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I feel like I’m reading the secret journal of a young Niagara Bill Kardashian here. What’s this all about? What’s got you all turnt up here my friend?

Most folks go through life without a problem with their neighbors or other members of society. We don’t have rioting or fights on very street corner. Most men aren’t out abusing women, most women aren’t dumping their children in dumpsters. Unfortunately, stories of most folks getting along for decades at a time don’t help to move a product that some people are trying to sell.

Members of the media, with informants far and wide, and investigate skills to rival the best law enforcement officials of our time….had no idea that roughly 1 in 2 COVID patients were not in for COVID treatment at all. No insiders? No whistleblowers? No deep dives into one of the most incredible stories of our time? That seems preposterous. I see one of two scenarios here: 1. Abject systemic top-down incompetence; 2. Complicity in propagating the story when it made sense for them to do so;

Gee…it’s like suddenly, in the January before the midterms, things that simple folk already knew were worth discussing suddenly are worth talking about. The CDC has more variants than the COVIDS.

Cole Beasley wasn’t the problem. He’s just a guy with a voice who chose to use it. I really have seen zero pushback from his teammates that indicate he was persona non grata. I have seen lots of people on the board with feedback ranging from support of Beasley to support of people who booed him. The vitriol came from that crowd. What struck me as weird was as the season ended, it seemed to me the tone changed from some folks being up in arms about Beasley and the health and safety of fellow man to hand wringing about the availability of a gladiator(s) to perform in the Coliseum on any given Sunday.

Sounds like Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite taking about throwing a ball over mountains, if Uncle Rico was 98 years old in the movie.

That goes both ways though. The folks upset about the Redskins name for decades. Lots of smoke, very little fire. The initiative to change the name went on for a very long time, had virtually no impact on the success of the franchise. Had the Skins remained the Skins, those folks would still be watching.

You’re correct here. Liz Warren and Amy Klobuchar, among others, complained about election security prior to the elections. I have the test run as Russiagate. It was incredibly successful for the Ds, so successful in fact that in spite of Mueller finding nahzink, Ds in this country bought it hook line and sinker.

Tentatively confirmed, though my investigation is ongoing.

You’re focusing on politics, and I disagree that many of these issues are political. Be that as it may, you’re viewing this through the wrong lens. When issues become large enough to reduce the inherent value of what amounts to entertainment, it’s no longer enjoyable.

That seems reasonable, though some people prefer to complain, unsubscribe, discontinue attending games or stop watching. There’s nothing inherently wrong with that.

I think it’s incumbent on reasonable people to infer “I think…” was the unwritten or unspoken part of a declaration like the one GB made. It really doesn’t even matter if he would object to that thought process, I’m only responsible for me here. I acknowledged that I understood people might see things differently partly because of the art of civility, partly because it’s obvious people will.

Real nice. I already acknowledged I wasn’t part of the political party that advocates soccer knife fights, post-match-pig-stickers. Now what do I do? I feel cheated. Convinced? No.

Bill, I think you’re one of the best posters on the board and there are many good ones here. I think many social issues are simply misidentified as political. I also think some people just don’t want to be burdened by social issues during what they perceive as an entertainment event. DJT inserting himself into the kneeling controversy…political. Kathy Hochul pimping for a Bills stadium in WNY…political. Lobbying by the NFL or NFLPA, tax status etc, political. Personally, I don’t see military flyovers, or military appreciation day as political. As for folks terminating a subscription to The Athletic because it’s owned by NYT, well, people vote with their checkbooks all day long. Sometimes those decisions are in conflict with other deeply held personal beliefs. People are complicated.

In the original thread, you mentioned the political aspects of an anti-knife fight initiative (words I honestly never thought I would hear affiliated with a sports league), the new combine guidelines, and one other. Having done absolutely no research on my own, I’m wondering why you would see these as political? Were they initiatives started at the legislative level, championed by political leaders etc? I’m personally struggling with the political aspects of “don’t stab yer neighbors, men”. I do not disagree with your fundamental premise of the intersection of politics v sports, btw. I do think that some folks tend to conflate social issues with political issues where sports are concerned.

Holy cow. With 9 months to prepare a statement since the tragic death of this officer, the governor of Massachusetts used him as a political prop for taking points on the January 6 riot ? What an incredible lack of respect for the man and his family. Several of us (liberals excluded) have remarked about the injuries, death, and destruction of the many, many riots that besieged this county prior to 1/6. My contention has been that members of government see themselves as above all that, maybe even as royalty with lives more valuable than that of the average citizen. This sort of proves the point, where the disposable people can be used as they see fit. When the narrative doesn’t fit, they just bend the facts. All the dead and injured across the county and this idiot can’t tell one from another.

Indeed.

So 3 walked out, and 3 were pseudo-scabs? Someone sent me this photo from the actual picket line. Looks tense...maybe the caffeine?

Attacking you? Don't be so soft. I'm educating you, virtually, in the modern age. It's all the rage.

My goodness you've got more positions than the kama sutra! Karl's a bad guy. Oh wait Karl's a good guy. Oh wait Karl's part of the cult. Oh wait Karl's part of the deep state. 🤡

You think the rioters on 1/6 are disciples of Karl Rove?

Classic—Now the libs are touting Karl freaking Rove as a beacon of truth and honesty. 🤣 The guy who was a key advisor to the president accused of fabricating a war, lying about wmds, and sending young men and women to their deaths for oil. The top adviser to W the Bush, key ally to Dick Cheney, father of establishment poli Liz Cheney, the current reigning best R ever. It’s fascinating the way the liberal narrative changed once war crime W Bush became kindly old Gumpy Bush, painter of paintings and close friend to Barrack, Michelle, Will and Hill. Suddenly, as if by magic, the war for oil never happened. Next hero to the liberal left…Donald Rumsfeld!

I just caught some coverage on the Today show this morning. They had a congressman on who is a former Army Ranger who described the scene as something reminiscent of his days in Afghanistan. I believe he’s a Democrat, but they didn’t say. Putting aside the comparison to Afghanistan, as he described the events and the terror of his fellow congresspeople, I can imagine the fear some of them surely felt. A quick glance at those in the room revealed an average age of maybe 60, quite a few a bit long in the waist, and probably not ready for any sustained physical activity. Thankfully, the lines held though I still wonder how a bunch of knuckle dragging rioters in giant horns were able to overrun the Capitol in 15 minutes. I support the arrest of individuals guilty of a crime, due process and appropriate prison terms. Still, I watched scenes like that unfold in cities and communities across the nation last year that resulted in terror, destruction, and assault on the law enforcement community week after week. Fires raged. People were injured. People died. It really was a cottage industry, certainly seemed organized and supported in many cases by some of the same politicians who were at the Capitol that day. I wonder if the people injured, terrorized and who lost loved ones would have prayed for an armed and trained police force, bulletproof glass, and federal law enforcement with an unlimited budget to seek accountability and “at any level” as described by the DOJ. The irony. The irony.

#wildchild #magicmupprooms There’s a cautionary tale here somewhere between doing mushrooms and going to see a Disney flick, but who am I to say?