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krichardson said:
What's he like,the Australian counterpart of George Floyd?
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He came out of his arrest in better shape than george floyd, thats for sure, this was from the early 90s.
He was a petty criminal and a conman, supposedly escaped from jail a few times and once impersonated a detective during his trial and walked out of court and escaped. Its also possible he was just a liar, no one really knows, in fact no one really knows what is truthful or false about anything he has said but there have been a few books and documentaries about him.
This arrest was a case of the cops getting the wrong guy, they were after someone more high profile and tipped off the media but arrested this dude instead. Once he saw the cameras he went inot this crazy rant and when he was finally in the car the police said he was laughing and saying what fun he was having.
Either way this was a very amusing thing in its time, when we first saw it at age 13 me and my friend referred to every meal as succulent for a good few months.

For some reason we like to make celebrities out of eccentric criminal here in australia.
 
RD. said:
Regarding the Algerian female boxer, I have seen no evidence or proof of high testosterone levels. The IBA, whose president is Russian, seem to be the only folks stating this. The following explains why, or at least enough of a reason to question their commentary.

www.pbs.org

What is the IBA? Governing body behind Olympic boxing storm has Russian ties, troubled history

The allegations that Olympic boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting failed an eligibility test for women's competition have been made by only the International Boxing Association. The Russian-dominated organization is also the only governing body that has ever been permanently banned from the Olympics.
www.pbs.org www.pbs.org

In Algeria, it is illegal to be trans. Just more sad commentary on this story.
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Saw she won gold last night, it will probably only add to the controversy.
Its a perfect case of people being outraged about something they know very few real facts about (i am not an expert and dont know the full truth either) and being ridiculously influenced by social media.
My brother in law was ranting about this last week, he is highly educated and a business analyst but gets all his news from facebook. He said he has proof she is biologically male with undropped testicles but couldnt show actual proof. I asked him why he was more outraged by a boxer with abnormal chromosomes but not the fact that amazon paid 0.2% tax on its earnings in australia last year but we paid 33%. on our wages. Apparently "thats a different thing".
I am not a conspiracy theorist but i do wonder if all of these culture war things, from both sides are just a manufactured distraction and a way to keep people divided.
 
I just watched the daily olympic highlights show, i always enjoy the olympics as i have said before.
This year i was impressed by the camaraderie and support the skateboarders have shown to each other, the fact i havent seen any really sore losers or cocky winners. The final stretch of the marathon looked spectacular as they ran to the finish with the paris scenery behind them, they also all showed good sportsmanship as they crossed the line, the wait while they announced the winner of the mens 100mtr and the 2 possible winners stood with their arms around each other was tense and also quite touching. It has been something that has made me feel a bit better about this crappy world for a few weeks, the fact Australia has done so well has been a slight mood booster down here for everyone
But then i got to see the breakdancing and the australian woman entrants bizarre effort, my god i dont like to put down people who are trying their best but it honestly looked like the real entrant hadnt turned up so they got a lady from the canteen, showed her the old movie "beat street" and sent her out there. She got zero points in her 3 heats. To top it off i was just looking at the UK Sun newspaper website and they are saying she looked like a demented toddler.
If anyone has a youtube account please dont post this one!
 
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tlindsey said:
I wouldn't call that break dancing. I feel bad for her because she probably practiced that for years.
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I don't think she did Tom. I think Ogertron3000 Ogertron3000 was right, she's actually the canteen lady!!! Lol.

Now if they add making a cup of tea to the Olympic rota, I reckon she might get a medal position, lol.
 
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Thank you, thank you, thank you for posting that link.

My complete and utter lack of interest in watching the Olympics is very occasionally punctuated with brief moments of thinking that perhaps I should take a quick look at what the world is watching, if only to pretend that I give a crap.

Now, just hearing the phrase "Olympic breakdancing" is, all by itself, almost enough to dispel that silly idea....but seeing that clip just sealed the deal.
 
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