Rio Olympics 2016 - Where the city runs green with bribery money and pool water

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If you thought you didn't want to live on this planet due to the last few weeks, the hatred looks like it's about to get even worse for you. Why? The Summer Olympics in Rio are about to be underway, of course. With the political turmoil and corruption going on in Brazil right now, what could possibly go wrong?

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Oh, boy, this could get interesting. The Olympic Village has been so well-constructed that the toilets are often blocked, wiring is exposed and water leaks are commonplace. The Australian Olympic teams and Hope Solo are among people that are refusing to go anywhere near there for fear of their health and safety.

The part you need to know about is how the mayor of Rio responded. With no sense of irony whatsover, he offered them a kangaroo to make them feel more at home at the Village. Because a kangaroo is going to fix the plumbing and electrical issues the place has.

This may or may not be a complete and utter shitshow, but it's something to definitely keep an eye on in the coming weeks.
 
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IOC chairmen should take a vacation at the Coprocabana, Guanobara, etc...
 
DerSandstrom said:
And now for a return to regularly scheduled incompetence by Rio contractors. Members of the reporting media arrived in their hotels today and, unsurprisingly, it was an utter shitshow.

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Nothing says "Welcome to Rio de Janeiro" like a showerhead breaking off during use.
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The hotel room from hell as described in one of Stuart Ashen's videos where there was pubic hair in the coffee kettle and the showerhead hose had corrosion rendering it useless...is still sounding more welcoming than Rio.

Ace said:
Aaaannnd now they want to stage a robbery during the Opening Ceremony. This shitshow has officially gone meta.
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Knowing how this shit is going down, it will probably turn into a real robbery, like the time @Count Olaf got married in a play because he tricked a chief justice to be the minister. Except there is now tower with a convenient eye mirror to burn the paper because the tower wasn't built to code and fell over in a gust of wind the previous day.
 
muina said:
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...wing-chance-of-infection-almost-a7165866.html

Rio 2016: Swimmers need to ingest only three teaspoons of water to be almost certain of contracting a virus
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How in the fuck was the water not tested until now? Obviously expecting Rio's government to have done jack shit correctly is a concept that died long ago, but what the hell is the IoC doing?

Hopefully the benefit of Rio's unending chain of realized worst-case scenarios after another will force the IoC to actually evaluate if a country is ready for the Olympics beyond simply shoving a shitload of money in their face - because this is becoming an unimaginable health nightmare.
 
Optimus Prime said:
How in the fuck was the water not tested until now?
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Here's the thing: it was.

It is a known fact for quite some time that the Guanabara Bay waters are terribly dirty, as most of the city's sewage flows into the bay without any kind of treatment. However, our politicians care little about it. And even if they started some sort of cleaning effort, it would most likely be abandoned as soon as the Olympic Games are over.
 
Ace said:
Here's the thing: it was.

It is a known fact for quite some time that the Guanabara Bay waters are terribly dirty, as most of the city's sewage flows into the bay without any kind of treatment. However, our politicians care little about it. And even if they started some sort of cleaning effort, it would most likely be abandoned as soon as the Olympic Games are over.
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Yeah, too little too late now, but reading up in the article, the official testing wasn't even testing for that shit.

At this point I'm wondering if some events may just be outright canceled if the facilities simply crumble the day of.
 
exposethebad said:
Man this is embarrassing. They should have never been given the Olympics.
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That's what a highly corrupt government that is willing to let their country be raped for monetary gain will get you.

The only gold medalists of these Games are the IOC, for the 100m trainwreck.
 
So I know a boat ramp on the sailing complex and part of a bike path that was supposed to be a legacy infrastructure project (ya know, something they should actually care about because they'll use it in the future) have already collapsed while under construction/texting, which stadium is going to collapse when it's full of people?
 
waffle said:
So I know a boat ramp on the sailing complex and part of a bike path that was supposed to be a legacy infrastructure project (ya know, something they should actually care about because they'll use it in the future) have already collapsed while under construction/texting, which stadium is going to collapse when it's full of people?
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Do they have betting for that in the UK yet?
 
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