Serak The Preparer

If standing for that national anthem is not political, why is it done? Just because something is not controversial for any of the paying customers does not make it not political. For crying out loud, it is claiming allegiance to our country which is, by definition, a political entity. You can't possibly claim that it is not inherently political unless there is some other utility. Does it help the performance of the athletes? Does it give extra time to coaches to game plan? For the refs to huddle and make sure they are up on rules? I do agree that employer generally gets to decide on player displays of political activity, but I also think that employers generally don't require displays of political allegiance. If my employer required me to sing to the national anthem at the beginning of my work day, I damn sure would think of that as a political statement. Hell, if it's not political and paying customers agree with it, why is this not generally accepted practice in every industry?

What percent of employees do you estimate are required to Stand at attention during the Star Spangled Banner? That is engaging in political activity by its very nature, otherwise not being in a part of it is also not political activity.

I am sure your dog is the best dog in the world and acts "on-leash" without one. I am also sure that 80% of dog owners would say the same thing. If you were walking around with your dog without in a leash in an area that was explicitly marked that dogs should be leashed, you'd be a dick. In this situation I imagine he would approach you in the same way. Now if you were just walking in your neighborhood, I doubt he would react the same way. I doubt he woke up that day thinking "I am going to cause a shit-storm at the first person I see walking a dog without a leash".

Disagree. If I go to work for Trump I know he is going to utterly screw me whenever is most advantageous for him. As a result, I am going to grift as fast and hard as I can. I think Parscale is a shitty person but he did what he wanted to do, which is maximize his financial gain.

Oh she's definitely odd. She likes deer and wears antlers on some videos. In others she prances about. But she doesn't claim to be a deer, want to be a deer, or "identify" as a deer. That's not weird enough for some people to react to, however, so they have to create even more of a caricature. Just like @workswithseed did a couple of posts above where he claims "She said every gamer is a racist and that voice chat is ableist." She has not claimed every game is a racist. It's lazy and fitting that people who rail against Fake News simply make things up to fit their own narratives. She does claim that voice chat is ableist. I don't have a strong opinion on this as I don't play multiplayer games and don't watch streams on Twitch. I have not seen these videos myself, I have just read about this in a couple of different places because I find gaming culture interesting and read about it a bit.

Amazingly enough, The Blaze did not fully portray all of the subtle nuance of this kerfuffle. For example, Steph does not identify as a deer. Nor is she a Twitch moderator. She is a member of a new Twitch panel called the Safety Advisory Council. She cannot ban, silence, or you know, moderate any Twitch user That being said, she certainly carried herself as if she has more authority than she actually does, so this would take reading beyond a headline (or perhaps not The Blaze) to understand. Of course then you wouldn't get your full truth unvarnished with pesky facts. And, even if the article you quoted was correct, you make the further leap to "in charge of Twitch censorship" which is even more ludicrous. Physician, heal thyself.

If you look at @HenryJames's original post, he added “Obama has been niggardly in his praise for Trump.” as commentary. In actuality Rove didn't say that, which is what MrBig and Mo Horn were referring to.

I am going to call BS on that, at least on a general rule. There are not enough resources paid to mine removal and it causes loss of use of land, loss of life and limb, and long-term environmental effects. They are expensive and dangerous to remove, so it is not usually done, but status quo is also not great. And maybe I'm wrong - maybe existing mines really are a deterrent from an invasion. How many lives were lost due to malnutrition, lack of money for school so having to work in dangerous conditions, etc. Again, not trying to force a policy anywhere but an attempt to be made to look at full picture. Going back to the DDT example, if a village does not want land mines removed, take that into account. Skip to the next village. For DDT - inform locals, make attempt to shield them / their food supply from effects, and I (and Carson) doesn't have objection.

Do you have any evidence of this? I have never heard of any village / area opting to keep land mines, and didn't see anything searching on a few different engines. I am certainly not a mine expert (cue pawn shop meme) but this seems like an odd way to say "hey, mines are sometimes ok". Blaming this on "white women in America" likewise seems pretty misplaced. Even regarding DDT, Carson / Silent Spring did not call for banning of DDT, and she is not to blame for malaria. She advocated the use of pesticide where the people affected were informed / gave consent and impact to environment was considered.I get your political leanings and how that may lead to disdain for emotion over facts but that doesn't mean you need to have your facts correct.

I thought you just meant "take a leak prosperity". Would fit Trump's ... interests.

That's a cool data set, impressed they release that. You can definitely see which states are opening up. It's also cool how well that correlates to capacity. I think Texas limits to 25%, right? So it makes sense that Texas would be at 75% YoY, but also means that people aren't necessarily hesitant to go to restaurants - at this point limited by law, not by social behavior.

Am I crazy or was @RomaVicta's name also Todd in those emails he was receiving?

This was the post that I referenced: "I wish LeBron would stfu about education. Dude, like the graduates we were celebrating last night, you have a high school diploma. As a freak athletic star, how hard did you have to work to earn it? You're not dumb, but you're also not educated." This says that LeBron is not educated because he only has a high school diploma. I referenced other people who also don't have diplomas (or at least didn't when they became successful). You jumped in saying I was comparing accomplishments. I was not. If you follow the chain you would understand this. I understand Dell's accomplishments, same as the other tech leaders. The point is that education <> college degree. They are frequently linked but not equal.

I am not comparing Dell, etc., to LeBron. However, explain how Dell is "educated" and LeBron isn't.

I didn't neg but you are right and that was a stupid fucking take. On top of that, @WhatTheBuck implies that college is the only way to educate, which is also fucking stupid. I wonder if he considers Bill Gates or Steve Jobs uneducated. Zuckerberg or Dell, would they be unwelcome talking about education? LeBron has made a couple of dumb statements in life (e.g. The Decision, his China-Taiwan bullshit) but I don't know of any basis to call him uneducated.

What economic data are talking about? Is there anything published at state or city level that includes revenue by industry in last couple of weeks? I agree with you that we should use data when we have it but also shouldn't make up data.

Appreciate it. Pos rep, not many people admit errors / old info. This includes myself all too often.

Doh! Thank you, for some reason mixed that up in my head.

8 minority head coaches seems high to me, and a (very) cursory search didn't indicate to me who you are talking about. I could certainly be missing someone obvious, but I know of 3 black head coaches (Judge, Tomlin, and Lynn). I imagine you are including Ron Rivera, who is of Puerto Rican / Mexican descent? Who are the others?

Ok, we can disagree on that. Any thought on my understanding of your first statement?

I'm not sure what the first sentence means. I think you are claiming that black players either weren't good enough to be quarterback or just didn't want to play quarterback in the 60's - 90's (with very small number of exceptions). The adoption of black quarterbacks was simply blacks being good enough to play. Is this correct? I honestly am not trying to put words in your mouth, so please let me know if this is incorrect. As for your other sentence, it is simply unfathomable to be that you can truly believe that race doesn't matter. It is the single most defining trait in the United States. It certainly does not mean that all white people are powerful, all black people are disadvantaged, etc., but there is not a facet of our society in which race does not matter. Drop one person of any race into any group of a different race and the situation changes.

Agreed. Black coaches should just patiently wait for the league to catch up. Would hate for them to accidentally rustle some jimmies!

I thought it was common knowledge that he posts as @closetojumping.

Agreed. Discussion and denigration of liberal housing and economic policies in Seattle is totally good, but suggesting that shooting brown people is bad is CR.