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Tokyo proves Olympic Games are a losing deal
The Duran: Episode 1047
Tokyo’s Olympic flame burns at last after subdued ceremony
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Tokyo-2020-Olympics/Tokyo-s-Olympic-flame-burns-at-last-after-subdued-ceremony
G’day! Aussie city Brisbane to host 2032 Olympics after ‘foregone conclusion’ vote
G’day! Aussie city Brisbane to host 2032 Olympics after ‘foregone conclusion’ vote
Brisbane will host the 2032 edition of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, it has been announced, following an ‘uncontested vote’ in Tokyo. It will see the Games return to Australia for the first time since Sydney 2000.
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Disgusting. Always forcing the ‘pandemic’ on everyone ad nauseum
A bit rich for 2 Greeks to comment about the “extreme heat ” of the Tokyo Olympics, The Athens Olympics of 2004 were the hottest ever. They were held in August, average temperature 29.4C/84.9F. Were Mr Mercouris’ family on the 2004 Organising Committee as well ! I think we should be told !
As regards the Tokyo fiasco, the estimated projected loss for Olympics held without any spectators is $23bn. This does not include postponement costs for 2020.
https://sportcal.com/News/FeaturedNews/135839
Brisbane will be cancelled. LA 2028 will be the last Olympics. Thank God for that.
Any more trivia you want to get off your chest?
If the truth is trivia in some ignorant people’s eyes, then so be it.
Ahh the “OPENNING” what a wonderful advertisement for covid & the opp[ressed puppets the Japanese “PATHETIC” Propaganda, Japs being used “AGAIN” !
Sports are wonderful and joyful and bring people together in friendship and can and should promote a healthy lifestyle. The people running it at present, the IOC, are against all of these things and have been bought by the usual suspects. Along with this they actively promote and support all the bogus SarsCovid2 fear-mongering and over reacting and have made this a ‘dead’ Olympics without people, which is completely against the whole idea of the Olympics to start with. We obviously need a new ‘Peoples Olympics’ without Coca-Cola, Alibaba, Atos, Bridgestone, Dow, GE, Intel, Omega, Panasonic, Procter & Gamble, Samsung,… Read more »
The US just uses the Olympics as an attention distractor while it plots coup d’etats and military attacks. Failing that, it falls back on an opportunity for sanctions.