A note to Olympians worldwide: Be careful what you Tweet, because it could get you disqualified from the Olympic Games. In under a week, two athletes have already been expelled from their country's teams for discriminatory comments made on their Twitter accounts.

The London Olympic opening ceremony was a grand spectacle. Directed by popular British director, Danny Boyle, the multi-hour extravaganza included more than one memorable concept:

With less than four months until the general election, competition heats up between President Barrack Obama and GOP candidate, Mitt Romney. Meaning, swing states’ votes will be hot commodities come November.

Today’s world news round-up. An independent breakdown of notable global developments in a news update.

S.Korea activists seek UN 'China torture' probe - Agence France Presse

The graphics team at the New York Times has outdone itself with this interesting way of visualizing the current drought plaguing vast portions of the United States. Here in the office, we can't even remember the last time it rained. Granted, we are in San Diego...so that is expected.

A political billboard comparing President Obama to the Colorado movie theater shooter is causing outrage in Iowa.

It shows side by side pictures of the suspected Colorado shooter and President Obama, in mid-laugh. It reads: "Kills 12 in movie theater with assault rifle, everyone freaks out. Kills thousands with his foreign policy, wins Nobel Peace Prize."

If you love both the Olympics and Politics, then this might be the quiz for you. Chapter 5 of the Olympic charter says, 'No kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in the Olympic areas.' But somehow, politics historically have a way of entering the games.

The San Jose Mercury News put together this 10 question quiz to test your knowledge on the history of politics and the Olympics.

While watching the news from Spain, I wonder what it would be like to live there now during the global depression and ongoing class war. Or Greece.  Or Iceland, or Italy, or Portugal, or any other country threatened with what I call “national devaluation.”  I would be angry.