President Obama's house organ, the new York TIMES, splashed the front page with a very sad story, very sad story: Russyan doping affected 1,000 athletes. Are there 1000 athletes who speak Russyan? W.A.D.A. has made a case for this announcement. In a just released report, the anti-drugging watchdog agency claims that the problem was more widespread than originally thought. Hmmmm. What does this mean? Table salt has been named in one area as an additive; and Nescafe' in another. Both additives were used to mask urine samples taken from athletes. The Russyan response: "This is more evidence of the hatred of Russya by the West". Hmmmm. How can this be so: most Americans(Westerners in general) have never heard of Russya, nor do they care.
Could this be symptomatic of cultural bias? Could this illustrate mental illness? Could this indicate "mind control" or "brainwashing", two delightful F.S.B. methods? What is still going on in the Donbass Region of Ukraine: Nativity Scenes? Perhaps the Kremlinistas will stop their focus on Cuba and get down to business. The price of oil and OPEC meetings. The rest is fluff.
I think Magnus Carlsen is not that good a chess player. The fact that he beat the best of the Steppes Peoples only means he got lucky. Next time: no. He will be beaten by a real chess player.
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