Two U.S. swimmers removed from flight at Rio airport

[TheTexan]

It should be illegal to host Olympic games in third world countries.

No American olympic athlete, should have to be subjected to that.

[RJB]

Brazil seems long past due for a good old fashion US invasion. Sometimes a country just needs to have freedom delivered too it.

[juleswin]

My wife GREW UP in a third world country - one of the more poverty-stricken and dangerous ones:Guyana. 90% of my extended family lives in one as I type these words.

She can cite you chapter and verse about third world nations up your front and down your back. There is, in fact, absolutely nothing you could tell her about such places that she doesn't already know first hand. For example, the time a roving band of black criminals accosted her and her sisters on the roadside to rape my wife, who was still pretty young. Her sisters told them that my wife was pregnant to save her, so they raped one of the sisters. How about all houses having heavy bars on the windows so that roving gangs of armed, murdering bastards cannot break into your house, steal everything you have and murder all witnesses? How about the death squads that used to keep the order? And the list goes on.

She is as expert on what comprises a 3rd world nation as anyone on the planet, which is why I know Brazil is in fact just that.

Six months in Brazil? That's not enough time to get cozy. Shoot, even the Brazilians will tell you that Rio is an extremely dangerous city. My friend Frank, for example, born and raised in Brazil, is very up front about it. My friend whose name I no longer recall due to creeping old age, lives in Rio and whores in order to be able to eat and pay bills. She has no drug problems, doesn't drink, is educated, and speaks very fluent Italian in addition to Portuguese. That's is yet another mark of a third-world nation.

Of course, such status is largely in the eye of the beholder, so I will not say you are wrong. But I will say that my wife is right.

I will start my saying sorry about your wife's sister but smart thinking on their part. I wouldn't have imagined that saying someone was pregnant and not showing will stop a band of rapist from raping. But it somehow did stop them and I praise God for that.

But I just have to disagree with you on what constitutes a third world country. The infrastructure I believe is up to standard to the point they have uninterrupted electricity to run their lives, industries and leisure activities, they have world class Universities where top professionals are trained and ground breaking research is done. Also, I know TheTexan is sort of a troll but every once in a while even he makes a good point. The country just hosted a Summer Olympic tournament where they had Olympic sized stadiums, pools, tracks and what not. That alone tells me that it is not a third world country. Again, I am not saying it is a first world country but it is definitely not a third world country. At least the bench mark for not being a third world country should be the ability to host an Olympic tournament.

[osan]

I will start my saying sorry about your wife's sister but smart thinking on their part. I wouldn't have imagined that saying someone was pregnant and not showing will stop a band of rapist from raping. But it somehow did stop them and I praise God for that.

But I just have to disagree with you on what constitutes a third world country. The infrastructure I believe is up to standard to the point they have uninterrupted electricity to run their lives, industries and leisure activities, they have world class Universities where top professionals are trained and ground breaking research is done. Also, I know TheTexan is sort of a troll but every once in a while even he makes a good point. The country just hosted a Summer Olympic tournament where they had Olympic sized stadiums, pools, tracks and what not. That alone tells me that it is not a third world country. Again, I am not saying it is a first world country but it is definitely not a third world country. At least the bench mark for not being a third world country should be the ability to host an Olympic tournament.

And they are now on the edge of bankruptcy.

It's a 4th-rate third-world nation.

Anyhow, we can each hold our own opinions on it and the world will not come to and end because of it. It may, however, come to an ignominious end for other reasons.

[Brian4Liberty]

Brazil seems long past due for a good old fashion US invasion. Sometimes a country just needs to have freedom delivered too it.

Brazil is a model state, from the globalist banking standpoint. Fully incorporated into crony globalism and central banking. I have no family from Brazil, nor have I known any Brazilians well, but I did work on a project with one of the well educated and well off Brazilians. He came to the US often on a private jet that probably rivals Trump's. It was owned by a family member who was a banker, and whenever it came up to the US for maintenance, he could catch a ride as it was usually just the pilots flying it up.

[juleswin]

Brazil is a model state, from the globalist banking standpoint. Fully incorporated into crony globalism and central banking. I have no family from Brazil, nor have I known any Brazilians well, but I did work on a project with one of the well educated and well off Brazilians. He came to the US often on a private jet that probably rivals Trump's. It was owned by a family member who was a banker, and whenever it came up to the US for maintenance, he could catch a ride as it was usually just the pilots flying it up.

You do know that Brazil is the B in the BRICS nation, they are the ones trying to break out of the globalist banking system and IMF. It is probably one of the reasons they were hit with a US supported coup. Also, being a model state doesn't give you immunity from US attacks, Venezuela is a model state and they are being attacked by the US. The reason the US attack is because a country gets out of their control, model state or not, they just want to control nations.

Brazil being part of the BRICS is another reason why I think it is no third world country.

[Madison320]

From what I've read Brazil has a hard core socialist as president, I think for a few years now. I think they've taken a pretty big turn for the worse since she became president. It they aren't 3rd world give her a couple more years and they'll get there.

[timosman]

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

So the Brazilians want to escalate something that was minor vandalism and taking a leak.

Anyway, there are some good lessons to be learned. The guy who claimed to be sleeping and contradicted by the camera should've had a better story. They were drinking, so all he had to say was he does not remember. Even if you're not drinking, you can play it off. If the other guy actually damaged the sign, then the $70 might have squared it for me. Not for taking a leak though.

What a total non-story altogether.

[robert68]

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[Brian4Liberty]

You do know that Brazil is the B in the BRICS nation, they are the ones trying to break out of the globalist banking system and IMF. It is probably one of the reasons they were hit with a US supported coup. Also, being a model state doesn't give you immunity from US attacks, Venezuela is a model state and they are being attacked by the US. The reason the US attack is because a country gets out of their control, model state or not, they just want to control nations.

Brazil being part of the BRICS is another reason why I think it is no third world country.

Venezuela is the opposite of what I meant by a model state. A model state is under the thumb of the global central banks. Venezuela is in the same category as North Korea and Russia. They are not playing ball.