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WSJ: NFL Paid Under $10 Million to Settle Colin Kaepernick Grievance Antibody Mar 22, 11:43

So, $300k per team w/o spending the same $ in Atty. fees, eliminated waste of resources, cleaned up headlines. PhoneHome Mar 24, 04:42

I'm based in Christchurch. Diversionary excuses and arguments from gun advocates don't apply here... Qix Mar 21, 13:18

You must accept that some people have black hearts and empty souls and will do bad things... Chimpmuck Mar 21, 13:24

You must accept that we already realise this, and have decided based on the evidence that gun control is the best solution. {nm} RogerMore Mar 21, 13:41

Our laws were weak, they will be strong - and like Australia, this should prevent a repeat. Qix Mar 21, 13:46

In Australia, there were 13 mass shootings with five or more deaths between 1979 and 1996... Qix Mar 21, 15:14

the main (only) thing to remember about opposing arguments to any gun laws is what's really behind them is a simple desire of the gun makers professor zovek Mar 21, 15:32

Exactly. The self-entitlement of gun consumers is disgusting too. Qix Mar 21, 16:03

money talks...god forbid an NRA member's child is involved in a shootng before things change...I hope the money's not talking THAT loudly {nm} tealfan Mar 21, 16:11

hope you're taking care of yourself, wishing you the best mental health {nm} Moviesnob Mar 22, 07:47

Thanks man. I think all NZers have been deeply affected, in different ways. Qix Mar 22, 11:31

self-defense is a human right Pepe_Nolan Mar 23, 14:36

Any implied - or explicit - support for civilian MSSAs, is inhuman. That's the point I'm making & I have nothing further to add, thanks. {nm} Qix Mar 25, 17:02

less than a week after the mosque slayings, New Zealand bans all semi-automatic assault weapons (which the US also used to before the NRA) professor zovek Mar 20, 19:42

There is no such thing as an "assault weapon." This language was invented to demonize guns {nm} Chimpmuck Mar 20, 21:25

good. it's working professor zovek Mar 21, 00:09

The language I saw banned military-style semiautomatic weapons? Is that a real thing? {nm} Wellespring Mar 21, 03:37

It will be defined in the NZ legislation - but basically, a semi automatic firearm or shotgun that can be used with a detachable cartridge RogerMore Mar 21, 05:48

How about "weapon made to kill multiple human beings on a battlefield". {nm} Antibody Mar 21, 08:04

All guns are designed to kill. What's your point? {nm} Chimpmuck Mar 21, 09:27

So they should all be banned? No, some people have legitimate uses for some types of gun. So which ones should be banned? The ones made to RogerMore Mar 21, 09:39

Why should any gun be banned? "Legitimate use" is not required according to the 2nd amendment and the supreme court affirmation of gun right {nm} Chimpmuck Mar 21, 09:43

Supreme Court has ruled that right is not unlimited. Also, Amendments can and have been changed in the past. {nm} Antibody Mar 21, 09:46

I never understand why people blame guns and not perpetrators. My gun and the guns of millions of others have not gone out and killed anyone Chimpmuck Mar 21, 09:51

Because other nations in the world that ban assault weapons do not have nutcases that massacre its citizens regularly. {nm} Antibody Mar 21, 09:56

Probably because they remove the nutcases from society rather than let them roam the streets like we do {nm} Chimpmuck Mar 21, 09:58

Wrong. Again, the only difference in the equation is "assault rweapons". {nm} Antibody Mar 21, 10:04

Actually, absence of assault weapon... Hard to kill 50 people in 10 minutes with a knife... {nm} Lukasck Mar 21, 14:18

In the case of murder by knife, would you blame the knife and call for knife control? {nm} Chimpmuck Mar 21, 14:23

Because like you said, they're designed to kill. It's good public policy to restrict ownership. And NZ doesn't have the 2nd Amendment. {nm} RogerMore Mar 21, 09:51

I'm happy they are designed to kill... Chimpmuck Mar 21, 09:56

No, thank the conservatives for taking funding away from social services that would have housed the mentally ill. {nm} Antibody Mar 21, 09:58

That is an uninformed opinion.. Chimpmuck Mar 21, 10:10

The mass murderers in the US were not "mentally ill roaming the streets" but regular people in good homes including high school sstudents. {nm} Antibody Mar 21, 10:40

Anyone who commits mass murder is mentally ill. Your argument is invalid. {nm} Chimpmuck Mar 21, 10:44

The point is they are regular people like you with no signs of mental illness, until the shooting starts. {nm} Antibody Mar 21, 10:47

Roaming the streets and allowed to buy guns, including the most lethal guns and a lot of them. And look closer at the people you are talking RogerMore Mar 21, 10:17

In terms of constitutional rights, that is the equivalent of banning free speech for everyone because some people might use "hate speech" {nm} Chimpmuck Mar 21, 10:21

I can't believe you switched from "if more people were institutionalised, this wouldn't be a problem" to "this is a breach of constitutional RogerMore Mar 21, 10:31

I didn't switch. Restricting the rights of all citizens to own guns for protection because of the deinstitutionalized mentally ill is wrong Chimpmuck Mar 21, 10:42

Who said anything about banning all guns? Just asking for semi-automatic, assault weapons made by the military for the battlefield. {nm} Antibody Mar 21, 10:44

The AR-15 everyone hates is not made by the military. More... Chimpmuck Mar 21, 11:03

Saying “the similarities are cosmetic” isn’t telling the whole story. It’s a semi-automatic rifle developed for the military and adapted for RogerMore Mar 21, 11:20

You don’t seem very concerned about the constitutional rights of the people who would be institutionalize under your proposal. RogerMore Mar 21, 10:58

With some people there is no way to know whether they are going to be a mass killer. You can resrtict the rights of everyone based... Chimpmuck Mar 21, 11:17

*cant restrict {nm} Chimpmuck Mar 21, 11:17

So think of ways that don’t affect people’s rights or impact them less. Don’t just say “Do nothing, it’s better than a complete ban” RogerMore Mar 21, 11:39

I agree with all of that (except the home interview) and more, as long as it is focused on the individual. {nm} Chimpmuck Mar 21, 11:43

In these discussions, I've found that everyone agrees with it (generally) in theory, but prefer the status quo in practice. {nm} RogerMore Mar 21, 12:04

What kind of "legitimate use" can you find to a gun designed to shoot 500 rounds/minute??? Lukasck Mar 21, 12:04

That's just a hyperbolic argument. If you are referring to the vilified AR-15 rifle... Chimpmuck Mar 21, 12:34

Like I said, no need to bring NRA usual lines to justify... Lukasck Mar 21, 13:55

Our constitution was designed so that citizens can have weapons to.... chipshot Mar 21, 11:33

The constitution also referred to slaves as three-fifths of a whole person. {nm} Antibody Mar 21, 12:04

and the weapons in the civil war helped put that in balance that, huh. {nm} chipshot Mar 21, 12:41

Or nearly a million Americans would not have died needlessly if guns were not around. {nm} Antibody Mar 21, 12:53

Many nations ended slavery without going through a civil war. {nm} Antibody Mar 21, 13:03

and actually ended it {nm} professor zovek Mar 21, 13:07

apples and oranges. If many nations had the ability to uprise against their corrupt governments chipshot Mar 21, 12:46

Huh? Many nations have risen up against their corrupt governments and replaced their leaders violently throughout history. {nm} Antibody Mar 21, 12:50

Fairy Tale. {nm} DTravel Mar 21, 12:41

Should we expect any changes to the Fox Studio Fund, FOXX, following the Disney merger? {nm} stormgod Mar 20, 18:33

if reports are to be believed, Fox's annual slate will shrink even further, probably less than 10 releases a year {nm} professor zovek Mar 20, 18:53

how much all of the kids in the AdmissionsSoRich likely knew about the crimes their parents were committing to get them into college professor zovek Mar 20, 10:45

Stranger Things 3 gets a trailer islndr Mar 20, 06:48

ESPN: Mike Trout and the Los Angeles Angels are finalizing a 12-year deal worth more than $430 million Antibody Mar 19, 09:39

i was assured by Fox N*** that nobody wants to do huge contracts with California teams because taxes {nm} professor zovek Mar 19, 11:01

Perhaps the reason for the extra $6Mil/year. Just to cover taxes. {nm} PhoneHome Mar 19, 14:26

but then he could have given himself a $6m a year raise just by going to play for the Marlins or Rangers {nm} professor zovek Mar 19, 16:50

8 years, 0 playoff wins. Totally worth it {nm} islndr Mar 19, 18:54

who else are they gonna pay the money to? Moneyball is nice in theory but rarely gets a team appreciably closer to a title {nm} professor zovek Mar 19, 22:08

its more that for 430M and being a supposed surefire hall of famer, he isnt very good islndr Mar 20, 07:09

Analytics shows he has a chance to be the best player ever if continues to average 10 WAR (Win Above Replacement) per season. Antibody Mar 20, 09:25

“Die analytics die” :) {nm} islndr Mar 20, 09:39

DNA evidence point to Polish barber Aaron Kosminski as Jack the Ripper Antibody Mar 18, 12:03

Myspace lost all its pre-2015 photos, videos, and audio files due to a failed server migration. Antibody Mar 18, 10:03

Myspace still exists? {nm} DTravel Mar 18, 11:00

shouldn't they still have the original servers? {nm} professor zovek Mar 18, 13:52

MLB rule changes for 2020: roster increase to 26, two-way players designation, pitcher must face 3 batters or till end of inning. Antibody Mar 15, 13:58

saving Dave Roberts from himself {nm} professor zovek Mar 15, 17:04

I hate it. I love the rise of the importance of relief pitching in baseball. {nm} Moviesnob Mar 15, 22:42

die analytics die {nm} professor zovek Mar 16, 11:02

Game of Thrones Season 8 episode length (i don't understand why they didn't breakdown the total hours to 10 episodes) Antibody Mar 15, 09:58

squads of white supremacist terrorists attack two mosques in Christchurch NZ, apparently slaying dozens professor zovek Mar 14, 22:25

40 fatalities & 48 in hospital with gunshot wounds. PM has just addressed the nation. {nm} Qix Mar 15, 00:13

49 total dead now. POTUS refuses to call it terrorism or white supremacy, just a "small group of people" who are a prublem {nm} professor zovek Mar 15, 17:05

death toll now 50. would likely have been much higher at the second mosque but for the heroic actions of one man who stood up to the shooter professor zovek Mar 16, 15:29

NZ is united in grief & gun laws will be reformed. Official victim support links... Qix Mar 17, 12:04

"Squads" or one mentally-ill individual. {nm} PhoneHome Mar 18, 12:19

Facebook, NBC, Axios among companies hiring PR veteran to manipulate their Wikipedia entries with puffery and pro-company spin professor zovek Mar 14, 17:32

anonymous NFL team approached 38-y.o. former Bills garbage QB J.P. Losman about a tryout when they saw him throwing some balls at Clemson professor zovek Mar 14, 14:15

Golf ball sized hail is ****ing scary islndr Mar 14, 13:08

Two Stanford University students filed a federal class-action lawsuit against eight colleges (umm, Stanford is better than USC...) Antibody Mar 14, 11:18

i LOLd when i saw it and just assumed they were trolling {nm} professor zovek Mar 14, 11:30

BF: how affirmative action in college admissions for white rich kids works (spoiler: it's called "college admissions") professor zovek Mar 13, 11:13

Counting white guys wearing salmon shorts not very scientific. Actually whites and Hispanics are underrepresented. Blacks and Asians over. PhoneHome Mar 13, 12:44

Looking at white people on the whole isn't very scientific either. The outcome of university enrolment policies such as legacy admissions, RogerMore Mar 13, 14:09

This is data from the 2010 census. Also, doesn't differentiate between the top 50 universities, and all the community colleges. {nm} Antibody Mar 13, 14:30

Ok, let's go with 2017 students at Ivy League schools only. 44% white, 20% Asian, 12% Latino, 9% Black, 4% Mixed Race. Source Inside. PhoneHome Mar 13, 19:42

But again off point. Fifty people broke the law in an egregious manner under the illusion that they're helping their child, PhoneHome Mar 13, 19:54

It's off point to focus on 50 individuals who broke the rules, while ignoring how those rules give preferential access to RogerMore Mar 14, 07:20

Exactly! This was a disgusting, incomprehensible abuse of their wealth! We are on the same page. {nm} PhoneHome Mar 14, 09:00

And yes, the system is clearly broken. It should be more merit based, and not about privilege. But this group was falsifying merit. {nm} PhoneHome Mar 14, 09:39

The point has completely to do with the privilege that white people have enjoyed in this country just because of the color of their skin. {nm} Antibody Mar 14, 08:11

This was about several immoral crooks abusing their wealth. About some rich people being rich, not white people being white. PhoneHome Mar 14, 09:30

>90% of these crooks are white. What's racist is the denial of where the majority of wealth is concentrated and how the systems Antibody Mar 14, 09:59

My issue is the incessant attempts at making racial issues out of non-racial situations. PhoneHome Mar 14, 12:17

But that's not the point. These perpetrators, regardless of race abandoned morals because their ego and pride became more important than PhoneHome Mar 13, 13:13

All Cheaters Matter {nm} professor zovek Mar 13, 13:29

if you are trying to be realistic and make a point or story about this then you must look at the REJECTION demographics chipshot Mar 14, 10:37

It's in the article Antibody Mar 14, 10:59

i don't read anywhere that of "of the applicants, 30% were Black and we only admitted 9%.... {nm} chipshot Mar 14, 11:04

In their minds, anecdotal evidence and one person's opinions or musings trumps data and facts. {nm} PhoneHome Mar 14, 16:18

Major crypto player tweets support for tokenizing movies, with HSX + HSX co-founder mentioned in tweet... Qix Mar 12, 15:43

That guy from DEN who's linked to BSING scandal. {nm} Antibody Mar 12, 16:32

No doubt he's been linked to all sorts of people during his entrepreneurial career. If guilty by association is the new guilty, then... Qix Mar 12, 17:03

You act like he met Singer once or something. He was so linked to the scandal, he fled the country. {nm} Antibody Mar 13, 08:42

He answers to this stuff about an early business partner on twitter. Steve Bannon... Qix Mar 13, 11:06

actors Felicity Huffman and Lori Laughlin arrested in massive bribery scheme for top-tier university admissions (aka white meritocracy) professor zovek Mar 12, 09:34

Wow, $500,000 to be admiited as USC crew team {nm} Antibody Mar 12, 09:45

despite not having ever rowed crew (or apparently even wanting to actually go to college). other kids had their faces photoshopped onto professor zovek Mar 12, 13:51

University of Spoiled Children confirmed. {nm} Antibody Mar 12, 14:29

surely they'll clean house in admissions now {nm} professor zovek Mar 12, 14:39

There's a 'Full House' joke in there somewhere.... {nm} DTravel Mar 14, 16:26

Coming soon to Lifetime, Lori Laughlin as Lori Laughlin in "Operation Varsity Blues". {nm} Antibody Mar 12, 09:50

You might better wait to see all the players and those that benefited before pulling the race card yet again Jimmy. {nm} PhoneHome Mar 13, 06:09

there's a list from DOJ. show me one who isn't {nm} professor zovek Mar 13, 10:06

have at it, white defender professor zovek Mar 13, 11:16

Ok, white attacker. Jerome Allen. But that's the point. It's not a racial issue. It's all races and nationalities. It's a few wealthy, PhoneHome Mar 13, 13:03

Jerome Allen is a coach who took the bribe, not the rich parent who paid the bribe for their privileged kids. {nm} Antibody Mar 13, 14:16

LOL. And your point? Taking the bribe is OK. Paying the bribe is not? They are all egregious offenses. {nm} PhoneHome Mar 13, 15:10

SJ said “white meritocracy” and you challenged that. If you want to disprove it you should demonstrate that a non-white student benefited RogerMore Mar 13, 15:27

parents arrested: I-Hsin “Joey” Chen; Homayoun Zadeh {nm} RazorHawk Mar 13, 15:56

Yep, like that. {nm} RogerMore Mar 13, 16:04

right. so maybe two out of a couple dozen defendants (so far) {nm} professor zovek Mar 13, 16:16

"show me one who isn't" {nm} RazorHawk Mar 13, 17:18

and you found twice that! {nm} professor zovek Mar 13, 18:12

I didn't look for ethnic backgrounds and pictures of 50 arrests because it's not about ethnicity. I don't care if they're all black or white PhoneHome Mar 13, 20:12

today in the Murdoch propaganda factory: Tucker Carlson shedding even more advertisers after racist, misogynist, pedophile defense comments professor zovek Mar 11, 17:45