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Golfer Rory McIlroy will not

rmrd0000 — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 12:13:37 +0000

In reply to Time to Call Off the 2016 Olympics

Golfer Rory McIlroy will not be participating in the Brazil Olympic because of the risk of Zika

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rory-mcilroy-rio-games_us_576a56aee4...

More bad omens a jaguar that

rmrd0000 — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 21:24:11 +0000

In reply to Time to Call Off the 2016 Olympics

More bad omens a jaguar that was part of Olympic torch ceremonies was killed after it escaped control of its handlers

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/brazil-jaguar-olympics_us_5769a0a9e4...

An Australian paralympic athlete and a physiotherapist were robbed at gunpoint in Rio. Australia calls for increased security,

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/paralympic-sailor-liesl-tesch-robbed...

Weird crap can happen with any Olympics, but the health risks, impeachment case, and Rio financial crisis make these episodes seem like harbingers of disaster.

NBC will benefit from the

rmrd0000 — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 15:03:55 +0000

In reply to Governments as well as giant

NBC will benefit from the Olympics, so it will not be calling for a shut down.

Governments as well as giant

Richard Day — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 14:58:41 +0000

In reply to Time to Call Off the 2016 Olympics

Governments as well as giant corporations have already spent billions on this event.

With that kind of investment, I cannot see them shutting it down.

The media won't get a clue

rmrd0000 — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 15:55:12 +0000

In reply to Yeah, I think you're right.

The media won't get a clue until the games are already underway.

Yeah, I think you're right.

MrSmith1 — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 00:09:07 +0000

In reply to Time to Call Off the 2016 Olympics

Yeah, I think you're right. But will the media lust after the story of the Olympics so much, it will ignore the health risks? Is the potential loss of millions of dollars spent on advertising during the Olympics enough to prevent the network carrying the Olympics from doing the right thing? We'll see.