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WHY THE OLYMPICS MATTER

This morning as I worked in my haor I began to ponder this question: Why do we have Olympics? It’s a good question, because the answer is not immediately predetermined to that. But what is the reason for these games, because they are games and would determine if that’s the way COUNTRIES do play them.

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August 8th, 2016 11:46pm

Posted on Tumblr over 10 years agoon August 09, 2016 - 6:46 AM and archived here at /tumblr/2016/08/08/why-the-olympics-matter/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/tumblr/2016/08/08/why-the-olympics-matter/ in the Tumblr collection in both HTML and markdown.

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Newer	magictransistor: Katja Rose. Color Circles Graded to Black and White (Color Theory at the Bauhaus Dessau). 1932.	13 August 2016
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Newer	historical-nonfiction: According to the marketing guys behind Red Stripe, it’s a traditional Jamaican style lager with a rich history. Which is a lie. Red Stripe was first brewed in Illinois for a century before it was bought out by some British guys during Prohibition. Unable to sell in the United States, they marketed it to soldiers stationed in Jamaica. After proving popular in Jamaica, Red Stripe was then marketed back to the States as an exotic foreign brew. Thus proving that, with good enough marketing, you can convince people of anything.	13 August 2016
Newer	magictransistor: Katja Rose. Color Circles Graded to Black and White (Color Theory at the Bauhaus Dessau). 1932.	13 August 2016
This post	Post #148679078843	09 August 2016
Older	nevver: Press button	08 August 2016
Older	nicecollection: Ernst Reichling - 2014, Oil on linen, 29,7 x 42 cm, 11.7” x 16.5”	08 August 2016

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