Colin Kaepernick: The NFL's Newest Blithering Idiot [CBD]

CDR M touched on this last night, but there is nothing like pouring it on when the target is this easy to hit!

I don't know who Clay Travis is, because I don't follow football much, and don't much like it either. But I like this Davis fellow, who sounds suspiciously like a Moron, in the good way. Here he claims that Colin Kaepernick Is an Idiot, and backs it up with some pretty damning analysis.

Once you make the decision to enter the marketplace of ideas, in my opinion, you're obligated to put forward a coherent reason for your decision-making if you want to be taken seriously. Otherwise, I can feel free, thanks to this same first amendment that you're using to gain attention, to pronounce you an daft prima donna whose football talents have so deteriorated you aren't even capable of beating out Blaine freaking Gabbert to be quarterback. As if that weren't enough I can also say that based on your Twitter feed you look like a lost and psychologically unstable individual.

Kaepernick is the latest in a series of high-profile athletes/entertainers/trained monkeys who are under the mistaken impression that the number of followers they have on Twitter or Instagram is somehow correlated with their intelligence and their ability to provide insightful comments on a whole range of topics outside of their incredibly narrow areas of expertise.

If I want to learn how to cry on command or look pensively off into the distance or take steroids to bulk up for an important event or lip sync an entire concert or throw a ~~tight spiral~~ wobbling wounded duck, I will, absolutely, contact Brad Pitt or Meryl Streep or Madonna or Matt Damon or Colin Kaepernick.

But for political or cultural analysis I think that sticking with the far less attractive but far better informed among us is probably a good idea. And who would those people be? Judging by the blather coming out of our most famous among us, it will probably be a step up if I go to the nearest middle school and ask the kid who is reading in the library and doesn't have paste crumbs on his chin.

And speaking of injustice.....

Kaep’s Nike shoe collection made by oppressed Chinese people. pic.twitter.com/e4skoDxwXy
— Busted Coverage (@bustedcoverage) August 27, 2016

Posted by: Open Blogger at 12:00 PM

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1 I always find it amusing when multimillionaires whine about oppression.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 28, 2016 12:02 PM (0mRoj)

2 I hate this douchebag guy but I love Nikes.

Posted by: L, Elle at August 28, 2016 12:03 PM (6IPEM)

3 He's bucking for a Section 8....and when he gets it, he'll sue rayyyycissssst.

Posted by: torabora at August 28, 2016 12:04 PM (w6e89)

4 Thanks Cap!

Posted by: Jay Cutler at August 28, 2016 12:04 PM (fWLrt)

5 Thanks Cap.

Posted by: Ryan Lochte at August 28, 2016 12:04 PM (fWLrt)

6 Thanks Cap!!

Posted by: Michael Vick at August 28, 2016 12:06 PM (fWLrt)

7 What was he trying to prove by sitting all last season?

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2016 12:06 PM (vRQJG)

8 Charles Barkley:

My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich people. Then I reminded them, 'Hey, I'm rich.'

I'm not a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids.

I think anybody who is racist is an idiot whether they are black or white.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 28, 2016 12:07 PM (bQxkN)

9 I am reminded of the recent observation that feigning outrage in the absence of supporting facts, or in opposition to them, is a requirement to be in the morally superior crowd.

Posted by: Richard Aubrey at August 28, 2016 12:07 PM (lePNR)

10 I'm really jealous about his shoe collection.

Posted by: L, Elle at August 28, 2016 12:07 PM (6IPEM)

11 Hey Colin, trying to steal Steve Martin's role in The Jerk?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 28, 2016 12:08 PM (Y2VBD)

12 Jock sniffing never ends well. These people are dumber than weevils.

So a newly converted Muslim hates America. What else is new?

Posted by: TexasJew at August 28, 2016 12:08 PM (N7G17)

13 Posted by: Ignoramus at August 28, 2016 12:07 PM (bQxkN)
*****
I love Charles Barkley. Thanks for the quotes.

Posted by: L, Elle at August 28, 2016 12:11 PM (6IPEM)

14 Kaeprs new hobby is Islam that he picked up over the off season. That means anyone outside of the club is oppressive.

Posted by: Drider at August 28, 2016 12:12 PM (6Xbsz)

15 Trying to protect his paycheck by starting a racial controversy?

Posted by: Not Enough Spit to Spitball at August 28, 2016 12:12 PM (xF0zd)

16 Maybe tearducts should erase some of his pro-America tats. 60 grit sandpaper works fine.

Posted by: Roy at August 28, 2016 12:12 PM (fWLrt)

17 When the heat gets too hot...

Concussions!!!!

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at August 28, 2016 12:13 PM (4ng05)

18 What was he trying to prove by sitting all last season?

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2016 12:06 PM (vRQJG)

Reason #29,978 why this is the best place on the internet.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 28, 2016 12:14 PM (Zu3d9)

19 Can't fix stupid

Although our government has proved you can house and feed it.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 28, 2016 12:14 PM (89T5c)

20 16 Maybe tearducts should erase some of his pro-America tats. 60 grit sandpaper works fine.
Posted by: Roy at August 28, 2016 12:12 PM (fWLrt)

Cheese slicer.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 28, 2016 12:14 PM (0mRoj)

21

You're only posting this crap because he is a strong black man and THAT upsets your white cis-gender privilege. You all are hatefull racist homophobic xenophobic bigots who hate women and minorities....you all deserve to be in death camps when the revolution comes...

Posted by: Pasty White Social Justice Warrior rehearsing in the CNN Green Room at August 28, 2016 12:14 PM (DmY9b)

22 I see lots of reference all across the inter webs about Krapperdick's sudden alignment with the religion of Butt Waggling.

But does anyone have a solid link to anything that would be beyond gossip?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 28, 2016 12:15 PM (ptqRm)

23 As I said in the morning links, he forgets that football IS an entertainment industry and it doesn't pay to insult your fans. Like the Dixie Chicks, he will find out the hard way.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 28, 2016 12:15 PM (mpXpK)

24 ...just another reason why I've soured on pro-athletes and other entertainers in general. Frank Zappa once said (and recorded an album) titled, Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar. Whiny malcontents like CK would do well to take that advice.

Posted by: billygoat at August 28, 2016 12:16 PM (wcSGs)

25 Islam.

Suddenly the picture comes into stark focus.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at August 28, 2016 12:16 PM (4ng05)

26 Turns out he converted to Islam over the summer at the urging of his BLM activist girlfriend, Nessa Diab.

Posted by: Star Tripper at August 28, 2016 12:16 PM (o4lhE)

27 25 Islam.

Suddenly the picture comes into stark focus.
Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at August 28, 2016 12:16 PM (4ng05)

Indeed. Very black and white, you might say.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 28, 2016 12:17 PM (0mRoj)

28 You're only posting this crap because he is a strong black man and THAT upsets your white cis-gender privilege. You all are hatefull racist homophobic xenophobic bigots who hate women and minorities....you all deserve to be in death camps when the revolution comes...
Posted by: Pasty White Social Justice Warrior rehearsing in the CNN Green Room at August 28, 2016 12:14 PM (DmY9b)

May need a bit more polish, but I must say; that is very, very good, for a first attempt. Very good.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at August 28, 2016 12:18 PM (4ng05)

29 He's a recent Muslim convert. And a rabid BLM supporter, but I repeat myself, BLM = marx = islam. Tripling down on stupid. You guys do know that?

Posted by: GlennDC at August 28, 2016 12:18 PM (YreNt)

30 he hasn't been good at anything since his lead up to that superbowl...afterwards, he couldn't even manage to throw 10 yarders for first downs. it's like he threw walsh's strategy out the window.

...but mostly, if he let's a chick lead him around like a dog, then he's nothing but a dumb dog.

Posted by: concrete girl at August 28, 2016 12:20 PM (nsBp8)

31 This Collin Kappernick fellow doesn't sound very bright at all.

Posted by: Ben Rothlessburger at August 28, 2016 12:20 PM (Pz4pT)

32 26 Turns out he converted to Islam over the summer at the urging of his BLM activist girlfriend, Nessa Diab.
Posted by: Star Tripper at August 28, 2016 12:16 PM (o4lhE)

Women. *shakes head*

Posted by: Insomniac at August 28, 2016 12:21 PM (0mRoj)

33 Was once photographed in an ISIS t shirt

Posted by: @votermom at August 28, 2016 12:21 PM (Om16U)

34 "Turns out he converted to Islam over the summer..."

Posted by: Star Tripper at August 28, 2016 12:16 PM (o4lhE)

I think that is just a rumor, because I have been unable to find anything more than innuendo and guesses..

He doesn't have to be a muslim to be an asshole.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 28, 2016 12:21 PM (Zu3d9)

35 Since his obsession with the Star Spangled Banner started before his so-called "conversion" to the violent ME cult I would say his anti-US feeling had more to do with the conversion than vice-versa.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 28, 2016 12:21 PM (mpXpK)

36 NOBODY looks forward to football season more than I do.....
However, I *swear* that will turn the TV to *anything* other than a 49er's game until ole Colon is gone. I am so fucking tired of these people. It appears that the NFL has a death wish. It is remarkable, really...

Posted by: LA ette, formerly of TX, lakeside lurker at August 28, 2016 12:22 PM (a5OFg)

37 He doesn't have to be a muslim to be an asshole.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 28, 2016 12:21 PM (Zu3d9)

True, but it doesn't hurt.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 28, 2016 12:22 PM (0mRoj)

38 29 He's a recent Muslim convert. And a rabid BLM supporter, but I repeat myself, BLM = marx = islam. Tripling down on stupid. You guys do know that?
Posted by: GlennDC at August 28, 2016 12:18 PM (YreNt)

More like cubing rather than tripling.

Posted by: Fox2! at August 28, 2016 12:22 PM (AX9DP)

39 He's a recent Muslim convert. And a rabid BLM supporter, but I repeat myself, BLM = marx = islam. Tripling down on stupid. You guys do know that?
Posted by: GlennDC at August 28, 2016 12:18 PM (YreNt)

Not even a little.

All I know is, he has more raw talent than anyone else in the game. Yes, more. Than anyone.

And he's a second string has-been at age 29.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 28, 2016 12:23 PM (Pz4pT)

40 Why do we play the National Anthem before every sporting event from grade school through pro? Why isn't it played before every TV radio program, movie, play, etc.?

Posted by: scrood at August 28, 2016 12:24 PM (3b9U4)

41 ...WOW...I just perused his twitter feed...holy $H1T! If I were the 49'ers owner, we'd have a meeting scheduled for...NOW!

Posted by: billygoat at August 28, 2016 12:25 PM (wcSGs)

42 colon who? is this guy sill a thing? he is a never was. should be a distant memory like this mornings turd. eff that guy.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at August 28, 2016 12:25 PM (KP5rU)

43 The new Muslim trend seems to involve very attractive Muslim women forming a relationship/marriage with public figures and turning them into concerts or Dhimmni sympathizers.

They then gaslight their men to committ acts that will either lead to the destruction of their careers and/or lives (via a homicide of infidels)

Posted by: Pepe at August 28, 2016 12:25 PM (5HyS+)

44 40 Why isn't it played before every TV radio program, movie, play, etc.?

Posted by: scrood at August 28, 2016 12:24 PM (3b9U4)

When I was a kid they played it at sign on and sign off of the TV and radio stations. The TV stations never sign off anymore and most of the radio stations don't either.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 28, 2016 12:25 PM (mpXpK)

45

Yeah, and I'm a liberal femi-nazi for watching soccer (which I'm doing now, of course, it's Sunday).

But the NFL thing, as well as college level, hurts more because it's a great American sport and destroyed by these jack holes. Like the NBA. Like so many sports.

I have no taste to watch it anymore, follow the stats, and contribute to them.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 28, 2016 12:26 PM (qCMvj)

46 check his instagram

Posted by: GlennDC at August 28, 2016 12:26 PM (YreNt)

47 I think he's trying to set up an excuse for when he's cut or benched. It's not because he sucks, it's his politics. The man is keeping him down!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 28, 2016 12:26 PM (kTF2Z)

48 Colin Keapernick is a distant relative of Nicholas Copernicus.

Posted by: eleven at August 28, 2016 12:27 PM (qUNWi)

49

ot because I'm about to eat lunch

I heard a blip that Laura Ingraham is the "Clinton stand-n" for Trump's rehearsal debates. LOL, that's pretty good.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 28, 2016 12:27 PM (qCMvj)

50
Turns out he converted to Islam over the summer at the urging of his BLM activist girlfriend, Nessa Diab.

Does Nessa wear a body bag?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 28, 2016 12:27 PM (IqV8l)

51 He should have asked Chris Jackson how not standing helped his NBA career ...

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 28, 2016 12:27 PM (Y2VBD)

52 He spiked the football, right into his own dick.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at August 28, 2016 12:28 PM (v5iqM)

53 And the NFL backs him. Of course, the NFL (as personified by Roger Goodell) is afraid of its own shadow.

But if Kaepernick had said "hey, why isn't Black Lives Matter helping poor blacks in Louisiana whose homes have been destroyed by the storms", I wonder if the NFL's attitude towards him would be the same?

Posted by: OregonMuse at August 28, 2016 12:29 PM (e3H8Y)

54 I don't care about Colin Kapernick. He has a First Amendment right and is free to use it as he deems fit. Even if he is wrong. And all of his critics have a First Amendment right to pronounce him an idiot and note that he sucks as a quarterback.

What I will object to is to the on coming slew of ESPN on-air "talent" that will beat their meat and call this act "the most courageous, bravest moment evah!". I can practically see Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon doing a circle jerk over this on Monday.

At which point I would love for someone to hold up a picture of the D-Day Invasion and ask if ol' Colin K is more brave than these young men, many of whom are heading to their certain death. Or a picture of Sally Ride walking onto the doomed space shuttle. Or a picture of Pat Tillman.

But, alas, no one in the ESPN liberal conclave will do that.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at August 28, 2016 12:29 PM (/HC6x)

55 46
check his instagram

Posted by: GlennDC at August 28, 2016 12:26 PM (YreNt)

DAMMIT!...you sucked me further into the CK7 vortex...! Again, all I can say is...WOW.

Posted by: billygoat at August 28, 2016 12:29 PM (wcSGs)

56 OT - If we promise to be good, May we have a thread about Jackson Hole and the economy?

Posted by: Pepe at August 28, 2016 12:30 PM (5HyS+)

57 Does Nessa wear a body bag?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 28, 2016 12:27 PM (IqV8l)

Yes, but only if you consider "a small tank top that barely constrains a pair of huge melons" a body bag.

Posted by: OregonMuse at August 28, 2016 12:30 PM (e3H8Y)

58 colon who? is this guy sill a thing? he is a never was. should be a distant memory like this mornings turd. eff that guy.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at August 28, 2016 12:25 PM (KP5rU)

Well he came within a hair's breath of winning one Super Bowl, and one bad decision away from going to another.

So no, not a "never was." You can't teach his skill set, but you can coach against it. The rest of the league figured out how to do that, and he, nor his coaches, have figured out what to do about that. He's been exposed as a dunce on the field. Now, his off-field activities match it.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 28, 2016 12:31 PM (Pz4pT)

59 This jerk has so many shoes he had to build shelves in the garage.

Also he was adopted by white parent, Thanksgiving and Christmas will be fun.

Also if he did convert he has a lot of Bible verses tattooed on himself.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at August 28, 2016 12:32 PM (dKiJG)

60 ...I think after this thread, we need a pointyelbows pictorial. Might be the only reason I sniff around the NFL anymore...

Posted by: billygoat at August 28, 2016 12:32 PM (wcSGs)

61 57 Does Nessa wear a body bag?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 28, 2016 12:27 PM (IqV8l)

Yes, but only if you consider "a small tank top that barely constrains a pair of huge melons" a body bag.
Posted by: OregonMuse at August 28, 2016 12:30 PM (e3H8Y)

She is pretty hot.

Posted by: Pepe at August 28, 2016 12:32 PM (5HyS+)

62

btw

Giants G Justin Pugh on Standing for Anthem: Military Personnel 'Putting Their Lives on the Line'

http://www.breitbart.com/sports/

The following day, New York Giants guard Justin Pugh made it clear he would not follow suit.

"I will be STANDING during the National Anthem tonight. Thank you to ALL ( Gender, Race, Religion ) that put your lives on the line for that flag," Pugh tweeted a few hours before the Saturday's Jets-Giants preseason game in New Jersey.

Pugh loves America. Kaepernick doesn't seem to share that love right now

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 28, 2016 12:33 PM (qCMvj)

63 ESPN is anti Christian like their parent company Disney.

I don't expect anything but praise for his bravery. 60 plus million guarantee money to suck. Yeah, brave.

Posted by: Pepe at August 28, 2016 12:34 PM (5HyS+)

64 Rolled out of McHenry county IL after breakfast, westbound in the truck. Beautiful morning. Going back to CO.

On US 20 it's a left way out past Marengo, into the big farms and by German Valley, thence over the high bluffs near Mt Carrol, and into the Mississippi bottom lands below Savannah. Had to detour early onto the Iowa side of the river at Clinton, due to a railroad bridge situation.

Gas up in Le Claire IA and from now on, all the way out, it's slabs and Freightliners.

Posted by: the littl shyning man at August 28, 2016 12:35 PM (ylJXt)

65 Posted by: Pepe at August 28, 2016 12:30 PM (5HyS+)

Pepe, the Clinton Heckler that got thrown out of her last event?

heh.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 28, 2016 12:35 PM (qCMvj)

66 63 ESPN is anti Christian like their parent company Disney.

I don't expect anything but praise for his bravery. 60 plus million guarantee money to suck. Yeah, brave.
Posted by: Pepe at August 28, 2016 12:34 PM (5HyS+)

I'll suck at my job for half that. I'm not greedy.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 28, 2016 12:35 PM (0mRoj)

67 And, really, it's a shiny squirrel. It amounts to so little with so much to bitch about these days.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at August 28, 2016 12:36 PM (SEXy3)

68 So, a half black guy, abandoned by his black father, finds a soft spot in his heart for Islam and despises the United States, in spite of all his American success and love. Hmm, reminds me of someone...

BTW, I notice he did not turn away those millions of Amerikkkan dollahs.

Posted by: PJ at August 28, 2016 12:36 PM (cHuNI)

69 And Yet the Dallas Cowboys can't put on a sticker that honors the killed Police officers, Fuck you NFL.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at August 28, 2016 12:36 PM (dKiJG)

70 Somewhat off topic.

Went to the Wal-Mart on Morse Rd in Columbus (OH) yesterday afternoon, to look for a couple of things. I haven't been in there is some years, although it is not far from my house.

Jeez, the play was OVERRUN with women in burkas, who I assume were/are Somalis, as there is a big Somali community in Columbus.

It was....weird. I mean, there were a LOT of women in burkas. And it was hot yesterday. I really can't get over this. What happened to my city, my country, dude?

And yeah. Kapernick is a tremendously talented athlete, but is bone-dead stupid. I could care less what Wilbon and Kornholer say, but Mallamut is dead on about what they will probably say.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at August 28, 2016 12:36 PM (RFeQD)

71 Is there some minimum sum that the team would have to get if they sell his contract?

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at August 28, 2016 12:37 PM (gvwYn)

72 Never trust a man with that many shoes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2016 12:37 PM (WV3Yp)

73 "If we promise to be good, May we have a thread about Jackson Hole and the economy?"

Please please.

The obvious bias of MSM is one of the biggest reasons why we're in the fix we're in.

The machinations of the Fed is another. Yellen is papering-over deficit funding which lets the Borg grow.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 28, 2016 12:38 PM (bQxkN)

74 Never trust a man with that many shoes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2016 12:37 PM (WV3Yp)

That are pink

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 28, 2016 12:38 PM (qCMvj)

75 From Kaepernick's wiki entry:

Kaepernick was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Heidi Russo, a 19-year-old woman who was single and destitute at the time. His birth father, an African American, was out of the picture before he was born.[1][2][3] Russo placed her son for adoption with Rick and Teresa Kaepernick, a white couple who had two children--son Kyle and daughter Devon--and were looking for a boy after having lost two other sons to heart defects.

Hmmm.. a mix-raced child, very young white mother, older black father who quickly left, raised by white parents, lately a professor of victimology, likes to hate on America, where have we seen that before?

Posted by: OregonMuse at August 28, 2016 12:38 PM (e3H8Y)

76 By the way, not for nothing, but Richard Sherman... yes THAT Richard Sherman, has gotten some heat for speaking up on the topic of "all lives matter," and how the BLM movement has caused problems.

I haven't read all the comments, but as usual, like him or not, agree with him or not, Sherman's comments are thoughtful.

I have to wonder if ol' Colin isn't reacting somewhat to Sherman's comments. Sherman does, in fact, live rent-free, as they say, in Kaepernick's head.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 28, 2016 12:39 PM (Pz4pT)

77 Fantasy Football Draft tonight. Hopefully I can win back more than I spend on watching the games this season. Making money off of Goodell's little shitshow, that's the best revenge.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 28, 2016 12:39 PM (2cS/G)

78 Kaepernick should have taken his complaint directly to the African-American United States President to express his concern on just how racist and oppressive the United States is to African-Americans.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at August 28, 2016 12:39 PM (MNgU2)

79 Every time that asshole gets sacked, the linebacker that nails him should spit, and say, "USA, bitch!"

Posted by: the littl shyning man at August 28, 2016 12:39 PM (ylJXt)

80 I'm really jealous about his shoe collection.

Posted by: L, Elle at August 28, 2016 12:07 PM (6IPEM)

Not me. I hate Nike with the heat of a thousand burning Suns. Every where you go, or every time you tune in sports on TV, you see their damned trademark on the front of some cock-holster's shirt. I refuse to buy any clothing, Nike or otherwise, that has the maker's name embossed in a prominent location, jeans excepted. And that exception has a two-fold reason. First being that a label in the form of a belt loop has been part of blue jeans right from the outset of the industry, and secondly, that label isn't in a conspicuous place from my viewpoint.

I am not opposed to commerce, free market, or capitalism, but if a business wants me to promote their logo, they can damn well pay me.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2016 12:40 PM (oqkO3)

81 The craziest thing I learned from this scandal:

That Colin Kaepernick identifies as black!

I was like -- WHAAAAT???

I always thought he was white, from the photos.

Then I looked him up, and -- w0w -- EXACTLY like Obama, Kaepernick:

-- Had a white mother who (apparently) had a one-night stand with a (apparently) at-least-partly black man, who then disappeared after that one night and NEVER EVEN SAW HIS SON. The baby Colin was then raised entirely by his white mother in white culture and then adopted out to a middle-class white couple and then further raised entirely in white culture, until adulthood. He lived in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin and Turlock, California -- totally chilled out areas with no known black/white racial issues.

If he didn't "identify as" black, I don't think anyone would have ever thought he was black. And thus he NEVER SUFFERED A SECOND OF OPPRESSION IN HIS LIFE. From a very early age he was a football star and treated like royalty.

Now he make $126 million a year, real slave wages.

Posted by: zombie at August 28, 2016 12:40 PM (jBuUi)

82

Trump supporter shouts "Pepe!" during Hillary Clinton's Alt Right Speech 8/25/16

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6M_Re4c6Cs

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 28, 2016 12:40 PM (qCMvj)

83 Posted by: OregonMuse at August 28, 2016 12:38 PM (e3H8Y)

Perhaps his Patriotism is fluid, like your gender.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2016 12:41 PM (vRQJG)

84 What happened to my city, my country, dude?
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at August 28, 2016 12:36 PM (RFeQD)
--------------------
Racist alt-right bigotry. Hateful tone as well. And oppressive. Not who we are. Etc., etc.

Posted by: RioBravo at August 28, 2016 12:41 PM (NUqwG)

85 Jeff Fischer talks to his team about the National Anthem.

(Link goes to a FB video)

http://tinyurl.com/zsbnhnj

Posted by: Tami at August 28, 2016 12:41 PM (Enq6K)

86 I have to wonder if ol' Colin isn't reacting somewhat to Sherman's comments. Sherman does, in fact, live rent-free, as they say, in Kaepernick's head.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 28, 2016 12:39 PM (Pz4pT)

Ha! You got that right. Of course, Kaep always does poorly in pressure situations. In that regard, he's the opposite of Joe Montana.

Posted by: OregonMuse at August 28, 2016 12:42 PM (e3H8Y)

87 Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at August 28, 2016 12:36 PM (RFeQD)

WOW you live close to me, yeah it's little Somali. And that's probably why the Nazarth Deli was attacked.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at August 28, 2016 12:42 PM (dKiJG)

88 He doesn't have to be a muslim to be an asshole.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 28, 2016 12:21 PM (Zu3d9)

But it helps to be an asshole, if you're going to become a muslim.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2016 12:42 PM (oqkO3)

89 His twitter feed is a festival of stupid racism. Example: "why is it that Leslie Jones is the only Ghostbuster that got hacked? racism!"

Not understanding that she got hacked because she spends every waking moment spewing hateful racist filth toward blacks and got Milo banned from Twitter.

Everything is that caliber of stupid, and always about how blacks are mistreated. All of it.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2016 12:43 PM (39g3+)

90 75 From Kaepernick's wiki entry:

Kaepernick was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Heidi Russo, a 19-year-old woman who was single and destitute at the time. His birth father, an African American, was out of the picture before he was born.[1][2][3] Russo placed her son for adoption with Rick and Teresa Kaepernick, a white couple who had two children--son Kyle and daughter Devon--and were looking for a boy after having lost two other sons to heart defects.

Hmmm.. a mix-raced child, very young white mother, older black father who quickly left, raised by white parents, lately a professor of victimology, likes to hate on America, where have we seen that before?
Posted by: OregonMuse at August 28, 2016 12:38 PM (e3H8Y)

I am always struck by these kinds of stories for the simple fact that this guy was amazingly lucky. He was born into a shitty situation. A lot of girls these days would have had an abortion. He lucked out there and got placed up for adoption with a family who desperately wanted a boy. He got lucky there. He lived with a family who obviously fostered his talents on the football field. He lucked out there. Not even mentioning his God given talents.

And yet in spite of the many blessings this hamster has received, he chooses to whine about how terrible people have it here.

Yep, a true idiot.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2016 12:43 PM (WV3Yp)

91 He's second string?

Then that's the whole problem right there.

Posted by: Meremortal at August 28, 2016 12:43 PM (3myMJ)

92 Prediction:

Heads are gonna explode:

https://tinyurl.com/zfe4det

Of course it'd have to get traction.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at August 28, 2016 12:44 PM (4ng05)

93 As an iggles fan, who watched Chip Kelly trade away some major, major black talent, then have players accuse him of racism, then have him fired, then have him hired in San Francisco, to now have this happen under his watch, I can only say one thing.

Need to buy more popcorn.

Posted by: free range 'sorta' conservative but not 'true' conservative at August 28, 2016 12:45 PM (ZFUt7)

94 So, is Kapernick going to give up his $19 million dollar NFL salary and go somewhere less evil and oppressive to live, like, oh, I don't know, maybe Mexico? Somalia? Tierra del Fuego?

Posted by: OregonMuse at August 28, 2016 12:45 PM (e3H8Y)

95 I am not opposed to commerce, free market, or capitalism, but if a business wants me to promote their logo, they can damn well pay me.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2016 12:40 PM (oqkO3)
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They do, in effect, pay the customer by charging less for the clothing than they would if it did not have the logo. /

Posted by: RioBravo at August 28, 2016 12:45 PM (NUqwG)

96 >>He's second string?

Right behind Blaine Gabbert...meaning, he wouldn't make most other squads.

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2016 12:45 PM (vRQJG)

97 94 So, is Kapernick going to give up his $19 million dollar NFL salary and go somewhere less evil and oppressive to live, like, oh, I don't know, maybe Mexico? Somalia? Tierra del Fuego?
Posted by: OregonMuse at August 28, 2016 12:45 PM (e3H8Y)

I hear Iraq is lovely this time of year.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2016 12:46 PM (WV3Yp)

98 She is pretty hot.

Posted by: Pepe at August 28, 2016 12:32 PM (5HyS+)

Bait. Bait for proselytising muzzies.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2016 12:47 PM (oqkO3)

99 98 She is pretty hot.

Posted by: Pepe at August 28, 2016 12:32 PM (5HyS+)

Bait. Bait for proselytising muzzies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2016 12:47 PM (oqkO3)

The old tried and true honey pot tactic.

Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at August 28, 2016 12:48 PM (0mRoj)

100 Good thing I wasn't drinking something while reading the quote in the heading, I would have spit it all out. Thats a good one.

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2016 12:48 PM (0G2eQ)

101 Yeah that Black Panther guy is a racist jackwagon but he's right about Democrats. Sooner or later, blacks have got to wake up to how they are being used and ignored by Democrats. Could this be the turning point, after a massively disappointing president considered to be black? I dunno. Based on past experience, I doubt it.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2016 12:49 PM (39g3+)

102 I am guessing that when he was adopted, he new parents renamed him Colin instead of his original name which was "Imelda".

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at August 28, 2016 12:49 PM (gvwYn)

103 Those are oppressed Chinese people, Busted Coverage. Those are the benefactors of free trade. You must be an alt-right racist!

Posted by: Uma Thurmond's Feet at August 28, 2016 12:49 PM (Yqu2A)

104 >>The old tried and true honey pot tactic.

I always fall for that one.

Posted by: Archer at August 28, 2016 12:49 PM (vRQJG)

105 is Kapernick going to give up his $19 million dollar NFL salary and go somewhere less evil and oppressive to live

Yeah, I challenge him to identify a less racist country to live in, a less racist culture to be part of. Just one.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2016 12:50 PM (39g3+)

106 Yeah that Black Panther guy is a racist jackwagon but he's right about Democrats. Sooner or later, blacks have got to wake up to how they are being used and ignored by Democrats. Could this be the turning point, after a massively disappointing president considered to be black? I dunno. Based on past experience, I doubt it.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2016 12:49 PM (39g3+)

first time it's hit the msm via trump

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 28, 2016 12:50 PM (qCMvj)

107 I always fall for that one.
Posted by: Archer at August 28, 2016 12:49 PM (vRQJG)

not just the dialogue, but the animators can draw that look so well, it makes me laugh every time

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 28, 2016 12:51 PM (qCMvj)

108 I read several articles from the Moron. I bookmarked his site.

Posted by: Pepe at August 28, 2016 12:51 PM (5HyS+)

109 OK, here's another question: of all the things to collect, why shoes?

1) I can understand guns/weapons. Not just functional, but historical. And beautiful from a mechanical standpoint.

2) Cars. Same as 1.

3) Paintings. Books. I always think if I ever won the lottery, I would start up a system of old school patronage looking for the next Micheangelo (extraordinarily unlikely) but would settle for Rockwell or Kinkade.

But shoes?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2016 12:53 PM (WV3Yp)

110 Bravely Fighting Oppression- a limerick

Kaepernick will do in a pinch
With the courage never to flinch
But whine as he may
At the end of the day
He's gonna be riding the bench.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at August 28, 2016 12:54 PM (wPiJc)

111 Micheangelo= Michelangelo. That is not autocucumber's fault. I saw it's flag but just ignored it. Damn ADD.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2016 12:54 PM (WV3Yp)

112 This guy must be trying to score some nice pussy because guys only act this fucking stupid when the have poontang on the brain.

Posted by: Fritz at August 28, 2016 12:55 PM (HVQlX)

113 first time it's hit the msm via trump

Its a crack in the wall, and I suspect more than a few blacks are grumbling. Trump continuing to point out the miserable state of black America is resonating, I think. The Democrats huffing and puffing and being all outraged, claiming things are wonderful isn't.

You can lie people into thinking things are worse than they really are but you can't lie them into thinking they are better. You can always believe someone else is suffering somewhere else, but you'll never be convinced your misery isn't real.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2016 12:55 PM (39g3+)

114 40 scrood

When I grew up, every military base played the National Anthem before every movie. And yes, we stood up for it.

Do they still do that?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 28, 2016 12:56 PM (u82oZ)

115 Too bad the 49ers don't play in Dallas this year.

Posted by: buzzion at August 28, 2016 12:56 PM (bMG0w)

116 WOW you live close to me, yeah it's little Somali. And that's probably why the Nazarth Deli was attacked.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio

I live off of Sunbury Rd, over the county line in Delaware county. And yeah, that was a real shame. That was a good place to eat over in Easton. I think he closed up.
It's funny, I know a lot of Jewish folks (practicing and non-practicing) that live in Bexley, that all shop and such at Easton.

I really wonder what they think, since almost all of them are liberal Democrats?

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at August 28, 2016 12:56 PM (RFeQD)

117 They do, in effect, pay the customer by charging less for the clothing than they would if it did not have the logo. /

Posted by: RioBravo at August 28, 2016 12:45 PM (NUqwG)

Well, that's the justification given. But usually, you can find unbranded clothing (say golf shirts) of equal quality for much less money.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2016 12:56 PM (oqkO3)

118 Reason #28652 I quit football a few years back.

Posted by: Infidel at August 28, 2016 12:57 PM (3Mp2Z)

119 "Its a crack in the wall, and I suspect more than a few blacks are grumbling."

It can really affect black turnout. How many black men who voted for Obama are going to get off their ass to vote for the White Witch?

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 28, 2016 12:58 PM (bQxkN)

120 Kapernipples talked about Murders getting away with murder of colored people and minorities and collecting money while free as a bird (paraphasing poorly from the excellent article) but gave no examples.

I have a counter example for Kapernipples. Mrs. Mateen. She is living the live of luxury free as a bird over in Jordan after being an accomplice to Mr. Mateen murdering 49 two months ago.

Posted by: Pepe at August 28, 2016 12:58 PM (5HyS+)

121 But shoes?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2016 12:53 PM (WV3Yp)

I'm not going to bother to look, but his has me wondering: What's his experience with the ladies? Does he have one?

I'm not speculating here, but I will say this, if he is, he would't be the first gay quarterback San Franny has hired.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 28, 2016 12:59 PM (Pz4pT)

122 These aholes want publicity when they start failing. They can't blame themselves and seek to blame others. It's a common human response which in the aggregate produces socialism and in the extreme from Communism.

The communist Richard Wright wrote the quintessential fiction book on this using the black protagonist Bigger Thomas as the failed, murderous, compassionless Chicago youth who symbolized for the communists the failure of society. Obama said this work helped forge the path for him.

The left has been inculcating the "society is racist and therefore at fault" meme for one hundred years. It's a communist theme to staff the "revolution." A lot of unschooled idiots fall for the premise.

Posted by: dagny at August 28, 2016 12:59 PM (eSQgj)

123 This isn't so much about Kaepernick. It's the NFL that's standing behind this jackass while he insults the country. Saying he has the right to free speech.

Well, no. He's representing the NFL - especially when he's at a game - and it's their right (and their RESPONSIBILTY) to tell their whiny little asshole to STOP INSULTING THE FANS, and to apologize and say he didn't know what the hell he was doing.

Did the NFL do anything about the assholes that came running out onto the Super Bowl in that BLM "Hands up" pose, long after that bit was exposed as a fraud? No. Actually, they had a sort of tribute to Malcolm X at halftime. The NFL can go screw themselves!

Posted by: Optimizer at August 28, 2016 12:59 PM (EnK/R)

124 But shoes?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2016 12:53 PM (WV3Yp)
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Shoes are a socially acceptible status symbol and they are rarely if ever banned from courtrooms, public parks, classrooms, or airport terminals. They incorporate advanced technology and are rarely dangerous to the user or passersby with the exception of certain culturally enriched neighborhoods,

Posted by: RioBravo at August 28, 2016 01:00 PM (NUqwG)

125

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio

I live off of Sunbury Rd, over the county line in Delaware county. And yeah, that was a real shame. That was a good place to eat over in Easton. I think he closed up.
It's funny, I know a lot of Jewish folks (practicing and non-practicing) that live in Bexley, that all shop and such at Easton.

I really wonder what they think, since almost all of them are liberal Democrats?
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at August 28, 2016 12:56 PM (RFeQD)

No he's is still open, He closed for a while but he expanded the place, order some takeout.

I am near the New Albany Giant Eagle.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at August 28, 2016 01:00 PM (dKiJG)

126 he is going to instigate a confrontation with law enforcement and end up suicide by cop.......this is my prediction......he is mentally ill

Posted by: phoenixgirl, whatever at August 28, 2016 01:00 PM (0O7c5)

127 Kaepernick is the latest in a series of high-profile athletes/entertainers/trained monkeys who are under the mistaken impression that the number of followers they have on Twitter or Instagram is somehow correlated with their intelligence

They're right - it IS correlated.

Just inversely.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 28, 2016 01:01 PM (SRKgf)

128 Well, that's the justification given. But usually, you can find
unbranded clothing (say golf shirts) of equal quality for much less
money.///

I remember back in the 70s baseball caps with a company logo on them were given out for free.

Posted by: Willy J. at August 28, 2016 01:01 PM (CDowr)

129 Too bad the 49ers don't play in Dallas this year.
Posted by: buzzion at August 28, 2016 12:56 PM (bMG0w)

How's the ol' backup QB looking there? I see Tony the human glass factory is broken again.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 28, 2016 01:01 PM (Pz4pT)

130 Nice collection of shoes, Sally. Imelda Marcos would be jealous.

Posted by: Ned Reid at August 28, 2016 01:02 PM (Nnmy9)

131 But shoes?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2016 12:53 PM (WV3Yp)

if women follow fashion trends, shoes also follow trends

remember women wear more types of outfits than men
- various types of dresses/skirts (sundresses, evening, elegant, casual, etc), suits (pant and skirt/dress), slacks and cropped, capris, shorts, jeans, beach wear, casual wear, gardening, sports wear...

it sucks really

my husband can get by with about 5 pairs for dress/work, and sports shoes (weight training, running), and sandals

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 28, 2016 01:02 PM (qCMvj)

132 But shoes?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2016 12:53 PM (WV3Yp)

Shoes are a black status symbol. Nikes, especially, are sold, traded, and used for barter in not only black culture, but also in the skateboarder, non-academic circles.

Posted by: dagny at August 28, 2016 01:03 PM (eSQgj)

133 nood elbows

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 28, 2016 01:03 PM (mpXpK)

134

nood btw

more futbol

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 28, 2016 01:04 PM (qCMvj)

135 Bossy Conservative

He even put a bigger Israel flag on his door as a FU to the terrorist.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at August 28, 2016 01:04 PM (dKiJG)

136 @119 "Its a crack in the wall, and I suspect more than a few blacks are grumbling."

It can really affect black turnout. How many black men who voted for Obama are going to get off their ass to vote for the White Witch?
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 28, 2016 12:58 PM (bQxkN)

It sounds impossible, but maybe it isn't. I remember seeing Watters interviewing a bunch of black people once, and they had this attitude that if the "black guy" didn't help them out, then why would they expect a white rich bitch to, either? (My paraphrasing).

Posted by: Optimizer at August 28, 2016 01:04 PM (EnK/R)

137 I remember back in the 70s baseball caps with a company logo on them were given out for free.

Posted by: Willy J. at August 28, 2016 01:01 PM (CDowr)

Exactly. Oilfield swag. I have quite a number of ball caps from the industry. Never had to buy one. Jackets, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2016 01:05 PM (oqkO3)

138 It's plain, folks.....the NFL is a thug promotion outfit. Each person has to decide how to deal with that. I've cut the cord.....and ESPN won't get another penny from me.

Thugs profit from White stupidity. Kaerpernick is just a sign of the times. We'll see the death of the NFL. Who, exactly, buys all those tickets? Then there's the whole concussion thing, which, imo, is going to destroy Football.

Think of the growing White revulsion to BLM. The NFL is, in fact, an extension of BLM. Fact is, look at who the players are. Think of how many thugs are getting fat on White men's money. I reckon that the money train is fixing to leave the station. After all, lots of folks sacrifice to buy those tickets.

Posted by: NFL DELENDA EST at August 28, 2016 01:06 PM (sLVyZ)

139 This isn't so much about Kaepernick. It's the NFL that's standing behind this jackass while he insults the country. Saying he has the right to free speech.

Well, no. He's representing the NFL - especially when he's at a game - and it's their right (and their RESPONSIBILTY) to tell their whiny little asshole to STOP INSULTING THE FANS, and to apologize and say he didn't know what the hell he was doing.

Did the NFL do anything about the assholes that came running out onto the Super Bowl in that BLM "Hands up" pose, long after that bit was exposed as a fraud? No. Actually, they had a sort of tribute to Malcolm X at halftime. The NFL can go screw themselves!
Posted by: Optimizer at August 28, 2016 12:59 PM (EnK/R)

It's only bad when Tebow does it. Tebow was Palin'ized.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 28, 2016 01:06 PM (qCMvj)

140 I am not opposed to commerce, free market, or capitalism, but if a business wants me to promote their logo, they can damn well pay me.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2016 12:40 PM (oqkO3)

Mr. Durden, Is that you?

Posted by: Pepe at August 28, 2016 01:06 PM (5HyS+)

141 Yeah that Black Panther guy is a racist jackwagon but he's right about Democrats. Sooner or later, blacks have got to wake up to how they are being used and ignored by Democrats. Could this be the turning point, after a massively disappointing president considered to be black? I dunno. Based on past experience, I doubt it.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2016 12:49 PM (39g3+)

first time it's hit the msm via trump
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 28, 2016 12:50 PM (qCMvj)

The Black Panther Party hadn't been heard of for 30 years, except as an artifact of history, until Obama. Obama can claim credit for creating ISIS and recreating the Black Panther Party. That's some legacy.

Hillary is already starting on her legacy. She opened a pickle jar. The list of accomplishments has its first entry.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at August 28, 2016 01:07 PM (4ng05)

142 if women follow fashion trends, shoes also follow trends

remember women wear more types of outfits than men
- various types of dresses/skirts (sundresses, evening, elegant, casual, etc), suits (pant and skirt/dress), slacks and cropped, capris, shorts, jeans, beach wear, casual wear, gardening, sports wear...

it sucks really

my husband can get by with about 5 pairs for dress/work, and sports shoes (weight training, running), and sandals
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 28, 2016 01:02 PM (qCMvj)

I was speaking of guys mostly. Shoes seem to fulfill some deep seated need for some women, in my experience.

I have run into a couple guys who do the shoe thing, and I can never get it. Dude for the price you have sunk into around half those shoes you lovingly display, you could have some much cooler stuff. Hell, I would be more impressed by a wall of paperback novels.

My guess is that as a commentor said above, it is about displays of wealth and prowess. Can't display Deer antlers? How about Nike's?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2016 01:07 PM (WV3Yp)

143 Well, that's the justification given. But usually, you can find unbranded clothing (say golf shirts) of equal quality for much less money.Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2016 12:56 PM (oqkO3)

You can actually go to salvation army and goodwill and fine branded high quality clothing, often new with tags, for almost nothing.

Apparently many men are given "slim fit" Brooks Brothers' polo shirts and donate them. Same with dress shirts and Banana Republic khakis. I bring home armloads of them with tags still on them for $20.

Posted by: dagny at August 28, 2016 01:07 PM (eSQgj)

144

The cost of the tailgate slots at college level football games is astounding.

I can't see it anymore.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 28, 2016 01:08 PM (qCMvj)

145 I have run into a couple guys who do the shoe thing, and I can never get it. Dude for the price you have sunk into around half those shoes you lovingly display, you could have some much cooler stuff. Hell, I would be more impressed by a wall of paperback novels.

My guess is that as a commentor said above, it is about displays of wealth and prowess. Can't display Deer antlers? How about Nike's?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2016 01:07 PM (WV3Yp)

oh, got it

but, yea, if they can afford those shoes, a lot can afford pretty much anything

it's when the kids on the streets of Chicago kill each other over the the shoes that is horrendous

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 28, 2016 01:09 PM (qCMvj)

146 Back the day , say 1919 , some dude tried this at a ball game in the stands . The guy behind him shot him dead , he a Navy guy and in uniform at the time . As i recall nothing happened , legalwize to the Navy guy/ shooter . BTW was when an alien horde , aka the Red Menace , was like a Bad Thing .

Posted by: jay hoenemeyer at August 28, 2016 01:11 PM (0FjRZ)

147 Athletes usually have a "shoe collection" because their footwear is important to their performance. My middle MVP both sides playing football and lax player had cleats/sneakers for various activities because it does matter; ie turf/grass, practice/game, running, lifting, etc. Also athletic shoes need to "rest" between uses. So, for example, you wouldn't do speed workouts in the same shoes two days in a row. It ends up being a "collection" but not to the extent that this guy has by any stretch.

Posted by: dagny at August 28, 2016 01:11 PM (eSQgj)

148 @141 "... Hillary is already starting on her legacy. She opened a pickle jar. The list of accomplishments has its first entry."
Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at August 28, 2016 01:07 PM (4ng05)

I saw a news talk show thing where one of the guests observed that when Hillary opened the pickle jar, there was no popping noise. In other words, it had already been opened for her, and EVEN THAT stupid little display was dishonest.

Everybody who's surprised ... let's see a show of hands! Anybody? ... Anybody? ...

Hell, I'm embarrassed i didn't think of that myself.

Posted by: Optimizer at August 28, 2016 01:13 PM (EnK/R)

149 I liked Tebow until he refused to play Qb in the CFL and would only entertain NFL offers. Comes accross has a hypocritical. Christian drowning in pride.

I'm not a fan of his recent baseball is totally easy because I was good my Junior year in high school 12-13 years ago so I can totally play in the majors because hitting a baseball is the easiest thing to do in sports.

I saw his swing and it's all upper body and terrible. Like I said yesterday, a 4 seam fastball in the 80's he can without a doubt crush because he knows it is coming but there are at least a dozen pitches he will have to learn to hit at the pro level. Plus, he can only play a corner outfield position. I bet he is slow, and I bet his arm is below average.

Go play in the CFL or Arena league Tebow. If it is good enough for Kurt Warner it's good enough for you.

Posted by: Pepe at August 28, 2016 01:14 PM (5HyS+)

150 This jerk has so many shoes he had to build shelves in the garage.

*****

It's totes okay though, he's a sole brother.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at August 28, 2016 01:15 PM (wPiJc)

151 But shoes?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2016 12:53 PM (WV3Yp)

Possibly he once had an unforgettable evening of pleasure in a closet with a pair of Sauconys

Posted by: Kindltot at August 28, 2016 01:15 PM (ry34m)

152 Speaking of shoes. Michael Savage had one of the funniest one liners I've ever heard about not understanding the culture today.

Poorly paraphrasing off the top of my head "I don't understand women today. All they talk about (care about) is who has the most orgasms and who has the pointiest shoes"

Posted by: Pepe at August 28, 2016 01:19 PM (5HyS+)

153 He'll Ain't No Hillary- a limerick

The saga of poor Kaepernickel
He's a victim of fate oh so fickle
If it's office he seeks
Well he's really too weak
He can't unscrew a small jar of pickles

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at August 28, 2016 01:22 PM (wPiJc)

154 144

The cost of the tailgate slots at college level football games is astounding.

I can't see it anymore.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 28, 2016 01:08 PM (qCMvj)

I drive the 10 minutes to campus and find a lot on campus with illegal parking taking place and join the crowd. Then I wonder around drinking for free, meeting new people, and hanging out with old friends.

Gotta love the SEC.

Posted by: Pepe at August 28, 2016 01:23 PM (5HyS+)

155 112 This guy must be trying to score some nice pussy because guys only act this fucking stupid when the have poontang on the brain.
Posted by: Fritz at August 28, 2016 12:55 PM (HVQlX

Or 72 raisins from the white grape and young boys when one does.

Posted by: Pepe at August 28, 2016 01:27 PM (5HyS+)

156 This isn't so much about Kaepernick. It's the NFL that's standing behind this jackass while he insults the country

He has freedom of speech to say this crap and act like he wants, but the NFL is very inconsistent about this kind of thing, and I despise inconsistency and injustice.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2016 01:28 PM (39g3+)

157 "footwear is important to their performance"

Like good drugs? :-)

I would think it would be for future endorsements.
"I wore your shoes now pay me money".

Posted by: scorecard at August 28, 2016 01:30 PM (CRXed)

158 Can we just say it plain?

Stupid uppity negro

Go ahead ban me. But that's real talk.

Posted by: Traddy at August 28, 2016 01:35 PM (nm3FV)

159 Go play in the CFL or Arena league Tebow. If it is good enough for Kurt Warner it's good enough for you.

He should have a great arm and decent speed, but I doubt he can bat. Besides it takes years to make a good baseball player and he doesn't have that many left in his athletic career. I agree, go do Arena, its awesome. I actually like Arena football, even though NFL fans think its crap. Arena Football is fun.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2016 01:37 PM (39g3+)

160 Douchebag troll alert

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2016 01:37 PM (39g3+)

161 Well he's got to his publicity somehow cuz he sure ain't gonna get because of his quarterbacking which just stinks. A complete a**hole is he.

Posted by: Tuna at August 28, 2016 01:38 PM (JSovD)

162 160 Douchebag troll alert
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2016 01:37 PM (39g3+)

I was just going to go for dumbass.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2016 01:39 PM (WV3Yp)

163 Of course the poor oppressed a**hole makes how many million a year? How many of those millions do you suppose he gives freely to his poor oppressed brothers and sisters?

Posted by: Tuna at August 28, 2016 01:42 PM (JSovD)

164 Its so obvious when some leftist twit shows up pretending to be down with all the "reich wing kkkonservatives, and say what we all want to say." They're hoping that by saying something horrible only they think, everyone is going to hop on "well I was thinking it but you said it! You go brother! Right on!"

Instead we look at them with withering contempt as the TB9k spirals into view.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2016 01:42 PM (39g3+)

165 nm3FV

'Sup Killgore. Bike seat pole getting too rusty for you?

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 28, 2016 01:43 PM (6FqZa)

166 159 Go play in the CFL or Arena league Tebow. If it is good enough for Kurt Warner it's good enough for you.

He should have a great arm and decent speed, but I doubt he can bat. Besides it takes years to make a good baseball player and he doesn't have that many left in his athletic career. I agree, go do Arena, its awesome. I actually like Arena football, even though NFL fans think its crap. Arena Football is fun.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2016 01:37 PM (39g3

Outfielders throw in the mid 90s to high 80's. I meant slow in a sense of his reaction time and first step in the field will be slow.

I wish he would go play Arena League or CFL if he wanted to play Qb.

I believe this baseball thing is more of an ego thing like not playing in the CFL or Arena League. But we will see.

Posted by: Pepe at August 28, 2016 01:44 PM (5HyS+)

167 "Sup Killgore. Bike seat pole getting too rusty for you?"

Bwahahaha...

Posted by: Tuna at August 28, 2016 01:47 PM (JSovD)

168 The best outfielders throw in the 120 mph range. I know that sounds crazy, but they can outdo pitchers because they can get a running throw. A few hops and uncork and you can really get some velocity. Could they do it 100 times in a row? Absolutely not. Could they hit an 18" square with that throw? No. But they can hit a catcher at 250+ feet without a bounce.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2016 01:48 PM (39g3+)

169 This isn't so much about Kaepernick. It's the NFL that's standing behind this jackass while he insults the country. Saying he has the right to free speech.

This will come as good news to Tim Tebow.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 28, 2016 01:49 PM (SRKgf)

170 Also I find it too convenient that Tebow is doing it August 30th. If he had the skill set to show off he would have waited till October and bought in a few minor leagers for simulated game scenerios that are not scripted but has a manager surprise him.

But it is all theater and he will hit pitches he knows are coming, shag fly balls from a fungo, run the 60, ect...

Posted by: Pepe at August 28, 2016 01:51 PM (5HyS+)

171 168 The best outfielders throw in the 120 mph range. I know that sounds crazy, but they can outdo pitchers because they can get a running throw. A few hops and uncork and you can really get some velocity. Could they do it 100 times in a row? Absolutely not. Could they hit an 18" square with that throw? No. But they can hit a catcher at 250+ feet without a bounce.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2016 01:48 PM (39g3+)

Yep. It's called a "crow hop" and is performed at the conclusion of a running steps, so that the player has his entire weight moving forward, then stops suddenly as he delivers the ball, so all of his momentum is transferred to the ball.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 28, 2016 01:51 PM (SRKgf)

172 >>Go play in the CFL or Arena league Tebow. If it is good enough for Kurt Warner it's good enough for you.

Doug Flutie, too, right?

Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2016 01:53 PM (NOIQH)

173 Star cast has the top throws at the high 90's. They can't throw 120mph.

Bryce Harper threw high 90's in high school and had a pop time below 1.8 and has one of the best arms in the MLB. He does not throw 120.

I'll go check my work but if outfielders were throwing 120 they would be relievers not outfielders.

Posted by: Pepe at August 28, 2016 01:54 PM (5HyS+)

174 "It is impossible to live in the past, difficult to live in the present and a waste to live in the future." -- Frank Herbert, Dune

Posted by: William Henry Harrison at August 28, 2016 01:55 PM (e8kgV)

175 Yeah you're right, 105 is the max right now. But as I noted; there's a good reason why people do not and cannot throw that fast on the mound. As Jay Guevara noted above, its about physics.

http://tinyurl.com/jo5nv23

Incidentally, according to the documentary Fastball, Nolan Ryan threw in the 109 mph range. And he'd throw 270-pitch no hitters.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2016 01:57 PM (39g3+)

176 Just one more good reason to ignore the NFL. And I had plenty of good reasons already.

Posted by: David Paulk at August 28, 2016 01:58 PM (na9M0)

177 He should have a great arm and decent speed, but I doubt he can bat. Besides it takes years to make a good baseball player and he doesn't have that many left in his athletic career.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2016 01:37 PM (39g3+)

A big factor for hitters is vision and reflexes. Vision, to pick up the spin on a pitch, ideally in the first 0.1 sec, and the reflexes to catch up to a 95 mph fastball without being hopelessly vulnerable to an offspeed pitch.

Screwing around, I faced a friend who recently graduated from college as a pitcher, and who threw in the low 90s. We couldn't get on the baseball field, so we went to a Little League field, where he threw tennis balls to me - from 45 feet.

Now he wasn't throwing full speed; he was throwing maybe, say, 75 mph. But from 45 feet, instead of 60 feet, it was the equivalent of 100 mph in terms of reaction time.

The first half a dozen went right by me, and then as I dialed it up, I started fouling off pitches to the offhand side, until finally I could hit the ball back up the middle (still couldn't pull it, however), largely by starting my swing as he delivered the ball.

Then he threw me a change-up. I almost hurt myself swinging at it, and just about screwed myself into the ground like Bugs Bunny.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 28, 2016 01:59 PM (SRKgf)

178 173 Star cast has the top throws at the high 90's. They can't throw 120mph.

Bryce Harper threw high 90's in high school and had a pop time below 1.8 and has one of the best arms in the MLB. He does not throw 120.

I'll go check my work but if outfielders were throwing 120 they would be relievers not outfielders.
Posted by: Pepe at August 28, 2016 01:54 PM (5HyS+

Nope middle to high 90's with only a few topping 100 were the fastest in 2015

http://m.mlb.com/cutfour/2015/11/28/157674906

Middle to high 90's are the fastest with a few topping 100.

Posted by: Pepe at August 28, 2016 02:00 PM (5HyS+)

179 According to batters, a real hot fastbal, over 100 mph, is nearly impossible to even see. Its moving so fast it just about teleports, you can hear it burn by you. And the ball seems to rise with the best of them, making it even harder to hit.

They claim the rise is a perception issue; that you expect the ball to drop x amount by the time it reaches you and is moving so fast it doesn't drop that far, so it seems to rise. But some extremely good hitters with amazing eyesight say the ball rises, and I trust them. After all, for ages, physicists said that a ball can't curve until they discovered the magnus effect caused by the spin of the ball.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2016 02:01 PM (39g3+)

180 Dose this idiot realize how many NFL players have served and died for our country? Why don't you play for a middle eastern 'JV" team. Perhaps you will find better employment selling shoes at the mall.

Posted by: fireman1 at August 28, 2016 02:05 PM (Db2DM)

181 179 According to batters, a real hot fastbal, over 100 mph, is nearly impossible to even see. Its moving so fast it just about teleports, you can hear it burn by you. And the ball seems to rise with the best of them, making it even harder to hit.
They claim the rise is a perception issue; that you expect the ball to drop x amount by the time it reaches you and is moving so fast it doesn't drop that far, so it seems to rise. But some extremely good hitters with amazing eyesight say the ball rises, and I trust them. After all, for ages, physicists said that a ball can't curve until they discovered the magnus effect caused by the spin of the ball.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2016 02:01 PM (39g3+)

I dunno about physicists saying that. I believe that was journalists.

And a thrown ball cannot rise - it lacks sufficient backspin. A batted ball, however, can rise.

Apparently it is physiologically impossible for the eyes to slew fast enough to track the last 15 feet or so of flight of a pitch (which would necessitate a slewing rate of ca. 6000 degrees/sec), which is why late movement is so important.

As a scientist, and a ball player, I've have a number of books on the physics of baseball. Maybe they would be of interest to some for the book thread.

Also, re catching up with a fastball, here's a fun site: http://www.exploratorium.edu/baseball/reactiontime.html

Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 28, 2016 02:07 PM (SRKgf)

182 After all, for ages, physicists said that a ball can't curve until they discovered the magnus effect caused by the spin of the ball.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2016 02:01 PM (39g3+)

The Magnus effect was discovered in the mid-19th century.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 28, 2016 02:10 PM (SRKgf)

183 The Magnus effect also plays a part in the external ballistics of a bullet in flight.

Posted by: Weasel at August 28, 2016 02:12 PM (Sfs6o)

184 The Magnus effect was discovered in the mid-19th century.

Right, but it wasn't understood how a baseball could generate that until very recently. It wouldn't if it was smooth

I'm not so sure a ball can't rise. Remember, people said a ball can't curve either, physically impossible. And it wasn't just journalists, it was scientists who said the ball can't do that. Granted they were the usual pop scientist types, the Bill Nye/NDT sort, but guys with degrees in science.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2016 02:14 PM (39g3+)

185 I was behind the dish until age 30 and have a little understanding of the game FWIW. Also my last year playing ball I moved from behind the dish to right field and my hitting collapsed FWIW.

Tebow has not played a game in 12-13 years. He will be able to barrel BP when he knows what pitch is coming. He will be lost in the field during a game because he will have slow reactions. He throws like a catcher because he is muscle bound. He is all upper body. He does not look limber.

I will say this. He has very quick hands through the strike zone, but his swing is long and all upper body. He does not appear to be able to throw his hips at the ball because he seams to approach hitting with the mentality that he is all upper body and had to be to keep his weight back in an extreme form because he can't ajust to the spin of the ball out of the pitchers hand.

If he wanted to play baseball he never should have quit afterhis junior year. So that tells me he loves football and is meh about baseball. You can't be meh about baseball and succeed on any level.

Posted by: Pepe at August 28, 2016 02:15 PM (5HyS+)

186 I dunno about physicists saying that. I believe that was journalists.

And a thrown ball cannot rise - it lacks sufficient backspin. A batted ball, however, can rise.

Apparently it is physiologically impossible for the eyes to slew fast enough to track the last 15 feet or so of flight of a pitch (which would necessitate a slewing rate of ca. 6000 degrees/sec), which is why late movement is so important.

As a scientist, and a ball player, I've have a number of books on the physics of baseball. Maybe they would be of interest to some for the book thread.

Also, re catching up with a fastball, here's a fun site: http://www.exploratorium.edu/baseball/reactiontime.html
Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 28, 2016 02:07 PM (SRKgf)

Hence the split finger/sinker is almost impossible to hit unless hit hangs.

Posted by: Pepe at August 28, 2016 02:17 PM (5HyS+)

187 The splitter is an evil pitch, partly because of what it does to the arm of pitchers.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2016 02:21 PM (39g3+)

188 187 The splitter is an evil pitch, partly because of what it does to the arm of pitchers.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2016 02:21 PM (39g3

It's an evil pitch to receive as a catcher. Imagine a pitch in the low 90's to high 80's that breaks down and either to the left or right with the spin of a knuckle ball. I dreaded catching the splitter because you don't know if it's going to hang or break left or right in the dirt.

What is far worse on arms is the year round baseball teams destroying the arms of kids. That is why Tommy John surgery has spiked. Also if you year your UCL before you stop growing then surgery is pointless until you have stopped growing.

Those baseball farms are a racket. A kid with a pop time of 2.2 his senior year would not even start on a JV team but they pump up the parents telling them he can play a holarship college ball. SMH.

Posted by: Pepe at August 28, 2016 02:37 PM (5HyS+)

189
I have to wonder if ol' Colin isn't reacting somewhat to Sherman's
comments. Sherman does, in fact, live rent-free, as they say, in
Kaepernick's head.

****

As a long time Seahawks fan, my favorite play ever was Richard Sherman tipping a would be Kaepernick game winning touchdown to teammate Malcom Smith for the game deciding interception. This was in the final minute of the NFC Championship game. The Seahawks went on to win the Super Bowl. The 49ers fell off of the planet. I truly believe that that play was the nexus point in Kaepernicks life.

23-17
1st and 10 from the 17
30 seconds left in the game
Kaepernick back to pass....
Looking right he's got Crabtree in the end zone.....
Here's the throw.....
IT'S TIPPED UP BY SHERMAN....
IT'S PICKED OF BY SMITH.....
THE SEAHAWKS ARE GOING TO THE SUPERBOWL!!!!!!!!.......

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 28, 2016 02:53 PM (18h+i)

190 I have read and heard that kids need to play multiple sports, rather than just one all year. That helps develop their bodies in different, more complete ways and rests parts not being worked on as they grow.

These days, you may as well just go in for Tommy John before you sign a contract, and get it over with as a pitcher. Everybody seems to get one.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2016 02:54 PM (39g3+)

191 190 I have read and heard that kids need to play multiple sports, rather than just one all year. That helps develop their bodies in different, more complete ways and rests parts not being worked on as they grow.

These days, you may as well just go in for Tommy John before you sign a contract, and get it over with as a pitcher. Everybody seems to get one.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2016 02:54 PM (39g3+

You do need to play multiple sports growing up. Or at least take the Fall and Winter to rest your arm from throwing until you are finished growing as a kid.

I've never heard of anybody having Tommy John from taking BP year round or hitting off the tee.

The problem is the traveling teams. Way too many of them selling the pearents that Joey will get that college scholarship at age 6. It is a racket scamming parents of thousands of dollars a year.

There should only be 3 or 4 traveling teams per region in the USA competeing to make the USA team.

And a wasp just landed on my ding ding while I'm popping. Gotta run!

Posted by: Pepe at August 28, 2016 03:05 PM (5HyS+)

192 21
You're only posting this crap because he is a strong black man and THAT upsets your white cis-gender privilege. You all are hatefull racist homophobic xenophobic bigots who hate women and minorities....you all deserve to be in death camps when the revolution comes...
Posted by: Pasty White Social Justice Warrior rehearsing in the CNN Green Room at August 28, 2016 12:14 PM (DmY9b)

Marc LaMont Hill? Is that you? Welcome to AoS!!

Posted by: Puddleglum at August 28, 2016 03:16 PM (JskwE)

193 "When the Revolution comes" who will have all the guns and the military training?

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Posted by: Colon Caeperdick at August 28, 2016 03:39 PM (WVCC6)

195 Three days ago I'd never heard of this person and now he enjoys a position as the leading celebrity idiot in existence.

You have a closet of shoes that would make Imelda Marcos envious but you claim to be oppressed. What next? Demanding burkhas on the cheerleaders?

Posted by: Epobirs at August 28, 2016 04:14 PM (IdCqF)

196 >>>18 What was he trying to prove by sitting all last season?

Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2016 12:06 PM (vRQJG)

Reason #29,978 why this is the best place on the internet.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 28, 2016 12:14 PM (Zu3d9)

That could rate front-page treatment.

Posted by: m at August 28, 2016 04:51 PM (gfJWV)

197 I'm afraid that the labor prices in China are even too high for Nike. They put factories in the truly poorest places in the world. That's the way Nike rolls.

Posted by: DFCtomm at August 28, 2016 04:58 PM (mEnDa)

198 Greetings:

One of the things that my parents (one male, one female) spent some time and effort transmitting to me, mostly through repetition, was their concept of hospitality, how one acts as a host, and how one acts as a guest. So, my analysis finds dear Colin to have violated his employer's hospitality by creating this distraction while he was on the time-clock. In essence, he has taken the time he sold to them and converted it to his own demented purpose. What he does on his own time is his own business. When he uses his employer's time to inflict his juvenile socio-political views on his employer's customers is abuse.

The mealy-mouth responses of today's so Progressive NFL are unsurprising. It has been permitting its players to wear those divine little skullcaps they have affected for the last too many years during the playing of our National Anthem without a mention or attempt at correction.

Lastly, I recall my father mentioning to one of my associates who went beyond his pale that "Next time you see your parents, tell them I said thay still have some work to do."

Posted by: 11B40 at August 28, 2016 05:06 PM (evgyj)

199 It appears that the NFL has a death wish.

Posted by: LA ette, formerly of TX, lakeside lurker at August 28, 2016 12:22 PM (a5OFg)

I have some sympathy for them. We're in a time when the two sides are dividing in preparation to.....misbehave. It's got to be hard to run an entertainment business in that environment. It gets harder to be neutral every day.

Posted by: DFCtomm at August 28, 2016 05:07 PM (mEnDa)

200 Is this guy the male equivalent of Imelda Marcos?

Posted by: rickl at August 28, 2016 05:19 PM (sdi6R)

201 Muslim convert? So he's going to stuff a football full of RDX and when he gets sacked again ...kablowee. EX CELLANT!!!

Posted by: Dr. Evil at August 28, 2016 05:55 PM (4kMjX)

202 So the NFL is going to get some security in the players areas? bag searches...staff surveillance...bomb sniffing dogs

Posted by: torabora at August 28, 2016 06:05 PM (4kMjX)

203 When is Colin gonna get his junk removed so he can be Coleena? He can be the 1st female NFL Muslim QB and they'll NEVER be able to get rid of him. The bench will have his name on it. Coleena...send her in when you're behind 49 points.

Posted by: torabora at August 28, 2016 06:24 PM (4kMjX)

204 I used to live in SF and still have friends there that are die hard 49'er fans. They are disgusted and the backlash is going to be fierce.

Posted by: Cheri at August 28, 2016 07:04 PM (TmVQX)

205 He convertd to islam,thats why he is Blm.is fine whore made him.why wont that get reportd?

Posted by: CW at August 28, 2016 07:05 PM (NpPZa)

206 I have to wonder if this is all a ruse to make it harder for the Niners to cut him without adverse publicity. In 2014 Kap signed a six year extension to his contract only to have his performance tank. He is now likely to be the most expensive clipboard holder in the NFL. Some of the money is guaranteed, but his employer would still probably be better off seeking a cheaper backup QB with fewer locker room issues.

There was a punter a few years back whose career was on the decline when he embraced gay marriage and then (unsuccessfully) raised a stink when he was cut. Since no one else picked him up off waivers his team (Vikings) had a good argument his release was because of performance on the field.

Posted by: NC Mountain Girl at August 28, 2016 07:29 PM (soEPC)

207 Seems likely, I have heard his performance is down so far he was going to get cut one way or another.

Posted by: Stem at August 29, 2016 11:27 AM (bMcUX)

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