Opening ceremonies today so let's get this started.
And yes, the IOC is so corrupt they make FIFA look on in admiration. So there isn't much need to discuss that. It's not the athletes fault. They're in this to compete. And be objectified by half the planet.
Let the Games begin!
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
I usually love the Olympics - especially the Summer Games. But this mess in Rio has me so turned off, I don't have anywhere near the enthusiasm I usually have.
I want to see good competition and records falling, but I'm also rooting for historic, colossal disaster that will force change in the way these things are organized.
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
Yeah, me too.Originally Posted by Scott Bails
I thought Rio is a tourist destination/resort town. Carnival and all that. How can it be such a filthy dump?
An argument for making Vancouver the permanent host city:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/five_ring...r_forever.html
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
It is not summer in Rio, it is winter. The IOC has conditioned us to expect less and less from the Olympics each year. Now they have taken summer from the Summer Games. Those of us without cable TV probably won't see anything of interest. And now this:
International Olympic Committee bans GIFs
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
They're calling it the Apocalympics.
The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off
Not normally a big Olympics watcher but I did catch the Korea / Fiji soccer game last night. 7-0 Korea !!!!!! ....I'll catch whatever soccer games I can but will pass on all of the rest.
Poverty is on the rise worldwide. Soon, the US will have its own shanty towns:
Residents of Silicon Valley homeless camp clear 48,000 Lbs of garbage from creek, ask for housing
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
Yeah, good luck with that.
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
They're going to have real fun trying to enforce that.
I'll try to avoid all the powder puff human interest crap and try to see if the coverage features anything other than USA athletes. I'll definitely avoid those sports that shouldn't be there, Soccer, Tennis, Golf, Basketball, etc.
Ian
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Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
"I (seriously) got a bad feeling about this".
While I completely agree that it would be beneficial long-term for there to be a continuum of fuck-ups in Rio that would show without doubt that the IOC doesn't give a fuck about its cattle (a/k/a athletes), I would fervently hope that it doesn't involve terror & tragedy.
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
Goes without saying, Geezer.
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
I used to be a big fan of the Olympics...it used to be a quadrennial must see. I don't know if it is age (get off my lawn, dammit!), that (seemingly) every Olympic hero ends up being a cheat--or accused of cheating or loses to a cheater, or that they stagger Winter/Summer games so it is now really every two years of NBCs constant Americana lovefest (and I'm American!), or that professionals and sponsors and the non-stop feelgood stories have infiltrated every pore of the coverage, but I simply don't care anymore. And that makes me a little sad.
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"So it goes."
-Kurt Vonnegut
LOL - me too. I hope everyone gets Zika. That'll show 'em!
I actually searched PE for "olympics" to ask if it's a clusterf*ck yet, and I find this thread. Let the madness begin!
"the use of Olympic Material transformed into graphic animated formats such as animated GIFs (i.e. GIFV), GFY, WebM, or short video formats such as Vines and others, is expressly prohibited."
Unless, of course, there's a female nipple involved.
Michael Phelps is going to be carrying a huge, red white and blue bong.
Or (unfortunately expected)) tasteless bad jokes, my friend.
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
The "Doy!"s from Brazil
I'm sorry my joke wasn't in impeccable taste. At least I didn't call the glorious city of Rio a "filthy dump." Sorry to throw you under the bus there, moecurlythanu...
You're becoming as predictable as Trump.
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
You're not throwing me under the bus. My comment was accurate and was not said in jest. It's nothing for me to be embarrassed about, unlike your so-called "humor." So, "at least I" call BS.
Maybe it is just my skewed memory, but doesn’t this happen pretty much every year prior to the Olympics. I seem to remember all kinds of doom and gloom stories about the Sochi and China Olympics and they both ended up going fairly smoothly.
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
The entire city is a filthy dump?
Sorry if I upset anyone - I hope it's a healthy, safe clusterfark.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...abara-Bay.html
Welcome to the POO-LYMPICS: Raw SEWAGE pours into Rio's Guanabara Bay as athletes are warned to shower straight after leaving the water and paramedics wait on the shore to treat cuts
Pictures of raw sewage is shown pouring into Guanabara Bay in Rio increasing health risk for competitors
Swimmers and athletes who swallow just three teaspoons of water are almost certain to be infected with viruses
Medical staff on standby to treat any cuts as marathon swimmers will 'literally be swimming in human crap'
'Potentially serious health risks' in Guanabara Bay where the site of windsurfing and sailing events take place
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