Over the past two weeks, the world championships of bridge were held in Shanghai, China. There were several categories of competition, one of which is exclusively for Women. The winner of this Women's competition is awarded the Venice Cup. This year, a team from the United States won the Venice Cup, defeating a team from Germany for the title.
The event is fairly formal, with opening and closing ceremonies. At the closing ceremonies, one of the Venice Cup winners held up a sign saying "We did not vote for Bush" while the medal presentation was going on.
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The pictures are the 9th, 10th and 11th from the bottom.
This is fairly reminiscent of the athletes who gave black power salutes while being awarded their medals at the Mexico City Olympics in 1968. Certainly the Olympic Games are watched by a far greater number of people than a bridge championship. Nonetheless, I want to express my admiration to these six women for telling the world that there are plenty of decent Americans left.