Unpopular opinion, I`m very bored of the Olympics now, I dont particuarly want to see someone running 60 meters and jumping over sticks, who has been training for 15 years since they were 8 years old to run 60 meters and jump over sticks.
I want to see Bob, 42 years old, from the local Barnstaple wanderers football team do it.
Thats bravery.
Also when exactly did the Olympics totally become a farce, it was actually originally supposed to be explicitly for amateurs, professional athletes were utterly banned.
@aakashgupta@TrentTelenko I looked it up, the “ Tomboleta” was based on consumers sending in thirty receipts to a prize draw hosted by Don Francisco on Sabados Gigantes tv program and winning consumer goods
@aakashgupta@TrentTelenko I never experienced it but I have a vague recollection of Chile having had something called “ La Tomboleta” in the 80’s, also prized based receipt
@JoaquinBaranao Joaquín. Hace un rato que las restricciones estaban sacando gran parte del combustible ruso de la ecuación mundial. Esta escasez actual no es porque no posean el crudo, es porque Ucrania se aburrió y les lanzó drones a sus refinerías y líneas de distribución
Ukraine has greatly benefited from the US getting out of Ukraine:
1. Ukraine can now pursue its own wiser military strategy.
2. Now Ukraine successfully bombs Russian oil refineries & terminals, causing a shortage of gasoline.
3. Europe has generously added the financing that Trump has withdrawn.
4. Europe does not pose stupid demands about what it does not understand unlike the US.
5. Ukraine has successfully developed its own arms, leaving the US behind, while Europe cooperates.
6. US pressure on Ukraine to give up territory to Russia has ended & the pro-Putin fools Kushner & Witkoff have lost all significance.
7. Amazingly, the US seems to have no policy on Russia or Ukraine apart from Trump's wild imagination. Without policy, Trump is unable to appoint US ambassadors.
8. Ukraine's future victory is likely to mark not only the end of Russian imperialism, but also the demise of US power in Europe because of Trump's folly or treason.
@ramit grew up in "foreigner" family, it's like being a tiny, tiny island from the parent's home country, and you, as the son or daughter, the baby diplomat bringing information from the frontline home, trying to germinate it with mixed results on your tiny island.
@timztweet44@GrulkeLamonte your control arm bushings lasted without a hitch? numerous close friends are Forester owners, nearly all treat bushings as consummables. but all love their cars deeply.