Rio de Janeiro's acting governor: Olympics could be a 'big failure'

[Night Watchman]

Source: CNN

By Tiffany Ap, CNN
Updated 2:57 AM ET, Tue June 28, 2016

(CNN) The headache for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games organizers shows no signs of subsiding.
Six weeks before the Games are set to begin, Francisco Dornelles, the acting governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro, told the Brazilian newspaper O Globo that the state has not yet received recently-approved federal funds to beef up security and transportation for the quadrennial competition.

"I am optimistic about the games, but I have to show the reality. We can make a great Olympics, but if some steps are not taken, it can be a big failure," Dornelles told O Globo.

Brazil's federal government approved the bailout, worth about $850 million (2.9 billion reals), last week.
The budget shortfall adds to the "perfect storm" Brazil is facing leading up to the Games, which kick off August 5. Organizers are dealing with concerns regarding the Zika virus, a doping scandal, high crime and political upheaval involving the country's highest figures.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/28/americas/brazil-olympics-rio-budget/index.html

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How do you say "clusterfuck" in Portuguese?

[Feeling the Bern]

1. I have no sympathy for the IOC if this fails in Rio.

After their callous response to the slaughter of the Israeli team in Munich in 1972, I told the IOC and the Olympics to go get fucked!

I hope it is a huge clusterfuck that fails on so many levels that they can't keep the failure off the TV. Then I hope the Winter Beijing Olympics fails even more.

[DonCoquixote]

2. honestly the downfall for Rouseff

was her attempt to prop up Lula's legacies: the world cup and the Olympics. The World Cup was supposed to be glorious, Brazil hosting the game they loved so much, it's entry into the league of world powers. Yet hundreds were made homeless to put up stadiums, and millions spent on stadiums that were doomed never to be used, while people starved. It made morale so bad that Brazilians rooted for their home team to lose, which, they did, in one of the worst beatings a team ever gotten. After this fiasco, Brazil should have been warned, but they want to press on and say "we are a big country now" and like some rockstar that gets on stage stoned, they will crap out and reveal their weakness. Dilma should have canceled the whole Olympic mess, after the Copa Mundial disaster, she could have gotten the left to cheer her on.

And for the record, I sincerely hope that we in the US, and for that matter, North America never host the Olympics again. Every city (be it Salt Lake, Vancouver, or Mexico City)that has hosted it ends up in debt, and shunned by the same arrogant crooks that sucked whatever blood they could. Let hosting the Olympics become a hallmark of countries where leaders are willing to flog the peasants and whip them into compliance. Beijing will make a perfect fit, considering people remember the smog filled summer games and it's opening ceremony that evoked classic Maoist propaganda rather than a modern nation. Let the Olympics be seen as what they have become, a jewel in the crown of political corruption.

[PJMcK]

5. K&R for your second paragraph! (n/t)

[maryellen99]

11. Los Angeles didn't go into debt..1984 was the only Olympics that made money nt

[forkol]

17. Salt Lake City and Atlanta Made money too....

According to Wikipedia, although the citation is needed for Atlanta, but it's generally accepted that Atlanta was profitable.

[hunter]

18. Hollywood knows how to put on a show, and their accountants are both creative and vicious.

Attending in person one couldn't help but notice the cheaply built sets and props, all made for television. There was no HD television then, standard television resolutions are very forgiving, so thin plywood and plaster and paint look substantial. Fast and cheap was the main concern, not quality or durability.

When you think about it, the Olympics is little more than reality television.

The thing that saved the 1984 Olympics was that Los Angeles residents, fearing the worst traffic jams ever, mostly stayed home.

[StrayKat]

3. Is there any way that it could possibly *not* be a failure?

I haven't seen NBC advertising this yet. Has anyone else?

[FrodosPet]

4. Cluster Foda

At least according to Google Translate.

Sadly, it is probably the best possible description of the upcoming games. Which really sucks, because I do enjoy a lot of the sports and the general concept.

[ReRe]

6. Things are not going...

... to run smoothly in Rio. They should have canceled it months ago. Zikka virus, facilities are not finished yet with only 2 months to go until the start. They need to put the Olympics Committee on vaca until such time that the world can afford this. When athletes and fans are killed in needless accidents, it's going to be on the Olympic Commitiee's shoulders. Shame on leaders who cannot stand up and say no before it begins.

[yourpaljoey]

9. Do not drink the water (and wear LOTS of repellent)

[Yavin4]

7. The IOC should pick 4, maybe 5, permanent locations for the Olympics

and just rotate.

[GreatGazoo]

10. Greece for all summer games and whoever did a great job on the Winter games (not Utah)

[Coventina]

13. I'd say somewhere in Scandinavia for the Winter games.

Totally agree on Greece for Summer.

[Yavin4]

15. You can't have both sites solely in Europe. That looks bad to the world.

You pick one site on each Continent and rotate the games.

[JackRiddler]

14. The IOC should dissolve itself and open its books to prosecutors.

[Kelvin Mace]

8. WILL be a big disaster

It is time to end this utterly useless and corrupt institution. Between doping, kickbacks and the abuse of the poor enacted in the name of the Olympics, the money is better spent elsewhere.

[JackRiddler]

12. CNN style guide: "Don't say Brazilian dictatorship."

Good work, editors!

[snooper2]

16. How do you say "clusterfuck" in Portuguese? It is pronounced, clusterfuck

According to a few different translation engines