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Started by alfred russel, April 27, 2014, 08:49:02 PM

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garbon

#75
April 30, 2014, 11:01:39 PM
Quote from: derspiess on April 30, 2014, 02:50:07 PM
Quote from: grumbler on April 30, 2014, 02:26:51 PM
Did I say you said you wanted one, Spiesster?  Larry Johnson didn't say he wanted one, either.

:yeahright:  I prefer "Spiessius".

Specious? :unsure:
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

MadImmortalMan

#76
April 30, 2014, 11:26:27 PM
Quote from: derspiess on April 30, 2014, 08:30:34 PM
Also I think he showed that it at least buys you some time if you write checks to the right people or organizations.  Maybe even a couple NAACP awards.

That is disquieting. I bet they don't give back his donations.
"Stability is destabilizing." --Hyman Minsky

"Complacency can be a self-denying prophecy."
"We have nothing to fear but lack of fear itself." --Larry Summers

garbon

#77
April 30, 2014, 11:30:12 PM
Whatever happened to free speech? :weep:
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Valmy

#78
May 01, 2014, 12:30:37 AM
Quote from: garbon on April 30, 2014, 11:30:12 PM
Whatever happened to free speech? :weep:

Um it is different if you actually are openly racist in your business practices.  Besides he did know he was being recorded by a person whose loyalty to his own interests were suspect at best.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

jimmy olsen

#79
May 01, 2014, 12:42:42 AM
Quote from: Valmy on April 30, 2014, 01:59:12 PM
I just cannot believe he would be ok with his mistress recording all their conversations.  Because of the inherent trustworthiness of mistresses not to use that against you?  Senile old fool.
Apparently he's been having memory problems.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-donald-sterling-tapes-20140429,0,7072200.story#ixzz30RJOSOcS
QuoteTMZ Sports has reported Stiviano has said she has more than 100 hours of recorded conversations with the 80-year-old Sterling, who is said to have used the tapes to refresh his memory because he frequently forgot what he said.

It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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Valmy

#80
May 01, 2014, 12:45:36 AM
Well maybe the NBA should decide he is no longer mentally capable of being owner of the Clippers.  Owners are sort of like kings, maybe there could be a regency.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

jimmy olsen

#81
May 01, 2014, 12:50:36 AM
Quote from: garbon on April 30, 2014, 11:30:12 PM
Whatever happened to free speech? :weep:
The players were going to go on strike and the sponsers all dropped out. From a buisness standpoint Silver literally had no choice but to do what he did.

Furthermore, the NBA is a private cartel that can vote people on the island and vote people off it.

Third, Sterling is going to make a 750 million to a billion dollars as a result of this, so it's hard to really view as a punishment.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
--------------------------------------------
1 Karma Chameleon point

The Brain

#82
May 01, 2014, 01:35:20 AM
Quote from: garbon on April 30, 2014, 11:30:12 PM
Whatever happened to free speech? :weep:

Free speech is for the dumb.
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

grumbler

#83
May 01, 2014, 06:45:27 AM
Quote from: The Brain on May 01, 2014, 01:35:20 AM
Quote from: garbon on April 30, 2014, 11:30:12 PM
Whatever happened to free speech? :weep:

Free speech is for the dumb.
I saw what you did.  :mad:
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derspiess

#84
May 01, 2014, 08:36:40 AM
Quote from: garbon on April 30, 2014, 11:01:39 PM
Quote from: derspiess on April 30, 2014, 02:50:07 PM
Quote from: grumbler on April 30, 2014, 02:26:51 PM
Did I say you said you wanted one, Spiesster?  Larry Johnson didn't say he wanted one, either.

:yeahright:  I prefer "Spiessius".

Specious? :unsure:

You ruined it, but yeah.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Syt

#85
May 01, 2014, 08:44:27 AM
Spiesser is the German word for a square (person, not geometrical shape).
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derspiess

#86
May 01, 2014, 08:46:23 AM Last Edit: May 01, 2014, 09:14:39 AM by derspiess
:cool:
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

garbon

#87
May 01, 2014, 09:04:19 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 01, 2014, 12:50:36 AM
Quote from: garbon on April 30, 2014, 11:30:12 PM
Whatever happened to free speech? :weep:
The players were going to go on strike and the sponsers all dropped out. From a buisness standpoint Silver literally had no choice but to do what he did.

Furthermore, the NBA is a private cartel that can vote people on the island and vote people off it.

Third, Sterling is going to make a 750 million to a billion dollars as a result of this, so it's hard to really view as a punishment.

The left, once again taking away our freedoms!
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Valmy

#88
May 01, 2014, 09:30:52 AM
Freedom to unethical business practices?  :P

Though I do find it sort of interesting we seem to have less of a problem with actually discrimination against minorities and actually making their lives difficult, but will fly into a rage should somebody be recorded saying something racist.  Thought crimes > actual crimes?
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

MadImmortalMan

#89
May 01, 2014, 09:44:29 AM
Valerie Jarrett on CNBC this morning talking about this. I wish the White House would grasp the concept of some things are beneath comment and should be ignored by the people with nuke-shooting authority.
"Stability is destabilizing." --Hyman Minsky

"Complacency can be a self-denying prophecy."
"We have nothing to fear but lack of fear itself." --Larry Summers
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