Rewind wrote:
I thought it was an interesting article.

LesleyPumpshaft wrote: It is.
I suppose events like this are bound to have testosterone levels going through the roof and primeval behaviour surfacing.
Sadly.

feather wrote:
Do you mean that it could trigger this sort of behaviour in people? It certainly seems to and so do other major sporting events. Alcohol also seems to be involved.

LesleyPumpshaft wrote: Sport is a substitute for tribal or gladiatorial combat traits.
Along with ransacking your opponents trophies comes all the animalistic instinct displays of power and humiliation.
It is why rape is so prevalent in warzones.
Sad but true, that stuff lies just under the surface and in some people it doesn't take much to reveal itself.

Alcohol is a mood multiplier and inhibition suppressant. Add that to the hormone/adrenaline cocktail and the likelihood of a horrible incident goes way up.

Games turn London into ‘ghost town’
August 1, 2012

Source: Financial Times

The Olympics is creating a “ghost town” effect in central London as visitors who would normally flock to the capital’s shops, hotels and theatres stay away, casting doubt on expectations of a short-term economic boost from the games.

Vid clip & full article here...

www.blacklistednews.com/Games_turn_Londo...20787/0/0/0/Y/M.html


A couple of the comments posted:-

Intbel • 3 hours ago −
Maybe 'tis quiet 'cos so many folks have paid attention to the reports from undercover journalist who got recruited for G4s and was told not to worry about stadium evacuation precedures, but about the evacuation of London? Also the fact that the govt. has bought in enough body-bags for over three quarters of a million bodies? Or maybe 'cos he was told that at some point in the Olympic timetable, an event will happen which will redefine London forerver and "You will be part of it"?
If you want to know why folks are absent (especially many, many folks who failed to take their prepaid stadium seats) why not ask 'em instead of theorising?

Phuckewe2 • 4 hours ago −
The same thing happened in my town when the G-8 conference was held here. Everyone planned their vacations that week because no one wanted to be around for the circus. There were literally more cops than citizens and area business took a hit rather than a boost. That's what the police state does for the economy. It kills it! (Doughnut shops did well though. XD)

feather wrote:
I really hope you are blaming alcohol and not sports here...

Sport's are a great substitute for tribal or gladiatorial combat traits I agree with that.

The world needs more sports and less war...

It appears that my prediction of rain has come to pass.

RealAmerican wrote:
I don't think the two mix well. The UK have football hooligans (though it's not as much of a problem these days), and if you Google that you'll get a good idea of how sport can bring out the worst in us Brits! Combine this kind of Neanderthalism with larger and the results are not very pleasant!

LesleyPumpshaft wrote:
My friend had the movie green street hooligans I thought it was extra ridiculous.

Is the UK really like that?

RealAmerican wrote:
It's not like the whole of the UK is like that, but football hooliganism is real. I don't think it's as much of a problem as it used to be. Drinking lager and watching sporting events is part of UK culture I would say. There is a popular brand of lager over here that is affectionately known as 'wife beater'. We don't all sit in the pub getting pissed while watching football, and then go and have a fight and a kebab before going home and slapping the missus about though!

Some people are dicks and they don't need much of an excuse to behave like animals. It must be the same over there.

Survival of the fastest: Why descendants of slaves will take the medals in the London 2012 sprint finals


Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2167064...s.html#ixzz22vjTTnog

Ooh! Sinister symbolism, or just a touch of wind?



You decide...

www.liveleak.com/view?i=4e7_1344137075

The Star Spangled Banner

Oh, say! can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming;
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there:
Oh, say! does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In fully glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh, long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution!
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Oh, thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust":
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.


source: www.lyricsondemand.com/

So everyone thinks it was a coincidence that the Star Spangled Banner fell down just at this point in the anthem, "Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there:" ?

Kidding - it may have been just that - but notable all the same.

I always see the Mexicans playing serious soccer a the park near my house.

There is no doubt in my mind they are the best in the world.

They beat Brazil easy to win Gold without their leading scorer who was hurt.

The great attraction of the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games in London, on Sunday at 17h (GMT), will be the band and their legendary Queen frontman, Freddie Mercury. Yes One of the greatest rock icons of all time will be at the Olympic Stadium, but in the form of a hologram.
The information from the UK Mirror. According to the newspaper, a technology so lights will recreate the singer's hologram with the appearance of the cult show Live Aid, held in 1985 in Wewbley Stadium, also in London. Mercury will be joined by his band Queen, who will play the famous hit "We Will Rock You" with singer Jessie J. UK
Group members, Bryan May and Roger Taylor, told the Mirror that this is a great way to honor his friend, who died in 1991 due to AIDS.
Other British artists will attend the Closing Ceremony of the London Olympics, including the Spice Girls. They gathered for the occasion, but Victoria Beckham was categorical in saying that this is the last appearance of the group. She said there is no better way to "come out on top" than the end of the Olympics.
The closing of the Games will have the presence of Prince Harry and the Duchess Kate Midleton, and organizers expect the event to be seen by more than one billion people worldwide. More than 4,100 artists and 3,500 adult volunteers and 380 children will participate in the show.

esportes.terra.com.br/jogos-olimpicos/lo...%20encerramento.html

Gilly wrote:
Kate Bush is highly likely to play the closing ceremony, especially since a special remix of Running Up That Hill is due to be released tonight on Amazon.

Meanwhile there are going to be a few disappointed "the end is nigh" types when the holographic alien invasion and false flag nuke fail to materialise. I wonder what Cathar will latch on to next?

Well I have to confess that I had an uneasy feeling this event might be venue to some kind of FF. I'm very happy it hasn't.

Gilly wrote:
I'm really looking forward to it.

Not looking forward to the spice girls though.

Gilly wrote:
Same here, Gilly. But, like you, I'm glad it hasn't (so far, anyway). I think one or two misanthropic types will be disappointed though. Poor old Cathar.
pheony wrote:
Living proof that not all 90s music was great.