Brazil's $12 billion Olympic legacy lies in ruins:
• dailymail.co.uk by Dave BurkeFive months after the Rio Games, stadiums are crumbling as cash-strapped nation is left with crippling debts
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Brazil Olympics-2016
Losing Games
• https://www.lewrockwell.com, By TakiIn the summer of 1992 BC (before Clinton) I was cruising in Greece with William F. Buckley and his wife, Pat, on board the boat I had just inherited from my father.
Paralympics Should Reflect the Best of the Human Spirit
Stephen LendmanRio 2016
The Price of US Olympian Arrogance
Stephen LendmanOlympics
The Rio Olympics Are Where TV Finally Sees the Future
• http://www.wired.com, Davey AlbaLet's get this out of the way, Olympics deniers: If you watch television at all, you've probably watched the Games.
How dare these Europeans try to claim Britain's Olympic gold medals as their own?
• http://www.telegraph.co, ZOE STRIMPELI was in Berlin when Germany won the World Cup in 2014. Fireworks, street parties, singing, dancing and lots of flag waving all spoke to a joyous national celebration – the due of any victor in international sport.
Olympian Ryan Lochte apologizes for 'behavior,' sticks to gunpoint claim
• http://www.foxnews.comU.S. Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte issued an apology Friday for his behavior surrounding last weekend's late-night incident at a Rio de Janeiro gas station with three other American swimmers-- while sticking to his claim that he had gun pointed at hi
Disgraced US Olympians
Stephen LendmanOlympism
Lochte's swim teammates to meet with authorities on robbery
• http://bigstory.ap.orgRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Three American Olympic swimmers planned to meet with Brazilian law enforcement Thursday to discuss a reported robbery targeting 12-time medalist Ryan Lochte and his teammates, a U.S. Olympic Committee official said.
Brazil Wants To Be Free
• arcleinBut in Brazil, it is different today. Imagine: mass rallies against the state that are actually informed by economic rationality. The signs are for property rights, free trade, and privatization. That's amazing. For once in a blue moon, a populist
Uncle Sam goes for gold, too: Up to $9,900 per Olympic gold medal
• http://www.cnbc.com, Athena CaoMichael Phelps swims fast, but not fast enough to beat Uncle Sam, who awaits him at the finish line each time he wins a medal. His total income tax bill for the 2016 Games? Up to about $55,000 for his five golds and one silver.
U.S. Swimmer Ryan Lochte Robbed at Gunpoint in Brazil
• http://www.nbcnews.com, by Hasani GittensU.S. Olympic swimmers Ryan Lochte, Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger and Jimmy Feigen were robbed at gunpoint while in Rio de Janeiro overnight Saturday, NBC News has confirmed.
The 21-year-old who beat Michael Phelps first met him as a kid in 2008, and the photo is great
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Nathan McAloneMichael Phelps might still be snagging gold medals, but a lot has changed since 2008. Michael Phelps' only silver medal of the Rio Olympics came at the hands of 21-year-old Singaporean swimmer Joseph Schooling.
Mainstream media hates holistic health so much that it's now attacking America's ...
• http://www.naturalnews.commost decorated Olympian Michael Phelps for cupping. (NaturalNews) Most Americans are proud to see swimmer Michael Phelps set records and add to our country's Olympic medal tally on the international stage. However, not everyone is thrilled with the
The Olympics: An Olympic-Sized Scam
• https://www.lewrockwell.comThe only thing people are asking me more right now than, "Who are you voting for?" is "Are you watching the Olympics?" The answer to both questions is: I couldn't care less about it. Now, I know that slamming the Olympics is tantamount to b
Super Ledecky Is the New Michael Phelps
• http://www.thedailybeast.com, NICO HINESShe may be only 19, but Katie Ledecky already holds multiple world records and may become the most recognizable American Olympian.
Meet Gaurika Singh, the Youngest Athlete in the 2016 Rio Olympics
• http://www.thedailybeast.com, AMELIA WARSHAWGaurika Singh's not even in high school yet, and she's already survived Nepal's deadly earthquake--and made it to her first Olympics.
Olympianism: More Politicized Tragedy and Farce Than Sport
Stephen LendmanRio 2016
Olympian Disgrace
Stephen LendmanRio 2016
Rio Represents Olympism at Its Worst
Stephen LendmanRio Games
Rio 2016 Olympics: Gisele, Murray and best bits from spectacular opening ceremony
• http://www.express.co, By VINCENT WOODTHE Rio 2016 Olympics kicked off with a spectacular opening ceremony celebrating Brazil's past, present and future.
Olympics viewers revolt over constant commercials during NBC broadcast
• http://www.theamericanmirror.com, BY KYLE OLSONDuring the Olympic opening ceremonies, NBC apparently stands for Nothing But Commercials.
3 Teaspoons Of Water In Rio Is Enough To Make Anyone Seriously Sick
• http://www.trueactivist.com, By Amanda FroelichA new study found that viral levels in Rio's water are 1.7 MILLION times what Europe or the U.S. consider "worrying."
Opinion: Move the corrupt, politicized, commercialized Olympics back to Greece
• http://www.marketwatch.comOdd as it may sound, Olympic competition once included art, and medalists included musicians, painters, and poets. One was Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the 1912 Stockholm Games' gold medalist in poetry and -- by sheer coincidence, surely -- also th
Your Guide to Brazil's Crazy Pre-Olympics Political Chaos
• http://www.wired.comThousands of protesters marching in the streets. Political party leaders investigated by their own governments. Endless finger-pointing over corporate corruption in politics. Demands to lock up politicians.
US Women's Basketball Squad Aims for Sixth Straight Gold Medal
• http://www.voanews.comHOUSTON-- Amid concerns about health, security and logistical problems at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the U.S. basketball players are staying afloat -- literally. Both the men's and women's teams are living aboard a cruise ship during the ga
Brazil's Already Regretting the Olympics
• http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/04/bWe were convinced that the Rio Olympics would show everyone that Brazil was a country worthy of respect. Instead we have been humiliated.
Washington Is Politicizing The Olympics Again
• https://www.lewrockwell.comWashington and its Canadian vassal are trying to use a Western media-created Russian athletic doping scandal to ban Russian participation in the Olympic games in Brazil.
"Welcome To Hell" - Angry Unpaid First Responders Warn "Whoever Comes To Rio Will Not
• zerohedge.comIn May, Brazilian soccer great Rivaldo told tourists to stay away from the Olympics in Rio because of the violence, saying "You'll be putting your life at risk here."
Too Big? Brazil and Olympics on a Failing Path
• http://www.thedailybell.comBrazil's Rio state declares financial disaster before Games … The acting governor of Rio de Janeiro state has declared a state of financial disaster so he has more leeway to manage the state's scarce resources less than two months Brazil hosts
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