What the actual fuck is going on in the US? Can anyone else see this grift? Blatant theft while Americans are struggling? Seriously????? https://t.co/7fq2EjkcC0
🇮🇹 The speech that all of Italy heard. And that the world must hear.
In a country that will host the Olympic Games, Italian Senator and Vice President of the Human Rights Commission Filippo Sensi took the floor and said what should have been said out loud long ago.
He called it a disgrace that the International Olympic Committee disqualified Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych.
Not for doping.
Not for violating fair play.
But for… memory.
For a helmet bearing the faces of Ukrainian athletes — his friends, colleagues, champions — killed by Russia.
The IOC stated that the helmet “did not comply with regulations.”
And then Sensi asked a question that brought silence to the chamber:
Does aggressive war comply with regulations?
Is there a separate technical protocol for it?
The correct angle of a missile strike?
The permissible size of a crater?
An athlete prepares for the Olympics for years.
A Ukrainian athlete trains between air raid sirens, in shelters, under news of the dead.
He overcomes fear, exhaustion, and loss.
And he steps to the start line not only for a medal — but for the right to exist.
And he is suspended… for remembering.
Because memory is the most dangerous substance. It is hard to add to a prohibited list. But apparently, someone would very much like to.
The senator named names. Just a few among more than 650 Ukrainian athletes killed by Russia:
▪️ Yevhenii Malyshev, 19, biathlete — killed in Kharkiv.
▪️ Mariia Lebid, 15 — missile strike in Dnipro.
▪️ Dmytro Sharpar, 25, figure skater — killed in Bakhmut.
▪️ Volodymyr Androsiuk, 22, track and field athlete — also Bakhmut.
▪️ Daria Kurdel, 20 — missile strike in Kharkiv.
▪️ Alina Perehutova, 14 — standing in line for water with her mother in Mariupol.
▪️ Maksym Halinichev, 22, boxer — killed defending Luhansk region.
▪️ Viktoriia Ivashko, 9, judoka — missile strike in Kyiv.
▪️ Kateryna Diachenko, 11, gymnast — airstrike on Mariupol.
▪️ Karina Bakur, 17, world kickboxing champion — shielded her father with her body.
These were the faces Heraskevych wanted to carry with him to the start line.
So that they would “compete” alongside him.
So that their dream would not die with them.
And for that, he was punished.
Because it turns out that the faces of murdered athletes violate regulations.
But their absence on the track does not.
In his speech, Sensi said the most important thing:
The Olympic Committee did not lose an athlete.
It lost its most valuable medal — its conscience.
Sport without memory is just a show.
Sport without humanity is just decoration.
Sport that fears truth is not about peace.
The Olympic movement was born from the ideals of honor, dignity, and unity.
Yet today Ukrainian athletes must prove not only their strength — but their right to remember their fallen.
And if memory becomes a violation of regulations — then the problem is not the helmet.
The world must hear this.
Because silence is also a position.
And indifference is also a choice.
Memory cannot be disqualified.
And conscience cannot be added to a prohibited list.
🇺🇦 We remember every one of them.
And we will not allow their names to be erased.
@McAllisterBruce What exactly did you not like?
He said he was concerned about the teachers strike, quoted the results of the vote and then you cut off the mic before he asked the question, before saying his parents should turn him over their knee.
You got pissy at factual context.
The CDSRA would like to proudly congratulate two of its members, Drew Fischer and Micheal Barwegen, on their appointments to the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup.
They will officiate their first match on Thursday, June 19, between PSG and Botafogo FC, at 7:00 PM MST. Free on DAZN.
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🌟 A Heartfelt Thank You to Champak Morzaria, Mayuri Modgill, and Shilpa Stocker! 🌟
On behalf of the entire community, I would like to extend my deepest gratitude to Champak Morzaria, Mayuri Modgill and Shilpa Stocker for their incredibly generous donation of $500,000 to help build the Southern Alberta Cardiac Centre of Excellence at the Chinook Regional Hospital. ❤️
This monumental contribution will help provide critical resources and support for life-saving cardiac care, impacting the lives of so many families in our region. Your kindness and commitment to the health and well-being of others inspire us all.
Together, we’re building a healthier and stronger southern Alberta, and we couldn’t be more thankful for your unwavering support. 🙏
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