In a shocking violation of the well established UN principles of climate justice, the 1979 Australian soccer team permitted themselves to enjoy a very rapid change of climate.
15 Nov 1979 – SOCCER Climate change raises spirits after draw
In a shocking violation of the well established UN principles of climate justice, the 1979 Australian soccer team permitted themselves to enjoy a very rapid change of climate.
15 Nov 1979 – SOCCER Climate change raises spirits after draw
In 1979, the Socceroos lost to Eastern European club sides, but beat the USA and China
http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1979B.html
Of course, in Australia soccer has a bit of competition.
There’s Australian football: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqymJpIhpPY
There’s rugby league: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phY_yerGD2Y
And and there’s rugby union: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRTWzK51cZw
One of the great spectacles in world sport is seeing the NZ rugby team doing the Haka before a match: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjVqZkDZrgg
NZ has a proud Maori warrior culture. When three of their soldiers were killed in Afghanistan, this is how their comrades greeted them on their return home: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI6TRTBZUMM
And then, there’s the plain ridiculous. A NZ rugby league team took on an Australian aboriginal team, and before proceedings got underway, they almost caused a backlog in the courts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk2Cwl_flZc
Where to begin … Harry Reid best not take a look at this; the former gaming commissioner of Nevada may stroke out …
I remember it raised my flagging spirits to fly in December from Bejing to Canton. Warm weather will do it to one.
I still think that despite hitting the jackpot with global warming the alarmists should not have dropped the global cooling scare so frivolously. It sells better.
It would not surprise me if it got resurrected.
_Jim only scratched the surface …