Totally frivolous Olympics post

Hey! Mom said frivolity is ok on weekends.

White trousers, navy blazers. Classic, or "been done to death" unimaginative?

2016 Lauren-clad Olympians in opening ceremony duds

2012 Lauren-clad Olympians in opening ceremony duds

2008 Lauren-clad Olympians in opening ceremony duds

1970s (Bond) version

1960s (Presidential) version (real gold blazer buttons?)

1937 version

1900 version

(You get the idea.)

At least the 2016 Olympics shirt is new.


Oops.

USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!

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Or was it another boon to the economy of China?

Either way I'd say overdone, although I do like the casual shirt underneath.

That pic of JFK and family makes me sad.

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This is weird. The shirt looks like the Russian flag.

TEAM USA UNIFORMS CRITICIZED FOR LOOKING LIKE RUSSIAN FLAG

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"We've done the impossible, and that makes us mighty."

Oldest Son Of A Sailor's picture

Monuments of excess and corruption...

The Sarajevo Olympic podium used for executions during the Bosnian War...

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Hitler's "Nazi Games" Olympic Village Berlin Germany...

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Atlanta Summer Olympics

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Beijing Beach Volleyball Facility...

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Beijing Olympic Rowing... Walk On The Water...

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Athens Greece 2004 Summer Olympics $15B over budget...
Planned to turn the Olympic Village facility into public housing, thousands of families applied to live there, you know the rest of the story... Goldman Sachs, The Euro, Austerity...

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Sochi Ghost Town...

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What will Rio look like in 10 years?
Hosting the Olympics seems like a sucker deal...

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I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House."

~John F. Kennedy~
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Wow... those photos are amazing.

All that money used for something such as the Olympics.. Imagine how many people could have been helped in some way instead. Then we all could play in the sunshine.

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Jesse Owens Kilroy was here in 1936.

Outstanding, imo.

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What will Rio look like in 10 years?
Hosting the Olympics seems like a sucker deal...

Which is why the voters of Colorado turned down the 1976 Winter Games.

Wink

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"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar

"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides

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Good for them.

In any case, it's well past the time that they find a permanent venue for the Olympics.

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The first gold medal for the USA! was in shooting.

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Reminded me of Dylan Roof for some reason...

Olympics Womens Shooting10M Air Rifle Gold.JPG

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I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House."

~John F. Kennedy~
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