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Is it racism when assertions are backed up by statistics? Or are we simply not allowed to hold communities accountable anymore?

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Winners of what?

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The World Cup. Wasn't that obvious?

ETA: Disregard. I misunderstood the original post. I thought we were talking about the last 16 World Cup champions.

Lost my mastiff to cancer 2 years ago. I still get a little misty-eyed when I look at pictures or video.

For me, the intense morning lasted about a money, then you're left with sadness, and slowly that sadness gets replaced with good memories (much like humans).

If I can offer some advice it would be to avoid trying to replace him. All animals are unique and if you find yourself looking for a dog like the one you just lost, it's too early for you.

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what would you recommend?

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I would recommend that you kill yourself.

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When is America going to realize that it's a poverty thing much more than a race thing?

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America will start realizing that when it becomes true. Sure, some crime is driven by poverty, but there are lot of poor white communities throughout the country that don't have murder problems.

The correlation between race and crime isn't coincidental; it's direct.

Ever been to Salt Lake City? I actually saw two teens stop and pick up litter once.

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I was a dedicated CNN watcher (when I watched cable news) for years. I switched to Fox after the Boston bombings. During the Boston Bombing, CNN was carrying coverage outside their hotel miles away; Fox had cameras on scene.

Fox is the best source for news. Their affiliations with local news outlets allows them to get to the story faster than CNN. Plus, they cover stories like the IRS, NSA, Benghazi, AP, Fast and Furious, etc. If you watched CNN or MSNBC exclusively, you'd never know those things happened.

Is it biased? Sure, but less so than CNN/MSNBC. Also, people mistake the nightly programming (O'Reilly, Hannity, Kelly) for news programs; those are editorial shows.

Fox's biggest weakness is international coverage. They are very U.S.-centric. Best place to get overall news is news.google.com.

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And yet none of that applies in this scenario. If anything that officer was dangerously patient with the subject.

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Law Enforcement are specially trained to deal with these types of scenarios. The student was argumentative, but he was not threatening. There was absolutely no justification for violence in this scenario.

The cop was pissed because the student questioned his authority and he exacted his own set of consequences. I hope he's fired, and I hope he loses a civil lawsuit.

I'm so tired of these poor white kids with no fathers killing people.

Fortunately, I don't commute from Lafayette anymore so I don't know first hand. What I have heard is that there is some fairly significant road damage either on the bridge or Highway 1 off ramp that is causing traffic to slow (quickly), which in turn is causing accidents.

Not sure if we blame the drivers or the shitty government workers.

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I just don't see the relevance over how it was obtained since this isn't a court proceeding.

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It's not relevant under the framework of the NBA Constitution; however, if Sterling, or his wife, pursue this in the courts it will be relevant because the very evidence used to by the NBA will not be admissible. It will be difficult for the NBA to present a case with only anecdotal evidence.

By all intents and purposes, the NBA brand has not been damaged to a significant degree - certainly not enough to justify a lifetime ban and loss of franchise.

Perhaps (to a degree).

I just take issue with the owners trying to enforce the legal framework of an NBA Constitution when the very evidence they are using against Sterling was illegally obtained. If Sterling decides to take this to the courts, those tapes would not be admissible.

No, he won't. The players don't understand business and legal matters. They shoot basketballs.

Sterling holds all of the cards here, and the fact that his wife owns half of the team REALLY complicates matters. Sterling's statements aside (which were illegally obtained), Adam Silver approached his decision way too aggressively and caved to political pressure (Stern wouldn't have done that).

Silver should also suspend Johnson from having any interaction with the NBA or franchises. He's stirring this pot, and his intentions are transparent.

Of course it is.