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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: grateful on August 06, 2016, 12:14:52 pm
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I do enjoy the word "peloton".
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That parade of of nations thing last night had to be the most boring thing I've ever watched on television. It actually had me wishing my father in law would turn the channel back to his Fox News. At least I was able to seize the remote and flip it to the O's/Sox game during the commercial breaks. Man, the Zach Britton has some nasty stuff.
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Hipsters are down on the olympics this year..
this is pretty crazy:
https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/761937723208982528
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Virginia Thrasher. Best name ever.
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The swimmers look amazing...
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Huge win for Del Potro over Djokovic!!!!!!
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are the Olympics exciting and much watch tv, this year? I can't, tell. I thought everything about this Olympics was going to explode in a shit filled bay of zika violence.
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The women's rugby was OK but for me the summer Olympics really don't start until we get some team handball and badminton, the world's fastest racquet-based sport.
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your inputs, are fascinating.
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I can't get into the women's gymnastics because they are all so tiny..they stunt their growth.. any sport that stunts your growth.. man.. thats tough
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I can't get into the women's gymnastics because they are all so tiny..they stunt their growth..
Women's gymnastics has given us both Shawn "It makes my Taco Pop" Johnson and Makayla "Stinkface" Maroney. It is beyond reproach.
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never the sharpest tool in the shed..
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/swimmer-ryan-lochte-passport-seized-8650224
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Wait, so are they saying the dramatic hold-up was a hoax/lie? Now THAT would be interesting.
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Wait, so are they saying the dramatic hold-up was a hoax/lie? Now THAT would be interesting.
yes pretty much... at the very least he said they took his wallet at gunpoint but closed circuit camera footage of him returning to Olympic Village shows he had wallet and watch....
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Wait, so are they saying the dramatic hold-up was a hoax/lie? Now THAT would be interesting.
yes pretty much... at the very least he said they took his wallet at gunpoint but closed circuit camera footage of him returning to Olympic Village shows he had wallet and watch....
To be fair, many wealthy people carry multiple wallets to facilitate all their money and who in their right mind doesn't keep a spare watch in their breast pocket for sartorial emergencies?
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I get fat hate, but hate against small women?
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I get fat hate, but hate against small women?
I thought we had a policy of not responding to each other but I will feel free to do so to your posts from now on..
I have no hate for small women.. I do have hate for a "sport" that stunts women's growth... the reason the gymnasts are so tiny I think is because the sport stunts their growth... but maybe I'm wrong .. if so I don't hate gymnastics.
I certainly do not hate small women.
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what are you talking about? You reply to my posts every single day.
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what are you talking about? You reply to my posts every single day.
No way.. I ignore your posts.. which is hard to do cause they are so moronic.
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what are you talking about? You reply to my posts every single day.
No way.. I ignore your posts.. which is hard to do cause they are so moronic.
You do understand by reply to and quoting his post, you are -- by the very definition -- not ignoring it, right?
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You reply to my posts all the time. Do you have memory problems?
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This is a public forum. If you don't like me engaging with you on here, maybe you should just give up this place.
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I don't know what's worse...using up all my vacation time so i can sit at home and argue with a nine ear old all day...or reading this board while at work. About the same i guess.
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This is a public forum. If you don't like me engaging with you on here, maybe you should just give up this place.
Man you are unbelievable.. EVERY TIME I have engaged with you you've come down on me for "stalking you" and all kinds of baloney and NOW you tell ME that if I don't like engaging with you I should give up this place? Are you high?
Like I said.. since you saw fit to reply to my comment, and since you've added the bit about this being a public forum and people engaging, I will now feel free to respond to anything you post.
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what are you talking about? You reply to my posts every single day.
No way.. I ignore your posts.. which is hard to do cause they are so moronic.
You do understand by reply to and quoting his post, you are -- by the very definition -- not ignoring it, right?
What part of "from now on.." did you not understand?
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Can y'all believe Lochte made the whole story up?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/brazilian-judge-bans-lochte-other-us-robbery-victims-from-leaving-the-country/2016/08/17/c5107754-648a-11e6-b4d8-33e931b5a26d_story.html?hpid=hp_rhp-top-table-main_lochte-1145a%3Ahomepage%2Fstory#comments
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Can y'all believe Lochte made the whole story up?
That's very much still up in the air.
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apparently he already left Brazil...
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So much swimming coverage was on Phelps that I had no idea Lochte was there until some results were reported. Perhaps he felt deprived of attention; this was a cry for help.
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Are you ok?
Man you are unbelievable.. EVERY TIME I have engaged with you you've come down on me for "stalking you" and all kinds of baloney and NOW you tell ME that if I don't like engaging with you I should give up this place? Are you high?
Like I said.. since you saw fit to reply to my comment, and since you've added the bit about this being a public forum and people engaging, I will now feel free to respond to anything you post.
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So much swimming coverage was on Phelps that I had no idea Lochte was there until some results were reported. Perhaps he felt deprived of attention; this was a cry for help.
you didn't notice the only swimmer with a greeny kind of blue hair?
that screamed 'look at me'
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He's lucky he left Brazil.. they just hauled two American swimmers off of a plane( trying to leave Rio) for questioning... The third didn't "show up" for flight..
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http://deadspin.com/report-ryan-lochte-and-his-rowdy-swimming-pals-defiant-1785452472 (http://deadspin.com/report-ryan-lochte-and-his-rowdy-swimming-pals-defiant-1785452472)
God I love this story.
Only thing I can't figure out is why the other dudes allowed Lochte to come out of this looking like a boss (being the only who stood his ground while his bitchass teammates cowered on the ground)
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http://deadspin.com/report-ryan-lochte-and-his-rowdy-swimming-pals-defiant-1785452472 (http://deadspin.com/report-ryan-lochte-and-his-rowdy-swimming-pals-defiant-1785452472)
God I love this story.
Only thing I can't figure out is why the other dudes allowed Lochte to come out of this looking like a boss (being the only who stood his ground while his bitchass teammates cowered on the ground)
Who hasn't gotten together with their bros and have a public pee party?!
Re: your point about Lochte being the only one who looks like a boss, this is a perfect example of getting your story about first so you can control the narrative. Total political gamesmanship by Lochte.
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"We even have images of one of the athlete's butts, as he is pulling up his pants," said the owner, who the newspaper said chose to remain unnamed.
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sad.. "the ugly American"....what a bunch of losers..
the reason Lochte could control the story is cause he got out of Rio.. otherwise he'd have to have confessed too...
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http://deadspin.com/report-ryan-lochte-and-his-rowdy-swimming-pals-defiant-1785452472 (http://deadspin.com/report-ryan-lochte-and-his-rowdy-swimming-pals-defiant-1785452472)
God I love this story.
Only thing I can't figure out is why the other dudes allowed Lochte to come out of this looking like a boss (being the only who stood his ground while his bitchass teammates cowered on the ground)
Who hasn't gotten together with their bros and have a public pee party?!
Re: your point about Lochte being the only one who looks like a boss, this is a perfect example of getting your story about first so you can control the narrative. Total political gamesmanship by Lochte.
Although I wonder if his swimmin bros got all mad at how he made himself look like a stud, so they're like "ahh fuck this made-up story, sorry brazil, we totally lied, we were just having a piss party at a gas station"
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Although I wonder if his swimmin bros got all mad at how he made himself look like a stud, so they're like "ahh fuck this made-up story, sorry brazil, we totally lied, we were just having a piss party at a gas station"
Interesting theory, but if so, they made the huge miscalculation of doing that while still in Brazil after Lochte left. If there's one thing I learned from The Wire, its that if you come at the king, you best not miss.
TAN: For anyone going to Teenage Fanclub in October, I think the official boardie meetup should be a post-show V St public pee party. I'll bring some liter bottles of water so we can get good and hydrated!
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TAN: For anyone going to Teenage Fanclub in October, I think the official boardie meetup should be a post-show V St public pee party. I'll bring some liter bottles of water so we can get good and hydrated!
yea we'll need the water bottles cause Teenage Fanclub is just not a drinkin' show...
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TAN: For anyone going to Teenage Fanclub in October, I think the official boardie meetup should be a post-show V St public pee party. I'll bring some liter bottles of water so we can get good and hydrated!
yea we'll need the water bottles cause Teenage Fanclub is just not a drinkin' show...
I dunno, I plan to get fairly lubricated since I'm taxiing back. But a proper pee party requires many a pee so we'll all need the water to reload.
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I love this comment from Reddit:
"I was there when Ryan Lochte got robbed and he was robbed by Manti Te'o's ex-girlfriend" - Brian Williams
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I watched the one bolt race last night, at a bar. I got to see the whole back area thing, the run out like a superstar, and the pre warm ups on the track, with each runner. I, never have watched a race as a complete process, such as that. it was cool. bolt, is indeed a superstar. his banter with the camera on the track before the start, and his charisma is that of someone who knows they are glory, which is in part, why they are so incredible. I was, hoping he would have beat the record, and I am curious if he is happy he won, but curses himself, because the only point now is the record.
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I watched the one bolt race last night, at a bar. I got to see the whole back area thing, the run out like a superstar, and the pre warm ups on the track, with each runner. I, never have watched a race as a complete process, such as that. it was cool. bolt, is indeed a superstar. his banter with the camera on the track before the start, and his charisma is that of someone who knows they are glory, which is in part, why they are so incredible. I was, hoping he would have beat the record, and I am curious if he is happy he won, but curses himself, because the only point now is the record.
He holds the record already I'm almost certain.
He notoriously "pulls up" and stops running 100% when he realizes he's far enough ahead to win. He did last night. He'd rather mug for the camera than try to lower his record, apparently.
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oh really? now, my opinion, has changed.
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Fresh off Lochte's twitter:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CqOl6TGWEAINCml.jpg)
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^what a loser
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Ooh . . . new page, bad placement.
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yes I noticed but A little voice inside my head said, "Don't look back. You can never look back"
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yes I noticed but A little voice inside my head said, "Don't look back. You can never look back"
That's, my favorite, Ataris song.
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yes I noticed but A little voice inside my head said, "Don't look back. You can never look back"
That's, my favorite, Ataris song.
Is that the Ataris? God that is a horrid cover....
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:o
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yes I noticed but A little voice inside my head said, "Don't look back. You can never look back"
That's, my favorite, Ataris song.
Is that the Ataris? God that is a horrid cover....
I'm sure other people have covered it but yes, the one that was all over the radio circa-2004 was The Ataris.
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"careful and candid"
F'in lawyers.
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Eye opening article
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/gastrointestinal-accident-doesnt-prevent-olympic-walker-from-finishing-225627793.html?nhp=1
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The whole, Ryan Lochte thing is interesting. People are saying his career is done, and if you go to his Twitter account I would say his career right now, is done.
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The whole, Ryan Lochte thing is interesting. People are saying his career is done, and if you go to his Twitter account I would say his career right now, is done.
Um, he's 33 years old in an Olympic sport. Yes, his swimming career is for all intents and purposes done. As it was before this incident.
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well its his endorsement career that is the problem...its going to take a big hit... but in general i got to think it will blow over... i mean i think he did a really stupid thing but lets not crucify the guy.. he didn't kill anybody.
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He also, according to even the agreed upon current story, was robbed. If you pee on something and someone demands you give them money at gunpoint as remuneration, you were robbed.
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He also, according to even the agreed upon current story, was robbed. If you pee on something and someone demands you give them money at gunpoint as remuneration, you were robbed.
I don't know..they were security guards and Lochte did not want to wait for the cops...they were trying to split....we just don't know exactly how events unfolded....If somebody vandalizes your place and tries to leave and the guards hold the person by pointing a gun... that in itself is not robbery..seems pretty standard..... Lochte was by all accounts rather belligerent.. how events unfolded in as far as a need for payment is concerned I don't know.....
I just would much rather think of Americans abroad like those guys that helped stop the terrorist on the train in Europe last summer (?) than this Lochte clown.... but we've got both! (probably like every other country)
I just don't think he killed anyone or even really hurt anyone.. more like gave a black eye to our country.. helps perpetuates the "ugly american" idea... People in other countries don't need any more reasons to hate us....(mostly unjustified in my view)
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You're under the impression that if you call the cops on someone and they attempt to flee the scene (in a non-violent manner) you can detain them at gun point?
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He also, according to even the agreed upon current story, was robbed. If you pee on something and someone demands you give them money at gunpoint as remuneration, you were robbed.
That's bribery, not robbery.
In exchange for no further penalties, they were "asked" to pay their way out.
Robbery would have been simply taking their money without exchanging anything.
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He also, according to even the agreed upon current story, was robbed. If you pee on something and someone demands you give them money at gunpoint as remuneration, you were robbed.
That's bribery, not robbery.
In exchange for no further penalties, they were "asked" to pay their way out.
Robbery would have been simply taking their money without exchanging anything.
Pardon my ignorance, but doesn't what you lay out at least constitute "extortion"? And wouldn't the interjection of a gun (de facto force in my mind) raise the level to burglary?
I certainly don't have the right if someone owes me money to show up at their house and demand remuneration under threat of a deadly weapon.
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Pardon my ignorance, but doesn't what you lay out at least constitute "extortion"? And wouldn't the interjection of a gun (de facto force in my mind) raise the level to burglary?
I certainly don't have the right if someone owes me money to show up at their house and demand remuneration under threat of a deadly weapon.
ROBBERY: Give me your money. (Or taking your money without you knowing)
ARMED ROBBERY: Give me your money and won't shoot you.
BRIBERY: Give me the money in your wallet and I won't turn you into the authorities.
AGGRAVATED BRIBERY: While I'm threatening you, give me your money and I won't turn you into the authorities.
EXTORTION: Go do something you wouldn't normally do and in exchange I won't do this awful thing that you won't like.
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Ok. Thank you for the clarification.
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You're under the impression that if you call the cops on someone and they attempt to flee the scene (in a non-violent manner) you can detain them at gun point?
I really don't know exactly what happened or Brazilian norms for security guards.
Are you under the impression that if someone robs a bank in the US the security guards can't point a gun at the robbers?
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Is the bank robber threatening people with deadly force? If so, then the actions of someone else raising a firearm falls under self defense, IMHO.
I don't think if i walk into a grocery store and knock over a cardboard cutout of Cindy Crawford and grab a stick of gum and attempt to walk out without any physical threat to another person that someone who is not an active member of law enforcement can commit assault and/or battery on me legally.
But again, I am not a real lawyer, I am a dude who watches Judge Judy. I cede to statements from real lawyers. And I'm doubly definitely-not an expert on Brazilian law.
But I understand how an American layperson can misconstrue a situation to think what happened to him as "robbery" without any intention to deceive people. I do, sort of, believe Ryan Lotche legit thought he was robbed by a cop when some dude in a uniform (he did not know 100%) stuck a gun at him and demanded money and said something (in a language he did not 100% understand).
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Is the bank robber threatening people with deadly force? If so, then the actions of someone else raising a firearm falls under self defense, IMHO.
I don't think if i walk into a grocery store and knock over a cardboard cutout of Cindy Crawford and grab a stick of gum and attempt to walk out without any physical threat to another person that someone who is not an active member of law enforcement can commit assault and/or battery on me legally.
But again, I am not a real lawyer, I am a dude who watches Judge Judy. I cede to statements from real lawyers. And I'm doubly definitely-not an expert on Brazilian law.
But I understand how an American layperson can misconstrue a situation to think what happened to him as "robbery" without any intention to deceive people. I do, sort of, believe Ryan Lotche legit thought he was robbed by a cop when some dude in a uniform (he did not know 100%) stuck a gun at him and demanded money and said something (in a language he did not 100% understand).
well I guess we disagree then... he was belligerent, he urinated on the floor.. tore down a sign and tried to leave when confronted by security guards.. a security guard then pointed a gun at him.....
The security guards also stated that because the Americans were belligerent and so big they felt threatened...
I am willing to say Lochte does not deserve to be crucified but I think the Brazilians in question behaved in a completely acceptable manner...
We don't know exactly why money was handed over.. what if the Americans seeked to pay in order not to have the police show up? We just don't know... The only facts everyone agrees on are Lochte:
- urinated on floor
- tore down sign
- acted belligerent
- made up a lie and then doubled down on it
Hard to take the side of Lochte on this one.....even forgetting that he made up a bogus story... .
BUT that doesn't mean he should be crucified.. like I said he didn't kill anyone....
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(https://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1484w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2016/07/25/Production/Daily/Sports/Images/Crowdfunding_the_Games_Olympics-18716.jpg?uuid=Rv5wqFKjEea79ZV60XtDhQ)
Kyle Snyder?s ridiculous work ethic could land the wrestler his first Olympic medal (https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/kyle-snyders-ridiculous-work-ethic-could-land-the-wrestler-his-first-olympic-medal/2016/08/20/55d8eaa2-63e4-11e6-96c0-37533479f3f5_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-low_olykylesnyder-653am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory)
His BMI is 30.