Strange Fruit, Pt. I
Another Cubs Blog —
... Of course, all of this is a bit abstract at this point, so let’s begin to unpack these models in terms of actual persons. On August 24, the final day of the Olympic Games, Bob Costas sat down to discuss the games with Jacques Rogge, Chairman of the International Olympic Committee at halftime of the U.S.-Spain Gold Medal basketball matchup. Costas, for once, eschewed the anecdotes and feel-good stories, and became a journalist, hammering Rogge with questions about China’s abysmal human rights ...
IOC Head: G-POPEzilla Killed Softball
Bugs & Cranks —
... that he was little, saying, “As anyone can plainly see, I’m 5-6½ and a strapping 150, and unlike some people, I came by all of it naturally.”
Bonds sagaciously asked, “How do you know?”
I tracked down a transcript of the IOC head’s Bonds-villifying comment, but first the eloquence of Signal To Noise on Rogge’s comments:
Fuck that hypocrite Rogge right in the goddamn ear.
Fang’s Bites has a transcript of what Rogge told Costas: ...
