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I really don't see the similarities. The housing market crash was a perfect storm of bad incentives, loose lending, and the revival of arcane derivatives known as credit default swaps. There was rampant fraud in the mortgage industry on top of no standards for sub prime lending. Mortgage originators didn't care about the quality of the paper they wrote as they had larger regional banks ready to buy anything they had to offer who similarly didn't care because Fannie and Freddie accepted everything without question. Fannie and Freddie didn't care because they were doing their American duty in growing the American economy (more houses means more consumption of other goods) and they were just going to slice and dice the mortgages up into CMOs and sell them all to some moron in Germany. Making matters worse, AIG guaranteed all of these dog**** CMOs 10x, 100x, and 1,000x over since they were so confident none would fail. Easy money to collect your monthly fees. AIG was guaranteeing something like $440 billion in CMOS. Distressed business loans seemingly have some actual lending practices adhered to. I am not an expert on distressed debt but I don't think lenders have a CLO end-buyer who is as gullible and inept as our favorite GSEs Fannie and Freddie. Again not an expert, but I from what I understand no one in their right mind is writing Credit Default Swaps after 2008. K-9 is right. Michael Burry among others was highlighted in The Big Short after convincing AIG and banks to offer him CDSs (these products were not available at the time) and made a killing. The bad news is that unless you're an institutional investor with certain licenses these securities are not available to you. You can short the banks I guess.

While Elvis invented rap as everybody knows, the black community really drove the direction and advancement of rap until Vanilla Ice entered the scene and made the genre completely uncool for a number of years. DMX and his provocative barking ultimately revived rap music as a legitimate art form in 1998 but it has been all down hill from there. Cole Beasley is also a rapper and confessed person who loves to rap. The more you know.

I would argue chicken wings are enough of a contribution to the world but being known for civil justice reform would be a nice runner up!

I would link directly to the WaPo but the article is now behind a paywall and I don't subscribe. https://thesocietypages.org/toolbox/police-killing-of-blacks/ Some discussion on the rate of unarmed deaths. 5% looks like a low number but its 1 in 20 individuals. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6080222/ Maybe the issue isn't systemic or nationwide, but it certainly looks like Minneapolis has a problem. https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/06/03/minneapolis-police-are-7-times-more-likely-to-use-force-against-black-people/#7c8cdafb1321 All the stats I've seen over the years are consistent and point to materially higher rates of shootings and fatalities. I disagree with the assertion of negligible differences. One major grey area is situation and relevant facts as detailed in the "Is this the right comparison?" paragraphs. We also have no statistics in how many times a routine traffic stop results in an arrest or jaywalking like the video from Tulsa. We do have lots of anecdotal evidence and together with the raw data it tells a consistent story. Make your own conclusions.

The white man simply cannot catch a break in this country. But we shall overcome! There's no shortage of ignorance and racism out there and its hardly the exclusive domain of white America. But there is a stark difference in the effects of racism in America, generally speaking. While us low-melanin Americans are subject to inflammatory posts on social media lumping us all in with supremacists and Klansman and a host of accusations which upset and offend racism manifests itself as loss of opportunity, jobs, income, housing, and life for other members of society.

Sometimes it does. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/officer-who-accused-mcdonald-s-workers-taking-bite-his-sandwich-n1035796 Case closed.

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/episodes/football Both podcasts are interesting but the Ghosts of Football Future touches on the decline in interest among the younger generation. E-Sports/video games is pointed to again and again as a leading cause of waning participation by youth coaches. There are more options for entertainment today. Less kids playing football and other sports means less interest in the pro game.

Looks like the fastest way to get removed from the police force isn't through misconduct, its through blowing the whistle on another officer's misconduct.

I think we should still count the 80s and OJ's contribution to cinema.

Name ONE political Rage Against the Machine song. Just one.

Right on Scott! Politics has no place in music!

What do you do for a living?

Says the guy who makes things personal with me and then gets butthurt when I respond? Your victim act is old. If you're getting off on this I demand financial compensation!

No one is dismissing the importance of the flag and I have NEVER said the flag is a symbol of injustice. This is a strawman argument created by you to prove god knows what. Its a similar strawman that was used to dismiss Kaepernick. If you can label his protest "disrespectful to the flag" it can be summarily dismissed. Good luck proving the act of kneeling during the anthem is inherently disrespectful to the flag. And its not just the typo. Its the whole semantics of your statement. What is the "it" in your opening sentence because if its the same "it" as in the post you quoted, you're referring to the talking point of "disrespecting the flag" which makes no sense. If the "it" is the flag, then your post still makes no sense. To summarize, you have a total non-sequitur, a strawman, and a conclusion of a double standard on someone's part. Pure gibberish.

It proves about as much as this gibberish: I've read this 30 times and it still makes no sense. At least it was funny before you edited "simple" to "symbol".

Nice cop out, Bill. Why don't you stick to crusading about defensive backs and diagnosing strangers with mental illness for having the audacity to protest. Here are some original thoughts for you: "I support the flag", "I support our police", and "I support the troops". I bet that gives you a semi. Drink it up, Bill. Drink it up!

Everyone has the right to be wildly incorrect. I don't know why so many choose to exercise it. You're welcome to argue why kneeling during the anthem is inherently disrespectful. You're welcome to argue Kaepernick's intent was to disrespect the flag. You're welcome to argue why the Green Beret who recommended kneeling as a respectful form of protest is wrong and hates America and all that it stands for but you won't be anymore successful than all of the people who tried the same in this thread.

Shut up and dribble! I don't think anyone should be commenting on things outside of their sphere. Athletes and sportswriters should stick to sports. Drs should stick to medicine. Scientists should stick to whatever it is they do or "science". The only people who should voice opinions on politics and participate in our democracy are politicians.

"Respecting the flag" continues to be an empty talking point which was invented and used to avoid uncomfortable discussion for the actual reasons of Kaepernick's protest.

I don't think you could have been more off base if you tried. Comparing OJ's HoF bust to statues commemorating confederate generals or slave traders is asinine, for starters. OJ isn't a symbol of oppression and institutional racism. Hes a football player who allegedly murdered 2 people in a jealous rage. The OJ Simpson trial was racially charged from the start following the Rodney King beating, the acquittal of 2 of the 3 officers involved, and the subsequent riots in LA. The not guilty verdict for OJ was viewed as a win by many Americans after what they viewed as a miscarriage of justice in the King trial. To this day, opinions on OJ's innocence differ significantly between black and white Americans, albeit not nearly as much as in 1995. https://fivethirtyeight.com/videos/most-black-people-now-think-oj-simpson-was-guilty/ Using the George Floyd protests as an opportunity to remove OJ from the wall of fame and hall of fame in the name of justice is just dumb.

https://www.tmz.com/2020/06/07/missouri-cop-hits-man-unmarked-car-detain-police-brutality-doorbell-cam/ Here's another video the media is just starting to circulate. This incident took place about 5 miles from Fergusion, MO. The suspect only suffered an ankle injury surprisingly enough. More liberal protests are likely.

Are you suggesting Fromm should run for president?

People assume all personnel moves are driven by culture now. The simple math of having a strong roster is there will be annual churn.

Drew Brees has cultivated the image of an awesome stand up guy through first class public relations work. Celebrities are no different than you or I. Just because we watch them every Sunday does not mean we know them at all. It had nothing to do about culture fit. Buffalo did not want to pay them what they were getting in the FA market. I don't think either player will be missed much with Addison in the lineup and Oliver/Phillips taking more snaps.

They lasted nine months. Thousands of injuries, thousands of arrests, allegations that the police were kidnapping and murdering protesters. You had mobs of pro-government anti-protesters who were allegedly Triads, cops in plain clothes, and paid thugs assaulting the protesters. It was basically a pitched battle in the streets between civilians and cops at points which is why there was international outrage and condemnation from the way China handled the protest. I would encourage you to revisit https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-timeline/timeline-key-dates-in-hong-kongs-anti-government-protests-idUSKBN1XL0N3 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/28/world/asia/hong-kong-protest-photos.html