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Horn of Gabriel

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  1. They really should seek out the final solution to this problem.
  2. That's interesting. What is our cap situation assuming we trade Kawhi?
  3. Wow, surprised we couldn't do a vet deal. I thought for sure TP would end his career a spur.
  4. I've been wearing some Knoxville S by Electric for a few months and like them. My requirements: polarized lens option, sturdy, tortoise frame, "traditional" styling, not owned by Luxotica. I'm pretty sure that last one is true http://www.electriccalifornia.com/mens/sunglasses/best-sellers/knoxville-s-matte-blk-m-grey-884932300618.html
  5. First of all, good luck w/ that. I think he'll find that aside from straight up gross negligence, the law is pretty tilted in favor of the builder. But maybe he can get something on settlement?
  6. We celebrate the Fourth of July because that's the day the Declaration of Independence was signed, 242 years ago. You might call July 4 America's birthday. The Declaration didn't just declare our independence from Britain; it vowed to create a government that respected all people's rights to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." It said nothing about patriotism. Or making America "great." America became great because the Declaration (and the Constitution that followed) set down rules that kept government small and out of the way. That let creative individuals flourish. When the Declaration was signed, the founders didn't know what America would look like. They knew, though, that they were sick of being bossed around by the British king, so they worried about government having too much power. Thomas Jefferson and his colleagues wrote the Declaration to assert that our "natural rights" could not be taken away by any government, and to set the stage for the creation of a government through which people could rule themselves. At the time, America was considered a backwater. Just a few years later, America had become the most prosperous, and probably the freest, country in the world. The Fourth of July is not about barbecues, fireworks, or even patriotism. It's about that idea: that people have the right to rule themselves. Ironically, government has grown so much since the founding that you might not even be able to buy fireworks where you live. In much of America they are now illegal because government officials have declared them to be too dangerous. Yet the Declaration and Constitution weren't written to make government provide for public safety. The founders assumed that was something adults would do for themselves. The founding documents are about freedom—about limiting what government can do. "Trust no man with too much government power," wrote Jefferson. "(B)ind them with the chains of the Constitution." It's good that the Declaration and Constitution have those "chains." No matter how insistent the state's busybodies get, they may not arbitrarily search our homes or jail us. We have a right to bear arms, to practice whatever religions we choose, to exercise free speech and more. Growing government has eroded some of our freedoms, but we still have more freedoms than most countries in the world. Consider the country we declared independence from, Great Britain. Authorities there recently locked up a man merely because he made a Facebook live video outside a courthouse. He wanted to draw attention to child abusers on trial, but Britain's government puts limits on what reporters may cover. England has no First Amendment. Some people who write critical things on Facebook or Twitter get visits from police. Great Britain also has no Second Amendment, and has far more restrictions on guns than we have. That hasn't stopped crime. London had more murders than New York City this spring. Now London's mayor wants "knife control." Really. One British police department even bragged about its "weapon sweep" that confiscated "scissors and pliers." But don't worry, tweeted the Regents Police Agency, they were "safely disposed and taken off the streets." I'm glad I live in America, where I can carry pliers around. And speak freely. Of course, the Constitution has more limits on government power than just the ones stated in the Bill of Rights. The Constitution divided government in ways meant to limit authoritarian politicians from any party. President Donald Trump's own Supreme Court nominee rebuked the man who appointed him, ruling that a Trump-advocated law making it easier to deport some immigrants was too vague. The Court stopped President Obama almost a hundred times. It's a good thing we have both the Declaration and the Constitution, with their curbs on power-grabs by presidents and legislators—curbs on judges, too. Unfortunately, those limits on government haven't exactly kept government small. Thomas Jefferson wanted "a wise and frugal government" that leaves people "free to regulate their own pursuits." Now we've got 180,000 pages of federal rules and $21 trillion in debt. Still, the Constitution and the Declaration have helped keep us mostly free. That's something to celebrate this Fourth of July. http://reason.com/archives/2018/07/04/a-reason-to-celebrate-this-fourth-of-jul/print
  7. I remember a similar story from back-in-the-day where the sales guy hired a consultant/lawyer to “clean room” his contact list, e.g. show an alternative path to each. E.g. “No we didn’t steal that client, here is a search we did on LinkedIn for ‘Director of IT in Texas at companies with >500 employees’ and there he is. Anyone could do this!”
  8. The fact that we're quoting CBA language in this thread about failure to render contractually agreed services and talking about the viability of suing a top 5 player shows how shitty a situation we're in.
  9. This is the reason PATFO makes their money. Rushed, panic decisions rarely work out well. If all we're going to get it a shit sandwich, that same shit sandwich will still be there for a few months. Or it might get better. Probably won't get worse. So there's not a ton of downside now; could we have gotten something marginally better pre Decision 3.0? Who knows. For all anyone knows, LA knew that they had LeBron on lock and it was already affecting their trade offers for Kawhi.
  10. It will be satisfying to watch his 1000 yard stare as he scratches his head and chews his tongue from the bench as the Spurs beat his new team’s ass!
  11. They need to get the Monica tv/documentary chick nekkid
  12. The level of bitchassedness is definitely higher as well.
  13. I wonder do the Lakers have enough to sign PG, Lebron and still offer a package for Kawhi? If Lebron and PG go to LA, our leverage decreases because LA's urgency to make an immediate offer is gone; they'll have 2 stars and can wait another year to pick up Kawhi.
  14. Who directly report to those who do and can often be either terminated, have their career growth shunted or be warehoused if they don't acquiesce. This isn't a hard concept and there are lots of other arguments against this ruling, why go for the bad one?
  15. Be smarter than that. It's the politician's appointees and the people who work for the politicians.
  16. He may end up another Stephen Jackson where he regretted leaving...but it's his life to live and I'm sure he'll cry himself to sleep on his bed made of money.
  17. Until he only plays until the all-star break and then holds himself out of key games to not get injured and fuck us. Keeping someone who doesn't want to be here after the relationship is fractured is toxic. Either fix it and hold him or ship him out for what we can get. If it's the latter, he'll be a pariah in SA, especially if he ends up at LA.
  18. We're getting some time off whether we like it or not.
  19. As a Spurs fan, I recognize that their run has been against-all-odds unprecedented for a small market team over the past 20+ years. But as a fan of the NBA, this action of players getting more and more aggressive about shunning smaller market teams sucks for the game. We're going to end up with players refusing to play anywhere but GS, NYC, LA, Chicago, and Houston. Not sure what that will do to the game's popularity but it seems pretty uninteresting if you know your team has zero chance not just this year, but forever because vets won't come or leverage their way out (see: Paul George and Kawhi Leonard) and new draftees flat refuse to go there (see upthread). Would Gary Payton stay in Seattle today? Would Karl Malone stay in SLC? They'd refuse to re-sign and move to Los Angeles IMO.
  20. This. I'm not sure what the options are for the Association, but I'd expect the owners to try to address this in the next CBA. Current one runs through '23-24 w/ mutual opt out in '22-23. Maybe minimum 2-year contracts on trades? It also wouldn't surprise me to see Silver leverage the Kawhi health situation into something I think he's always wanted: NBA doctors who are "impartial" checks to the team doctors - to discourage the DNP-bullshit injury that Pop was making a trend for player longevity.
  21. High stakes game of chicken...can Kawhi hold out this year on us if we don't trade him? I guess that's the ultimate question, would we give up his play this year and then potentially get nothing next year when he walks?
  22. He'll probably post better stats, because his usage will skyrocket. He'll also get injured again, but no one in NYC or LA will give a fuck, because they'll want to wear out the treads on their new toy. That's what kills me; PATFO is the trailblazer on managing our players for longevity, yet somehow he feels "betrayed" in that regard.
  23. Question: will there ever be a more hated ex-Spur if Kawhi leverages his way out of SA, especially if he manages to find his way to the Lakers?
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