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Off we go avec le départ fictif!

Vos leads out the sprint just 10m too early, fades & Lizzy Deignan gets over her for the win! First ever win in La Course!

Well, as usual, big names off together in the breakaway after the climb sprinters teams a minute back, probably not strong enough to pull it together. Looking like another win for AMvV.

La Course underway. Everyone taking it easy so far. Climb is harder than it looks on paper, goes on for a long time. Can see the sprinters’ teams struggling to get the break back.

Because two weeks ago they thought they were going to win easily. Now that momentum has changed to Pres Trump they are panicking. So I am thinking MO for Pres, some key white swing-state guy for VP, & Kamala Harris gets the promise of an important high-profile Cabinet job to position her for next time.

I used to live in Borneo in the 60s & 70s and they sprayed all ditches - there were a lot, it’s very rainy - every week. It was very effective, malaria almost disappeared. Probably some bad health issues for the guys that did that job, though! Agree about the long-term evolutionary battle, but if they started, or restarted, spraying in Africa they would easily get twenty years of improvement, which is a lot of saved lives.

Agree that those would be the rulebook candidates, but if the Democrats are desperate enough they will tear up the rulebook & everyone will be bribed into silence.

Live Curling on YouTube this weekend guys! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-AwENzQbvCHPQW5X9ZD2TQ

Hopefully they will be embarrassed into playing. Will be losing megabucks.

Links for this weekend’s action. https://www.dropbox.com/s/1kzampiob460xhr/live streams - 2020-08-28 to 2020-08-30.odt?dl=0

How many conferences are playing? I know the Big 10 (actually 14) had scratched entirely, but the others?

Germany take the Gold with their strong ladies, but Switzerland get a good silver with a young team. Italy the bronze.

The Bank of Jamaica release an educational YouTube clip explaining the role of Central Banks in controlling the money supply in contemporary market conditions.

Personally I wouldn’t mind if courgettes/zucchini - cucurbita peto - went extinct

Cycling - Tour de France! Also Tour de Hongrie. Speedway - Grand Prix starts at last! Innovative double header from Wrocław tonight & tomorrow. With fans! The great thing about SGP is that every single heat of every single round counts towards the overall. Rugby League - 5 Super League matches over the weekend, unfortunately it is Catalans Dragons’ turn to have a quarantine break. Athletics - Lots of National Champs this weekend, inc Sweden, Poland, Ukraine.

Ah, OK, it is usually live on TV somewhere, did not see it.

Mixed Team Time Trial Relay today. Three men do two laps first, then three women. Don’t know how they are doing the handovers, presumably just a gate is tripped open when the men’s team finish. in trouble because Campenaerts is twice as good as the other guys, whereas have got three not-as-good but well-matched riders. And one Belgian has crashed in the rain.

I’m predicting it now. Within the next week or two Joe Biden is going to be forced out - poor health will be the pretext - as the Democratic Candidate & will be replaced with Michelle Obama. It’s their only hope.

Guess we’re not having the big team presentations this year?

Main consequence of all the boycotts yesterday? Much bigger audience for President Trump’s big speech last night! https://admin.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/08/own_goal_the_nba_does_president_trump_a_favor.html

I don’t see how that follows. His successor must be someone from the same Party.

There is a solution for malaria - DDT spraying. But rich modern countries have forced a ban on it because it kills birds. So children in poor countries must die to protect birdlife.

In the Europa League Clash of the MicroStates, Lincoln Red Imps 2 Union Titus Pétange 0.

Racism? You’re saying some sports forbid blacks? Can you be more specific?

People have already forgotten that this guy was only “interacting” with the Police in the first place because he was beating up his girlfriend & she called the cops. Would it be better if the Police just ignored such calls from Black areas?