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Thank You USA Soccer! Best Nike Video Ever!

I love this video. So great. 

 

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Hitler Hates the Vuvuzela [video]

The Hitler Downfall Bunker scene is back and apparently he's very upset about the vuvuzela. I personally don't mind them

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What do you think of the vuvuzela? 

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You Can't Make This Stuff Up: North Koreans Rent Chinese Soccer Fans and Chinese Business Men Rent White Guys in Suits

Again from the: You Can't Make This Stuff Up Department.

Rent a White Guy - Magazine - The Atlantic

“I call these things ‘White Guy in a Tie’ events,” a Canadian friend of a friend named Jake told me during the recruitment pitch he gave me in Beijing, where I live. “Basically, you put on a suit, shake some hands, and make some money. We’ll be in ‘quality control,’ but nobody’s gonna be doing any quality control. You in?”

I was.

And so I became a fake businessman in China, an often lucrative gig for underworked expatriates here. One friend, an American who works in film, was paid to represent a Canadian company and give a speech espousing a low-carbon future. Another was flown to Shanghai to act as a seasonal-gifts buyer. Recruiting fake businessmen is one way to create the image—particularly, the image of connection—that Chinese companies crave. My Chinese-language tutor, at first aghast about how much we were getting paid, put it this way: “Having foreigners in nice suits gives the company face.”

Chinese 'volunteer army' arrive to back North Korea | Sport | Reuters
Hundreds of Chinese soccer fans, including artists and well known singers, have arrived in South Africa to lend their support to North Korea in their opening World Cup match against Brazil on Tuesday.

Dubbed the 'fans volunteer army' back home, many stayed in Pretoria overnight and will meet up with fellow Chinese supporters in Johannesburg to back isolated North Korea in their mouthwatering first game at Ellis Park (1830 GMT).

"The Chinese will support North Korea," Wang Qi of the China Sports Event Management Group told Reuters in an interview through a translator, braving the cold morning air.

"They may surprise and we come here with a view that something magical might happen."

The North Korean sports ministry authorised a Chinese sports PR agency to sell tickets for the game as few North Koreans could afford the journey or receive visas to leave the country.


Silly Communists.

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Adidas Star Wars Gear Seen in the Wild

You may recall a post I did a while ago about Adidas Original Star Wars series. They were limited edition and you could only buy them in stores and they sold out the minute they hit the shelves in the US. Apparently they haven't sold out so quickly in the US. I have found several items from the series here in Johannesburg, South Africa. [caption id="attachment_555" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Star Wars Darth Vader Adidas"]

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[/caption] They, of course didn't have my size in these awesome Darth Vader shoes. [caption id="attachment_557" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="Star Wars Darth Vader Adidas Jacket"]
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[/caption] But they had these awesome jackets and hoodies.Which one do you think I should get? [caption id="attachment_558" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="Star Wars Storm Trooper Jacket"]
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[/caption] I like the Darth one but I'm leaning towards the Storm Trooper hoodie. [caption id="attachment_559" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="Star Wars Death Star Adidas Jacket"]
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[/caption] I would have more pics of Star Wars gear but I got told I couldn't take pictures in the second store. Anyone who knows me knows I'm a sucker for anything Star Wars and anything Lego, well I also found this cool soccer ball with a minifig on it. [caption id="attachment_560" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="minifig soccer ball"]
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[/caption] This post was excerpted from my personal blog where I've been documenting my trip to South Africa.

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