EPTOn February 10 2018 06:02 Plansix wrote:
At least they didn’t kneel.
At least they didn’t kneel.
Why should he stand Oo. Not everything is news...
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Gorsameth
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Why should he stand Oo. Not everything is news... | ||
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GreenHorizons
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On February 10 2018 03:39 On_Slaught wrote: Hmm. The fox news article link no longer works. Wonder if they took the article down? Could be down for edit but I couldn't find it moved to a new url. They are sorta right in that the athletes will need to put up with a ridiculous amount of racism from coaches, teammates, media, and fans so there's that parallel. Like many parts of our society the thinly veiled racism that kept mediocre white men at the top of industry, sport, and otherwise is being torn down and it makes mediocre white men nervous they won't be able to maintain their manufactured dominance. | ||
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Plansix
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On February 10 2018 06:08 Gorsameth wrote: Why should he stand Oo. Not everything is news... https://www.cbssports.com/olympics/news/2018-olympics-mike-pence-doesnt-stand-for-korea-skips-meal-with-north-koreans/ But the vice president, per reports from CBS News and the Associated Press, neither interacted with Jong nor stood to recognize the joint North and South Korea team that entered for the ceremony. Other reports corroborated the suggestion that Pence and his wife, Karen, were the only people in the VIP press box not to stand in recognition of the Korean Olympic delegation, which marched united for the first time since 2007. And Voice of America later reported that Pence willingly opted to sit in the box, so as to be seen by North Korean officials, rather than simply sit with a delegation of only Team USA representatives. Tonight @VP “could have sat with the US delegation and avoided the box but he chose not to...knowing the North Koreans would be seated behind him,” says a US official on Air Force Two. But Pence wanted to demonstrate that the “alliance was strong” by sitting with Moon and Abe. — Steve Herman (@W7VOA) February 9, 2018 According to BBC, the vice president, who at one point said he might consider meeting with North Korean officials during his time in South Korea, also skipped an Olympic dinner, where he was "due to share a table with North Korea's ceremonial head of state Kim Yong-nam." Because they are doing it on purpose. https://www.apnews.com/51cf639e97a8485d960210550213d177 To take some aggressive stance against NK or maybe undercut any progress that SK could make during these games. | ||
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Gorsameth
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On February 10 2018 06:17 Plansix wrote: https://www.cbssports.com/olympics/news/2018-olympics-mike-pence-doesnt-stand-for-korea-skips-meal-with-north-koreans/ Because they are doing it on purpose. https://www.apnews.com/51cf639e97a8485d960210550213d177 To take some aggressive stance against NK or maybe undercut any progress that SK could make during these games. Sigh, this is the stadium bullshit (when he went to a game just so he could storm out when they knelt) all over again. | ||
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Plansix
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On February 10 2018 06:43 Gorsameth wrote: Sigh, this is the stadium bullshit (when he went to a game just so he could storm out when they knelt) all over again. It is like they learned diplomacy by watching Mean Girls three times. | ||
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GreenHorizons
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On February 10 2018 06:45 Plansix wrote: It is like they learned diplomacy by watching Mean Girls three times. Just hoping they understand that the "burn book" isn't literally raining fire on people you don't like. + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=http://s3.amazonaws.com/posttv-thumbnails-prod/10-10-2017/t_1507652839987_name_Rex_US_President_Donald_J_Trump_hos_9126399A.jpg&w=1484&op=resize&opt=1&filter=antialias&t=20170517) | ||
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Doodsmack
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Gorsameth
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On February 10 2018 08:02 Doodsmack wrote: https://twitter.com/jesselehrich/status/962036761722417156 Man who has publicly admitted to sexually assaulting women defends other abusers of women. No one is shocked. | ||
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NewSunshine
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On February 10 2018 08:07 Gorsameth wrote: Man who has publicly admitted to sexually assaulting women defends other abusers of women. No one is shocked. Just the kind of thing that bears repeating though. This is the man who is supposed to unite us. Fox News told me so. | ||
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Sermokala
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On February 10 2018 08:30 NewSunshine wrote: Just the kind of thing that bears repeating though. This is the man who is supposed to unite us. Fox News told me so. Its interesting to see how much you listen to and trust Fox news. | ||
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Plansix
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NewSunshine
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On February 10 2018 09:26 Sermokala wrote: Its interesting to see how much you listen to and trust Fox news. Were it not for family members who unfortunately swear by it, I would never see it or hear it on a day-to-day basis. I trust their stories about as much as their anchors can be trusted with a female coworker. | ||
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IgnE
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LegalLord
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On February 10 2018 10:02 IgnE wrote: does anyone here prefer the winter olympics to the summer olympics? I watch figure skating. Most everything else is a waste of time. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
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Leporello
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This is psycho shit. This isn't Rob Porter. That was yesterday's news, apparently. | ||
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Doodsmack
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On February 10 2018 10:11 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: If the Democrats had any guts they would read it on the floor but they don't. https://twitter.com/AP/status/962130231325839361 The issue is already embarrassing enough I guess. | ||
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Plansix
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On February 10 2018 10:11 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: If the Democrats had any guts they would read it on the floor but they don't. https://twitter.com/AP/status/962130231325839361 Whoever does that should also shoot themselve in the foot to make sure everyone is on the same page. | ||
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