cm)
Open with "The Running of the Hobos"
I was born in East LA,
I was born in East LA...
wait, is Tommy Chong rayciss?
Posted by: anon a mouse at July 27, 2015 02:22 PM (C9pBZ)
If you are paying more than $40 for a single stack 1911 mag, you need to shop elsewhere.
Chip McCormick shooting star 10rd mag is what, $35?
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at July 27, 2015 02:22 PM (jtStN)
I recall in 2012 they gave scant coverage of the female skeet shooter who kicked serious a$$.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2015 02:23 PM (NOIQH)
Trampoline is a much better event to watch in my opinion. It's like X-games.
Posted by: Cruzinator at July 27, 2015 02:24 PM (KkliO)
People though NY was corrupt. There's a tie for first place in Massachusetts.
Posted by: marcus T at July 27, 2015 02:24 PM (GGCsk)
Thugathalon. Shooting sideways, running with loose pants, the Gold Lift.
Posted by: Bigby's Reacharound at July 27, 2015 02:25 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2015 02:23 PM (NOIQH)
--Maybe they already knew she was a conservative chick.
Posted by: logprof at July 27, 2015 02:25 PM (TGqLo)
Posted by: marcus T at July 27, 2015 02:25 PM (GGCsk)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 27, 2015 02:25 PM (gcV0z)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2015 02:25 PM (vxBxx)
The Olympics exist for the spectators, or in the modern sense, the viewers, not for the athletes. The merits of various sports, as debatable as that is, is not as important as their popularity.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at July 27, 2015 02:26 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: wrg500 at July 27, 2015 02:26 PM (kQBSd)
Contract with Disney to run the island as a resort facility.
Winter Olympics? South Georgia Island. They can hold the Shackleton Marathon using crummy rope and boots with screws driven through the soles.
Posted by: Man from Wazzustan at July 27, 2015 02:26 PM (uPxUo)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 27, 2015 02:26 PM (iQIUe)
As to excess events, they often add events particularly well-suited to the host country's best Sports. For Rio, I read ( a while ago, will have to look up) they added a handful of windsurfing events, with a bunch of different "Classes", to pad their medal count.
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 27, 2015 02:27 PM (2cS/G)
Because the IOC loves to see what swag they can squeeze out of bidders.
Posted by: tsrblke (tsblet) at July 27, 2015 02:27 PM (U8W/7)
He probably has Air Force 1 on the tarmac spinning up the engines as we speak.
Posted by: Hank at July 27, 2015 02:28 PM (LpJen)
Home of Texas racism.
Posted by: some random meathead at July 27, 2015 02:16 PM (QuNQQ)
So THAT'S why they have a gay mayor (rolls eyes).
Posted by: Blano at July 27, 2015 02:28 PM (w1ewr)
CBD,
You and Y-not indicated that Weirddave knew why his post was removed.
The above is a quote from his blog regarding his post .
It seems that he doesn't know.
Posted by: some random meathead at July 27, 2015 02:28 PM (QuNQQ)
Sure, I get that. However, like the news, the sports people are hard left. They avoid the combat-like sports out of ideology, not viewership.
News broadcasters are fond of saying they just present what's popular and interesting, but when that cuts against their politics, politics wins.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 27, 2015 02:28 PM (jhqr1)
"Open with "The Running of the Hobos"
It's more like shuffling of the hobos...until the first one gets shot. Then they move a little quicker.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at July 27, 2015 02:28 PM (gmjUl)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2015 02:23 PM (NOIQH)
I loved all the coverage with the MFM (delenda est) laughing at the fact the US hadn't won any of the shooting events and a couple of the US shooters said something along the lines of, "Yeah. Wait until they let us use guns."
Suddenly there were a couple little blurbs as the US swept gold (and I think swept the podium in at least one) in the gun events, but nothing like the coverage from when they'd been losing the atl-atl competition.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Not dead yet at July 27, 2015 02:28 PM (kff5f)
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I think Salt Lake did. And Romney has ties to Massachusetts...
But generally, no. The host cities usually end up losing money.
Posted by: junior at July 27, 2015 02:28 PM (3m3mw)
Posted by: some random meathead at July 27, 2015 02:28 PM (QuNQQ)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2015 01:56 PM (NOIQH)
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My embarrassment over the Obama's expectation that they could waltz in at the last minute and "mesmerize" the committee is only exceeded by my disgust at the level of graft involved with the Olympic Committee and it's awarding process.
Quite simply, the Obama's and Chicago, the home of corrupt politics, were pikers when it came to graft on the International Level.
Obama learned quickly after that.
Posted by: WisRich at July 27, 2015 02:29 PM (hdpay)
Posted by: Baraka Hussein, Commander-In-Chief-Of-The-World!!! at July 27, 2015 02:16 PM (wAQA5)<<<
Why not!? We could use a few more of your deadbeat relatives to support.
Posted by: the Mass taxpayers at July 27, 2015 02:29 PM (b8RK4)
And yet NBC seems to think that we'd rather watch "up close and personal" stories about the athletes instead of, you know, actually watching them compete. They ruin it every dang time.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2015 02:29 PM (NOIQH)
There. FIFY.
Oh, and for the 45 minutes of "personal storytelling" before the 2nd round rhythmic gymnastics semifinals...
Posted by: anon a mouse at July 27, 2015 02:30 PM (C9pBZ)
I enjoyed my time in Boston, but I don't miss it much.
Posted by: logprof at July 27, 2015 02:30 PM (TGqLo)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at July 27, 2015 02:30 PM (gcV0z)
Posted by: logprof at July 27, 2015 02:20 PM (TGqLo)
Can anybody sign? I've never played fantasy football before, so I'd be a sure cellar dweller.
Posted by: Blano at July 27, 2015 02:31 PM (w1ewr)
Katerina Witt
http://tinyurl.com/omhwc5h
http://tinyurl.com/ojtpm55
Posted by: wrg500 at July 27, 2015 02:26 PM (kQBSd)
She has been enhanced. NTTAWWT.
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at July 27, 2015 02:31 PM (yxw0r)
Appoint Hillary! the Olympic Ambassador. No one know international graft like Hills.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2015 02:31 PM (vxBxx)
Jurassic Park V?
Posted by: anon a mouse at July 27, 2015 02:32 PM (C9pBZ)
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I think Salt Lake did. And Romney has ties to Massachusetts...
I think it's hilarious that one of the money saving measures Romney took was to kill all the lavish parties they were throwing, and turn them into pizza parties.
The look on their faces when those people learned their fancy parties were now like a ten year old's birthday must have been amazing.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 27, 2015 02:32 PM (jhqr1)
And the life story of the female runner from West butfucistan that over came the sexism and life struggle to reach her dream of finishing last in the woman's 1500 meters
Posted by: wrg500 at July 27, 2015 02:32 PM (kQBSd)
Then I didn't like it so much.
Posted by: Hank at July 27, 2015 02:33 PM (LpJen)
Posted by: Bigby's Reacharound at July 27, 2015 02:34 PM (3ZtZW)
Hrm. Hafta stream Cheers when I get home and check on that.
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at July 27, 2015 02:34 PM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2015 02:36 PM (vxBxx)
One of the worst examples is over several winter Olympics the effusive coverage they gave to that male speedskater, Dan something, whose sister died before his Olympics premier. It was heartbreaking, however, the guy had a habit of choking and/or falling. Meanwhile, there was a female speedskater at the same time who was on freakin' fire - winning and placing in every race she competed. And then guess which one now does color commentary for NBC?
Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2015 02:36 PM (NOIQH)
If you really want to piss off a native Bostonian, ask them how to get to the Cheers bar.
Their self worth is in part tied into all the amazing history of the city. Few people ask how to get to the Old North Church. Everyone wants to see the real outside of a fictional bar from a TV show from 23 years ago.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 27, 2015 02:37 PM (jhqr1)
And the life story of the female runner from West butfucistan that over came the sexism and life struggle to reach her dream of finishing last in the woman's 1500 meters
Posted by: wrg500 at July 27, 2015 02:32 PM (kQBSd)
Again I say, for the comments......
Posted by: Blano at July 27, 2015 02:39 PM (w1ewr)
Posted by: Blano at July 27, 2015 02:31 PM (w1ewr)
--I've broached expansion to the commish (CDR M); it's either his call or he'll put it to a vote. We also would open it up if one or both of the other teams don't re-up. Personally, I think 12 is the ideal size for a league and we had 10 last season. I liked the first round bye for the top two teams though.
As for being a newb, well, sometimes dumb luck can help in fantasy, and can keep you from paralysis by analysis. Hell, I won my playoff games with Jay Cutler and Dirty Sanchez (!).
Posted by: logprof at July 27, 2015 02:39 PM (TGqLo)
The look on their faces when those people learned their fancy parties were now like a ten year old's birthday must have been amazing.
---------------------
So what you're saying is that Boston can guarantee it won't land the Olympics by promising to bring in Romney to manage the whole thing?
Posted by: junior at July 27, 2015 02:39 PM (3m3mw)
Oh, and for Rio they did away with windsurfing, replaced it with kite surfing, a local specialty.
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 27, 2015 02:39 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at July 27, 2015 02:40 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: Hank at July 27, 2015 02:41 PM (LpJen)
I think that's a safe bet.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 27, 2015 02:42 PM (jhqr1)
Posted by: logprof at July 27, 2015 02:39 PM (TGqLo)
Wow, my hero!!
I'm interested in submitting an application. Does the draft involve alcohol?
Posted by: Blano at July 27, 2015 02:44 PM (w1ewr)
Posted by: Blano at July 27, 2015 02:44 PM (w1ewr)
--Are you in the Yahoo group? You can reach CDR M through that, and it's a Yahoo league.
As for booze, it depends on the timing. I drank last year because it was over Labor Day Weekend.
Posted by: logprof at July 27, 2015 02:47 PM (TGqLo)
I always laugh when people say this. Oh no
traffic for 2 weeks will be extremely shitty instead of just shitty!!
That's about the dumbest reason not to have an event in your city.
Besides it's summer, traffic is always less awful in summer since at any
gives time 20% of the population is on vacation and 100% of kids are
driven to and from school.
Posted by: HUCK / AKIN 2016 at July 27, 2015 02:10 PM (0LHZx)
Gee, you think maybe a lot of people go to vacation IN BOSTON?
And yeah, I'm going to bitch about the traffic. And I'm going to bitch about the inherent cronyism and corruption inherent with winning an Olympic bid. Because I'm not an idiot.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at July 27, 2015 02:49 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: eureka! at July 27, 2015 03:33 PM (g1MTt)
Posted by: eureka! at July 27, 2015 03:34 PM (g1MTt)
Posted by: steve walsh at July 27, 2015 04:33 PM (9TS9J)
Posted by: Call me Loretta at July 27, 2015 05:45 PM (OmBeX)
Denver saying 'No' is why '76 Winter games were at Innsbruck, and Denver said 'No' after being awarded the games. More here http://www.coloradodaily.com/ci_13116680
Posted by: see pea at July 27, 2015 11:22 PM (uTHtz)
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Hint: It is some one here, Give him a call!
O.K. Its an asshole, does that change anything?
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Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)