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1stGear posted:Phone posting or I'd link it but John Oliver did a video on the NCAA recently. You should watch it. If it is about anything to do with athletes not getting paid: there's also a good one on Netflix that I saw recently. "Schooled: The Price of College Sports"
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The NCAA in general is pretty lovely on academics. The B1G is currently proposing that students not be allowed to play their freshman year - this would be a good rule academically. The NCAA will poo poo all over it and no conferences will adopt it. Which will leave the B1G a two part choice, kill their sports programs or maintain the line.
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Star Man posted:What? The NFL and NBA are not the NCAA. I think he was talking about the NCAA's quote a couple posts earlier regarding examining the bill and being committed to an inclusive environment, etc.
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Mar 26, 2015 20:53
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Boon posted:The NCAA in general is pretty lovely on academics. Idunno, realistically how many freshmen actually play in the only sport that really matters?
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Mar 26, 2015 20:56
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saintonan posted:Moving the Colts and Pacers might get Pence's attention. Wouldn't effect those teams, but hosting the super bowl again is something Indy was working on. The NCAA saying we couldn't host future final fours would be a Real Big Deal though, their statement came up a bit short unfortunately. The supporters of the law are defending it, saying that 19 states already have such laws and Clinton signed similar.
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ReidRansom posted:Idunno, realistically how many freshmen actually play in the only sport that really matters? A ton. Why yes I am a Kentucky alum, how could you tell?
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Nintendo Kid posted:The thing to remember is that basically none of the states have laws against discrimination in business to begin with. So it's kinda like signing a new extra law against littering or something. I dunno, I mean, there had to have been some kind of case or controversy that prompted the creation of this bill in Indiana. Right, Governor? Mike Pence posted:I'm not aware of cases and controversies. ... Oh.
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Quidam Viator posted:...lots of words... Just wanted to say that this was a great post, and I agree with all of your points outside of thinking that accelerationism will solve anything besides pushing the schadenfreude button hard.
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FAUXTON posted:I think he was talking about the NCAA's quote a couple posts earlier regarding examining the bill and being committed to an inclusive environment, etc. Also the NFL and NBA are superior in every way institutions Full Stop.
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comes along bort posted:The vast majority of boomers are on the hosed end of things as well. Who gives a poo poo, honestly. Younger folks universally face a tougher time than they did. I'm not saying there aren't Boomers who are hosed, but I am saying that there's a much greater chance it's their own fault considering they lived through the longest period of sustained middle class prosperity the world has ever known.
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Quidam Viator posted:I'll stop writing now. Your revolution is never coming. When things have progressed to the point where Something Must Be Done, it's going to be a clique of people who represent everything you hate about America who seize the initiative. They will win without a peep being uttered from the people you claim to hope to energize through calamity, because nothing succeeds like overwhelming superiority of arms and resources. Even in the fairy-tale world where the left does stage a glorious rising in the face of disaster, you're condemning them to a life of hardship and misery the likes of which the country has not seen since the reactionary backlash of the 60s. In Vineland, Pynchon repeatedly asks us "Who was saved? Who did we save?", and the unspoken answer is "nobody". They all died, or went to jail, or disappeared into remote backwaters. I notice at no point do you seem to make any mention of yourself taking part in this cataclysmic battle for civilization. I presume that's because you, like any vanguardist, imagine yourself as removed from the front lines, rewarded for your foresight with a post at Revolutionary Headquarters. Or maybe you presume you'll already be dead. In which case, what really separates you from the short-sighted feckless people you hate so much? I suggest converting to some form of millenarian christianity, as a healthier outlet for your misanthropic tendencies. paranoid randroid fucked around with this message at 21:32 on Mar 26, 2015 |
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Uh, I don't think he mentioned anything about leading a glorious revolution. Maybe you're projecting a bit there? It seemed to be pretty clearly about how we can't do anything to change what's going to happen, so might as well bring it here faster.kzin602 posted:'cloud hosted' just means you use a webpage or an application that stores data offsite. I don't think you quite get it. The office space is physical, everything else they do really is in The Cloud/Butt, even their PBX systems. Everyone in their office could pick up their laptop and phone and fly to Aruba and be just as effective. I'm guessing you haven't dealt with these people. This would be in contrast to a factory or other physical plant that has large capital infrastructure that is difficult or impossible to move.
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Radbot posted:Uh, I don't think he mentioned anything about leading a glorious revolution. Maybe you're projecting a bit there? It seemed to be pretty clearly about how we can't do anything to change what's going to happen, so might as well bring it here faster. He specifically says that he's hoping to usher in the collapse of society so people will push back. "Glorious revolution" is mostly just me being snide, but that doesn't change the fact he's disappeared into an end-times fantasy on par with any fundamentalist church.
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"We're all dying anyway, so here's some rat poison." - Accelerationism in medicine
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Nonsense posted:Also the NFL and NBA are superior in every way institutions Full Stop. Which is something you couldn't say before February of 2014, at least for the NBA part.
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Mar 26, 2015 21:41
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Scrub-Niggurath posted:"We're all dying anyway, so here's some rat poison." - Accelerationism in medicine A Winner is Jew posted:Which is something you couldn't say before February of 2014, at least for the NBA part. JT Jag fucked around with this message at 21:45 on Mar 26, 2015 |
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If you aren't preparing to create conservative mass panic during July 15 - September 15 of this year, you aren't a real accelerationist.
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paranoid randroid posted:He specifically says that he's hoping to usher in the collapse of society so people will push back. "Glorious revolution" is mostly just me being snide, but that doesn't change the fact he's disappeared into an end-times fantasy on par with any fundamentalist church. I don't disagree that that's the only way to spur people into action, however I do disagree with QV that it actually will.
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mr. mephistopheles posted:Someone please post something positive and hopeful. 
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mr. mephistopheles posted:Someone please post something positive and hopeful. 
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Fine intoxicating potables are the best evidence for the existence of a loving God.
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Umm Pence also supports a needle exchange.
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Radbot posted:I don't disagree that that's the only way to spur people into action, however I do disagree with QV that it actually will. gently caress him, dude. A collapse in society is basically the worst thing that could happen with nothing even close to a guarantee that it ever recovers. Have you ever been to a place where the government truly doesn't care/can't help the lower/middle classes?
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Monkey Fracas posted:Fine intoxicating potables are the best evidence for the existence of a loving God.
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Boon posted:gently caress him, dude. A collapse in society is basically the worst thing that could happen with nothing even close to a guarantee that it ever recovers. Have you ever been to a place where the government truly doesn't care/can't help the lower/middle classes? His assumption that things will only get worse flies in the face of human history and how resilient and inventive humans are. Global warming will raise sea levels, we will make levys, it will cause desertification, we will develop new ways to farm. He's espousing the same stupid bullshit people did after WW1 that humanity is going to kill itself any day now and nothing will get better ever again. poo poo will change, poo poo is ALREADY changing, so stop whining like a little baby and get involved in your local democratic party officer and do something productive. I don't give a poo poo if you need to hold your nose but accelerationism is just anarchism with a different coat of paint.
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Venom Snake posted:His assumption that things will only get worse flies in the face of human history and how resilient and inventive humans are. Global warming will raise sea levels, we will make levys, it will cause desertification, we will develop new ways to farm. This might end up being true in the end, but I don't think it's necessarily the best mindset to have about the whole situation.
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Cnut the Great posted:This might end up being true in the end, but I don't think it's necessarily the best mindset to have about the whole situation. Obviously we need to prevent as much damage as possible, but acting like humanity is hosed forever is silly as well.
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Sergio Leone knew about the revolutions in Italy, and made the movie Duck you sucker! aka Once upon a time in the revolution He had this to say about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd3JrFXLrA0
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You know, I've seen lots of stuff about "recall Mike Pence" on facebook over the Indiana discrimination law, but I really feel that this is losing sight of the forest for the single really tall tree. In order for the law to get to his desk it had to go through the Indiana Legislature first. If Indiana residents really want to show that this kind of law is not something that the state stands for then maybe they should make a concerted effort to get those legislators out of office. Not to mention that a recall would probably be completely ineffectual because the state democratic party will just flub it like Wisconsin did and it isn't a presidential election so the democrat voters aren't going to make the effort to go vote. Which I think is kind of a sign of the big problem that the democratic party has(they really need a good abbreviation like GOP incidentally), in particular the DNC. They don't push to their voters how important all the small elections and lower positions are. They seem to focus 100% on the presidency while the GOP is buying smaller positions right and left and making bank from it. Look at Iowa. We have voted blue for quite a while in presidential elections but we have 2 GOP senators(one of whom is the most obvious and clear corporate stooge you could have for a senator), a GOP governor, and a GOP controlled state legislature. WTF are the voters in this state doing?
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Scrub-Niggurath posted:"We're all dying anyway, so here's some rat poison." - Accelerationism in medicine "gently caress chemo, once the cancer reaches my bones my immune system will finally kick into gear."
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Quidam Viator posted:You don't have a plan except to phonebank for Hillary and hope you can take back little bits of the rest of the legislature. My plan is to motivate enough people to call the GOP on their game, give them the reins, and become the loudest voice in the democracy; the one who promises in advance that GOP policies are the source of our misery, and that every plan they have means doom, death, and destruction, and that we are here, waiting until you realize the catastrophe, the extinction event you're headed toward, and are ready to radicalize. It's amusing how you're both an incredible pessimist (WE'RE ALL DOOMED) and optimist (everyone will realize it's the GOP's fault!) at the same time. We aren't going to have the moment of clarity that you're anticipating. People's views harden in the face of conflicting evidence.
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Fans of pointless votes on amendments to a non-binding bill that will never be enacted anyway should tune in to C-SPAN2 right now for the Senate's Vote-a-Rama on the budget. Hundreds of amendments (currently on the sixteenth) and no time limit!
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Joementum posted:Fans of pointless votes on amendments to a non-binding bill that will never be enacted anyway should tune in to C-SPAN2 right now for the Senate's Vote-a-Rama on the budget. NON STOP ACTION edit: but seriously i like reading about congress wasting their time proposing and amending and voting on things that have no significance baw fucked around with this message at 22:50 on Mar 26, 2015 |
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Senator Coons (D-DE) introduces an amendment that states that if Congress should authorize a war on ISIS it will need to raise taxes to pay for said war. Senators Corker (R-TN) and Enzi (R-WY) urge a no vote.
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Venom Snake posted:accelerationism is just anarchism with a different coat of paint. This is unironically unfair to anarchism.
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Khisanth Magus posted:You know, I've seen lots of stuff about "recall Mike Pence" on facebook over the Indiana discrimination law, but I really feel that this is losing sight of the forest for the single really tall tree. In order for the law to get to his desk it had to go through the Indiana Legislature first. If Indiana residents really want to show that this kind of law is not something that the state stands for then maybe they should make a concerted effort to get those legislators out of office. Maybe they need to be called the DFL?
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Joementum posted:Senator Coons (D-DE) introduces an amendment that states that if Congress should authorize a war on ISIS it will need to raise taxes to pay for said war. What, military spending? That doesn't count.
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VikingofRock posted:This is unironically unfair to anarchism. It isn't though, anarchism is braindead end goal to have, unless you can be absolutely sure everyone will agree with you forever.
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Nintendo Kid posted:It isn't though, anarchism is braindead end goal to have, unless you can be absolutely sure everyone will agree with you forever.
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