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Skip to comments.Vanity: Bob Costas blames guns for Kansas City Chiefs Players Death.
Posted on 12/02/2012 7:10:58 PM PST by ConservativeMan55
Bob Costas little speech he gives at halftime focused on blaming guns for Javon Belcher and his girlfriends death.
Hey Bob would you rather Belcher run her over with a car instead????????
So ridiculous!
He could have beaten her to death. Easily.
The NFL supports gun control.
gee who would even think these blessed football players with their drugs, their arrogance, their elevated social status where they can do no wrong, plus many of them having feral upbringings...who would have thought one of them might be violent...
If he had run over his girlfriend with his car liberals would want to ban cars..heck don't they already with those idiotic electric pieces of crap you see people driving around in
but maybe little bobby is right....I sure don't think feral thugs should have guns....lets start today, in Chicago Heights maybe...
Costas is a bleeding heart LIBERAL arsehole!! f'm!!
If Belcher's girlfriend had been packing then she maybe could have plugged his mean ass first! Costas can go to hell!
ya thinks the cause of her death might be the alcohol and drugs in belcher.
Mark my words, if Costas life were ever in danger he would be begging for a gun..probably doesn't need one with all the ARMED security he has around him..yeah Bobby, they are ARMED..maybe he should tell his security team to just carry a fork and spoon instead
This is getting wide play. Costas just jumped the dolphin...
The idiots at NBC prefer a gut knife madman than a firearm madman. One problem NBC. The right to KEEP and BEAR arms is a CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT.
I do believe the government should PAY for this right. What say you BOB?
Even Greg Gutfeld has to look down to see the disgusting leftist midget Bobby Costas.
I figured someone would already have this up.
Turn off your TV and set top box if you're watching the game. Hit them in the ratings.
And email the NFL.
Contact them here:
Be respectful, but tell them it is entirely inappropriate for their idiot broadcaster to be making political anti-gun diatribes over the dead bodies of a troubled player and his murdered girlfriend.
I just emailed NBS , telling them I turned off the game and WHY! I told them to tell their sponsors why I shut the game off.
Here's the entire quote:
"Well you knew it was coming. In the aftermath of the nearly unfathomable events in Kansas City, that most mindless of sports clichés was heard yet again: Something like this really puts it all in perspective.
Well, if so, that sort of perspective has a very short shelf life. Since we will inevitably learn about the perspective we have supposedly again regained the next time ugly reality intrudes upon our games.
Please. Those that need tragedies to continually recalibrate their sense of proportions about sports would seem to have little hope of ever truly achieving perspective. You want some actual perspective on this? Well, a bit of it comes from the Kansas City based writer Jason Whitlock, with whom I do not always agree, but who today said it so well, that we may as well just quote, or paraphrase, from the end of his article:
Our current gun culture, Whitlock wrote, ensures that more and more domestic disputes will end in the ultimate tragedy, and that more convenience-store confrontations over loud music coming from a car will leave more teenage boys bloodied and dead Handguns do not enhance our safety. They exacerbate our flaws, tempt us to escalate arguments, and bait us into embracing confrontation rather than avoiding it.
In the coming days, Jovan Belchers actions and their possible connections to football will be analyzed. Who knows? But here, wrote Jason Whitlock, is what I believe: if Jovan Belcher didnt possess a gun, he and Kasandra Perkins would both be alive today.
The second half is next."
- Bob Costas, 12/2/12 halftime commentary Cowboys/Eagles game, Sunday Night Football, NBC.
Archie Bunker: Guns vs Pushed out of Windows
Oh, wait...
Fake hair and teeth..
Poor dye job on hair..
bad makeup.
What does that real Bob Costas look like?
In my note to them I cited the recent bow and arrow incident...which they likely reported on...
Well, it's a lot more likely that Jovan Belcher would be alive, anyway. Without a gun, his options for killing his girlfriend would be: 1) stabbing her, 2) strangling her, 3) beating her to death, 4) running her over with his car, 5) others that I can't think of right away.
OTOH, without a gun it would have been a lot harder to off himself in front of his coaches, and he would probalby have to answer for his actions in this life along with the next.
Muders. No guns.
But lots of knives, hammers and other implements for murder.
If there was a will, they found a gun-less way.
All that hair dye has destroyed what few brain cells he ever had.
Murders. No guns.
But lots of knives, hammers and other implements for murder.
If there was a will, they found a gun-less way.
Bob, Bob, Bob. Guns don't kill people Bob Costas, bullets do. Anybody knows that, Bob. You need to watch more TV, Bob.
Knives also kill people, Bob.
Just the other day Benghazi-Coward Obama allowed some former Navy Seals in Benghazi to be killed by Mortars, Bob. You probably don't much care as you and your NBC pals voted for Benghazi-Coward Obama anyway.
Keep watching NBC and MSNBC, Bob. They will give you the proper slant on all the news that they think that you need to know about.
and the real problem Violence against women ? Bob?
Typical of most morons raised on Long Island. Most hoplophobic place I ever lived, until I moved to Brazil.
And another....
If there wasn't booze and a drunk Kennedy Mary Jo would be alive
Learned a new word tonight "hoplophobia". But why "hoplo"? Why not Rugerphobia? or Bangophobia? or sawedoffphobia? or (add your own)
The NFL Network, which is owned by the NFL, ran a commercial against beating women (as if anyone is for that) starring Obama during the election campaign. Between the Rooney rule, blackballing Rush Limbaugh from ownership, I think the NFL is becoming another liberal organization.
Just another reason I change the channel or put it on mute when Bob "Facelift-and-hair-dye" Costas comes on TV.
Bob "chestnut hair" Costas probably has worse than concussions with all that toxicity flowing into his bloodstream from his hair dye.
I'd like to take Bobby out of his gated community or his gated apartment complex and let him stand in South Chicago tonite and lecture the ferals about this problem...
From the accounts I have heard, the guy snapped as a result of a on-going, long-heated argument with his girlfriend [they even separated about a month ago before just getting back together].
So, seeing that he probably just lost it, if it wasn't a gun, it woulda been a knife. If not a knife, his fists. If not his fists, a rope. If not a rope, poison ...
Take yer pick ...
You should ping the bang list to this thread and ziravan's post in particular so folks are aware of this.
I found this this morning before firing up this website...
Just another accounting of the comments made by Bob "I'm better than you clingers" Costas...
I agree with the other poster who said we need to "respectively" (well, as best you can) explain to NBC corporate, that you hope the ratings for that game (regardless of who is playing or winning at the time) went in the toilet after that assinine comment...
The benefit of this liberal/socialist diatribe is that it DOES etch the line deeper and deeper for us who DO understand the ramifications of pushing our buttons without any regard to the law of the land, you know, that pesky little thing called the Constitution, and it's Bill of Rights...
But then again, I am sure Bob Costas doesn't understand that side of the equation at all...
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The Newbies Guide to Moē
aka "No, it is not a popularity contest."
The online community of anime fans has its own language of sorts with terms like Moé, GAR, Yandere, Trap, and Fap being thrown around with many not knowing what they are or where they come from. Some are imported from our Japanese counterparts, some are onomatopoeias popularized by webcomics, and in an effort to fight off the ignorance, ???-looks, and misuse of these terms I present to you part two of this series.
Moe pronounced "mo-eh" is probably one of the hardest terms to describe... partially the reason why I have been procrastinating this guide so much. It is also insanely complex because there is not one unified or agreed upon meaning but rather many and varying accounts to exactly "what is moe?" for the sake of simplicity I decided to boil moe down to its very basics and a common meaning shared between most factions of fandom.
For those interested check out the following post Supplimental Information on Moē for more information on things not covered in the main article in detail.
Warning: Wikipedia is wrong! Never Wikipedia this term.
It is horribly inadequate and terribly inaccurate.
The Orgins:Main Entry: moe
Pronunciation: \ˈmo-ē\
Function: adjective
Source: Japan
Era: Modern
A specific character or its specific partial element that invokes a strong feeling of favor toward it. 'Moe' suggests the condition of being infatuated with one character or thing and implies an image of someone burning with desire.
"I am really into meganeko. I guess you could call it a 'glasses moe'."
There are 2 different schools of thought of the origins of the term. Both of them seem practical as they hail from Japan so we will examine each. The meaning might have changed over time and in translation into fandom but these are the two most plausible origins.
The first is to take it literally where Moe is the Japanese word for "budding".
While it sounds great on paper taking things literally and all in application "moe" has little to do with plants or the female reproductive system so I have taken the liberty of dismissing this and the entire Wikipedia entry on moe altogether. The Wikipedia "experts" have had a history of failing getting both Tsundere & GAR (covered in previous articles) wrong so I doubt they had a sudden burst of insight.
Yes, this is a stupid reason for dismissing this theory but if you really want to know why this is wrong read the Supplementary Information post below.
The second is that Moe derives from the Japanese word Moeru, which means "burning".
Moeru or moe is to "burn with passion". It describes the burning desire that fills your soul when you see a cute girl. Moe describes something so infatuating and so consuming that often it invokes feeling that you must have it or protect it. So while some may give it sexual connotations in its purest form it is nothing of the sort.
The Term
As with the word "love" moe is a very abstract term that involves feelings and can be very subjective. Just as one person might love something another might have different feelings. Likewise "moe" is a very personal matter and is extremely hard to quantify.
You can say that moe is much like love but as love has many definitions (we will be using the ones from Meriam Webster) I will discount a few and point out the similarities on some and hopefully you will get an idea of what moe is like.
Types of Moe:
1 a: On all 3 counts love does not apply. Though your child may have moe aspects the feelings of moe do no extend to your children. Likewise it does not apply to lovers as that kind of love is simply too intimate and violates the "urge to protect" aspect if you wanna violate her. Finally if it is based on admiration, benevolence, or common interests I wouldn't really coll that process "burning with passion". b: for the same reason as before it doesn't apply because it is too intimate.
2: This might apply that instead of merely 'warm' it is 'burning'.
3 a: Very much so. Except it can apply to not only things but people and characters as well. b: Though you may find it darling again this implies something too intimate.
4 a: Very much so. Not only do you burn with passion but also a passion to protect the moe object. b: I never met God personally but you never know s/he could me moe.
5: Not unless you burn with so much passion you become the personification of it.
8: ???
9: Profit!
Moe can refer to different characters or different aspects of characters. It can be used similarly with the word 'fetish' except without the dark sexual undertones commonly associated with the word.
Common types of moe can include:
- 'weak girl moe'
- 'maid girl moe'
- 'young lady moe'
- 'glasses moe' aka meganeko one of my own weaknesses
- 'cat ear moe' aka nekomimi my ultimate weakness
For example the meaning of 'glasses moe' refers to a taste that is taken with a character who wears glasses; furthermore, this taste fetishizes the feature itself of glasses-wearing. In this case, glasses are the 'moe' element and thus the glasses wearing character can be considered moe.
Misconceived Moe-ness:
Continuing the started by early as to the orgins section of this article these listed below are DEFINATELY not moe and if you think they are then you are a fool and should go back to editing otaku culture pages on Wikipedia.
Cooking Moe - Best take this one straight from Impz of THAT Animeblog
Read the full article for more.No, I am not talking about anime girls who can cook. I am talking about those anime girls who are considered to be moe because they manage to waste a whole bunch of ingredients into carbon. If you ask any self-justified anime fan, you will find that many of them find this clumsy characteristic of the girl to be so moe-inducing that they just fall deeper in love with the character. Read that right: The inability to carry out something from a cookbook is supposed to be an act of cuteness.
What is wrong with you guys? Someone who waste ingredients on a perfectly simple meal deserves to be scolded and reprimanded for her incompetence. I mean, do you ever find a girl who cannot cook to save her life in real life cute. Do you find her so adorable that you pray for her to be unable to cook for her entire life? I don't get it because I find the inability to cook to be a distinct liability regardless of gender. That is why I cannot understand this fetish at all since an act of stupidity is meant to be cute.
Retarded Moe - Again best take this one from Impz of THAT Animeblog
Read the full article for more.With the appearance [sic] Clannad, the level of retarded moe was broken. Fuuko is exactly as the definition of retarded-moe, stupid, incapable of thought processing and often does stupid things that make little sense to anyone with logic. I can understand why people want to protect a defenseless girl but Fuuko is not only defenseless but stupid to the extent of ridiculous proportions. In fact, her level of stupidity is so high that she grates on my nerves. I cannot understand why people think a girl who is generally doing very stupid acts is actually cute. In fact, I had people accusing me being a jerkbag because I insulted the pure Fuuko. I do not think that being pure means being retarded. Thank you very much.
Everything is Moe - No, not everything.
Taking a leaf out of Ratatouille not everyone can be moe, but moe can come from anyone.
In Summary:
To be moe for something is to burn with passion. Often what might inspire that passion can be a combination of love and cuteness. To be moe is neither to be lovable nor cute (though both certainly help) but something that is passion inspiring and heartfelt.
Often these feelings of moe inspire a secondary set of feelings growing an urge to protect the object of your moe and in many cases the moe object often suggests a subtle sense of purity or cuteness. While my moe may not be your moe as it is very subjective in general all moe share one thing.
They are passion inspiring...
Contrary to their title moeblob ≠ moe. Put simply moeblob = shit.
Do you burn in passion for shit? Then maybe.
Personally I got tired of it after KyoAni killed this horse.
What is Moe:
- Passion Inspiring
- Urge to Protect
- Cute or Pure
What is NOT Moe:
- Retarded
- A Popularity Contest
Note: Just because you like something does not mean its moe. Everything you like is not moe. It can be moe even if you don't like it... as long as it is not shit. Shit can never be moe. No matter how much you shine a turd it is still a turd.

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The 2010 Term, the Spending Clause, and State Sovereign Immunity
Steve Vladeck
I'm curious whether sovereign immunity (11th Amendment) and judicial immunity are separate and distinct or interconnected. Perhaps some legal historians can share some thoughts. While apparently sovereign immunity can be waived (by various means, including acceptance of federal funds), it is not clear that judicial immunity might be similarly waived. My concern is with state judiciary and its personnel being vulnerable to damage claims in federal courts (including bankruptcy). Of course, federal judiciary and its personnel seem well protected (other than by means of impeachment?).
An interesting issue you raise here! Recently, I have become more and more interested in the problem of Balkanization (also Globalization, Multiculturalism, Trans-nationalism...and other dealing with co-existence and interaction of various cultures and nations...)...
There are multiple posts on end of term issues etc. w/o comments being allowed. This is bad policy and doesn't help the idea of some that this blog seems to be in something of a decline.
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Stocks continued higher for the second week in a row and the rebound has gone far enough to get the attention of many investors and traders. MoneyShow's Tom Aspray offers a review of the major indexes and offers tips on your next moves.
The recent rally has confirmed the longer-term analysis from November 15 that concluded that the stock market had not completed a major top. The rally lost some steam on Friday, but a more convincing lower close is needed to signal that a correction is underway.
There were some signs last week that the stock market was starting to ignore the periodic negative intra-day comments on the negotiations over the fiscal cliff. This does not mean that one should get complacent as the market is likely to receive more shocks in the coming weeks from both the fiscal cliff and the always festering Euro debt crisis.
Being complacent or panicking when it comes to your investments is almost always a bad idea. I felt several weeks ago that the panic-like selling over concerns about the fiscal cliff were overdone. But now that it appears that the worst of the selling is over, what is an investor to do?
Most investments turn out poorly because the entry price was too high. Therefore I was a bit surprised when a guest Bloomberg expert Thursday afternoon advised buying the S&P 500 or the Spyder Trust (SPY), which was then trading around $142.
In the top left-hand corner of the chart above is the Spyder Trust (SPY) updated through the close on 11/29 that was not far below the strong chart resistance in the $142.50 area. Buying at this level would mean using a stop under the November low of $134.70, which has an uncomfortably high risk. That in my opinion is not being a smart buyer.
Just after the election I poised the question Should You Invest Overseas? This was because these markets were holding up better than US stocks and appeared to offer a better risk/reward opportunity.
Just under the chart of SPY is the Guggenheim China Small Cap ETF (HAO), which had good support from late October in the $21-$21.50 area and a strong uptrend, line b, from the September lows. Buying at this support with a stop under the late October lows seem to be a well controlled opportunity.
This ETF and iShares MSCI China Index Fund (MCHI) I both liked on November 13 because as I could target a buying level near support and a stop at a reasonable level. Two Eurozone ETFs also had compelling chart patterns.
On the top right is the chart is the iShares MSCI Italy Index (EWI), which a few weeks ago appeared to be forming a flag formation, lines c and d. There was well defined support in the $11.39-$11.72 area. A close above $13.25 would complete the continuation pattern with the measured target from the flag formation at $14.65.
The chart of iShares MSCI France Index (EWQ) on the bottom right looks very similar though its flag formation was completed last Thursday. A retest of the breakout level on light volume should be a buying opportunity.
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|Posted by hj on May 19, 1999 at 00:57:12:
|In response to Re: Does rainwater effect copper
You use acid to clean copper, or to add a patina to it. Anything in rainwater should only create the patina. Copper roofs have been used for centuries and few if any have failed.
: I have heard stories that rainwater, or should I say properties found in rainwater corrodes copper. Do you know of any evidence that either confirms or rejects this theory.
: Best Regards
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: I'll try to make a long story short here. My electric water heater
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Skip to comments.Dropout rate for Calif. black students hits 37%
Posted on 12/09/2010 10:51:40 AM PST by Amerikan_Samurai
More than a third of California's African American public high school students dropped out before graduation day, a startling number and one that's on the rise, according to 2009 data released Tuesday.
The 37 percent African American dropout rate, up three percentage points from the prior year, was far above that of any other ethnic subgroup. Hispanic students had the second highest rate at 27 percent.
Locally, San Francisco cautiously celebrated a 9 percent overall dropout rate, a stark contrast to Oakland's 40 percent, numbers still under review for accuracy.
The statewide statistics highlight a pervasive achievement gap in test scores and graduation rates that persists despite focused efforts to boost the academic performance of black, Hispanic and low-income students, state education officials said.
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The numbers are more than a year old. They were released several months later than usual because of problems ramping up a new system that can follow individual students' progress in California public schools, even if they move, said state schools Superintendent Jack O'Connell.
"We now have a data system that allows us to track students more accurately and have honest conversations about how to improve graduation rates and reduce dropouts among all subgroups of students," O'Connell said.
O'Connell blamed the increase on state budget cuts, which have resulted in larger class sizes, fewer art and music classes, cuts to sports, fewer counselors and less access to career/technical courses - all programs that can help keep struggling or at-risk students in school.
In addition, drastic cuts to summer school have prevented students from catching up on credits during the break, meaning they can't graduate on time and too often give up.
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We're not spending enouch on education. sarc/
Hmmm, maybe they're dropping out to leave California? Maybe they're a lot smarter than we give them credit for!
It's white people's fault.
Fewer art and music classes, cuts to sports.Oh that takes state funding? Can't they do that at home?How about sticking to education and not play time?.
Yeah, it had nothing to do with unions protecting bad teachers who collect huge salaries/benefits for failing these kids, then more so after they get tenure.
The "War on Poverty" needs to be cranked up to the quadrillion dollar level.
Trillions over the past 40 + years just ain't enough....
Stop all benefits, 5 generations is enough, people have to stand on their own and decide whether to sink or swim. All this money that has been given over the decades haven't done a thing.
Sounds to me like most of the cuts were on the teacher/program side of things. How many administrators were cut?
...or they should learn how to operate one of these:
Sure don' wanna be "actin' white" an' all n' be gettin' no schoolin'
The operative phrase in the article is "public high school". Translate that to government-run and the meaning becomes self-evident.
As long as the government runs educational facilities, the system will remain broken. Add the corrupting influence of union teachers to that fetid recipe and the result is disaster.
The business of education is best handled by private enterprise in the free-market with the profit motive as the incentive to drive results.
Pfft... the problem is a lack of decent parenting, children out of wed-lock and overall massive ignorance.
When one is both lazy and stuck on stupid don't expect different results.
NO amount of tax dollars will change that.
That's nothing. How many made it to graduation without knowing their multiplication tables or knowing the parts of a sentence? Scratch another 50 percent.
Last week you will recall California dropped to 50th in education - dead last.
They are not missing much.
No. Not to leave California — just moving residence to collect their handouts in communities with what used 90% HS conmpletion rates.
Interesting that a recent study shows that poverty is worse now than ever. I used to tell my college freshmen econ students I could end poverty overnight. (At the time, a family of 4 living on less than $9600/yr were considered poor.) The students wanted to hear my solution, which is actually quite simple: Get every family who make less than $9600, line them up, and shoot them. The student eyes would go the size of pie plates. After they settled down, I asked them: How long will it take before the guy making $9601 starts bitching that he's the poorest person in the land?
The point was that, unless everyone has exactly the same income, someone is going to feel poor. It's a battle you can't win unless you have a perfectly even distribution of income, and even a pure communistic state would have a hard time pulling that off. The discussion usually ended with me showing that free markets lead to higher standard of living for all members of society than the alternatives, even though it isn't perfect. Too bad the lesson is missed on Obama...
Dropout rates are not a problem as long as unemployment compensation keeps being extended.
I say we should extend unemployment payment duration to infinity, and shut down the school systems. After all, there is no need for an education if your needs are paid for by others.
"The business of education is best handled by private enterprise in the free-market with the profit motive as the incentive to drive results. "
Only if the parents and kids actually want the best education. Otherwise, you'll just end up with schools with the best basketball programs.
LOL. I wonder if Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson have addressed this "crises" yet.
California is operating as designed by the wise majority of California voters.
Perhaps we should consider that black drop out rates are not reflective of environmental factors?
Mexico to California: All of your monies belonging to us!
I don't think I believe these figures.
How do we know whether CA is doctoring the figures to get federal funding for students counts?
Headline: "Blacks Drop Out Whites Hit Hardest"
End the public Dole Now!!!!
Trust me, if you ever get out and around our population you would realize they are not fudging these numbers.
All CA school districts have done this for years, it's taken for granted.
Government schools are a disaster and there never will be any improvement.
big deal...........check the dropout rate for detroit...I believe it is at 75% or greater....go pound sand, california, you did this to yourselfs, like detroit did ( and continues to do ) the only good thing in detroit schools is bob bob..(robert bobb) and if this guy ran for president, he would get my vote...
"The discussion usually ended with me showing that free markets lead to higher standard of living for all members of society than the alternatives, even though it isn't perfect."
Yes. I suppose a "perfect" system would result in 100% congruence between one's efforts and talents, and the resulting rewards.
But as far as overall fairness and improving standards of living, free markets coupled with rule of law, property rights and Christian morality, is by far, the best system that has ever been developed.
The vast majority of the "problem" with free markets can be summarized in the 10th Commandment.
Yes, this is the real reason for high dropouts! Stop the welfare gravy train, and kids will stay in school knowing they need a diploma to get good-paying work. Too many kids drop out knowing there's free money in welfare without having to work.
If they want to close the achievement gap, they need to focus on getting white and asian test scores lower.
They're not dropping out - they've just made a different career choice ... WELFARE.
These kids come from "families" that have n fathers, are third or fourth generation welfare, major parent neglect if not abuse, have substance abuse and gang/crime issues.
Many of the children have fetal alcohol and/or fetal drug syndrome which leads to lack of cognitive ability, attention deficit, innate hyperactivity and self control/violence that are amplified by exposure to gangs and violent crime.
The small select few number children who can function at a normal level and try to buck the system get dragged down by the ghetto mentality for being an oreo.
Our failed social policies have destroyed several generations of poor black children
Our failed social policies have destroyed several generations of poor black children
A tragedy so unspeakably awful. And the combined forces of the KKK, American Nazi Party and George Wallace could not have pulled it off if they all gave 110% effort.
Is that a spade?
Man, you are so racist!
Seriously, I'm surprised it's only 37 percent. When you factor in the black illegitimacy rates.... It ought to be even HIGHER.
Proving once again that the democrap party doesn't care a fig about individual black people, they just institute social engineering designed to create depenedncy and therefore democrap votes for continuing the welfare doles of various sorts. Affirmative action turned into one of the most racist denigrations of black people ever devised by the minds of men. But it serve the DNC purpose of maintaining the dependency class democrats depend upon for votes.
So private or government?
Which school ( private or government) is in a better legal position to dish out heaping doses of moral instruction ( to both kids and their parents) needed to reverse the trends in parenting, illegitimacy, and ignorance?
And of those who graduate, how many can read, write a complete sentence, and figure percentages?
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Let 'em go hungry for a while, and they'll quickly figure out that whole "work ethic" thing.
Well, someone has to clean the toilets.
No,... it's not, but sadly, the rest of your points are exactly accurate.
"Its white peoples fault."
Nah, bro. It's the Jews. They control everything and stole our music! They be keepin us down!
. . .oh, wait.
On a related note please join us July 21 through July 24, 2011 to commemorate the 150th Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War and the Battle of First Manassas.
150 years on the dole is indeed enough.
no midnight basketball???
The solution is to stop testing...everyone will be graded the same.
I am no expert on this. I do know in the early 1960's we had a mandatory high school education for all males in VA. If you were not in the military at age 17, which required parental approval/signature, your fanny best be in class.I recall two 21 plus year olds in my senior class. One was a real disgrace to his father as his father was an Air Force O-6. Yet, at age 22 he graduated. I think mandatory graduation is the answer, as the military will not even take GED types now unless the person really scores high on the ASVAB. Good luck finding those critical MOS's in this economy-" dropouts." The Army does not want you. Neither do any of the other services.
Glen Beck reported last night that college students were told to get financial aid "food stamps." Then we had the Obama education lady say all students should have free laptops and Internet. Surprising to this lady this has been tried. The result was the laptops were trashed, used by other family members,and; you tube videos were what the teens watched. Even the teachers failed to become PC literate. I am told each year to give more to our schools. They,the students and teachers do worse each year. The military would relieve any commander whose company or whatever failed. We must do the same with our teachers.
Now, I want to be positive despite the obvious negativity.I believe we-"YES WE" must demand that our federal, state, and local officials mandate that all must obtain a high school diploma as a minimum. No pass or fail. No multi language BS. No excuses. If you are 18 and have not graduated, you stay in high school until you do. If it takes wearing a "Dunce" hat-so be it.
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Playoff Preview
L.A. Lakers-Denver
by Kevin Pelton
Not counting Atlanta-Boston, there are two series, both in the Western Conference, where the lower-seeded team had the superior point differential during the regular season. That the Los Angeles Clippers and Memphis Grizzlies qualify is little surprise given the two teams battled for home-court advantage through the final hours of the schedule. That the Denver Nuggets outperformed the Los Angeles Lakers by differential is a bit more unexpected, as the Lakers won three more games and won the Pacific Division while the Nuggets' playoff spot wasn't secure until last week.
The difference between the two teams can largely be explained by the Lakers' ability to win close games. They went 20-8 this season in games decided by five points or fewer, getting a series of clutch shots from Kobe Bryant, a trend that culminated in last Sunday's double-OT win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. Whether the Lakers will win this series may depend on their ability to repeat the feat in the postseason.
Pace: 89.2 possessions per 48 minutes (20th NBA)
L.A. Lakers Offensive Rating: 107.6 points per 100 possessions (10th NBA)
Denver Defensive Rating: 107.7 points per 100 possessions (19th NBA)
The notion of starting a discussion of the Lakers offense with anyone but Bryant seems unthinkable, yet Andrew Bynum was more crucial to their attack against Denver. In four head-to-head meetings, three of them Laker wins, Bynum averaged 24.8 points on 66.1 percent shooting. The center matchup changed midseason when the Nuggets traded Nene for JaVale McGee, of course. That did little to change Bynum's output in the most recent meeting on April 13. With Bryant out of the lineup, he scored 30 points on 11-of-19 shooting against a combination of McGee (28 minutes), Timofey Mozgov (12) and Kosta Koufos (8).
With his incredible wingspan, McGee can bother Bynum's shots. However, he lacks the strength to keep Bynum from establishing good position in the post. In the other meeting between the two players, before McGee was traded, Bynum made six of his eight shots en route to 19 points, though he did turn the ball over seven times.
L.A.'s powerful frontcourt of Bynum and Pau Gasol makes it challenging for Denver to play the kind of small lineups George Karl tends to prefer. Hence the possibility of regular action for Mozgov, who has played sparingly over the last month. In that sense, Bynum's post presence could be just as valuable at the other end of the floor because it means fewer minutes for potent lineups with Al Harrington in the middle.
Because of Bynum's matchup advantage, Gasol has taken a backseat against the Nuggets this season, though he's averaged a double-double on 54.2 percent from the field. He too figures to have a matchup advantage over rookie Kenneth Faried, who has a knack for highlight-reel defensive plays but can wander away from the ball. The Lakers will want to put Faried in pick-and-rolls with Gasol and Ramon Sessions at times to test him and take advantage of Sessions' playmaking ability.
Denver did do a terrific job of defending Bryant in the three head-to-head matchups he played in during the regular season. Working primarily against Arron Afflalo, but also the bigger Danilo Gallinari at times, Bryant shot 19 of 69 from the field (27.5 percent) and 2 of 19 beyond the arc. Afflalo's reputation as a stopper generally has limited statistical support, but his physical style has a lengthy track record of success against Bryant, who has shot 37.6 percent against Afflalo's teams in his career per Basketball-Reference.com. Karl also has the length of Corey Brewer as an option against Bryant.
Over the course of the series, it's worth watching how aggressively Karl uses double-teams and traps against the Lakers' stars. With Sessions and either Devin Ebanks or Matt Barnes on the court alongside them much of the time, the Lakers are short on shooting. Ebanks has improved his perimeter marksmanship and Barnes was a perfect 4-of-4 from beyond the arc in the last meeting, scoring 24 points, but given the choice Denver would surely prefer to put the game in their hands.
Pace: 92.8 possessions per 48 minutes (2nd NBA)
Denver Offensive Rating: 110.9 points per 100 possessions (3rd NBA)
L.A. Lakers Defensive Rating: 105.9 points per 100 possessions (13th NBA)
The Nuggets' efficient attack comes into the postseason clicking, having averaged 116.0 points per 100 possessions in the month of April--good for second in the league behind San Antonio, per NBA.com/Stats. While some of those performances can be discounted because of the opposition--two games apiece against Minnesota and Golden State, as well as two against the Dwight Howard-less Orlando Magic--Denver also won shootouts in the final week of the regular season at Phoenix and Oklahoma City.
The Nuggets have naturally been at their best with a healthy Gallinari in their lineup. Gallinari has maintained a solid .563 True Shooting Percentage while increasing his involvement in the offense, and could be better in the playoffs if he snaps out of a slump from beyond the arc. The Lakers shut Gallinari down, holding him to 10.0 points on 28.3 percent shooting. Metta World Peace's physical defense may have had something to do with that, though according to NBA.com/Stats he shot even worse (22 percent) against the Lakers when World Peace was on the bench. Barnes and Ebanks are quality defenders in their own right and have the length to match up with Gallinari.
On paper, Ty Lawson against the Lakers' defensively challenged point guards is the best matchup for Denver. In practice, he wasn't particularly effective in the four games, averaging 12.3 points on 40.0 percent shooting, though he did hand out 7.5 assists per game. Bynum's size in the paint could cause Lawson trouble when he is able to penetrate.
Instead, the Nuggets' veteran reserves carried their offense against the Lakers, with Al Harrington and Andre Miller combining for 34.1 points per game. Karl has an interesting decision with how to use Harrington, the team's leading scorer versus L.A. Three of those four games came before Faried established himself as the starter, and he did not play in any of them. During the most recent meeting, Faried played 18 minutes with Harrington coming off the bench for 27. Though Harrington can't defend Bynum in the post, he's savvy enough to hold his own against Gasol and creates problems for the Lakers' bigs with his ability to play on the perimeter.
Miller will have a quickness advantage most of the time against either the Lakers' point guards or when matched against Barnes and Ebanks playing shooting guard behind Bryant. He shot 54.5 percent during the regular season versus the Lakers. McGee also contributed on offense during the last meeting, grabbing six offensive rebounds and making seven of his nine shot attempts to score 14 points.
Fittingly, the Lakers won the season series with the Nuggets 3-1 despite a four-point aggregate differential between the teams. The Lakers came up with wins by three, four and six points, including wriggling off the hook on New Year's Eve when Gallinari missed an uncontested layup that would have tied the game in the closing seconds. All four games were decided by single-digits and there's no reason to expect anything else in this series. So, how predictive is the Lakers' ability to win close games during the regular season? In the past, we've seen the same "skill" desert the Dallas Mavericks in the postseason--until last year, when they rode their clutch performance all the way to a championship. So I could certainly see this one going either way. Call it a tossup, in which case I'd prefer to buck conventional wisdom.
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April 26 2012 05:23PM
Pictures of the a new design for the proposed Downtown Edmonton Arena have hit the interwebs and they can only be described as :"hurry the hell up" and "is it done yet?"
This shot is described as "The building is open to daylight, with a tall pedway over 104th Avenue that drops people down to a new public square." If this is actually how the thing looks when all is said and done Rexall Place 2 will be one of the nicest buildings in the league hands down.
We would also add that it looks like the Borg Continuum seemingly has a hand in these new designs. Resistance to the new arena is futule! You too will become one with the Borg Architecture and Humanity Domination Corp.
This shot is "a profile view of the pedway over 104th Avenue" They have kindly edited out the various toughs that would be standing outside the Greyhound Bus Depot, keeping a sharp eye out for Oilers fans who have enjoyed too many $40 hockey beers.
This angle also looks sharp and we can imagine King Jordan of Eberle riding down this street in the Captain's vehicle which leads the Cup parade scheduled annually from 2016 until further notice.
This shot looks down 104th avenue too and it provides some insight into other plans the Katz Group have for the area which consists of knocking down the surrounding buildings and replacing the grass with a sleek silver coating of some futuristic metallic compound. Also note the absence of cars which suggests we are all teleporting to and fro when the building is finally open for business.
The final concept drawing released shows the arena footprint as viewed from above. In this shot the buildings West and South of the arena are back and a wicked large tower has been erected beside the pedway that spans 104th avenue. Dibs on the Penthouse of this tower and installing a zip line directly into our season seats in row 415.
We won't say that these new arena drawings are better than our original 2008 concept - which is basically ready to begin construction PS - but if this is what Edmonton looks like in 2016 a then 73 year old Lauren Pronger will finally realize the mistake she made so many years ago.
If needed we will personally report to the Baccarat Casino at a moments notice with an OilersNation edition skid steer and start the demolition ourselves.
FIST! There I said it.... What was this about? Cool building dude
Damn you Wanye damn you.
April 26 2012, 05:30PM
#nugeforcalder #eberleforbyng #pizzaforme
ps, those "actual" design pics are quite amazing
That silver metallic high end compound you see is actually 100% efficient solar panels. Used to power the never ending beer fountain in front of the entrance of RX2.
Thats awesome. lets get it done.
April 26 2012, 06:36PM
'Tis a fine barn, but sure 'tis no pool, English.
Looks great except the pedway ruins the whole thing and makes it look hideous. I guess if the on-ice product is a laughing stock of the league, then the arena should be as well.
April 26 2012, 06:53PM
Mmmmmm... giant pork chop. Yes, I love the Pork Chop Shop. So say we all.
April 26 2012, 07:13PM
May 16th cant come soon enough, and the day Rx2 ACTUALLY STARTS GETTING BUILT!!!!!!!!!!
Enough with this jibber jabber hubbub GET ON WITH IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wanye, is self fisting allowed....wait....that doesn't sound right. Meh, you know...when the writer then fists...himself, never mind !
P.S. those Lego Borg are priceless!
April 26 2012, 08:38PM
Otherwise known as wacky tobaccy and coke?
Also note the absence of cars which suggests we are all teleporting to and fro when the building is finally open for business.
Probably not too far from the truth. There's only going to be about 350 underground parking spaces on-site. Of course those will be for players, wives, girlfriends and Oilers ataff. One of those parking spaces will no doubt be surrounded by purple velvet security ropes and Egyptian palm girls for a certain local internet billionaire whose name rhymes with "Kanye" - or Jordan Eberle, whatever.
The rest of us will have to make do with paying 40 bucks for any number of "convenient" surrounding parking stalls downtown.
Other than that the whole damn arena thing looks FREAKING AWESOME if you ask me!
I'm looking forward to filling up my cup from the three-story cascading beer-fall, actual hot "ice girls" and cheering for a real live winning hockey team. *faints*
April 26 2012, 09:32PM
'Tis a fine barn, but sure 'tis no pool, English.
As I like to say:
"There's a Simpson's quote for every occasion"
I was going to photoshop a picture of pail drumming guy in front of it - but alas, I cannot find a picture of pail drumming guy on the internet. That guy should have his own Wikipedia page, at least a facebook page like Dancing Dan...
Wanye's Paint skills are second to none.
(nice building concept too)
Looks great. I can already see myself swearing at the ridiculous traffic congestion on game nights. They better put in something like Phoenix (only other NHL barn I've been to) where the area is complete with numerous watering holes and restaurants to allow me to come early and stay late, therefore dodging high traffic.
We might have to all start thinking mass transit...gulp...Might have to leave the rig rocket at home...
Rexall One (from above)= giant period. Rexall Two = giant comma.
Obvious pandering to the scribes at OilersNation????
April 27 2012, 11:45AM
...looks remarkably like a gizzard - http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/willow/gizzard-info0.gif
April 27 2012, 01:15PM
I like it a lot. Has a very nice flow to it. Looks like a very nice centrepiece to the rebirth of downtown Edmonton.
Build it and we will come and spend lots of money and help you pay for it.
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Posted on 06/14/2012 7:17:21 AM PDT by doug from upland
A San Francisco couple whose teenage daughter was allegedly being pimped by a Southern California man tracked him around the state, failing at one attempt to kill him before shooting him to death near Candlestick Park, authorities said Wednesday.
Attorneys for the couple say that they tried everything to rescue their daughter from Calvin Sneed, a 22-year-old alleged gang member from Compton (Los Angeles County), but that they didn't kill him.
Prosecutors, however, say that when Barry Gilton and his longtime girlfriend, Lupe Mercado, couldn't get their 17-year-old daughter back through legitimate means, they turned to premeditated murder.
Gilton, 38, and Mercado, 37, appeared in court Wednesday on murder and other charges for allegedly shooting Sneed in the Bayview neighborhood in the early hours of June 4.
The couple have been together since middle school and live with their three other children in San Francisco. Their daughter disappeared some time ago and after searching for her, Gilton and Mercado discovered that she was turning tricks and that Sneed was her pimp, their attorneys said.
"They had gone out to local police agencies, agencies in Southern California - they had even tried talking to national organizations," said Eric Safire, Gilton's attorney. "Every place they turned to turned them away." L.A. shooting
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It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp.
Sad, hope they don't get convicted for anything except cleaning up the streets.
Let em walk, they did society a favor.
Dang - pimping out a 17 year old and nobody they went to could do anything for them? Like arrest the guy? Or the girl? Or the johns? A known gang member with an underage prostitute and they wouldn't return the girl to her parents?
Shouldn't stories about pimps be posted in bloggers?
So as to be among friends, so to speak...
I don't think I could convict them of doing anything wrong.
They finally got the police to pay attention. Rescue their daughter from a pimp? Not a police issue. Prosecute after the parents solve the problem? The police are right there.
—"The motive is all they (prosecutors) have, as far as we're concerned," said Tony Tamburello, Mercado's attorney. "This would not be the first time the police and prosecutors got it wrong."—
It seems that may be true, however:
—"San Francisco police have thoroughly investigated this case, and the investigation is not limited to San Francisco," he said. "We would not charge a case unless we had a good-faith basis that we could prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt."—
Reading that, the Zimmerman case comes to mind. i.e. Yeah, sure... ;-)
Pimpin' ain't easy (as the saying goes).
The spirit of Paul Kelsey lives!
Shoot, bury, and keep your mouth shut.
Its less dangerous to arrest the parents than a gang member.
soak body with water, cover body with lots of lye before covering with dirt.....
Judge: "Did you shoot him in the Bayview Section?"
Defendant": "Only because he turned around so quickly"
They tried to get her back by asking cops for help. What were they supposed to do? Let her go? I say give them a medal.
give them double the bounty for gang bangers. The punk was a GB and a pimp. The cops will never do it. Time for people to start cleaning up their own streets and neighborhoods.
Actually, I was recycling an old joke.
Judge: "Were you hit in the fracas?"
Witness: "Well, not perzackly in the fracas, but about halfway between the navel and the fracas."
When do the pimp protection protests begin?
Seems like they their daughter and society a big favor. They should not be charged at all. If charged I hope they are found not guilty.
I would not be surprised if the gang told the cops to handle this or there would be trouble.
But if these folks get convicted, the sentence for the murder should be more like community service, not hard time.
Hey, they already demonstrated they are good at community service, by taking this gang member off the streets.
First they came for the pimps but I did not speak out because I was not a pimp. Then they....
I want pics of all
I agree. Even if the girl was willing, she was still under age and law enforcement has a responsibility to help. Evidently in the Bay area if it's "just sex" the law doesn't apply to anybody doing anything. Such a liberated world we live in.
My daughter is 14, ther would be blood in the street. At 17 this sounds like kidnapping. The police turn a blind eye - all bets are off.
what I read is she went over to another pimp, then she killed original pimp while he was asleep in a hotel room. It is not to say the guy wasn't a complete evil reprobate who derserved to die, just how she did it was a little cold.
The only question, and I grant that it is an unsettling one, is did they really get her back?
Several elements of this story are unintentionally funny.
Calvin Sneed? Cranston Snord? Lamont Shadowskeedeeboomboom?
Nutty Block Crip street gang? Wasn't the Nutty Block Crisp one of Willy Wonka's candies? Or is it more a granola bar?
Gilton, 38, and Mercado, 37...lifelong San Francisco residents who have been *dating* since their teens...and live with their three other children...
What do you have against bloggers? I have a blog (I don't post it here but I have one). Some blogs are actually very good.
Retribution is always best served cold.
=== Gilton, a former high school basketball star, was convicted in 1995 of drug dealing and possession. He and Mercado face charges of murder, conspiracy to commit murder and one count of discharging a firearm at an occupied vehicle. Gilton was also charged with possession of a firearm as a felon. ===
Reminds me of the film "Taken".
Too hard for Eric Holder to be keepin' all his hos in line.
One of my worst nightmares as a parent - Failing to be able to help my child who desperately needs help.
They should have chased him into Texas.
exactly. If there isn't more to this story then we are in trouble
Maybe you miss understood what humblegunner was saying. Blogs are perfect medium to expose pimps.
No I understand perfectly.
Reminds me of the George C. Scott movie "Hardcore", where he played a father trying to rescue his daughter from a similar situation.
I say erect a statue and throw a ticker tape parade for 'em...They killed another BLACK criminal and saved the taxpayer's money...Best story I've read all week....LOVE IT!! Always love it when BLACK CRIMINALS die brutal deaths.
Sneed was a victim of a drive-by shooting in South Los Angeles last year, according to Los Angeles police. An appeal filed in a murder case involving a friend of his said that both the friend and Sneed were members of the Nutty Block Crip street gang.
It seems to me that Mr. Sneed died as a consequence of his occupation. Insulators die of silicosis, he died of lead poisoning.
I'll take a jury trial for a thousand Alex.
I disagree... For a pimp, shoot, cut off penis and insert it in the departed's mouth, and dump the body on the streets he frequented.
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Style # 217569
AVAILABILITY: Unavailable for immediate shipment.
With sheer asymmetric mesh detail and a soft stretch that accentuates curves, this bebe bodycon dress is guaranteed to turn heads. Try yours with a pair of party shoes and an embellished clutch to complete an after-dark look.
- 92% nylon, 8% spandex
- Center back to hem: 28" (71 cm)
- Hand wash according to care label
- Made in USA with imported materials
- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S
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