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1. Contributor
   James Lileks

   @jameslileks

   10:01 PM EST ⋅ Feb 7, 2022

   (That will set up one of those DirecTV Stream ads rather nicely: Bea Arthur. Transgendered Weight Lifter. Bea Arthur. Transgendered Weight Lifter. Bea Arthur. Transgendered Weight Lifter…)

   That DirecTV believed there was a substantial overlap between Matrix bros and fans of a temperamental tennis player is really a testament to the bubblicious atmosphere in their marketing department. 

2. Coolidge
   Flicker

   @Flicker

   12:28 AM EST ⋅ Feb 8, 2022

   Vince Guerra (View Comment):

   It’s hard to drum up nationalistic pride for something as unimportant as the Olympics when the government and media is at war against its own people on multiple fronts.

   I’m much more likely to show up on the side of the road to wave a flag for the trucker convoy passing in protest of tyrannical government than I am to root for a twenty-two year old double vaxxed and masked speed skater who doesn’t understand his country is turning communist.

   The Olympics were fine when the world wasn’t in flames. Now it’s just a circus purporting to distract from the worldwide battles while unwittingly serving as prime example of one of them.

   But Jesse Owens’ victory was a political one as well, against Hitler and naziism, in the lead up to WWII.

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   Miffed White Male

   @MiffedWhiteMale

   

   5:54 AM EST ⋅ Feb 8, 2022

   Leaving aside the political aspect of the location, the Olympic committee screwed up back in the late 90s when they staggered the summer and winter Olympics instead of having them the same year.

   When they all occurred just once ever four years, they seemed special.  Now, there’s always another Olympics right around the corner.

4. Member
   LibertyDefender

   @LibertyDefender

   5:59 AM EST ⋅ Feb 8, 2022

   Miffed White Male (View Comment):

   Leaving aside the political aspect of the location, the Olympic committee screwed up back in the late 90s when they staggered the summer and winter Olympics instead of having them the same year.

   When they all occurred just once ever four years, they seemed special. Now, there’s always another Olympics right around the corner.

   Racist.

5. Member
   Misthiocracy got drunk and

   @Misthiocracy

   

   6:33 AM EST ⋅ Feb 8, 2022

   Every Winter Olympics should be in Sarajevo. Give that town a bit of a boost, eh?

6. Member
   The Reticulator

   @TheReticulator

   7:38 AM EST ⋅ Feb 8, 2022

   Misthiocracy got drunk and (View Comment):

   Every Winter Olympics should be in Sarajevo. Give that town a bit of a boost, eh?

   Almost 600 miles by road from Mount Olympus. Is that really close enough? 

7. Member
   Miffed White Male

   @MiffedWhiteMale

   

   7:42 AM EST ⋅ Feb 8, 2022

   Misthiocracy got drunk and (View Comment):

   Every Winter Olympics should be in Sarajevo. Give that town a bit of a boost, eh?

   I don’t know about Sarajevo, but a permanent site for summer games and winter games makes a certain amount of sense, given the financial drain caused by building (and then pretty much abandoning) a new set of facilities every four years.

   Which means it will never happen.

    

8. Coolidge
   kedavis

   @kedavis

   10:13 AM EST ⋅ Feb 8, 2022

   Flicker (View Comment):

   Vince Guerra (View Comment):

   It’s hard to drum up nationalistic pride for something as unimportant as the Olympics when the government and media is at war against its own people on multiple fronts.

   I’m much more likely to show up on the side of the road to wave a flag for the trucker convoy passing in protest of tyrannical government than I am to root for a twenty-two year old double vaxxed and masked speed skater who doesn’t understand his country is turning communist.

   The Olympics were fine when the world wasn’t in flames. Now it’s just a circus purporting to distract from the worldwide battles while unwittingly serving as prime example of one of them.

   But Jesse Owens’ victory was a political one as well, against Hitler and naziism, in the lead up to WWII.

   Sadly, that’s not the kind of showing-up that “our side” values any more.  Now it would be about… to re-use a phrase… trans-gender lesbians “of color,” etc.  They’d send “Caitlyn” Jenner, etc.

9. Member
   Adios Muchacho

   @OldDanRhody

   10:28 AM EST ⋅ Feb 8, 2022

   Some Call Me …Tim (View Comment):

   Hoyacon (View Comment):

   I am upset that we did not medal in curling, but that’s about it.

   The only curling that interests me is the 12 oz kind.

   In the real world they occur simultaneously.

10. Member
    Misthiocracy got drunk and

    @Misthiocracy

    

    3:00 PM EST ⋅ Feb 12, 2022

    Hoyacon (View Comment):

    I am upset that we did not medal in curling, but that’s about it.

    There’s still time. The Men’s Finals and the Women’s Finals don’t start until Feb 18th.

    I’m sorta rooting for ‘Murica in the Men’s, if only because of…

    

    https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/fashion/article/nike-dunks-matthew-hamilton-winter-olympics