The Rio Farce, Day 1: Late-morning PDT updates...

• A military bullet was fired, and the idiot who fired it wasn't responsible enough with his shot.  The bullet went into an equestrian media tent and missed a New Zealand equestrian official by maybe six feet.  There is a military base adjacent to the tent. (Inside the Games)
• The cycling road race for the men, in progress (about 20km to go as I type) has been marred by a controlled explosion of a suspicious package at the finish line.
• Declan Hill tweets this ominous report regarding the women's soccer tournament, inferring Asian match-fixers have infiltrated the teams:

#RioOlympics2016 Sigh. Heard from the Asian boys that they targeted some of the women’s Olympic football teams. Nothing done. Sigh.

— Declan Hill (@declan_hill) August 6, 2016

• Many in social media find great irony that the first American gold medal in these Games was won with a gun.  Ginny Thrasher won the first gold medal of the Games in shooting.
• Also on social media:  Many of us watching the men's road race would like to see some of the idiots running near the competition get punched out or run over.  (I'll take "punched out".)
• And DO NOT WATCH at least one men's gymnastics moment from today:  In the USA qualification group, a French vaulter snapped his leg hard.  I'm just reading this on Twitter and wincing.  Look away from this one.