After a quartet of Australian swimmers won a gold medal in the women’s 4x100 meter freestyle relay, Eurosport commentator Bob Ballard quipped that the reason the Olympians were late was because, “You know what women are like, hanging around, doing their makeup," per The Hollywood Reporter.

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“Outrageous, Bob. Some of the men are doing that as well,” retorted Ballard’s fellow commentator and former Olympian Lizzie Simmonds. A clip of the exchange quickly circulated online, leading Eurosport to quickly sever ties with Ballard.

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Ballard took to X/Twitter in the aftermath, claiming it "was never my intention to upset or belittle anyone and, if I did, I apologize. I am a massive advocate of women’s sport. I shall miss the Eurosport team dearly and wish them all the best for the rest of the Olympics.”

Or alternatively early worm gets the bird.

Well get pounded then, assholes. Or of course you could just leave Ukraine at any time.

Last time a batch of these popped up it was saying they’d be bankrupt in 2024 so I guess they’ve made it to 2025 now. I wonder if we’ll see similar articles again next year.

More small stick diplomacy?

I wonder if voting in your home countries elections would be enough to consider you a “separatist” as a Taiwanese citizen.

A thought provoking rebuttal, thank you.

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Pretty much all you need to know about Trumps Ukraine stance.

Laughing at genocides, ok then. Another nut job for the block list I guess.

Me too but I’m not sure how that’s relevant to Russia killing Ukrainian civilians

I hope Russia fucks off out of Ukraine soon

Uhhh, ok now you’ve lost me. I’d kinda just like to not have myelf or my family bombed or shot at and be able to have self determination. Being under the umbrella of US protection is the best way to have both of those things right now.

I think there’s definitely merit to that. There are multiple avenues to achieving that end though and the US suddenly leaving its allies unprotected is probably the worst possible one imo. I am biased though living in Taiwan and having my home country also dependent on our alliance with the US for defence.

I posted a similar comment on some of the news around the US Republican’s withholding aid to Ukraine for 6 months but this is insane.

Sure in the case of Taiwan specifically, the semiconductors is an obvious and immediate issue. But it’s also worth noting that the US has spent countless trillions of dollars and worked through consecutive administrations for decades to establish itself as a reliable, irreplaceable and necessary defence partner.

This isn’t just about Taiwan or Ukraine, but the geopolitical status of the US as a whole. It seems insane to me to jeopardize that. I’m no political scientist or anything so if this is actually in some way good for the US I’d be very interested to hear that perspective.

If someone attacks my friend, and I help them fight back, I’m the obstacle to peace in that situation. If I simply allow them to kill my friend, that’s the fastest path to peace but that doesn’t mean the outcome is desirable.

Eating shredded cheese and wood is certainly a lifestyle

I was expecting something environmental related from the headline like an outbreak or something but no…

Investigation launched after gunshot wounds and injuries from being hit by vehicles found on bodies at Gobarup and near Horsham

You know what I would consider a dangerous escalation? Bombing a children’s hospital you fucking sick fucks. We need to lift these restrictions on Ukraine immediately.

Yeah, I don’t live in the US but if Trump gets in there’s a decent chance it will directly put my family in danger. I have no control over that though so I try not to think about it too much.