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Tuesday, November 2. 2021Tuesday morning linksCanceling Hogarth What did Alec Baldwin know of the firearm with which he killed Halyna Hutchins? The answer, based on his filmography, is not much. Bill Maher: Why won't blue states recognize that the pandemic is over? Virtue Signaling And Wokeness: A Return To The Primitive White students lie about their race on college applications Colin Kaepernick, Who By the Way Is Half-White and Very Ashamed of That, Claims That the NFL Draft Is Exactly Like a Slave Auction VDH on the ignoble lies our government employees tell us COP26 And The Hubris Of Our Political Overlords The Big Climate Summit Welcomed Up to 30,000 Officials Flying in on Planes Young Climate Cultists Travel To Glasgow To Say This Is “The Last Chance For Humanity” DeSantis Calls $450K Payments To Illegal Immigrants “A Slap In The Face” To Americans, Claims Florida Will Fight Back Why Are Relatively Poor People Not More Supportive of Redistribution? McAuliffe: “Everyone Clapped When I Said’ Parents Should NOT Be In Charge Of Their Kids’ Education… Poll: 71 Percent Say Country Headed in Wrong Direction Under Biden Trackbacks
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Re: VDH on the ignoble lies our government employees tell us
While I certainly don’t exonerate the “government employees” from lying, it must be said that the government itself is responsible for those and many other lies told to us. None of the liars in the column were sanctioned at all by the government, even if laws were clearly violated. Bill Maher: Why won't blue states recognize that the pandemic is over? Because they're DEMOCRATS. Power play. (Revolution is coming...)
Colin Kaepernick, Who By the Way Is Half-White and Very Ashamed of That, Claims That the NFL Draft Is Exactly Like a Slave Auction...in which HE gets multi-thousands of dollars... The Big Climate Summit Welcomed Up to 30,000 Officials Flying in on Planes...For SHAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Young Climate Cultists Travel To Glasgow To Say This Is “The Last Chance For Humanity”: They should stay there for a year or three to "enjoy the climate..." DeSantis Calls $450K Payments To Illegal Immigrants “A Slap In The Face” To Americans, Claims Florida Will Fight Back: I LIKE the way he thinks! McAuliffe: “Everyone Clapped When I Said’ Parents Should NOT Be In Charge Of Their Kids’ Education… SURE they did........... Would he lie to us???? Yes. Poll: 71 Percent Say Country Headed in Wrong Direction Under Biden: Biden will never be told that...and the Dems won's see what's coming to them... Kaepernick picked up two tags early in his career that that pretty much ruined him in the NFL.
The first was "Marginal Talent". This is actually no big deal; lots of guys have had long tenures in the NFL with marginal talent. These are the journeymen who bounce around on the practice squads and waiver wires, and get kept around because they're willing to do the things that are necessary in practice to make keeping them on the roster worthwhile (running routes for the #3 rookie quarterback, being a glorified tackling dummy as the linemen work technique, that kind of stuff) all while being still being the gregarious and probably somewhat goofy guy in the locker room. a lot of these guys end up in front office scouting or assistant coaching positions. The second tag he got was "Uncoachable". This one is far more serious, but a few players of great natural talent (Early career Andre Rison, to wit) can survive it. What no player can survive, however, is picking up both of them. The Dan, Good analysis. Besides being average and unteachable you might add ungrateful, and prideful to kapernick's good qualities. Another thing he is ignorant of auctions for farm animals, feed lot animals, used farm equipment, used furniture- antiques, abandoned storage units, used cars, tobacco harvests, useless but valued fine art. Many buyers but usually only one unique item. Should make him proud. But since he has slavery on his mind, he is still a slave.
I may well be wrong, but I've had a strong sense that Colin K has been steered throughout this whole schtick by his girlfriend, who is a rather radical leftist. He doesn't come across as terribly bright, and the erratic nature of this ongoing saga suggests that he's being guided by ideology inputs from a novice. 'Taking the knee' got a huge reaction at first, but all the subsequent public takes have had diminishing returns - less recognition on 'race issues' leadership, and more commentary on ingratitude. Now it just reeks of desperation in its attention-seeking.
>He doesn't come across as terribly bright,
Or maybe brighter than anyone else. He's managed to get $20 million out of Nike at the tail end of his athletic career... with the bonus of not having to take any hits. Who could have thought that $450K payment for the inconvenience of being caught breaking our immigration laws was a good idea? Lawyers, probably. A few politicians who were not born here and still don't think of themselves as Americans or representing Americans, probably. But what do the other 300 million Americans think of this??? This is just incredibly stupid and totally unsurprising that it comes from the Biden administration. What's next? What devious plan does he have next to destroy our country?
The money is going to settle lawsuits. I'm guessing these settlements include attorney fees for the lawyers who are representing the plaintiffs.
I'd be willing to bet more than half of that $450k per person is going to the lawyer. Probably substantially more. If Colin Kaepernick wants to see how a real slave auction works, he should go see how his employers at Nike procure the workers for their factories in China.
QUOTE: Bill Maher: Why won't blue states recognize that the pandemic is over? 8100 Americans died last week from COVID. QUOTE: “When will cities be willing to recognize that natural immunity from infection ought to be a part of these discussions as well?” Those who only have natural immunity have a 5-fold greater chance of infection than those who have been vaccinated but not previously infected. See Bozio et al., Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 Among Adults Hospitalized with COVID-19–Like Illness with Infection-Induced or mRNA Vaccine-Induced SARS-CoV-2 Immunity, MMWR, October 2021. Those who only have natural immunity have a 2-fold greater chance of infection than those who have natural immunity and have also been vaccinated. See Cavanaugh et al., Reduced Risk of Reinfection with SARS-CoV-2 After COVID-19 Vaccination, MMWR, August 2021. QUOTE: Redder counties reliably see higher death rates from COVID than blue ones do. COVID-19's Partisan Trajectory The problem with citations (Bozo et al) is that too man Bozo's write reports or results of data dredges that are untrue, unscientific and often knowingly fake to fill a political agenda. You can always find a citations to prove something right or wrong (Bozo et al...) What is kinda scary is that you or anyone believe something to be a unquestionable fact simply because someone with a degree (or no degree) wrote it and another Bozo cited it.
OneGuy: The problem with citations (Bozo et al) is that too man Bozo's write reports or results of data dredges that are untrue, unscientific and often knowingly fake to fill a political agenda.
A citation to scientific evidence is a much stronger argument than "Is not!" or "The lead scientist {among dozens of scientists involved in the study} has a funny {ethnic} name!" OneGuy: What is kinda scary is that you or anyone believe something to be a unquestionable fact simply because someone with a degree (or no degree) wrote it and another Bozo cited it. The study could certainly be wrong, but it is based on strong observational evidence and you haven't suggested any reason why it might be wrong. Instead of just waving your hands, you might want to say why you think the study might be in error. QUOTE: Kiddiez: A citation to scientific evidence is a much stronger argument than "Is not!" Well it's "scientific evidence" if the Kiddiez say so proving OneGuy's point.. Typical illogical comeback from the alarmist adherents proving nothing.. QUOTE: KiddieZ: The study could certainly be wrong, but it is based on strong observational evidence and you haven't suggested any reason why it might be wrong. Instead of just waving your hands, you might want to say why you think the study might be in error. Perhaps the KiddieZ by their response are asking OneGuy to prove their own illogical fallacy. Ivermectin has strong observational evidence that the pharma marxists have ignored to this day. It also is much less expensive and has none of the known/unknown side effects of the vaxx.
The vaxx remains experimental and thus any mandates to use it violate the Nuremburg code. Erect the scaffolds. And did they die of covid or with covid...definitions matter. And were they PCR tested at 40/45 cycles or at 25/28 cycles. And of course they do not use the same cycle threshold for those who were vaxxed as the vaxxed turn up as positives at high rates. And last, but not least, how many of the 8100 were vaxxed? indyjonesouthere: Ivermectin has strong observational evidence
Ivermectin still lacks large blind, controlled trials required for Emergency Use Authorization from the FDA. indyjonesouthere: The vaxx remains experimental and thus any mandates to use it violate the Nuremburg code. The Pfizer vaccine has received full approval from the FDA.
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Zachriel
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2021-11-02 17:04
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And nobody has received it yet, is that correct? It would be misleading, nay a lie to say that people have been receiving an FDA-approved vaccine, when in fact they have just been receiving the same old shot under the Emergency Use Authorization that all the other experimental vaccines are being given. Despite all assurances that it's 'just the same'. It's almost as if these announcements about 'approvals' are deliberately deceiving the general public.
The Army has been rumored to have gone so far as having their doctors [i[re-label[/i] EUA vaccines with the Cominarty tag - but of course, that would be a serious ethical and legal breach, now wouldn't it. I have heard that this under-reported distinction has something to do with the medical / legal liabilities that an FDA-approved drug is exposed to, which are more stringent and potentially costly than those under an EUA. I'm sure it's probably not important - unless one was liable.
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Aggie
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2021-11-02 20:35
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Aggie: And nobody has received it yet, is that correct? It would be misleading, nay a lie to say that people have been receiving an FDA-approved vaccine, when in fact they have just been receiving the same old shot under the Emergency Use Authorization that all the other experimental vaccines are being given.
It's the same vaccine, and the FDA has stated that they can be used interchangeably with the same safety and effectiveness. Aggie: I have heard that this under-reported distinction has something to do with the medical / legal liabilities that an FDA-approved drug is exposed to The vaccines, whether under an EUA or with full approval, are covered under the The Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2005 (PREP Act). https://www.phe.gov/Preparedness/legal/prepact/Pages/default.aspx
#6.1.1.3.1.1.1
Zachriel
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2021-11-03 09:26
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But you've answered different questions and mis-directed from my observations. What I said, still stands, not so? Now: Go and type up your characteristic 'last word'.
#6.1.1.3.1.1.1.1
Aggie
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2021-11-03 09:58
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Aggie: But you've answered different questions and mis-directed from my observations.
You raised a distinction without a difference.
#6.1.1.3.1.1.1.1.1
Zachriel
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2021-11-03 10:03
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"you haven't suggested any reason why it might be wrong. Instead of just waving your hands, you might want to say why you think the study might be in error."
You would merely refute anything I said with another questionable citation. I simple truth is that something may be true or right and not have a single citation from a graduate student in political bullshit. But if it happens to be a "truth" that activists, politicians, or agendized groups don't want to hear or to be heard they will find citations from some of those graduate students in political bullshit to refute it. And a relatively new phenomenon is that there are now fact checkers to quickly "debunk" those inconvenient truths. THAT would be YOU. THAT is your job, either paid or voluntary. I would encourage you to get a real job. At this late age in my life (78 YO) I look back and realize that my mother was right about so many things. I would disagree and argue with here because I wanted to do what I wanted to do. But even though she was right about most everything I don't remember that she ever cited (Bozo et. al) to make her point seem to be true. She simply stated the obvious truth no citation required. OneGuy: You would merely refute anything I said with another questionable citation.
Citations to scientific evidence is a stronger argument than saying a citation is, sight unseen, "questionable." You never noted any reason to doubt the previous citations. The first study considers over 200,000 hospitalizations over an eight month period. That's a lot of data to ignore on your part.
#6.1.1.4.1
Zachriel
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2021-11-02 17:09
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"Citations to scientific evidence is a stronger argument..."
Almost everything that we believed was true 200 - 500 years ago has been proved wrong. Some of those things that were proved wrong by the same science that declared (with citations) the were correct originally are now correct again. Very little in science is settled BUT 100% of everything in science right or wrong has citations to prove or disprove and sometimes do both. So tell me again how meaningful your citations are. Especially since you pick and choose them to fit your biases. It is very difficult to know with any certainty what is true. BUT much easier to know when something is wrong. The ONLY reason we would be implementing censorship of scientific opinions/theories/etc. is because those behind the censorship are afraid of the truth and any challenge to the beliefs that they are advocating. "Shut up the science is settled!" is a tell that the science is not settled and they know it.
#6.1.1.4.1.1
OneGuy
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2021-11-02 20:48
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OneGuy: Almost everything that we believed was true 200 - 500 years ago has been proved wrong.
It's The Relativity of Wrong: "when people thought the Earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the Earth was spherical, they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the Earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the Earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together." OneGuy: So tell me again how meaningful your citations are. Citations to scientific studies based on empirical observations are more meaningful than you furiously waving your hands. To make an actual argument, you might try pointing to other studies or directly to the data.
#6.1.1.4.1.1.1
Zachriel
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2021-11-03 09:32
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"empirical observations are more meaningful than you furiously waving your hands."
What you mean by "furiously waving your hands" is having an opinion that you don't like or agree with. You seem to have missed my point that people are often right about the real world but there is no one to cite. IF you only believe citations and assume everything else is "furiously waving your hands" you are in for a tough life. But of course that isn't what is going on here. You are a troll whose job is to push a radical left wing agenda. It wouldn't matter what someone says or how true it is if it is not far left Marxist/communist you refute it and cite some Bozo. We know it and you know it!
#6.1.1.4.1.1.1.1
OneGuy
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2021-11-03 10:38
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OneGuy: What you mean by "furiously waving your hands" is having an opinion that you don't like or agree with.
You are welcome to your opinion, but you have yet to support your position. OneGuy: You seem to have missed my point that people are often right about the real world but there is no one to cite. People are often right about the world, but most of what they know about the physical world comes from science. It's "common sense" that the Earth moves, that blood circulates through arteries and veins, that electricity travels on wires, that matter is made up of particles. "They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.” ― Carl Sagan
#6.1.1.4.1.1.1.1.1
Zachriel
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2021-11-03 10:51
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Citation!! We don't need no stinking citation!! Here's your citation: https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/11/02/internal-cdc-emails-show-why-they-changed-the-definition-of-vaccines-and-what-it-means-to-be-vaccinated/
JustMe: Here's your citation: https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/11/02/internal-cdc-emails-show-why-they-changed-the-definition-of-vaccines-and-what-it-means-to-be-vaccinated/
Scientists use the term "partial immunity," but many laypersons will read "immunity" to be perfect protection. No vaccine provides perfect protection.
#6.1.1.5.1
Zachriel
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2021-11-02 17:16
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The Pfizer vaccine in current use in the US is not the approved version and my guess is that the "approved" version will never be available in the US due to liability law. Ivermectin has been in controlled studies, but it won't be in US controlled study by the maker/owner as they are selling the "NEW" version of ivermectin for a lot more money. Covid is a narrative just like russia, russia, russia, and the narrative is making a lot of money for the pharma promoters and more control and power for the political promoters. In marxist oligarch world that is a win win.
#6.1.1.5.1.1
indyjonesouthere
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2021-11-02 18:06
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indyjonesouthere: The Pfizer vaccine in current use in the US is not the approved version
It's the same vaccine, and the FDA has stated that they can be used interchangeably with the same safety and effectiveness. indyjonesouthere: and my guess is that the "approved" version will never be available in the US due to liability law. The vaccines, whether under an EUA or with full approval, are covered under the The Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2005 (PREP Act). https://www.phe.gov/Preparedness/legal/prepact/Pages/default.aspx indyjonesouthere: Ivermectin has been in controlled studies, Be happy to look at a citation to completed phase 3 trials of Ivermectin to treat COVID-19. indyjonesouthere: but it won't be in US controlled study by the maker/owner as they are selling the "NEW" version of ivermectin for a lot more money. There is nothing stopping the study of Ivermectin. Merck's new COVID treatment is a ribonucleoside analog, not a protease inhibitor like Ivermectin.
#6.1.1.5.1.1.1
Zachriel
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2021-11-03 09:45
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Just in case you KiddieZ missed it.
QUOTE: CDC Emails: Our Definition of Vaccine is “Problematic: Problematic Vaccine? No, Problematic Definition of Vaccine. The CDC caused an uproar in early September 2021, after it changed its definitions of “vaccination” and “vaccine.” For years, the CDC had set definitions for vaccination/vaccine that discussed immunity. This all changed on September 1, 2021. The prior CDC Definitions of Vaccine and Vaccination (August 26, 2021): Vaccine: A product that stimulates a person’s immune system to produce immunity to a specific disease, by protecting the person from that disease. Vaccines are usually administered through needle injections, but can also be administered by mouth or sprayed into the nose. Vaccination: The act of introducing a vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease. The CDC Definitions of Vaccine and Vaccination since September 1, 2021: Vaccine: A preparation that is used to stimulate the body’s immune response against diseases. Vaccines are usually administered through needle injections, but some can be administered by mouth or sprayed into the nose. Vaccination: The act of introducing a vaccine into the body to produce protection from a specific disease. People noticed. Representative Thomas Massie was among the first to discuss the change, noting the definition went from “immunity” to “protection”. https://technofog.substack.com/p/cdc-emails-our-definition-of-vaccine Wonder why they changed it.
#6.1.1.5.1.2
Zachinoff
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2021-11-03 11:08
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A number of people of diverging views (it's not hard to duckgo citations) have noted that people started canceling large gatherings well before lockdowns started to be ordered. People who have studied cell phone location pings have noticed that movement often declined well before COVID restrictions were issued by authorities. Back in the COVID Dark Ages of 2020, authorities were so concerned that the general population would deplete the supply of face masks that they felt it necessary to discourage their use, before they decided they would be mandatory.
The panic-demic will be over when the majority of people no longer consider COVID deaths to be excess deaths. The plandemic is over ... the only excess deaths will be from the vaxxed crowd and likely scattered over the coming years.
Christopher B: A number of people of diverging views (it's not hard to duckgo citations) have noted that people started canceling large gatherings well before lockdowns started to be ordered. People who have studied cell phone location pings have noticed that movement often declined well before COVID restrictions were issued by authorities.
That's right. The U.S. has tended to be reactive rather than proactive. Social measures work best when implemented at the beginning of the growth curve, not as a reaction to widespread infection. Christopher B: The panic-demic will be over when the majority of people no longer consider COVID deaths to be excess deaths. 8100 excess deaths per week, most in areas with low vaccination rates, is more than what most people consider "normal". Are those 8100 deaths from covid or with covid. They did change the definition of cause of death to mandate it was a covid death if they tested positive for covid. The PCR test uses far too many cycles to show an accurate test. For all practical purposes the government was PAYING to get the results it wanted (covid, covid, covid) by paying extra for testing and for ventilators. The FDA made positive testing the default by mandating 40 cycles. Not only that they then mandated fewer cycles for the vaccinated. Nothing like putting your thumb on the scale. Marxists love the chaos and then redefine words to add to the chaos.
(Maggie's has a lot of people who aren't bad guys but don't reason very well.) That is a false distinction that I thought had died out. I know what you think it means, but it does not actually mean anything. If extra deaths occur when a disease vector enters the population, that disease can fairly be blamed, the same as when icy roads from unexpected freezing, gunfire from unexpected invasions, or drownings from unexpected flooding. You can say they really died of unsafe driving, or not hiding well enough, or not having enough rescuers nearby but that is ignoring the simplest explanations.
As for others rejecting all the studies that go against what they like by saying one can find studies to say anything, I would have to ask what would be considered evidence, then? Apparently there is no set of facts that would convince them, because somehow they magically understand these things better than the rest of us, because they have the One Weird Trick they found on the internet: Disbelieve the obvious, because everyone knows that the smart people know that the Real Truth is the one no one expects. I have disagreed with Zachriel very forcefully on other issues, but frankly, he has this issue nailed and no one has laid a glove on him that I have seen.
#6.2.2.1.1
Assistant Village Idiot
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2021-11-02 20:44
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QUOTE: AVI: I have disagreed with Zachriel very forcefully on other issues, but frankly, he has this issue nailed and no one has laid a glove on him that I have seen. Your opinion of course but, no disrespect, you haven't looked very hard.
#6.2.2.1.1.1
Zachinoff
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2021-11-02 23:43
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You clearly did so much research to make that observation.
You have established that you are able to be insulting. I recommend trying to deal with information you don't like as your next project. Most of us consider that introductory material. Americans continue to die at an alarming rate. There was a 16% increase in deaths in 2020, and 2021 is holding at similar rates. The arguments that it's not really covid, or that vaccines are more dangerous than the illness, or that this is pretty much normal historically, or this was all just about people who want to control us are based on a shocking ignorance of how to deal with numbers and statistics. Yet people keep bringing the same crap out, based on feelings, as if their points have not been amply refuted repeatedly. But it's fun to be insulting instead of dealing with intellectual arguments. Liberals have been doing it for years, and in the last two years conservatives have decided that is the way to go as well. Man up, dammit. No one is 100% right with no difficult questions they need to answer to modify their own favorite POV. Stop putting your energy into being as cleverly insulting as you can and do some actual fucking homework.
#6.2.2.1.1.1.1
Assistant Village Idiot
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2021-11-03 14:44
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QUOTE: Virtue Signaling And Wokeness: A Return To The Primitive reject modernity return to monke The NFL draft is exactly like a slave auction, except in the draft the player (slave?) gets the money. Kaepernick has so far earned >$43m during his time in the NFL. He played in 69 games. We all should aspire to that sort of slavery.
Steve. Like your description: NFL player is both slave and Master. He gets to put himself on the auction block and gets paid when his ownership changes to the ball team owner. How does one assign leftist blame in that situation?
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