While the article is piece of sensationalist tripe, I feel these kind of ceremonies do kind of go overboard in this way. Watching this and the Vancouver opening ceremonies one would think the white populations of these countries would be down in the 40% range. The other thing about Vancouver and the latest RWC that annoyed me was this "apologizing" to native populations, "thank you for letting us hold a rugby match on your land" nonsense.
Apparently one of the English tabloids called Katie Taylor British anyone know if there is some truth to this.
EDIT: So it was the Daily Telegraph.
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People (and journalists) who don't normally watch cycling were going mental. Those who enjoy watching the sport on a more regular basis were immediately thinking 'she came out of the lane' even before the decision was announced.
Sounds harsh, but that's sprinting. Can understand why GB were annoyed as Anna was definitely the aggressor, but the decision was always going to go that way.
Well done Katie Taylor. So fast.
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Tread softly because you walk on my dreams."
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She will **** anyone up , I have no issue saying that if I stepped into the ring with her with her 25kg lighter and much smaller she'd absolutely beat me black and blue , to the point where I decide to quit , go home and cry for the rest of my days over my destroyed perception of my own masculinity
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There is going to be a mighty session in Bray tomorrow. The town was jammers today, but alas I wasn't able to go down. Session out.
Cian O'Connor (Drug cheat from Athens) is in a Silver medal play-off in show jumping and is assured at least a bronze.
I don't know wether to be happy or sad, it's a medal for Ireland but also a medal for a hateful man.
"Sexton"
"Out to O'Driscoll"
"O'Driscoll around Davies, He's wrong footed Cuthbert"
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Ye he gave the horse some banned substance and got his gold medal stripped in Athens.
He got Bronze, knocked down the very last fence to lose the play off.
"Sexton"
"Out to O'Driscoll"
"O'Driscoll around Davies, He's wrong footed Cuthbert"
"ZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEBBBBBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOO"
What they do is apply this tenderiser to the horse's fetlocks in training, so that when the horses hit the jumps it causes them agony. They therefore jump higher and cleaner so as to avoid the pain. There's another commonly used practise in which they'll have two people lift the highest bar up just as the horse is going over the jump so that it clatters against the back fetlocks, which is obviously painful as hell. That makes the horses jump well over the top bar, meaning they're less likely to catch it on the way through. They're both scummy old practises. Fortunately the Olympic tenderness tests are pretty good.
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On a lighter, less horrific, note:
Womens field hockey.
Giggedy.
And the Dutch chicks beat NZ!
OK TRF, own up, who did this?
http://www.thatvideosite.com/v/5852
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Ah the viper. Claaaass.
"Sexton"
"Out to O'Driscoll"
"O'Driscoll around Davies, He's wrong footed Cuthbert"
"ZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEBBBBBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOO"
"S beam of 1.37 that's controversial" brilliant.
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I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you walk on my dreams."
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"You're not gonna win any medals goin' that way... ********."
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He's a character from Hardy Bucks. Here's a few links to the first few episodes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq-G2ugAG44
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&fe...&v=ZmRHQ2g7y2Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raXTA...feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vagkO...feature=relmfu
Go ooooooooooooooooooooonnn KT.
"Sexton"
"Out to O'Driscoll"
"O'Driscoll around Davies, He's wrong footed Cuthbert"
"ZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEBBBBBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOO"
Well done Katie Taylor ****ing brilliant.
"But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you walk on my dreams."
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Well my local hometown hero Tonya Verbeek won a silver today her third Olympic medal of her career, all three games she's lost to her arch rival from Japan, but a silver is still great.
She's from Bray... And I'm a classy son of a bitch , there is no denying that , I've smashed classy lassy's before.
Ah she is a striking looking bird , perhaps not the conventional perception of an attractive woman , but I reckon she's really attractive.
But yeah I'll hit anything at the moment
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Katie Taylor is more shnake than woman, she's almost reptilian in her movement's...... I'm sorry I arrived later on the Viper Higgins chat. Looking forward to the male Irish boxer's in action today. John Joe Nevin is my personnel favorite
EDIT: What the hell is Dressage, honestly if that's considered a sport I want Kite Flying
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