MooPig Olympic History Nanosecond :: "Black Power 1968 Olympics"

Did it Make a Difference?
Retracted by Pat Darnell  |  July 24, 2013  |  Bryan TX

[Picture LINK]  ... in the same stadium from which 6,200 pigeons swooped skyward to signify the opening of the "Peace Olympics," Sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos, two disaffected black athletes from the U.S. put on a public display of petulance that sparked one of the most unpleasant controversies in Olympic history and turned the high drama of the games into theater of the absurd. Smith had just won the 200-meter dash in a record-breaking 19.8 ...

Iconic Images of Human Rights Violations (43): Black Power Salute at the 1968 Olympics | P.a.p.-Blog // Human Rights Etc.: "The two U.S. athletes received their medals shoeless, but wearing black socks, to represent black poverty. Carlos wore a necklace of beads which he described “were for those individuals that were lynched, or killed and that no-one said a prayer for, that were hung and tarred. It was for those thrown off the side of the boats in the middle passage.”

As they left the podium they were booed by the crowd. Time magazine wrote “Faster, Higher, Stronger” is the motto of the Olympic Games. “Angrier, nastier, uglier” better describes the scene in Mexico City last week. (source)

Carlos and Smith were stripped of their medals, ejected from the Olympic Village, and returned to an unfriendly welcome in the U.S."

'via Blog this'

Now jump ahead to 2012 Olympics

It writes itself, no lie.

Is this what Bernanke means by Quantitative Easing? The Oracle of "Never really getting anywhere in life...?"

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http://filipspagnoli.wordpress.com/2010/02/23/iconic-images-of-human-rights-violations-43-black-power-salute-at-the-olympics/
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,900397,00.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Passage
http://wolmers.org/category/wolmers-olympics/

Lubricating Spacewalking astronauts encounter bolt trouble - Technology & science - Space - msnbc.com

Spacewalking astronauts encounter bolt trouble - Technology and science - Space - msnbc.com

EXCERPT  |  " ... Mike Fincke, one of NASA's most experienced spacemen, had to settle for a partial lube job, after the bolts holding down covers on the massive joint started popping off unexpectedly.

"Bummer," said his spacewalking partner, Andrew Feustel. ... (SOURCE)"

by Pat Darnell  |  May 26, 2011  |  Bryan TX
This is an interesting tale for some. We never think about what it must be like to work on the International Space Station, ISS, in this way. The space walking astronaut lost a "bolt" ..."while trying to lubricate a joint in the life-sustaining solar power system of the International Space Station...(Dunn, Marcia. May 22, 2011. HERE)."

For instance, if I focus on the "bolt" now floating in space around the earth in micro-gravity, I could be tempted to exaggeration. You know the feeling, like this 'bolt missing leaves a gap, a fissure in the structure of the Solar Power System that eventually leads to the shut down of the whole program...' type exaggeration.

Let's move on. It is a bit humbling to think of the giant space construct ISS hovering in orbit has the same needs as a truck's stopover at Dixie Truckers' Home in McLean IL. They both need constant lubrication. A truck will continue for a long while without proper lube-ing, but it won't be pretty. No, that Mack will shudder and shake, and squeak its way down the highway.

It links us all to know the ISS needs a regular lube job.

We are all part of the great space walk. We can lube our vintage cars with a same vigor as a space walking astronaut. It also rings home that a 'buck fifty' part like a bolt can bring the whole mechanical dynamo down.

Follow LINKS to read entire article: "Spacewalkers cope with flying hardware during lube job: One bolt lost as astronauts grease up space station joint; coolant system topped off

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Did'ya Miss this ONE ??

BOLT ... BOLT ... BOLT ... BOLT ... BOLT ...

On Thursday, the Jamaican sprinting great captured the 200-meter gold medal in a blistering 19.19 seconds at the world championships in Berlin. His time was 0.11 seconds below the mark he set last year at the Beijing Olympics.

Dance like a Butterfly, Sting like a Bee, Bolt like Lightning, Elizabeth should Knight Hood Me
by Pat Darnell Retrieved HERE for Video ... The Associated Press and FOXSports had something to do with this display. [then alerted me their posts were not available to our domain ... ?]
Bolt breaks his own world record ... twice by FOXSports.com