As the impending public relations nightmare from the fallout of #BidenBowingOut plagues the International Olympic Commitee (IOC) and the integrity and authenticity of the opening ceremony of the Summer games in Paris, corruption and misappropriation will be the headliners of what could be a forgettable two weeks of competition.
While LeBron James will lead the US team into the glimmering stadium along the ancient Gaul floodplains of the Seine River, the IOC has opted to field their own squadron of mental gymnastics of apparent athletic adroitness to participate in the pageantry of a nuclear dystopian super megaproject representing a farce of global unification event. They will have their presence known as they field their flags and status walking the ceremonial lap on what was once an iconic stage on what began as an honor and has since decayed to a farce in the wake of NBC pay-to-play viewing options featuring such newly released events as “Textured Bonsai”, “Festive Urban Strolling”, and “gender identification synchronized swimming”.
Even with the onset of alternative competitive experimentation based on inclusion rather than excellence, the fiscal chaos surrounding the astronomical costs and proceeding an Olympics fails the commonsense test on all levels, disciplines, and metrics.
Similar to the sordid bankroll and ledger of previous games, a projected $10 billion in costs ballooned to $30 billion, and the price of European Union (EU) onesie awarded to each dignitary entering into the aesthetically pleasing, yet fatally flawed construction of an arena built by the across the Atlantic equivalent to teamsters has now surpassed the GDP of the Belgian Congo. Yes, assorted members of the Russian mob will enjoy a brief holiday in the city of Lights, and future considerations will be negotiated to reverse the Britney Griner trade for a player to be named later, as “Doctor Blowtorch and Duct Tape” will soon ascend from the catacombs of a Chernobyl penal gulag and commiserate the Olive branch of justice and liberty between the East and the West.
With Biden verbally confirming that he is exercising a long-overdue retirement from a six-decade career of politics and yielding to underwhelming candidates on the Democratic presidential ballot, will the demagogue forgo the flight to Charles de Gaulle international airport to spend time with his cohort Vladimir Putin at a serene Swiss lakefront chalet, or will the blabbering politician attempt to usurp notoriety King James as a storyline within the storyline? Kamala Harris and IOC want to know.
As the procession of the minions of the new world order disguised as athletes and diplomats are released onto the controversial tarmac of the oval raceway within La Défense Arena to the Northwest of Paris, the distraction of a farce of a pathetic attempt at goodwill should at least steal the 15-second attention span of the masses as the countdown to November hastens.
Other than the typical scandals surrounding an Olympics which do not cross the threshold of fraud, alleged doping and disqualification, or rampant transgressions not contained within the fervid rumor grounds of the “Village” athletic dormitories infamous for the decadently amorous, the influence of TikTok, AI and other bot-spawned platforms unleashed by a collective effort between the Albanians, Chinese and North Koreans are all on the near horizon. This phenomenon includes legions of influencers brainwashed by dreams of grandeur and relevancy fueled by instant gratification.
The political exorcism of Biden trends virally, yet the volatility of the French state is still attempting to frantically tread water from the phasing out of nuclear power plants and reliance on alternative energies, and the caustic side effects from the yellow vest movement in hampering the ability of the average person to experience vehicular mobility. While these two issues linger, the smartphones and cameras will be aimed at Paris in yet another onset of procedural insanity celebrating the ability to take up space and pilfer billions of dollars for nefarious and selfish purposes.
If only Team LeBron and USA’s men’s basketball team could remotely qualify as palatable, before their obligatory invite to the White House offering their heartfelt condolences to Biden and his handlers.