First record warmth.. and now this: Fog envelops Sochi..

Yes America sucks in Sochi. And Drudge is there to rub it in..

Showing he still has it to pick the best photos with headlines..

There are ups and downs in these games..

But boy are we bad this year.

A Sochi moment in time..

The Olympics standings right now, numbers as of February 16 2014 at 3:30 PM

You do what you got to do: A bobsledder from team USA, locked in a bathroom, does what he can to break out.. And then he tweeted the damages he made to the world..

This is how Russia opens the Olympics: With a failed light..

Hey world.. you’re on Vladimir Putin’s terms now…

There are reports that Vlad the Implaler’s girlfriend, Alina Kabaeva, may light the torch..

And perhaps later light the fire..

AP: Welcome world, where are you?

Apparently no one except Russians are at the Olympics.. So reports the AP:

So far, though, it seems like the only spectators milling about are Russian.

Dina Kobolenko is waiting for you at her tourist information stand near the Sochi train station, armed with maps of this subtropical resort on the Black Sea. She says that as of two days before the Games, she’d seen only a single foreigner - a South Korean. They couldn’t understand each other, though, so had to communicate in sign language.

Another part of the AP dispatch:

A train traveling between Olympic sites and downtown Sochi cheerily announces to visitors in English: “We wish you a pleasant journey!” But on a recent ride, its seats were half empty. And a sweep through four train cars found … not a single foreign fan.

AP: Welcome world, where are you?

What a creepy thing to see when you get to your Sochi hotel room. Sure, no light bulbs and the water is brown, but the dear leader is watching you from the table.. So weird.

Wealth of Issues Face 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Athletes, Fans and Journalists

Rooms are missing things. Like light bulbs and shower curtains.
Water is yellow.
But condoms have been handed out.
Only the important things..

Also something about Sochi: Extreme poverty and horrid conditions. What troubles me is how so many are mocking the blight and plight in Sochi.. While it may be ‘beneath them’ it is a reality for the residents of Sochi…

Wealth of Issues Face 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Athletes, Fans and Journalists

Some more weird stuff going on in Sochi.. First the toilets, then the warnings over water, and now this: Olympic village may have enough condoms but reports indicate they don’t have enough pillows.. .. It is so bad, residents have been told to surrender theirs..

Journalists at Sochi are live-tweeting their hilarious and gross hotel experiences

The tweets sound pretty gross .. There was also a warning to some in a hotel not to wash faces with water.
Boy it sure sounds like people covering his year’s winter games got the short end of the reporting stick in Sochi..

Journalists at Sochi are live-tweeting their hilarious and gross hotel experiences

The best way to get to know someone at the Olympics: Go to the bathroom right next to them.

The photo of the twin toilets is causing a stir. NPR reports..

Europeans on alert after Olympic athletes in Sochi receive terror warnings

Europeans on alert after Olympic athletes in Sochi receive terror warnings

A crumbling Sochi hides behind Olympic facades

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — A shining new $635 million highway on the outskirts of Sochi stands next to a crumbling apartment block with a red “SOS!” banner on its roof.

This is expected, but interesting. Snooze media sources will be informing us of glory and wonder in Sochi for a few weeks.. But we will most likely not hear of what this AP article describes.  The crumbling and desperate city of Sochi, being blinded by the bright light of the world’s attention for two weeks. 

A crumbling Sochi hides behind Olympic facades

Olympics terror dragnet: Russia hunts as many as four 'black widows'

We posted the breaking news from CNN ealier that U.S. military will have up to two warships and several large transport aircraft on standby under a contingency plan to help evacuate American officials and athletes during the Sochi Olympics if ordered.. 

Now we see why. The black widows..

Olympics terror dragnet: Russia hunts as many as four 'black widows'