Beijing.– Cuba rallied past Poland 3-1 here on Saturday
for its opening victory at the Beijing Games women's volleyball
tournament.
The three-time Olympic
champion beat the Polish women 21-25, 25- 17, 25-20 and 25-17 in the preliminary match
of pool A in front of 14,000 spectators at the Capital Gymnasium.
"We did not start very well in the first set, but fortunately we were able
to make quick adjustments and played better in the next three sets," said
Cuba head coach
Antonio Perdomo.
"We had very good preparations for this game, especially on blocking
against the tall Polish players," he added. "I am very happy it
worked out for us."
Cuba finished with seven blocking points, just one shy of their much taller
opponents.
"We thought it would be a very very difficult match for us," said
Yumilka Ruiz, who had 12 smashes in 18 tries to contribute 12 points for Cuba.
"The result gave us more confidence."
Ruiz was among five Cuban players in double scoring digits with Nancy Carrillo
topping the list by notching 18 points on 17-for-20 spiking.
From: United States
Herr Doktor Johann .. no Polish jokes please .. let's see if they can beat their best pal .. the US .. Jawohl Herr Doktor Johann?
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
They are lucky cuba did not play in USA they would have no players left
From: United States
Herr Doktor Johann .. you are obviously referring to the Cuban proclivity for "defections" to the US .. just a mere subset of the larger issue of migration Herr Doktor .. MONEY .. remember "El Duque"? .. MONEY in his pocket .. he tried twice and the second time was a charm .. the US makes a big deal about this kind of stuff because it serves as an embarassment to their Cold War nemesis .. when the dust settles on the way to the El Banco .. the end results are pretty much the same .. MORE MONEY .. Jawohl Herr Doktor Johann?
Written by: anthonyC, 10 Aug 2008 5:06 PM
From: United States
Goolie!
You have a problem with money?
From: United States
Where did I write that I had a problem with MONEY? Did I say that? Are you reading impaired? A problem with understanding simple written English? I said MONEY is an important motivation for migration. Especially migration to the US from third world countries like Cuba and the DR. I never said I had a PROBLEM with it? I never filed a complaint against MONEY. Did I? I think me sticking all those pins into that George Bush doll is starting to affect YOU instead. Or maybe it comes from your being repeatedly beaten about the head on each and every blog you visit. Good. I'll just keep sticking more and more pins into the damned thing. It now looks like a prickly porcupine.
Written by: Belial, 11 Aug 2008 10:01 AM
From: United States, Texas
Things are really hard in the early going for the Cubans, LA/C best hope for glory in the 2008 Olympics.
The Cubans barely missed a gold medal in one of the female divisions of the martial arts, but they had to settle for silver. The Cubans won a bronze in something. So, just two medals and neither gold.
So far after 3 days of competition, Olympics is a fierce batter for glory between the Chinese and S. Koreans. The USAs occupy 3rd place, something of an embarassment.
Shockingly, neither the Russians nor the Germans have won any gold. They are as goldless as the Cubans.
Written by: anthonyC, 11 Aug 2008 10:42 AM
From: United States
"So far after 3 days of competition, Olympics is a fierce batter for glory between the Chinese and S. Koreans. The USAs occupy 3rd place, something of an embarassment."
Really? last count has the US only 2 medals behind the Chinese. No surprise on the Chinese medal count as it is their Home event and they are totally bankrolled by their Government to the tune of BILLIONS of $ while the US is privately funded for the most part.
From: United States
This whole Olympics thing is a sham and waste of money. The 2004 Athens' Olympics cost $12 BILLION. The 2008 Beijing Olympics will cost China about $40 BILLION. The Chinese should have spent this hard earned cash on cleaning up the pollution caused by their rapid economic expansion .. providing assistance to the millions displaced by the 3-Gorges Dam.. improving their shoddy human rights record. Instead of wasting their time and money on this frivolous beauty pagent. Three thousand years of history and they still cannot THINK.
Written by: Belial, 11 Aug 2008 1:44 PM
From: United States, Texas
METALS COUNT
p. 1
"Really? last count has the US only 2 medals behind the Chinese," AC uses his remarkable talent for being factually correct and misleading at the same time.
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A number of outlets of the US capitalist press at the moment rank Olympic countries by "Total medals," not by the conventional ranking based "gold metals" won.
http://scoreboards.aol.com/olympics/medals.aspSo, using this trick with "total medals," Chinese now has 14, the USA 12, and S Korea and Italy are tied for 3rd place in total medals at 8 each.
AC is technically right, "US [is] only 2 medals behind the Chinese."
This "total medals" fraud lifts the USA from 3rd place where it belongs based on gold to an undeserved 2nd place based on 'total medals."
The US capitalist press never uses this trick or fraud unless US delegation is lower than 2nd place.
Written by: Belial, 11 Aug 2008 1:58 PM
From: United States, Texas
MEATALS COUNT
p.2
Here are the official rules for ranking countries and the US capitalist press recognizes these rules when it is not embarassed by a US team that is lower than 2nd place.
"The ranking in this table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee. The ranking sorts by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IOC country code.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_olympic_medal_countUsing the official ranking, China in 1st place with 9 golds leads the USA ... which is tied with Italy for 3rd place both with only 3 gold each ... by 6 golds, not "only 2 medals" as AC misleadingly maintains.
S Korea occupies 2nd place in the offical ranking with 4 golds or 1 gold ahead of the USA in an embarassing 3rd place.
Written by: Belial, 11 Aug 2008 2:18 PM
From: United States, Texas
METALS COUNT
P. 3
"No surprise on the Chinese medal count as it is their Home event and they are totally bankrolled by their Government to the tune of BILLIONS of $ while the US is privately funded for the most part," AC is no longer factually correct, he's just misleading.
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Perhaps some are not surprised at the Chinese lead in their home country and the Chinese use of state funds for peaceful purposes rather than for homicide and genocide in Iraq and elsewhere.
AC, using his doctored ranking of "only two medals," deliberately ignores that S. Korea in 2nd place is, like China, also ahead in the early going of the USA.
But South Korea is not in its home country.
And Samsung has a lot to do with South Korean team.
Written by: anthonyC, 11 Aug 2008 2:26 PM
From: United States
"Perhaps some are not surprised at the Chinese lead in their home country and the Chinese use of state funds for peaceful purposes rather than for homicide and genocide in Iraq and elsewhere. "
Oh so all the support for the Sudan Genocidal Government and the murderer in Zimbabwe is all just peaches and cream.
BTW have you seen the Chinese Military Budget lately?
Written by: Belial, 11 Aug 2008 2:38 PM
From: United States, Texas
"Oh so all the support for the Sudan Genocidal Government and the murderer in Zimbabwe is all just peaches and cream," AC runs from the sports topic.
oooo
The genocide in Sudan is nothing compared to macabre policy of genocide by the US imperialists in Iraq that has resulted in almost 2,000,000 war-related deaths in 5 years, an unprecedented act of carnage. These 2,000,000 deaths ... blooodbath of historic magnitude ... ON BOTH SIDES of the conflict are results of US lies about WMDs and 9/11, US aggression, and the 5-year US occupation of Iraq.
US hypocrites pretend to deplore the genocide in Sudan while they defend the greater genocide in Iraq that the US imperialists inflicts.
Written by: Belial, 11 Aug 2008 2:44 PM
From: United States, Texas
Whether the Cuban women's volleyball team later wins a medal or not, they have to be happy over this:
"In women's volleyball, Cuba crushed the US 3-0 (25-15, 26-24, 25-17), to string its second consecutive win and reach the medal round."
http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID={9F030C2F-2ED2-41F8-B24B-22F60A2B3E59})&language=EN
Written by: anthonyC, 11 Aug 2008 3:01 PM
From: United States
"The genocide in Sudan is nothing compared to macabre policy of genocide by the US imperialists in Iraq that has resulted in almost 2,000,000 war-related deaths in 5 years, an unprecedented act of carnage. These 2,000,000 deaths ... blooodbath of historic magnitude ... ON BOTH SIDES of the conflict are results of US lies about WMDs and 9/11, US aggression, and the 5-year US occupation of Iraq."
Qoooooooo..... Somebody believes anything he reads.
Written by: Belial, 11 Aug 2008 3:11 PM
From: United States, Texas
Nicaragian revolutionaries pay for Petrocaribe sales with cattle, milk, chickens, etc.
http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID={3B76E410-B5E3-4F82-B9F7-EF27838B222E})&language=EN
Managua, Aug 11 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan ambassador to Managua Sergio Rodriguez told Prensa Latina the construction of an oil refinery in Nicaragua is on schedule.
As part of the ALBA (Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas) cooperation program, the first shipment of Nicaraguan heifers was sent to Venezuela. Another shipment is due within the next few day.
Nicaragua is also selling beef to Venezuela's local state markets known as Mercal. Milk and chicken will soon add to Nicaragua's exports, he said.
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In 2000, Iraq converted all its oil sales under the Oil for Food program to euros. When U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, it returned oil sales to the USD.
DR pays its petrocaribe sales in USD even when it doesn't have to.
From: United States
For crying out loud the article is about volleyball. Congrats to Cuba on this win, I only watched the first game and it did look like it would not end well.
Written by: Belial, 11 Aug 2008 3:15 PM
From: United States, Texas
AC's Sudan-over-Iraq genocide thing is like his fraudulent "total metals" over the "gold metals" thing
Written by: Belial, 11 Aug 2008 5:02 PM
From: United States, Texas
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Pool A of women's volleyball has China, Cuba, Japan, USA, Poland, Venezuela.
As of the third day of competition, China and Cuba are tied for 1st place with a W-L records of 4-0, followed by Japan and USA tied in 2nd place, both with 3-1.
Poland and Venezuela bring up the rear of Pool A with 2-0.
Pool B has Brazil, Serbia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Algeria.
As of the third day of competition, Brazil, Serbia, and Italy share a 3-way tie for 1st place in Pool B with 4-2.
Mind-blowing tie!
The others in Pool B don't matter.
CONCLUSION
This is perhaps the toughest competition so far in the olympics. Both pools are strong, but Pool B with a 3-way ties for 1st place seems off the charts.
Written by: Belial, 11 Aug 2008 5:28 PM
From: United States, Texas
Cuba's next match in women's volleyball is Wednesday, Aug. 13, at 8:00 AM (EST) against China, favored by many to take the gold in the event.
It's unlikely that the capitalist network TV in the USA will broadcast this match since the US volleyball team isn't involved. Perhaps, however, we'll get a few breakaway excerpts. Nothing is allowed to steal the limelight from the "sport" of water ballet, standing up in the pool and waving a ribbon.
Written by: anthonyC, 11 Aug 2008 9:57 PM
From: United States
Bellyache.
What color is the sky in your reality?
Written by: Belial, 11 Aug 2008 11:04 PM
From: United States, Texas
On the 4th day of competion in women's prelim beach volleyball, US players Walsh and May-Treanor beat the Cubans Fernandez Grasset and Larrea Peraza.
It was two set match, the USA won the first 21 to 15 and the second 21 to 16.
It was an easy win for the USA. Walsh and May-Treanor are in a class by themselves.
Written by: anthonyC, 11 Aug 2008 11:15 PM
From: United States
If you are a guy and you are watching womens beach volleyball and you actually cares who wins then you are Gay.
Written by: Belial, 11 Aug 2008 11:23 PM
From: United States, Texas
"What color is the sky in your reality?" AC sarcastically asks.
oooo
I suppose AC is hinting that I inhabit a peculiar state of being that lies separate and apart from the reality in which AC exists. Thus, AC is curious about the color of sky in this private reality in which he believes I reside.
AC hopes to laugh at the sky above me.
There is only one reality and in it I reside and I remain. Everything outside of the one reality is nothingness and ignorance.
Aristotle found two forms of nescience [or ignorance] -- false belief and no belief.
The so-called "reality" of AC is false belief and its sky is always dark as well as everything else about it.
Written by: Belial, 11 Aug 2008 11:29 PM
From: United States, Texas
"If you are a guy and you are watching womens beach volleyball and you actually cares who wins then you are Gay."
oooo
At least, I watch them and enjoy them.
You however watch only the boys with limp wrists play.
Plus, watching these two outstanding USA women play is similar to watching two men play.
AC, if you get an erection every time you watch women play basketball, you most likely spend a lot of time on the beach withhout Viagra.
From: United States
You know I watched a few minutes of that beach volleyball... the 6 ft amazons fielded by both sides were just not my style. I flipped back to an original Olympic sport, boxing.
Written by: Belial, 12 Aug 2008 12:13 AM
From: United States, Texas
"You know I watched a few minutes of that beach volleyball... the 6 ft amazons fielded by both sides were just not my style. I flipped back to an original Olympic sport, boxing."
oooo
I'm a big boxing fan, but beach volleyball has a bounce and jiggle about it that meets my mind.
Too bad the Dominican Roberto Navarro lost his fight Aug. 11 to Ecuador's Luis Porozo. I believe there is still one undefeated Dominican in the competition.
The two Cubans who fought Aug. 11 won their fights and progressed to the next round.
Puerto Rican convincingly won his fight. This PR looks real good.
The USA today split, winning one and losing another. The Romanian Popescu who beat the USA guy looked like gold metal material. He won 20 to 5 in points. Shocking!
The Mexicans are the best fighters in the world, but they don't do good in the amatuers.
From: United States
The USA guy from Brooklyn was terribly disappointing. Chasing after a guy with nothing but rights, that's not going to take you far at this level and with these rules.
Written by: anthonyC, 12 Aug 2008 1:00 PM
From: United States
Written by: Belial, 12 Aug 2008 5:02 PM
From: United States, Texas
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/medalsIn a related story Bellial discovers a capitalist plot to fix the results of the Olympics and blames George Bush!
oooo
Your link, cited above, gives the self-serving and unofficial methodology [presented by Chevrolet] for ranking Olympics participants by "total metals."
Silver and bronze, in one sense, are winners compared to many with nothing. But in another sense, silver and bronze are losers compared to gold.
IOC and the world world uses "gold" to rank olympics participants, except, of course, the embarrassed and self-serving US capitalist media which deceptively elevates the USA into undeserved 1st place by a switch of methodology.
Anyway, here's the official ranking based on gold, not the rigged "bronze" one:
http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml Written by: Belial, 12 Aug 2008 5:20 PM
From: United States, Texas
"breaking news. US takes the Medal Lead."
oooo
You mean broken news.
Written by: anthonyC, 12 Aug 2008 10:39 PM
From: United States
Written by: Belial, 13 Aug 2008 12:30 AM
From: United States, Texas
RANK........COUNTRY....................G.............S............B.........TOTAL
1st ..................China .......................14............3............5............21
2nd..................USA............................9.............7............9............25
3rd...................S. Korea ....................5............6............1............12
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The chart above shows the metal count and the ranking of the top three countries by performance in the olympics competition so far without manipulation based on national conceit.
We understand that national conceit is such an integral part of USA reality that such a chart can never find acceptance from the US capitalist press even though the International Olympics Committee says it officially represents the current ranking in the competition and 99.9"% of the Olympics participating countries accept it as the official ranking, so far.
http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtmlWritten by: Belial, 13 Aug 2008 2:24 AM
From: United States, Texas
Cuba, La/C's best hope for Olympics glory, has run into tough times in the Beijing competition.
It seems like everybody there has gotten better and everybody is tougher to beat.
Plus, the Cuban relied on experience, past metal winners, some of them for three consecutive Olympics.
Written by: Belial, 13 Aug 2008 4:05 AM
From: United States, Texas
p. 1 or 2
Cubans, No Sleep and Much Debate
http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID={DE42E8B2-09D5-43A8-A7E3-01BBADD59D0A})&language=EN
Havana, Aug 12 (Prensa Latina) Any Cuban citizen might wake up, startled in the early morning by shouting neighbors nervous because of the performance of one of the Cuban athletes in the 2008 Olympic Games.
Every morning, it is common to see a dialogue between two people. One of them tells the other he feels sleepy because he could not get to sleep.
He or she could be one of those people who are following the competitions of the Cuban athletes during the 2008 Games in the early morning, leaving the retransmission of the programs to those who preferred to go to sleep.
Discussions come from everywhere -- in a corner, a park, a bus stop, a working center, or an office and about anything -- the athletes, moves, decisions of the umpires and the judges.
(The good old days of beating everybody up are gone forever.)
CON'T
Written by: Belial, 13 Aug 2008 4:14 AM
From: United States, Texas
p, 2 of 2
A lot of Cuban fans openly express their astonishment with the performance of the Chinese delegation, regarding the excellent results in different sports, especially gymnastics and weightlifting.
The place occupied by Cuba in the medal ranking is also a growing concern, taking into consideration some predictions made by Cuban sportscasters and expert commentators.
oooo
[The USAs and the Russians, like the Cubans, are also jarred by the astonishing performance of the Chinese and South Koreans. ]
[Now, they watch as the North Koreans move up in the ranking.]
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
now the turncoat belial is going to start cheering for the grass eaters of N Korea as the Cuban teams have pretty much collapsed from defections of athletes when they play in cooperating countries....The poor fans at home sit in front of their empty rice cookers longing for the good old days of Fidels 6 hour speeches and gold medals
Written by: Belial, 13 Aug 2008 9:56 AM
From: United States, Texas
"now the turncoat belial is going to start cheering for the grass eaters of N Korea as the Cuban teams have pretty much collapsed from defections of athletes when they play in cooperating countries....The poor fans at home sit in front of their empty rice cookers longing for the good old days of Fidels 6 hour speeches and gold medals..." GC writes in distasteful form and with repulsive content.
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GC, the tri-national recipient of crazy checks from several governments, is back with us after his brief absence for a sex change and mouth enhancement.
It's lamentable that these alterations failed to improve his ideological, political or ethical condition.
Written by: anthonyC, 13 Aug 2008 10:04 AM
From: United States
"Written by: Belial, 13 Aug 2008 2:24 AM
From: United States, Texas
Cuba, La/C's best hope for Olympics glory,"
Much better than the Venezuelan women's softball team.
WOW USA girls not only beat the best of Chavez's Bolivarian dream. they No-hit them and then the officials stopped the game early because it was a brutal beating.
Written by: Belial, 13 Aug 2008 10:19 AM
From: United States, Texas
In bourgeois ideology and bourgeois "morality" ... what they call their value system ... to promote the Tibet thing, the growth of a Nazarene cult in China, The Sudan thing, bourgeois democracy in
China, celebrate booming capitalism in China, etc. is the thing to do at the 2008 Olympics.
For bourgeoisie, the 2008 Olympics is a lascivious political orgy.
The propaganda running dogs of imperialism are running around the olympic village in Beijing, barking, watering trees, and telling lies.
But when Marxists and the Left move into the 2008 Olympics with their political messages, all of sudden reactionary rats squeal "no politics, no politics, please."
Written by: Belial, 13 Aug 2008 10:24 AM
From: United States, Texas
"Cuba, La/C's best hope for Olympics glory,"
"Much better than the Venezuelan women's softball team."
"WOW USA girls not only beat the best of Chavez's Bolivarian dream. they No-hit them and then the officials stopped the game early because it was a brutal beating," AC gloats.
oooo
Please convey my warmest congratulations to Butch over their sure thing.
Talk about having an edge!
Next time, I suggest Butch play against the men whom Butch will surely and easily overpower.
It's perhaps the ferocious presence of Butch that has resulted in baseball being thrown violently out of the Olympics. 2008 is the last time we will watch baseball in the Olympics.
Written by: Belial, 13 Aug 2008 12:44 PM
From: United States, Texas
"There is no better birthday gift for Fidel than this triumph by the Cuba’s women volleyball team against China, not just in remaining undefeated, but in the way they did it, turning a setback into a victory."
http://www.granma.cu/INGLES/(BEIJING, August 13) -- Cuba came from two sets down to stun China 18-25, 14-25, 25-23, 32-30, 15-13 in pool A of the Women's Volleyball tournament. Cuba is now in first place in the pool with six points, while China is in second place with five.
Written by: anthonyC, 13 Aug 2008 1:19 PM
From: United States
"Written by: Belial, 13 Aug 2008 10:19 AM
From: United States, Texas
In bourgeois ideology and bourgeois "morality" ... what they call their value system ... to promote the Tibet thing, the growth of a Nazarene cult in China, The Sudan thing,"
I am sure that the Millions of Tibetans, Christians and Sudanese who have been murdered, raped, beaten, imprisoned and starved will be glad to know that they are a "THING"!
Written by: anthonyC, 13 Aug 2008 1:23 PM
From: United States
Written by: Belial, 14 Aug 2008 11:30 PM
From: United States, Texas
IOC says China occupies ... so far ... 1st place because China has more gold than the USA, the runnerup in gold.
China has 22 gold medals and the USA 13.
The US cappie media however say the USA occupies 1st place because the USA overall has more medals than China.
USA has 39 medals and China 35.
While China is far ahead in gold, the USA has a lopsided and commanding lead in bronze.
In bronze, the USA leads China 16 to 5.
To the US cappie press, bronze is as valuable and as coveted as gold.
Written by: Belial, 14 Aug 2008 11:36 PM
From: United States, Texas
"Which would you rather have -- bronze or gold?" reporter asks.
"Bronze of course... you see, I'm from the USA," US athlete replies.
"Don't you already have enough bronze?" the reporter asks.
From: United States
Neither China nor the USA have any metals. Certain dedicated, talented, and supremely athletic individuals, sometimes as part of teams, have earned these metals. Sure they may have sponsors and fans in these nations, but the glory belongs to the victorious Olympians themselves and no one else.
Written by: anthonyC, 15 Aug 2008 7:27 AM
From: United States
Written by: Manhattanite, 14 Aug 2008 11:53 PM
From: United States, New York City
Neither China nor the USA have any metals.
You are wrong. The competitors(I don't use the word atheletes because many aren't) from the USA are there due to the generosity of the American people and the chinese are competing under orders.
From: United States
dominican republic is not a third world country, the neighbor on the island haiti is a third world country. the dominican economy does alot.
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The Cubans barely missed a gold medal in one of the female divisions of the martial arts, but they had to settle for silver. The Cubans won a bronze in something. So, just two medals and neither gold.
So far after 3 days of competition, Olympics is a fierce batter for glory between the Chinese and S. Koreans. The USAs occupy 3rd place, something of an embarassment.
Shockingly, neither the Russians nor the Germans have won any gold. They are as goldless as the Cubans.
Really? last count has the US only 2 medals behind the Chinese. No surprise on the Chinese medal count as it is their Home event and they are totally bankrolled by their Government to the tune of BILLIONS of $ while the US is privately funded for the most part.
p. 1
"Really? last count has the US only 2 medals behind the Chinese," AC uses his remarkable talent for being factually correct and misleading at the same time.
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A number of outlets of the US capitalist press at the moment rank Olympic countries by "Total medals," not by the conventional ranking based "gold metals" won.
http://scoreboards.aol.com/olympics/medals.asp
So, using this trick with "total medals," Chinese now has 14, the USA 12, and S Korea and Italy are tied for 3rd place in total medals at 8 each.
AC is technically right, "US [is] only 2 medals behind the Chinese."
This "total medals" fraud lifts the USA from 3rd place where it belongs based on gold to an undeserved 2nd place based on 'total medals."
The US capitalist press never uses this trick or fraud unless US delegation is lower than 2nd place.
p.2
Here are the official rules for ranking countries and the US capitalist press recognizes these rules when it is not embarassed by a US team that is lower than 2nd place.
"The ranking in this table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee. The ranking sorts by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IOC country code.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_olympic_medal_count
Using the official ranking, China in 1st place with 9 golds leads the USA ... which is tied with Italy for 3rd place both with only 3 gold each ... by 6 golds, not "only 2 medals" as AC misleadingly maintains.
S Korea occupies 2nd place in the offical ranking with 4 golds or 1 gold ahead of the USA in an embarassing 3rd place.
P. 3
"No surprise on the Chinese medal count as it is their Home event and they are totally bankrolled by their Government to the tune of BILLIONS of $ while the US is privately funded for the most part," AC is no longer factually correct, he's just misleading.
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Perhaps some are not surprised at the Chinese lead in their home country and the Chinese use of state funds for peaceful purposes rather than for homicide and genocide in Iraq and elsewhere.
AC, using his doctored ranking of "only two medals," deliberately ignores that S. Korea in 2nd place is, like China, also ahead in the early going of the USA.
But South Korea is not in its home country.
And Samsung has a lot to do with South Korean team.
Oh so all the support for the Sudan Genocidal Government and the murderer in Zimbabwe is all just peaches and cream.
BTW have you seen the Chinese Military Budget lately?
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The genocide in Sudan is nothing compared to macabre policy of genocide by the US imperialists in Iraq that has resulted in almost 2,000,000 war-related deaths in 5 years, an unprecedented act of carnage. These 2,000,000 deaths ... blooodbath of historic magnitude ... ON BOTH SIDES of the conflict are results of US lies about WMDs and 9/11, US aggression, and the 5-year US occupation of Iraq.
US hypocrites pretend to deplore the genocide in Sudan while they defend the greater genocide in Iraq that the US imperialists inflicts.
"In women's volleyball, Cuba crushed the US 3-0 (25-15, 26-24, 25-17), to string its second consecutive win and reach the medal round."
http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID={9F030C2F-2ED2-41F8-B24B-22F60A2B3E59})&language=EN
Qoooooooo..... Somebody believes anything he reads.
http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID={3B76E410-B5E3-4F82-B9F7-EF27838B222E})&language=EN
Managua, Aug 11 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan ambassador to Managua Sergio Rodriguez told Prensa Latina the construction of an oil refinery in Nicaragua is on schedule.
As part of the ALBA (Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas) cooperation program, the first shipment of Nicaraguan heifers was sent to Venezuela. Another shipment is due within the next few day.
Nicaragua is also selling beef to Venezuela's local state markets known as Mercal. Milk and chicken will soon add to Nicaragua's exports, he said.
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In 2000, Iraq converted all its oil sales under the Oil for Food program to euros. When U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, it returned oil sales to the USD.
DR pays its petrocaribe sales in USD even when it doesn't have to.
Pool A of women's volleyball has China, Cuba, Japan, USA, Poland, Venezuela.
As of the third day of competition, China and Cuba are tied for 1st place with a W-L records of 4-0, followed by Japan and USA tied in 2nd place, both with 3-1.
Poland and Venezuela bring up the rear of Pool A with 2-0.
Pool B has Brazil, Serbia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Algeria.
As of the third day of competition, Brazil, Serbia, and Italy share a 3-way tie for 1st place in Pool B with 4-2.
Mind-blowing tie!
The others in Pool B don't matter.
CONCLUSION
This is perhaps the toughest competition so far in the olympics. Both pools are strong, but Pool B with a 3-way ties for 1st place seems off the charts.
It's unlikely that the capitalist network TV in the USA will broadcast this match since the US volleyball team isn't involved. Perhaps, however, we'll get a few breakaway excerpts. Nothing is allowed to steal the limelight from the "sport" of water ballet, standing up in the pool and waving a ribbon.
What color is the sky in your reality?
It was two set match, the USA won the first 21 to 15 and the second 21 to 16.
It was an easy win for the USA. Walsh and May-Treanor are in a class by themselves.
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I suppose AC is hinting that I inhabit a peculiar state of being that lies separate and apart from the reality in which AC exists. Thus, AC is curious about the color of sky in this private reality in which he believes I reside.
AC hopes to laugh at the sky above me.
There is only one reality and in it I reside and I remain. Everything outside of the one reality is nothingness and ignorance.
Aristotle found two forms of nescience [or ignorance] -- false belief and no belief.
The so-called "reality" of AC is false belief and its sky is always dark as well as everything else about it.
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At least, I watch them and enjoy them.
You however watch only the boys with limp wrists play.
Plus, watching these two outstanding USA women play is similar to watching two men play.
AC, if you get an erection every time you watch women play basketball, you most likely spend a lot of time on the beach withhout Viagra.
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I'm a big boxing fan, but beach volleyball has a bounce and jiggle about it that meets my mind.
Too bad the Dominican Roberto Navarro lost his fight Aug. 11 to Ecuador's Luis Porozo. I believe there is still one undefeated Dominican in the competition.
The two Cubans who fought Aug. 11 won their fights and progressed to the next round.
Puerto Rican convincingly won his fight. This PR looks real good.
The USA today split, winning one and losing another. The Romanian Popescu who beat the USA guy looked like gold metal material. He won 20 to 5 in points. Shocking!
The Mexicans are the best fighters in the world, but they don't do good in the amatuers.
US takes the Medal Lead.
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/medals
In a related story Bellial discovers a capitalist plot to fix the results of the Olympics and blames George Bush!
In a related story Bellial discovers a capitalist plot to fix the results of the Olympics and blames George Bush!
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Your link, cited above, gives the self-serving and unofficial methodology [presented by Chevrolet] for ranking Olympics participants by "total metals."
Silver and bronze, in one sense, are winners compared to many with nothing. But in another sense, silver and bronze are losers compared to gold.
IOC and the world world uses "gold" to rank olympics participants, except, of course, the embarrassed and self-serving US capitalist media which deceptively elevates the USA into undeserved 1st place by a switch of methodology.
Anyway, here's the official ranking based on gold, not the rigged "bronze" one:
http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml
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You mean broken news.
US 23
China 21
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/medals
Add another for Phelps.
1st ..................China .......................14............3............5............21
2nd..................USA............................9.............7............9............25
3rd...................S. Korea ....................5............6............1............12
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The chart above shows the metal count and the ranking of the top three countries by performance in the olympics competition so far without manipulation based on national conceit.
We understand that national conceit is such an integral part of USA reality that such a chart can never find acceptance from the US capitalist press even though the International Olympics Committee says it officially represents the current ranking in the competition and 99.9"% of the Olympics participating countries accept it as the official ranking, so far.
http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml
It seems like everybody there has gotten better and everybody is tougher to beat.
Plus, the Cuban relied on experience, past metal winners, some of them for three consecutive Olympics.
Cubans, No Sleep and Much Debate
http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID={DE42E8B2-09D5-43A8-A7E3-01BBADD59D0A})&language=EN
Havana, Aug 12 (Prensa Latina) Any Cuban citizen might wake up, startled in the early morning by shouting neighbors nervous because of the performance of one of the Cuban athletes in the 2008 Olympic Games.
Every morning, it is common to see a dialogue between two people. One of them tells the other he feels sleepy because he could not get to sleep.
He or she could be one of those people who are following the competitions of the Cuban athletes during the 2008 Games in the early morning, leaving the retransmission of the programs to those who preferred to go to sleep.
Discussions come from everywhere -- in a corner, a park, a bus stop, a working center, or an office and about anything -- the athletes, moves, decisions of the umpires and the judges.
(The good old days of beating everybody up are gone forever.)
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A lot of Cuban fans openly express their astonishment with the performance of the Chinese delegation, regarding the excellent results in different sports, especially gymnastics and weightlifting.
The place occupied by Cuba in the medal ranking is also a growing concern, taking into consideration some predictions made by Cuban sportscasters and expert commentators.
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[The USAs and the Russians, like the Cubans, are also jarred by the astonishing performance of the Chinese and South Koreans. ]
[Now, they watch as the North Koreans move up in the ranking.]
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GC, the tri-national recipient of crazy checks from several governments, is back with us after his brief absence for a sex change and mouth enhancement.
It's lamentable that these alterations failed to improve his ideological, political or ethical condition.
From: United States, Texas
Cuba, La/C's best hope for Olympics glory,"
Much better than the Venezuelan women's softball team.
WOW USA girls not only beat the best of Chavez's Bolivarian dream. they No-hit them and then the officials stopped the game early because it was a brutal beating.
China, celebrate booming capitalism in China, etc. is the thing to do at the 2008 Olympics.
For bourgeoisie, the 2008 Olympics is a lascivious political orgy.
The propaganda running dogs of imperialism are running around the olympic village in Beijing, barking, watering trees, and telling lies.
But when Marxists and the Left move into the 2008 Olympics with their political messages, all of sudden reactionary rats squeal "no politics, no politics, please."
"Much better than the Venezuelan women's softball team."
"WOW USA girls not only beat the best of Chavez's Bolivarian dream. they No-hit them and then the officials stopped the game early because it was a brutal beating," AC gloats.
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Please convey my warmest congratulations to Butch over their sure thing.
Talk about having an edge!
Next time, I suggest Butch play against the men whom Butch will surely and easily overpower.
It's perhaps the ferocious presence of Butch that has resulted in baseball being thrown violently out of the Olympics. 2008 is the last time we will watch baseball in the Olympics.
http://www.granma.cu/INGLES/
(BEIJING, August 13) -- Cuba came from two sets down to stun China 18-25, 14-25, 25-23, 32-30, 15-13 in pool A of the Women's Volleyball tournament. Cuba is now in first place in the pool with six points, while China is in second place with five.
From: United States, Texas
In bourgeois ideology and bourgeois "morality" ... what they call their value system ... to promote the Tibet thing, the growth of a Nazarene cult in China, The Sudan thing,"
I am sure that the Millions of Tibetans, Christians and Sudanese who have been murdered, raped, beaten, imprisoned and starved will be glad to know that they are a "THING"!
http://www.sailingworld.com/olymp....dgao-olympic-blog-1000063744.html
China has 22 gold medals and the USA 13.
The US cappie media however say the USA occupies 1st place because the USA overall has more medals than China.
USA has 39 medals and China 35.
While China is far ahead in gold, the USA has a lopsided and commanding lead in bronze.
In bronze, the USA leads China 16 to 5.
To the US cappie press, bronze is as valuable and as coveted as gold.
"Bronze of course... you see, I'm from the USA," US athlete replies.
"Don't you already have enough bronze?" the reporter asks.
From: United States, New York City
Neither China nor the USA have any metals.
You are wrong. The competitors(I don't use the word atheletes because many aren't) from the USA are there due to the generosity of the American people and the chinese are competing under orders.