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Thursday June 30, 2016

June 29, 2016 by Graeme MacKay
Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator Ð Thursday June 30, 2016 Stephen Colbert: Rio Olympics Are 'Massive Catastrophe' With the Summer Olympics in complete disarray, Stephen Colbert examined the mess in Rio: "I am pumped for the Rio games. They are less than two months away É or never," Colbert said. JustÊyesterday, Rio's acting governor warned 'The Olympics could be a big failure,' which is actually an improvement because until yesterday, it looked like a massive catastrophe," Colbert said. "The Olympics are in real trouble: Many of the venues are still unfinished, possibly because over $10 billion dollars in construction contracts went to just five firms, all of which are already under investigation for price fixing and kickbacks, and this has already led to top executives being jailed or charged. Though on the plus side for those executives, the prisons won't be completed until 2036.Ó Colbert also pointed to Brazil's ballooning violent crime rate and a police force strapped by budget shortfalls as reasons why this year's Olympics could be a nightmare. "But corruption and crime aren't the only thing plaguing the Olympics: There is also actual plague," Colbert said. "Because fear over the Zika virus, which can cause birth defects, has led some athletes to stay home, and others to take special precautions like freezing their sperm.Ó Colbert then added some more reasons why the Rio Olympics might be doomed, from a heavily polluted Guanabara Bay, the site of some racing events, to the jaguar that was killed at an Olympics torch ceremony. "I believe that species of jaguar was the Spotted South American Metaphor," Colbert said. (Source: Rolling Stone)Êhttp://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/stephen-colbert-rio-olympics-are-massive-catastrophe-20160629 World, International, Rio, de Janeiro, Dilma Rousseff, Rio, Brazil, Olymp

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Thursday June 30, 2016

Stephen Colbert: Rio Olympics Are ‘Massive Catastrophe’

With the Summer Olympics in complete disarray, Stephen Colbert examined the mess in Rio: “I am pumped for the Rio games. They are less than two months away … or never,” Colbert said.

July 27, 2012

Just yesterday, Rio’s acting governor warned ‘The Olympics could be a big failure,’ which is actually an improvement because until yesterday, it looked like a massive catastrophe,” Colbert said.

“The Olympics are in real trouble: Many of the venues are still unfinished, possibly because over $10 billion dollars in construction contracts went to just five firms, all of which are already under investigation for price fixing and kickbacks, and this has already led to top executives being jailed or charged. Though on the plus side for those executives, the prisons won’t be completed until 2036.”

Colbert also pointed to Brazil’s ballooning violent crime rate and a police force strapped by budget shortfalls as reasons why this year’s Olympics could be a nightmare.


“But corruption and crime aren’t the only thing plaguing the Olympics: There is also actual plague,” Colbert said. “Because fear over the Zika virus, which can cause birth defects, has led some athletes to stay home, and others to take special precautions like freezing their sperm.”

Colbert then added some more reasons why the Rio Olympics might be doomed, from a heavily polluted Guanabara Bay, the site of some racing events, to the jaguar that was killed at an Olympics torch ceremony. “I believe that species of jaguar was the Spotted South American Metaphor,” Colbert said. (Source: Rolling Stone)

 

Posted in: International Tagged: Brazil, de Janeiro, Dilma Rousseff, Economy, International, mosquito, olympics, rings, Rio, sewage, Summer, virus, world, zika

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