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  1. I may be wrong, but it seem like since January our military has been laser focused on defending the homeland from cyber or military attacks. I mean after four years of distraction, it seems like they have really doubled-down and focused on possible threats and refused to be distracted by silly bullshit.

  2. I'm new here, but I get the sense that this forum tends to lean heavily snowflake, so I do not want to ruffle any panties. I honestly could give two shits about gay marriage. But I am a science and data guy. Is there any data that quantifies marked improvements in quality of life post Oberfell? Again, you ladies keep your daggers in the curing solution  - I am just wondering if this was just a culture war distraction or if there is quantifiable and demonstrable data that shows this made QOL improvements.

     

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  3. 1 hour ago, Willfully Horn said:

    What is logically consistent is that Ms Peen did not intend to show her dong.

    Otherwise, an arrest would have been more likely than a random park flasher’s, as the spa knows who is in their spa, and parks might not know the identity of the flasher.

     

    Again, why do people believe this was an intended flashing?

    It is only confusing for you and your fellow micro-penisers.

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  4. This just seems pretty easy to me. If you're getting your dong out for others to see, you go to the men's room. 

    It is just not logically consistent - if a guy goes to a park and flashes a woman or children, he gets arrested. If he does it in a spa, he's cool?

  5. The old English were right when they considered actors on par with hookers. Amazing how much value our culture places on individuals who do nothing more than entertain us. I mean by that analogy my dog should be a billionaire. Acting might be the most over-value profession in the history of the world.

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  6. 1 minute ago, TwiceHorn said:

    I might guess that a variety of things drove that, but the ascendancy of the corporate class (including ibankers and related) that figured out they could basically vote themselves largesse from the corporate treasury.

    IIRC, two things drove the insanity, and both "well intentioned" as often used to justify terrible policies:
    1. Variable compensation - to better align incentives, companies started paying less in fixed and more in variable comp (stock bonuses). It was "risk free" in the sense that the value corresponded with the growth in the stock price, so boards were more willing to place big bets

    2. Private equity - the big PE run of the 80s, really starting with Ross Johnson and Nabisco, launched the idea of the "golden parachute," which was designed as a disincentive for leveraged buyouts. Although obviously do not it really worked

    Regarding non-profits, many of them - even the well known ones - always have been Ponzi schemes, and their CEOs got their part-time, who cares boards to track their comp to companies ... because you know, running the United Way is just as hard as running Exxon. And governments and ISDs ... the usually voter apathy and lack of public service ethos - too many idiots get elected to school boards.

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  7. My McCombs ethics paper was on CEO compensation. I'm going to screw up the numbers, but in 1970 the ratio of CEO pay to average was like 12-1. In 2000 it was more like 400-1. And it is definitely not limited to private-public companies. Non-profits and governments - especially school boards - are some of the worse offenders when it comes to insane CEO compensation, and the latter are by far the worst at rewarded terrible performance.

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  8. While not quite as harsh, I agree 100% with the poster above about shame. It is a very powerful motivator, and you can easily draw correlations between the removal of shame / acceptance of a particular behavior to its exponential increase. This is only going to get worse with the fatties. My wife shops at a few sexy stores, and every one of them now has fatties prominently displayed - the VS catalog has basically become a community college catalog of heifers. Health weight already is getting pulled into the "white supremacy" list of sins, so that's not going to help either. At work, we're already getting woke emails about "body shaming" patients wrapped in all the DEI bullshit. So yeah, it is only going to get worse.

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  9. 4 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

    Yes.......released LONG after the fact.  After a counter-narrative crafted by police was the dominant narrative.  And after initial interest in the immediate story was long gone.

    There's a reason that news organizations pitch the "we bring you news AS IT HAPPENS" angle.  Because that's when it grabs people.

    A real-time, live murder, with people begging the cop to stop murdering the victim, was broadcast to the world nearly the instant it happened to Floyd.  That's a huge story.  It grabs people. Because the body isn't even cold, and we watch the WHOLE event unfold, not just selected clips.  And we saw it from multiple angles.  That's what grabbed me and stood out from other cases - and I'm a strong cop critic who has seen many bad videos.

    Live video, of a murder as it happened, with people begging for it to stop.  That's an eyeball-grabber.

    i agree, and that is reasonable to an extent. But there were many other "Say Their Names" that lacked video, so I think that is not fully reasonable. Michael Brown the most obvious, so video really is a red herring IMHO. Again, Brittain, Shaver, and Timpa were not even accused of criminal activity - that seems like the poster children for "Defund the Police." I am struggling to understand why they are not receiving as much attention as Michael Brown, Jacob Blake, George Floyd, Breaonna Taylor. Will we see NBA players wearing their names during the Finals? Will we "say their names?" I will be curious to see if we see NFL players with "Hunter Brittain" on their helmets next fall.

    FTR I fall strongly in the camp of police reform, but I like my opinions, principles, and outrage to be equally applied across similar realities. 

  10. 1 hour ago, Dahobbs said:

    Go build a statute if you want one. You can start that campaign, anyone can. But, the story got coverage once the video was released. It wasn't that the media ignored it, it was that it wasn't fresh enough to strike a chord with the public. That isn't because people find the actions of the police acceptable. It isn't because people believe a white guy's death isn't important. Plenty of black men have died due to police mistreatment, and their stories had a similar 5 minutes of fame only to be replaced by something else in the public consciousness. Sometimes things happen at just the right time and in the right conditions to cause a larger chain reaction. Most times a single spark is going to sputter out. But every so often it creates a wildfire.  That's what happened with Floyd.

    Here is my suggestion for some of you: focus on the material misconduct here, the actions of the police. The obsession with finding mistreatment of the white man because a black man's story became famous is fucking pathetic. 

    So by that logic we should be seeing round-the-clock coverage of Hunter Brittain. Oddly I do not see it on the CNN chyron, and a quick online search did not pop myriad national news stories. Seems like the shooting of an unarmed teenager actually not in the commission of a crime is among the absolute worst examples of police brutality we've seen. This case plus Daniel Shaver are exponentially worse than any other cases that have gotten national attention.

    Why do you think the Defund the Police crowd has not gotten behind this to promote the agenda? Maybe you can post a link to an LeBron or AOC tweet or something about it? Should all white men be scared to walk down the street for fear of getting murdered by police?

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  11. I feel the critics. The entire weird Billet's picture sexless man thing is why I'm reading this Idiocracy ... did reading Cloak Room threads make me so brain-dead that I do not recall how Bosch's dismissed-disgraced, rookie, ex-girlfriend returned to the force? She was ashamed and shit-canned in season 1 or 2 ... 

  12. 2 hours ago, oldhorn2 said:

    I can see it now.....Big Cigars telling some HS stud......Now if you come to aTm, the Chicken will give you a 7 figure endorsement....

     

    Whats to stop them?

    This ... and Title IX, which I do not see how does not kill all of college athletics if this is allowed to stand. There is no way NIL, college athletics, and Title IX can co-exist.

    Power will shift from schools based in small, college towns to larger cities where NIL can more easily be monetized.

    This is going to be a shit show. I for one am glad I don't have a long-term obligation to a south end zone suite.

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  13. 3 hours ago, Chooky said:

    Kinda shrewd to offer discounts on Mountain Dew 12 packs with an insulin purchase, though.

    That's probably part of it but Amazon bought PillPack a few years ago and has been trying to move into health care (despite its epic JPMorgan fail). This is just corporate strategy. As noted, this is a great example of the stupidity of 'murica ... let's celebrate cheap insulin sold in a store full of diabetes-driving crap. A better strategy would be stop selling fatty, processed food.

  14. 6 hours ago, Dahobbs said:

    That's when the video was released showing that the cops were full of shit. I'm not sure what you're wanting here. It was covered by national news. The story sucks. Qualified immunity sucks. The police in that instance (and many instances) sucked. Your anger at the media for not covering it is completely misplaced. I can tell you right now a good part of why this incident didn't get as much coverage as others: pretty much everyone who isn't a copy saw this story and agreed the cops were fuck heads. Part of what drives so much coverage of other incidents is the fact that a segment of society is adamantly opposed to admitting that cops killing black men is a problem in this country. That conflict breeds consumer interest, which generates more coverage.  Maybe if you (and others) spent more time being angry about police mistreating people and less time being angry about media coverage, you'd find that stories like Timpa's would generate similar publicity. 

    I agree with you. If you're free this weekend, let's grab a beer downtown by that little Irish place next to the Tony Timpa statue and discuss the complexities of gun violence and policing. 

  15. 18 minutes ago, sunset87 said:

    Agreed, too much over dramatization. They Cloak Roomed it up and took away from the basis for the series. Totally different feel to this season IMO.

    That's too bad. I'm over everything having to have simpleton political crap mixed into the secret sauce. The Wire is one of my all time favorite shows largely because it invested in examining complex social-political issues and took the time to do so from diverse POV ... that's worthwhile but feeding easy-to-digest red meat to the Idiocracy just muddles the story.

  16. 10 minutes ago, ScottS said:

    Netflix is doing a Haller series.

    https://deadline.com/2021/01/the-lincoln-lawyer-drama-david-e-kelley-netflix-series-order-manuel-garcia-rulfo-star-formerly-at-cbs-1234666034/

    EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has given a series order to The Lincoln Lawyer, a drama based on Michael Connelly’s series of bestselling novels, from Big Little Lies and Big Sky creator David E. Kelley and A+E Studios.

    This is a new incarnation of the project, which originally was set up at CBS with a series production commitment last season. Manuel Garcia-Rulfo (The Magnificent Seven) has been tapped to play the titular character in the Netflix series as it honors the story’s Latinx origins.

    “I’m excited to announce that after a bit of a journey, Mickey Haller will come to life once again on screen — this time in the TV series adaptation of The Lincoln Lawyer coming to Netflix and starring the wonderful and talented Manuel Garcia-Rulfo,” Connelly said in blog post tied to the pickup.

    With the casting of Mexico-born Garcia-Rulfo, Mickey Haller will stay true to the character as depicted in Connelly’s books. (In the CBS version, the role was to be played by Logan Marshall-Green; in the 2011 movie, the character was portrayed by Matthew McConaughey.)

    “Manuel is the ideal Mickey Haller, who is following in the footsteps of his attorney father with the showmanship of his Mexican movie star mother,” Connelly wrote. “He brings a powerful dynamic and dimension to the role — one that aligns with the books and brings authenticity to the Latinx heritage and roots of this Los Angeles-based story.

    The 10-episode first season is based on the second book in The Lincoln Lawyer series, The Brass Verdict.

    Written and executive produced by Kelley and showrunner Ted Humphrey (The Good Wife), The Lincoln Lawyer revolves around Mickey Haller (Garcia-Rulfo), an iconoclastic idealist, who runs his law practice out of the back seat of his Lincoln Town Car, as he takes on cases big and small across the expansive city of Los Angeles.

    The Lincoln Lawyer series will be adapted to serve up the complex and mysterious arcs fans know and love with a mix of light-hearted humor and a dose of family dynamics,” Connelly said.

    The creative team of the project remains the same as it was for the CBS version, with Kelley and Humphrey executive producing alongside Connelly and Ross Fineman (Goliath, Big Sky).

    On-screen, two roles are being recast: Mickey and Lorna, his second ex-wife and constant confidante, who was to be played by Kiele Sanchez on CBS. A search is underway for a director.

    At CBS, The Lincoln Lawyer was picked up to pilot, which was days away from starting production when the coronavirus pandemic shut down all filming in March. After CBS’ surprise May decision not to go forward with the high-profile project, A+E Studios immediately took it it out to streamers. (The show’s serialized storytelling was considered better suited for a digital platform than a traditional network.)

    While different suitors were rumored, including Prime Video, which has the long-running series Bosch, centered on Mickey’s half-brother, serious conversation with Netflix started over the summer.

    This marks the second series at Netflix for A+E Studios, joining WWII animated limited series The Liberator, which premiered on Veterans Day. The studio, whose slate is overseen by A+E head Barry Jossen and EVP scripted programming Tana Jamieson, also is behind breakout new ABC drama series Big Sky, also from Kelley. It is co-produced by ABC Signature.

    At Netflix, Kelley also has the upcoming anthology Anatomy of a Scandal, based on Sarah Vaughan’s novel, starring Sienna Miller, Michelle Dockery and Rupert Friend. Big Little Lies creator Kelley is coming off another successful limited series for HBO, The Undoing and is shepherding ABC’s Big Sky, which recently received a full-season order..

    The Lincoln Lawyer reunites Garcia-Rulfo with Kelley and Fineman after he had a major recurring role on Prime Video’s Goliath, co-created/exec produced by Kelley and exec produced by Fineman. The Lincoln Lawyer and Goliath are two of the many legal series Kelley, an attorney by trade, has created/co-created. The list also includes the Emmy-winning The Practice and Ally McBeal. 

    Garcia-Rulfo is best known for his role as Vasquez in The Magnificent Seven remake and Gallo in Sicario: Day of the Soldado. He recently was seen in features Greyhound and 6 Underground, and his TV credits also include From Dusk to Dawn: The Series.

    The Lincoln Lawyer book series launched in 2009. The latest, sixth installment, The Law of Innocence, was published in November, seven years after the fifth novel.

    “I’m thrilled to call Netflix our home,” Connelly said. “And I’m excited to bring this rich, multilayered story filled with intriguing characters and mysteries to solve to millions of viewers — both old and new fans — around the world.”

    Stopped reading at "Latinx."

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