6/17/16 -- "A former Guantanamo Bay prisoner transferred to Uruguay in 2014 has vanished and is believed to have left the country under uncertain circumstances, U.S. officials said.

Law enforcement is now searching for the former detainee, Syrian national Jihad Ahmed Mustafa Dhiab, in Brazil, a U.S. official said.

“We are coordinating with officials in Brazil and Uruguay to determine his whereabouts,” the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive incident..."

Law enforcement searching for former Guantanamo detainee in South America

Law enforcement searching for former Guantanamo detainee in South America - The Washington Post

****Unbelievable. I just noticed that his first name is "Jihad".

Are you referring to possible acts by " Islamic Terrorists " who believe that they are waging Global Jihad against the Infidels ?

Nope, I'm not that narrow-minded or prejudiced.

I'm referring to ANY scumbag, that wants to advance their own cause and to gain attention at such a public venue.

Read an article about the beginning of the Greek Olympics...a bit a trivia for posters the original an only event at the Olympics was a foot race of 200 yards called a stade. Hence we get the derivative stadium.

They will go on. Have been to Rio a couple of times, last year for Carneval. Just watch your surroundings. The National teams will have to beef up security for their athletes.

Just don't urinate in the Amazon!

Not even going to watch. Afraid of catching dysentary and zika

The Olympics quit being the Olympics to me the day pros were allowed to play. Jim Thorpe was stripped of his Olympic gold because he played for a semi-pro baseball team one summer (a sport that had nothing to with his Olympic medals unless you count running around bases and throwing a ball to be the equivalent of track and field). Then, so they could allow the "best" tennis, basketball, etc. players in, professionals were allowed. Now, many of the pros are saying they won't attend the Rio Games.

Most athletes train for the World events, which normally occur shortly after the Olympics. The Olympics is more for a chance to get together and party with fellow athletes and to compete for your country and, of course, cash in on having played at the Games and winning medals.

I sincerely hope and pray nothing bad happens in Rio but, I'm sorry to say that I really don't care if the Olympics dies out entirely.

Rio Olympics - This Is Scary
 

I somewhat agree some of your thinking regarding the Olympics and pro athletes. But any sport can be made to sound silly with a sarcastic description of the sport's basic goals. Baseball is just as worthy as most other sports.

Unless of course you're an Olympic purist and believe Track and Field should be its only sport.

Sorry, did not mean to even remotely imply that baseball was anything but a great game. It was meant as a dig at the IOC that (1) considered an athlete playing on a semi-pro sport as being a professional athlete, (2) that playing baseball must have been confused with track and field since baseball is played on a field, players do run and they do throw an object, (3) that the decision stunk when it was made and to rescind it not because Jim Thorpe deserved his medals but because it made allowing pros compete a little more palatable.

BTW, I love football but, to me, baseball is still and always will be America's game.

Ahh. I understand and agree. And my wife totally agrees with you about baseball! :)

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I totally agree.

While my national pride first swelled at the thought of the 'Dream Team' of Jordan, Magic, Bird et al, a slow realization came that the Olympics would never be quite the same.

The fact that the Olympics no longer require athletes to be true amateurs, has in my mind, tarnished the luster of what was the original intent.

As for Jim Thorpe, he has been a hero of mine since I first watched his movie (in black & white) when I was about 9 years old. He was such an amazing man, who overcame so many hardships, that I think it should be required viewing for kids at some point in school. :thumbup:

Today's paper has an article of how polluted the water (and even sand) is in Rio and it's sad at how corrupt the whole selection process is....which is the only reason they could have ever chosen this venue in the first place. :(

Oh no!!!! Anything but that.

As far as I'm concerned, the Olympics was ruined when they allowed professional athletes to compete. We will never have another Miracle on Ice moment again. Now it's no different from professional sports that we see every day.

I completely lost interest when it turned pro.

The Bryan brothers pulled out of men's doubles. Not much hope for men's tennis left for a medal. Go ladies!

That came about because countries such as the Soviets entered athletes that there job was being an athlete. That was their occupation and they were considered an amateur playing against our amateurs that had to work a regular job and were true amateurs.