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2008 olympics

Olympic Torch Relay Update: We're Runnin' In Circles Here!


OK, we have a new leader for the lamest Olympic Torch Relay idea yet: In Jakarta, Indonesia on Tuesday, torch runners did laps inside of a closed stadium in order to avoid protests. Yes, in this genius move, all the Indonesian torch runners took turns running in circles, as a crowd that was hand-picked by the government watched and cheered. "Here it comes again. Gladys! (waves pennant)." This beats the previous lamest torch relay, in San Francisco, where they lit the thing and the runner jogged directly into a warehouse. More »

6:00 PM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By rickchand
1,656 views, 22 comments

Latest by josereyes.theroof wishes to perform Tim Harris's sack-dance for you: @strong like bull smart like tractor: They run war games with the Czech Navy. more »

2008 olympics

Jackie Chan Threatens To Chop Protesters, Make 'Rush Hour 4'

Leave it to diminutive Kung Fu dervish Jackie Chan to put this Olympic Torch protest thing into perspective. Chan, who will be a torchbearer when the relay comes to Beijing next week, says that he will deal harshly with any miscreants who might try to grab the flame from his tiny, powerful mitts. More »

3:30 PM on Wed Apr 16 2008
By rickchand
3,488 views, 40 comments

2008 olympics

Passing The Torch: Buenos Aires, You're Up

The beleaguered Olympic Torch is in Argentina today, where protesters in Buenos Aires say that they will be out in force, but will not try to snuff out the flame (wink, wink). Of course, crossing the Chinese government is one thing; but when you anger the McDonald's Corporation (pictured right), you're asking for an ass kicking. Don't expect Mayor McCheese to alter the torch route at the last minute to avoid trouble. More »

2:20 PM on Fri Apr 11 2008
By rickchand
1,904 views, 28 comments

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Bang The Gong Slowly; Olympic Torch A No-Show In SF


San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom didn't exactly win friends and influence people on Wednesday when he decided to play an elaborate game of Hide the Salami with the Olympic Torch. The relay's only North American stop was scheduled to be a happy, glorious people's jog from AT&T Park, down the waterfront to Fisherman's Wharf. But spooked by upwards of 10,000 demonstrators — including the guy with the craft project seen above, here — SF officials instead treated the torch like a mobster in the witness protection program. It's in Chinatown, it's in SoMa, it's on a boat ... where the $%!& is it? More »

9:15 AM on Thu Apr 10 2008
By rickchand
5,083 views, 80 comments

Latest by msquared: I can assure, having been IN des moines on Wednesday, that you, sir, were not in Des Moines. Be glad. more »

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It's Olympic Torch Relay Eve!

I love a good protest as much as the next person, but it seems that the bar has been set impossibly high for my home team, San Francisco. The Olympic Torch Relay makes its only North American appearance here on Wednesday, and because this is San Francisco, the world is expecting a protest on a grand scale; something so big that I'm afraid anything we come up with will just disappoint. The guys who climbed the Golden Gate Bridge on Monday (pictured) didn't help (video and more photos following the jump). More »

7:35 PM on Tue Apr 8 2008
By rickchand
7,588 views, 538 comments

Latest by RachelRayIsTheDevil: Apparently no one gives a rats ass about Tibet. more »