●Olympics: What is the REAL medal tally? The one linked to each country’s GDP and population – that’s what!

03Aug12

Bill Mitchell’s Alternative Olympic Games Medal Tally – 2012 2016 BRAZIL  http://www.billmitchell.org/sport/medal_tally_2016.html Last computed: August 7, 2012 – 12:39 EAST (End of Day 10) 1st (38) Grenada 28 (3) United Kingdom 40 (16) South Africa 45 (1) China 53 (2) United States . OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Aug 14, 2008 @ 13:13 Official medal rankings “only reflect world […]

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●China olympics: Zapiro – spells it out

09Aug08

Zapiro – Courtesy Mail & Guardian Online [www.mg.co.za] . ” T h e G r e a t F i r e w a l l of C h i n a ! “ humanrights.org – page can not be displayed tibet.com – page can not be displayed amnistyinternational.org – page can not be displayed […]

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●China olympics: finally after mammoth search to find who directed yesterdays spectacular show – it’s film director Yimou Zhang – he’s THE man

09Aug08

Zhang directed the film – House of Flying Daggers If you haven’t seen it – it’s visually stunning – loads of slow mow & graphic gems I wanted to find a list of the creative team of the opening show – I’ve run out of steam – they are stupendously underwhelmingly visible! LINK – Olympic official website […]

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●Beijing China: Finally Olympics begin today @ midday [GMT] – & at last that bleeping torch gets switched off

08Aug08

Photo: The Telegraph – EPA – National Stadium, rehearsal – opening ceremony Architects of stadium: Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron from Switzerland Estimated cost of hosting the China Olympics: $44 billion USD – €28.7 billion EUR – ₤22.6 billion GBP – R330.4 billion ZAR A bargain! In a discussion on a BBC World radio […]

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