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Is This Something? A School Full Of Special Snowflakes Who Actually Aren't Snowflakes And Are Pushing Back?
It's not much of a pushback, but any time a high school humor video starts out with a shot at Michelle Obama and her food Nazis it's worth noticing. And this is a school in a wealthy liberal bastion in the New York City metropolitan area!
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: AnnaS at September 24, 2017 12:11 PM (l4l/z)
Posted by: AnnaS at September 24, 2017 12:11 PM (l4l/z)
Posted by: AnnaS at September 24, 2017 12:14 PM (l4l/z)
Posted by: mnw at September 24, 2017 12:14 PM (v6Osy)
Posted by: AnnaS at September 24, 2017 12:16 PM (l4l/z)
* Takes a knee in thread *
Posted by: SJW Warrior!! at September 24, 2017 12:16 PM (EgwCt)
The problem I have in even fairly amiable arguments with liberals these days isn't so much that they're well aware of the counterargument and they reject it; it's that they aren't really aware that there IS another side - just benighted or malicious people stubbornly refusing to do what we all agree is right.
This is why, though I try not to hate, I find it hard not to hate former President Obama. He really encouraged this view of the world.
Posted by: JPS at September 24, 2017 12:17 PM (9ziuC)
players have a right to protest for social justice (while making 100x
what the average fan makes). He said if fans don't like it , they can
stay home or not watch. I will do both!
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Yes. Please more of this.
Tell the fans to stay home.
Tell the fans NOT to watch.
Then see what your bottom line looks like.
See what kind of rates you can charge your advertisers.
See what kind of payroll you have available for your players.
Let them learn that actions have consequences.
Posted by: shibumi at September 24, 2017 12:17 PM (aT+Bx)
Posted by: mnw at September 24, 2017 12:17 PM (v6Osy)
Posted by: Marcus T at September 24, 2017 12:20 PM (6fmef)
I still have the scorch marks on my a**.
LOL
Posted by: navybrat at September 24, 2017 12:20 PM (w7KSn)
another side..."
Posted by: JPS at September 24, 2017 12:17 PM (9ziuC)
Bingo!
That is exactly it. He has been exposed to nothing but the progressive cant. The echo chamber is perfect.
I might just beat the snot out of him at Thanksgiving, and then ask him how he likes totalitarianism now?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 24, 2017 12:20 PM (wYseH)
I know that the Ford Motor Co. & Pepsi Cola have always tried to move product by telling prospective buyers to "FUCK OFF!", right?
Don't they teach that in biz school marketing classes?
Posted by: mnw at September 24, 2017 12:21 PM (v6Osy)
I'll take Professor Membrane.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 24, 2017 12:21 PM (Ktewm)
Posted by: navybrat at September 24, 2017 12:20 PM (w7KSn)
Notice who isn't doing an elbows thread anymore?
[And I LIKE elbows!]
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 24, 2017 12:21 PM (wYseH)
Posted by: AnnaS at September 24, 2017 12:22 PM (l4l/z)
Posted by: mnw at September 24, 2017 12:22 PM (v6Osy)
Last year there was one teacher who I am sure went home in tears most nights because she was utterly failing to "teach" them that colonialism/misogyny/sexism, etc was all evilawfulterriblehorrible. They see it all as a joke, and are carving their way. Oh, they believe in treating all people as equals and all those good truly liberal values, but they simply refuse to put up with the stupidity. There is hope :-)
Posted by: Lyana at September 24, 2017 12:22 PM (/IvZS)
Posted by: JoeF. at September 24, 2017 12:23 PM (7uYFy)
Posted by: mnw at September 24, 2017 12:24 PM (v6Osy)
Posted by: fu52 at September 24, 2017 12:24 PM (HpUpB)
Posted by: AnnaS at September 24, 2017 12:25 PM (l4l/z)
When she told her teacher what I said her teacher asked if I worked out at the Nuke Plant and she told her yes. The teacher didn't say anything and walked off back to her desk.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 24, 2017 12:25 PM (mpXpK)
Dog Calmly Playing With Kids After Cop Shoots Himself Trying To Kill it
https://youtu.be/HIvEzY_eR7g
Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at September 24, 2017 12:25 PM (hMwEB)
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at September 24, 2017 12:25 PM (m9X4Y)
Posted by: Phildirt at September 24, 2017 12:26 PM (dQOwJ)
Oh, the Concussion Coverup Blamefest is nigh.
Posted by: ro-man at September 24, 2017 12:26 PM (RuIsu)
Considering the NFL has (or had) members that are murderers, domestic abusers, drug abusers, weapon offenders, assaulters, and animal abusers...
I'm not so certain Trump didn't pull his punches when he referred to the kneelers as ''son's of bitches''. Pretty tame in comparison to some of those thugs.
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at September 24, 2017 12:27 PM (EgwCt)
Posted by: Uncle Ant at September 24, 2017 12:27 PM (XCWds)
Don't want that! Bernadine Dohrn & all of her ilk came from LIBERAL homes, not radical ones. They just kicked it up a notch.
Posted by: mnw at September 24, 2017 12:27 PM (v6Osy)
Posted by: Scolding Lib Food Nazi at September 24, 2017 12:27 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: kallisto at September 24, 2017 12:27 PM (7l5V0)
Posted by: JoeF. at September 24, 2017 12:23 PM (7uYFy)
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I'm sitting in the same room as my son, and just a few minutes ago he clicked on Daily Mail and saw the picture of all the NFL players kneeling today. He said, wow, this is now purely political against Trump. Way to go, NFL.
Posted by: bluebell at September 24, 2017 12:30 PM (UoSKV)
Next thing, pull the air force/navy flyovers.
Color guards.
Give them nothing. Not money, not respect.
Certainly not your precious time on this earth.
Posted by: navybrat at September 24, 2017 12:30 PM (w7KSn)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 24, 2017 12:20 PM (wYseH)
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Holidays at your house sound fun.
Posted by: bluebell at September 24, 2017 12:31 PM (UoSKV)
[And I LIKE elbows!]
It's too bad too. I miss elbows...even the pointy ones.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 24, 2017 12:31 PM (tRaq7)
Posted by: kallisto at September 24, 2017 12:31 PM (7l5V0)
CBD, about your young relation: Have you tried to expose him to Hayek's
points on rule by experts? Not to convert him, necessarily, but just to
challenge his thinking?
The problem I have in even fairly amiable arguments with liberals
these days isn't so much that they're well aware of the counterargument
and they reject it; it's that they aren't really aware that there IS
another side - just benighted or malicious people stubbornly refusing to
do what we all agree is right.
This is why, though I try not to hate, I find it hard not to hate
former President Obama. He really encouraged this view of the world.
Posted by: JPS at September 24, 2017 12:17 PM (9ziuC)
Also Bastiat's treatise on The Law is available on Gutenberg for free.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 24, 2017 12:32 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: bluebell at September 24, 2017 12:30 PM (UoSKV)
Exactly. It's the National Anthem, not the Trump Anthem.
The anthem and the flag and the Constitution are operational no matter who sits in the White House.
Posted by: JoeF. at September 24, 2017 12:32 PM (7uYFy)
Posted by: AnnaS
ESPN's revenue comes from viewership, though. The players and owners may be buffered against a downturn for a few years, but if ESPN loses subscribers and has to reduce rates for advertisers, they will feel a downturn very quickly.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 24, 2017 12:32 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Is it something generally objectionable about the elbows themselves or the league that these pointy joints are affiliated with?
(Because I can toss up some links to pictured Spartak girls.)
Posted by: FireHorse at September 24, 2017 12:33 PM (zkGZ8)
Posted by: kallisto at September 24, 2017 12:27 PM (7l5V0)
That is definitely a significant part of it, but I think part of it is that they are so advertised to from birth that there seems to be some blow back; they tend not to believe anything anybody tells them - my youngest is probably more well read than I am. She will research both sides of everything. And the cognitive dissonance just doesn't add up for them.
Posted by: Lyana at September 24, 2017 12:33 PM (/IvZS)
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 24, 2017 12:34 PM (5VlCp)
Posted by: AnnaS at September 24, 2017 12:22 PM (l4l/z)
Four years, eh? Ok, that's fine. In four years, wait until the munies start suing the stupid owners for breach of contract, when they can't collect their taxes on the "turn down."
Ask the tobacco companies what it's like to have a bunch of states and cities taking them to court.
Guvment likes its crack. Don't get between a guvment entity and its supply source.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 24, 2017 12:34 PM (Pz4pT)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 24, 2017 12:35 PM (/qEW2)
The interviewed on Fox person said everyone already had tickets and
contracts etc so would be four years before anyone felt a turn down.
Posted by: AnnaS
ESPN's revenue comes from viewership, though. The players and owners
may be buffered against a downturn for a few years, but if ESPN loses
subscribers and has to reduce rates for advertisers, they will feel a
downturn very quickly.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 24, 2017 12:32 PM (/qEW2)
I posted a link two days ago to an article that said they stood to loose $200M in ad revenue if it continued to drop the way it is doing now.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 24, 2017 12:35 PM (mpXpK)
A) I'll wait.
B) The league is already having to make good on rebates because they don't deliver the audience to advertisers.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 24, 2017 12:36 PM (oVJmc)
Usually 11 AM MST is when the Texans play, but today I guess I'm going to church instead. Yeah, I know. Pray for me, Horde, that I don't get eaten by demons on my way there like Alhazred
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 24, 2017 12:36 PM (6FqZa)
The NFL can all go eat a bag of ebola infested dicks.
Posted by: Gaylord Farkemall at September 24, 2017 12:36 PM (+dsLj)
Posted by: NHL at September 24, 2017 12:37 PM (cQdY5)
Good for you.
Posted by: bluebell at September 24, 2017 12:37 PM (UoSKV)
move product by telling prospective buyers to "FUCK OFF!", right?
Don't they teach that in biz school marketing classes?
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Yeah, this stuff is pretty interesting.
Proles didn't elect Hillary? Scream louder at them, and tell them 24/7 how stupid they are.
Proles don't like players disrespecting the flag? Scream at them 24/7 and tell them how stupid they are.
Right now, yelling and insults, potentially combined with violent rioting, seem to be the only pages in the playbook.
At this point, I want the NFL to die. I want their advertisers to be hurt. A lot.
Take the hit to your bottom line. Explain that your SJW stance is the most important thing at your shareholders meetings.
Actions have consequences bitchez.
Posted by: shibumi at September 24, 2017 12:37 PM (aT+Bx)
Look here: if Ford is making its payroll by collecting government grants for producing electric cars to meet a treaty, and no one has to actually buy these? Then they can tell their buyers to fuck off.
If Pepsi is canning pure fruit water to meet a UN quota, ditto.
NFL owners don't have to worry about losing their stadiums. The taxpayers are on the hook for that stuff. They get their money from TV contracts. They literally do not have to care about fan tickets, or fans watching, for years.
They're not in the business you think they're in. It's a Marshall McLuhan thing.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at September 24, 2017 12:37 PM (H5rtT)
They actually get a lot of money from bundled cable subscriptions, even from people who don't watch.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 24, 2017 12:37 PM (oVJmc)
Color guards.
Give them nothing. Not money, not respect.
Certainly not your precious time on this earth.
Posted by: navybrat at September 24, 2017 12:30 PM (w7KSn)
There was a story a couple years ago, the military PAYS the NFL to support the troops! Not advertising dollars for ads that play during games, but pays them to wear camo uniforms and let military personnel on the field and whatnot.
So yeah...
Posted by: BurtTC at September 24, 2017 12:37 PM (Pz4pT)
I noted this the other day: head to the Goolag Play Store and look up the ESPN app, then read the comments. The recent ones are pretty critical because of their rabid leftard talking heads.
People are tired of their BS. Giving a "courage award" to Bruce Jenner for being mentally ill was where most of it started.
ESPN is ignoring the First Rule of Holes good and hard.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 24, 2017 12:37 PM (tRaq7)
34 The entire Steelers team will remain in their locker room during the anthem today.
Next thing, pull the air force/navy flyovers.
Color guards.
Give them nothing. Not money, not respect.
Certainly not your precious time on this earth.
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No more taxpayer funded stadiums, no more fan gear, no more eyeballs.
Posted by: Uncle Si at September 24, 2017 12:38 PM (ZLmoR)
Mind you, they're not football. They're not even American. But in the interests of shared values that transcend borders and in the realization that the Russians love their children too, here's a pic from the KHL support squad in Omsk:
http://tinyurl.com/ya33ghff
Posted by: FireHorse at September 24, 2017 12:38 PM (zkGZ8)
Considering the NFL has (or had) members that are murderers, domestic abusers, drug abusers, weapon offenders, assaulters, and animal abusers...
...rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, shit-kickers and
few Methodists.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 24, 2017 12:39 PM (IqV8l)
ONCE I BEGIN GIVING THEM MY EXPLANATIONS, THEY'LL BE BREAKING DOWN THE DOORS TRYING TO GET AWAY.
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at September 24, 2017 12:39 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: Captain Ned at September 24, 2017 12:39 PM (8LLKm)
Posted by: Skip at September 24, 2017 12:39 PM (ghofu)
Posted by: thathalfrican - back at it at September 24, 2017 12:39 PM (IYHxL)
for producing electric cars to meet a treaty, and no one has to
actually buy these? Then they can tell their buyers to fuck off.
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We also have really really huge government fleet contracts!
Eff you proles!
Posted by: Ford at September 24, 2017 12:40 PM (aT+Bx)
Posted by: keena at September 24, 2017 12:40 PM (RiTnx)
http://tinyurl.com/y9bntcut
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Posted by: The Goolag at September 24, 2017 12:43 PM (leCj4)
Posted by: thathalfrican - back at it at September 24, 2017 12:43 PM (IYHxL)
Posted by: AnnaS at September 24, 2017 12:43 PM (l4l/z)
Posted by: WVinMN at September 24, 2017 12:43 PM (TPf32)
I support the right of the employers to bench and fire those guys, too.
NFL viewer ratings are down even more than last year, and they were low in 2016. I think sports viewing is mostly an older people kind of thing anyway, I wonder how many younger people even care if games are on television to begin with.
http://www.businessinsider.com/nfl-ratings-troubles-could-cost-tv-network-partners-big-time-2017-9
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 24, 2017 12:43 PM (39g3+)
Speaking of restrictions, Anthem in CA is upping its insurance rates by 35%. Anthem is my carrier. Thanks, John effin McAhole!
Posted by: keena at September 24, 2017 12:40 PM (RiTnx)
My rates for AARP/United Healthcare are going 22% next year just for Supplement F and the government charges for Part B are also going up but they don't say how much.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 24, 2017 12:43 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: mustbequantum at September 24, 2017 12:43 PM (MIKMs)
There is good reason to believe that Socrates fully supported the 13 month rule of the "30 Tyrants" who took power in Athens at the close of the Pelopenesian War, especially since Critias, the leader of the 30, was one of Socrate's star pupils. As the wiki stub says, "though brief, the reign of the 30 resulted in the killing (execution) of 5% of Athens citizens, the confiscation of citizens property, and the exile of other democratic supporters."
That's the same old system that all of the "expert" fetishists today would love to see come back.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 24, 2017 12:43 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 24, 2017 12:44 PM (tRaq7)
Posted by: Skip at September 24, 2017 12:44 PM (ghofu)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 24, 2017 12:44 PM (gC2IV)
#FutureIsFantasy
Posted by: RioBravo at September 24, 2017 12:44 PM (giT7q)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at September 24, 2017 12:44 PM (H5rtT)
https://photo.khl.ru/items/id1470017
(I'll maybe link some HC Spartak girls tomorrow.)
Posted by: FireHorse at September 24, 2017 12:45 PM (zkGZ8)
Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at September 24, 2017 12:45 PM (z2W2E)
They are assuming, however, that all the fans will just come flocking back and the gravy train will be back on track.
That may not be a wise assumption to make.
Posted by: phineas gage at September 24, 2017 12:45 PM (ALDN3)
Posted by: thathalfrican - back at it at September 24, 2017 12:45 PM (IYHxL)
Eff you proles!
Posted by: Ford
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Whew! Boy you're right about that. If it weren't for fleet sales to governments, and subsidies, why the Volt would never even have made it out of R&D.
Posted by: GM at September 24, 2017 12:46 PM (leCj4)
fleet sales to governments, and subsidies, why the Volt would never
even have made it out of RD.
Posted by: GM at September 24, 2017 12:46 PM
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Amen to that brother!
Posted by: Tesla Motors at September 24, 2017 12:47 PM (aT+Bx)
Those are the key words. The shrill loudmouth Left always wants to convince you that their view is widely shared and virtually monolithic.
Even among the kids, it ain't so.
Posted by: phineas gage at September 24, 2017 12:47 PM (ALDN3)
Yeah, that's the left's wet dream: a dictatorship (benevolent, of course) with them in charge, with everyone else slaving away to produce what they want and need to maintain their lifestyles. They want young people educated only enough to be obedient and malleable, and to pick particularly useful members out to be a part of the ruling class.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 24, 2017 12:47 PM (39g3+)
Another famous story that "everyone knows" that is probably just 2500 year old propaganda.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 24, 2017 12:47 PM (V2Yro)
NFL owners don't have to worry about losing their stadiums. The taxpayers are on the hook for that stuff.
I believe that stadium taxes usually pass on promises of job creation and community pride.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 24, 2017 12:47 PM (IqV8l)
313 Activism Month?
How about just one day? It was good enough when Landriu guided the people to only have one day of madness. Look how well it all turned out.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 24, 2017 11:40 AM (Ktewm)
The players need space to destroy.
Posted by: josephistan at September 24, 2017 12:47 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: Skip at September 24, 2017 12:48 PM (ghofu)
fleet sales to governments, and subsidies, why the Volt would never
even have made it out of RD.
Posted by: GM at September 24, 2017 12:46 PM (leCj4)
Trust me, major companies are not breaking their ass leasing or buying Volts. My old company used to buy stripped down Chrysler compacts and they even paid EXTRA to get them w/o a radio.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 24, 2017 12:48 PM (mpXpK)
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The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg teaches us that it is better to grab what you can now rather than to plan for the future.
- Hillary Explains Children's Stories
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Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doppelganger To the Stars! at September 24, 2017 12:48 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Fritz at September 24, 2017 12:49 PM (z74gh)
Posted by: thathalfrican - back at it at September 24, 2017 12:45 PM (IYHxL)
What do you think about 'morals clauses' for people like teachers? An over reaction?
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at September 24, 2017 12:49 PM (EgwCt)
That's not true, of course. As the IBD article I linked notes, if they keep seeing ratings plunge, they will owe advertisers money back. Hundreds of millions of dollars.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 24, 2017 12:49 PM (39g3+)
I think the performance of the national anthem(s) is part of the atmosphere in the NHL--particularly in the playoffs.
The players lined up along their respective blue lines, facing; the tension building, building and the explosion of noise as the music fades.
I remember an old time member of the Chicago Black Hawks saluting during the anthem. I can't remember why, by I remember that.
Posted by: Northerlurker, Still Lurking After All These Years. at September 24, 2017 12:49 PM (nBr1j)
This is about using their employer's forum to air their own grievances.
So Tomlin is gonna keep them ALL hiding in the locker room? What about the players that DO want to stand for the anthem/flag? Can they tell him to piss off? Does their free speech count?
What does Villaneuva think about this?
Since this all started because Kaperdick attributed an American flag to police brutality, why don't the players go over to the on duty police officers at Heinz Field providing security and spit on them? Why insult the flag, which is so much more than just about police?
So Big Ben is a big supporter of the police, and pays for K9s for various departments. What does he think about this? Since we're all about free speech, is he allowed to say what he thinks on the field? How much ya wanna bet this is his final season?
Can players now tell the NFL to piss off about wearing hot pink all of October? Is that how this "free speech on your employers time"thing works?"
Posted by: SaltyDonnie at September 24, 2017 12:51 PM (nWmg2)
Posted by: thathalfrican - back at it at September 24, 2017 12:51 PM (IYHxL)
Posted by: josephistan at September 24, 2017 12:51 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: AnnaS at September 24, 2017 12:51 PM (l4l/z)
And then charge the Professional Gamblers Syndicate there ten thousand, or a million, every time they defile the nation's honor by playing it at a ball game. You come and ask us.
At the turn of the last century, the top spectator sports were swimming and rowing meets, and rifle matches. Ball games were for "idlers."
The ownership of these big leagues have been in good with the Senate and the Mafia for so long, they've forgotten what a PR campaign had to be run to make their betting and fixing hobby acceptable to church folk.
Maybe they need to have their noses rubbed in their shit real hard, when they do it on the carpet like that.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at September 24, 2017 12:51 PM (H5rtT)
I would argue that its a perfectly reasonable reaction for an employer to punish employees damaging their business and sales. In fact, they're stupid not to.
Its no different than having a clerk at the cash register be obnoxious and hateful toward the customers. It hurts your business and you punish them for doing so.
Whether its an overreaction or not, the employers are just as much in their rights to do so as the employees are to give stupid, meaningless political gestures.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 24, 2017 12:51 PM (39g3+)
Push it harder than Honeybadger, so the players can hear laughing in the stadium when the drop to a knee.
Posted by: NaughtyPine - Public nuisance at September 24, 2017 12:51 PM (G8B7r)
The next few years will be dispositive.
Posted by: phineas gage at September 24, 2017 12:52 PM (ALDN3)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 24, 2017 12:52 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Fritz at September 24, 2017 12:49 PM
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Agreed! They always looked like dead roaches to me, hence I would never eat a cookie with them in it. Growing up in NYC will do that to you.
Posted by: IrishEi at September 24, 2017 12:53 PM (HiDrR)
No, no--that would be divisive.
Posted by: phineas gage at September 24, 2017 12:53 PM (ALDN3)
I was in Sanford Stadium last night at UGA watching my team get its ass handed over on a platter...but, one thing about the SEC: the nation, the flag, and the anthem are honored. 90,000+ people last night standing with their hands over their hearts singing along with the anthem in harmony.
Posted by: Country Singer at September 24, 2017 12:53 PM (yzxic)
Posted by: logprof at September 24, 2017 12:53 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: IrishEi
How do you feel about rye with caraway seed in it?
Posted by: Bruce at September 24, 2017 12:53 PM (8ikIW)
Fox is on the side of insulting America, which is now NFL policy.
Posted by: Meremortal at September 24, 2017 12:53 PM (3myMJ)
Ah. Sure.
Diminishing enthusiasm is a boffo strategy.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 24, 2017 12:54 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: george costanza at September 24, 2017 12:54 PM (ALDN3)
Posted by: thathalfrican - back at it at September 24, 2017 12:54 PM (IYHxL)
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 24, 2017 12:54 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands
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Agreed. That said, I found it entertaining.
Is it something? Not for the reason CBD suggested. I think it's something that a bunch of high-school kids made a 5-minute video that's all-around better than most offerings from the entertainment guild over the past several years.
Posted by: FireHorse at September 24, 2017 12:54 PM (zkGZ8)
Posted by: Thursby at September 24, 2017 12:54 PM (WVn9a)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doppelganger To the Stars! at September 24, 2017 12:55 PM (Nwg0u)
That is the sum of all their fears, in fact.
They still care VERY VERY MUCH INDEED about putting butts in their $172/game seats!
Trust me.
Posted by: mnw at September 24, 2017 12:55 PM (v6Osy)
Posted by: Bruce at September 24, 2017 12:53 PM
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That's okay in my book. Never had a problem with ants.
Posted by: IrishEi at September 24, 2017 12:55 PM (HiDrR)
That whole "well I'll watch just the Superbowl" thing doesn't really hurt the NFL. Individual games don't earn them nearly even close to as much in advertising revenues.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 24, 2017 12:55 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 24, 2017 12:56 PM (V2Yro)
Ratings are down what, 14% over last year?
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 24, 2017 12:56 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: IrishEi
My dad always called it rye with mouse turds.
Posted by: Bruce at September 24, 2017 12:56 PM (8ikIW)
Posted by: mnw at September 24, 2017 12:56 PM (v6Osy)
While Obama was president it was suddenly OK to stand for the anthem and the flag and to be "proud" of your country because those things--to many people in general and to the overwhelming majority of blacks--became embodied in the person of Obama.
Now that Trump is president, there is no way they are going to transfer that loyalty to him. That's what this is about. It never occurs to them that the anthem and the flag are bigger than Obama or Trump.
Posted by: JoeF. at September 24, 2017 12:57 PM (7uYFy)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 24, 2017 12:57 PM (oVJmc)
my team get its ass handed over on a platter...but, one thing about the
SEC: the nation, the flag, and the anthem are honored. 90,000+ people
last night standing with their hands over their hearts singing along
with the anthem in harmony.
Posted by: Country Singer at September 24, 2017 12:53 PM (yzxic)
And I thought GA was your team???
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 24, 2017 12:57 PM (mpXpK)
All the Eagles players are lock-armed. No kneelers that I see. Giant flag on field, flyover scheduled.
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at September 24, 2017 12:57 PM (EgwCt)
Posted by: logprof at September 24, 2017 12:57 PM (GsAUU)
yearn for more restrictions: on speech, relationships, the flags we fly,
the statues we have in our squares...
Posted by: CBD at 12:10 PM
They're not yearning for restrictions on themselves; they mean to be the ones calling the shots and meting out punishment. Leftism always brings punishment to the party, never forget that.
Posted by: Monty James at September 24, 2017 12:57 PM (gKOMX)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 24, 2017 12:57 PM (gC2IV)
Posted by: Bruce at September 24, 2017 12:56 PM
~~~~~
Hmmmm. We did have the occasional mouse...
Posted by: IrishEi at September 24, 2017 12:57 PM (HiDrR)
"Hide your numbers to make it appear as though they're more than they are."
Debil worshipper Saul Alinsky.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 24, 2017 12:57 PM (tRaq7)
And certainly not one whit gheyer.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at September 24, 2017 12:58 PM (H5rtT)
And that's super easy to boycott. Far more easy than TV games. Its expensive to go to a game, and a hassle. Its a large chunk of the day missing because of the delightful traffic and just getting to the seat and the car. And who wants to pay $15 bucks for a cheap cheeseburger? Some stadiums have even banned tailgate parties.
Why go? This one is too easy a decision, and I think that's where they really are gonna feel it. They already are. College football games are pulling in way more attendees.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 24, 2017 12:58 PM (39g3+)
Nope, a couple thugs raised their fists. Good bye Eagles.
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at September 24, 2017 12:58 PM (EgwCt)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 24, 2017 12:58 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: logprof at September 24, 2017 12:58 PM (GsAUU)
College? United States Military Academy
Posted by: Bruce at September 24, 2017 12:59 PM (8ikIW)
Posted by: mnw at September 24, 2017 12:55 PM (v6Osy)
Not to mention the $5 hotdogs, $6 soft drinks, $10 beer, etc.
Posted by: Country Singer at September 24, 2017 12:59 PM (yzxic)
Posted by: Hope Solo at September 24, 2017 12:59 PM (/qEW2)
So when do I start to see a marketing strategy were white males christians are asked not to by our product or service?
Posted by: YIKES! at September 24, 2017 12:59 PM (t6XCL)
And this is why they do it. Because people keep watching anyway.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 24, 2017 12:59 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: josephistan at September 24, 2017 12:51 PM (ANIFC)
Where are you? I'm in NJ and I heard one too.
Posted by: JoeF. at September 24, 2017 12:59 PM (7uYFy)
I don't watch any pro sports so could give less than a shit.
Posted by: Under Fire at September 24, 2017 01:00 PM (mcI77)
College? United States Military Academy
Posted by: Bruce at September 24, 2017 12:59 PM (8ikIW)
--Yep, a veteran.
Good on him.
Posted by: logprof at September 24, 2017 01:00 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 24, 2017 12:57 PM (mpXpK)
Nope, I'm a Mississippi State alumnus. #HailState
Posted by: Country Singer at September 24, 2017 01:00 PM (yzxic)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 24, 2017 01:00 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Northerlurker
________
Did you catch the Metallica guys doing the anthem in San Jose during the Stanley Cup Final a couple years ago?
http://tinyurl.com/h97j393
Posted by: FireHorse at September 24, 2017 01:00 PM (zkGZ8)
Posted by: thathalfrican - back at it at September 24, 2017 01:01 PM (IYHxL)
He saw me and said "it's a good thing you never see what our cooks put into the pizzas".
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 24, 2017 01:01 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: steevy at September 24, 2017 01:01 PM (rmVvL)
Posted by: mnw at September 24, 2017 12:55 PM (v6Osy)
Not to mention the $5 hotdogs, $6 soft drinks, $10 beer, etc.
Posted by: Country Singer at September 24, 2017 12:59 PM (yzxic)
Yep. It's nuts. They want to vacuum every last dime out of your pockets, and people keep flocking to the stadiums to let them do it. I just don't get it.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 24, 2017 01:01 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 24, 2017 01:01 PM (gC2IV)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 24, 2017 01:01 PM (39g3+)
Not to mention the $5 hotdogs, $6 soft drinks, $10 beer, etc.
??
Last Cards game I went to, *$9* for a hotdog.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 24, 2017 01:01 PM (oVJmc)
----
Yeah, here's a cool little story for you.
They've closed two arenas in the Detroit area-- Joe Louis Arena, and the Palace of Auburn Hills. They have opened Little Caesars Arena downtown, which will now be the home to the Red Wings and Pistons.
I don't know about Joe Louis Arena, but between full/ part time staff, there were 1,800 employees at the Palace. They lost their jobs.
No one talks about this because "Yay, DETROIT!!!" but the promise of a new venue has actually caused a significant number of people here to lose jobs.
BTW...from what I've heard, many people from Joe Louis arena have kept their jobs; however, if you're a new hire from the Palace, your rate is vastly lower than it was before.
Yay! Detroit!!!
Posted by: shibumi at September 24, 2017 01:01 PM (aT+Bx)
Look at the flag, remove hat, hand over heart.
Anything less is a dis.
Posted by: navybrat at September 24, 2017 01:02 PM (w7KSn)
He saw me and said "it's a good thing you never see what our cooks put into the pizzas".
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 24, 2017 01:01 PM (V2Yro)
So the movie "Waiting" was part documentary?
Posted by: Insomniac at September 24, 2017 01:02 PM (NWiLs)
They forget the past at their peril. The '60's and '70's when many franchises struggled to stay in business were not that long ago.
Posted by: phineas gage at September 24, 2017 01:02 PM (ALDN3)
So when do I start to see a marketing strategy were white males christians are asked not to by our product or service?
Posted by: YIKES! at September 24, 2017 12:59 PM (t6XCL)
That seems to be Marketing 101 for most corporations.
Posted by: josephistan at September 24, 2017 01:02 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 24, 2017 01:01 PM (oVJmc)
Heh. Goes to show the last time I was at a pro game.
Posted by: Country Singer at September 24, 2017 01:02 PM (yzxic)
Posted by: Northerlurker
________
Did you catch the Metallica guys doing the anthem in San Jose during the Stanley Cup Final a couple years ago?
http://tinyurl.com/h97j393
Posted by: FireHorse at September 24, 2017 01:00 PM (zkGZ
--Love, love, the anthem(s) in NHL games. Boston and Chicago have awesome singers for their home games.
Oh, and Bing the lyrics to the French version of "O Canada." VEEEEERY militant, quite unlike Peudeau.
Posted by: logprof at September 24, 2017 01:02 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: thathalfrican - back at it at September 24, 2017 01:01 PM (IYHxL)
-- +1
I have no problem with that.
Posted by: logprof at September 24, 2017 01:03 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: josephistan at September 24, 2017 12:51 PM (ANIFC)
Where are you? I'm in NJ and I heard one too.
Posted by: JoeF. at September 24, 2017 12:59 PM (7uYFy)
Philly. It must have been for the Sportsball flyover.
Posted by: josephistan at September 24, 2017 01:03 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: YIKES! at September 24, 2017 12:59 PM (t6XCL)
Been there, done that. See Camping World.
Posted by: Duke of Righteous WTF? at September 24, 2017 01:04 PM (T71PA)
I'm deeply disappointed in you, Bob.
Thought you were better than this.
I think JoeF is correct--this is misplaced racial fear.
Posted by: phineas gage at September 24, 2017 01:04 PM (ALDN3)
Michelle reminds me of an Odd Couple episode where one of Felix's relatives gave him a job at his candy making company. At one point, the relative pulls Oscar aside, with a pained expression on his face. He handed Oscar a stick of bubblegum. "Ewww... it tastes like ... broccoli".
Felix was amiable and misguided, but he *always* foreshadowed this trend in modern liberalism. It's not funny anymore. Maybe people should be forced to watch the Odd Couple as inoculation. I watched as a kid, and it definitely "planted seeds" that would later cause me to see problems with liberalism.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 24, 2017 01:04 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doppelganger To the Stars! at September 24, 2017 01:04 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: thathalfrican - back at it at September 24, 2017 01:01 PM (IYHxL)
It's still making a "Look at me & my virtue!" statement during the National Anthem & is disrespectful. You stand still, hand over heart, nothing more.
Posted by: josephistan at September 24, 2017 01:04 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 24, 2017 01:04 PM (oVJmc)
"You think that's bad, you should see him make donuts."
-just the punchline.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 24, 2017 01:05 PM (tRaq7)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doppelganger To the Stars! at September 24, 2017 01:04 PM (Nwg0u)
Alyssa Milano on her knees? I'm not objecting to that.
Posted by: josephistan at September 24, 2017 01:05 PM (ANIFC)
Just one idiot on the Oakland A's, who will likely ride the pine for the rest of his natural life for it.
MLB has no time for this crap. Plus, they tend to be significantly more conservative on average.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 24, 2017 01:05 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: thathalfrican - back at it at September 24, 2017 01:05 PM (IYHxL)
Posted by: kallisto at September 24, 2017 01:06 PM (7l5V0)
Posted by: thathalfrican - back at it at September 24, 2017 01:06 PM (IYHxL)
That is viscerally grotesque, but on the other hand many people around the world consume insects as a source of protein.
What is worse is when rat and mouse turds go into the mix, as at the joint where I worked (briefly) in college.
Posted by: phineas gage at September 24, 2017 01:06 PM (ALDN3)
By jumping on this with his stompy boots, Trump is doubling down on the idea that this is the fight between "People who love the Flag" and "People who hate the Flag". Of course it's childish and overemotional, but now every time the left criticizes Trump he'll have set his marker as "oh yeah, but he's one of the people who Love the Flag, and his enemies are the people who Hate the Flag".
He's guaranteed to win any fight on that dumbed down level, which is why he is working overtime to drive things to this level. And the left are being idiots by helping him to do it every step of the way.
I envision a meme where Trump is holding a laser pointer, shining a red dot on the wall, and libs are the cat chasing it endlessly.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 24, 2017 01:07 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 24, 2017 01:07 PM (tRaq7)
Posted by: josephistan at September 24, 2017 01:07 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: steevy at September 24, 2017 01:07 PM (rmVvL)
And NFL players trying to portray themselves as oppressed victims is a tough sell.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 24, 2017 01:07 PM (39g3+)
And parking, and etc. And employees, who won't be needed to sell those concessions.
And remember that municipalities make tax revenue off ticket sales. That's a lot of money that will get felt all around.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 24, 2017 01:08 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Don O. Lawrencell, Esq. at September 24, 2017 01:08 PM (tQ5dy)
I am fine with that, and its good strategy, but it was bad wording.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 24, 2017 01:08 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: dad29 at September 24, 2017 01:08 PM (7Kti7)
And parking, and etc. And employees, who won't be needed to sell those concessions.
Generally speaking, people go to the bar after the game, or get a meal at a local place as well. Those people will feel it as well. Most modern stadiums have a whole little town built up around them to leach money off sports fans, and they all feel it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 24, 2017 01:09 PM (39g3+)
While Obama was president it was suddenly OK to stand for the anthem and the flag and to be "proud" of your country because those things--to many people in general and to the overwhelming majority of blacks--became embodied in the person of Obama.
Now that Trump is president, there is no way they are going to transfer that loyalty to him. That's what this is about. It never occurs to them that the anthem and the flag are bigger than Obama or Trump.
Posted by: JoeF. at September 24, 2017 12:57 PM (7uYFy)
I think that has a lot to do with it.
The mere fact that a white man was elected is what's fueling this "white supremacism is on the rise" nonsense. After Obama, we were supposed to have a woman president, and perhaps a Hispanic next time.
But never, ever again a white man. That would be a step backwards from our glorious collective multicultural future.
Posted by: rickl at September 24, 2017 01:10 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: thathalfrican - back at it at September 24, 2017 01:10 PM (IYHxL)
Woody Allen wrote a piece in which he was Socrates awaiting his execution.
Allen: I guess I should never have suggested having a philosopher-king.
Simmias: Especially when you kept pointing to yourself and clearing your throat.
If you think he's funny and need a laugh:
http://home.sprintmail.com/~napazoid/wallen.htm
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 24, 2017 01:10 PM (/qEW2)
Bingo. Trump's political instincts are keen.
Posted by: phineas gage at September 24, 2017 01:10 PM (ALDN3)
And now Trump will finish it. I thank President Trump for standing up as an ordinary American, and shouting "this stinks like shit on ice!"
This is a battle that the SJWs cannot win, but I encourage them to not disengage but press Forward.
Oh, and I encourage Congress to block the tax free status on any future state and city bonds for stadiums, and also to remove the non-profit status of the National Football League. Maybe this can be rolled into the tax reform bill.
Play ball!
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 24, 2017 01:11 PM (0ogQG)
Blues season ticket holder (half). Take the kids.
You go to NFL games?
As I posted earlier, every NHL team has black players now*, & increasingly so. However... they're Canadians, so probably limited SJW potential there.
* (one of them has the intriguing name of Smyth-Picott. Spelling appx).
Posted by: mnw at September 24, 2017 01:12 PM (v6Osy)
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 24, 2017 01:12 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: navybrat at September 24, 2017 01:12 PM (w7KSn)
Posted by: phineas gage at September 24, 2017 01:12 PM (ALDN3)
Well, what I suspect will happen now is the fake knee-protest against the national anthem will become a fake knee-protest against President Trump.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at September 23, 2017 02:58 PM
Fake News is saying this is all being done "in defiance of Trump" now.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at September 24, 2017 01:13 PM (+pGz/)
How to make a stupid stunt a huge stupid idiotic league-wide stunt.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at September 24, 2017 01:14 PM (+pGz/)
Trump's historical Epitaph, right there.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 24, 2017 01:12 PM (V2Yro)
Remember, Trump fans take his statements seriously and his critics take them literally.
Posted by: Duke of Righteous WTF? at September 24, 2017 01:14 PM (T71PA)
The NHL has never come close to the inflated salaries in the other professional sports. Most of the guys are still comparatively blue-collar.
Posted by: phineas gage at September 24, 2017 01:14 PM (ALDN3)
Fake News is saying this is all being done "in defiance of Trump" now.
And Trump voters.
Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind, fellas.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 24, 2017 01:15 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 24, 2017 01:15 PM (oVJmc)
Ten bucks a year would be too much.
I chuckled at his response to PDT, Goodell saying that our president disrespected the NFL as though the NFL didn't start this by disrespecting the Anthem.
Remember Colon Krapernick started this over the false meme of "hands up, don't shoot," which has been proven to be a media-created lie that never actually happened.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 24, 2017 01:16 PM (tRaq7)
Posted by: phineas gage at September 24, 2017 01:16 PM (ALDN3)
Posted by: thathalfrican - back at it at September 24, 2017 01:06 PM (IYHxL)
Sounds like he was a bit confused.
I mean, worshiping the flag as a graven image isn't good either.
Posted by: rickl at September 24, 2017 01:16 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 24, 2017 01:17 PM (gC2IV)
Posted by: kallisto at September 24, 2017 01:17 PM (7l5V0)
Posted by: logprof
________
O Canada!
Land of our ancestors
Glorious deeds circle your brow
For your arm knows how to wield the sword
Your arm knows how to carry the cross;
Your history is an epic
Of brilliant deeds
And your valour steeped in faith
Will protect our homes and our rights,
Will protect our homes and our rights.
(I'm glad they're on our side.)
Posted by: FireHorse at September 24, 2017 01:18 PM (zkGZ8)
/or something like that.
Posted by: shibumi at September 24, 2017 01:18 PM (aT+Bx)
Posted by: MAxIE at September 24, 2017 01:19 PM (9TR2V)
Per Forbes Mag, last year; average salaries:
NBA $5 mill & change
MLB $3 mill
NHL $2 mill & change
NFL $1.9 mill
Posted by: mnw at September 24, 2017 01:20 PM (v6Osy)
Posted by: shibumi at September 24, 2017 01:18 PM (aT+Bx)
---------
They're becoming more selective in their appeal.
Posted by: bluebell at September 24, 2017 01:20 PM (UoSKV)
Posted by: Duke of Righteous WTF? at September 24, 2017 01:20 PM (T71PA)
Oh..... my...
Posted by: Don Q. at September 24, 2017 01:21 PM (NgKpN)
Exactly. Dude was seeing his future and tried to save it by becoming a political icon. So he grew out a fro to make his somewhat tan self look more ethnic, and put on a show.
In football, taking a knee has symbolic meaning. In baseball it just means you're tired or injured, or something.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 24, 2017 01:21 PM (39g3+)
The dude who kneeled in the MLB had his cap off and it over his heart.
Posted by: thathalfrican - back at it at September 24, 2017 01:06 PM (IYHxL)
He's trying to have it both ways.
Posted by: Monty James at September 24, 2017 01:21 PM (gKOMX)
Posted by: AnnaS at September 24, 2017 12:22 PM(l4l/z)
---
George Lucas didn't become rich due to ticket sales. He became rich due to merchandizing.
If the NFL isn't moving t-shirts, jerseys, caps and the like, yeah, they are going to notice it.
Posted by: Darth Randall at September 24, 2017 01:21 PM (6n332)
Posted by: MAxIE at September 24, 2017 01:21 PM (9TR2V)
You go to NFL games?
As I posted earlier, every NHL team has black players now*, & increasingly so. However... they're Canadians, so probably limited SJW potential there.
* (one of them has the intriguing name of Smyth-Picott. Spelling appx).
Posted by: mnw at September 24, 2017 01:12 PM (v6Osy)
--Only been to one NFL game, ever, in 1995.
Only been to one NHL game, in '99.
Loooooove my Winnipeg Jets.
Last year, the NHL drafted the first ever player born in China.
Speaking of black hockeh players, I so wanted P.K. and the Preds to win. I friggin' detest the Penguins.
Posted by: logprof at September 24, 2017 01:21 PM (GsAUU)
Get a grip.
Posted by: Fritz at September 24, 2017 01:21 PM (z74gh)
If the NFL isn't moving t-shirts, jerseys, caps and the like, yeah, they are going to notice it.
---
Merch is where it's at.
Posted by: Gene Simmons of KISS at September 24, 2017 01:22 PM (aT+Bx)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at September 24, 2017 01:22 PM (xInes)
Posted by: steevy at September 24, 2017 01:22 PM (rmVvL)
Posted by: MAxIE at September 24, 2017 01:22 PM (9TR2V)
Posted by: thathalfrican - back at it at September 24, 2017 01:22 PM (IYHxL)
A Progressive is someone who imagine themselves as part of this elite.
After all, no one ever voted to send themselves to the concentration camp.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 24, 2017 01:23 PM (LTHVh)
MLB $3 mill
NHL $2 mill & change
NFL $1.9 mill
Posted by: mnw
________
When you figure that an NFL roster is about twice as big as an NHL roster which is about twice as big as an NBA roster, the NFL payroll comes out about twice the average.
Posted by: FireHorse at September 24, 2017 01:23 PM (zkGZ8)
Posted by: FireHorse at September 24, 2017 01:18 PM (zkGZ
--When I first read the lyrics, I was floored by the line about the cross.
That translation would be better retaining the word "exploits" instead of "deeds," though.
Posted by: logprof at September 24, 2017 01:24 PM (GsAUU)
It's a Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote dynamic.
So many good Warner Bros cartoon memes...
http://tinyurl.com/yc5xg9lg
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 24, 2017 01:24 PM (tRaq7)
/or something like that.
Posted by: shibumi at September 24, 2017 01:18 PM (aT+Bx)
You are on to something.
I think this principle is at work already when it comes to cable news channels and the late night comedians. They want the people who watch Colbert because they are perceived to have money to spend--and the willingness to spend it. Advertisers don't care how many watch as long as they get the ones who will buy their products. Same with CNN. Look at their advertisers compared to the catheter commercials FOX has....
Posted by: JoeF. at September 24, 2017 01:24 PM (7uYFy)
When you figure that an NFL roster is about twice as big as an NHL roster which is about twice as big as an NBA roster, the NFL payroll comes out about twice the average.
The other sports play up to ten times the number of games as the NFL.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 24, 2017 01:24 PM (oVJmc)
Surgeons are merely experts!
The prescription process is antidemocratic!!!
Posted by: MAxIE at September 24, 2017 01:25 PM (9TR2V)
Jets? Are you from the Great White North?
It's a myth that NHL players are comparatively poorly paid. They make MORE on average than the NFL players, btw. A little more.
Posted by: mnw at September 24, 2017 01:25 PM (v6Osy)
The problem for the NBA is that they don't put on a very good show. Football has turned into a huge spectacle, almost none of a televised football game is actually about the play on the field. Its graphics and noise and replays and interviews and commentary and visuals. And about 20-40 minutes of action on the field over 3 hours.
NBA is entirely reliant on its star system: people who like and want to see their favorite guys play. If the stars are caustic and annoying, that damages the NBA tremendously. Because its just not a very interesting game to watch unless you have someone specific to watch and root for.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 24, 2017 01:25 PM (39g3+)
And when the expert rules that you should die?
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 24, 2017 01:26 PM (LTHVh)
Posted by: kallisto at September 24, 2017 01:26 PM (7l5V0)
I fail to see your point. The discussion concerned comparative player SALARIES. Not team payroll.
Posted by: mnw at September 24, 2017 01:26 PM (v6Osy)
Dentists are experts- don't listen!
Posted by: MAxIE at September 24, 2017 01:26 PM (9TR2V)
Well you folks who are so obsessed with democracy surely agree that we
should fire all the experts who work at the nuclear powerplants and just
have the people vote on how to turn the valves right???
Posted by: MAxIE at September 24, 2017 01:19 PM (9TR2V)
One rarely sees such a fine example of a 16 point irrelevancy, no sir.
Posted by: Monty James at September 24, 2017 01:27 PM (gKOMX)
Posted by: Yogurt at September 24, 2017 01:27 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 24, 2017 01:27 PM (LTHVh)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 24, 2017 01:28 PM (Tyii7)
A Progressive is someone who imagine themselves as part of this elite.
After all, no one ever voted to send themselves to the concentration camp.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 24, 2017 01:23 PM (LTHVh)
Intellectual Aristocracy? interesting...
Posted by: Don Q. at September 24, 2017 01:28 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 24, 2017 01:28 PM (LTHVh)
The Texas Republican said at the Texas Tribune festival in Austin that he and Lee had offered amendments to the Graham-Cassidy proposal that would go further to bring down Obamacare premiums but that the changes weren't included in the latest draft of the bill.
-
Ehhh. It was dead anyway.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doppelganger To the Stars! at September 24, 2017 01:29 PM (Nwg0u)
I fail to see your point. The discussion concerned comparative player SALARIES. Not team payroll.
The other fella mentioned total payroll.
I was making the point that the players in the other sports earn more total, but play many times the number of games to get it.
These poor NFL guys get paid royally for their few appearances per year.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 24, 2017 01:29 PM (oVJmc)
I will be turning the NFL off this year. Screw them all.
Posted by: MeMyselfandI at September 24, 2017 01:29 PM (94+2G)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 24, 2017 12:20 PM (wYseH)
---
that comment has put me in a funk. If CBD can't convince those with his more articulate ideas, what hope have I with the kids that come around here?
They have become like those mice , they hit the propaganda button to get more rewards.
Posted by: willow at September 24, 2017 01:29 PM (FKrah)
It's hard to live your values.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 24, 2017 01:29 PM (LTHVh)
The fact that you feel incapable of running your own life doesn't mean everyone has that problem.
Posted by: Meremortal at September 24, 2017 01:30 PM (3myMJ)
Who needs a Pope or priest when you can just have the people vote what the Commandments should mean!!!
Posted by: MAxIE at September 24, 2017 01:21 PM (9TR2V)
He followed me home, Dad. Can I take him to the vet and have him put down?
Posted by: Monty James at September 24, 2017 01:30 PM (gKOMX)
Dentists are experts- don't listen!
Posted by: MAxIE at September 24, 2017 01:26 PM (9TR2V)
Government power is all about telling you how to run your life...
Now who knows better how to do that... a bunch of self appointed 'experts'... or.... you?
Posted by: Don Q. at September 24, 2017 01:30 PM (NgKpN)
..
The NBA requires the players to stand for the anthems. There was no kneeling last season, though as NGU said, watch the players get around that rule somehow this season.
I share NBA season tickets with my sibs. I'm gonna be really pissed if I see kneeling.
Posted by: stace at September 24, 2017 01:30 PM (sNESL)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 24, 2017 01:30 PM (39g3+)
I guess I did the stupid thing and listened to experts
Posted by: MAxIE at September 24, 2017 01:30 PM (9TR2V)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 24, 2017 01:28 PM (Tyii7)
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So it's a factory of double-sadness today.
Sorry about your knee.
Posted by: bluebell at September 24, 2017 01:30 PM (UoSKV)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 24, 2017 01:31 PM (oVJmc)
Jets? Are you from the Great White North?
It's a myth that NHL players are comparatively poorly paid. They make MORE on average than the NFL players, btw. A little more.
Posted by: mnw at September 24, 2017 01:25 PM (v6Osy)
--No, I just lived in Winterpeg for a decade.
Not a great place to visit, but a very good place to live.
Posted by: logprof at September 24, 2017 01:31 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: willow at September 24, 2017 01:31 PM (FKrah)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at September 24, 2017 01:31 PM (+pGz/)
In the NFL, there are no 20-year veteran left handed relief pitchers.
Posted by: mnw at September 24, 2017 01:32 PM (v6Osy)
It's hard to live your values.
I haven't been inside a Target store in nearly two years. The few things I bought from them now come from Amazon.
I was leery after the credit card security breach, but their support of pedo bathrooms was the final straw.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 24, 2017 01:32 PM (tRaq7)
The fact that you feel incapable of running your own life doesn't mean everyone has that problem.
Posted by: Meremortal at September 24, 2017 01:30 PM (3myMJ)
--I think you're missing MAxIE's point(s).
Not a troll.
Posted by: logprof at September 24, 2017 01:33 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doppelganger To the Stars! at September 24, 2017 01:34 PM (Nwg0u)
Thanks. Hopefully just a temporary setback with the knee. CBS might as well have put a ticker at the bottom with a disclaimer "This is what you get for tuning into such a crappy game".
Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 24, 2017 01:34 PM (Tyii7)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 24, 2017 01:35 PM (LTHVh)
it will be sad to see treatments and scientific discoveries put on the back burner to treat all the worlds citizens instead. Only the desired of the minute will be important enough to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on. Much like Trannies, while letting vets waste away .
o well.
Posted by: willow at September 24, 2017 01:35 PM (FKrah)
The assholes ( I refuse to call them humans) who kneel, sit or whatever disrespect more than our Anthem. They also debase our flag, our country and the values it stands for.
Done with them all.
Posted by: irongrampa at September 24, 2017 01:35 PM (S/hVx)
Posted by: MAxIE at September 24, 2017 01:30 PM (9TR2V)
Obviously our education didn't include a logic course. You are using a logical fallacy over and over.
Posted by: Meremortal at September 24, 2017 01:35 PM (3myMJ)
- over 1000 NFL players, coaches, and staff are expected to have muh kneeling protest during the National Anthem.
Amazing the tax free league could not wait a week to begin kneeling for muh free speech and protest. And once again these Dindu Nuffin Marxists will still blame Trump and everybody else for their lack of awareness and respect.
RIP NFL
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 24, 2017 01:35 PM (XFue2)
btw, anyone remember TOXIC ASSETS?
This is the term that describes obama's (and Bush's) purchase of bad mortgages.
Well, the Toxic Assets chickens are coming home to roost. The Fed is now, yeah like now, trying to figure out how to unload all this massive debt that propped up obama's fake house-of-cards economy for 8 years.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at September 24, 2017 01:35 PM (+pGz/)
Not a troll.
Posted by: logprof at September 24, 2017 01:33 PM (GsAUU)
Missing his point.
Posted by: Monty James at September 24, 2017 01:36 PM (gKOMX)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 24, 2017 01:36 PM (LTHVh)
Stalin chose Lysenko as his agricultural expert, who was a serious crackpot.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 24, 2017 01:36 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: willow at September 24, 2017 01:36 PM (FKrah)
I was leery after the credit card security breach, but their support of pedo bathrooms was the final straw.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 24, 2017 01:32 PM (tRaq7)
I'm going to Target in a couple of days. You know those curly cue florescent light bulbs? A couple of them burned out and I want to use their bathroom and 'forget' the bulbs when I leave.
Funny how there used to be recycling places for them originally. Now? Not so much.
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at September 24, 2017 01:37 PM (EgwCt)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 24, 2017 01:36 PM (LTHVh)
--[raises Diet Dew and silver rum cocktail]
Posted by: logprof at September 24, 2017 01:37 PM (GsAUU)
Sounds like First Church of Global Warming talk to me.
Posted by: Meremortal at September 24, 2017 01:37 PM (3myMJ)
Now that Trump is president, there is no way they are going to transfer that loyalty to him. That's what this is about. It never occurs to them that the anthem and the flag are bigger than Obama or Trump.
Posted by: JoeF.
It was also ok to sit for the anthem under Obama, when the Kaeped Crusader started that schtick. I agree with your view that Obama-ites have a very blinkered view of "patriotism" and loyalty. But I disagree that Obama ever encouraged people to be proud of their country in any way. He eroded that and encouraged people to segregate themselves into their own virtual countries, based on their demographic identities.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 24, 2017 01:37 PM (/qEW2)
College? United States Military Academy
Posted by: Bruce at September 24, 2017 12:59 PM (8ikIW)
--Yep, a veteran.
Good on him.
Posted by: logprof at September 24, 2017 01:00 PM (GsAUU)
This made me cry. I hope he shamed some of his team mates, and got a roaring ovation.
Posted by: Gem at September 24, 2017 01:37 PM (uaHyk)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 24, 2017 01:32 PM (tRaq7)
Yup....me too. I am the Lot to their Sodom.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 24, 2017 01:38 PM (5VlCp)
Personally, I'm against pure democracy. It is mob rule.
Neither do I want the Progressive ideal, a dictatorship of self-appointed "experts".
What else is there? Hmm, a "republic". Maybe we should give that a try. It would have a constitution, separation of powers, and so on.
Posted by: rickl at September 24, 2017 01:38 PM (sdi6R)
I still don't expect this nonsense to infect the NHL.
Posted by: phineas gage at September 24, 2017 01:38 PM (ALDN3)
Posted by: willow at September 24, 2017 01:38 PM (FKrah)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at September 24, 2017 01:38 PM (+pGz/)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at September 24, 2017 01:38 PM (+pGz/)
Posted by: Grump928(C)
WTF?? Oh, Morons. Never mind.
Posted by: Mitt Romney at September 24, 2017 01:39 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: DFCtomm at September 24, 2017 01:39 PM (50gG9)
Posted by: logprof at September 24, 2017 01:39 PM (GsAUU)
We can read New Yorker cartoons as well as you, Maxie.
Posted by: phineas gage at September 24, 2017 01:39 PM (ALDN3)
re: the credit card security breach
Was this a scam?
Because Fake News and the Credit Card Corporatists are telling me the remedy for Experian's security breach is to...
monitor my credit report closely and often using services such as Transwhatever, Equifax, and...
EXPERIAN!
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at September 24, 2017 01:41 PM (+pGz/)
I still don't expect this nonsense to infect the NHL.
Posted by: phineas gage at September 24, 2017 01:38 PM (ALDN3)
--From a national origin perspective, the NHL is far more "diverse" than the NBA or NFL. The Finns, Russians, Czechs, Swedes, and Slovaks in the league just want to play hard and win, not get involved in petty politics.
Posted by: logprof at September 24, 2017 01:41 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 24, 2017 01:41 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: steevy at September 24, 2017 01:22 PM (rmVvL) [/i[
Like I said earlier, all pro sports are now shit and have been for decades.
Boycott all pro sports.
Posted by: Under Fire at September 24, 2017 01:41 PM (mcI77)
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at September 24, 2017 01:42 PM (/qEW2)
But I'm coming pretty close.
Posted by: Eli Manning at September 24, 2017 01:43 PM (cAXIk)
Posted by: Wtp at September 24, 2017 01:43 PM (WQfDg)
I'm not sure any of them were paid for by the team. They can extort a city to build them a new palace so easily. Its bizarre watching multi billionaires demand people build their place of business for them.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 24, 2017 01:44 PM (39g3+)
Terrible weather. September sucks. Used to be a nice month for weather.
84 and muggy. "Feels like 95."
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at September 24, 2017 01:44 PM (+pGz/)
We are not, and never have been, a Democracy. we started out as a lose collection of independent colonies under the articles of confederation. Then after the CC we became a "Republic" when it was ratified. In 1865 we became an oligarchy of a one Party rule controlled mostly by the radical Republicans in the NE.
Now we are an oligarchy controlled by a virtually permanent elected group of politicians without a nickles worth of difference between them.
And when voting for those politician they stay elected by bribing the FSA in one case and lying in the other.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 24, 2017 01:44 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: MAGA at September 24, 2017 01:45 PM (LnOh3)
Posted by: scrood at September 24, 2017 01:45 PM (cQdY5)
Posted by: logprof at September 24, 2017 01:45 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: PaleRider at September 24, 2017 01:46 PM (8qFZP)
I'm watching Wagon Train.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at September 24, 2017 01:47 PM (+pGz/)
I'm not sure any of them were paid for by the team. They can extort a city to build them a new palace so easily. Its bizarre watching multi billionaires demand people build their place of business for them.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 24, 2017 01:44 PM (39g3+)
--The Rams owner, Kraft, and Jerrah "Glory Hole" Jones paid for theirs (Rams arena still being built), but that may be it.
Posted by: logprof at September 24, 2017 01:47 PM (GsAUU)
Post hoc, ergo propter hoc:
Rush explained this in excruciating detail last week (yawn!):
Many respectable sports people think that NFL ratings are down of late NOT because of the kneeling, but because of the availability of all the games on the 'Net now.
Used to be, if u were a Steelers fan like Rush, and you lived anyplace but Pittsburgh, you HAD to watch your team the one or two times that their regular season game was on broadcast TV. No longer, as Rush said. (It's important to know this is RUSH talking, not Keith Olberman, right?)
So in conclusion, nobody knows for certain how much of the NFL ratings slump is due to SJW bullzhit, & how much is due to other factors.
Please do not flame my adz-- flame Rush.
Posted by: mnw at September 24, 2017 01:47 PM (v6Osy)
I don't think Kraft paid for Gillette. Or all of it.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at September 24, 2017 01:48 PM (+pGz/)
Will Vegas take bets on this?
Posted by: phineas gage at September 24, 2017 01:48 PM (ALDN3)
The left insists on the No Escape from our commie invasion, you will be forced to accept it as "normal"!
Is it really normal to idolize athletes? They already screwed it up with all the steroids ... Maris 61 ... then the roid boyz came along, three of them beat Maris by 20+.
"Decentralizing" can also apply to sports ... good for kids to get scholarships, but the serious STEM kids are probably not the jocks. Flucking commies screw up every good thing ... which would be less bad if their commie system would actually have SOME merit, but it is just one big mafia/terrorist scam.
Exposing the fraud ... that is the current mission I guess. The left has been supporting antifa, Kim Jung Un, and being anti-American. Minds are cracking ...
Posted by: illiniwek at September 24, 2017 01:49 PM (yKAUL)
The Giants screwed themselves out of that when they built a new stadium and charged exorbitant amounts for the PSL's. The entire lower section is half empty because even Fortune 500 corporations balk at spending THAT much on entertainment. (Skyboxes could be filled to capacity, but they don't cheer, they're busy eating nachos.) And needless to say, the corporate types don't even notice third downs. When only the upper tier of the stadium is making noise, the team is at a severe disadvantage on third down.
Of course, now they're alienating the upper tier!
Posted by: Oschisms at September 24, 2017 01:49 PM (70QTT)
I can name more Bruins and Red Sox players from the 70's than any today.
I can't name a single player today on either team, in fact.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at September 24, 2017 01:49 PM (+pGz/)
Posted by: logprof at September 24, 2017 01:47 PM (GsAUU)
Really? Tell that to the StL taxpayers.
Posted by: Tami at September 24, 2017 01:50 PM (Enq6K)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 24, 2017 01:50 PM (NWiLs)
I wouldn't be surprised, Soothie, and caught that product placement too.
The Target breach was a couple of years ago, IIRC.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 24, 2017 01:50 PM (tRaq7)
Let's not forget what the fake protest was all about: WHITE Cops & White Society.
It originated as a blatantly RACIST protest.
Now it's even worse.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at September 24, 2017 01:51 PM (+pGz/)
--From a national origin perspective, the NHL is far more "diverse" than the NBA or NFL. The Finns, Russians, Czechs, Swedes, and Slovaks in the league just want to play hard and win, not get involved in petty politics.
.....
Maybe not more diverse than than the NBA. That last time the Spurs won the championship in 2014, the team consisted of two Frenchmen, one Italian, one Argentinian, one Brazilian, one white Aussie, one Aboriginal Aussie, and some Americans.
BTW, the Aborigine, Patty Mills, comes from a family that was involved in advancing their rights in Australia. In Australia, legal discrimination against Aboriginals was a much more recent practice than Jim Crow was here. But America is all bad and stuff. Whatever.
The team is less diverse currently but yeah I doubt the Latvian on the team really cares about any of this crap. He's a no nonsense dude.
Posted by: stace at September 24, 2017 01:51 PM (sNESL)
Posted by: Michael Sam at September 24, 2017 01:51 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Oschisms at September 24, 2017 01:49 PM (70QTT)
--Seattle actually ripped of 12th Man from Texas A 'n' M. They actually pay TAMU to use that phrase.
Posted by: logprof at September 24, 2017 01:52 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 24, 2017 01:52 PM (/qEW2)
Where the f*** were these people during ODouche's reign of terror?
Posted by: phineas gage at September 24, 2017 01:52 PM (ALDN3)
People need to take responsibility for their lives themselves!
Posted by: Dusan at September 24, 2017 01:53 PM (QhUQr)
Police have confirmed that multiple people have been shot at Burnette Chapel Church in Antioch on Pin Hook road.
The Nashville Fire Department eight people were shot inside the church. The shooter was among those injured.
Posted by: Tami at September 24, 2017 01:53 PM (Enq6K)
The problem with this theory is that when asked, fans say specifically and by a large margin that their main reason for leaving the NFL is "annoying politics"
So these "respectable sports people" can lie to themselves but that doesn't help the matter any.
There's no doubt that what they list, plus frankly a poor product lately and too many ads is hurting NFL ratings as well. But that's not the main reason. I think people were annoyed but willing to put up with it until this came along.
There's a reason that the exact time and date of the collapse of NFL ratings came when Kapernickle started his little stunt and was not addressed by ownership or the league.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 24, 2017 01:54 PM (39g3+)
Trump and We are being divisive??
It's like Nazis fake crying and telling Others to stop throwing them in gas chambers (rhetorically) while they are (literally) throwing people into gas chambers.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at September 24, 2017 01:54 PM (+pGz/)
Are the same folks telling us that Kneeling is not disrespect for the Flag, Country, and Vets...
Posted by: Don Q. at September 24, 2017 01:54 PM (NgKpN)
Just happened.
Could the complaint form be screening for anti-protest complaints?
Posted by: torabora at September 24, 2017 01:55 PM (MWxvw)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 24, 2017 01:00 PM (oVJmc)
***********************
Solidarity against the commies, the red scourge, the pinko fascists, and the antifascists.
Posted by: gNewt at September 24, 2017 01:55 PM (WUuhi)
Where the f*** were these people during ODouche's reign of terror?
Posted by: phineas gage at September 24, 2017 01:52 PM (ALDN3)
I don't remember who pointed it out, but if Hillary had won, these very same people would be saying, "Now it's time to put aside our differences and unite in support of our new President."
Posted by: rickl at September 24, 2017 01:55 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at September 24, 2017 01:55 PM (aMlLZ)
It's like the Palestinians fake-crying over Israel's brutality while lobbing bombs at Israeli children.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at September 24, 2017 01:55 PM (+pGz/)
Posted by: illiniwek at September 24, 2017 01:56 PM (yKAUL)
This would have been inconceivable two years ago, let alone that it would be a R President.
Posted by: Eli Manning at September 24, 2017 01:57 PM (cAXIk)
Posted by: stace
It is crap. F*ck diversity. The Klansman sees too much diversity as evil. The liberal sees "not enough" diversity as evil. The are making the same mistake in think that "diversity" per se has anything to do with good or evil.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 24, 2017 01:58 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 24, 2017 01:58 PM (NWiLs)
Yeah, that's why "Breaking Bad" lost so much audience, so many different ways to view it.
Posted by: gNewt at September 24, 2017 01:58 PM (WUuhi)
I hope you're right, but it's too soon to tell.
The "respectable sports people" who buy into the theory include one who styles himself El Rushbo, so it isn't only leftists who are dubious that thevkneeling is the principal cause of the ratings decline.
Posted by: mnw at September 24, 2017 01:58 PM (v6Osy)
Fck Shit Kahn and his rotten team. Kill TV ratings and let's lots of empty seats. They need us far more than we need them
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 24, 2017 01:58 PM (auHtY)
Its scary and uncertain and not easy to stand on your own. Many people are more than willing to abandon their personal freedom so they can have a sense of security and stability in their lives. That's where the push for all government power comes from. Socialized medicine, all of it: safety and security at the cost of liberty.
America when it was founded and for a long time was made up mostly of people who game here with no guarantees, abandoning safety and a stable, predictable life to make their own way. But we've lost almost all of that.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 24, 2017 01:58 PM (39g3+)
I can name more Bruins and Red Sox players from the 70's than any today.
I can't name a single player today on either team, in fact.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at September 24, 2017 01:49 PM (+pGz/)
That show I am with football. In the seventies I could list you off all 48 Cowboys, what college they went to, wife's name, everything. Now I know one name I think. Funny how interests change in one's lifetime.
Posted by: stace at September 24, 2017 01:58 PM (sNESL)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at September 24, 2017 01:59 PM (+pGz/)
Posted by: Duke of Righteous WTF? at September 24, 2017 01:59 PM (T71PA)
Its scary and uncertain and not easy to stand on your own. Many people are more than willing to abandon their personal freedom so they can have a sense of security and stability in their lives. That's where the push for all government power comes from. Socialized medicine, all of it: safety and security at the cost of liberty.
America when it was founded and for a long time was made up mostly of people who game here with no guarantees, abandoning safety and a stable, predictable life to make their own way. But we've lost almost all of that.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 24, 2017 01:58 PM (39g3+)
We get it conditioned and beaten out of us from the time we're kids and it's only gotten worse.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 24, 2017 01:59 PM (NWiLs)
This would have been inconceivable two years ago, let alone that it would be a R President.
Posted by: Eli Manning at September 24, 2017 01:57 PM (cAXIk)
Come on,
Come on,
Come on, Eli
Shouldn't you be paying attention to the game you're in against the Eagles?
Posted by: Taylor Swift at September 24, 2017 01:59 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 24, 2017 02:00 PM (LTHVh)
As it seems THEY have now admitted they had that wrong... and voluntarily gave up that status...
Audit and nail them for back taxes???
/hands President Trump the IRS phone number...
Posted by: Don Q. at September 24, 2017 02:00 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: mnw at September 24, 2017 02:01 PM (v6Osy)
Well the polling data is absolutely telling that most people are abandoning the NFL primarily over politics. Its worth doubting whether or not you can trust polling, but its not just my opinion or some guesswork that this is what people are telling pollsters.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 24, 2017 02:02 PM (39g3+)
"It's about us remaining solid," he (Mike Tomlin) said. "We're not going to be divided by anything said...We're not going to let divisive times or divisive individuals affect our agenda."
Yeah, you're solid alright. Like concrete between your ears
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 24, 2017 02:02 PM (auHtY)
This would have been inconceivable two years ago, let alone that it would be a R President.
Posted by: Eli Manning at September 24, 2017 01:57 PM (cAXIk)
Did Trump actually call for a boycott? If so I missed it.
Posted by: rickl at September 24, 2017 02:02 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 24, 2017 02:02 PM (LTHVh)
You never give an inch to the SJWs.
Posted by: Ignoramus at September 24, 2017 02:03 PM (cAXIk)
As far as the NFL is concerned, fuck them.
Al Davis would be saddened to see this shit.
"I'm in pro football to win, to have the Raiders dominate, to have the Raiders global, and we're not going to be able to do that with a half-filled stadium." - Al Davis
And folks thought he was crazy for hating the NFL.
Posted by: SMFH at September 24, 2017 02:03 PM (sB1y1)
Posted by: thathalfrican - back at it at September 24, 2017 02:04 PM (IYHxL)
Yeah, kids are being taught Commie Goodthought. Bring on the Socialist Freetopia!
Sorry,CBD. Seems today is See The World Through Grumpy Old Man Glasses Day.
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at September 24, 2017 02:04 PM (e1mEI)
If NFL fans refuse to go to games until players stop disrespecting our Flag & Country, you will see change take place fast. Fire or suspend!
So, inciting a boycott
Posted by: Ignoramus at September 24, 2017 02:06 PM (cAXIk)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 24, 2017 02:06 PM (LTHVh)
Posted by: gNewt at September 24, 2017 02:07 PM (WUuhi)
THOSE are the people directly "flipped off" when they say "sorry your family died fighting for freedom, but we still think all whites are racist, and so disrespect the whole America concept". (but still want to live here cuz every other place is so MUCH worse).
Scott Adams tried to argue it is not hypocritical just because they make a lot of money, since they are indeed willing to risk that income to make their point. But I think the big money IS the point ... all systems have problems but they took the Big Money from the middle class whites that they directly insult. It is not the White Globalists really funding them, it is the middle class white fan that paid $200+ (ticket/tailgate//parking/beer/time) to see them play, instead watches them spit in their face.
Sorry Scott ... pointing out how much they extract from the non-racist white guy is a very valid point, not "the stupidest thing". Just cuz they risk losing money doesn't make the point invalid. The whole "Gangster Mentality" often costs 'them" money, but doesn't make it noble.
Posted by: illiniwek at September 24, 2017 02:08 PM (yKAUL)
Cleaning up America, one tweet at a time.
Yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaa
Posted by: gNewt at September 24, 2017 02:11 PM (WUuhi)
They are like the bum who gets on a crowded subway train just as the doors close and thinks "Aha! A captive audience. Now I can harangue them for as long as I want". No, only until the next stop.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 24, 2017 02:12 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: illiniwek at September 24, 2017 02:08 PM (yKAUL)
**********************
Hey, you talkin' to me?
Posted by: A. Hernandez at September 24, 2017 02:14 PM (WUuhi)
And then of course having the actors spout off about his politics just cuts an already small potential audience by another 50%.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 24, 2017 02:15 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: A. Hernandez at September 24, 2017 02:19 PM (WUuhi)
Posted by: Kindltot at September 24, 2017 02:23 PM (Gv+zt)
-Drudge
You know? Fuck these thug assholes. You know? Fuck these assholes. You know? You know?
Posted by: Under Fire at September 24, 2017 02:39 PM (mcI77)
Posted by: Uncle Ant at September 24, 2017 12:27 PM (XCWds)
************
That was just my wife sticking it to The Man. Power to the People!
*shakes fists in air*
Posted by: Berniebot at September 24, 2017 02:39 PM (MWxvw)
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Posted by: Richard McEnroe at September 24, 2017 03:50 PM (G/6B6)
We don't live in a democracy and that's a wonderful thing
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Examples of Bob Kerrey's Insufferable Racial Jackassery
Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile
Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance
Collective Names for Groups of People
John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets
Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle
Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy
Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive"
Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments
John Edwards Campaign Excuses
John Kerry Pick-Up Lines
Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney
Torments in Dog-Hell
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)