Martin Longman is the web editor of the Washington Monthly.
He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. Before joining the Monthly, Martin was a county coordinator for ACORN/Project Vote and a political consultant. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.
Wow … what a final: 200m women. Happened only once before in 1988, three atletes finished under 22.00 seconds. Dafne Schippers takes 200m world gold beating Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson in photo finish Shortly after Dafne Schippers had summoned a performance of raging intensity and sheer bloody-mindedness to reel in Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson, she was so dizzy she had to see a doctor. Everyone else knew how she felt. This was the greatest women’s 200m final in history [video]. Until the last few desperate strides, when Thompson stumbled just as Schippers went supersonic, it appeared certain that Thompson would be adding… Read more »
Banana…
Banananananananana!
Minions is so cute.
You earned it with that last post! Have fun!
Fun, fun movie. Enjoy.
Make sure to watch it until they stop rolling film (or whatever they call it in these days of digital cinema).
Wow … what a final: 200m women. Happened only once before in 1988, three atletes finished under 22.00 seconds. Dafne Schippers takes 200m world gold beating Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson in photo finish Shortly after Dafne Schippers had summoned a performance of raging intensity and sheer bloody-mindedness to reel in Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson, she was so dizzy she had to see a doctor. Everyone else knew how she felt. This was the greatest women’s 200m final in history [video]. Until the last few desperate strides, when Thompson stumbled just as Schippers went supersonic, it appeared certain that Thompson would be adding… Read more »