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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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1 posted on 09/07/2013 2:36:09 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster; Jet Jaguar; LUV W; AmericanInTokyo; All

Props to Godzilla countrymen LOL!


2 posted on 09/07/2013 2:37:35 PM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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P!


3 posted on 09/07/2013 2:38:57 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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To: TigerLikesRooster

ZERO muzzie security concerns, I can almost guarantee it.

I hope this is not mid-summer, though...?


4 posted on 09/07/2013 2:39:30 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: TigerLikesRooster

So glad the Muslims didn’t get it.

Call us back when you’re “Constantinople” again.


5 posted on 09/07/2013 2:41:10 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: TigerLikesRooster
(time to glow)
Time to Sydney
6 posted on 09/07/2013 2:41:53 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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7 posted on 09/07/2013 2:42:14 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (The 0baMao Experiment: Abject Failure)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Here's a mascot idea. Pluto Kun


8 posted on 09/07/2013 2:42:35 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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9 posted on 09/07/2013 2:43:10 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (The 0baMao Experiment: Abject Failure)
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10 posted on 09/07/2013 2:45:22 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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Tokyo will do a good job, I’m sure.

This is the guy who should light the flame

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj535O4ZJxM


11 posted on 09/07/2013 2:46:23 PM PDT by dfwgator
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The alternative was Istanbul.

Let’s take our chances with Tokyo, at least we won’t be surrounded by Muslim kooks & terrorists.


12 posted on 09/07/2013 2:48:53 PM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: dfwgator

Not sure about a good job. My suspicion: Money can trump radiation.


13 posted on 09/07/2013 2:49:25 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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Glad they didn’t pick the other choice. Based on the trend over the last few years Istanbul in 2020 might be like Cairo or Damascus today.


14 posted on 09/07/2013 2:49:32 PM PDT by Pan_Yan (I love it when spell check highlights every single word.)
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Tokyo was awarded the 2020 Olympics on Saturday, capitalizing on its reputation as a "safe pair of hands"...

Wait! Wasn't Chicago in the running? It has gun control! And except for the gangs, the shootings, and the political corruption it's perfectly safe.

15 posted on 09/07/2013 2:49:43 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: ErnBatavia

OMG NOT HELLO KITTY
That cute that my picture of my pj shirt LOL!


16 posted on 09/07/2013 2:49:55 PM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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I’m sure Tokyo’s gun control is worse than Chicago’s


17 posted on 09/07/2013 2:50:21 PM PDT by Monty22002
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To: dfwgator

My money is on Godzilla

LOL!


18 posted on 09/07/2013 2:50:52 PM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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I think this lady would call it out LOL about gun control ROFL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLvz5E61UNs


20 posted on 09/07/2013 2:51:54 PM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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