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Post by davidsf on Nov 3, 2019 9:25:29 GMT -8
Bick, I agree with everything you said, and it's the kind of course correction that an administrator should encourage. I enjoy a good laugh at a clever witticism as much as anyone, but sometimes it's worth the effort to actually think and discuss. One good example that comes to mind is SB 206 that mandates the right of student-athletes at California public colleges and universities to be compensated for the use of their names, likenesses and images. As is typical of this state, the legislature shot their wad early without thinking through the problems and ramifications of the legislation in an effort to "make themselves feel good about themselves". And as is often the case when legislation is rushed through without proper analysis, I suspect it will be the lawyers who profit from this the most. In the interests of discussion, how about this for an alternative solution: If a student-athlete graduating from high school places a high priority on getting a college degree, he enrolls at a college and plays his sport. However, he must sign a contract stating he will remain in school until he receives a degree, and he will receive no compensation other than free tuition, fees, tutoring, housing, food, books and supplies. If a student-athlete graduating from high school plans on using college only as a jumping-off point for the NFL or NBA, he declares his intention in writing, he is drafted by an NFL or NBA team, he is assigned to a minor league farm team for whatever payment the system will decide is appropriate, and he works his way to the "big leagues" if he's good enough, just as baseball has done for over a hundred years. The NFL and NBA both have more money than most small countries, and they should bear the burden of setting up a minor league system. There is no point in having these kids attend college if they are just biding their time and have no intention of graduating. I'm actually surprised minor league football hasn't grown in popularity in small markets the way minor league baseball has. I like the idea you propose. Makes a lot of sense, and lets college kids stay in college for all four years. I ran some restaurants out in Southern California for many years and most of them had lounges attached, all of them with a late night personality that included DJ’s and Bouncers. i used several minor league (called back then, “professional football”) players as bouncers because they were in shape and they needed the money (football paid them very low, or no wages). Every one of them thought they were NFL bound and when that didn’t work out (whether because of poor skills or injuries or whatever reason), they felt remaining active in “professional football” was a way to keep the dream alive. Every one of them I had hired eventually decided to go into real estate or some other, non-sports related endeavor. but, while they played, they still bruised and crushed and ground and physically extended themselves every week... I imagine the reason football doesn’t have a farm system is because careers would be shortened by [that much] even spending a couple years “preparing.” |
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Post by MDDad on Nov 3, 2019 9:40:04 GMT -8
But they do have a farm system. It's the nation's colleges and universities, and they have them free of charge. High school graduates could just as easily play three years in an NFL-financed farm system as they do now in college, if they have no real interest in earning a degree.
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Post by Bick on Nov 3, 2019 9:47:08 GMT -8
But they do have a farm system. It's the nation's colleges and universities, and they have them free of charge. High school graduates could just as easily play three years in an NFL-financed farm system as they do now in college, if they have no real interest in earning a degree. It's not a farm system like baseball where kids are drafted out of high school or college, and paid by the parent club. I really DO like the idea A LOT. However, I suspect the $$ involved would generate some significant opposition from the NCAA. But who cares? Let school, once again, be about education primarily. |
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Post by SK80 on Nov 13, 2019 7:09:16 GMT -8
So in San Francisco now I can piss in front of you on a sidewalk and no offense, yet in California is it not a law now to be charged as a "SEX OFFENDER" should one squat or whip it out and aim at a bush?
This is where California and many big cities are going. This is the opposite of how Giuliani cleaned up new York by prosecuting low level crimes, supporting his police force and taking back the public square. This newly elected Progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin is the son of members of the radical left wing group "Weather Underground" and he actually moved to Venezuela to work for Dictator HUGO CHAVEZ...! This is reality in California and it looks to be a very dark future...,
Revolutionary San Francisco: The new district attorney will ignore quality-of-life offenses.
Wall Street Journal ^ | November 12, 2019
Posted on 11/13/2019, 6:13:46 AM by karpov
The deterioration of the City by the Bay has been tragic to watch. From the Tenderloin to Mid-Market to the Mission, open use of narcotics is commonplace, homeless encampments dominate public spaces, and human feces dot the sidewalks. The middle class has fled punishing housing costs, and neighborhoods are increasingly plagued with burglaries and property crimes.
Last week San Francisco voters said, “more, please.” Weekend ballot counts clinched the election by a thin margin of far-left public defender Chesa Boudin as district attorney. Mr. Boudin has been described as part of a wave of “progressive prosecutors,” like Philadelphia’s Larry Krasner, who are winning elections in liberal cities. These prosecutors lecture the public about racism, take an adversarial tone toward police, and often oversee a spike in crime, especially in poor and minority neighborhoods.
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His parents were members of the left-wing terrorist group Weather Underground [imprisoned for murdering a cop]. ...
Mr. Boudin says rightly that he shouldn’t be judged by his parents’ actions. Yet he made their incarceration a centerpiece of his campaign, explaining that it showed him the injustice of the criminal-justice system. He rarely if ever expressed sympathy for the murdered officers, and San Francisco’s police force was a major target of his campaign. At his election party last week supporters erupted in profane chants about the Police Officers Association.
After college Mr. Boudin moved to Venezuela to work for Hugo Chávez’s dictatorship and in 2009 wrote an article hailing Chávez’s successful elimination of term limits. A Marxist can in theory faithfully enforce the laws of California, yet Mr. Boudin says he won’t. “Crimes such as public camping, offering or soliciting sex, public urination, blocking a sidewalk, etc should not and will not be prosecuted,” he said in an ACLU candidate questionnaire.
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Post by Bick on Nov 13, 2019 8:45:54 GMT -8
Not prosecuting shoplifters either. Idealism > realism.
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Post by SK80 on Nov 13, 2019 10:27:40 GMT -8
Not prosecuting shoplifters either. Idealism > realism. Because if you steal food, food is a basic human need thus it must be a "right". No arrests warranted. |
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Post by Bick on Nov 16, 2019 12:15:55 GMT -8
More good news for teachers
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Post by MDDad on Nov 16, 2019 13:15:47 GMT -8
Can't risk hurting Johnny's self esteem while he's in the back of the classroom abusing another student.
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Post by SK80 on Nov 20, 2019 4:38:57 GMT -8
Oh the power money wields... wealthy Californians pumping money into other states to get their agendas enacted. These west coast ideologues see the Electoral College as the only obstacle in controlling us all.....
'Don't Californicate Colorado' calls rise as Democrats embrace Golden State policiesm.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/nov/18/colorado-feels-california-inflluence-electric-cars/
DENVER — Coloradans are drawing a line in the asphalt when it comes to California’s growing influence on their SUVs, trucks and votes.
The Colorado-based Freedom to Drive Coalition filed a lawsuit this month against the state’s adoption of California’s zero-emissions vehicle standards, arguing that the rules violate state law and would add thousands of dollars to the cost of the heavy-duty vehicles favored by drivers navigating Colorado’s snowy roads.
Meanwhile, supporters of the Electoral College are balking at the lopsided flood of cash pouring in from California to prevent Colorado voters from overturning the National Popular Vote bill, which Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, signed into law in March.
Figures compiled by Protect Colorado’s Vote show that more than 98% of the donations to Yes on National Popular Vote have been from Californians, while Coloradans have contributed 99% of the revenue raised to exit the compact.
“Obviously, California is incredibly engaged in getting Colorado’s votes,” said Mesa County Commissioner Rose Pugliese, who heads the referendum campaign.
Right-tilting Coloradans have grumbled for years about attempts to “Californicate Colorado” as Californians flock to the Rockies, but the Democratic takeover of the state legislature in 2016 and its subsequent embrace of West Coast policies have intensified the backlash.
“We’re not San Francisco yet, but I think there are a lot of people who want Colorado to become a subsidiary of California,” said Jon Caldara, president of the free-market Independence Institute.
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Post by tarmac on Nov 20, 2019 14:10:06 GMT -8
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Post by Bick on Nov 20, 2019 14:12:44 GMT -8
Yeah... And then have them rent controlled.
Who wants to volunteer their capital for that exercise?
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Post by Bick on Nov 24, 2019 7:50:57 GMT -8
Might be the fastest investigation in history when the AG hands Newsom a mirror.
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Post by SK80 on Nov 24, 2019 8:03:09 GMT -8
Love Larry Elder, been listening to him for years.... he had a short stint with a TV Show years ago. I still have my Larry Elder Show coffee mug!
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Post by captaintrips on Nov 24, 2019 13:01:14 GMT -8
Man born and raised in California explains why he's leaving... why he has to leave ..it's twenty minutes long, but worth taking the time to watch.
Straight from the mouth of someone that has been there all of his life...
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Post by captaintrips on Dec 16, 2019 13:40:51 GMT -8
California Where liberals are in charge and have been for quite awhile It just gets more nasty by the day in California Or maybe nasty isn't the word Crappy ! On the sidewalks crappy ! Clean-up a drug-addict " homeless persons" doo doo leavings on aisle 6 crappy ... unbelievable ... Yet The idiots in California keep electing more radical freakezoids than the ones previous !! And so...... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It’s no secret that San Francisco has literally become a crappy city to live in, with sidewalks littered with human feces left behind by the homeless, drug-addicted vagrants who call the sidewalks home.
City officials have spent millions to address the homelessness problem, including the addition of 25 public restrooms at a cost of $200,000, but it seems the poop problem is only getting worse.
..picture shows a disheveled gentleman in a man-bun with his pants around his knees, feces clearly visible on the floor near a chip display as he prepared to wipe.
Several others who commented noticed that while the man didn’t bother to take his business in the bathroom, he did manage to find toilet paper.
“What is most telling here is that this guy had the wherewithal to find the toilet paper aisle, pull out a roll and then yank down his pants,” The Golden Rule added. “So no excuses arguing this guy wasn’t capable of making choices before defecating … he made quite a few choices to get to that point .”
“And yet, SF continues to reject politicians that would fight to stop this in favor of politicians who will do absolutely nothing ,” David Herrmann wrote. “You get what you elect.”
In November, San Francisco voters elected radical liberal Chesa Boudin as the city’s newest district attorney based on his promises not to prosecute so-called “quality of life crimes ” like public urination, defecation, and camping on the sidewalk, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
“We will not prosecute cases involving quality-of-life crimes, ” he said. “Crimes such as public camping, offering or soliciting sex, public urination, blocking a sidewalk, etc., should not and will not be prosecuted. Many of these crimes are still being prosecuted; we have a long way to go to decriminalize poverty and homelessness .”
Boudin was raised by criminals involved in the Weather Underground, a Communist revolutionary group best known for domestic terrorism in the 1970s, including the bombings of the Pentagon and police memorials, as well as arson attacks.
Boudin’s parents, Kathy Boudin and David Gilbert, were sentenced to lengthy prison sentences for their roles in the robbery of an armored vehicle that left three police officers dead in 1981.
Chesa Boudin was raised in Chicago by adoptive parents Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, both founders of the Weather Underground who have gone on to become influential in liberal politics.
Chesa Boudin previously worked in the San Francisco Public Defenders Office after graduating from Yale Law School in 2011. Before that, Boudin worked as a translator for Hugo Chavez during his tenure as the Socialist president of Venezuela.
www.theamericanmirror.com/shock-photo-san-fran-homeless-defecates-in-grocery-store-aisle/?utm_source=wnd&utm_medium=wnd&utm_campaign=syndicated |
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