Since mass shootings, guns, Visa cards, Delta Airlines and the Winter Olympics have all been politicized this thread should be in the political forum...But Liberals claim that ice hockey is politically incorrect and racist but... USA Women Ice Hockey team took the gold. Russia took the gold in the men's hockey event. Reports that Vladimir Putin was in disguise and played on the Russian hockey team was denied by Putin saying it was CNN fake news. PYEONGCHANG 2018 COUNTRY GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL NOR 14 14 11 39 GER 14 10 7 31 CAN 11 8 10 29 USA 9 8 6 23 NED 8 6 6 20 SWE 7 6 1 14 KOR 5 8 4 17 SUI 5 6 4 15 FRA 5 4 6 15 AUT 5 3 6 14 JPN 4 5 4 13 ITA 3 2 5 10 OAR 2 6 9 17 CZE 2 2 3 7 BLR 2 1 0 3 CHN 1 6 2 9 SVK 1 2 0 3 FIN 1 1 4 6 GBR 1 0 4 5 Lowest television Winter Olympic ratings in history. What were you expecting. NBC = MSNBC = liberals = TDS = Russia Russia Russia The only thing that can save NBC is Ivanka Trump during the closing ceremony. https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author
One of my clients is Dutch and we marveled together how such a small nation could place among the superstars. My Dutch friend and I regularly sword-fence in eppe and although he was the Dutch National Champion and always outscores me, I usually score the first few points on him and in a real duel he would be dead long before he won to the 15 point ending.
My sister asked me what is the winter Olympics all about? I told her it was all the events on ice or snow. Since she (my sister) and I are Greek, it is unfathomable that the ancient Greeks would have thought of snow and ice. In the ancient Greek Olympics, the events were the relay, the hippodrome (chariot racing), wrestling, boxing, and battle in full combat gear of sword, shield, helmet, breastplate, and greaves.
@APACHERAT I proclaim you to be an honorary Greek. You stood your watch in Viet Nam (the old spelling -- two words -- means South Viet) and you were brave and faced the enemy without fear and returned with your shield or on it. Semper Fi my brother.
Watched White and a few others in the half-pipe final. That's all. Just the competition, not all the talky-talky wasting of time.
