Bad Pee R

A British “athlete has launched a stinging attack on the ICE agency ahead of the opening ceremony at the Winter Games, urinating the words ‘F— ICE’ into the snow.” In addition to having some pretty remarkable aim, Gus Kenworthy represents what could be a somewhat uncomfortable Olympics for the American brand. Protesters have already taken to the streets of Milan to protest the presence of ICE at the Games. And what’s happening in Milan isn’t staying in Milan. Stephen Marche in the NYT (Gift Article): The Globalization of Canadian Rage. “Throughout last year, the consensus among many European policymakers in the face of Donald Trump’s bombast was to wait out the nonsense and appease when possible. Mr. Carney’s speech arrived at the exact point at which that position proved untenable: Mr. Trump’s intensifying threats to forcibly annex Greenland, not to mention his insults to NATO troops who fought and died alongside U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. ‘They stayed a little back, little off the front lines’ is a statement that will be remembered in Europe alongside ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’ and ‘Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall’ as a presidential remark that embodies the American spirit of its moment.”