Everything posted by sheeeit
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The Lost Generation essay
I am sure this is true. Not sure of the point though? Hard to think of or even imagine a law firm in Texas that has a specialized practice that overwhelmingly only appeals to white women and white men. Couple that with Wildcat apparently being a lawyer there and it is almost impossible to invision. You are trying to suggest there is a scenario where a guy like Wildcat (we all obviously know his thoughts on just about everything) is working at a firm that specializes in practice areas that overwhelmingly only attract white women and white men? With Wildcat's views? Unpossible. If he doesn't want to defend his statements, I suppose I do not really care. But I will say he is the picture of hypocrisy because he calls out everyone he disagrees with and expects everyone else on here to defend their statements. Wildcat has ripped white, straight, conservative males thousands of times on here. Thousands. Yet he apparently works for a law firm that overwhelmingly only takes white men and white women as clerks. He so wanted to get a story in the thread where he could rip some straight/white/conservative law clerks he exposed himself. Or maybe he just made it all up? I have tried to think of every scenario that could give him the benefit of the doubt but I can not come up with any. He either works for a racist law firm or he is a blatant liar.
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The Lost Generation essay
I did not ignore this. The guy who made the post can answer for himself. But in my close circle of friends and family there is an unusual high percentage of lawyers. I am not aware of any firm (especially firms that hire 10 or so summer interns each year) that are practice specific. Virtually all have a variety of practice specialties within the firm. And the vast amount of law school students do not know what they want to specialize in while in school. Some obviously do but most do not.
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The Lost Generation essay
You could just answer the question. These aren't my "beliefs". Tell me the evidence. But this just isn't true. To your points: 1) I do not understand this one. He works for a good law firm so they do not hire minorities? Pretty racist. 2) No idea what crappy law schools have to do with anything. 3) Just not true at all. By most rankings, the best law schools in Texas are UT, Baylor, SMU and A&M. By Brisket's display, on average there are around 35% minorities in those schools. 4) So you are saying top law firms are racists? This isn't a gender question. I am fully aware of women increasing in law school as my daughter is in law school. That has nothing to do with that guys firm having a virtually all white summer intern group for 3 years.
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The Lost Generation essay
What part didn't you understand? You said you got certain advancements because you were a number of things and white. I am asking if you truly believe that you got advancements over people who had the exact same other attributes that you have but were not white? Other people that were tall, good looking, good engineers, socially competent but not white? Direct apples to apples comparison. It is a yes or no type question. And if the answer is yes, then you admit you work for a racist group.
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The Lost Generation essay
Lulz. So according to this logic, shitty parents only have sons and good parents only have daughters?
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The Lost Generation essay
This is just so much bullshit. You honestly believe that you have had advancements over other tall, relatively handsome, socially competent male minority engineers? So you admit you are fine working for a racist organization?
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The Lost Generation essay
I think this is a very interesting post. You say your firm has had 30 or so summer interns over the last 3 years and that most of them have been white. I don't know if your firm is in Texas or not, but in 2022 42% of law school students in Texas were from "racial/ethnic minorities" and nationally it is around 35%. So why did your firm mostly have white summer interns? If we are to believe the vast majority of posters on this thread, you must work at a GOP dominated racist/white supremacist law firm? Based on your post history, I seriously doubt you work for a racist/white supremacist firm. But if we are to believe the Briskets of this topic, you must. So I am curious what the answer is?
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Twelve killed in shooting targeting Jewish community at Australia's Bondi Beach
Lulz. I know it is going to be very hard for some but try and realize this is not a whataboutism. I think it was wrong then and now, but for some unknown reason most of you want to forget the past. Your post is emotional drivel. When Obama deported several million, guess what? Everyone's lawn got mowed, restaurants still flourished, construction was and still is at an all time high. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/TTLCONS https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MRTSSM7225USN Obama did the exact same thing Trump is doing. Going after criminals? "The principal finding of the Times investigation is a damning indictment of an administration that has claimed repeatedly to be targeting the worst of the worst violent, foreign-born criminals. In reality, according to the Times analysis, “two-thirds of the nearly two million deportation cases involve people who had committed minor infractions, including traffic violations, or had no criminal record at all.” In contrast, only “twenty percent—or about 394,000—of the cases involved people convicted of serious crimes, including drug-related offenses, the records show.” https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/new-reports-undermine-obama-administrations-claims-about-deportations/ Family separation? "The Obama administration doubled down on one of its worst immigration legacies: the return and expansion of family detention. Responding to a court order holding that its family detention camps violated the 1997 Flores settlement agreement, the Obama administration Friday again defended family detention as necessary to send a message to Central American families that they are not welcome here—even though it concedes that most of them are fleeing persecution." https://www.aclu.org/news/smart-justice/president-obama-wants-continue-imprisoning-immigrant-families Due process? https://www.aclu.org/news/human-rights/harrowing-tales-wrongly-deported-how-border-patrol-officers#:~:text=After hours alone in a,but all too terribly common. https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/speed-over-fairness-deportation-under-obama Raids? Targeting non criminals? https://www.immigrantdefenseproject.org/media-roundup-ice-raids/ https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/groups-demand-obama-administration-stop-immigration-raids/ "The Obama administration confirmed Monday that it began a new wave of arrests of Central American immigrant families over the weekend, moving forward with deportations of mothers and children despite an outcry from immigrant rights groups and potential political fallout for Democrats." https://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/obama-family-deportation-raids-217329 US citizens? https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna45665156 Asylum? . "In every case, the Obama administration has argued that it can deport asylum-seekers without any oversight or review from the federal courts. This practice deprives asylum-seekers of their constitutional right to challenge their deportation orders in federal court. " https://www.aclu.org/news/smart-justice/violation-constitution-obama-deporting-asylum-seekers-without Again, I don't Iike a lot of this now and didn't like it then. But even though the Obama admin did exactly the same thing Trump is doing and on a LARGER scale, none of you called Obama/Biden/Jeh Johnson- ethnic cleansers/xenophobic/brown people are bad/fascists etc. Yet they treated hispanic immigrants exactly the same.
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Waymo cars Hit the Freeways
I like the experience and fully embrace its future. My only complaint was my car needing to merge onto a busy street. I sat for at least 20 minutes waiting. I didn’t know what to do. I called people to ask. Horns blaring behind me. A few cars behind us passed in on the shoulder to merge. At one point I was going to get out and walk. It was actually pretty stressful. I’m sure they can tweak this and they need to.
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Gotdammit I Just Got Scammed
Obviously joking.
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Listening to some Stones. This sounds blasphemous but fuck Keith Richards for shitting on Mick. Dude was a fantastic lyricist and top 10 all time vocal/frontman. I’m sure Mick was pretentious but you just can not deny his talent. Overall, Mick is more of a savant in his lane than Richard’s is in his. Pains me. But maybe not.
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Gotdammit I Just Got Scammed
I thought for sure this was a bit. Lost a little respect you fell for this.
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Auburn @ Oklahoma
I don't think we disagree. All I said was that the rule is subjective and if a team asks for clarification on a specific play and the refs ok it, then I do not fault the team for running it.
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Auburn @ Oklahoma
Well that was the whole point of the hypothetical. The OU play by play guys said OU specifically told the refs pregame what they intended to do. I said to pretend it was some other team because OU doesn't get the benefit of the doubt. The refs said ok. They ran the play. I have no idea if they really did ask the refs pregame. I just posited that if they did ask them pregame, it would change my opinion on whether it was cheating or not. If you tell a coach something is not against the rules, you would be pretty hypocritical to then blame the coach when the play worked and the other team was pissed. I have a hard time believing that if a coach asked you personally about a particular play before a game and you told the coach it was not a penalty, and then the coach ran the play, that you would call them dirty. It didn't happen in game speed. You as the ref had no distractions when explained what the play would be. You had time to talk about it with your other refs. If you would still say the play was dirty then we just disagree.
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Auburn @ Oklahoma
LOL. Take your ritalin. I assume you guys know that it is routine for teams to talk to officials before the game and tell them about potential trick plays they intend to use (reverses, double passes, fake field goals etc) so the refs know it is coming and know what to look for from a rules standpoint. I already said it seemed shady at first. I guess I am having a hard time blaming the team when they told the refs before it happened. The refs knew the rules. Blame them or blame Auburn for being stupid. If the conversation with the refs was that they noticed the Auburn DB talks a lot of shit and that they were going to have their slot receiver try and bait the DB into losing focus, is that a penalty? Solid point. So if a team came to you as an official before the game and explained exactly what they were going to do and you said it was not a penalty, who do you blame?
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Auburn @ Oklahoma
OK. I read that. The dude walked right in front of the defender. In a no huddle situation. No gesture to the sideline. No taking off his chin strap. Not running. It was pretty deep in OU territory and he wasn't angling toward the bench area. Just walking out to his spot. If he stopped 3 yards further from the sideline would it have been a penalty? What does "hideout" mean? He literally walked right in front of the defender and took his spot. OU had a wide receiver outside of the slot guy in virtually every play. Why would the defender think there was no one out there? Why would the defense think he was substituting when the QB and OL and everyone else on the field were lining up for the next play? I have watched it many times now. The DB was too busy jawing. I think there is a fine line between using the substitution penalty and just baiting a defender into an emotional mistake.
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Arch Manning: Scores every way possible
LMAO. Thanks. I needed that.
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Auburn @ Oklahoma
Probably just have to disagree. There is no question that they hoped to fool Auburn. But what is the definition of substitution? After the play, there was no huddle. No one ran on the field (yes I know they do not have to). Guy just walked to his position. He didn't wave his hand like he needed to come out. Didn't limp towards the sideline. Does the offense have to tell the defense to cover them? Watch Texas or any game. Often receivers walk to their position during no huddle. The OU slot guy distracted the Auburn DB. I think the Auburn DB just messed up. He was too busy jawing with the OU guy and forgot to see who was out there. But again, unless you think there is no subjectivity in the rule, the only way to be sure is to ask the refs. If they say its clean then run it. I am fairly certain it wont work against Texas
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Auburn @ Oklahoma
No. And likely never will. I have no idea if it is true or not. Just a hypothetical.
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Auburn @ Oklahoma
The question was do you think it is cheating or bush league by a team to run a play that they cleared with the refs? If they had not cleared it beforehand it would almost certainly be bush league and possibly against the rules. It certainly would be pushing the rules.
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Auburn @ Oklahoma
Possibly. 1) If they communicated it differently to the same refs that were on the field then the refs would have called it if they did something different. 2) Very possible. 3) Unlikely. But it is obviously a subjective call. They didn't huddle. The player did not fake any type of injury. Walking versus jogging to your spot is not a penalty. I actually think the OU player talking trash to the DB is what caused Auburn to miss it. But, again, the question was not the technical intent of the rule. The question was that if a team clears a play beforehand with the refs is it cheating or even bush league if they then run it in the game? I guess I do not think so.
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Auburn @ Oklahoma
Well, I think you missed the point.
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Auburn @ Oklahoma
Just for arguments sake, the OU play by play guy is saying the OU coaches asked the refs before the game if the play was illegal and they were told it was not. Likely we will never know if this is the truth or not. So, lets say some other team not OU, because OU, saw a tendency from Auburn and wanted to exploit it. They came up with a play (funnily the slot receiver was talking trash to the DB to distract him) and asked the refs about it before the game and were told is was not a penalty. Is that cheating? My initial reaction was it was a bush league play by OU that certainly skirted the rules. However, if they did address it before the game with the refs then I think it is ok.