You know, it's really just more sad than anything else. To still be in the denial stage this long after the breakup? Just sitting around trying to grasp tightly to the memories of days gone by like a recently single high school chick scrolling through old Facebook photos of her and her former flame. I'm usually sympathetic in these types of situations, but it's been damn near three months already. It's time to sac up and move on Edmonton. There's a whole big world out from underneath that pillow of yours. You've already got some fresh young eye candy waiting in the wings, you just finished watching him shine against the best players in the world, and you're STILL hung up on the ex that YOU frivolously broke up with? I mean, I get it. You don't know what you got until it's gone, but there's no such thing as "if you love someone, let them go..." in professional sports. Trust me, I know Taylor Hall is a hell of a catch, but he's not coming back to you. He's no longer yours. Shit, considering how quick you were to let him get on the plane, it's possible that he never was. Doesn't matter how many times you stare longingly at his stats, he's not going to be replicating them in Edmonton. I know it hurts, but it's time to get proactive in the grieving process. Reflecting passionately on each goal, assist, and point is only going to make it more painful when they start coming in a red and black uniform. I know that super relatable Instagram quote told you that "with love, anything is possible", but Taylor Hall had Devils fans at 'hello' and there's not a shot in hell we are ever saying 'goodbye'. Remember...it's better to have loved and lost. One would think you would be familiar enough with the latter to have processed it by now.
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Shoutout To Mariners Catcher Steve Clevenger For Taking Home The 'Racist Rant Of The Month' Award9/23/2016 Hey now! Sure there isn't anything you forgot there Stevie? I'm not questioning you since you seem to have a much better grasp on not-so-casual racism than myself, but let's go through the checklist just to be safe... - Call a black person a "thug"? Check. - Bring up black on black crime to distract from the actual conversation? Check. - Condescendingly mention kneeling during the National Anthem? Check. - 'Black Lives Matter' insult? Check. - Blame it all on Barack Obama? Check. - Compare African Americans to zoo animals? Check. Hmm, it could probably use the word "ghetto" in there somewhere, but other than that I think you've got it all covered. Pretty unbelievable work if I do say so myself. Fitting all those prejudice points of reference into 280 characters? No simple task. This dude should run seminars on Facebook with the amount of psycho babble running rampant on there in the last couple of months. That's not to say that his opinion is worth a damn, but it is concise and that's more than can be said about most of the people that side with him. Yeah, he is obviously a simple-minded bigot, but at least he doesn't hide it. Nothing wrong with a little full disclosure. Especially when that full disclosure is "articulated" in a clear, succinct manner. He certainly didn't present any new arguments, but at this stage of the game can anyone really say that they do? It's all about repeating the same shit that the people you agree with on social media post, and NO ONE is better at it than this guy! I would imagine his employer feels the same way...
Look, I have no idea what a little kid is doing in the opposition's tunnel prior to game time. I don't know how he was able to refrain from pissing straight down the leg of his Osh Kosh B'Gosh sweats when a towering giant of a man scooped him straight up off the ground. Truth is, none of that really concerns me, because this video - for lack of a better phrasing - was pretty damn cool. Now, usually I don't blog feel good crap like this because people doing nice things for each other just doesn't spark the creative portion of the brain quite like discussing unruly assholes. Usually I steer clear of clips that make me spew thoughtless phrases like "pretty damn cool", but this made the Grinch in me suggest delivering the presents back to Whoville ASAP. Therefore, the most outgoing child who ever existed and the Titans players that went out of their way to give him a lifelong memory despite having more important things on their mind get an acknowledgement from me. Partially because it made me grin, but mostly because it's a story without racial undertones and that has increasingly become a rarity recently. h/t BarDown
For about five seconds I genuinely let this interaction get under my skin. I mean, how could I not? This was a man suggesting that someone who is trying to bring awareness to societal injustices turn down all questions that relate - in any way - to societal injustices. This was a reporter bitching about an athlete doing the very thing that usually gives the average reporter an awkward public erection. This was a beat writer trying to instigate an argument with a head coach whose most newsworthy locker room presence was - apparently - TOO forthright. TOO honest. TOO open. TOO accommodating. TOO media friendly. That's when I realized something. This is a "don't hate the player, hate the game" situation. Now, that doesn't mean I don't feel extremely inclined to hate the player too. It takes quite the self loathing douchebag to intentionally be that hypocritical, no matter how much he is being paid to do so. That said, make no mistake that creating that controversy is likely in the first line of his job description. Doesn't matter what shamefully deceptive manner in which he achieves it, that guy - who sounds exactly how you would expect a condescending, self-righteous journalist to sound - is responsible for fabricating a polarizing talking point. He doesn't even have to believe whatever far fetched stance he takes on it (though he likely does because I get the vibe that he is very much a pompous jackhole). He just needs to get the people who read his arrogant crap to believe that he believes it. So yeah, with all the animosity, hatred, and flat-out racism being shoveled in Colin Kaepernick's direction I would like to think we can give him a pass for giving the media - quite literally - EXACTLY what they asked for. However, as much as I want to, I can't totally fault the guy that won't give him that pass. After all, there's only so many times we can debate the appropriateness of someone taking a knee during the National Anthem. There had to come some point when we created an original, totally unrelated argument centered around the appropriateness of talking about taking a knee during the National Anthem. h/t Uproxx A 13 Year Old Black Girl Recorded A Bus Full Of Her Classmates Singing A Ridiculously Racist Jingle9/22/2016
Jesus, nursery rhymes suuuure have changed since I was a kid. Guess they got Mary and her little lamb the fuck outta dodge, huh? Can't believe they got replaced by some segregative song that sounds like it's straight out of the 60's. What else have I missed? You about to tell me that 'Humpty Dumpty' is now an obese African American and he actually got pushed over the wall he was sitting on by the fear mongering Presidential candidate that had it built? Jack and Jill went up the hill before Jill told Jack her Dad said they weren't allowed to drink from the same pail of water? One, two, buckle my shoe...or it's 15 lashes come sundown? Buh-bye black sheep, we don't welcome your kind here? What fucking planet am I on? This stupid little rhyme doesn't even make sense. Why would a 13 year old own a store, and why would he/she be discriminating against black clientele in 2016? Melodic songs about absolutely nothing shouldn't be the root of so many damn questions! Seriously though, shouldn't be too hard to get to the origin of this. Just find out which class parents own any kind of store and you've basically found the people responsible for a bus load of 13 year olds chanting racial slurs. Probably been humming that discriminatory little ditty behind the counter of their gun shop for the last 30 years. It's become so second nature that they didn't even realize they were belting it out in front of their young, impressionable child, and the next thing you know it's spread to half the student body at some school full of idiots in South Mason-Dixon Line, Maryland. The sad thing about that hypothetical string of events is that it's probably the best case scenario, because I'd rather not think we live in a world where middle schoolers have become Mother Goose's evil step children. UPDATE: I guess it originated from this YouTube video, but I think I'm just going to stick to the story I completely made up. “I think it’s an issue — you look at what’s gone on in Tulsa and in Charlotte the last two nights — it’s an issue that’s at the forefront of our country,” Kelly said. “And it needs to be addressed and be taken care of because what’s going on is not right. So I think, again, he’s shedding light on a situation that is heinous. And shouldn’t happen in this country. We all have inalienable rights as a citizen and this country and they’re being violated. And I think that’s what Colin is standing up for.” - Chip Kelly
Would you look at that! Chip Kelly; Equal rights enthusiast. Who woulda thunk it!?! Now, I will be the first to say that I never - throughout LeSean McCoy's repetitive attacks on his character - thought that Chip Kelly was legitimately racist. I legit think it would be impossible for a prejudice person to scoot all the way up through the ranks to the pinnacle of their professional when that professional is predicated on maintaining personal relationships with an endless amount of black people. Call me crazy, but if Chip Kelly wasn't a big fan of African Americans his true colors probably would've shown through at some point between the late 80's and his eventual ousting from Philadelphia. BUT...there was quite the influx of caucasians when he took the reigns. Can't ignore the fact that the locker room got a litttttle bit paler under his watch. I certainly don't think he released DeSean Jackson because he was black, but the fact that the was replaced in the lineup by a dude named Riley that was dropping 'N' bombs at country concerts probably didn't do too much to silence the critics. Again, I think it was a matter of circumstance, but a player calling his former coach a racist is like a false rape allegation - that shit sticks forever regardless of it's validity... ...Unless that coach happens to skip town and end up in the eye of a racial controversy that's being spearheaded by the backup quarterback that he very easily could have cut. Don't you dare try to tell me all the hearsay about his proclivity for white players didn't at least cross Chip Kelly's mind when he decided to keep the peaceful protester that had become the face of the battle against oppression around past preseason. I'm not saying it had everything to do with his inclusion on the final 53, but I'm also not going to pretend that his inclusion isn't a good look for someone whose suffered through quite a few bad looks. Is there a better proverbial "black friend" than a black friend that's bearing the cross for the entire race? I don't think he truly owed anyone an explanation for such absurd claims from a scorned player, but Chip Kelly's "token" has paid his debts - and then some - for perceived prejudice. h/t BSO
Busy man, that Barack Obama. Leading the free world. Founding ISIS. Inventing racism. If he's responsible for even half the things we have all "thanked" him for over the last two terms then you really have to wonder where he finds the time. But hey, credit to this woman for finally saying what we've all been thinking. Racism isn't some institutionalized problem that dates back to the days in which black people were property. It's an issue that was fabricated eight years ago by the current President of the United States because he got bored and needed some more nationwide hysteria to preoccupy him. Bet he didn't think inciting police brutality towards a specific group of people would create THIS much work! No doubt he's regretting that decision to manufacture the oppression of his own race just for fuck of it. Barack just wanted something to do on a quiet Wednesday night, and now he can't even squeeze in a quick 9 holes without checking his phone for updates on unarmed black men gunned down in the street. He's handled the aftermath pretty well considering how badly his conscious choice to establish an entire country riddled with intolerance got away from him, but it really makes you think how much more progressive we would be if we never ventured from have old, white men in office. In all seriousness, I think someone needs to buy our boy Paul Lewis a cold one. Poor guy needs to take a breather in the worst way. I'm glad he was able to restrain himself from beating that woman to death with his microphone. Somehow the visual of his eyes incrementally popping out of their sockets as she discussed the ways in which the so called "plight of the African American" is an inconvenience to her made for better television.
Here's what we are going to do. We are going to make a pact to suspend disbelief and act like this girl legitimately sent in this paper. I know it doesn't make sense that some blind drunk chick had the wherewithal to remember she had an assignment due and the motivation to complete that assignment, but not the consciousness to proofread it first. I know nothing about that picture proves it was actually part of a legit email. Still, this blog would be boring as fuck if you opened it up and it just said "FAKE". So with that said, it's time to give this little attention seeker a grade... F. Hard, hard F. I wanted to give the girl a 'D' for giving it the old college try, but there's just too many damn flaws. I would be inclined to forgive her for the part where she basically admits to her teacher that she's wasted and then gives her a sobriety update, but this paragraph is too poorly constructed to curve it on the pity scale. Even if you gloss over the idea that a 'Criminal Justice' professor likely didn't create a writing assignment with the premise of getting his/her students thoughts about kissing on trains, I still can't call this anything but a failure. Why, you ask? I still have no fucking idea how this girl really feels about kissing on trains. Is it romantic? Is it dangerous? Does the fact that it's dangerous make it romantic? Goddamn it McKenna, it's not about whether (with an 'h') you're right or wrong, it's about arguing your point in a consistent fashion. Hell, I wouldn't even mind if she presented both sides of the debate, but at least separate it into different paragraphs. I went from thinking I've been missing out on swapping spit on the Amtrak to thinking it could be the cause of my death, and I didn't even get a short pause in between. There's a microscopic chance this was actually sent but IF it was then I hope the professor responded with a middle finger emoji as a sign of unreciprocated love, because this paper is about 3 Advil, a dozen waters, and a six hour nap away from sucking on a 'C' level.
Look, I'm not particularly interested in talking about how sad all of this is. There seems to be a lot of uncertainty surrounding the particular event that sparked this madness, but that's no excuse for both sides escalating things to the point that an American city becomes a civil war zone. It's a depressing sign of the times which are increasingly beginning to feel like they are taking place in the 1960's. That said, I do want to address the people that are saying that all looters are exploiting tragedy for financial gain. That may be true in some cases, but not the one pictured above. Whoever smashed that window to the Spectrum Center did it to send a message. They certainly could have found a more productive way to do so, but I feel comfortable saying that people aren't damaging private property just for some Roy Hibbert jersey tee's. That city doesn't even care enough about hosting the NBA's finest for a weekend to change their homophobic laws to allow gender shifters to piss where they please. I highly doubt it's citizens are going to risk getting hunted down by a police 'Huffy' just so they can better support their own shitty team. If this happened at Duke or UNC then I would find their intentions much more suspicious, but that broken glass is more valuable to "the cause" than any handful of Hornets shit scooped from the display window in a 10-15 second span is to the wardrobe of any fan not named 'Purple Shit Guy'. I'm not even completely convinced they still make sure to keep the door locked after years without an attempted robbery, so don't tell me that Kemba Walker is good enough to make people start throwing trash cans at arenas in hopes of getting a Free.99 discount on his jersey.
“Ah ya know Kessel was playin' it perfect and then he had to go after they lost and say those things. I don't understand it. And now you know why nobody wanted him in Boston. Why he didn't make the All-Star team. And why they got rid of him in Toronto. You just don't do those things when guys are down. I don't know why Kessel did that. He was playing it perfect.” - Don Cherry (h/t PuckDaddy) Welp, I guess I am glad that's cleared up. Kind of feel guilty for laughing at a hilarious Phil Kessel tweet when it was retroactively responsible for all the tumultuous circumstances he has dealt with throughout his career. I thought I was just properly acknowledging a joke at the expense of a USA hockey program that deserved every ounce of mockery they received. Nope. Apparently I was celebrating the trials and tribulations of the person that made it. How could I have been so silly? Phil Kessel didn't get shipped out of Boston because Toronto offered them a king's ransom for his services. He didn't get scapegoated out of a Maple Leafs organization that was a complete dumpster fire at the time. No sir. He brought it all on himself by lightheartedly criticizing teams he wasn't chosen to play for on social media. Not saying that he got cancer by trolling people online, but if it's culpable for everything else he's dealt with then is it really out of the question? Pretty surprising all his disparaging internet antics - that were directed at people that refused to reward his talent - have flown under the radar for this long when beneath it all they've been the anchor that's kept his career from sailing off into the sunset. He was playing it so perfectly too. I thought he finally turned a corner. Just sitting at home keeping quiet about his inexplicable exclusion from international play. Too bad his twitter fingers got a little itchy. Can't help but think this is the beginning of the end of his time in Pittsburgh. I know he was the primary catalyst that helped them raise the Stanley Cup three months ago, but the Penguins organization simply can't have it's players going around openly critiquing the management of teams that aren't their own. Forget the timely goals and uncanny chemistry with his line mates, because making people that lost in embarrassing fashion feel bad about it by poking fun at those that selected them is an unforgivable misstep. Colin Kaepernick Voted The Most Disliked Player In The NFL...While Having The Highest Selling Jersey9/22/2016
Jeez, really put me between a rock and a racist place here. Most disliked player? Highest selling jersey? Kinda makes me feel like I am being a bit of a pussy for not slandering Colin Kaepernick's entire existence on Facebook OR investing actual money in outwardly supporting him. Neutrality is basically a death sentence in 2016. If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything. I'm pretty sure that phrase wasn't coined with the National Anthem in mind, so I'm basically sharing a fence with the rest of the people too cowardice to start making thinly veiled prejudice statements publicly and too frugal to drop a $100 on merchandise that represents a man that doesn't even play for a team I don't even care about. Not sure how I am going to explain this one to my future kids when we are still debating this 20 years down the line... "Daddy, what did you think about the first NFL player to kneel during the National Anthem?" "Well son, I supported his right to do so because that thing that got your friend Terrell's dad beat to death by a judgmental police officer last week is called oppression and it was a big problem back in my day." "Wow, really? Can I see your jersey?" I mean, can you even say that you have an opinion if you are not part of a statistic? How can I continue to discuss the issue of professional athletes spitting in this country's face by attempting to make it a better place if I don't have a corresponding percentage point to legitimize my personal assessment? This whole time I thought those that wanted Colin Kaepernick to be executed or deported were the least relevant bunch, but at least they felt strongly enough to take the time to fill out a quick survey. Meanwhile, I'm over here on the sidelines bringing shame on my family name by putting more thought into Colin Kaepernick's actions than how I feel about him as a person. Can't help but think I am completely undermining the significance of the single most important kneel in American history by talking about it without wearing a San Francisco 49er's jersey OR having one casually burning in my backyard. Odell Beckham Jr. Has Been Prepping Himself For This Sunday's "Mental Warfare" Against Josh Norman9/22/2016 LBS- Odell Beckham Jr. is ready for a battle when he squares off with Josh Norman and the Washington Redskins.
Beckham, who famously engaged in a physical battle with Norman when the corner was still with Carolina last season, is prepared for the Washington secondary to try to get into his head. “Part of their game plan,” Beckham said, via ESPN’s Jordan Ranaan. “I would do the same. That’s just what you do. It’s mental warfare. It’s the art of war. You know what I mean? There are different ways to attack it.” “You ever watch Russell Westbrook play basketball? He plays with a lot of emotion, passion, whatever you want to call it,” Beckham said. “It’s what is best for some players, what is not best for some players. You use it, and you just be smart. Just play smart. It’s football at the end of the day.” Mental warfare? Art of war? Is he discussing shit talking or ancient Chinese literature? Credit where credit is due I guess. It's much more honorable to partake in "psychological combat" than it is to throw temper tantrums. Truth is, Odell would have sounded far less badass if he responded to the question by saying "I'm going to restrain myself from acting insecure and kamikaze striking Josh Norman's skull with the crown of my helmet when he inevitably calls me a faggot again". Still, that's all that was REALLY communicated here. Not too difficult to see through the completely unnecessary martial analogies and realize that Mr. Beckham finally understands he needs to keep his cool when Josh Norman uses gay slurs to imply that he might be more of a Ms. Beckham. He can infer that it's a battle of wits all he wants, but all I see is a man trying to tell the world he won't resort to attempting to turn his opponent's mind to mush again. Not to mention, he gave himself quite the preemptive "I'll do my best, but..." excuse by repeating the word "war" over and over again. Be tough to blame Odell for lashing out however he sees fit when the opposition's game plan is to use militaristic strategies to get in his head. Can't just let your rival bomb your brain with homophobic conjecture and not return fire. Can you really judge a man for how he chooses to respond when his mental masculinity is being attacked by words of mass destruction. Every action has an equal but opposite reaction, and I'm pretty sure that means Odell could potentially feel justified in giving Josh Norman's decapitation another shot if he refers to him as some variation of the terms "fairy" or "fuck boy".
Let's start with the good news. P.J. Williams injury is nowhere near as devastating as it once appeared. Obviously his health is more important than his ability to play football, and with the way he left the field Sunday his general well-being was very much up in the air. Not to overstate things, but - considering the chilling visual of him laying lifeless on the grass - finding out that he was moving, speaking, and alert was quite the relief. Now let's get to the bad news. P.J. Williams injury has annihilated whatever slim hopes the Saints had at putting a disappointing start to their season in the rearview. That's now two starting corners indefinitely sidelined in two weeks. Credit to the guys that admirably replaced them against the Giants, but a guy that was picked up off the scrap heap and two rookie undrafted free agents have a lot of growing pains in their future. Growing pains that - unfortunately - the rest of their team is in no position to tend to. The job done by Sterling Moore, Devante Harris, and Ken Crawley couldn't have been more encouraging....and three Giants wideouts STILL had over 85 yards receiving. Granted, they were able to hold them out of the end zone for the entirety of the afternoon, but the PTSD I have obtained from investing myself in Saints football has me doubtful of a +3 turnover ratio and a pair of goal line stands becoming a weekly occurrence. Call me crazy, but I'm not exactly hopeful for an encore performance of their best defensive effort since the release of the iPhone4. Not with the amount of talent that has already been carted off the field. I'm glad that P.J. Williams will be okay, but - with him joining Delvin Breaux on the IR - I simply can't say the same about the Saints already dwindling playoff hopes. Cleveland.com- A judge issued a warrant for the arrest of Cleveland Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon after he failed to respond to several months' worth of subpoenas in a paternity case.
Gordon is prohibited from speaking to the media because of his four-game substance abuse suspension. The case stems from a complaint made in juvenile court from Christina Lockhart of Maple Heights, who says Gordon is the father of her now 1-year-old daughter. Lockhart is on public welfare and is seeking child support from Gordon, according to the complaint filed by Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Kira Kittoe Krivosh. Subpoenas were sent to Gordon in Los Angeles, and several Cleveland addresses. Gordon never responded to them, according to court records. Gordon was ordered to provide a DNA sample to the court by Sept. 25, 2015, but never did so. Oh, come on! He's so close to finally playing! Presumably weaned his way off the weeeee-duh (h/t Stephen A. Smith) and now he has to worry about bastard children? Poor guy can't catch a break. That's not to say he shouldn't have to provide - financially and otherwise - for what is potentially his biological child. I just think we're jumping to conclusions in assuming it's definitely his. I suppose the fact that he is actively avoiding finding out makes him look pretty guilty of knocking this broad up, but have we considered the idea that he's just not a good test taker? My sister, no matter how she studied, always struggled with standardized tests. So much so that she managed to evade them them by going to an art-centric college. Who is to say that the string of F's that Josh Gordon has received on past drug tests hasn't shook his confidence so much that he's doing all he can to dodge a paternity test he may or may not be prepared enough to pass? He can't protect his playing career so that automatically means he can't protect his penis? That deductive reasoning seems rather flawed. You get a couple of moving violations and all the sudden you assume that every flashing light in your rearview is coming for you. You get caught stealing from a store and never again will you believe you are innocent when the alarm goes off as your walking out. You don't make the grade a couple times and you start thinking you never will. Maybe Josh Gordon is a dead beat dad. That is absolutely a possibility. You know what else is a possibility? Maybe he's just a pessimistic subject that's been traumatized by years of results that have been nothing but discouraging.
It's too easy. It's literally too easy. Even those snubbed that didn't feel the need to immediately take pot shots at the offensively impotent team that omitted them from international competition couldn't respond to a request to do so without critiquing the selection process. This has to feel like Team USA's worst nightmare became a reality. The concerns that everyone not associated with constructing the roster had about the roster's construction? All proven valid. This team had an antiquated game plan that's gotten the coach that instituted it canned by half the NHL. I would imagine that the words that would have come out of Hope Solo's mouth had she been forced to compete against this overly conservative, intentionally castrated abomination of a hockey team would have gotten her a lifetime ban form organized athletics. They had a scarcity of high end skill and displayed a lack of creativity that was a direct product of it. They had potentially their best netminder in street clothes. They had some of the best goal scorers their country has to offer watching from home. And what was the reason for it? They weren't defensive minded enough? Funny how little that seems to matter now that they've been eliminated after putting up 2 goals in 2 games with neither of them being particularly well executed. Whatever mentality this team was built to embrace was not only a complete failure, but it was a complete failure waiting to happen. As predictable as a downright disaster can be. Leaving guys like Phil Kessel and Bobby Ryan at home when they are already without all the U23 talent that's lacing them up for North America? Ironically enough, trading in a couple offensive anchors for a defensive liability or two is just one of many things that this team - that's supposed to be "on the rise" - could have benefited from. Metro- The illustration, drawn by controversial right-wing cartoonist Bill Leak, depicted same-sex marriage campaigners as Nazi stormtroopers in rainbow outfits.
The caption reads ‘Waffen-SSM’ – a play on words that links ‘same-sex marriage’ to the Nazis’ military Waffen-SS wing. I won't stand for this. No sir. Not in 2016. With so many other groups of people that compare favorably to fascist regimes I will not let some shock cartoonist get away with dragging the reputation of the LGBT community through the mud. Had he slapped an NFL shield on their helmets, a PETA logo across their chests, and some 'Crossfit' branded boots on their feet then this would be worth a laugh, but there is nothing funny about slandering the sanctity of the rainbow. I don't even feel that way because I think it's wrong to study the similarities between members of a select sexuality that are searching for equal rights and members of a group of homicidal maniacs responsible for the largest ethnic cleansing in human history. I feel that way because there are no goddamn similarities. There is nothing Nazi-like about the LGBT community. In fact, I would argue the exact opposite is the case. The gays couldn't be a more all-inclusive bunch. Hell, even if they were interesting in brainwashing us all into accepting a certain set of beliefs I think I would be down with that set of beliefs. Ever seen a gay pride parade? I doubt it's meant to accomplish the same thing as hundreds of thousands of Germans marching through the streets looking to terminally imprison everyone that doesn't look like them, but if it was they've chosen a far more alluring strategy to do so. Take one look at a homosexual gathering and tell me you haven't thought about grabbing the closest member of the same sex just so that you could feel like you were a part of it. If it didn't include stimulating a dick that wasn't my own I would be as gay as the day is long. I guess that means they do have the same power of influence as a racist, anti-Semitic dictatorship, but call me crazy for not seeing any commonalities between their intentions. People Aren't Happy With The Man That Tied His Daughter's Hair To His Shopping Cart At WalMart9/21/2016 Metro- Police are investigating a shocking case of child cruelty in which a father appears to be dragging his daughter around a supermarket with her hair tied to a trolley.
He continued with his shopping despite the girl begging for him to stop and other shoppers telling him to let her free. Erika Burch took pictures of the incident and uploaded them to Facebook while police at a branch of Walmart in Cleveland, Ohio, have said they are investigating. Erika wrote: ‘He had her hair wrapped around the buggy dragging her! She is begging him to stop! She was saying “Please stop, I promise I wont do it again please stop!” Oh what, we are going to start telling other people parent their kids now? Things aren't always as they seem, you know? Gotta take those harrowing cries with a grain of salt when they come from the lips of a child. If I read that little girl's quote correctly then I do believe she said she wouldn't do it again. I have no idea what she did in the first place, but considering she did it in WalMart there's no question it jeopardized her well-being more than losing a couple strands of hair to the handle of a shopping cart. Did we ever consider that maybe this guy forgot his leash? What was he just supposed to risk his daughter running wild in the retail equivalent of the purge? He had to do everything in his power to keep her within an arm's length or he would have never been able to chase her down without his size 44 jeans slowly slipping down past his ass crack. What you call blatant follicle abuse, I call taking command of a hairy situation. One man can only do so much. Don't you think holding this guy responsible for pushing his cart, picking out TV dinners, and keeping an eye on his kid is a little much in terms of multitasking? He just needed a little help, and the only assistance he had at his disposal was his mobile grocery basket. Almost feel like this whole situation is WalMart's fault. Considering their clientele, it's a little absent minded not to have an extension on their shopping carts so that out-of-shape customers can more conveniently knot their kid's locks to it to ensure their safety. After all, what's the purpose of having long hair if not for giving people a way to easily restrain you? Is This Where I Am Supposed To Act Surprised That Colin Kaepernick Has Received Death Threats?9/21/2016 MSN- San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick told reporters on Tuesday that he has received death threats in the weeks since he began his national anthem protest.
"If something like that were to happen, you've proved my point,” Kaepernick said, according to the Bay Area News Group, noting he had not brought the threats to security's attention for that reason. “It'll be loud and clear for everyone why it happened, and that would move this movement forward at a greater speed than what it is even now. “Granted, it’s not how I want it to happen, but that’s the realization of what could happen. I knew there were other things that came along with this when I first stood up and spoke about it. It’s not something I haven’t thought about.” Given the state of stupidity in this country, I understand that every death threat - no matter it's origin - needs to be taken seriously. So no, I'm certainly not saying we should be ignoring the thousands upon thousands of people who were undoubtedly too unintelligible to respond to a quarterback kneeling during the National Anthem with anything other than a detailed description about how they were going to kill said quarterback on behalf of America. After all, it's those that aren't smart enough to articulate their opinion in a semi-productive way that are probably most likely to do something excessively dumb. Still - as much as I hope the proper safety precautions have been taken to ensure Colin Kaepernick's well being - I simply cannot act like this is news. I won't pretend I am surprised that the guy that sent the country into a month long tailspin by making people acknowledge the United States' problems during the playing of a song in which we are supposed to thoughtlessly honor the United States is receiving threats on his life. Hell, I would go as far as to say that he accepted that consequence when he decided to become the unofficial face of change. Why do you think that it took so long for someone to do it? It's not those with a rational, thought-out argument as to why we should salute the flag regardless of what it represents to us that keep critics silent and maintain the status quo. It's the people that were dropping hard 'N' bombs before "....and the home of the brave" was even finished that are a deterrent to public activism. It's those posting pictures of their shotguns on social media with the caption "git out uh ir country" that make people think twice about taking a stand on important, polarizing issues. It's the lunatics that still send letters that use them to intimidate public figures into abiding by the social norms they deem acceptable. I would go as far as to say that having any opinion on anything in 2016 leaves you vulnerable to at least a twitter threat or two. Of course that's the case when your opinion, and subsequent actions, challenge peoples' glorified view of the nation they call home. That obviously doesn't make it right, but it does make it a necessary evil.
Uproxx- Hours after a website released a video that shows him drinking a beer at a student tailgate, Rutgers Athletics Director Pat Hobbs apologized for his actions and told NJ Advance Media he was trying to restore order to what was turning out to be an unruly atmosphere.
"My first concern is always for the safety and well-being of our students,'' Hobbs said. "Anyone who was at the (student tailgate) Saturday knows that I was acting to ensure that.'' On Aug. 31, Rutgers announced that it would sponsor a student tailgate at football home games this season. Dubbed "the Alley,'' the tailgate was located in a gravel lot across from the Werblin Recreation Center on the Busch Campus, approximately 400 yards from High Point Solutions Stadium. On Tuesday, the university athletics department announced that it would be shutting down the student tailgate at home games for the remainder of the season, issuing a statement that read: "Regrettably, due to safety concerns, The Alley is no longer available for student tailgating.'' Wait, so Rutgers shut down their school sponsored tailgate student tailgate because a grown man - that was trying to make himself relatable to a bunch of kids - took a couple sips of beer? Is that what happened here, or was Rutgers scared that it looked like their brand new Athletic Director was endorsing the use of alcohol and felt they needed to take action? Either way, what I just watched was about the most harmless thing I have ever seen. Assuming, of course, that it's common knowledge that college kids are going to get blind drunk prior to football games. I mean, am I in the minority here? I get that nothing good comes out of an authority figure standing on a truck and begrudgingly having a drink with thousands of students that were undoubtedly filming him, but it's not like he was funneling beers with teenagers like 'Frank The Tank'. He wasn't slurring his words or going streaking. He wasn't dumping drinks down co-eds throats while chanting "SHOTS! SHOTS SHOTS!" like he was in a Lil' Jon video. He simply acquiesced to a group of kids to get them to calm down a little bit. It probably didn't work because - well - it was a goddamn tailgate, but I'm going to stop short of saying he incited whatever shitshow ensued. Plus, I know it's a small sample size but the video in question didn't exactly scream "safety concerns" to me. Actually seemed pretty tame considering the circumstances. At the very least I would venture to guess that any alternative in which they weren't being looked over by school officials would be infinitely more dangerous. I'm not saying that it was a good idea for Rutgers to involve itself with a game day activity that is nothing more than binge drinking for sport, but if they were going to do so then they should have been prepared for there to be beer present. Seems like a panic move to put a stop to it because your AD publicly acknowledged the existence of alcohol when attendance at the event you put together is predicated - almost solely - on the existence of alcohol. P.S. Pat Hobbs is a boss, and he probably deserves an extension.
You know what the best part about this ruthlessly hilarious tweet is? The fact that is came from someone who really isn't all that funny. That's not meant to be a knock on Phil Kessel, but he has never been anything other than quirky and awkward. Sure, he became this lovable, mythical figure after a bitter old beat writer wrote some fictitious hit piece about his awe-inspiring hot dog intake, but his popularity really has almost nothing to do with his personality. On the other hand, it largely began ironically and at some point - during a surreal Stanley Cup Championship run - transformed into genuine respect for someone who somehow moves like the wind, but looks like he could benefit from it's help when sweating profusely through the back of his oversized t-shirt while walking the garbage out to the curb. The cult-like adoration he is the recipient of isn't a product of him being a super entertaining public figure. Phil Kessel's charm resides almost solely in his increasingly middle-aged appearance, which potentially means that we all have some daddy issues to address. In essence what I am trying to say is that Team USA was so fucking bad that they opened themselves to getting roasted by a guy that can likely count the amount of jokes he makes per year on his sausage fingers. I mean, that tweet had the internet in stitches and it was really just a description of his Tuesday night with a sarcastic little twist at the end. John Tortorella and his coma-inducing brand of late-90's hockey produced such pathetic results that someone who is normally the punchline felt comfortable flipping the script with a one line fatality at the expense of the team that senselessly excluded him. Phil Kessel is undoubtedly not the wittiest dude at the party but he knows when to pick his spots, and no one was more exposed than a team whose talent evaluation was begging to be mocked. The United States bowed out so helplessly that you can't help but self deprecatingly laugh at their failures, and laugh - well - that is exactly what we are going to do...
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