Amusing -and equally sad- story from the AP regarding Rio De Janeiro’s…um… difficulties while preparing to host the 2016 Summer Olympics:

Rio Olympic Track Stadium Goes Dark Due To Unpaid Bills

The upshot of the article is that the Track Stadium owes some $250,000 for electrical and water bills and, having not paid them, now has neither.

And who can forget this article, also found on AP, regarding the rancid waters the athletes are supposed to use for the water related events?

Rio Olympic Water Badly Polluted, Even Far Offshore

Man, is this looking like a colossal mess in the making or what?

Though I don’t usually follow the Olympics all that closely, I may just have to watch this one.