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Crazy Ted posted:I hate to be "Well actually" guy here Carnegie's reputation washing loving worked, exhibit A.
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habeasdorkus posted:Carnegie's reputation washing loving worked, exhibit A. Crazy Ted fucked around with this message at 04:58 on Oct 14, 2021 |
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Oct 14, 2021 04:56
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Crazy Ted posted:Sorry if you failed to read the part where I also said he was a ruthless businessman who crushed people you snarky little oval office No, you still got gulled by him being a "reader." And there's a loving reason they built them everywhere, you dipshit. They didn't have mass media back then. Moreover, most of that stuff was built after he was dead, so he could burnish his reputation. Hence why we have the Carnegie endowment for peace sponsoring poo poo on NPR to this day. But congratulations on proving my point and stanning a century dead despot. e: just realized Ted Turner is your AV.
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Oct 14, 2021 05:08
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It was an example to prove a point about laundering an image. And it’s now to the point where Amnesty International want to discuss making Premier League ownership rules to be “human rights compliant” and that isn’t even a hysterical comment. And it’s for a government doing this in various ways as well. I think that’s a better topic to get back on.
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Oct 14, 2021 05:51
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harperdc posted:It was an example to prove a point about laundering an image. I mean, the LGBT season ticket holders of one soccer team think the power of Newcastle United alone is going to make a government who dismembers journalists they don't like consider softening their stance on Gay Rights. And what's even more amazing is that they passed the Premier League's "Fit and Proper Person's Test" because is yes the Saudi Public Investment Fund is TOTALLY NOT RUN BY THE MONARCHY NO SIR. IIRC that is the successful argument they actually used.
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Oct 14, 2021 05:57
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Wright Thompson’s book about Pappy Van Winkle is only $1.99 for kindle today. https://www.amazon.com/Pappyland-St...al-text&sr=1-18 Highly recommend
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sportsgenius86 posted:Wright Thompson’s book about Pappy Van Winkle is only $1.99 for kindle today. https://www.amazon.com/Pappyland-St...al-text&sr=1-18 From a glance this books seems suspiciously uncynical.
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Oct 15, 2021 22:03
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How very southern and genteel of him. South shall rise again rear end bitch.
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I’m reading Drew Magary’s new book about his injury and recovery The Night the Lights Went Out. It’s funny how much speculation there was about him because of a lack of information about what exactly happened. But it’s clear from this book that back then, nobody knew, and to this day still nobody knows what exactly happened to him and why. I was shocked when it mentioned what his BAC tested at. Basically the equivalent of one beer for a man of his size.
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sportsgenius86 posted:Wright Thompson’s book about Pappy Van Winkle is only $1.99 for kindle today. https://www.amazon.com/Pappyland-St...al-text&sr=1-18 Bip Roberts posted:From a glance this books seems suspiciously uncynical. The reviews are those rare negative reviews that make me want to read it more: quote:Great story, but had to get political (why?) Yeah, count me in after this
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Mahoning posted:I’m reading Drew Magary’s new book about his injury and recovery The Night the Lights Went Out. It’s funny how much speculation there was about him because of a lack of information about what exactly happened. But it’s clear from this book that back then, nobody knew, and to this day still nobody knows what exactly happened to him and why. I was shocked when it mentioned what his BAC tested at. Basically the equivalent of one beer for a man of his size. The fact that it’s still up in the air how the proverbial lights went out is wild. I’m more than halfway through, and some of the early parts are really tough to read, even with the knowledge that Drew is back here dropping columns and podcasts.
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harperdc posted:The fact that it’s still up in the air how the proverbial lights went out is wild. I’m more than halfway through, and some of the early parts are really tough to read, even with the knowledge that Drew is back here dropping columns and podcasts. Yeah the quotes from his wife, siblings, and parents are heart wrenching. And good lord, that man owes his life to Megan Greenwell.
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I listened to the book over the last two days. It is an absolutely fantastic memoir. The chapters about the initial injury and convalescence are gut-wrenching. But it is a profoundly moving experience to read about a man building himself back to being a good husband and a father after such a traumatic injury. I’m a bit biased because I’ve been reading Drew since his KSK days. He’s been part of my daily internet reading for half my life — I probably know about him and his family that I do half of my friends. I’m genuinely happy to know that he’s alive and loved and that he’s used his trauma to become a better person. Anyway, read his book.
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The brain is really weird. That hemorrhage or aneurysm could've happened literally anywhere or anytime: in the shower, walking the dog, sitting at his desk while writing, etc. A few years ago I took two levels of Anatomy and Physiology to get my AS degree and the one and only thing I took out of all the reading, tests, and lab sessions was that there are thousands upon thousands of things going on every second in your body to keep you alive and at any given instant one of them can go out of whack and kill you either instantly or within a few hours. I probably should've taken earth science instead. Rocks don't produce as much existential dread.
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skaboomizzy posted:The brain is really weird. That hemorrhage or aneurysm could've happened literally anywhere or anytime: in the shower, walking the dog, sitting at his desk while writing, etc. I'm an atheist and human biology, in the grand context, usually converts me to a baseline agnosticism.
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With the right professor anatomy is a really fun class. We had an old cardiac surgeon who had tons of great stories and knew all the poo poo to his bones
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sportsgenius86 posted:Wright Thompson’s book about Pappy Van Winkle is only $1.99 for kindle today. https://www.amazon.com/Pappyland-St...al-text&sr=1-18 i thought this book stunk, it should have been a magazine profile or something at the absolute most MourningView fucked around with this message at 06:50 on Oct 16, 2021 |
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Speaking of sportswashing... https://twitter.com/SI_wrestling/status/1450931081943859205?s=20
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Luigi Thirty posted:Speaking of sportswashing...
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Luigi Thirty posted:Speaking of sportswashing... The WWE, a land of contrasts.
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Oct 21, 2021 05:53
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I feel bad for our kingdom. But this is tremendous sports entertainment.
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Oct 21, 2021 06:09
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xbilkis posted:I feel bad for our kingdom. But this is tremendous sports entertainment.
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xbilkis posted:I feel bad for our kingdom. But this is tremendous sports entertainment. 
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I pretty much only listen to Bill Simmons for the annual Over/Under podcast and they really stepped it up on the casual homophobia front this year.
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Rick posted:I pretty much only listen to Bill Simmons for the annual Over/Under podcast and they really stepped it up on the casual homophobia front this year. it finally happened, but bill simmons finally said the most outrageous and offensive thing he's ever said: he does not think the bulls will be that good.
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When will the Grizzlies defeat the MLK Curse?
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General Dog posted:When will the Grizzlies defeat the MLK Curse? was this actually something Simmons said?
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harperdc posted:was this actually something Simmons said? https://deadspin.com/bill-simmons-thinks-memphis-fans-get-tense-because-mlk-510443204
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Rick posted:I pretty much only listen to Bill Simmons for the annual Over/Under podcast and they really stepped it up on the casual homophobia front this year. What did they say
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harperdc posted:was this actually something Simmons said? I'd venture that it's the most Bill Simmons thing he ever said.
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DeimosRising posted:What did they say One of the non-Simmons people likes to say "cocksucker."
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Rick posted:One of the non-Simmons people likes to say "cocksucker." guessing this is joe house and you need to understand that the people demand a podcast host who occasionally orders an unusually large dinner
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EmotionlessThug posted:https://deadspin.com/bill-simmons-thinks-memphis-fans-get-tense-because-mlk-510443204 General Dog posted:I'd venture that it's the most Bill Simmons thing he ever said.  both that I completely missed that but also that he suggested it in the first place. yikes.
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https://twitter.com/sportsvanessa/status/1452086031080112131?s=21 The comments from people who didn’t get this are a delight
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DJExile posted:https://twitter.com/sportsvanessa/status/1452086031080112131?s=21 (RIP Pimp C)
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Keep your heart, three stacks, keep your heart.
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harperdc posted:(RIP Pimp C) poppin' trunk, showin′ lights
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MourningView posted:guessing this is joe house and you need to understand that the people demand a podcast host who occasionally orders an unusually large dinner Yeah I'm pretty sure it's him. It's not the biggest deal on Earth just weird for someone to decide to start incorporating it into their vocab in 2021.
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