2020 Japan Olympics

[matsuki]

Any links to said speech? If I get bored I have a feeling something like that can be put to music...

[Russell]

I only got this.

Even in the one sentence he says he comes across as a freaking' imbecile.

Just wondering whether he is hinting at an offer of cash in hand to the members of the audience...

[Taro Toporific]

I only got this.
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...he comes across as a freaking' imbecile...

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[Coligny]

Same levul as:
"D'urz a sayin' in Texus'
F00l me once, shum... Shum on youz...
F00l me twice... You can't be get no f00led agin' "

[matsuki]

Even in the one sentence he says he comes across as a freaking' imbecile.

Just wondering whether he is hinting at an offer of cash in hand to the members of the audience...

Yeah, WTF is he talking about? Give me your vote and I'll put cash in your hands??

[Russell]

LOL. And this reporter is calling this speech 情熱.

[matsuki]

As of April 19 2013 = YESTERDAY!!

Another step backward. So does that affect all international cash cards?
I sure hope the post office doesn't follow suit.

Economic sakoku, fer chrissake.

EDIT: Here's something. Maestro cards with EVM chip technology will be temporarily disabled. Other than that, as far as I can tell from the Japan Post Bank website, international cash cards are still usable.

http://www.mastercard.com/jp/personal/jp/cardholderservices/atmlocations/notification.html

Becoming more of a financial shimaguni??

"Welcome to cash based Japan! Your card will only work at postal ATM's which have limited hours...Good luck!!"

[canman]

I'm afraid with all the turmoil going on in Turkey, and Spain slowly withering away, that Tokyo will be the last man standing and win the 2020 Olympics.
I hate everything about their bid! The fact that they are abusing the March 11th earthquake and its people for sympathy, the huge amount of money that will be wasted when it could really go to help those affected! Those f$&@cking pins all the idiot politicians must wear.
I guess we are screwed!

[Samurai_Jerk]

I'm afraid with all the turmoil going on in Turkey, and Spain slowly withering away, that Tokyo will be the last man standing and win the 2020 Olympics.
I hate everything about their bid! The fact that they are abusing the March 11th earthquake and its people for sympathy, the huge amount of money that will be wasted when it could really go to help those affected! Those f$&@cking pins all the idiot politicians must wear.
I guess we are screwed!

I've lived through one Olympics (Atlanta '96). It ain't that bad.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

I've gotta agree with you, canman...at the moment, Tokyo looks the best choice to host the 2020 Games.
Even though I also share your opposition to the bid, for pretty much the same reasons, should the Olympics come here, we can at least console ourselves that the Japanese will give their all to put on a good show at any cost, which they traditionally do.

I'd be interested in the Opening Ceremony. I suspect we'll get a mix of neo-Confucian bullshit of the type that thrills East Asians and dampens older Japanese panties, with a bit of the AKB-shite that moistens the panties of younger men and wailing harpy-like young women who are actually pretty talented.

As for demonstration sports, how about which right-wing dumbfuck can put their foot in their mouth fast enough?
Or how about the sprint away when approached by a pretty young woman for younger men, or the open category when the bird is replaced by a gaijin babbling away in a foreign lingo? We could also have another sprint to avoid taking responsibility for workers from major organizations or the bureaucracy.
What about the kancho victim high jump? Race for a train seat?
Bonenkai season chunder contest, with prizes for volume, distance or artistic sense.
Commuter wrestling, anyone?
Mama-chari keirin, with squeaky breaks compulsory?
Keitai texting thumb wrestling?

Jeezus, this list could be endless and fucken hilarious.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

It ain't that bad.

Atlanta was that bad...the Coca-Cola Cock-up would have to have been one of the worst postwar Olympics, even considering Munchen, Montreal and the boycott-affected fuck-ups of the '80s.
Japan did beat Brazil is soccer, though, which would have been great had I not been in Japan at the time.

[Samurai_Jerk]

It ain't that bad.

Atlanta was that bad...the Coca-Cola Cock-up would have to have been one of the worst postwar Olympics, even considering Munchen, Montreal and the boycott-affected fuck-ups of the '80s.
Japan did beat Brazil is soccer, though, which would have been great had I not been in Japan at the time.

I'm not talking about how bad the Olympics themselves were. The Olympics always suck. I'm talking about going about your life while they're happening. I don't give a shit about the money wasted either because no matter what the government will piss our taxes away on bullshit.

[wagyl]

Mama-chari keirin, with squeaky breaks compulsory?

I have the scary realisation that I would pay actual money to see this.

[Ol Dirty Gaijin]

What did Atlanta gain from the Olympics?

What would Tokyo with its grey population, low levels of sport participation and relatively high standard level of living* gain from all this?

As someone who has been involved with "sport" in Tokyo, I can't see anything other than more pork to those who don't need it.

*low level of Tokyo being higher than Atlanta

[gaijinpunch]

You'd hope the citizens would gain some great facilities when it's all said and done, but considering they spent 10 months (extended from 9) to put in a wooden floor and some new machines, and 13 months (extended from 12) to redo the concrete around the fucking pool (did absolutely nothing to the pool) at the kokuritsu kyougijou, I wouldn't hold my breath on that.

[Ol Dirty Gaijin]

Exactly, try playing an outdoor sport when it rains.

[Samurai_Jerk]

What did Atlanta gain from the Olympics?

Nothing.

My point isn't that the Olympics are going to be a major benefit or anything like that. However, people are acting like it'll be a apocalyptic disaster if we get them in Tokyo.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

What did Atlanta gain from the Olympics?

A reputation for being a fucking horrid place...(and a bomber)

[Samurai_Jerk]

What did Atlanta gain from the Olympics?

A reputation for being a fucking horrid place

The ATL already had that reputation.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

What did Atlanta gain from the Olympics?

A reputation for being a fucking horrid place

The ATL already had that reputation.

Didn't know that...I only knew Coca-Cola, Gone With the Wind, CDC, CNN and the tomahawk chop. Oh, yeah...and Billy Carter (and his clan, including Amy, Jimmy and the born-again Christian <Rosalyn?> duped by Larry Flynt). Oops. There was also John Rocker. And Andruw Jones.

[matsuki]

What did Atlanta gain from the Olympics?

What would Tokyo with its grey population, low levels of sport participation and relatively high standard level of living* gain from all this?

As someone who has been involved with "sport" in Tokyo, I can't see anything other than more pork to those who don't need it.

*low level of Tokyo being higher than Atlanta

...a bunch of Olympic themed menu items in local eateries and more misplaced pride?

Maybe the Olympians bring some testing equipment and expose some of the crap in the food here.

[Russell]

Tokyo leading race for 2020 Olympics

Members of the International Olympic Committee, who will vote in less than three months to pick the host city for the 2020 Summer Olympics, are increasingly leaning toward Tokyo as the favorite, several notable members said.

Tokyo’s emphasis on safety and security appears to be influencing the race for the 2020 Games by pitting its squeaky clean image against the turmoil and instability being witnessed in Istanbul and Madrid.

An IOC veteran from Europe speaking on condition of anonymity said that Tokyo is within reach of winning the bid, while another high-profile member with experience on the IOC Executive Board believes Tokyo will win as long as it doesn’t make any major mistakes before the vote.

Istanbul, now making its fifth Olympic bid, was favored for its aim to become the first Islamic city to host the games, but Tokyo’s stock has risen sharply since Turkish authorities began cracking down on antigovernment protests that began May 31.

As part of the crackdown, police in Istanbul are being blamed for attacking peaceful demonstrators in Taksim Square. An IOC member from Asia who would only speak on condition of anonymity said the turmoil was a “big blow” to Istanbul’s bid.

Madrid, meanwhile, has seen no end in sight to its economic crisis.

Although Tokyo’s lack of a clear concept for the games had been viewed as a weakness, the issue of security is gathering steam.

The three candidate cities made presentations to more than 800 national Olympic committee representatives during the Association of National Olympic Committees General Assembly in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Saturday.

It was the second such presentation since the cities pitched their cases to the IOC at the SportsAccord conference in St. Petersburg, Russia, in May, with each claiming to be the safest and most financially sound as the race enters the final stretch.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Although Tokyo’s lack of a clear concept for the games had been viewed as a weakness, the issue of security is gathering steam.

Are they fucking kidding? The concept of the 2020 Tokyo Orinpikku will be exemplary in displaying the Olympic ideals of corruption and cronyism. Oh...And, sexism!

[matsuki]

So...how many FG were arrested during the previous Olympics?

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

So...how many FG were arrested during the previous Olympics?

They shut down all the sex services and chased the homeless out of Tokyo....but, that was in less-enlightened 1964.
In 1940, they got the Games, but decided not to go through with holding them because they were too busy killing, raping and looting Chinese to liberate them from Westerners.

[matsuki]

So...how many FG were arrested during the previous Olympics?

They shut down all the sex services and chased the homeless out of Tokyo....but, that was in less-enlightened 1964.
In 1940, they got the Games, but decided not to go through with holding them because they were too busy killing, raping and looting Chinese to liberate them from Westerners.

I bet all the housewives felt loved for a brief moment

How about Nagano??

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

How about Nagano??

Winter Olympics aren't real Olympics....
....But...Nagano was typically corrupt because it had "conveniently" burned all accounting records involved in the Games when the IOC came sniffing around in the wake of the bribing at Salt Lake City (And here I'd been thinking it was inconceivable for any dishonesty from those people brought up to believe the convicted conman told by an archangel who visited his dreams that he should make his followers give them all their money, let him marry all their female relatives and then dress everyone in magic undies. At least they didn't imbibe in evil coffee).
Sapporo, which eventually held the cold Olympics where everyone wears skintight uniforms with spangles on them in 1972, was only really tarred with the same brush as Tokyo for having given up 1940 so they could kill people.

[matsuki]

LOL, when is Japan not bribing other countries for votes?

...but what I'm really trying to ask is how much trouble do the flood of visiting FG get into during these events? I have to imagine it does wonders for the image of FG to the locals.

[Samurai_Jerk]

How about Nagano??

Winter Olympics aren't real Olympics....

The Olympics won't be the Olympics till they bring back naked men wrestling to the death.

[wagyl]

The Nagano legacy: A lot of large buildings that now get used three days a year but still need to be maintained (and that goes beyond stadiums and ice rinks and curling rinks and skate tracks ... there are media centres and other support facilities), a lot of new roads through previously productive agricultural land (including some toll roads and toll bridges which the locals all use the detours around), English language signage for every named intersection in the prefecture, and the biggest legacy of all, a massive debt burden on the prefecture.

It did bring forward the timetable for the construction of infrastructure like the expressway and bullet train, but there are a few roads which were half built and never finished, a boom that ended suddenly 15 years ago and it still doesn't look like that slack will be taken up.

And snowlets.

You ask about the flood of visiting FGs. For a start, no one can ever get a ticket, or if they can they can't get accommodation because the IOC has booked up the convenient places in advance. Fifteen years ago, there wasn't the foreign folk coming here for winter sports anyway. I certainly stayed well away during the whole thing. It is a different world now - you get cashed up Australians coming. The main complaints you hear are about reckless behaviour and a pathological inability to follow rules. So, I think the Japanese have a pretty good handle on what is going on.