I just saw this on Boing Boing and had to comment about the unmitigated gall displayed by the International Olympic Committee’s latest example of what surely has to be severe brain damage.

Well the 2008 Summer Olympics is done with and the medal counts are in. The US leads the overall count with 110 medals but China leads the Gold count with over 50.

I was watching some of the Olympic coverage tonight and caught the part where they were talking about the age requirements for competitors was that they had to be 16 years old for the calendar year of the Olympics. The question was raised because of some of the Chinese “womens” gymnastics team that looked [...]

I was watching last night when Michael Phelps won his first gold for the ‘08 Olympics and not only is this guy a really impressive swimmer, he’s apparently got a real shot at another 6 or 7 gold medals. Shades of Mark Spitz.

With the Olympics being in China this time around there’s more attention finally being given to China and some of the ways they’re doing things are getting a little more press than usual. It’s long overdue and still not enough.