Tag Archives: Winter Olympic Games
From the Counterintuitive Department: Russia takes lead in Vancouver Paralympics medal count
After a disappointing result at the Vancouver Olympics, the Russians had but one hope left: its disabled athletes. The X Paralympic Winter Games opened on Friday in Vancouver, and since then, the Russians have bounded into first place, gobbling up … Continue reading
Olympics may be over, but the heads are just starting to roll – kinda
Watching the unfurling, confused hysteria at the highest levels of the Kremlin over Russia’s disappointing medal count in Vancouver, you’d think Russia had lost the latest world war. On Monday, President Dmitry Medvedev denounced unnamed “fat cats” and demanded those … Continue reading
Putin to Plushenko: your silver worth gold, your eyes contain galaxies
After three and a half years off the ice, gold-medal winning Russian figure skater and parfum hawker Yevgeny Plushenko has returned, dragging behind him all the prima donna habits he’s acquired in the years of socialite-bouncing twixt then and now. … Continue reading
CIA, Obama out to get racist Russian figure skaters
In late January, with less than a month left to go before the Vancouver Winter Olympics, scandal engulfed two young figure skaters from Russia. Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin were surprised to discover that the aboriginal-inspired routine and costumes with … Continue reading
