Blimey! Two-thirds of the 1.9 million sports fans who applied for London 2012 Olympics tickets get shut out; one-third of events are already sold-out

Channel 4 News video: London 2012 -Two thirds of applicants left without tickets

June 17, 2011.

http://bcove.me/2q11ijx7

Complete story at

http://www.channel4.com/news/1-2m-bidders-for-olympics-tickets-left-empty-handed

Meanwhile, just when you thought you'd heard it all, guess who WAS given some tickets?

Yes, no matter how you spell it, the name Gaddafi still opens important doors...

ITN News video: Libya given London Olympic tickets, June 15, 2011

http://youtu.be/sOSaCOodonc

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Idaho-Eastern Oregon Onion Committee video: Jeret "Speedy" Peterson - "Cooking with Speedy"

http://youtu.be/t9DN8zPOv4U

"Go big or go home!"

Sobriety & seriousness for 7.46 miles was the NEW difficult task for some fans of the annual of 'Bay to Breakers' race in San Francisco

Wall Street Journal video: Drinking and Running?

WSJ correspondent Geoffrey Fowler reports from San Francisco on the efforts by organizers of the annual 'Bay to Breakers' race to clean-up its image this year by instituting some prohibitions on alcohol and imaginative floats on wheels during the race. But some traditions die harder than others.

http://youtu.be/j-SITi_xtts

Ironically, I'm watching the Marlins at Giants ballgame on TV while posting this, as the Marlins go for the three-game sweep over the reigning World Champs and go ten games above .500.

http://zazzlebaytobreakers.com/

http://www.youtube.com/user/WSJDigitalNetwork