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PostPosted: Thu Jul 29, 2021 12:47 pm    Post subject: Re: Olympics and mild rant Reply with quote

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the wuflu


Agenda pusher, next you'll be calling it the Wokyo Olympics
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 29, 2021 12:48 pm    Post subject: Re: Olympics and mild rant Reply with quote

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Meanwhile back in reality team USA leads with 38 medals, 14 gold. Very Happy


too bad for the anti-woke folk
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 29, 2021 1:01 pm    Post subject: Re: Olympics and mild rant Reply with quote

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the wuflu


Agenda pusher, next you'll be calling it the Wokyo Olympics



agenda pusher?

go right to 3:30.

sorry for calling it what it is....


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PostPosted: Thu Jul 29, 2021 1:28 pm    Post subject: Re: Olympics and mild rant Reply with quote

Ummmmm..John Stewart is a comedian.

Its not called the "Wuhan Corona Virus Laboratory"...its is the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

If he can't get the name of the lab even right you might not want to take his tin foil conspiracy theories as gospel.

Just sayin....


Ok...party is over folks.

Skills has showed up again and ruined it for everyone.....

At least it made it to page 3 until someone couldn't control themselves.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 29, 2021 1:43 pm    Post subject: Re: Olympics and mild rant Reply with quote

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Ok...party is over folks.

Skills has showed up again and ruined it for everyone.....

At least it made it to page 3 until someone couldn't control themselves.



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please, do tell how i ruined it? you are the same guy who posted in the EPA thread about differing opinions.

please, explain this to me

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can't even have an adult conversation without it going off the rails here.



You do know that "adult conversations" means that there will be differing opinions right? Rolling Eyes


practice what you preach....
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 29, 2021 1:58 pm    Post subject: Re: Olympics and mild rant Reply with quote

You do know the post was about the Olympics right?

Do you think a comedian talking about a lab he can't even identify correctly in order to get uncomfortable chuckles from people relates to the Olympics in any way?

Is feel free to explain how the comedic ramblings of a washed up comic about the originals of the coronavirus is related in any way Biles pulling out of the Olympics due to her mental health issues..

"KEEP THE POLITICS OUT OF THIS OR IT'S GONE.

I bet it never makes it to page 2."


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PostPosted: Thu Jul 29, 2021 4:07 pm    Post subject: Re: Olympics and mild rant Reply with quote

I’m guessing the moderators must be in the middle of a Zoom “Toke” Session?
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 4:43 am    Post subject: Re: Olympics and mild rant Reply with quote

Getting back on track:

Now I know how golf fans felt about Tiger Woods when he wasn't playing for whatever medical reason (his back, his knee) yet they continued to talk about him during tournaments.

Ms. Biles has put herself in an awkward situation - she's wishy, washy about competing, is on the sidelines cheering on her teammates, all the while getting attention for her mental health.

Some think she should stay and support her team and people have a problem with that. Others think she should return to the USA if she isn't going to compete and people have a problem with that.

Some think they should quit talking about her because it's about the Olympics. Others think that TV should be transparent and use it as a platform to talk about mental health.

She is in a no-win public opinion situation.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 6:12 am    Post subject: Re: Olympics and mild rant Reply with quote

Saw an interesting post...some of which was political which I will not repeat:

"Simone Biles won national titles with broken toes in both feet, national titles with a kidney stone, and has carried the burden of being a face of sexual assault survivors as a national institution failed to support them"

Yet people are questioning her "toughness"?
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 8:47 am    Post subject: Re: Olympics and mild rant Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 10:00 am    Post subject: Re: Olympics and mild rant Reply with quote

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"Simone Biles won national titles with broken toes in both feet, national titles with a kidney stone,



Even though I cannot stand the blatant right wing ranting hypocrisy of today, I call BS on this. I'll just say this-- if you've ever had a kidneystone, you'll know there is NO WAY IN HELL Simone Biles or anyone else competed while having one.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 10:11 am    Post subject: Re: Olympics and mild rant Reply with quote

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"Simone Biles won national titles with broken toes in both feet, national titles with a kidney stone,



Even though I cannot stand the blatant right wing ranting hypocrisy of today, I call BS on this. I'll just say this-- if you've ever had a kidneystone, you'll know there is NO WAY IN HELL Simone Biles or anyone else competed while having one.


Simply not true. I have had probably more than 30 of these in the last 25 years, some quite large. There are ways to mitigate the pain and help them pass. I never missed a day of work or life over one, with the exception of the first one or two- the first one mainly because I didn't know what was happening and the anxiety was quite extreme on top of the pain.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 10:11 am    Post subject: Re: Olympics and mild rant Reply with quote

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"Simone Biles won national titles with broken toes in both feet, national titles with a kidney stone,



Even though I cannot stand the blatant right wing ranting hypocrisy of today, I call BS on this. I'll just say this-- if you've ever had a kidneystone, you'll know there is NO WAY IN HELL Simone Biles or anyone else competed while having one.


It's possible. It's usually when the kidney stone moves into your ureter that it causes pain.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 11:26 am    Post subject: Re: Olympics and mild rant Reply with quote

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talk about an agenda.... Rolling Eyes

love how it always sinks into bring race into something.

all of that aside....when you make the decision to be a 'pro athlete' last i checked no one put a gun to you head to do so. doors open...leave any time you want.

people crack under pressure i'll give you that. doesn't matter if you're doing cartwheels chasing a ball or handing ice cream over a counter. so many factors go into having a breakdown... when you have 'had it' it's time to do something.

and nothing for nothing....so many people have pulled themselves out of the "hood" or poverty because it was their DRIVE to do so. it has no bearing on their skin color or nationality....they had the drive to make a difference. equal opportunity doesn't mean equal results.

there are 2 types of people in this world....those who fight to better their situation and those that don't.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 11:50 am    Post subject: Re: Olympics and mild rant Reply with quote

Today’s coverage of women’s diving is excellent. Many great stories and profiles of the ones competing years of hard work to get a spot on the team😀 seems China has dominated this sport winning gold for the last 30 years and they look to win again. Shit I’m glued to the chair now because women’s beach volleyball is up next😀

Why not just enjoy the show ? The nice thing about being retired is when things like this happen you can devote full attention
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:16 pm    Post subject: Re: Olympics and mild rant Reply with quote

sb001 wrote:
jspbtown wrote:


"Simone Biles won national titles with broken toes in both feet, national titles with a kidney stone,



Even though I cannot stand the blatant right wing ranting hypocrisy of today, I call BS on this. I'll just say this-- if you've ever had a kidneystone, you'll know there is NO WAY IN HELL Simone Biles or anyone else competed while having one.


I've had 3 kidney tones in 43 years, first two in the late 1970s. In between pain attacks (when the stone is working its way from kidney to bladder, there was considerable pain, but in waves, so I could be fine for a day or two. So this can happen.
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Mine all came out within 10 days.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:30 pm    Post subject: Re: Olympics and mild rant Reply with quote

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Honestly, the person who wrote this is more disturbed than the group of people he is talking about.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:11 pm    Post subject: Re: Olympics and mild rant Reply with quote

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Honestly, the person who wrote this is more disturbed than the group of people he is talking about.


And the mods let it stand
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:13 pm    Post subject: Re: Olympics and mild rant Reply with quote

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Honestly, the person who wrote this is more disturbed than the group of people he is talking about.


And the mods let it stand


feel free to go the fuck the elsewhere?
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:46 pm    Post subject: Re: Olympics and mild rant Reply with quote

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there are 2 types of people in this world....those who fight to better their situation and those that don't.


Actually you forgot the 3rd type....those who whine about others because their own lives suck.
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