Good riddance: Juan Antonio Samaranch, onetime lackey of the fascist Franco regime and later the bag man for the International Olympic Committee, has died. Wonder if he’ll insist on being [...]
More bad Olympic mascots, courtesy of the Brits:
Defeating the Soviets or defying the Fuhrer?
It’s easy to dislike the Olympics, especially if you’ve witnessed the Games firsthand. Start with the greedy, corrupt International Olympic Committee. Here in Atlanta we saw former IOC president (and [...]
(Thanks to Thomas for this fantastic find) The 1996 Olympics were fun while they lasted, but things went downhill from the moment corrupt fascist facilitator Juan Antonio Samranch labeled the [...]
Propaganda prevails, and China gloats: The Games exposed billions of global viewers to the Middle Kingdom and its culture, furthering its “soft power” ambitions. It displayed impressive preparation and management [...]
That’s our Bush.
If only to hear him mangle the athletes’ names. Otherwise, I’m inclined to tune out the Olympics. Listening to vintage Harry Caray is more fun.
Russia invades a sovereign state and ally. Maybe it’s a good thing the president is otherwise occupied:
The *opening ceremony was compelling propaganda, writes Sacha Zimmerman, though the U.S. team didn’t leave much of an impression: (T)he Ralph Lauren-clad Americans came marching along looking for all the [...]
