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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

12 hrs ago

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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