Looks like they finished the fish tank..

[Starseeker]

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=ap-swm-beijing-watercube&prov=ap&type=lgns

It's kinda nice to look at, but I wouldn't want to be the one cleaning that. For a frugal society, they sure like to build flashy things.

 

[generalissimofurioso]

... For a frugal society, they sure like to build flashy things.

That's because they're trying to get us to forget that it's China AKA The place where that guy stood in front of the tanks.

So while we're all busy gawking at the fancy swimmin' pool, they're going to shuttle all of their political dissidents into the acid mines.