Tag Archives: London Olympics

Sorry About That

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Ann Romney Goes For The Gold

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London’s Olympic Opening Ceremonies Praise Universal Health Care

One of the most interesting moments in last night’s opening ceremonies was the lavish tribute to Britain’s National Health Service. Teabaggers went nuts on Twitter, of course. Check out the below commentary from one American, whose clip has (so far) evaded the the IOC, which has been furiously scrubbing YouTube of Olympics-related clips.

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Queen Elizabeth Arrives At Olympics

Major spoiler alert!

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Mitt Romney’s Olympic Theme Music

(Via JMG reader Ray)

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No Olympics Live Stream

I’d love to post a live stream of the London Olympics opening ceremonies, which start momentarily, but the BBC is kindly blocking that signal to the U.S. If you try to work around that block, you get redirected to NBC’s site, where you can only view (and not embed) the festivities after you enter your cable provider account number. Fuckers.

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US Swim Team Performs Lip-Dub

I have bravely resisted the previous 300 million lip-dubs of Call Me Maybe, but since the Olympics starts today, I’ll make an exception.(Via Zack Ford)

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Liberty Counsel: Pissed At The Olympics

The Liberty Counsel is furious that the official website for the London Olympics depicts East Jerusalem as “the intended seat of the government of Palestine.” “This is absolute, clear anti-Israel, anti-Jewish bias by the BBC,” he contends. “This is unbelievable that political correctness has gotten into the Olympics. I thought the Olympics were supposed to transcend politics and bring countries …

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Palestinian To Compete In Olympics

Al Jazeera reports: Palestine will be sending five participants at the London Olympics 2012. Maher Abu Rmeileh, the first Palestinian to make it to the Olympics by qualifying in competition, aims to bring glory to his country in Judo. But because Abu Rmeileh lives in East Jerusalem he has had difficulty in co-ordinating events with Palestinians on the other side …

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AbFab Olympics

Earlier today Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley carried the Olympic torch on one of its final legs to London’s stadium.

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OLYMPIC GAFFE-ATHON: London Mayor Slams Romney Before Massive Crowd

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Banksy’s Take On The Olympics

A more whimsical take is here.

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Creepy Olympic Push-Up Bus

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14 Openly Gay Olympic Athletes

Buzzfeed has published a photo essay featuring the 14 openly gay athletes that are competing at the London Olympics. Above is the most well-known, Australia’s 2008 gold medalist diving champion Matthew Mitcham.

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Headline Of The Day

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You Thought OUR Uniforms Were Bad?

Spain’s Olympians have taken to social media to complain about their official uniforms. I’ll take a Number Three, extra pickle.

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Harry Reid: Burn Those Olympic Uniforms

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Ralph Lauren’s U.S. Olympics Uniforms

Why are they wearing those cheese-eating surrender monkey berets?

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HomoQuotable – Peter Tatchell

“The Olympic Charter prohibits all discrimination, and this includes homophobic discrimination. Any country that discriminates against women, ethnic or religious minorities, or lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) athletes should be disqualified from the 2012 Olympics. Why isn’t homophobia, biphobia and transphobia being challenged by the Olympic authorities? It is wrong that in over 150 countries LGBT athletes are forced …

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PREVIEW: An AbFab Olympics

(Via Towleroad)

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