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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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5. He sponsored the Goodwill Games

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2026, 01:56 PM

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This was in response to the Olympic boycotts between the US and the USSR back in the eighties.

Wonder what snarky comment the slobfather going to make about him?

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