website statistics
Jump to content
  • Register/Login on Totallympics!

    Sign up to Totallympics to get full access to our website.

     

    Registration is free and allows you to participate in our community. You will then be able to reply to threads and access all pages.

     

    If you encounter any issues in the registration process, please send us a message in the Contact Us page.

     

    We are excited to see you on Totallympics, the home of Olympic Sports!

     

[OFF TOPIC] Politics Thread


Wanderer

Recommended Posts

26 minutes ago, Agger said:

 

I usually end up in the nearest one. Maybe because I'm a member of a party :mumble:

When I’ve volunteered they’ve tried to put me as close to my residence as possible, so as to make it less of a hastle.

 

Also, did you get paid to volunteer?

 

In California we get paid a nice some of money to volunteer.

“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/822-off-topic-politics-thread/page/220/#findComment-178509
Share on other sites

8 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

When I’ve volunteered they’ve tried to put me as close to my residence as possible, so as to make it less of a hastle.

 

Also, did you get paid to volunteer?

 

In California we get paid a nice some of money to volunteer.

 

Yes, but considering the amount of time put into it, it really isn't a lot.

Especially as my party (at least here in Aarhus)(and several others) ask that you give a bit of the money to the party.

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/822-off-topic-politics-thread/page/220/#findComment-178562
Share on other sites

Bulgaria pulls out of the proposed UN regular migration pact. Other nations that will not sign it are US, Hungary, Poland, Austria and Czech Republic. 

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/822-off-topic-politics-thread/page/220/#findComment-180559
Share on other sites

2 hours ago, Federer91 said:

Bulgaria pulls out of the proposed UN regular migration pact. Other nations that will not sign it are US, Hungary, Poland, Austria and Czech Republic. 

Oh boy, the finest “western governments”

“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/822-off-topic-politics-thread/page/220/#findComment-180573
Share on other sites

  • 2 weeks later...

I’m so saddened by the behavior and actions of my government today. The world has been so depressing this year. I feel like people have forgotten what it looks like to work towards peace. People have accepted the dehumanization of peoples across the planet. We moved closer to an unlivable world. In sports we’ve destroyed all integrity. We’ve closed our minds to the issues that should be front page news. I have begun to lose hope in this planet, it can be hard some days. I’ve never been diagnosed with depression, but I feel as though the world is so helpless right now. Everyone is stockpiling weapons, trading insults, moving from fad to fad, having a fun little genocide or two. I mean when does this stop? How do we move on from this? How do I move on from this feeling? I feel as though everyone around me is blind. I honestly wish that I had someone to understand. That’s one of the reasons I’m glad to have this forum early this spring. Believe it or not, you silly little group of sports nerds (or jocks) have gotten me through a lot. I feel that people need to have more interactions and conversations like we do on this forum. I just wish the world was a simple as pressing a green arrow. 

“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/822-off-topic-politics-thread/page/220/#findComment-182251
Share on other sites

10 часов назад, bestmen сказал:

the Ukrainian parliamant voted for the law of emergency , they are preparing themselves for the war 

 

There will be no war. Since 2014, the Ukrainian government has ruled that the Russian military are killing Ukrainian soldiers in the east of the country. But martial law is introduced only when Russia arrested three boats (not one killed), who purposefully entered foreign territory. It's all easier. In March in Ukraine, the presidential election. A martial law allows the election to cancel.

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/822-off-topic-politics-thread/page/220/#findComment-182341
Share on other sites

7 hours ago, FC Mezhgorye said:

There will be no war. Since 2014, the Ukrainian government has ruled that the Russian military are killing Ukrainian soldiers in the east of the country. But martial law is introduced only when Russia arrested three boats (not one killed), who purposefully entered foreign territory. It's all easier. In March in Ukraine, the presidential election. A martial law allows the election to cancel.

Not only the Russians are illegally occupying Crimea, they indeed are in the Eastern-Ukraine. Hybrid warfare. I'm pretty sure that most Ukrainian soldiers die to rebel bullets though.
And the sudden martial law is pretty odd to declare now.

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/822-off-topic-politics-thread/page/220/#findComment-182353
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Latest Posts around Totallympics

    • 4-3  over  at the break, Norway with hammer.
    • whatever you heard is just speculation. no one knows at the moment, probably even the orange himself.   and Iranian athletes failed to get visa so many times before. even female athletes. there is no pattern, it's just too random.    and yes Iran has a system of compulsory military service for men, and there is 50% chance for anybody to be randomly drafted by IRGC affiliated organizations. that's the case for Taremi and few others in the current team.  
    • Would you believe the NCAA Indoor season has already started?      
    • Some changes that I've noticed:   3x3 Basketball: With the expanded 12 team field, one extra team per gender qualifies through world rankings, one extra team qualifies through the universality driven tournament and there's now an Olympic Qualifier series to award the final quotas.   Beach Volleyball: Continental qualifiers have have priority over the World championship and World Rankings quotas and there's now Olympic Qualifier Series quotas.   Canoe Sprint: World ranking system now in place and will be used instead of awarding world championship quotas. Road Cycling: 2 nations ranking quotas per gender moved to universality.   Track Cycling: Sprint and Keirin ranking list is now combined and will award 14 quotas per gender. Previously it was 7+7. Team pursuit down to 8 quotas from 10. 2 of the quotas have been moved to madison (one additional team) and 6 to the omnium.   Fencing: Can get a Continental quota of you finished in the top 24 of the rankings. It was previously top 16.    Hockey: 2 pro league quotas replace two qualification tournament quotas.   Judo: 5 less universality places and 4 more Continental places. For men, there's two more spots for Asia, one less for Oceania and 1 more for the Americas. For the women, there's one more spot for Europe, one less for Oceania and two more for Asia.   Modern Pentathlon: Less quotas awarded through world rankings as a result of quota cuts.   Open Water Swimming: Introduction of world ranking qualifier.   Sailing: In general, seems to be more quotas awarded at the last chance regatta and less quotas at the World Championships   Shooting: One less quota handed out at each World Championship and the return on World Cup qualifiers.   Swimming: Olympic qualification and consideration times renamed to A and B standard. B standard is now 1% slower than the A standard compared to 0.5% in 2024. Stroke 50s have their own direct qualification events and have minimum time standards instead of A and B standards. Qualification times have been nuked again. B standard selection process has also changed.   Volleyball: New revised format. Continental championships first, then world championships followed by world rankings. In 2024, it was 3 qualification tournaments and then world rankings. Only 3 countries per gender will qualify by world rankings now compared to 5 in 2024
    • For Italy, the match against Japan and likely the final match against Estonia will be a safe/relegation game, but I'm think that whether the match against Estonia will be decisive on anything, if we have 0 points after 4 matches. We're currently the worst team here – we have 0 points and are taking significantly fewer shots than our opponents in each match. Japan and Estonia are looking better for now and unfortunately, without significant improvement play starting tomorrow, we'll likely be relegated to the fourth division. With the absence of Russia and Belarus, this will be a shame, even for the weaker 2006/2007 age generation. Especially, since we are playing this tournament at home. For anyone could have competed with a good shape, except perhaps Hungary, who are currently the best team in the tournament.
    • They shouldn't promise additional spots to countries that qualify 3 athletes in each distance, because then taking those spots away isn't fair. For example, in Italy, Previtali won the 500m QO for country but he would likely have to stay at home because the staff probably would have chosen Casinelli for the relay (Casinelli won't be competing individually at all). I don't know what the situation is in Canada with the fifth-place skater? Will this person only compete in the relay, or will he also be a reserve there? 
    • That's too bad. Athletes who finish in the top 32 (or 36 for the 1590m) should be the priority over the 5th athlete from a relay country.   So Croatia loses their 2nd women's quota, Hong Kong loses their only women's quota and Poland loses their 3rd women's quota.   This means that Great Britain, Slovakia and Ukraine should fill up the rest of the 1500m field since they are the highest placed reserves that doesn't require an additional quota.    
    • Philip Rivers' possible return to NFL while being a semifinalist for the Hall of Fame certainly wasn't on my bingo card. But well. So far he's only on the practice squad
    • Thursday December 11th, 2025 - Round-Robin Day 4 Schedule (GMT +1)   12:30   Austria vs Ukraine 16:00   Norway vs Kazakhstan 19:30   Slovenia vs France
×
×
  • Create New...