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Tokyo wins bid to host 2020 Olympics (time to glow)
CBS ^
| September 7, 2013
Posted on 09/07/2013 2:36:08 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
CBS/AP/ September 7, 2013, 9:45 AM
Tokyo wins bid to host 2020 Olympics
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina Tokyo was awarded the 2020 Olympics on Saturday, capitalizing on its reputation as a "safe pair of hands" and defying concerns about the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
Tokyo defeated Istanbul 60-36 in the final round of secret voting Saturday by the International Olympic Committee. Madrid was eliminated earlier after an initial tie with Istanbul.
Tokyo, which hosted the 1964 Olympics, billed itself as the safe and reliable choice at a time of global political and economic uncertainty
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Japan; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: duplicate; fukushima; olympics; radiation; tokyo
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To: TigerLikesRooster
I think your added comment to the title is just terrible, “time to glow”. Radiation is a very real threat to humans and the environment. You should be ashamed of yourself!
do I really need a s/tag?
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posted on
09/07/2013 2:52:06 PM PDT
by
23 Everest
(When seconds count. The police are just 23 minutes away. 831 Bonnie)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Maybe they could allow Sumo wrestling as an official Olympic Event.
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posted on
09/07/2013 2:52:11 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: SevenofNine
Or Mothra:
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posted on
09/07/2013 2:53:03 PM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
To: ErnBatavia
Wine spewing on keyboard..!
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posted on
09/07/2013 2:53:19 PM PDT
by
workerbee
(The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1)
To: TigerLikesRooster; Jet Jaguar; All
YOU KILLIING ME TIGER LMAO
Where is Jet Jaguar
Sweetie check in Jet Jaguar LMAO
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posted on
09/07/2013 2:53:47 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
To: ErnBatavia
WHOA that something new
I never see that before
So he is saying that racist in Japanese LOL!
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posted on
09/07/2013 2:54:18 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
To: 23 Everest
Obviously, you don't understand sarcasm. If you read my past postings, you would know where I stand on this issue. It is a pun on “glow in the dark.”
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posted on
09/07/2013 2:54:44 PM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Oh Tokyo,
They got some saki, and sashimi, and some clean sheets,
Oh, kimono, oh, kimono.
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posted on
09/07/2013 2:55:01 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
You could never get them lined up for a race in Chicago because they’d keep taking off at the sound of gunfire.
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posted on
09/07/2013 2:56:39 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: TigerLikesRooster
HOLY RADIOACTIVITY BATMAN!
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posted on
09/07/2013 2:56:39 PM PDT
by
Ronin
(Dumb, dependent and Democrat is no way to go through life - Rep. L. Gohmert, Tex)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Great...so the track and field events will all be at 2AM our time.
To: SevenofNine
Love that movie and scene. heh
To: TigerLikesRooster
Because of their nuclear generator problem, will they need nights at night...or will the irradiating glow suffice? Also, with wrestling out as a sport will the Japanese audience be satisfied with ribbon & ball tossing or rhythmic swimming?
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posted on
09/07/2013 3:04:04 PM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: Gay State Conservative
Not sure if there would be Track and field event. There could be boycotts by individual athletes or countries.
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posted on
09/07/2013 3:04:13 PM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Due to radiation problem.
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posted on
09/07/2013 3:06:00 PM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
To: TigerLikesRooster
First light-less Olympics because everything will be glowing in the dark and they won’t need lights.
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posted on
09/07/2013 3:08:54 PM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
To: TigerLikesRooster
It will be interesting to watch the scramble when they have to move the Games.
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posted on
09/07/2013 3:10:22 PM PDT
by
SaxxonWoods
(....Let It Burn...)
To: SaxxonWoods
Move it to Okinawa or Guam.
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posted on
09/07/2013 3:12:29 PM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
09/07/2013 3:12:34 PM PDT
by
bgill
(This reply was mined before it was posted.)
To: bgill
Stay home and watch athletes glow in the dark. LOL.
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posted on
09/07/2013 3:14:01 PM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
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