Friday, March 05, 2010
Video: The Roots Live at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics Winter Games
Sunday, February 28, 2010
New music: Rick Ross - Audemare Piguet Collection mixtape
Another you may have missed during the week...
Download the Rick Ross - Audemare Piguet Collection mixtape HERE. [mediafire link]
Unrelated:
And BTW...
3-2, b-tches!!! Despite my own naysaying, we own the podium where it counts: GOLD MEDALS!!! Record-setting, respect our G!
Labels: Its a Canada Thing, mixtapes, Olympics, Rick Ross
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Hey Rio, good luck with those 2016 Olympics... (Part III & IV)
"Eerie evening for Brazil as power outage plunges future home of the Olympics into late-night blackout." Apparently similar incidents in the past were the result of cyber attacks! [Daily Mirror UK / CBS 60 Minutes]
"Brazil's president promised to battle drug traffickers who launched a weekend of bloody chaos that killed 21 people in Rio de Janeiro just two weeks after the city won the 2016 Olympic games." [Latin American Post]
D'oh! #NoShots at Brazil of course! :/
Previously:
Hey Rio, good luck with those 2016 Olympics: Part I | Part II
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Hey Rio, good luck with those 2016 Olympics... (Part II)
'Cos it looks like you're really gonna need it! This is raw video from the Associated Press of a Brazilian Drug Gang allegedly shooting down a Police Chopper:
I swear I'm not from the Chi so don't really feel any kind of way about the IOC's decision but WTF??!!?!? I'm pretty sure the GD's wouldn't (or even, couldn't) do something like that!
Previously:
Hey Rio: Good luck with those 2016 Olympics (Part 1): Passengers in Brazil rampaged through a station and set a train on fire in protest against delays.
[via Thisis50.com]
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I swear I'm not from the Chi so don't really feel any kind of way about the IOC's decision but WTF??!!?!? I'm pretty sure the GD's wouldn't (or even, couldn't) do something like that!
Previously:
Hey Rio: Good luck with those 2016 Olympics (Part 1): Passengers in Brazil rampaged through a station and set a train on fire in protest against delays.
[via Thisis50.com]
Friday, October 09, 2009
Hey Rio: Good luck with those 2016 Olympics...
Lord knows, it looks like you're gonna need it:
"Train passengers in Brazil rampaged through a station and set a train on fire in protest against delays.' [BBC World News]
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Olympic Torch Relay: Total Disaster!
Olympic Protesters Scuffle in Paris [AP YouTube video]:
Olympic Torch Goes Out Briefly in Paris. [The New York Times]
Olympic Torch Protesters Hang Signs On Golden Gate. [YouTube video]
IOC mulls cancellation of torch relay. [USA Today]
China's dreams of the Beijing '08 Olympics being a vehicle for the rehabilitation of their repressive regime's image throughout the world look like they are pretty much going out like that torch!
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Olympic Torch Goes Out Briefly in Paris. [The New York Times]
Olympic Torch Protesters Hang Signs On Golden Gate. [YouTube video]
IOC mulls cancellation of torch relay. [USA Today]
China's dreams of the Beijing '08 Olympics being a vehicle for the rehabilitation of their repressive regime's image throughout the world look like they are pretty much going out like that torch!
