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Regardless of what they are wearing, I will always respect the athletes athletic ability first. I wouldn't run in that thing, but then again were not talking about me.
Which brings me to my bigger point; people should be left alone to live the life they want to lead. Even if it makes wealthy guys living down behind the Orange Curtain want to fudge in their panties.
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Tiny " T " is making a case for twisted logic.....
The second paragraph is an insight to his emotional state...
Not a clean one either.
Sheriff Joe
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I always thought it was the camel that smelled.
Sheriff Joe
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This is a surprise?
I doubt it.
Obama library brings elation but also fear of displacement
By Associated Press Chicago
PUBLISHED August 4, 2019 @10:00 AM
CHICAGO (AP) — When word spread that the Obama Presidential Center was coming to the lakefront park Tara Madison has watched through her apartment windows for a decade, she was elated at the idea of a gleaming facility honoring the president she supported and reviving rough sections of her neighborhood.
Then the 52-year-old social services worker and daughter of civil rights activists began to worry luxury condos might replace subsidized housing, including where she lives with her two children and two grandchildren, and she'd be forced to move.
"Because our area has become attractive to developers now, they'll count us out," she said.
Her sentiments represent a tangled conflict that's unfolded since Barack Obama announced his $500 million presidential center would be built in Jackson Park, near Lake Michigan and where he started his political career, taught law and got married: Could the legacy library of the nation's first black president propel the displacement of thousands of low-income black families right in his backyard?
With construction looming and signs the neighborhood is already changing, residents are fiercely seeking safeguards for the place they also call home. The clash was the catalyst for one activist to become an alderwoman and led to both a ballot question gauging support and a resident-protections ordinance that could see a City Council vote within weeks, though its chances of succeeding are uncertain.
Fear of gentrification — and the racial disparities that often come with it — has existed for decades in Woodlawn and other South Side Chicago neighborhoods slow to recover from the recession. Woodlawn, 10 miles from downtown and just steps from Jackson Park, is over 80% black, with nearly 40 of its 25,000 residents living below the poverty line, according to Chicago demographer Rob Paral. But there's spillover from neighboring Hyde Park, home to the private University of Chicago, where only 30% of the residents are black and 23% are poor.
It wasn't too surprising when the Obama Foundation chose the area in 2016. Obama still has ties to it, including his family maintaining a home there. Chicago beat out several cities including Honolulu, where Obama spent his early years.
"The best things that have happened to me in my life, happened in this community. Although we had a formal bidding process to determine where the presidential library was going to be, the fact of the matter was it had to be right here on the South Side of Chicago," Obama told a crowd in 2016.
The center as proposed will display presidential artifacts and have walking paths, a public library branch and a recording studio. Unlike the other 13 presidential libraries, Obama's will be the first fully digital one, with patrons able to access millions of emails, photos and videos from kiosks.
While Obama has touted the center as a youth leadership hub that'll attract new businesses, some residents fear a resurgence that would push out longtime residents.
Chicago ranks third among the nation's largest cities, after New York and Los Angeles, for most neighborhoods that have gentrified, though it hasn't seen as intense of a wave as other places, according to a National Community Reinvestment Coalition study this year.
Other presidential libraries in urban settings have faced resistance. Protesters tried to stop the city of Atlanta from paving a road through a public park to former President Jimmy Carter's library, which opened in 1986.
Yet the Obama library is dealing with its own issues around race and poverty. A study by neighborhood activists estimated that up to 4,500 families would be at risk of displacement with development around the center.
Some groups have demanded a community benefits agreement to protect residents. At a meeting the Obama Foundation held in September 2017, then-activist Jeannette Taylor asked if Obama would sign such an agreement.
Obama, via video, said as a former community organizer in Chicago he understood the concerns. But he didn't think a pact was necessary since the foundation, which is raising funds and overseeing construction, is a nonprofit.
"The reason we want to do it (is) because this is the community we care about," Obama said.
Activists, in protest, tried to prevent him from talking further.
"He forgot the people who got him into office," Taylor said.
His response left her heartbroken, she said, and she used it to fuel her City Council run. She was elected earlier this year.
The same election featured a nonbinding ballot question spurred by activists asking voters from the areas affected by the center if they would support a community benefits agreement. Voters said yes overwhelmingly.
Taylor has since gained sponsorship for an ordinance calling for protections in a 2-mile radius around the Obama library, including designating 30% of the area's housing as affordable, requiring buildings up for sale to first be offered to current tenants, and establishing a community trust fund to help residents with property taxes.
"It is morally wrong to get investment in a community that's long overdue investment and then to displace the very people who have been dealing with disinvestment," Taylor said. "It is a conversation that should have been had way before this, way before the library."
The Obama Foundation hasn't taken a position on the ordinance. The University of Chicago, which owns nearby land, is questioning the ordinance's legality.
Some activists say the proposed protections don't go far enough and time is of the essence. Rents are already going up and several new homes sold in the $700,000 range this year, a neighborhood record.
Michael Strautmanis, the foundation's chief engagement officer, said he agrees the displacement issue should be addressed. He said the foundation has promised to push for minority employment, youth leadership programs and resources to help people find jobs as development occurs in the area.
The library's economic impact is expected to be significant, something not lost on residents.
"Obama, yes! Displacement, no!" activists touting the ordinance chanted at a recent news conference.
The center is expected to draw around 800,000 visitors a year, translating into $110 million spent in the city each year, according to a 2014 University of Chicago-commissioned study.
Green tarps cover the fenced-off center site for now. Groundbreaking has been delayed, both by a park advocacy group's federal lawsuit challenging the use of public parkland and an ongoing federal review process needed because of the location in Jackson Park, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. The lawsuit was struck down in June.
Some activists say they plan to keep fighting and making demands with residents' best interests in mind.
"We're not going to displace anyone," Madison, who has fought for neighborhood protections, said. "Power of the protest is going to make sure that doesn't occur."
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Follow Sophia Tareen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sophiatareen
Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
I doubt it.
Obama library brings elation but also fear of displacement
By Associated Press Chicago
PUBLISHED August 4, 2019 @10:00 AM
CHICAGO (AP) — When word spread that the Obama Presidential Center was coming to the lakefront park Tara Madison has watched through her apartment windows for a decade, she was elated at the idea of a gleaming facility honoring the president she supported and reviving rough sections of her neighborhood.
Then the 52-year-old social services worker and daughter of civil rights activists began to worry luxury condos might replace subsidized housing, including where she lives with her two children and two grandchildren, and she'd be forced to move.
"Because our area has become attractive to developers now, they'll count us out," she said.
Her sentiments represent a tangled conflict that's unfolded since Barack Obama announced his $500 million presidential center would be built in Jackson Park, near Lake Michigan and where he started his political career, taught law and got married: Could the legacy library of the nation's first black president propel the displacement of thousands of low-income black families right in his backyard?
With construction looming and signs the neighborhood is already changing, residents are fiercely seeking safeguards for the place they also call home. The clash was the catalyst for one activist to become an alderwoman and led to both a ballot question gauging support and a resident-protections ordinance that could see a City Council vote within weeks, though its chances of succeeding are uncertain.
Fear of gentrification — and the racial disparities that often come with it — has existed for decades in Woodlawn and other South Side Chicago neighborhoods slow to recover from the recession. Woodlawn, 10 miles from downtown and just steps from Jackson Park, is over 80% black, with nearly 40 of its 25,000 residents living below the poverty line, according to Chicago demographer Rob Paral. But there's spillover from neighboring Hyde Park, home to the private University of Chicago, where only 30% of the residents are black and 23% are poor.
It wasn't too surprising when the Obama Foundation chose the area in 2016. Obama still has ties to it, including his family maintaining a home there. Chicago beat out several cities including Honolulu, where Obama spent his early years.
"The best things that have happened to me in my life, happened in this community. Although we had a formal bidding process to determine where the presidential library was going to be, the fact of the matter was it had to be right here on the South Side of Chicago," Obama told a crowd in 2016.
The center as proposed will display presidential artifacts and have walking paths, a public library branch and a recording studio. Unlike the other 13 presidential libraries, Obama's will be the first fully digital one, with patrons able to access millions of emails, photos and videos from kiosks.
While Obama has touted the center as a youth leadership hub that'll attract new businesses, some residents fear a resurgence that would push out longtime residents.
Chicago ranks third among the nation's largest cities, after New York and Los Angeles, for most neighborhoods that have gentrified, though it hasn't seen as intense of a wave as other places, according to a National Community Reinvestment Coalition study this year.
Other presidential libraries in urban settings have faced resistance. Protesters tried to stop the city of Atlanta from paving a road through a public park to former President Jimmy Carter's library, which opened in 1986.
Yet the Obama library is dealing with its own issues around race and poverty. A study by neighborhood activists estimated that up to 4,500 families would be at risk of displacement with development around the center.
Some groups have demanded a community benefits agreement to protect residents. At a meeting the Obama Foundation held in September 2017, then-activist Jeannette Taylor asked if Obama would sign such an agreement.
Obama, via video, said as a former community organizer in Chicago he understood the concerns. But he didn't think a pact was necessary since the foundation, which is raising funds and overseeing construction, is a nonprofit.
"The reason we want to do it (is) because this is the community we care about," Obama said.
Activists, in protest, tried to prevent him from talking further.
"He forgot the people who got him into office," Taylor said.
His response left her heartbroken, she said, and she used it to fuel her City Council run. She was elected earlier this year.
The same election featured a nonbinding ballot question spurred by activists asking voters from the areas affected by the center if they would support a community benefits agreement. Voters said yes overwhelmingly.
Taylor has since gained sponsorship for an ordinance calling for protections in a 2-mile radius around the Obama library, including designating 30% of the area's housing as affordable, requiring buildings up for sale to first be offered to current tenants, and establishing a community trust fund to help residents with property taxes.
"It is morally wrong to get investment in a community that's long overdue investment and then to displace the very people who have been dealing with disinvestment," Taylor said. "It is a conversation that should have been had way before this, way before the library."
The Obama Foundation hasn't taken a position on the ordinance. The University of Chicago, which owns nearby land, is questioning the ordinance's legality.
Some activists say the proposed protections don't go far enough and time is of the essence. Rents are already going up and several new homes sold in the $700,000 range this year, a neighborhood record.
Michael Strautmanis, the foundation's chief engagement officer, said he agrees the displacement issue should be addressed. He said the foundation has promised to push for minority employment, youth leadership programs and resources to help people find jobs as development occurs in the area.
The library's economic impact is expected to be significant, something not lost on residents.
"Obama, yes! Displacement, no!" activists touting the ordinance chanted at a recent news conference.
The center is expected to draw around 800,000 visitors a year, translating into $110 million spent in the city each year, according to a 2014 University of Chicago-commissioned study.
Green tarps cover the fenced-off center site for now. Groundbreaking has been delayed, both by a park advocacy group's federal lawsuit challenging the use of public parkland and an ongoing federal review process needed because of the location in Jackson Park, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. The lawsuit was struck down in June.
Some activists say they plan to keep fighting and making demands with residents' best interests in mind.
"We're not going to displace anyone," Madison, who has fought for neighborhood protections, said. "Power of the protest is going to make sure that doesn't occur."
___
Follow Sophia Tareen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sophiatareen
Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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NFL.com reporter Jim Trotter penned a column earlier this week, lamenting the low number of minority coaches in the NFL.
“Miami’s Brian Flores was the only person of color to fill one of the eight vacancies this offseason, just as Steve Wilks in Arizona was the only minority to step into one of seven openings last offseason,” Trotter wrote.
Wilks, who is black, was fired following a 3-13 season in 2018, and was replaced by Kliff Kingsbury, who is white. The fact that Wilks was fired after just one season, and replaced by Kingsbury, who had a 35-40 record as the Texas Tech coach, irked some in the minority coaching community, according to the article.
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Candace Owens Teases the Premise of Her Next Book: 'It's Time for Minorities to Have an Awakening'
Former NFL head coach Tony Dungy thinks one of the problems is many NFL owners, the majority who made their fortunes outside of football, aren’t adept at interviewing coaching candidates.
“The biggest problem is, people making decisions, many times, don’t know what they’re looking for or how to find it,” Dungy told Trotter. “Then it becomes a matter of, ‘If I go with what’s popular, or what everybody else says is good, at least I’ll feel good about it and people won’t be able to second-guess me.’ Then it becomes easy to stay with what’s trendy, because there are enough good, trendy candidates that you’ll never run out. But that doesn’t always allow you to find the diamonds in the rough. My suggestion would be to have all these owners take a class in how to hire people.”
An anonymous NFL GM also blamed the lack of football acumen of many owners.
“They can hire the right business people for their company, because that’s what they do for a living, and they have a very good idea of what’s necessary to be successful,” the general manager told Trotter. “But how much do they actually know about the football world? Do they know what it’s like to go scout on the road? Do they see these guys in meetings every day? Do they know what a coach does every day? They have a global understanding, but they’re not educated enough on the ways of the NFL. Most of these owners are fans, so them hiring a head coach is like me going to Google and trying to hire a chief engineer for a new search engine. How the hell am I qualified to do that?”
New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton feels the NFL took a “step backward” the last two hiring cycles.
“We don’t have to see the numbers to know we took a step backward in the last hiring cycle — and that has nothing to do with anyone who was hired,” Payton said. “It’s just the fact that, man, look at the pictures.”
Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver coach Darryl Drake believes that if people don’t “speak out” nothing will change.
“If we don’t speak out, then we’re running down that same railroad track, and that track is rusty,” Drake told Trotter. “There are so many qualified minority coaches, which is why the reaction among them is not good. A lot of guys felt slighted in this last hiring cycle; a lot of guys do not know which road to take to get their names in a position to where they can have those opportunities; a lot of guys felt like certain individuals that should have had opportunities to get a job did not get a job.”
The NFL currently has four minority coaches – Flores, Pittsburgh’s Mike Tomlin, Carolina’s Ron Rivera a
“Miami’s Brian Flores was the only person of color to fill one of the eight vacancies this offseason, just as Steve Wilks in Arizona was the only minority to step into one of seven openings last offseason,” Trotter wrote.
Wilks, who is black, was fired following a 3-13 season in 2018, and was replaced by Kliff Kingsbury, who is white. The fact that Wilks was fired after just one season, and replaced by Kingsbury, who had a 35-40 record as the Texas Tech coach, irked some in the minority coaching community, according to the article.
Breitbart TV
CLICK TO PLAY
Candace Owens Teases the Premise of Her Next Book: 'It's Time for Minorities to Have an Awakening'
Former NFL head coach Tony Dungy thinks one of the problems is many NFL owners, the majority who made their fortunes outside of football, aren’t adept at interviewing coaching candidates.
“The biggest problem is, people making decisions, many times, don’t know what they’re looking for or how to find it,” Dungy told Trotter. “Then it becomes a matter of, ‘If I go with what’s popular, or what everybody else says is good, at least I’ll feel good about it and people won’t be able to second-guess me.’ Then it becomes easy to stay with what’s trendy, because there are enough good, trendy candidates that you’ll never run out. But that doesn’t always allow you to find the diamonds in the rough. My suggestion would be to have all these owners take a class in how to hire people.”
An anonymous NFL GM also blamed the lack of football acumen of many owners.
“They can hire the right business people for their company, because that’s what they do for a living, and they have a very good idea of what’s necessary to be successful,” the general manager told Trotter. “But how much do they actually know about the football world? Do they know what it’s like to go scout on the road? Do they see these guys in meetings every day? Do they know what a coach does every day? They have a global understanding, but they’re not educated enough on the ways of the NFL. Most of these owners are fans, so them hiring a head coach is like me going to Google and trying to hire a chief engineer for a new search engine. How the hell am I qualified to do that?”
New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton feels the NFL took a “step backward” the last two hiring cycles.
“We don’t have to see the numbers to know we took a step backward in the last hiring cycle — and that has nothing to do with anyone who was hired,” Payton said. “It’s just the fact that, man, look at the pictures.”
Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver coach Darryl Drake believes that if people don’t “speak out” nothing will change.
“If we don’t speak out, then we’re running down that same railroad track, and that track is rusty,” Drake told Trotter. “There are so many qualified minority coaches, which is why the reaction among them is not good. A lot of guys felt slighted in this last hiring cycle; a lot of guys do not know which road to take to get their names in a position to where they can have those opportunities; a lot of guys felt like certain individuals that should have had opportunities to get a job did not get a job.”
The NFL currently has four minority coaches – Flores, Pittsburgh’s Mike Tomlin, Carolina’s Ron Rivera a
Trump offered prayers for "those who perished in Toledo"
"May God bless the memory of those who perished in Toledo, and may God protect them," Trump said. "May God protect all of those from Texas to Ohio, may God bless the victims and their families, may God bless America."
Some context: Trump wasn't the only person to get the city wrong. At a fundraiser in San Diego, Joe Biden referred to the shootings in Houston and the day before in Michigan, before correcting it later.
With age comes wisdom but being in your 70's is too old to be President. I know the Republicans will very likely go with Trump but I hope someone younger than Biden leads the Democratic ticket.
"May God bless the memory of those who perished in Toledo, and may God protect them," Trump said. "May God protect all of those from Texas to Ohio, may God bless the victims and their families, may God bless America."
Some context: Trump wasn't the only person to get the city wrong. At a fundraiser in San Diego, Joe Biden referred to the shootings in Houston and the day before in Michigan, before correcting it later.
With age comes wisdom but being in your 70's is too old to be President. I know the Republicans will very likely go with Trump but I hope someone younger than Biden leads the Democratic ticket.
Sheriff Joe
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I have just one question about the suspect.
Take a wild guess, I bet the perp has fucked a goat or two in his life.
Horror: A Six-Year-Old Boy is Tossed From the 10th Story of a London Museum. But Fate Steps In
Posted at 9:35 pm on August 05, 2019 by Alex Parker
On Monday, at London’s Tate Modern museum, a teenager did the unthinkable: allegedly — while crowds enjoyed the exhibits — he threw a 6-year-old from a 10th-floor viewing gallery.
The adolescent was subsequently restrained by guests. Witness Nancy Barnfield told The Associated Press he “just stood there and was quite calm.”
Miraculously, the little boy survived: He landed on a fifth-floor roof.
The child is currently in critical but stable condition.
Nancy recounted a “loud bang” followed by a woman screaming, “Where’s my son?! Where’s my son?!”
The 17-year-old is in custody on suspicion of attempted murder.
Police are still trying to determine a motive; they don’t believe the two knew one another.
Detective Chief Superintendent John Massey of the Metropolitan Police marveled over the evil deed:
“This was a truly shocking incident, and people will understandably be searching for answers. At the moment, this is being treated as an isolated event with no distinct or apparent motive.”
Law enforcement is looking to speak with anyone who “witnessed a male whose behavior seemed out of place, suspicious or worrying, in the hour or two before the incident in or near the gallery.”
The museum — which received 6 million visitors last year — is “working closely with the police to help with their investigations,” a spokeswoman confirmed.
“All our thoughts are with the child and his family,” she said.
There is evil in the world. Not just far away, not just in the case of those who appear to possess it. It’s within the hearts of those we see, immemorable strangers who pass us by without incident. It’s there. Lurking.
Thank God, a 6-year-old child escaped its clutches. At least enough to stay upon the earth, in order to grow up and make it better.
Get better, little boy. We need you.
Take a wild guess, I bet the perp has fucked a goat or two in his life.
Horror: A Six-Year-Old Boy is Tossed From the 10th Story of a London Museum. But Fate Steps In
Posted at 9:35 pm on August 05, 2019 by Alex Parker
On Monday, at London’s Tate Modern museum, a teenager did the unthinkable: allegedly — while crowds enjoyed the exhibits — he threw a 6-year-old from a 10th-floor viewing gallery.
The adolescent was subsequently restrained by guests. Witness Nancy Barnfield told The Associated Press he “just stood there and was quite calm.”
Miraculously, the little boy survived: He landed on a fifth-floor roof.
The child is currently in critical but stable condition.
Nancy recounted a “loud bang” followed by a woman screaming, “Where’s my son?! Where’s my son?!”
The 17-year-old is in custody on suspicion of attempted murder.
Police are still trying to determine a motive; they don’t believe the two knew one another.
Detective Chief Superintendent John Massey of the Metropolitan Police marveled over the evil deed:
“This was a truly shocking incident, and people will understandably be searching for answers. At the moment, this is being treated as an isolated event with no distinct or apparent motive.”
Law enforcement is looking to speak with anyone who “witnessed a male whose behavior seemed out of place, suspicious or worrying, in the hour or two before the incident in or near the gallery.”
The museum — which received 6 million visitors last year — is “working closely with the police to help with their investigations,” a spokeswoman confirmed.
“All our thoughts are with the child and his family,” she said.
There is evil in the world. Not just far away, not just in the case of those who appear to possess it. It’s within the hearts of those we see, immemorable strangers who pass us by without incident. It’s there. Lurking.
Thank God, a 6-year-old child escaped its clutches. At least enough to stay upon the earth, in order to grow up and make it better.
Get better, little boy. We need you.
Multi Sport
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Maybe it's also too old to be posting on the forum... Espola.
A Trump supported equating the President to a forum poster is not surprising.
Multi Sport
DA
I am? You assume a lot...
Sheriff Joe
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Jeffrey Epstein's alleged sex trafficking victim named Bill Richardson, George Mitchell in newly released documents
By Brooke Singman | Fox News
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Sheriff Joe
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Looks like the clintons got another one.
Multi Sport
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Just ask Mr. Epstein.... oh wait. You can't anymore.
Further news that sounds too weird to believe - the suicide watch was cancelled due to orders from DOJ. if true, that would be Barr, not Clinton
Sheriff Joe
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At least he is dead.
Multi Sport
DA
Sucker..
Hüsker Dü
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Epstein's buddy from New York.