A lighthearted look at news of the day
Employees at Lego worked 2,500 hours to build an exact model of Rio de Janeiro in honor of the Olympic games. The problem was, when the athletes saw it they reportedly asked if they could move to the Lego apartments, instead.
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The Lego Rio is impressive, but to live there you have to have a rounded head, and Jamaica’s Usain Bolt has to be stuck to the track. Despite this, the word among those who live there is that “everything is awesome!”
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The Olympic diving pool turned a murky green during competition last week. No reason to worry, said the same Olympic officials who decided Russian athletes were drug-free.
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Some Rio officials blamed the green pool water on running out of some chemicals, most likely disinfectants. Others said it was an algae bloom, similar to what is infesting Utah Lake. Still others said it was due to a sudden change in alkalinity, whatever that means. All were unanimous in saying it wasn’t harmful, and that there was little reason to worry about any of the large, ravenous sea creatures lurking below.
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Hey, money doesn’t grow on trees. You can’t have both flushing toilets at athletes’ housing and chemicals in the pool. And let’s hope that’s the only time those two things are ever in the same sentence.
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Here in Utah, a lot of politicians are angry with Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams for not “liking” their plan to lure a Facebook data center to West Jordan. McAdams insists, “It’s complicated.”
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The new Facebook data center plan is dubbed “Project Discus.” Add another “s” on the end and we can talk about it.
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America is a great country. I mean, where else could an unknown 40-year-old bald guy from Provo mention he wants to run for president and suddenly gain thousands of Twitter followers?
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Evan McMullin captured the imagination of a lot of disgruntled voters last week with his last-minute decision to run. People were even more excited to learn he could speak in complete sentences.
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McMullin has a huge hurdle ahead of him. According to election rules, he has to get at least 10 percent support before Donald Trump will make up an insulting nickname for him.
Employees at Lego worked 2,500 hours to build an exact model of Rio de Janeiro in honor of the Olympic games. The problem was, when the athletes saw it they reportedly asked if they could move to the Lego apartments, instead.
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The Lego Rio is impressive, but to live there you have to have a rounded head, and Jamaica’s Usain Bolt has to be stuck to the track. Despite this, the word among those who live there is that “everything is awesome!”
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The Olympic diving pool turned a murky green during competition last week. No reason to worry, said the same Olympic officials who decided Russian athletes were drug-free.
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Some Rio officials blamed the green pool water on running out of some chemicals, most likely disinfectants. Others said it was an algae bloom, similar to what is infesting Utah Lake. Still others said it was due to a sudden change in alkalinity, whatever that means. All were unanimous in saying it wasn’t harmful, and that there was little reason to worry about any of the large, ravenous sea creatures lurking below.
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Hey, money doesn’t grow on trees. You can’t have both flushing toilets at athletes’ housing and chemicals in the pool. And let’s hope that’s the only time those two things are ever in the same sentence.
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Here in Utah, a lot of politicians are angry with Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams for not “liking” their plan to lure a Facebook data center to West Jordan. McAdams insists, “It’s complicated.”
---
The new Facebook data center plan is dubbed “Project Discus.” Add another “s” on the end and we can talk about it.
---
America is a great country. I mean, where else could an unknown 40-year-old bald guy from Provo mention he wants to run for president and suddenly gain thousands of Twitter followers?
---
Evan McMullin captured the imagination of a lot of disgruntled voters last week with his last-minute decision to run. People were even more excited to learn he could speak in complete sentences.
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McMullin has a huge hurdle ahead of him. According to election rules, he has to get at least 10 percent support before Donald Trump will make up an insulting nickname for him.
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