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By barefooted on Wed, 08/22/2018 - 2:28pm |

Have you noticed this guy?

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https://nowthisnews.com/videos/politics/beto-orourke-on-nfl-players-kneeling-during-the-national-anthem

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The NBA is increasing its footprint. NBA players wore “I Can’t Breathe” hoodies. Steph Curry refused to go to the White House. LeBron James called Trump a bum. White NBA coaches criticized Trump. The NFL. is upset about players kneeling. NFL viewership is down.

Beto is more courageous than many politicians by truly speaking his mind.

by rmrd0000 on Wed, 08/22/2018 - 3:41pm

Agreed. He was also able to answer truthfully without denigrating people who feel differently ...

by barefooted on Wed, 08/22/2018 - 3:00pm

Got great review at the Root.

NBA coach Steve Kerr and ex-NFL QB Kurt Warner also gave it high marks.

https://www.theroot.com/senate-candidate-beto-o-rourke-defends-nfl-players-righ-1828529726

by rmrd0000 on Wed, 08/22/2018 - 3:40pm

Finally - for 2 years I've been waiting for a white guy to effectively address this situation.

Now that that's out of the way, another death of unarmed black man by police tasering. Discuss.

https://www.theroot.com/3-georgia-cops-indicted-for-tasering-unarmed-bla...

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 08/22/2018 - 5:26pm

Snark much?

eta: I'll play: this old woman was accidentally white.

by barefooted on Wed, 08/22/2018 - 5:51pm

Awesome film. Snarknado.

https://youtu.be/ARpJBSTmcJ0

(yes, I posted this woman's story a couple days ago, noting that where I live, grandmas picking mushrooms and berries and herbs in the woods is kinda de rigeur, would be Tasing Central if this practice caught on)

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 08/22/2018 - 5:53pm

I watched the trailer and am not inclined to watch the film. It appears to have a bias against strippers.

by ocean-kat on Wed, 08/22/2018 - 6:02pm

you really should watch Barney of ~~Mayberry'~~s Chatsworth's explanation of what happened. the video obviously done by him as P.R. (!!!!) They tased her for "retreating" in an "elevated position" AFTER he took the knife away from her and threw it on the ground. (You know, she was scary in an elevated position, because like "the officer could have fallen down")

by artappraiser on Wed, 08/22/2018 - 6:15pm

The original was indeed AWESOME. Even you, dear Peracles, don't rise to that level.

(Sorry I missed your post. I've envied Somalis around here for their ability to find just the right greens/herbs among the grasses, and have often wished I had the same talent)

by barefooted on Wed, 08/22/2018 - 6:47pm

Good as it was, it still wasn't the caliber of "Snakes on a Plane" - pure effing genius.

(Ethiopian food is brilliant - assume Somali is similar except more fish)

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 08/22/2018 - 7:31pm

"Snakes on a Plane"!! Sam Jackson only agreed to do it because of that title ... he knew snakalicious when he saw it. Never to be outdone, never to be replicated.

(Walking by a family foraging ... watching how the women and children collect along with the husband/father, who directs them, is fascinating. And yes, more fish.)

by barefooted on Wed, 08/22/2018 - 8:10pm

I call foul play! You don't really know which side she is on as to NFL policy as regards the national anthem.

by artappraiser on Wed, 08/22/2018 - 6:03pm

Originally? I imagine she considered bending a knee like that to be a painful expression of anything. Now? I like to think she's a sideline septuagenarian cheerleader. ;-)

by barefooted on Wed, 08/22/2018 - 6:40pm

Oh, I get it (slaps forehead) - she took a knee in the forest. Of course she needed to be tased.

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 08/22/2018 - 7:34pm

We need to find out why the black man wasn’t dressed appropriately to prevent his murder

(snark)

by rmrd0000 on Thu, 08/23/2018 - 7:49am

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