The 2012 London Olympic mascots

[Nordic]

Having not seen this logo in a while, and not even recognizing it at first, it looks to me like some kind of collapsing megalith. The two structures on the bottom are certainly breaking, being crushed by the two from above.

[Joe Hillshoist]

Having not seen this logo in a while, and not even recognizing it at first, it looks to me like some kind of collapsing megalith. The two structures on the bottom are certainly breaking, being crushed by the two from above.

Have you been doing I Ching readings?

EDIT - Well it doesn't look that much like the twin towers, but the 0 looks like Australia a little bit, and cos we have the rings iut means we're gonna win the olympics.

[vince]

I still say those mascots look like The Residents in space suits .

[Joe Hillshoist]

I still say those mascots look like The Residents in space suits .

Yeah. Great Observation.

[semper occultus]

O2 Olympic venue in row over security against legal photography

Arena hosting Games events in Greenwich defends security guards' attempt to stop filming from public land

Peter Walker
guardian.co.uk
Monday 16 April 2012

....always read that name as OZ...

This may be seen as the Witches' Sabbath where worship of the Generative Powers is celebrated, here represented by the Goat. I see this Goat as the He Goat OZ of Strength whose numeration is 77; the same as the sacred river Ghihon which flows from the Waters found in the Garden of Eden.

www.cornelius93.com

...come to think of it a bit like.....

[AhabsOtherLeg]

I still say those mascots look like The Residents in space suits .

Yeah. Great Observation.

If Jim Carrey wore a space suit he'd look like one of The Residents in a space suit. It is the nature of the space suit itself, rather than that of The Residents, which matters in such a situation, as Descartes or somebody like him might've wrote someplace one time.

Semper, am I right in thinking the Millenium Dome has 13 pillars?

[AhabsOtherLeg]

Courtesy of Muse, we now have a nice totalitarian soundtrack for the London games:



I recommend playing it as you watch the gif provided by Ahab above. Perfect match.

I quite like it. Opinion is divided on whether the lyrics are tongue in cheek or not, but does it matter? Abba would've churned out similarly strident words if given the commission back in the day and nobody would've batted an eyelid (and nobody would've thought they were being ironic either).

It's a pretty good tune, and I hate Muse. But it's interesting that the 4th Reichness of the song chimes enough with the visible attitude of the state to make it worthy of comment, without getting all Alex Jones about it.

[Stephen Morgan]

Bad tune, stupid lyrics. Should've stuck with the Imperial March.

[AhabsOtherLeg]

The kids say that "Duel Of The Fates" is superior. Shows what they know.

[Stephen Morgan]

The kids say that "Duel Of The Fates" is superior. Shows what they know.

That's shit.

[AhabsOtherLeg]

That's shit.

Yes. I thought so too.

[semper occultus]

Semper, am I right in thinking the Millenium Dome has 13 pillars?

....looks like 12 unless I need glasses these days....still f**ing weird timing though - having the big hoopla over the IOC announcing the London Olympics on 6/7 then next day....boom....7/7


Michael Johnson hoists Olympic torch at Stonehenge

[AhabsOtherLeg]

Semper, am I right in thinking the Millenium Dome has 13 pillars?

....looks like 12 unless I need glasses these days....

I think you're right actually, I thought there was one extra peeking out from behind another, but not so sure now about that. No doubt there are detailed plans of the place floating around, including the number of structural pillars, but it would be literally insane to google such a thing at the present time, and it doesn't matter anyway.

still f**ing weird timing though - having the big hoopla over the IOC announcing the London Olympics on 6/7 then next day....boom....7/7

Peter Power of Visor Consultants was on telly recently, talking about the current security arrangements for the Games. It was fascinating. He's an acknowledged TV expert on terror attacks now, but the presenters aren't allowed to say exactly why.

[Stephen Morgan]

Semper, am I right in thinking the Millenium Dome has 13 pillars?

....looks like 12 unless I need glasses these days....

I think you're right actually, I thought there was one extra peeking out from behind another, but not so sure now about that. No doubt there are detailed plans of the place floating around, including the number of structural pillars, but it would be literally insane to google such a thing at the present time, and it doesn't matter anyway.

Let me just google "how many pillars would I have to bring down to destroy the Millenium Dome". Not that you have to google it, as they process every bit sent over the web.

still f**ing weird timing though - having the big hoopla over the IOC announcing the London Olympics on 6/7 then next day....boom....7/7

Peter Power of Visor Consultants was on telly recently, talking about the current security arrangements for the Games. It was fascinating. He's an acknowledged TV expert on terror attacks now, but the presenters aren't allowed to say exactly why.

Peter Power was on a series, I think it was called Crisis Command, even before 7/7. Took a group of civilians and put them in charge of COBRA during a simulated crisis, he was famously on the episode where three tube trains and a tanker were blown up in London. Another episode had a plane flying into the Houses of Parliament, which I mention because it revealed that there is a designated don't-shoot-things-down-here zone over London, due to the damage that would be caused on the ground. But that was when it was just terrorism, now that the Olympics are coming it's high-velocity SAMs and warships on the Thames.