Posted on 06/24/2020 7:51:03 AM PDT by conservative98
The race — which hosts more than 50,000 runners from all over the world — had been set to celebrate its 50th anniversary in November.
“While the marathon is an iconic and beloved event in our city, I applaud New York Road Runners for putting the health and safety of both spectators and runners first,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
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So you can walk and protest but not run in a marathon?
Interesting...
I think the Boston Marathon is scheduled in September? So Boston is optimistic that they will be able to have their Marathon, but New York is canceling an event schedule for November?
Are the powers that be sending us a message that we are still going to be living under various stages of lockdowns into November?
They should limit it to just New Yorkers . I don’t know if the New York marathon is like the Boston one but when they have the marathon in Boston we get a lot of people from every country on the planet. Just limit it to locals and it would make everyone happier (well maybe not hotels)
Chechen Rice Cooker Bombers deeply saddened.
If the competitors changed it to a BLM/Antifa Floyd protest march then DeCommieo would have been fine with it! COVID-19 is the biggest crock of s**t and the Democrats are playing this card to the political max!
It’s hardly about the ‘virus’
It’s REALLY about the fact that the NYPD can’t police the thing.... (or won’t).
In any case-it’s obvious the mayor isn’t comfortable about it.
It’s all about the MAIL IN BALLOTS!! Dear God the spineless RNC BETER WAKE THE HELL UP!!! Oh yeah I forgot....the RNC IS ANTITRUMP they don’t give a rats butt about it!! I lost two sisters 2 months apart almost 1year ago.. I bet you anything they’ll be voting for a rat from the grave!! WAKE BASE THIS CCPVIRUS PLANDEMIC will make this happen!! If our tx very conservative governor can cave to AUSTIN mandatory wearing masks...they can force ANYTHING DOWN OUR THROATS!! Mail in ballots here it comes!! Can you say president Biden...ugh!
Oppps, meant WAKE UP BASE!
Not the reason. It’s OK if you parade around carrying Hate America signs or praising the violent racist blm movement. It’s because people enjoy the marathon and this ignorant mass of undifferentiated cytoplasm doesn’t want you to enjoy it.
The message should be:
If people can protest in person, then they can vote in person, or is voting not a necessity but protesting is?
And then say the Dems won’t try to shut down in-person looting and rioting but will try to shut down in-person voting.
How do people live in that God awful city?
wouldn’t you be safe just by voting with a mask on? I mean these politicians say and imply it would be.
Looting and burning are still on for this weekend, though.................
A lot of people probably live on stimulus money. A lot of people get away with parties too.
Good question.
I am surprised the Marathon wasn’t banned because of its white racist history in ancient Greece.
Greeks were slaveholders, of course.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_ancient_Greece
‘wouldn’t you be safe just by voting with a mask on?’
yes, of course; and without one, for that matter, but people don’t believe it; someone on this very forum made the statement that an exhalation from the nostrils (ordinary breathing, like when you’re reading or watching TV)) can make a candle twenty yards away flicker...if people believe stuff like that, well, then what we’ve had the last four months is what we get...
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