Event 2024 Paris Summer Olympics!

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  1. SlyPokerDog

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    SlyPokerDog, Jul 16, 2024
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    Using my son’s bed to figure out what shoes to pack for my trip. Have to rep ‘MERICA with the RED, WHITE and BLUE kicks! #SneakerHead

     
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    Just finished packing.
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    Leave Monday morning. #Merica
     
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    Shame he's unable to see it
     
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    Hey, wait a sec….
     
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    Paris Olympics hit by coordinated arson attacks across high speed train network

    France’s rail network has been’paralysed’ by a series of co-ordinated arson attacks today, affecting nearly a million people travelling to the Olympic games.

    Flames engulfed train tracks at ‘strategic points’ across the country – with hours to go before the Opening Ceremony on the River Seine in Paris.

    Gare du Nord, where the Eurostar stops in Paris, is also affected by the attacks on the rail network, said a spokesperson for SNCF, the national state-owned railway company in the country.

    Eurostar customers at London St Pancras, which travels directly to Paris, have been been told to cancel their trips where possible while the situation resolves itself.

    Thousands of people from the UK are due to travel to Paris by rail today for the start of the Olympics, including the majority of Team GB.

    Trains to neighbouring Belgium and to London under the English Channel have also been affected, with warnings for people to delay their travel.

    Three fires were reported near the tracks of the French Atlantique, Nord and Est high-speed lines by local media.

    Lines in the west, north and east of France were also targeted, resulting in chaos.

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    https://metro.co.uk/2024/07/26/vand...d-rail-lines-hours-olympic-ceremony-21301235/
     
    SlyPokerDog, Jul 26, 2024
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    I thought this stuff only happened n Portland FAMS!
     
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    No, the Olympics have never happened in Portland FAMS.
     
    SlyPokerDog, Jul 26, 2024
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    Any idea who could be behind these fires?
     
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    Disgusting attacks
     
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    Opening ceremony starts in a little over an hour. Haven't heard them mention anything about the attacks on the preview show yet. It's basically the red carpet though, not sure I'll keep watching.
     
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    I have no idea, but if I had to guess I would guess it's related to Palestine and the Israel/Hamas conflict.
     
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    Antifa, most likely
     
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    without getting political/picking sides, I have seen a huge amount of unusual events the last couple weeks in the National and global political landscapes. This doesn’t even surprise me if this is hardly news even though on a normal year a story like this is the will smith slap on steroids.

    ex: US flag burnings, Biden drop and Kamala takeover, trump shot, more cities in US/northern Canada burned to dust, liberty bell defaced to about the point of being unfixable..

    this story just feels appropriate- what else on the menu??
     
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    Eco-warriors protesting the climate cost of the Olympic games?

    2024 French farmers' protests?

    Who knows?
     
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    My guess is Russia found some group desperate for their money. Russia is going to try to f*** with France, the Olympics, and NATO during this.
     
    SlyPokerDog, Jul 26, 2024
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    Russia would be my first guess... The Olympics has been tough on them recently.
     
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