What most people don’t know is that there was a perfectly good velodrome left over from when Brazil hosted the Pan-Am Games in 2009.But the Rio Olympics organizers falsely claimed it didn’t meet Olympic standards, even though it turned out that Pan-Am standards were exactly the same as Olympic ones.So they tore the 2009 one down for the new one.Obviously bribery from the contractors made that happen!
If the IOC wasn’t so damned corrupt, itself, they’d have pulled out of Brazil a long time ago. You can’t ( as my mother used to say ) make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.This summer’s Olympics is going to be a fiasco !
There’s a secret plot cooked up by either Lex Luthor or Dr. Sivana to pollute Brazil’s waters SO much that the mosquitoes can’t breed in it, thus solving the zika virus problem! (Then you “only” have the water pollution problem…….
If what I saw and experienced during the World Cup , is any indication, then, I’d do my damndest to discourage, even the most rabid Olympics fan from going to Rio, this winter.
Based upon the bad news from Rio and the comments above, the following video would be a good metaphor for the Rio Olympics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtAzxCfNRvU
strictures over 8 years ago
What most people don’t know is that there was a perfectly good velodrome left over from when Brazil hosted the Pan-Am Games in 2009.But the Rio Olympics organizers falsely claimed it didn’t meet Olympic standards, even though it turned out that Pan-Am standards were exactly the same as Olympic ones.So they tore the 2009 one down for the new one.Obviously bribery from the contractors made that happen!
Linguist over 8 years ago
If the IOC wasn’t so damned corrupt, itself, they’d have pulled out of Brazil a long time ago. You can’t ( as my mother used to say ) make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.This summer’s Olympics is going to be a fiasco !
timbob2313 Premium Member over 8 years ago
Mr Hinds, an excellent subject this week. Two thumbs up from this very long term reader
Godfreydaniel over 8 years ago
There’s a secret plot cooked up by either Lex Luthor or Dr. Sivana to pollute Brazil’s waters SO much that the mosquitoes can’t breed in it, thus solving the zika virus problem! (Then you “only” have the water pollution problem…….
Linguist over 8 years ago
If what I saw and experienced during the World Cup , is any indication, then, I’d do my damndest to discourage, even the most rabid Olympics fan from going to Rio, this winter.
For a Just and Peaceful World over 8 years ago
Based upon the bad news from Rio and the comments above, the following video would be a good metaphor for the Rio Olympics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtAzxCfNRvU
manteo16nc over 8 years ago
Notice that Tank isn’t the reporter in this strip. Bill Hinds’ way of saying, “No, folks, I’m not kidding this time.”
kodj kodjin over 8 years ago
This just might be the end of the Olympics if this turns out to be the disaster that it appears to be headed for!