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PostPosted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 10:03 pm    Post subject: 2016 Olympics with a side of raw sewage....

http://espn.go.com/olympics/story/_/id/13343832/2016-rio-olympic-water-poses-serious-health-risks-test-finds
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 11:30 pm    Post subject:

The idea of Rio is exciting because of its vibrant culture, food, and sexy people, but it's a sh_ poor murderhole, and a vulgar place to tolerate for more than a night. Kinda like Vegas without all the midwestern and Euro out of towners to keep it PG.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 3:03 am    Post subject:

C M B wrote:
The idea of Rio is exciting because of its vibrant culture, food, and sexy people, but it's a sh_ poor murderhole, and a vulgar place to tolerate for more than a night. Kinda like Vegas without all the midwestern and Euro out of towners to keep it PG.



3rd world Vegas.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 6:11 am    Post subject:

Outdoor games in Beijing. Water sports in Rio. What's next? The 2020 Chernobyl Games?
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:35 am    Post subject:

Man, the open-water 10k swimmers are gonna die.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 10:56 am    Post subject:

Meanwhile, Beijing was just awarded the 2022 Winter Games....only one problem, the venues that were awarded the games don't get any snow....
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 6:40 pm    Post subject:

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/07/unless-something-changes-beijing-will-be-the-only-city-that-wants-to-host-olympics
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The IOC needs to figure out a change. They need to ease up on the requirements, and on their absolutely ridiculous list of demands, demands that caused Oslo to drop its bid for the 2022 Olympics.

What are some of those demands? Glad you asked.

1. “They demand to meet the king prior to the opening ceremony. Afterwards, there shall be a cocktail reception. Drinks shall be paid for by the Royal Palace or the local organizing committee.”

2. “Separate lanes should be created on all roads where IOC members will travel, which are not to be used by regular people or public transportation.”

3. “The IOC members should have separate entrances and exits to and from the airport.”

4. “A welcome greeting from the local Olympic boss and the hotel manager should be presented in IOC members’ rooms, along with fruit and cakes of the season.”
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 6:59 pm    Post subject:

Aeneas Hunter wrote:
Outdoor games in Beijing. Water sports in Rio. What's next? The 2020 Chernobyl Games?


Don't forget the winter Olympics in tropical resort Sochi.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 7:12 pm    Post subject:

Aeneas Hunter wrote:
Outdoor games in Beijing. Water sports in Rio. What's next? The 2020 Chernobyl Games?

Close, the Fukushima decathlon is in 2020.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 7:17 pm    Post subject:

lakersken80 wrote:
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/07/unless-something-changes-beijing-will-be-the-only-city-that-wants-to-host-olympics
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The IOC needs to figure out a change. They need to ease up on the requirements, and on their absolutely ridiculous list of demands, demands that caused Oslo to drop its bid for the 2022 Olympics.

What are some of those demands? Glad you asked.

1. “They demand to meet the king prior to the opening ceremony. Afterwards, there shall be a cocktail reception. Drinks shall be paid for by the Royal Palace or the local organizing committee.”

2. “Separate lanes should be created on all roads where IOC members will travel, which are not to be used by regular people or public transportation.”

3. “The IOC members should have separate entrances and exits to and from the airport.”

4. “A welcome greeting from the local Olympic boss and the hotel manager should be presented in IOC members’ rooms, along with fruit and cakes of the season.”



Wow, what a pile of human excrement they are. Gonna kill one of the great achievements of mankind.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 9:28 pm    Post subject:

i think germany, india, italy or even the usa is due for the summer olympics. would be nice to see the german opening ceremony. the retelling of german history all the way throught the 30's and 50's to reunification...

that would be cool


india would be awesome too... swimming in goa, track and field in mumbai or kerala..
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 9:32 pm    Post subject:

LAKERSCMXCIX wrote:
i think germany, india, italy or even the usa is due for the summer olympics. would be nice to see the german opening ceremony. the retelling of german history all the way throught the 30's and 50's to reunification...

that would be cool


india would be awesome too... swimming in goa, track and field in mumbai or kerala..


The IOC doesn't care about your feel good stories, they only care about whose filling their back pockets....
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 9:35 pm    Post subject:

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LAKERSCMXCIX wrote:
i think germany, india, italy or even the usa is due for the summer olympics. would be nice to see the german opening ceremony. the retelling of german history all the way throught the 30's and 50's to reunification...

that would be cool


india would be awesome too... swimming in goa, track and field in mumbai or kerala..


The IOC doesn't care about your feel good stories, they only care about whose filling their back pockets....


awww that explains it... hopefully one day (bleep) will hit the fan for them like it did for FIFA.... all of them should be put in Jail for Life without parole
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 10:05 pm    Post subject:

PrairieAve wrote:
Aeneas Hunter wrote:
Outdoor games in Beijing. Water sports in Rio. What's next? The 2020 Chernobyl Games?

Close, the Fukushima decathlon is in 2020.


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PostPosted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 2:01 pm    Post subject:

http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/one-year-out-from-rio-2016-olympics-1438798156-slideshow/
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 18, 2016 11:31 am    Post subject:

http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/14791849/trash-contamination-continue-pollute-olympic-training-competition-sites-rio-de-janiero
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 18, 2016 11:42 am    Post subject:

Aeneas Hunter wrote:
Outdoor games in Beijing. Water sports in Rio. What's next? The 2020 Chernobyl Games?


Chernobyl is slowly getting back to normal. At this point it might be a healthier place than Rio
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 21, 2016 8:39 pm    Post subject:

Amazon Jaguar shot dead at torch ceremony. Brazil in a nutshell

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-rio-jaguar-idUSKCN0Z72P4?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 21, 2016 9:58 pm    Post subject:

At the rate the Rio Olympics are going, I don't feel safe watching it on TV.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 30, 2016 2:57 am    Post subject:

Mutilated corpse washes up on Olympic Volleyball beach

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/29/rio-de-janeiro-mutilated-body-beach-olympics-volleyball?CMP=twt_b-gdnnews
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 30, 2016 8:24 am    Post subject:

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Mutilated corpse washes up on Olympic Volleyball beach

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/29/rio-de-janeiro-mutilated-body-beach-olympics-volleyball?CMP=twt_b-gdnnews


Did you notice the pic in the side story?

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jun/28/rio-olympics-safety-security-budgets-cut
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 30, 2016 10:30 am    Post subject:

Should there be an investigation into why this City was chosen.. with such horrible financial and sanitation issues... this seems like a weird payoff
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numero-ocho wrote:
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Mutilated corpse washes up on Olympic Volleyball beach

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/29/rio-de-janeiro-mutilated-body-beach-olympics-volleyball?CMP=twt_b-gdnnews


:lol: Did you notice the pic in the side story?

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jun/28/rio-olympics-safety-security-budgets-cut



Place sounds like a third world country
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Beth Penna Pereira, a psychologist from Rio’s high-end Leblon neighborhood, experienced the cuts first hand when her purse was stolen at a neighborhood bakery. When she went to the local precinct to report the incident she left empty-handed.

“We don’t have paper for the incident report. None of the printers are working ... We haven’t received any supplies for a while,’” she recalled the officer saying.

“I’m feeling more insecure, more unprotected, more helpless,” she said.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 30, 2016 10:54 am    Post subject:

ContagiousInspiration wrote:
numero-ocho wrote:
Huey Lewis & The News wrote:
Mutilated corpse washes up on Olympic Volleyball beach

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/29/rio-de-janeiro-mutilated-body-beach-olympics-volleyball?CMP=twt_b-gdnnews


Did you notice the pic in the side story?

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jun/28/rio-olympics-safety-security-budgets-cut



Place sounds like a third world country
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Beth Penna Pereira, a psychologist from Rio’s high-end Leblon neighborhood, experienced the cuts first hand when her purse was stolen at a neighborhood bakery. When she went to the local precinct to report the incident she left empty-handed.

“We don’t have paper for the incident report. None of the printers are working ... We haven’t received any supplies for a while,’” she recalled the officer saying.

“I’m feeling more insecure, more unprotected, more helpless,” she said.



It kind of still is.
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