[OFF TOPIC] Politics Thread

[hoversaBR 281]

20 horas atrás, heywoodu disse:

Bolsonaro isn't even sworn in yet and already Brazilian sports federations are preparing for the worst, because funding is most likely going to be cut very short from next year on  For example no special bonuses anymore for winning South American championships and stuff like that.

Besides the proposal to extinguish the Ministry of Sport (the sport would be under the Ministry of Education and Culture). That is, sports will be totally in the background.

The worst thing is that there are athletes who agree with this and try to justify, as is the case with Wallace, volleyball.

[heywoodu 13,560]

3 minuten geleden, hoversaBR zei:

Besides the proposal to extinguish the Ministry of Sport (the sport would be under the Ministry of Education and Culture). That is, sports will be totally in the background.

The worst thing is that there are athletes who agree with this and try to justify, as is the case with Wallace, volleyball.

Yeah I guess for athletes in relatively big sports this is a bit different and their careers don't depend as much on it...meanwhile Bolsonaro is singlehandedly breaking down the Olympic hopes of athletes in smaller sports, like my girlfriend (who has a very real chance to qualify in cross-country skiing).

[Griff88 1,737]

23 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Yeah I guess for athletes in relatively big sports this is a bit different and their careers don't depend as much on it...meanwhile Bolsonaro is singlehandedly breaking down the Olympic hopes of athletes in smaller sports, like my girlfriend (who has a very real chance to qualify in cross-country skiing).

Looks like next year there will be downgrade or even cancellation of badminton tournanents in Brazil.. Fortunately their best talent is training in France.

[bestmen 2,565]

+ the street khashoggi is near the embassy of KSA 

[Olympian1010 7,479]

3 minutes ago, bestmen said:

+ the street khashoggi is near the embassy of KSA 

The UK has history of naming streets after the political opponents of oppressive regimes

[heywoodu 13,560]

Zojuist, Olympian1010 zei:

The UK has history of naming streets after the political opponents of oppressive regimes

Much like Queen having a history of naming songs after journalists who are going to be killed 30 years later.

 

[Olympian1010 7,479]

1 hour ago, Olympian1010 said:

The UK has history of naming streets after the political opponents of oppressive regimes

The South African embassy (during apartheid) was/is on Mandela St. (A fact mentioned during the 2014 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony)

Edited November 2, 2018 by Olympian1010

[MHSN 3,221]

2 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

The UK has history of naming streets after the political opponents of oppressive regimes

 

maybe they are not alone in this  there is a "Bobby Sands" street next to British embassy in Tehran

 

and btw there is no political relationship between Iran and Egypt for something like 40 years for the same reason. A street's name !

[bestmen 2,565]

Trump said 'good luck' (good for you ) to Alec baldwin this famous actor has been arrested in New-York after he smashed someone in the parking 

of course this is Trump revenge as baldwin was against him 

 

Edited November 2, 2018 by bestmen

[hckošice 13,267]

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