russia and georgia go for the gold

as you've probably guessed, the main destabilization planned to occur during the worldwide distraction event in beijing is the russian/georgian conflict. without the media cover of something on the scale of the olympics, it's much harder to keep this kind of thing on the back burner. and that's where it needs to be for a little longer, while it continues to simmer, building pressure.

the final result, as the tv networks have already started hyping, will be the return of the russians to superpower status. once obama is sworn in next january (spoiler alert; oops, too late, lol), the u.s. will be stepping down as global aggressor and wildcard. it's another character's turn to play the heavy in next season's episodes.

but don't worry about that. just keep watching to see if your favorite "athletes" will medal in beijing. (here's an insider tip: watch what happens with jessica zelinka.)