Devils Advocate;1577290 wrote:Nothing to see here...

Tiernan;1577317 wrote:
As for Sochi - who is surprised by this BS? Not me, I called it 4 yrs ago.

Sure you did.



link?

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/02/bob-costas-nbc-olympics-eye/

A minor infection received in Russia = He loses the eye.

TedSheckler;1577254 wrote:https://twitter.com/DanWetzel/status/430829086022569984

To anyone in Sochi: I am now in possession of three light bulbs. Will trade for a door handle. This offer is real.\

With his stockpile, pretty sure Belly would be able to purchase the whole city

Laley23;1577158 wrote:Rio will be fine. Its not the whole country who is hosting it like a WC.

Thats like saying NYC will suck because Detroit went bankrupt. One city does not have anything to do with the other when it comes to the Olympics.

from my understanding, there are only a few small nice parts of Rio. the rest are slums, which the Brazilian government has been attacking with military style operations to make safer for the Olympics/world cup.

said_aouita;1577407 wrote:Sure you did.



link?

it was the first post I ever made on the old huddle...go look it up. I was Rock Knutne back then.

Google the Sarajevo Olympics if you want to see some great before/after Olympic photos.

Tiernan;1577483 wrote:it was the first post I ever made on the old huddle...go look it up. I was a drunk asshole even the.

...

Wonder how much of the bad conditions we are seeing reported from Sochi are real?

http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/8-viral-sochi-olympics-photos-that-are-total-lies-1517429839

like_that;1577511 wrote:Google the Sarajevo Olympics if you want to see some great before/after Olympic photos.

Thanks. Also just found the link below. Its from Yahoo couple days ago. Have not read it yet but looks interesting.

Thirty years after Olympics, Sarajevo mourns brotherhood lost

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/thirty-years-olympics-sarajevo-mourns-brotherhood-lost-194232892--oly.html

WebFire;1577517 wrote:Wonder how much of the bad conditions we are seeing reported from Sochi are real?

http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/8-viral-sochi-olympics-photos-that-are-total-lies-1517429839

I have yet to see any of those 8 photos as supposedly reported from Sochi. I guess I only look at more mainstream news media so they are a bit more reliable when it comes to not reporting completely fabricated photos (only a bit more reliable).

Fly4Fun;1577558 wrote:I have yet to see any of those 8 photos as supposedly reported from Sochi. I guess I only look at more mainstream news media so they are a bit more reliable when it comes to not reporting completely fabricated photos (only a bit more reliable).

I've seen 3 of them circulating Twitter.

Apparently one of the rings didn't open up during the opening ceremony.

https://twitter.com/SochiFails/status/431826379861024768

WebFire;1577560 wrote:I've seen 3 of them circulating Twitter.

There's your problem. Twitter. It's a bunch of people just repeating what they saw somewhere else. That's why I said mainstream.

Twitter can be good for getting early/fast information. But the problem is unless you know it's first hand information from a trustworthy source, I would be skeptical.

mucalum49;1577569 wrote:Apparently one of the rings didn't open up during the opening ceremony.

https://twitter.com/SochiFails/status/431826379861024768

Nah, it's an asterisk signifying that any "judged" events should have one as there will be heavy pressure to be kind to the Russian competitors.

Duh.

mucalum49;1577569 wrote:Apparently one of the rings didn't open up during the opening ceremony.

https://twitter.com/SochiFails/status/431826379861024768

Prayers from Dover....for that person's family

Someone needs to help me understand something...

All these reports are reporting how the "water is undrinkable" and how you "can't get any on your face", etc. How there are "missing lightbulbs" or "not enough pillows" and "shower curtains are a luxury" etc. Apparently there's an abundance of random dogs that are running around the area, and there's a task force assigned to capture & put-down these dogs.

My question is... isn't there a committee IOC (International Olympic Committee) that's tasked with reviewing possible locations to host the Olympics like 12-20 years out in advance?! How in the WORLD was Sochi chosen to host the Olympics if all of the above noted things are valid concerns?!?!

If there's "no pillows/shower-curtains/lightbulbs/clean-water" now, then you can't tell me then that there was 12-20 years ago! So who in their right mind voted to have the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi then?!?! People (most notable the media) are acting like these shortcomings are new revelations that we didn't know/learn before. If that's the case, then who in their right might signed off on this?!

Also... everyone's talking about the $50+ BILLION dollars that was supposedly raised/spent for these Olympics... WHERE IS THAT MONEY?! I would think that Lightbulbs/pillows/shower-curtains would cost AT MOST $1 BILLION to cover all the people there. Where's the rest of the $49 BILLION being spent?!?! Reports are several Olympic buildings aren't finished, so surely it didn't all go there.

Cities submit a business plan for the IOC to review. Politics and bribery aside, it's less about where a country is today than where they would be in 8 years, according to the feasibility of that plan.

Scarlet_Buckeye;1577582 wrote:My question is... isn't there a committee IOC (International Olympic Committee) that's tasked with reviewing possible locations to host the Olympics like 12-20 years out in advance?! How in the WORLD was Sochi chosen to host the Olympics if all of the above noted things are valid concerns?!?!

If there's "no pillows/shower-curtains/lightbulbs/clean-water" now, then you can't tell me then that there was 12-20 years ago! So who in their right mind voted to have the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi then?!?! People (most notable the media) are acting like these shortcomings are new revelations that we didn't know/learn before. If that's the case, then who in their right might signed off on this?!

Also... everyone's talking about the $50+ BILLION dollars that was supposedly raised/spent for these Olympics... WHERE IS THAT MONEY?!.

IOC is a shady, corrupt organization.

As for the $50 billion, Russia is a shady, corrupt organization. That money was stolen or misspent

mucalum49;1577569 wrote:Apparently one of the rings didn't open up during the opening ceremony.

https://twitter.com/SochiFails/status/431826379861024768

Not any worse that the opening ceremonies in Vancouver when one of the four torches didn't work.

Scarlet_Buckeye;1577582 wrote:Someone needs to help me understand something...

All these reports are reporting how the "water is undrinkable" and how you "can't get any on your face", etc. How there are "missing lightbulbs" or "not enough pillows" and "shower curtains are a luxury" etc. Apparently there's an abundance of random dogs that are running around the area, and there's a task force assigned to capture & put-down these dogs.

My question is... isn't there a committee IOC (International Olympic Committee) that's tasked with reviewing possible locations to host the Olympics like 12-20 years out in advance?! How in the WORLD was Sochi chosen to host the Olympics if all of the above noted things are valid concerns?!?!

If there's "no pillows/shower-curtains/lightbulbs/clean-water" now, then you can't tell me then that there was 12-20 years ago! So who in their right mind voted to have the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi then?!?! People (most notable the media) are acting like these shortcomings are new revelations that we didn't know/learn before. If that's the case, then who in their right might signed off on this?!

Also... everyone's talking about the $50+ BILLION dollars that was supposedly raised/spent for these Olympics... WHERE IS THAT MONEY?! I would think that Lightbulbs/pillows/shower-curtains would cost AT MOST $1 BILLION to cover all the people there. Where's the rest of the $49 BILLION being spent?!?! Reports are several Olympic buildings aren't finished, so surely it didn't all go there.

Basically what Mohican said. The IOC is a super-corrupt organization where really rich people determine who gets to host the Olympics by diligently working to decide which country will kiss their asses the most to show how much they want the games. And that's about it.

Like, I was reading a Yahoo column by Dan Wetzel utterly mocking the head of the IOC for him making veiled comments towards particularly the U.S. for "politicizing" the games due to things like the President not personally being there and the U.S. committee having a few gay reps like Billie Jean King in response to Russia's anti-homosexual stance. The IOC dude's statement essentially included a not-so-subtle threat that this could effect our ability to get future Olympic bids.

That tells you all you need to know about the IOC. They're more concerned about their egos than actually making sure the BEST possible choice gets to host the games.

TedSheckler;1577586 wrote:Not any worse that the opening ceremonies in Vancouver when one of the four torches didn't work.

Yes it is. The person responsible for the torch in Vancouver is still alive. In mother Russia, ring does not open, you die.

Capitalistic pigs cause ring not open...

Natasha Badenov