Shambles behind the scenes in Sochi

[Carolinian Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Carolinian]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...-at-Sochi.html

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

The proximity to Chechnia, the graft and the location spell a prediction of near disaster.

[Carolinian Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Carolinian]

More on the shambles in Sochi:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...l-experiences/

[easyrider Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close easyrider]

To me this reeks of a socialist workforce. The attitude is " I get paid the same as the other schmucks so why put out ". This will end up being the attitude of many of the American laborers when they realize that they are penalized for working too hard.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/markadom...-labor-market/

This is also the attitude of the Rusian Armed Forces for the most part. Many only join as they have no prospects and are just as lazy as the labourers.

[Carolinian Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Carolinian]

The proximity to Chechnia, the graft and the location spell a prediction of near disaster.

http://www.realclearworld.com/blog/2...et_110276.html

[Spence Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Spence]

My veterinarian has a sister who works for the network, she posted:

I'm so sad to read the following words that my sister wrote in an email. She is in Sochi doing television for the Olympics. She writes .....

"There are dogs wandering the streets wild. They have been getting less obvious and I have been told that they are being gathered up and put down. SAD…I heard that some of the locals are putting collars on some so they look like they belong to someone. I heard that a dog entered Olympic Stadium during a rehearsal. Supposedly would be a HUGE embarrassment to the government if these dogs are wandering around…so…they are being killed off."

I want to tell her to bring a few home to me.
Breaks my heart.

[Spence Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Spence]

The proximity to Chechnia, the graft and the location spell a prediction of near disaster.

OMG, I'm agreeing with tonyg. Hopefully some good will come out of all the money that's being poured into there, and all the fellowship and goodwill that can come with events like this.

[Carolinian Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Carolinian]

Did Putin forget to order the crowds?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...howing-up.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-athletes.html

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Quote Originally Posted by Carolinian - Did Putin forget to order the crowds?

Even some athletes families aren't attending. Scotty James, 19yo, travelled by himself for the first time. He asked his parents not to attend because he would be too worried about their safety.

Spence, there is always a pre-Olympic clean-up. Sochi and Athens culled a lot of dogs. The Beijing cat removal was huge, (reportedly 500 000), the government ran a campaign warning of the diseases cats carry and ordering residents to help clear the streets of them, that sped things up. Other places (London, Atlanta, Salt Lake City) sweep away the homeless, the sex workers and other marginal groups.