There Are Concerns Over Racism On Social Media In Regards To The Spelling Bee. Yeah, I'm Serious.5/28/2015 Yahoo News- Racist trolling on social media is casting an ugly pall over, of all things, the world's foremost spelling bee.
But on social media, the reaction from some of the nearly one million people viewing the finals live on cable television veered towards the xenophobic. "One year I wish an American kid could win," read one of several dubious Twitter posts curated on Storify.com by tech journalist Jeff Chu. "Not to be offensive...but how do kids from India dominate the American spelling bee?!?" read another tweet. "The kids in the spelling bee should only be AMERICAN," declared a third. "The bee is one of the truest forms of meritocracy, and we support every kid no matter where they come from," Kimble added. Hold the phone! People on twitter are being racially insensitive?! That's it. I can deal with the memes. I an deal with the trolling. I can even deal with anonymously chastising celebrities. However, making racial jokes on twitter is where I draw the line. Who would have that thought the geniuses on social media would use the veil of a twitter handle to say offensive things about children?! In all seriousness though, this shouldn't be surprising. The reason that some Americans get butthurt about not winning the spelling bee is the same reason that a lot of Americans criticize soccer. It's because we fucking stink at it in comparison to the rest of the world. Coming in second, or in this case probably last, is not something we take kindly to. We just fundamentally don't understand how to lose. It may be our greatest flaw, but that entitled sense of superiority is what makes this the best country in the world. The United States is like the Kobe Bryant of the globe. Really great at winning, but you really realize that he is not all that likable when he is not winning. It's not that we have anything against Asian or Indian kids, it's just that we have an undying desire to be the best. Why do you think it took so long for the wave of Latino players to start being welcomed to the MLB? It's no coincidence that Europeans just recently began getting accepted into the NBA with open arms. It takes some time and patience for us to get over our perceptual blindness. Now I know that damn near every 9 year old Asian kid is smarter than me. I know that a 7 year old Indian child could spell circles around me. However, I am a part of a the minority. I have self awareness. That's not a common trait among most Americans. We have a hard time admitting that intelligence is not something we excel at. Hell, we aren't even smart enough to realize that we don't excel at it. If these tweets are the worst the internet has to offer then people are just going to deal with the necessary evil that is the south. Trust me, the depths of the internet get a lot worse than "One year I wish an American could win". P.S. I realize that Asians and Indians can be American as well, but that doesn't fit the narrative of the blog so please forgive my intended ignorance.
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Source- India, probably the world, will get its first transgender college principal when Manabi Bandopadhyay takes charge of Krishnagar Women's College in West Bengal on June 9. Manabi is currently associate professor in Bengali at Vivekananda Satobarshiki Mahavidyalaya.
"This decision was taken by the College Service Commission. I don't interfere in their decisions. They are aware of our open mind. I am happy with this decision," state education minister Partha Chatterjee said on Tuesday. Technical education minister Ujjal Biswas, who is chairman of the college governing body, said: "We were in need of a principal with a strong personality to run the college smoothly." Welcoming the decision, Rattan Lal Hangloo, vice-chancellor of the Kalyani University to which Krishnagar Women's College is affiliated, said, "Manabi is a fine human being, a good academician and an able administrator. We are hopeful her appointment will empower other members of the transgender community." I am not going to lie. I have been rather critical of the transgendered community. Not because I don't think they have a right to choose how they want to live, but rather because some members would rather not choose and try to remain the beneficiary of the positive aspects of both genders. I don't think that transgendered people deserve less than everyone else. I just think they are taking advantage of their ambiguous roles in society. Having said that, a college principal is the absolute best job that a transgendered person could possibly have. You don't owe me an explanation India. I'm on board. I think every he-she, she-he should hold a position of power in the school district. Men and women are old hat. Sorry you gender identifying simpletons, but we have got to get biological men and biological women away from our youth. Think about all the problems associated with student-teacher communications. Male teachers aren't sympathetic and understanding enough, and women can sometimes be taken advantage due to being overly sympathetic. Not anymore. If students know that a transgendered disciplinarian has/had a penis they will respect 'his' gumption and authority. If they know a teacher has/had a vagina they will feel comfortable expressing themselves around 'her'. Gender-neutral principals are the new 'hot ice', it's the best of both worlds! Upset City baby! India coming in hot and beating us to the new wave of progression. Looking back on it, I'm not entirely sure one or two of my teachers weren't 'bigendered', but let's be honest, it doesn't really count if you don't identify as such. P.S. Hey India, what the fuck is a college principal? You're progressive enough to be putting transexuals in your schools, but still haven't considered the concept of a Dean? This might just be a perfect way to get all the good publicity of having a transgender in a position of power without actually giving her any responsibility. As far as I am concerned a college principal isn't even a real job. Yahoo- One particularly stunning revelation that “Rowdy” makes in her book is that after her Olympic run in 2008, Rousey became addicted to painkillers and alcohol. The period of her life even saw Rousey living out of her car at different points. The personal nature of her book is a great way for fans to learn more about the superstar fighter who finishes her foes in mere seconds. It is also a way for her future opponents to learn more about the champ, and if they so choose, use her openness in print to try to get inside her head. Rousey’s next opponent, Brazilian Bethe Correia, hasn’t pulled any proverbial punches in the buildup to their Aug. 1 showdown at UFC 190 in Rio de Janeiro. "I want to knock her out, show to everyone that she is a lie," Correia said. "She wants to stand up with me, let's see. I want to humiliate her and show the world she has no MMA. She is focused on movies, books… "Under pressure, she is proving weak. When her mom put pressure on her, she ran away from home. When she lost, it was because of drugs. That's not a superhero. She is not mentally healthy; she needs to take care of herself. She is winning, so everybody is around her cheering her up, but when she realizes she is not everything that she believes she is, I don't know what might happen. I hope she does not kill herself later on (laughs)." One of the topics in Rousey’s book is the suicide of her father when Rousey was just a child. Her father suffered a traumatic accident earlier in his life that left him with crippling back pain. When the pain became too much, he killed himself. Now I don't know too much about female MMA, but the one thing I do know is that Ronda Rousey is the best in the business. I may be a little bit oblivious to the accomplishments of Bethe "Pitbull" Correia, but something tells me she will still, at the very least, be a heavy underdog in this fight. Someone want to tell Bethe she is going about this whole dark horse thing all wrong. You are supposed to fly under the radar. Hope your opponent starts reading her own press clipping and underrates your ability inside the cage. Whatever you choose to do, I am pretty sure the right course of action isn't to become the press clippings. Fuck billboard material, this woman just gave Ronda Rousey an entire novel's worth of material to get her fired up. Guaranteeing a win is one thing. To criticize everything about her existence though? To question her mental health and bring her mother into it? To bring up suicide when her father suffered that very same fate? And to top it all off by laughing about it? Talk about sneaking in a few low blows before the bell. She didn't just poke the bear, she spit on the lioness. If there was any doubt that she was going to get the very best of Ronda Rousey then there certainly isn't anymore. In a way I don't hate it. It's completely inhumane and disrespectful. No doubt about that. However, is it really worth beating someone if you don't crush their will to live? Sometimes you've got to just go all in. Bethe doesn't know it's a fight, she thinks it's a damn war. She's not just trying to defeat Rousey the MMA fighter, she's trying to defeat Ronda the person. She's trying to take her title, her pride, her dignity and her happiness. I still think that Rousey is going to win, but if she ever does lose again it's going to take an absolute psychopath to beat her. I don't know about psycho, but this woman definitely has the sociopath act down pat. This is just further proof that women will say anything to get under someone's skin. Doesn't matter if it's her in ring competition, her life partner, or her life long friend. Women use words as weapons and none cut as sharply as reminding them of deep seated emotional issues. With any luck this women gets what's coming to her and we get to witness our first in-ring homicide. If that's not a reason to tune into female sports then I don't know if there will ever be one. Here's to the best women winning, and the worst person ending up limbless in a pool of their own blood.... Either way this fight is going to feature a fuck ton of crazy... ...but there is only one participant that has anything to lose in the looks department.
Steph Curry, you dog you! Who knew he had this in him? Just doubling down from his playoff pedestal right in the media's grill. Who knew he had the ability to spit right in the face of critics and bring his daughter up the podium with him again. Pretty sure I felt the ground shake halfway through that press conference and I am almost certain it was Brian Windhorst having a stroke. Laugh out loud funny when the lady starts with "we're gonna do this again?" and Steph just stares straight at her like "uhhhh.... next question please". Hey, if you stand for nothing you'll fall for anything, and Steph Curry stands staunchly behind the right to have his daughter experience every bit of this playoff run with him. Such a troll move too. Steph Curry didn't just bring his daughter up again. I'm pretty sure he locked her in the janitor's closet for 10 minutes with 47 pixie sticks and the Big Sean chorus on repeat. That little girl came out ready to perform. Singing 'Blessings', playing ghost behind the curtain, dancing around, ripping up stat sheets. Riley Curry might be the sole reason that Vine extends their videos to 12 seconds. I respect every part of what Steph Curry did last night. If there is anything better than the media being inconvenienced unwittingly, it's the media being inconvenienced intentionally. Steph Curry giving his daughter a Red Bull and an open mic was as premeditated as it gets.
Okay, I'll admit it. The people that are against children being at the postgame might be right. In terms of being a distraction, Riley Curry was a goddamn menace last night. Just completely sabotaged the entire press conference. I still just don't care. If you are going to be a distraction you might as well be a distraction that is more entertaining than the interview itself. Watching Riley Curry figure out new ways to take the attention off her father was must-see TV. Media members want to inconvenience players with half assed, pointed questions then they can just consider Riley Curry payback. Just soak it in. When that little girl is up there running a muck the story writes itself. Save your questions about arm sleeves for another day. Steph Curry's team just obliterated the Rockets. It's not like her presence after a dominating series win is censoring reporters from asking the real hard hitting questions. That girl could give a fuck what's being talked about. Let's just sit back while Riley Curry goes all 'Problem Child' on the set and enjoy the show. Love that after 5 minutes of the RC Show it took some foreign reporter to ask "you take daughter on second time?". I'm going to go ahead and nominate that 'Question Of The Day', that's how irrelevant these press conferences are. Any girl that has her own gum guy deserves the camera time. You the real MVP, Riley.
P.S. Anyway, we could have this adorable little girl show up at LeBron's pressers too? If there is anyone that could stand to have attention taking away from them for like 2 seconds it's King James and his yamaka of a hairline.
Vikings Coach With a Message For Adrian Petersen: "He Can Either Play For Us Or He Cannot Play"5/28/2015 Yahoo- The Adrian Peterson saga is leading to one of two conclusions, no matter how many alternate paths are suggested.
And if there was any ambiguity about the situation, Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Zimmer laid them out very simply. "Adrian really has two choices: He can either play for us or he cannot play," Zimmer told reporters on Wednesday, via the NFL Network. "He's not going to play for anyone else, that's just the way it's going to be." That's it. That's the list. And the "he'll retire" part of that equation seems like the emptiest of threats. Listen, I appreciate this move from Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer. Far too often organizations make moves to appease malcontent players. It was a little refreshing for Mike Zimmer to not settle for accepting less than Adrian Petersen is worth just to make the distraction to go away. Make no mistake, Petersen is more valuable to the Vikings than anything that they could possibly get back for him in a trade. He's a running back that has been marked with the scarlet letter of being over 30 years old. He hasn't shown any signs of regression, but then again, he hasn't been on the field to prove otherwise. With the way that running backs break down there isn't a team in the league that was going to pay a premium for services that he hasn't shown he can continue to provide. Now like I said, I am glad that the Vikings are sticking to their guns, but I do believe it's time to admit something; Adrian Petersen got fucking hosed. I am not saying what he did was right. I'm not saying that he should be able to discipline his children how ever he sees fit. I'm not even saying that he didn't deserve punishment for causing his kid physical harm. I am saying that he definitely didn't deserve all that he has gone through. Thanks a lot Ray Rice. Imagine if the tape of Ray catching his wife with a hard right had come out one week after the photos of Adrian's child instead of one week before? Can't imagine there would have been too much backlash to a two game suspension for over disciplining a kid. The difference in intent alone is enough to view Petersen's transgressions in a far less critical light. Not all stupidity is created equally. However, that didn't stop the NFL from slapping him with a year long suspension mainly for being a victim of bad timing and circumstance. While Petersen is locked on to a team that he feels wronged him and disrespected him during the legal process, Greg Hardy, whose actions were far more severe, just signed a new deal with Dallas. Ray McDonald got a second chance with Chicago (and subsequently ruined it) and Ray Rice should be in a new training camp come summer time. Out of all the players that had to endure strict punishments from the NFL, the person that deserved it the least probably lost the most. It's not like he can come out and express displeasure with the ruling without getting absolutely crucified by the media, and it's tough to feel too much sympathy for a man that hit a young boy to the point of breaking skin. However, to say that he got the short end of the stick would be a drastic understatement. I Hope All The 'Medical Experts' Are Happy: Steph Curry Wearing 'Protective' Sleeve During Game 55/27/2015 Next Impulse- So, while Curry fully expects to “be impactful” and play his usual amount of minutes on Wednesday night, he will play with something that he says that he has never used before; a protective shooting sleeve. Steph will wear the sleeve on his right arm, which is on side of Curry’s body that took the brunt of his Game 4 spill.
“It’s just the impact of the fall,” Curry said. “My whole right side took the brunt of that force, and my head. It’s basically like a bruise all the way up and down your body that you’ve just got to deal with.” Curry spoke with reporters about his new accessory and he didn’t seem concerned about it affecting his shot: “Shot pretty well with it just now,” Curry said. “I don’t wear them ever, so it takes a little time to get used to.” I'm not exactly an expert in the medical field, I will be damned if I haven't learned a thing or two about public relations in all my years of watching sports. Steph Curry wearing the spandex sleeve that Allen Iverson made famous is exactly that. You aren't going to fool me by telling me that a nylon sleeve with a gauze pad under it is some kind of precautionary measure that stems from him full on flipping over a 6 and foot man and landing on the side of his head. You know why? I have tried on one of sleeves before. They are about as preventative as a broken condom. They provide as much protection as a midget bodyguard. Whether you slide a youth soccer elbow pad underneath or not. You want to criticize the Warriors medical staff and question whether or not to they took the appropriate measures to ensure Steph Curry's health after he fell directly on his skull? Then this is what you are going to get. Some contrived statement about how Curry's side took the brunt of the fall and that he is 100% mentally healthy. Of course his head is fine, why else would he be focusing on his arm? Duhhhh. You know how when you are trying to get the attention of baby so you hold up something shiny in front of his face and his eyes light up? That's exactly what Steph Curry is doing. "Head injury? What head injury? Look at this bright yellow sleeve I have on though. You want to ask about that?". Sometimes you just got to direct the media in the direction that you want to go. Plead a little ignorance. Talk about how much your side hurts. Play with a head injury you're irresponsible. Play with a bruised side you're a hero. Plus, it's a built in excuse if you have an off night shooting. That's what I call using the media to your advantage. It's as much of a deflection mechanism as LeBron's headband was, except it's far less obnoxious. Rutgers Cornerback Darian Dailey Arrested For Robbing A Kid on A Bike For $20 With a BB Gun5/27/2015 NJ.com- Rutgers cornerback Darian Dailey and a co-defendant, Trazelle Johnson, stole $20 in an armed robbery early Sunday morning, according to the arrest warrant filed by the Sarasota (Fla.) County Sheriff's Office.
Dailey, who was driving a black Dodge registered to his mother, and Johnson, the passenger, stopped the car directly in front of an 18-year-old who was riding his bicycle home from work just before 2 a.m. on Sunday, according to the warrant. Police said Johnson got out of the car with his face covered by a cloth and pointed what appeared to be a black semi-automatic handgun at the victim and asked, "What you got?" After the victim said he had $20, Johnson said, "Hand it over," according to the warrant. Dailey, 19, stood behind Johnson, 19, near the rear of vehicle during the exchange. Dailey and Johnson then got back into the car and drove away, according to the warrant. The victim copied the car's tag number and the vehicle was located by Manatee County Deputies a short time later. A black pellet gun (without red tip) was in plain view in the vehicle, according to the warrant. Does a player count as a 'Rutgers cornerback' if even the most diehard of fans don't even know who he is? I am inclined to say no. If you played the cornerback position at Rutgers last year and weren't worthy of burning a redshirt then I barely consider you an athlete, never mind an actual part of the team. Hell, the Scarlet Knights started a running back at corner in the season opener last year. If you can't crack that lineup you probably serve a better role in prison than you do on the gridiron. Come on man, at least be a better criminal. I don't care if you have fallen on hard times, is it really worth sacrificing a free education and a potential NFL career for the contents of a high schoolers pockets? Is that really the person you want to risk your future on? Talk about choosing a short term investment over a long term investment. What do you expect to make off a kid riding his bike around town? You're lucky he even had 20 bucks on him. I think the value of a kid on a bike maxes out at about $50. Shit, you probably should have just taken the bike. At least get some value for your troubles. What were you set to hold up a playground as your next financial venture? Maybe take a homeless guy for all he is worth? Even if you got away with it the most you were getting out of that heist was a 2-for-1 deal at Applebees. At least you were able to avoid that unpalatable disappointment. I guess the only silver lining is that it could have been more embarrassing. The kid could have said he had nothing and Dailey could have been left with his dick in one hand and and a BB gun in his other. Talk about an anti-climactic robbery. Kid passes over a 20 spot and is already reading the cops your license plate number before you are even out of sight. I guess some people really weren't built for a life of crime. If the petty amount of cash didn't prove that, then being caught with the BB gun in plain view certainly did. It's too bad you already wasted that whole football scholarship thing before you learned that lesson. We'll always remember the good times Darian... If there is one person that a Clippers fan can't discuss without feeling nauseated it is Spencer Hawes. You know, the premier free agent signing of Doc River. The guy that spent the better part of the playoffs glued to the bench. The player that was almost solely responsible for the Clippers having absolutely no depth on their roster. The guy whose signing prevented the Clippers from solidying there small forward position by acquiring Paul Pierce last summer. That guy will never fail to get a Clippers fans blood curdling. I may not be an MD, but I have diagnosed what turned Hawes from a solid bench player that could hit the opener jumper, rebound at a decent clip, and even provide an assist or three, to the 7 foot sack of shit that poisoned the Clippers front court this season. He went Hollywood. You know how they say that some players can't handle the scrutiny that comes with playing in New York? Well, it's pretty obvious to me that someone can't handle the lavish life that comes with being a millionaire in the city of angels. Looks like the hard working nature of the 7 footer from the Pacific Northwest disappeared once he saw a couple fake tits and a litinany of palm trees. Looks like the toughness required to bang bodies with some of the most elite athletes in the world took a backseat to becoming a full on Cali bro. Is that a ridiculous proposition? You tell me, because this guy... Is the same person as this guy... And those two people don't have the same personality. I don't know if it's the constantly beautiful weather, the gorgeous women, or the beach front lifestyle, but grown ass adult white men don't get cornrows unless they undergo a drastic change in mentality. Spencer Hawes has gone Hollywood, and I am not sure he'll ever be back...
Chicago Tribune- Ray McDonald is in trouble again. You knew he would be.
Everybody except the Bears, apparently, knew he would be. The defensive end was arrested again Monday, this time on charges of domestic violence and child endangerment. A summary released Monday by the Santa Clara (Calif.) Police Department said officers were “dispatched to a disturbance at the residence of Raymond McDonald in Santa Clara. Officers learned Raymond McDonald physically assaulted the victim while she was holding a baby.'' Whatever the courts might say, McDonald is at least guilty of bad decisions. He's at least guilty of putting himself in bad situations. Same goes for the Bears. A lot of people at Halas Hall signed off on this guy, from Chairman George McCaskey to general manager Ryan Pace to coach John Fox to defensive coordinator Vic Fangio. They're all wearing this, some to worse degrees than others. It has little to do with the idea that McDonald was not going to make the difference for a rebuilding team. It has more to do with a franchise that claims to value character. So of all the parties involved in ray McDonald's second arrest for domestic violence in the last year we are going to blame the Bears? Listen, I understand that the Bears took a risk signing this guy. I realize they didn't exactly due their full due diligence in investigating the incident. I realize that someone that was once guilty of domestic violence is prone to having a secondary episode . That doesn't change the fact that even if the Bears didn't sign him then someone else would have. Look at it from that perspective and it becomes blatantly clear that the Bears franchise falls somewhere on the periphery in terms of guilt. You want to blame someone? How about the NFL? How about our justice system? How about just blaming the asshole that keeps beating women? The fact that Ray McDonald was even available to be signed is much more of an indictment on the cut throat nature of the business. It's much more an indictment of the moral ambiguity it takes to run a successful franchise. How can I sit here and blame the Bears when this issue is only coming up AFTER Ray McDonald got arrested again? If this signing was such a travesty for a franchise as prestigious as the Chicago Bears you would think all of these media outlets would take 2 seconds away from talking about the air pressure in a football to discuss it. Are we going to criticize Jerry Jones for the signing of Greg Hardy, and the drafting of Randy Gregory, both of whom have had their own troubles with law enforcement? Or is it more likely that we will wait until one of those transactions inevitably goes sour before we start pointing fingers? What if Ray McDonald miraculously didn't beat his wife and endanger a child? What is Randy Gregory does put down the pipe for a couple years? What if Greg Hardy stops treating his wife like a predator dragging around it's prey? Yes, the odds are against them, but if any of those scenarios play out the Cowboys or the Bears are lauded as geniuses. The only difference between Ray Lewis and Leonard Little is that one of those players was able to start making better decisions and now he has his own fucking statue. If Ray McDonald was capable of 10+ sacks a year half the teams in the league would have been beating down his door. It may be the Bears fault that their defense is terrible, but it's not their fault that they exhausted all options to change that. If you don't want players with rap sheets and character issues in the league then don't make them available to the league. Employees of NFL franchises don't exactly have the best job security. If you give them the ability to improve their team they are going to do so, even if it sacrifices the integrity of the locker room. They are in the business of winning, not the business of character assessment. Huffington Post- Diane Thomas, 52, was arrested on May 16, accused of punching her live-in boyfriend in the face “multiple times” and scratching him with her fingernails, The Smoking Gun reports.
Thomas, of Monroe, Lousiana, admitted to the assault but blamed the victim, saying, “He (was) a bitch and got in her face, so she beat his ass,” a police report obtained by the website alleges. When Thomas realized she was being collared, she tried to get officers to reconsider, explaining that "she had a good job," Uproxx.com reports. Her pleas didn't work, so she allegedly offered to "lick [the officer's] butt hole," as Complex.com indelicately quoted from the arrest report. Officers didn't take up Thomas' butt bribe. Instead, they charged her with public bribery as well as a misdemeanor domestic abuse charge, according to The Smoking Gun. Talk about sexual freedom. With the way things are trending we are basically going to be Europe soon. Transgenders popping up faster than summer daisies. Homosexuality is more prevalent than the missionary position. And now, everyone is seemingly all-in on eating some ass. Hell, if you keep Indiana out of the conversation we have nearly reached the peak of sexual liberalism in this country. You know when butt stuff has gone mainstream? When someone thinks that offering it up in exchange for their freedom will have a high success rate. When someone thinks the best card in their deck is a little tongue-to-ass contact. This woman was so confident her salad tossing skills would get her off that she flat out told the officer that she beat this guy's ass. Why lie when you you've got the ultimate 'Get Out of Jail Free' card in your back pocket? Why offer up a blowjob when you're an analingis artist with the tongue skills of Gene Simmons? This woman's tongue and her progressive sexual nature is basically her Ace of Spades, and no one is going to tell her differently. Too bad she ran into a cop that isn't a fan of card games. Be more of a prude Officer Grumpke. Not saying you had to accept the offer, but there no need to slap her with another charge just because she tried to free you from the shackles of your monotonous sex life. P.S. Lucky for this woman that someone who can whoop a man's ass and doesn't mind finding out how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop is basically the prison equivalent of Beyonce. P.P.S. Learn something new everyday... NOLA-Former New Orleans Saints wide receiver Joe Horn has never been one to hold his tongue. Ever. He's come out swinging at NFL commissioner Roger Goodell referring to the him as "the devil." "I don't like what Roger Goodell is doing," Horn said. "He has so much power that he can almost shut people down. I just don't like him. And I don't like that on draft day these kids don't know that they're hugging the devil. I hate to see kids that are lost and then happy but they really don't know that the man they're hugging will rip their throat apart. "If he has an opportunity to take money from them, or there's a situation where they're guilty before they go to court, he'll rip them apart. And there's nothing no one can do about it. If the owners are happy with Roger Goodell, the fans, the media, no one can take his job from him. "I hate it." First things first, it's great to hear from Joe Horn. Can't believe that motherfucker doesn't call me anymore. Must have wasted all his rollover minutes on touchdown celebrations. Anyway, it's good to know, by way of unwanted opinion, that Joe Horn is still alive. It's probably about once at year at this point that Joe Horn comes out of the woodwork to remind us he's still that semi-irrational, outspoken individual that we used to cheer so defiantly for on Sunday afternoons. I must say, I kind of love it. Is calling Roger Goodell 'the devil' a little over the top? Sure. However, you can't say that the parallels aren't there. Much of what Joe Horn criticizes Goodell for is unfortunately part of his job description, but that doesn't mean he is completely void of devilish attributes. For instance, over the course of their career, how many positive interactions does an NFL player have with the NFL commissioner? It pretty much begins and ends with the hug on draft day. If you are an NFL player that is having a conversation with Roger Goodell there is a strong probability that you won't like how that conversation ends. As an NFL employee, you only recognize his presence when his presence is detrimental to you. If Roger Goodell's smile on draft day doesn't scream "you are now under my power" then I don't know what does. The fact of the matter is that as soon as a player becomes property of the NFL the only thing Roger is concerned with is making sure that they don't have a negative impact on him. You either abide by the rules set forth to you, or you sentence yourself to whatever punishment Satan sees fit. There's no love lost for the thousands of players that call professional football their occupation. That's what the NFL Player's Association is for. Hell, he only became proactive in regards to player safety when all of those that were able to escape his deadly grasp began to cost him money. Now it does seem silly to chastise something as trivial and well intentioned as a hug, but that hug is basically the receipt you receive upon selling your soul. It may be an unwanted proof of sale, but it's a proof of sale nonetheless. What is a player going to do, go up there and not hug Roger Goodell? Imagine getting the best news of your life from your worst enemy. I would kiss the kid that used to bully me in 3rd grade right on the forehead if he told me I won the lottery. It really is quite the predicament to be in. You can walk up there, ignore the devil, and shoot your career straight to hell, or you can obey social norms and hug that evil bastard like you're trying to squeeze every single penny out of Lucifer's pockets. You can hold him close like you are trying to see if there is a soul somewhere deep down inside. How can you suppress your happiness just because the person who is responsible for it no longer has your best interests in mind?
The Cleveland Cavaliers Dancing Shirtless In A Cold Tub Isn't The Greatest Look For Hip Hop Culture5/27/2015 I think my thoughts on LeBron and company have been pretty well documented. Can't say them dancing shirtless around a cold tub to quite possibly the worst hip hop song ever created is going to do much to change my mind. At this point, this video was just par for the course. I guess what concerns me more than a bunch of players that have been claiming knee troubles breaking it down like they are in the club is what it says about hip hop music. Where did we go wrong? When did 'Flicka Da Wrist' become the new summer anthem. I think this is one of the times where you get aged out of a sector of society. If the new thing is liking this musical hanger abortion then I am all hands off deck in terms of urban culture.
Between James Harden, Austin Rivers imitating James Harden, and this Cavs team I have seen enough wrist flicks for a lifetime. Once I saw this video and realized it was some crazy phenomenon I had to Google what song it comes from. I lasted one chorus. No way I was getting to the bridge without puncturing my eardrum with a butter knife. You want to tell me this dance is dope when James Harden knocks down a contested 3 and wants to rub salt in the wound as he highly jogs back down court then that's fine. I would actually agree with you. A bunch of half naked, grown ass men doing it while passing bubbly back and forth is decidedly less dope. Especially when it's a celebration that is stolen from a player that is still technically in the playoffs. Fucking Cleveland. Can't even be ignorant right. Imagine if this was New York? JR Smith would already be halfway to a $200,000 tab and a sexual assault charge. Now he's playing rub-a-dub-dub with LeBron in the tub. This fucking team is just as uncool as they are unlikable. If I was on this Cavs team I would probably walk in, take a gander at the tub, and decide on a shower instead. No wonder Kevin Love hates these guys. Their choice in hop hop isn't just an insult to the black community, it's an insult to formalized sound. I can't even explain how badly I need to see Golden State emasculate this team... Colin Kaepernick Turned The Flooding In Houston Into A Completely Unnecessary Instagram Joke5/27/2015 Well, looks like Kaepernick is about as good at reading a room as he is at reading a defense. Seriously though, what the hell is going on San Francisco? Harbaugh leaves and half of the team leaders retire. Now you got your halfwit quarterback getting happy tweet and blasting ravaged cities on social media. It's almost like the 49ers needed that strong disciplinarian in the locker room to keep the inmates from running the asylum.
You know what the worst part of this Instagram post is? No, it's not that Kaepernick showed no sensitivity to the people of a city whose lives are facing a very real threat. It's not that he trivialized a natural disaster just so he could hashtag some stupid nickname that he probably gave himself. The worst part about this is that this joke was in reference to a PRESEASON game. Of very punny, Colin. That joke was about as pointless as it was classless. If you really wanted to get froggy you should have leaped tweet first into the Ferguson situation. At least St. Louis is a team that you have a real rivalry with. Not Houston, a team from a different conference that you are going to play one series against in a completely meaningless game. The backtracking might actually be the funniest part of the situation. You can't attach a picture of 25 cars completely engulfed in water then claim that you don't know the gravity of what was taking place. More people probably lost their lives in the filming of that picture than snaps Kaepernick will take during the first preseason game. How about you save your offensive, tone deaf attempts at shit talking for a situation in which it is called for? I shouldn't have to look up your team's schedule to find out what you are running your mouth about, but I'll be damned if I didn't nearly fall out of my seat when I did. I guess I should have been better prepared for the '7torm'. Time to turn the Beats By Dre up because this wave of criticism is going to make Houston look like the 'splash zone' at a amusement park. BBC- Guy Claxton, visiting professor at Kings College London, has sparked arguments with his comments that the humble eraser is "an instrument of the devil". At some schools corrective fluid is already banned, though more because some unruly pupils try to sniff its fumes.
The cognitive scientist told the Daily Telegraph that rubbers create "a culture of shame about error. It's a way of lying to the world, which says 'I didn't make a mistake. I got it right first time.'" It is better, Claxton argues, to embrace mistakes, because that's what happens in the real world. Is he correct, and should erasers be banned from the classroom? In fact, seeing children's mistakes is an important part of learning. "The observation of children's mistakes is essential to good teaching," adds Coe. "Teachers need to observe all the attempts children make so they can target their instruction." Claxton's argument is that by making children deny they make mistakes, we fail to prepare them for the real world, where mistakes can be made, and consequences ensue. This is just another case of this new age teaching method isn't it? Kind of like that 'Common Core' math thing they are doing where you have to do 15 different things just to complete the simple act of adding two numbers? Just completely overthinking the concept of learning? Hey, it's 2015. You have Super Bowl winning head coaches calling for drop back passes on the 1 yard line when they have the best running back in the league. Apparently nothing these days is beyond overcomplication. With that said, this is one of those concepts that causes far more problems than it solves. As a human being the one thing that you don't want to do is to constantly be reminded of the mistakes you've made. That goes for everyone from preschool to the nursing home. If learning is a never ending process you better take away every literal and metaphorical eraser that exists among all demographics of society. You want kids to be reminded of how dumb they can be, then everyone should be reminded of how dumb they can. Scary thought, huh? Think about every time you've thought to yourself "well that was fucking stupid". Now imagine that you had a lasting reminder to go along with every one of those suppressed memories. You want children to constantly think about every time they got it wrong the first time? Fine. Then every person that gets divorced should have to wear a scarlet letter. Every person that makes a correctable mistake at their job should have to mark it on their arm like they are counting down shots during their 21st birthday. With age does not always come wisdom. If shaming is the new educating then everyone should be subject to it. You're either right or wrong. Fuck the whole principle that you learn how to do things right by learning how you did them wrong. That's a load of shit. Remember when you used to get a test back in grade school. Did your teacher redo all the work on the paper and show you exactly how you did it wrong? Fuck no, because they were a teacher and were trying to do the least amount of work possible. Instead they just put a big ass red slash through it and you were left to feel like a failure. It's one thing to be wrong. It's a totally different thing to see exactly how wrong you can be. This guy needs to realize that everyone lies to themselves. Every single person thinks they are smarter than they are. If everyone had to accept the brutal truth about themselves the suicide rate would go by 10,000%. Erasers, white out, autocorrect, and backspace buttons were all created so that we don't feel completely awful about ourselves. Society's advances have probably made us more careless and stupid, but they have also done wonders for our self esteem. The last thing the fragile minds of our youth need is another thing to feel self conscious about.
I have never been more confident about an upcoming season than I am right now. No, it's not the fact that the Saints will have a revamped offensive line protecting Drew Brees. No, it's not because they filled some glaring deficiencies in their secondary. And no, it's not even because they look to have drafted a couple of players that could contribute to the success of the team right away. My confidence stems from the fact that Rob Ryan looks to be enjoying New Orleans more and more every day. For those who have been paying attention over the years, the key to a successful season is the Saints defense. Especially with the consistent offensive capabilities under Sean Payton. If Rob Ryan can produce a defense that is as solid as the one he coached two seasons ago this team should reach it's potential as a championship contender.
Now some may question what Rob Ryan getting tipsy and dancing around a Greek festival has to do with producing a formidable defense. What does his presence at Mardi Gras, then St. Patty's, and then the Jazz Fest have to do with football? Those people need to understand a little concept we call motivation. If there is anything that Rob Ryan loves more than being a innovative defensive specialist it is eating, drinking, getting freaky with his cougar wife, and apparently dancing. What city could possibly offer up a better atmosphere for all of the above than New Orleans? It's no secret that Sean Payton has not hesitated to make changes to his defensive staff if they go more than a year without promising results. If Rob Ryan needed anymore of an incentive to turn his unit around after last year's debacle it's the prospect of losing the carefree lifestyle that NOLA provides him. After all, there may be 30 defensive coordinator jobs in the NFL, but there is only one New Orleans. There is only one Mardi Gras. There is only one fanbase that embodies everything that Rob Ryan stands for, and that fanbase is the Who Dat Nation. I have no doubt that Rob Ryan wants to be successful because of the pride he takes in his work and his desire to be great. However, the fact that another below average year means he will no longer spend the off season dancing around drunk in an oversized salmon blanket may prove to be the catalyst that is responsible for another party with the Lombardi. PFT- When asked if he was still one of the league’s “greatest unknowns,” Newton started talking and the words just fell together in the following perhaps-unfortunate order. “Absolutely not,” he said. “I say this with the most humility, but I don’t think nobody has ever been who I’m trying to be. Nobody has the size, nobody has the speed, nobody has the arm strength, nobody had the intangibles that I’ve had. “I’m not saying I’m the one-on-one type of person that this league will never see again. No, I’m not saying that, hear me out. I’m just saying that so much of my talents have not been seen in one person.” “So much of leadership is being a good follower as well,” Newton said. “And I look forward to hearing Thomas Davis speak. Watching how Ryan Kalil approaches the game. As well as Greg Olsen, [who] gets after it every day at practice. “When I see those type of things each and every day, it makes me a better person [and say to myself] ‘Man, let me stop feeling sorry for myself and my nagging injuries and say you know what, I gotta do better. I gotta become that leader that I’m supposed to be.'” So if Cam Newton readily admits that he has an unforeseen combination of size, speed, arm strength and intangibles then what's his excuse for being a terrible quarterback? People are going to take this quote where Cam Newton said that he was speaking with 'humility' and try to say that it lacked any humility whatsoever. And you know what? I think I have to disagree with those people. This quote was far more of an insult to himself than it was a compliment. It may be his opinion that he has all of these great characteristics, but I think most people would agree with him. He is extremely talented. Unfortunately, having every advantage in the world doesn't do you much good if you don't use them to be a productive quarterback on the field. Oh, look at Cam Newton he is so big and fast, yet he needed the help of the worst division in NFL history to barely sneak into the playoffs. He needed the help of the worst starting quarterback in NFL playoff history, Ryan Lindley, to get a singular playoff victory. I think what Cam Newton means by "no one has ever been who I'm trying to be" is that no one has ever tried to be an underwhelming disappointment. Got to give credit where credit is due. There has never been a terrible quarterback that was as gifted as Cam Newton. Does anyone expect the light to go on for Newton this year? Other than his rookie season when the league had yet to figure out the new school mobile quarterback he has not been good. In fact, for a vast majority of last season his numbers were getting worse each and every game. One would think that if a quarterback was going to dedicate himself to the sport and become a quality reader of defenses if would happen before his fifth season. At this point Cam Newton just is what he is, and quite frankly, I'm not sure I would be bragging about that. I think I'd rather have a guy who isn't the tallest, fastest, or strongest, but puts in the extra work on and off the field to be successful (coughDrewBreescough). That guy is much more imperative to the prolonged success of a franchise than the guy that hasn't been able excel despite being blessed with every God given ability in the world. Superman may be able to fly, but he's not the guy I want on my side if the goal is to win a football game. At least he'll always have his cape/blanky/turbin to protect him. P.S. People don't forget. Especially elementary school kids...
You Want Progressive, You Got It: You Can Now Get A Ticket For Driving The Speed Limit In Indiana5/26/2015 WTHR- Driving the speed limit may not be good enough anymore on Indiana highways.
Starting July 1, speeders will get the right-of-way in the left lane, while those obeying the speed limit could face a $500 fine. NWITimes.com reports Rep. Jud McMillin (R-Brookville) sponsored the new law to give slow drivers in the left lane incentive to get out of the way of faster drivers. The law, enacted by Gov. Mike Pence, gives police power to write tickets to drivers who fail to move over when another vehicle is overtaking them. Opponents of the law called it "unjustifiable" and "unenforceable." Sen. Jim Tomes (R-Wadesville) pointed out an officer would likely give the ticket to the speeding driver anyway. The law does not apply in poor weather, heavy traffic, when exiting to the left, paying a toll or pulling over for an emergency vehicle. How about Indiana pulling the upset of the century? Yup, the state in which oral sex is illegal and business owners can withhold service to homosexuals coming through with the most progressive legislation in recent memory. Can't drive the speed limit in the fast lane. Now for us degenerates that have never met a speed limit we couldn't obliterate this sounds like good news. Really though, there shouldn't be too many people under the age of 70 and not Asian that should be opposed to this law. The entire point of the speed limit is to enforce safe driving. Now let me ask you, if everyone is driving over the speed limit, how is going the speed limit safe driving? The game got switched. Unsafe driving is now safe driving, because a large majority of the population is doing it. Ask anyone that has every had to slam on the breaks to stop themselves from putting the hood of their car into someone else's backseat. Ask anyone that has ever had their path blocked by a person driving 5 MPH under the speed limit. Not only is it practically safer, but it's also emotionally safer. You know how many accidents are a result of the mental anguish caused by dealing with left lane dicks? I don't have the numbers in from of me, but my educated guess says all of them. This law is the exact same reason that Google smart cars are getting into accidents and will probably never be practical. The only thing that is predictable about driving is that people aren't good at it. In terms of breaking the law, the only thing that is predictable is that people will continue to do it. If we are looking out for the lives of fellow drivers then we should all take a lesson (and only this lesson) from Indiana. We need to punish the people that are following the laws and putting us all at risk. That's a far easier transition then trying to get everyone to obey the rules of the road. Fight State- Muay Thai fighter Bandasak Chaiyasan was suspended by the World Muay Thai Council today when X-Ray images surfaced showing that he had fought with a titanium shin implant without disclosing it to the athletic commission during a bout on May 16th in Chiang Mai, Thailand. These x-rays emerged just days after his recent victory via headkick KO.
Upon waking up, Chaiyasan’s opponent said the following: “I have never felt anything like that. I have been fighting for 7 years and I have never felt anything like that kick.” – Noppadon Chalor I'm not exactly a professional martial artist or anything, so I am going to have to plead ignorance on this one. You mean to tell me you can't just inject lethal weapons into your body to aide you in a winning a fight. I mean I have watched Muy Thia before. Always seemed to me like it was no holds barred. Don't tell me anything goes if you aren't allowed to reinforce your leg with car parts prior to a big match. Furthermore, does this mean that handicapped people with prosthetic limbs can't participate? Seems a little discriminatory to me. I thought 2015 was all about even playing fields. Everyone is allowed to participate in anything and be subject to the same rules. If Lieutenant Dan gets to fight with a titanium leg then how come Bandasack Chaiyasan can't. I suppose this is easy to say as I am not the person that had to step in the ring with him, but I just don't give a shit that this guy had titanium is his leg. Whatever increases the entertainment value. Sure, it might suck for Noppada to get skull bashed in by a roundhouse kick, but you can bet your ass it would be worth millions upon millions of YouTube views. Give me more titanium in mixed martial arts. More steroids in baseball. More bounties in football. More open ice hits in hockey. It's not my concussion. These leagues all say that the product is for the fans then give the fans what they want, the most violent, engaging product possible. I refuse to sit here and criticize this man for his, and his surgeon's, dedication to success. Noppadan should use this experience to his benefit in the future. After all, if you can withstand a dozen kicks from a titanium leg then you can withstand anything inside the ring. Fox News- A Maryland woman was found pushing her dead 3-year-old son in a park swing Friday, and authorities say she may have been there for hours. Diane Richardson, a spokeswoman with the Charles County Sheriff’s Office, said there were no obvious signs of foul play, but it has not been ruled out. Richardson said authorities are trying to trace the movements of the 24-year-old woman over the last several days “to find out what was going on in her life, what led to this moment.” Sheriff’s deputies went to the park in La Plata, Maryland at about 7 a.m. after getting a call to check on the welfare of the woman and the child, Richardson said. The officers went to remove the boy from the swing and to give him first aid, but “it was instantaneously clear the child was dead,” she said. There were no signs of trauma to his body. To put this in perspective I am going to tell you a little story. When I was merely a young lad one of my first pets was this ugly little Schneider Skink (a lizard for the uneducated/ I don't know why I remember that). Anyway after a few months said lizard grew very depressed and lazy. Lazy as in he stopped moving, and depressed as in he was cold as a Klondike bar. Yes, I am sorry to say that that lizard was more dead than the career of Johnny Manziel. That, however, is neither here nor there. For two, maybe three days post mortem I played with that stiff, lifeless bastard. Just thought the little guy needed to be woken from his nap. I thought he was going through that teenage rebellious phase. Lord knows it took days to wake me up for school during my formative years. Now, some of you may think I am crazy, but when is the last time your lizard died? Do you know what it's like to lose a lizard? Exactly, you don't, and it turns out this Maryland woman had no idea what it was like to lose a 3 year old child. Denial, as it turns out, is one of the hardest stages of grief to conquer. Far be it for me to tell someone how to mourn the death of a loved one when I spent more time playing with a dead animal than the blind kid in 'Dumb And Dumber'. You know what people usually say when they lose someone they care about. "I wish I could (insert hobby here) with them one more time". Well, this lady decided a lifetime of regret was not for her and experienced that one final visit to the swings. She should be commended for her dedication to her child. Sure, she probably scared the life out of a couple kids, no pun intended, but much like myself when that little green bastard kicked the bucket, those kids are going to have to learn how harsh the world is at some point. Might as well be during a casual Friday afternoon at the park. At least she gave their parents a long weekend to help them overcome their traumatization. They probably won't even remember it now that summer is here. We've got at least 10-15 years before that lasting image causes real, tangible mental health issues, and by then this woman will have healed from the pain her son's passing has caused. P.S. Rest In Peace Little Guy... ...and the kid too. Truly a sad story.
Watch Out New Yorkers: NY Post Says You Are 45% More Likely To Get Killed In Manhattan This Year5/26/2015 NY Post- Murders are way up so far this year in Manhattan, The Post has learned.
Sixteen people were killed around the borough between the first of the year and Sunday. Over the same period last year, the figure was 11. That’s an increase of about 45 percent. Shootings in the borough have also soared. There have been 50 “shooting incidents’’ since Jan. 1, compared with 31 in the same time period in 2014 — an increase of about 38 percent. Some of these “incidents’’ involved more than one victim. Let's play a little game. You're in, right NY Post? You've been playing with words all morning anyway. We shall call this game, "What Does This Headline Mean To You?". Ready, first headline, "You’re 45% more likely to be murdered in de Blasio’s Manhattan". Now to me that would mean that the average New Yorker stands nearly a 50% chance of dying this year. You figure if last year the average New Yorker stood about a .2% chance of getting killed then a 45% increase would put you right around 45.2%. Jesus, who knew crime had gotten so bad in Manhattan. I didn't even know there was a discernible difference. A 45% increase must mean there's like a million people dying per day. Talk about a media coverup. Sweet Baby Jesus, pray for the Big Apple. Look to your right everyone, one of you isn't going to survive the year. What's that? This increase is based off of an increase of 5 dead people over a 5 month span? Out of millions upon millions? I think that whole "45% increase" thing might be a little thing we call 'click bait'. Come on New York Post. Be a real publication one time in your life. The difference between 16 dead people in a borough and 11 dead people in a borough is like two or three bodega heists gone wrong. Let's not turn this molehill into a mountain. If one person died taking a shit last year, and two people died taking a shit this year, it means there has been a 100% increase in shitting deaths. It doesn't mean I have a 100% probability of dying when I cleanse myself of the long weekend. Society has enough to worry about without a bunch of pissed off New Yorkers thinking that anarchy is upon them. The last thing the morally corrupt souls of the empire state need is to think that the purge is an actual, legitimate phenomenon. The best way to increase the murder rate is to have a bunch of narcissistic dickheads thinking it's kill or be killed out in the streets. People are bad enough as is, we don't need to play with numbers to make us look worse than we are. |
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