"Putin World" not finished in time for Sochi Olympics

The winter Olympics is one of my favorite things ever, (who wouldn't like to be on the bobsled team?) and I was delighted to see an amusement park resort associated with the main venue.
However, sadly, the whole thing looks like it could be a disaster. Not only are the rides something I would never even approach (see those bolts halfway out of the ground? Yikes!) but as a whole the basic facilities for athletes and guests are beyond unacceptable, according to reports. And with scary security reports flying around as well, I hope and pray everyone, no matter what they're doing, remains safe.

This whole thing is such a cluster. Budweiser pulled out because they weren't comfortable having their American representatives there. That's a HUGE thing to happen, if you ask me.

I'm not even interested this year.

Yeah, it's amazing how much failure there is. The corruption stories about the various developers and contractors are sad too.Maybe if Putin takes off his shirt and picks up a tool belt, he can get it back on track.

I'm hearing the revised opening date is in June.

I am not, however, booking my flight.

...and that web site will happily play its video ads but then says "due to usage restrictions we are unable to show this video".

Seriously? You show me the ad but no content?!

We know you've been to much scarier places, and I dare say ridden sketchier rides, but don't make us worry about you, Richard Bannister. Yes, stay outta there.
These may be the credits none of us ever get.

:-)

Jeff said:
Maybe if Putin takes off his shirt and picks up a tool belt, he can get it back on track.

IF Putin takes off his shirt? I think that's more of a *when* - the tool belt is another question.

He is WAYYY too comfortable in his own skin...

And other peoples Super Bowl rings.

RCMAC said:

We know you've been to much scarier places, and I dare say ridden sketchier rides, but don't make us worry about you, Richard Bannister. Yes, stay outta there.
These may be the credits none of us ever get.

That sounds like a challenge.

Taste the rainbow...

http://www.brewdog.com/blog-article/hello-my-name-is-vladimir

Oh, those bolshie Scots... ;)

Politics on a coaster website WTF?

Where are the politics exactly, and why would that be bad?

Clearly we've never had any political discussion here whatsoever.

Sochi was an inside job.

Some of the pictures I've seen from the Athelete's Village would be hilarious if you didn't think about the fact that these athletes have trained night and day their whole lives only to be in jeopard of hurting themselves walking around their dormitories. Missing manhole covers, restrooms with no partitions between toilets, no sidewalks...they are walking around in mud.

Good luck to them all.

The whole scene REEKS of the kind of corruption we've leanred to expect from the two main parties involved: the IOC, and the Russian government.

(Sidebar: on a more positive note, the Russian gov't is SO corrupt that we have no need to fear another Cold War situation - they're mainly a threat to themselves at this point).