Indian athletes will meet on December 5 to decide whether or not to boycott the 2012 London Olympics. The issue is an Olympic sponsorship deal with Dow Chemical, “under fire in India for its ownership of Union Carbide, whose Indian subsidiary was responsible for the Bhopal industrial disaster, … estimated to have killed up to 25,000 people and injured over half a million.”

Happy End of The Canuckistan Olympics, everyone! And — you may now go back to loving San Francisco best of all the West Coast cities.

I love the Olympics, in part because of an old friend who was a world-class cyclist. The work, dedication, and absolute delight for what he was doing was incredible. My friend knew other cyclists who talked a good game, knew all about bikes, and knew all about the strategy. But they didn’t do the work, and so never even had a chance of winning.

I wish there were more Democratic politicians like my friend, rather than like those other cyclists.

Just about everyone at Firedoglake (except maybe for the occasional troll) does good deeds everyday—just getting the kids dressed and off to school, or not cutting off an aggressive driver in traffic (who really deserves it), is a deed well done.

Tell Congress to vote ‘NO’ on the Colombia Free Trade Agreement. As Jane wrote so well here on Tuesday, Bush and his surrogate mouthpiece George Will are hot for Congress to pass the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement.

As Mainland (formerly “Red” in ‘the good ol’ days) China crushes dissent and violates human rights, some politicians — most recently Nancy Pelosi have called on Bush to not attend the Olympic Ceremonies there this Summer so as to show some form of dissatisfaction.To which Bush replies, “What, not talk to leaders of other countries?