I promise not to post (much) on the Olympics; I haven't watched them since neighbor and friend Sandy Hamill's little sister Dodo won the skating medal in 1976, but, really?

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“Why, it was nothing but an uncanny coincidence!”

The Taos Tatler has weighed in from his snowy retreat in the Sangre de Cristo mountains on the Olympic organization’s latest assault on decency and respect (spoiler alert: he was not amused), and in fact, I lifted the illustration for this post from him, but what really set my teeth on edge was this protestation of innocense from the men who put on this mockery:

Thomas Jolly, the artistic director of the opening ceremony, afterward drew attention away from "The Last Supper" references, saying that hadn’t been his intention.

"Our idea was inclusion," Jolly said during an International Olympic Committee media briefing. "Naturally, when we want to include everyone and not exclude anyone, questions are raised.

"Our subject was not to be subversive. We never wanted to be subversive. We wanted to talk about diversity. Diversity means being together," he added. "We wanted to include everyone, as simple as that. In France, we have freedom of creation, artistic freedom. We are lucky in France to live in a free country."

That’s absolute bullshit, of course, but his fellow heretic gives the game away:

Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet also weighed in.

"We imagined a ceremony to show our values and our principles, so we gave a very committed message," he said. "The idea was to really trigger a reflection. We wanted to have a message as strong as possible.

"Having said that – it is a French ceremony for the French games – so we trusted our artistic director," Estanguet said. "We have freedom of expression in France, and we wanted to protect it."

“We wanted to trigger a ‘reflection’ to send “a message [fuck you, Christians] as strong as possible”. “We wanted to protect our freedom of expression”.

As has been pointed out by numerous commentators, these brave Olympians did not dare “trigger a reflection” or exercise their right of free speech by presenting Mohammed in drag, say, or stripping the burka off a Moslem virgin and having a naked creature painted blue simulate sex with the girl. No need to wonder why; they’d have triggered someting alright, but it wouldn’t have been something as harmless as a reflection.

She's half-right: drop the "radical" from Islamic terrorism — there's no need for redundancy

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Harris Urges End to Terms 'Radical Islamic Terrorism,' 'Illegal Alien'

'Words have meaning,' Harris told crowd at Islamic Center of Southern California

Vice President Kamala Harris said the public should no longer use the terms "radical Islamic terrorism" and "illegal alien" during a speech she gave at a Los Angeles mosque in July 2016.

"We must have the courage* to object when they use that term, ‘radical Islamic terrorism,’ which ignores how Muslims have overwhelmingly been the greatest victims of terror," she told the crowd at the Islamic Center of Southern California. "We must also have the courage* to reject the term ‘illegal alien.’"

*Is “Courage” really required to reject these terms? Not on any campus or liberal enclave I’m aware of or, for that matter, anywhere in America; this isn’t Tehran or Caracas, after all.

Muslims are terrorists and, as Kampallawalla Ding Dong pointed out, they have, and continue to slaughter their fellow devotees by the hundreds of thousands throughout Africa and the Middle East. Nothing “radical” about these people, they’re just following the dictates of their hero.

As for illegal aliens (a term incorporated in federal law), the millions of newcomers the Biden administration has ushered into our country, are economic refugees, a category of invaders explicitly denied refugee status by that same federal law. We provisionally allow entry to refugees who claim a fear of political persecution, not a desire to go on welfare, and an alien who falsely claims such a fear in order to gain entry is committing an illegal act.

8 U.S. Code § 1325 - Improper entry by alien

Any alien who (1) enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers, or (2) eludes examination or inspection by immigration officers, or (3) attempts to enter or obtains entry to the United States by a willfully false or misleading representation or the willful concealment of a material fact, shall, for the first commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both, and, for a subsequent commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.

Nothing wrong with tasty morsels of raw horse meat, especially in an emergency, or when in France, and offered a tofu burger

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Athletes served raw meat as Olympic village rations food

Team GB are taking packed lunches to their hotels and flying in a chef as Paris 2024 runs low on high-protein chicken and eggs

The organisers of the Paris 2024 Olympics may have boasted that athletes would be catered for by Michelin chefs, but Team GB have been forced to fly out their own cook after shortages led to the rationing of high-protein items and service of uncooked meat.

Andy Anson, the British Olympic Association’s chief executive, revealed the shortcomings, telling The Times that the food in the village “is not adequate” and “a dramatic” improvement is needed. British athletes have even taken to bringing back to the village packed lunches for their evening meal. In one of the gastronomic capitals of the world, catering organisers admitted to some supply issues and have promised to rectify the situation.

“There are not enough of certain foods: eggs, chicken, certain carbohydrates, and then there is the quality of the food, with raw meat being served to athletes,” Anson said. “They have got to improve it over the next couple of days dramatically.

Sodexo Live, the company in charge of catering, said it has increased the daily order of several of the most popular items after complaints that athletes were unable to eat their choice of food, particularly high-protein eggs and chicken.

So, how’d this come to pass? Here’s a hint:

The International Olympic Committee had mandated the food must be local, primarily plant-based, and focused on minimal waste. 

Nearly two-thirds of the 500 dishes on offer will be vegetarian, including meat-free options like beefless bourguignon and 'not-dogs', a meatless option featuring onions and pickled cabbage with honey-mustard sauce. 

Leftovers will be redistributed to those in need, and used coffee grinds will be repurposed for fertilisation.

The sustainable menu aims to meet the diverse cultural, religious and nutritional needs of athletes while showcasing French gastronomy.

All is going according to plan:

Paris 2024 Olympics to be ‘most sustainable in history’ – with plant-based push to slash the carbon footprint of the games

‘Food vision’

According to Paris 2024 organisers, the event’s food vision ‘prioritises quality, taste and experience, and purity of products’.

It was created in collaboration with a number of experts, following ‘extensive consultations’ with representative groups across France and the entire agri-food sector.

Over an 18-month period, some 120 organisations – ranging from agriculture and catering to NGOs and nutritionists, as well as Paris 2024 partners – discussed the plans.

In addition, organisers also ‘conducted 40 individual interviews and 10 group workshops on integrating sustainability at every stage, from food and drink supply and preparation to surplus management’.

Furthermore, 200 athletes (80 per cent of them foreign) were also surveyed to ‘explore their eating habits, cultural needs and tastes’. 

According to organisers: “The vast majority of the athletes (98 per cent) are ‘concerned’ or ‘very concerned’ by the social and environmental impacts of their diet.”

“Social aspects of their diet”? Does that mean not eating too many beans?

But wait, there’s more!

Marie Sallois, the IOC’s Director for Sustainability, said: “France certainly knows how to welcome the world to its table.

“The Games organisers are laser focused on showcasing French food that is sourced, produced and consumed in a responsible way.

“We hope that this approach will go beyond helping reduce the Games’ footprint, raising the bar for sustainable catering at sports events and beyond.”

Thierry Marx hopes Paris 2024 can ‘provide a more responsible food model for other major sporting and cultural events’.

He said: “The Games are enabling us to bring together the entire food ecosystem around a vision for catering that is sustainable from an environmental and social point of view. 

“It is a unique opportunity to support the food transition in a positive way by proving that what is good for our health and the planet is also good to eat! 

“With more plants on our plates, as well as more local and seasonal products and greater responsibility throughout the entire supply chain, Paris 2024 isn’t just setting out specifications – it’s presenting several opportunities for us all to seize.'”

Mission accomplished:

“For France, it’s an opportunity to showcase our [lack of] expertise at every step of the chain – production, logistics, preparation, service and waste management.”

Whine and cheese party for AWFLS is invaded by the transvestites because, well, that's the way the world works — just ask any female athlete

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Hell, even the last supper’s been appropriated

A few days ago, The Ladies of Perpetual Grievance staged a massive phone-in to praise the elevation of the DIE Indian from useless idiot to useless idiot presidential candidate. Some actress summed up the feelings of all of them:

She then gushed about the moment that Biden stepped down and the vice president assumed the mantle of presumptive presidential nominee. "It was seismic. Cosmic, even. And since then—have you seen it? Have you seen Kamala glisten in the brilliance and shine of her true power and leadership? And what does that feel like? Feels like self-love."

But no sooner had the ladies hung up then, not to be outdone by the girls they wish they were, the country’s soy boys set up their own party line. I particularly liked this organizer’s call to action, “Calling all White Dudes For Harris! We up next”. Wow, it’s like he be almost black! Right on, man, I dig you absolutely.

They should countersue for the wealth that was created from fossil fuels

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gee, what could have started happening around 1820?

Connecticut's climate lawsuit against ExxonMobil moves forward as judge allows case to proceed.

Several years after Connecticut's attorney general sued ExxonMobil over its communications and actions on global warming, some have wondered if the oil company should be held accountable for climate change, but this week [an idiot] state judge is allowing the lawsuit to proceed.

Attorney General William Tong sued Exxon Mobil in September 2020 under the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act, seeking $5,000 for every "willful" violation of the law if determined to have occurred, and additional amounts to pay for costs to the state in mitigating the impact of weather extremes, floods, rising sea levels and other environmental threats. Tong's office has yet to cite an aggregate total in penalties sought from ExxonMobil.

“We are pleased with this decision and look forward to proceeding to discovery," Tong stated in an email forwarded by an office spokesperson Friday. "Our case against ExxonMobil is simple and strong. We are going to expose their lies and hold them accountable for their decades of deception and harm to our climate.”

Governments don’t create wealth, they merely seize it from the producers and distribute it to their friends, with a suitable dividend reserved for themselves. Subdivisions of those governments such as Connecticut’s attorneys generals are just looting tools to accomplish this. Tong is a disgrace to humanity, but then, so was Blumenthal — still is, in fact.

And this is always good for a laugh:

Newsweek, 1975, published under the heading, “Science”.

As the son of a noted cambist, I can be expected to be well-versed in, and have a lifelong familiarity with the intricacies of foreign exchange

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I’ll be opening a foreign exchange trading office soon, solely for the benefit and convenience of FWIW readers. Minimum investment $100,000, send crypto funds to our banker in Nigeria, Adebayo Abayomi, wiring instructions upon request.


This one went so quickly that Hooligan & Lawyers didn't even have time to put it on its website

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520 West Lyon Farm, $1.295 million, is reported pending after 3 days, which suggests that it was gone on the first day, and almost certainly for above its asking price. Listed by the redoubtable Sally Maloney, who controls all sales in this community (well, not really, but pretty close to it).

Units in Lyon Farm that needed extensive updating like this one does were selling in the $850-$950 range pre-lockdown; they’ve soared since.