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Messages - Hamilton Samuels

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46
Biden Administration / Re: News in General
« on: August 10, 2022, 02:07:59 PM »
If we use just the simple vote, then the tyranny of the majority upsets the tyranny of the minority. OTOH, if we have a national election day on the first Sunday of November and we use ranked choice voting ala the State of Maine, I think a lot of folks could get behind that.

But likely not enough votes can be had to amend the Constitution, especially when lobbyists realize their pigs might get slaughtered.


47
Baseball / Re: Major League Baseball
« on: August 09, 2022, 10:52:28 PM »
Phils win again. Keith Hernandez upset.

48
Baseball / Re: Major League Baseball
« on: August 09, 2022, 10:48:35 PM »
Come on, Sox. Win it.

49
Biden Administration / Re: News in General
« on: August 09, 2022, 04:52:20 PM »
Benghazi!!

What about her email?  Lock her up!!

Oh...that's different?

Heh

50
Biden Administration / Re: Biden Administration
« on: August 09, 2022, 04:50:10 PM »
Of course, if you could back up your opinion that asserts that "Folks like Black athletes only as long as they do nothing but entertain", with some objective facts, then maybe you have an issue worth discussing.

Jackie Robinson

Bill Russell

Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali

Dick Allen

Lew Alcindor/Kareem Abdul Jabber

Curt Flood

Tommie Smith

John Carlos

Mahmoud Abdul-Raif

Craig Hodges

Colin Kaepernick

LeBron James


https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/05/white-sports-fans-nfl-black-athletes-race-protest

You have not shown that to be a reflection of most modern fans POV..

It's just a list, mostly reflecting attitudes from decades ago.


51
Biden Administration / Re: News in General
« on: August 07, 2022, 05:33:33 PM »
 


"We got a crisis of Black manhood. I don't care what name you want to put on it---you can call it Black-on-Black violence, you can call it gentrification, you can call it whatever the hell you want to call it, but at the end of the day we have a crisis of Black manhood."


https://www.inquirer.com/news/gun-violence-community-groups-stanley-crawford-salvation-army-20220806.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news_alerts_8_6_2022&sfmc_id=0031U00001eN8yuQAC&sub_source=news-alert-newsletter&list_name=DE34_Newsletter_News_Alert&int_promo=newsletter&et_rid=242099554


Well put.




52
Biden Administration / Re: Biden Administration
« on: August 07, 2022, 05:17:16 PM »
The question has been asked, not totally unreasonably, about the teacher being held in juxtaposition to Ms. Grines.

Let me expand the comparison:


Bizarre.  And yes it invites questions of certain sorts of privilege. 

The comparison I've usually seen is with the 60 year old teacher Mark Fogel, who got a stiffer sentence than Griner, for MM treating severe arthritis.  The outrage was mainly focused on his case not being mentioned by Biden and only reaching mid-level State Department officials.

Less than 50 per cent of drug offenders in Russia do jail time

Was Ms Griner properly represented?  Did they go overboard in accusing Russian authorities of being strict vs Ms Griner because she is

a)  black
b)  gay
c)  famous?

Had they played it more low key like Lorber did, who knows?  Nope.   Had to rile up all America to decry the big bad Russians as evil.

The big bad Russians are evil. Apparently,  you forgot what's happening in Ukraine. Or for like ever with their long history of ethnic cleansing.

53
Biden Administration / Re: Biden Administration
« on: August 07, 2022, 05:13:27 PM »
http://www.vice.com/en/article/v7vv8a/michigan-primaries-ryan-kelly-not-conceding

Be best!

We could trade him for Britney.  I'm sure he'd find the elections in Russia more legit and free of oddities.

What the hell is taking so damn long with the Griner detention?  Jeez.
She refused to listen to our National Anthem for years.
Let her meditate a while to Tchaikovsky.

It was in 2020.

She was protesting the injustice of Breonna Taylor being killed by police and no being to account for that murder.

Yesterday the DOJ charged the involved officers for civil rights violations.

Meanwhile she was taken right before Russia invaded Ukraine and she is being held as leverage .

All these so called patriots yelling to let her rot or get used to Tchaikovsky are falling in with RUSSIA who is compiling a heinous list of war crimes in Ukraine and Syria.

Folks like Black athletes only as long as they do nothing but entertain.




Your last sentence destroyed a good post, because it doesn't follow from the preceding sentences.

Plus, it's a gross generalization.


Folks like Black athletes only as long as they do nothing but entertain

Where is the lie?

It's an opinion.

Any 5th grader would tell you that.

Try focussing on real issues.

Of course it is an opinion it is my opinion.

In my opinion racism is a real issue.

The real issue is your insistence on making everything about race. You got a horn and only know one note.

Of course, if you could back up your opinion that asserts that "Folks like Black athletes only as long as they do nothing but entertain", with some objective facts, then maybe you have an issue worth discussing.

But, you just like to make that shit up.

Most people are supporting the gay black female basketball player and saying her sentence is unjustified.

Of course, most also think she kinda did this to herself. And that is NOT because she's black.


But that falls outside your narrative.



SSDD

54
Baseball / Re: Major League Baseball
« on: August 07, 2022, 05:06:56 PM »
Mets are getting lots of breaks in this series, some they've made, and others like weird hops, infield hits, etc.. and their fans are going to be true-believers after this series, if they win it, today.

But..if the Braves win tonight, well, all the anxiety renews in Queens.

Meanwhile, the Phillies won game number 10 of the last 11. Rhys Hoskins homered for the 4th game in a row, Darick Hall has 2 homers in the game, today. Callup Nick Maton has homered, 3 hits and 4 rbis. Newcomer Brandon Marsh is 2 for 4 and a run scored and an rbi. SS Stott 2 -5 2 runs scored and 3 rbis...

And Rob Thomson has his team playing at a .666 clip since the beginning of July.

What's good about all this is the team knows it can win with Harper sidelined, and he's coming back in September, if not before.

4-game sweep of the Nats is done.

Marlins are in for 3 before the series next weekend in Queens.

Just keep winning series.



55
Biden Administration / Re: News in General
« on: August 06, 2022, 05:01:34 PM »

56
Baseball / Re: Major League Baseball
« on: August 06, 2022, 01:30:23 PM »
Rob Thomson has already made a good argument for MOY. When he took over the team was SIX games under .500, and now they are 10 games over .500 and in the Wild card mix.


57
Biden Administration / Re: Biden Administration
« on: August 06, 2022, 11:44:25 AM »
http://www.vice.com/en/article/v7vv8a/michigan-primaries-ryan-kelly-not-conceding

Be best!

We could trade him for Britney.  I'm sure he'd find the elections in Russia more legit and free of oddities.

What the hell is taking so damn long with the Griner detention?  Jeez.
She refused to listen to our National Anthem for years.
Let her meditate a while to Tchaikovsky.

It was in 2020.

She was protesting the injustice of Breonna Taylor being killed by police and no being to account for that murder.

Yesterday the DOJ charged the involved officers for civil rights violations.

Meanwhile she was taken right before Russia invaded Ukraine and she is being held as leverage .

All these so called patriots yelling to let her rot or get used to Tchaikovsky are falling in with RUSSIA who is compiling a heinous list of war crimes in Ukraine and Syria.

Folks like Black athletes only as long as they do nothing but entertain.




Your last sentence destroyed a good post, because it doesn't follow from the preceding sentences.

Plus, it's a gross generalization.


Folks like Black athletes only as long as they do nothing but entertain

Where is the lie?

It's an opinion.

Any 5th grader would tell you that.

Try focussing on real issues.

58
Baseball / Re: Major League Baseball
« on: August 06, 2022, 11:41:02 AM »
Gibson pitched into the 8th, with lots of run support. Another win today, is another series win.

Corbin v Suarez.


59
Biden Administration / Re: News in General
« on: August 05, 2022, 05:53:29 PM »
It says a lot that one of Orban's top aides resigned over the mixed race commentary, and saying his  One of Orb

60
Biden Administration / Re: Biden Administration
« on: August 05, 2022, 05:43:02 PM »
"A woman working at a day care in Illinois has tested positive for monkeypox," multiple sources tell The Post.

Multiple children reportedly exposed.

What kind of close contact di she have with the kids?

She worked at a day care.

Are you being abnormally dense or have you just avoided learning how it spreads, in the hope that ignorance would somehow save you?

cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/transmission.html

Spreads by close contact - which is why I asked.   Was she nuzzling with the kids?  Not sure a diaper change qualifies.

Tell us more, doctor.

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