Olympian1010

Yep, I can remember a lot of Indy 500s that end on caution after a late crash. I think the way Indy handles it is more fair (or at least more true to the sport) than NASCAR, even if it’s less entertaining.

Canada ❤️ Tweet is a play on our State Anthem “I Love You, California.”

There’s a difference between calculated risk and stupid risk though. Racing without head protection is stupid risk; racing with head protection is calculated risk.

There’s a strong possibility it’s going to get worse

A weird complaint to have during pandemic times

I don’t really care if they’re ugly as hell, or beautiful enough to win a pageant; I just care that the drivers are protected. We’ve seen way too many deaths (and near deaths) in IndyCar in the last decade.

Our oldest state park, filled with 100s of massive ancient Redwood trees, has been completely torched by the wildfires

From yesterday.

After a great summer of 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie and 2015 African Games replays, I’ve decided to celebrate the four year anniversary of the Rio 2016 Summer Paralympic Games by rewatching those replays. I actually really enjoy the Paralympics, sometimes more than the Olympics since the atmosphere is more chill, the sports are different, and bureaucracy is less annoying, so I’m looking forward to reliving Rio 2016. I spent this week studying up on the history of the Paralympic Games, and creating a document full of statistics to enhance my experience. I started my anniversary celebration tonight with a replay of the opening ceremony. I haven’t watched that many opening ceremonies. I wasn’t the biggest fan of London’s personally (which I watched earlier this week), so I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I was pleasantly surprised. I really enjoyed the ceremony. Rio 2016 now holds the title for my favorite Olympic and Paralympic ceremonies. I watched the ceremony four years ago, but I couldn’t remember much, and I remember NBC didn’t exactly show everything. I really enjoyed the artistic segments focusing on the various “disabilities.” I really enjoyed the pair of blind dancers, the moving pictograms (easily one of the biggest “wow!” moments I’ve had watching a ceremony), and Amy Purdy’s Dance with Kuka. Torch relay will always be remembered for the torch drop and recovery. I’ve already voiced my opinion on loving the Olympic cauldron, so that applies here too. Also, hats off to all the Brazilians who gave their federal government what they deserved by booing for a good couple of minutes; that was highly enjoyable since you just never see that at these types of ceremonies. All in all, a good way to spend four hours on a Saturday night. I’ll spend the next couple of weeks/months watching Paralympic replays until winter sports roll around (or until I have to watch replays of winter sports ).

Gladiator, but it’s not really a historical film as much as a drama. I remember watching “The Eagle” too, but again that took place mostly in Britannia. I’ve heard of the term “Roman Salute”, but I just thought it was the Italian name for the Nazi salute.

Is there a difference? (I’m genuinely asking as I didn’t know there was two different salutes)

Nazi salutes are worse, but I’m not all that familiar with the incident you shared. Obviously, I’ve seen the video, but I don’t know a lot of the context around it. Slovan seems to have a pattern a Neo-Nazi ultras, so that’s why I said they’d be competition.

Slovan represents stiff competition for them, as I seem to remember Slovan unveiling a “White Lives Matter” banner earlier this year.

Alright, so Slovan is officially my least favorite European Football club.

Any juicy gossip?

My beautiful state is burning

Yeah...I don’t think that’s what’s happening here. That seems highly unlikely.

The commentary on this is a gem.

Oh fuck! How will they ever recover from that.

Yeah...I wouldn’t be so sure that democratic-socialism is done just yet. I know the U.S. House races don’t get a lot of attention, but progressives are upsetting moderates and liberals left and right in those primaries.

A lot of people are voting for Biden based on the fact he could die in office.

It should be noted that it’s not a guarantee that every rider would survive Covid-19 if they contracted it. The odds are most likely in their favor, but no medical professional could be 100% certain that every rider would be okay.

An evil twin perhaps...