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There should be no Olympic Games in Brazil; not this year; not in the next eight years. They're just not ready.

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It's not as though people who are pushing their bodies to the very limit are vulnerable to infections or anything. Whiners.

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Even China is frowning on this lack of public health concern

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Agreed! It's a predatory if not parasitic corrupt organization that conspires with greedy developers and contractors to fleece weak politicians and their gullible taxpayers. Not that I feel strongly about it.

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Yooouuu! You stepped on my line!

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Well, so long to all my fantasies about the Girl from Ipanema...

And to think Brazil went to all the trouble of moving those nasty poorz out of sight of the tourists! UNFAIR!

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And they threw Chicago out in the first round of consideration. Sigh.

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never apologize! just pretend it never happened! always works for Jim Hoft after all :P

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Business as usual.

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Jinkies!

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Mebs

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They just had the World Cup in 2014. They have all of those unused, very expensive stadiums just sitting around, full of mosquitos.

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That's our problem in Chicago, we just didn't try hard enough to poison the entire city. Sure, there's lead in our water supply, the South Side is a "No Go" zone, and people are being robbed on the Lake Front, but Rio just had more zazz!

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I second this nomination!

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Wouldn't even had needed a torch, or a flame for that matter. Could have just used one of the beautiful glowing trees.

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Clearly the gold medalist in the babe medley.

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