Monzanator

Urs Kryenbuhl with torn ACL and a concussion. Out for the season. Ryan Cochran-Siegle with a neck fracture but not ruled out for the season (wat?)

Obvious horseshit! The classic individuals offer more unpredictability compared to the super sprint crap!

I wonder if Japan didn't leak the news of possible cancellation of the Games to test out the global opinion? If the response would be overwhelmingly negative then they'd have to tough it out and hold the Games at all costs?

USA rejected John Keynes economical theories which probably explains why Olympian1010 is so negative here. It's no wonder Margaret Thatcher is so unpopular to this day because she rejected Keynes as well IIRC. The "free market rules everything" which runs rampant in USA stands in direct opposition to Keynes' ideas as well. And this is why I say repeatedly that capitallism is more important than democracy in USA.

Likud is a right-wing party so it's obvious Democrats hate Netanyahu They're lucky nobody accuses them of anti-semitism like the Labour Party in UK was but like mentioned above, most US Jews are actually estranged from Israel. I guess zionism isn't doing great these days anymore

Paula Badosa tested positive for COVID while in hotel quarantine already

I told ya some people will be helluva fed up with Japan if the Games get cancelled. They're showing up in this thread already

They can WANT it but who says they get the votes? (unless they BUY them).

If Japan cancels these games they will have plenty of backlash and don't stand a chance to host another Games for the next 50 years at least IMO. There will be a LOT of furious people over this.

But America always gets involved in war conflicts, the bailed out in Syria because Obama wanted to be peaceful and Russians came marching in instead. And Syria is considered a major tire fire ever since (and nobody cares about that anymore). Not to mention Pentagon would be furious for cutting funds, I know isolationism sounds great on paper but USA has moved themselves into the biggest geopolitical player since 1945 and you can't sustain that position if suddenly you go into isolation. What's the point of NATO existence if USA goes neutral by choice? Besides, China and Russia would LOVE to see USA going neutral and like you've said, whatever makes China and Russia happy is an absolute no-no for American society. Not to mention there is no money like war money. United Kingdom didn't pay the Lend & Lease debts until 2006! - some 60 years after WWII ended (and that's an official account).

My argument is clear, Sweden isn't any example why USA should be a sociallist democracy to begin with for the reasons I stated above. Hence there is nothing to learn, period.

USA is always the teacher on the global scale, they tell everyone else what to do. They never listen If you want to learn something then Vietnam War fiasco and Islamic Revolution in Iran should be more than enough to learn a thing or two already?

Yeah, I know Monroe Doctrine was revoked by Wilson but after 1929 and Great Depression USA was getting isolationism vibes again. 93% Americans opposed entering WWII as late as May 1940. Those are facts. https://exhibitions.ushmm.org/americans-and-the-holocaust/main/us-public-opinion-about-entering-world-war-ii-1940

Sweden is a country that hasn't had any mass protests for like 100 years, never takes part in any wars since Napoleon was fricking alive - it's like a totally opposite country to USA who has mass riots every 5 years and gets involved in every single God damn war since the isolationism policy ended with FD Roosevelt. Yet US liberals bring up Sweden as the golden utopia that should be followed No wonder US society is considered dumb by rest of the world.

27 years old and third hip surgery on the way. Laura Robson has basically done nothing since 2014 due to injuries. I know tennis pays a lot but she should really retire. I suppose she's got nothing else to do or what? It's obvious her body isn't up to pro athlete standards anymore - and hasn't been for the last six years. https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/55749047

The very same! Sillicon Valley wants more money poured into their projects than in medical system for the poor and ethinic minorities IMO. Classic rich want to get richer issue.

So, Social Democratic Workers' Party of Sweden has nothing to do with democratic sociallism?

Everyone from North America who loves sociallism always gives the "but it works in Scandinavia" excuse. USA is a capitallist country first and foremost. Yeah, Democrats would most likely turn against Sanders' ideas no matter what his army of voters would say (and Olympian1010 among them). That brings us back to square one, political establishment from both sides plus Wall Street runs the US politics, no matter whether GOP or Dems actually wins the elections. There is no place for ideology here.

You seem to imply Dems would turn against Sanders just to have the establishment run the puppet show? Biden wants 1.9bn poured into the market. Fine. Sanders would probably triple that number. College debts paid off government money? That means raising the taxes most likely. I might not know how the US government works but I don't know any politician who wins elections by raising the taxes Sanders as a sociallist would quickly draw ire from the Silicon Valley and Wall Street who have more internal power than the President himself. You treat sociallism and communism as an ideology. It's not 1917 anymore. It's not how it should be treated. Just follow the money and leave ideology out of it.

I don't compare Poland to USA. I say it makes no sense to compare New Zealand to USA like you do. I understand you're in love with PM Ardern but c'mon. She's below Mayor of New York level when it comes to responsibility. Btw, New Zealand is the biggest dairy exporter in the world. All it takes are some lactose-intolerant activists who want to derail the dairy global market and PM Ardern will lose her shit in 5 seconds with NZ economy going belly up overnight Besides USA could have done a lot worse than Biden in Bernie Sanders. Because that's the real sociallist/communist who'd make USA bankrupt within a span of 10 years (especially with China running the global market train). USA is a country where capitallism is more important than democracy and you dodged a huge bullet. Not ideologically but econimically.

Let's don't compare a country with a population of 5 million which is like half of the New York urban area to USA It's like comparing Alabama going 12-0 in SEC and Coastal Carolina going 12-0 in Sun Belt

I've heard the trailblazer crap before, Michael Sam is a prime example you can have your 5 seconds and then it's over. Wrestling among other things is heavily-reliant on Olympic presence in USA. USA is a country that relies on their pro leagues. For a HS wrestler like Beggs UFC is the top target if anything. And Joe Biden can do shit about Zuffa and Dana White's priorities. So yeah, Olympic national team is a real benchmark if Beggs won't be a flash in the pan like Michael Sam turned out to be. There must be hundreds of thousands wrestlers in US high schools and how many of them would like to be in UFC rather than Olympics? US boxing has gone down the drain on the amateur level, does anyone care about Golden Gloves anymore? 54-year old Mike Tyson attracts more interest or some damn youtuber Jake Paul or whatever his name is. And you give me Mack Beggs? Wake up and smell the coffee! In three-four years time nobody will remember this guy anymore just like nobody remembers Michael Sam already.

Wake me up if he/she/whatever makes the US Olympic team Michael Sam got a ton of free publicity for being the first openly gay player in NFL but he never actually played a single down in the NFL and nobody gives a damn about him anymore.

NCAA is a country within a country anyway. It's the pillar of US sports dominance and most people still hate the fact athletes are total amateurs and all the money goes to the coaches and executives. At the end of the day USA always values performance. 2nd place means you're a loser. Obviously only female sports will be affected though. No female-born athlete will ever try her chances with boys under the equality banner.

Paulo Sousa is the new Poland NT head coach. Not an Italian but he did play for Juventus after all. Total boom or bust hire