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Race Card: Schultz Claims Republicans Have 'Pre-Civil Rights Attitude' On ObamaCare
If Barack Obama is going to win re-election, he's going to have to count on massive, overwhelming, support from his base. And what better way to gin up that base than by accusing Republicans of Jim Crow racism?
Rush Limbaugh played an amazing montage today of a series of Dems using the "discrimination" talking point in describing Republican opposition to ObamaCare. Ed Schultz took the notion a giant step further on his MSNBC show this evening, flatly claiming that GOP opposition amounts to a "pre-civil rights attitude." Got that, base? Opposing ObamaCare = George Wallace at the schoolhouse door. Welcome to the new era of civility!
View video after the jump.
Watch Schultz shamelessly play to people's worst fears.
ED SCHULTZ: The Republicans basically, as I see it, have a pre-civil rights attitude when it comes to health care. They want to deny, they've already repealed, they want to deny, they want to openly discriminate against people because they're sick. That's what today's vote was all about. They want to tell people, well, we're going to favor the insurance companies instead of you. They're going to tell young people with this vote that no, you can't be on your parents' policy. You can't do it. It's discrimination is what it is. They are taking away the opportunity of Americans to get health care with their attitude. This takes us back to the '60s! They want to deny. They want to deny people an opportunity to get better. They want to exclude. They want a two-class society.
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Some just never learn.
Submitted by Ashrak on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 8:43pm.
More projection. He is the one with the pre civil rights attitude and his position on firearms demonstrates it better than anything else. Democrats, liberals, progressives, leftist, whatever one will call them - tried to stop the 14th Amendment then and they still refuse to relent before it today. It is folks like Ed, folks who would endlessly deny, who brought it to Amendment status because folks of the day knew a great many would scoff at legislation alone and that a full Amendment must come to pass for it to stand the test of time.
I am left to wonder if the Seargent will ever understand just how much of a fool he is making of himself.
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Wasn't the opposition to civil rights mostly democrats?
Submitted by Duff on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 9:51pm.
Like George Wallace and the ku klux klan (Sen. Robert Byrd (D)) among many others.
Now children, learn your history or you could end up like an ignorant buffoon like this obnoxious clown.
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Sens. Robert Byrd and Al Gore Sr. were two of the
Submitted by Galvanic on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 11:40pm.
. . . prominent Dems who voted against the Civil Rights Act.
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Psycho Eddie....
Submitted by adamsmith on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 8:44pm.
Too bad people don't end up in Hell for being stupid.....
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A way to increase Ratings...?
Submitted by AMR1960 on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 8:59pm.
Hey you lurker crypto-commies @MSNBC reading this blog--If you want to increase the ratings for "Big Eddy"; inserting a laugh track to go with Ed's unhinged & insane rants might help some.
Can't wait for Comcast to pay you-all a visit ;o)
Long Live...THE REPUBLIC !
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Is Ed mentally ill?
Submitted by Cactus Kurt on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 8:58pm.
What's wrong with these idiots at (MS)NBC? Their anger is way over-the-top. "Pre-civil rights attitude"... seriously, Ed? The fact is that the majority of Americans did not want ObamaCare. The fact is that today's repeal vote had more votes than it took to pass Obamacare.
Get some help Ed. Maybe Olbermann can recommend his mental health therapist.
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Kurt, would YOU go to Keith
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 9:22pm.
Kurt, would YOU go to Keith Olbermann's therapist? LOL
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It is hydrotherapy.
Submitted by Hunter12 on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 9:28pm.
It is hydrotherapy.
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."Â - Sir Winston Churchill
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ed was born of poor but humble parents.
Submitted by Willis_Leon_Johnson on Thu, 01/20/2011 - 10:10am.
They all lived together in a small, mud hovel with nothing but grass and weeds to eat.
Finally, when young ed was 3 years old, a man came to the door looking for a brain for his pet skunk.
Finally, after much negotiation, the poor but humble parents of young ed sold his brain to the man for 11 cents (Canadian).
The brain was successfully transplanted into the skunk which immediately rejected the brain as being too stupid.... but that's another story....
Young eds now vacant cranial cavity was filled with some material they located in the outhouse pit to keep it from collapsing.
That my friends is how young ed grew up to be the first living brain donor.
End 'gun violence in America' - Require training and MANDATORY "Shall Carry" by every Citizen.
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If harry reid is the best person to lead the senate, what does that say about the other 99 senators?
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Schultz is being racist. Â He
Submitted by mostlymoderate on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 9:13pm.
Schultz is being racist. He is implying that black people disproportionately usurp government benefits and therefore will be the primary beneficiaries of Obamacare.
Does Obamacare only pay for black people? I did not know it was made specifically for black people.
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Ed may be on to something
Submitted by Hunter12 on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 9:25pm.
Ed may be on to something there. This is not funded under ObamaCare, but the stimulus bill set aside $1.1 Billion to do Comparative Effectiveness Research and if you look on page 8 of their report to the President, it says: "One important consideration for comparative effectiveness research is addressing the needs of priority populations and sub-groups, i.e., those often underrepresented in research. The priority populations specifically include, but are not limited to, racial and ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, children, the elderly, and patients with multiple chronic conditions. These groups have been traditionally under-represented in medical research." Sounds like targeting research monies based on race to me.
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."Â - Sir Winston Churchill
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Ed, study your history
Submitted by Hunter12 on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 9:13pm.
Ed, study your history dumba$$. If the Republicans had the same attitude they had pre-civil rights, they'd be in a mode of getting ready to pass it, not repeal it. You would need to say Republicans are acting like the Democrats in the days befor civil rights, they agin' it. The liberals forget they've rewritten history and then they try to reference it intelligently. Go back and look it up in an unedited book, Ed. Republicans passed Civil Rights. Democrats, like AL Gore Sr, filibustered it and then tried to gut the law.
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."Â - Sir Winston Churchill
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"You would need to say
Submitted by NC Cop on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 9:28pm.
"You would need to say Republicans are acting like the Democrats in the days befor civil rights, they agin'it."
The dems stood against civil rights legislation more often, a lot more often, than Republicans. It absolutely astounds me how the left re-writes history on a constant basis.
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After he did his best to stop
Submitted by Hunter12 on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 9:33pm.
After he did his best to stop it and failed, Gore Sr jumped on the bandwagon. I guess someone told him, "Hey, there are a lot of African Americans in your district. They are going to get to vote more easily from now on." Everett Dirksen was the point man to get the legislation passed, a Republican Senator from Illinois.
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."Â - Sir Winston Churchill
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Here's a link to Gore, Sr's
Submitted by Hunter12 on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 9:57pm.
Here's a link to Gore, Sr's actions, for the incredulous out there. Do a little of your own research, if you don't believe it. The gentleman even tells you where to look.
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."Â - Sir Winston Churchill
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Republicans AND Democrats passed civil rights legislation.
Submitted by Jer on Thu, 01/20/2011 - 11:18pm.
The search for historical realities in the arena of racial progress is no better served by spinning GOP yarn than it is by the effort of the left to excise the critical role played by Republicans in the passage of civil rights legislation during the 50's and 60's--or by your warped and oversimplified characterization of the far more complicated--and even occasionaly ignoble---behavior of Al Gore Sr.
Gore did indeed vote against the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for reasons that were rooted in opportunism and election year politics rather than overarching philosophy. It doesn't excuse his vote---it may in fact render it less excusable--but it does tend to explain his mixed record as well as the social milieu which dominated and defined racial politics and the South of that era. As he had demonstrated to some extent beforehand, and to a much larger degree afterwards, Gore was more of a 'moderate' than nearly all of his regional political contemporaries. And the notion that his subsequent, and far more active, support of civil rights bills was cynically designed to appeal to an expanded African-American voting bloc in his "district" [btw...Senators represent states, not districts] is sheer nonsense. It was bound to--and no doubt did--cost him votes in his failed 1970 re-election bid.
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Most definitely, Jer---
Submitted by matthewdean on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 2:27am.
One of your more convoluted explanations of why a Democrat did what he did; and yet you state Hunter's post was a "warped and oversimplified characterization of the far more complicated--and even occasionally ignoble---behavior of Al Gore Sr."
After all the ins and outs, ups and downs, and zigs and zags of your "explanation" reference Al Gore, Sr. and his Civil Rights voting record, it sure is funny to see you call out someone else as being warped in their treatment of the same situation.
Aren't you originally from Tennessee?
Maybe that "splains" it.
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Sorry, Matthew...
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 3:18am.
Convoluted?...er, no. Not at all. It is an admittedly brief yet accurate summation of the social, racial, and political dynamics in play at the time. Furthermore, my criticism of Hunter's seriously flawed analysis is, if anything, understated. Yes, I lived in Tennessee during the period in question and recall very well the state and national debate regarding civil rights legislation, as well as the reasons underlying Gore's later senatorial defeat in 1970. His outspoken oppostion to the Vietnam War was probably the issue which hurt him the most, but the public perception of [comparatively] 'progressive' civil rights views also worked against him.
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Admittedly brief, eh?---
Submitted by matthewdean on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 5:16am.An accurate summation of the "social, racial, and political dynamics in play at the time". Somewhere around 170 words in your post. "Al Gore, Sr. was likely a bigot; and sired one of the biggest toads ever to enter into American politics in the twentieth century". 24 words. Much more concise, and IMO, much more accurate. No charge. MD
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This is Ed on the deck of the Titanic, frantically flailing his
Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 9:14pm.
...arms about, just before it slips beneath the waves forever.
The racism charge has no meaning anymore. Just ask the boy who cried wolf.
Vote for the American in November
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Dave, Actually, I would
Submitted by Chris Norman on Thu, 01/20/2011 - 9:59am.
Actually, I would think that The Cowardly Schultz would have dressed up as a woman to get on board one of the lifeboats...
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"Bias" Just Doesn't Cover It Any Longer
Submitted by Chris Norman on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 9:16pm.
Any more reporting of the over-the-top attacks of Schultz and you'll have to change NB's motto to "Exposing and Combatting the Liberal Media's Hyperbolic Lies About Conservatives"
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Didn't we already see this gambit?
Submitted by neutron on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 9:19pm.
During the "W" years, Republicans were R A C I S T!
Last year, leading up to the midterm, T.E.A. Party folks were R A C I S T !
That strategery worked so well at convincing everyone to vote Democrat, that now MSLSD is doubling down on stupid. You're all R A C I S T ! Everyone of you conseratives, Independents, Republicans, Libertarians, you're all R A C I S T !
Let's see how well it works again! (Einstein defined "insanity" as repeating the same experiment and expecting a different outcome.)
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Ed needs to read cajun's posts*
Submitted by cajun2 on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 9:22pm.
I posted on another thread today the Black Tea Party is having it's first convention in Houston this week. The Houston media is covering the event. Let's see if Eddie has the courage to check it out.
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Democrat calls Republican health care fight "blood libel"
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 9:30pm.
Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn invoked the Nazi analogy and accused Republicans of perpetrating a "blood libel" with their opposition to Obamacare.
"They say it's a government takeover of health care. A big lie just like (Joseph) Goebbels. You say it enough and you repeat the lie, repeat the lie, repeat the lie until eventually people believe it. Like blood libel, that's the same kind of thing."
Cohen, in his defense, said the remark was "taken out of context."
Of course, in context, it made perfect sense and wasn't offensive at all. Because, you know, saying it's a government takeover of health care, if a lie, IS the equivalent of claiming that Jews kill children to make Matzos for Passover, so he was justified.
\sarc off
How DUMB does one have to be to repeat the term "blood libel" right now???
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"Blood libel!" Â
Submitted by bkeyser on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 9:36pm.
"Blood libel!"
Oh, damn. ;-)
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Maybe someone could ask Steve
Submitted by Hunter12 on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 9:48pm.
Maybe someone could ask Steve why we need all the duplication of bureaus and services if it's not a government takeover of health care?
as an aside, here's a little nugget for Joe Wilson.
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."Â - Sir Winston Churchill
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Submitted by dronetek on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 9:39pm.
All I can think of is that scene from the movie "Airplane", when everyone takes a turn smacking one of the passengers.
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How dumb do you have to be...
Submitted by MightyMouth on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 9:48pm.
to equate Civil Rights with Insurance 'reform'? That's like comparing the Civil War to any given Jerry Springer show!
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Joan Rivers Tells FOX News To 'Go F**k Themselves'
Submitted by im41 on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 9:50pm.
Did you hear this one?
Thank God that this is as close as we are going to get, to Rivers actually showing her ass.
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Schultz probably thinks he was a 60's Freedom Rider.
Submitted by KyWriter on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 9:54pm.
It's one of his milder delusions.
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Submitted by grammajane on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 10:02pm.
This bafoon knows no history of the Civil Rights Bill. As often as he calls more then half of American's a bunch of racists the more he proves what a racist he is. Those who point fingers are usually the one's with the problem. Wish he would go back to carrying water for his football team in NO.Dak
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Nice Tone, Special Ed.
Submitted by LibertyAtStake on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 10:08pm.
Didn't you get the memo, fathead?
"Because the Only Good Progressive is a Failed Progressive"
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13th,14th, 15th
Submitted by Samshile (not verified) on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 10:16pm.
AMENDMENTS WERE Created by Republicans. 1964 Civil Rights Act 84% Elephants. Who wants black americans to have dignity and a job? Elephants.
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It's unbelievable sad
Submitted by Barack_must_go..... on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 10:17pm.
It's unbelievable sad how MSNBC allows this missing link of a character to take up an hour of prime time air five nights a week.
All he's really doing is throwing his own crap against the wall, hoping & praying something sticks......but it never has. Why?
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Submitted by bigdaddy on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 10:42pm.
What was that? It sounded like a man's head exploding on TV.
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Waste a pucker
Submitted by Jerry Mack on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 11:09pm.
Just missed Harry and Nancy by this much. Now I am going to have to waste a good pucker! Darn it!
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Special Ed, Chief
Submitted by HockeyKid on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 11:10pm.
of the left's Department of Bombastic Lunatic Finger-pointing (and Silly Walks).
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
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But Ed is talking about his fellow Democrats
Submitted by WarEagle01 on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 11:16pm.
All of the villains of the Civil Rights era--Faubus, Wallace, Maddox, Connor, etc.--were Democrats. Just like Ed. And Democrats like Ed Schultz founded the Ku Klux Klan, twice. They also opposed the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments and every single piece of Civil Rights legislation right through the 1960s. These racist pigs were Democrats like Ed Schultz. So, I guess Ed is saying we should vote Republican. OK, I guess I agree with Special Ed.
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I love it!
Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 01/20/2011 - 12:00am.
The Prog/Lib/commies are losing their minds over this! We really should do this more often!
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Submitted by Jerry Mack on Thu, 01/20/2011 - 12:20am.
A huge majority of them have a single cell solar powered brain. Because of their dedication to Global warming they stay inside all day. This explains their lack of a thought process.
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There ya go again "special ed"
Submitted by donabernathy on Thu, 01/20/2011 - 12:50am.
26 year old children....... and ya think Loughner is a loon
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This website should have a
Submitted by mostlymoderate on Thu, 01/20/2011 - 12:58am.
This website should have a dedicated section that high-lights every instance the race-card is being used by the left-wing media. It seems like several times every day there is some form of "race card" being dealt by the left. Hilarious and shameful at the same time.
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Race Baiting Has Lost It's Steam
Submitted by Boil It Down on Thu, 01/20/2011 - 2:12am.
Hey Ed, didn't you get the memo that the race card has been backfiring on you guys. Maybe your buddy "The Great Race Divider" Sharpton has convinced you otherwise with some sort of gratuity but, if so, he flim flammed you. But, I encourage you to keep it up and even add a little more rage and hyperbole, 'cause it's workin' great for us. With a little more emphasis you can make the word "racism" mean absolutely nothing at all. People of reason around the world own you a debt of gratitude for providing someone to point to and say "see..that's what not to be".
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See Ed Schultz. See Ed
Submitted by Chris Norman on Thu, 01/20/2011 - 10:06am.
See Ed Schultz. See Ed Schultz make wilder and wilder attacks against Republicans in a desperate attempt to get noticed amongst all the other radical liberal voices at MSNBC - who are all doing pretty much the same thing as he is. It's like the cacophony of insanity you'd hear walking down the hall in the secure ward of an insane asylum...
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Here's the trailer for that Vin Diesel web series with Fox Digital Entertainment, titled The Ropes - an original series about the lives of bouncers - I've already alerted you, and which I didn't care for, which in turn attracted several comments (likely from the same person using different handles) challenging my reaction to it.
As already noted, the series is no longer a web series, and is now available on Netflix. You can stream it there right now if you have a Netflix account.
I watched the first 3 episodes and wasn't impressed enough to continue with the series.
Each episode is about 24 minutes long, which tells me that they may have been aiming for TV, likely cable, given the R-rated content.
There are a total of 6 episodes, each marked Season 1, which suggest that there may be more coming... as in a season 2.
Recall Zoe Saldana signed on the direct at least one episode; I just scrolled the credits of Episode 2 and saw her name listed as director of 2 of the segments within epidode 2. Each episode is apparently broken up into 3 parts.
Vin doesn't act in it, but he's listed as writer and director of several episodes.
Watch the trailer below:
Okoye | May 25, 2013 2:19 AM
When does season 2 come out
ruby | January 4, 2013 7:06 PM
just saw season 1 loved it cant wait for season 2
shannon | August 19, 2012 4:42 PM
New favorite show! Season 2 pleaseeeee
The machete | June 3, 2012 8:15 PM
Great series! Keep it up! Waitin for season 2!
MfBoogieman | May 25, 2012 8:01 PM
Best show of 2012 ... 2nd season needed asap !!!!!
Jose | May 21, 2012 1:44 AM
Great show cant wait for season 2!hope vin disel come out1
Roxanne | May 13, 2012 9:10 PM
Great show. A good mix of action, suspense and comedy. the guys are hot!! I agree it needs a second season.
adrian | May 10, 2012 11:16 PM
def ya need to make a season 2 this shit shoulda been a hbo series..
Sharock Jones | April 9, 2012 11:45 PM
Great!!!!! Show was very good!!! Better have a season 2 or else i'm getting Bug Vic on you guys!
Adrianne | April 3, 2012 12:03 AM
Season 1 was to short! I want more!!!!!!! Please hurry up with season 2!
Freak | March 29, 2012 11:43 PM
Agreed send us a season two!!!
Mcgublum | March 26, 2012 10:29 PM
Just watched season 1. Thought Vin Diesel did a great job & can't wait for season 2.
Dennis b | March 26, 2012 11:07 AM
This show is awsom,just watched the whole season,hurry up season 2!
mark brady | March 25, 2012 3:33 PM
excellent series absolutely love it being involved in security it give you an idea of the going on obviously old school though as you wouldnt get away with that behaviour these days but cracking show roll on season 2
Andrew M. Pavlik | March 24, 2012 2:16 AM
Awesone job guys, worked 6 yrs in film industry, did time bar tending and bouncing, great cinematography and a true sense of the bond behind the seen. My applause, can't wait for season 2!!
8286salazar | March 21, 2012 3:55 AM
Just finished watching the whole season and I've got to say this show was awesome as hell. As a bouncer, I was able to relate with everything that happened on the show. Season 2 needs to hurry up and get here.
queenbee1226 | March 16, 2012 11:56 PM
i watched all of them in a row! my husband & i thought it was hilarious!! cant for season 2! Bring.It.On! another great netflix series is lillyhammer
CAMILYIN.COM | March 16, 2012 12:43 PM
Great show, iching for more!
Katie | March 15, 2012 11:35 PM
Amazing please season 2
jimmy uk | March 15, 2012 3:43 PM
Loved it brilliant show preying for a 2nd series
mike | March 14, 2012 2:32 AM
can't wait for season 2!!.
Christiana | March 11, 2012 6:49 PM
This show is off the hook. Its a must see. I cant wait to watch season 2 OMG!!!
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Nothing for UK viewers?


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Chris Capuano got shelled last night: 4 IP, 8 hits, 6 earned runs. Yeah, it wasn't pretty. This isn't the first time either; hes given up 5 or more earned runs in 7 of his 27 starts, and only once has he gone at least 7 innings in a game in which hes given up 4 or more earned runs. The funny thing about Capuano is that despite all of this, his fielder-independent statistics remain quite solid. His FIP- is 6% below league average (at 106) while his xFIP- is 4% better than league average (at 96). Considering his FIP has always underperformed his xFIP (basically, hes more homer-prone than he should be), I guess you could say hes probably closer to league average or slightly worse rather than a bit above average. But that doesn't really explain the difference between his actual results versus his FIP.Well, for one his BABIP is .312. League average this year is .291. For the traditional fans who disdain this statistic, yeah I know, here we go again with BABIP.... But Capuano's career rate is a dead-even .300 across 940+ innings, and its not likes hes given up more line drives or anything, as his line drive rate this season is actually 2% below his career average. Furthermore, SIERA and tERA are two ERA estimators that take into account balls in play, and both grade out Capuano quite solid for the season: 3.52 and 3.89, respectively. There could just be some randomness to his BABIP, pitchers go through all of the time, even for full seasons (see: James Shields' 2010 season). There is a slight 2% uptick in groundballs for Capuano this season, which have a better chance of turning into hits than flyballs, and the Mets' defense has graded out quite poorly*, so there's a good chance those play at least some sort of role in his BABIP being .12 points above his career average this season.
(*: DRS ranks the Mets 4th from the bottom in MLB, UZR ranks them 2nd from the bottom in MLB.)
And when you dig a little deeper, things start to make more sense. The funny part about his BABIP "struggles" is that they have mostly come in the spot it could hurt him most: with men on base. His BABIP with the bases empty this season is .294. That's quite normal. But with men on? It balloons to .342. That'll certainly hurt the ERA. So now the question is, why is it so high, and is this Capuano's fault? Well, hes not giving up any more line drives with men on, so that's not it. The groundball rate, however? It shoots up 10% with men on. For a pitcher, that is supposed to be a good thing, but this where quality of defense and the fact groundballs turn into more hits than flyballs come into play again, and thus inflate his batting average on balls in play higher than it really should be.
Still don't believe me when I say Capuano has not been very lucky with men on base? Well, compare these men on base issues to his career numbers with men on base. For his career, he has a .296 BABIP with men on base and a 72.5% strand rate, versus a .342 BABIP and 70.7% strand rate this season. That career sample size covers a much larger amount of data than this year, too. Considering all of this, it certainly seems clear that some bad luck has hurt Capuano when it has mattered most -- with men on base -- and it has artificially inflated his ERA. Hes given up a lot more groundballs, which have a better chance of turning into hits than flyballs, with men on base. Again, that's not a bad thing on Capuano's part; its the fact the defense behind him, and probably some general bad luck, that has made him look much worse than he really is.


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Amazon has tripled in size over the past three years. Food delivery services are raking in the cash from investors. Zillow is rivaling the market value of some of real estate's biggest players. Are we in the midst of a tech bubble, getting ready to burst? That's one of the questions I posed to a panel of tech investors… Read More
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Ex-Amazon engineers raise $8.5M to help retailers set dynamic pricing
Boomerang Commerce, a Santa Clara, Calif. startup led by former Amazon.com engineers Guru Hariharan and Madhusudhan Rao, has raised $8.5 million in series A financing from Trinity Ventures and Madrona Venture Group. The company also is officially unveiling its first product today, a new Dynamic Price Optimizer that's designed to help online retailers dynamically set… Read More
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Ex-Amazon engineers raise $2.7M for lunch delivery startup Peachd from Maveron, Vulcan and Madrona
A new startup in Seattle just raised $2.75 million from some of the region's top venture capital firms to do something rather simple: Deliver lunch. Peachd is one of many food delivery companies sprouting up around the nation and Seattle, but it hopes to differentiate itself with a service that brings daytime grub from top… Read More
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Madrona Venture Group's Julie Sandler inspired a crowd of 15,000 high school students earlier this year with her talk at We Day, imploring the teenagers to approach entrepreneurial ideas with confidence all while embracing critics. Even more important, she stressed the importance of not being afraid to ask other people for what they want. You… Read More
Location analytics startup Placed raises $10M to track your whereabouts
Smartphones today certainly can do more than just make a call or send a text — they also double as personal GPS devices that can monitor our precise movements. The ability to track someone's location can be invaluable for some marketers, and one Seattle startup is capitalizing on the opportunity. Placed today announced a $10 million series B… Read More
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The chart above tells quite a story. That blue line — the one that looks like a hockey stick — shows how interest in computer science from freshmen at the University of Washington in Seattle has skyrocketed since 2010 compared with other engineering fields. The UW is not alone. Countless other U.S. universities, from Harvard to Stanford to the University of Michigan, are seeing… Read More
ExtraHop looks to build business analytics powerhouse, lands $41 million from early Splunk investor
ExtraHop CEO Jesse Rothstein doesn't think his business analytics startup is simply creating a great product. The pony-tailed entrepreneur — who prior to co-founding ExtraHop worked as a senior architect at F5 Networks — believes they are doing much more than that by defining an entirely new category. Some big-name investors agree. ExtraHop today is… Read More
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Here it is: http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=beycx3a
Jazz receive: Rajon Rondo, Kevin Garnett
Celtics receive: Al Jefferson, Kyle Lowry
Raptors receive: Randy Foye, Jamaal Tinsley, Jazz 1st round pick 2013 (and probably 1 more pick for them to actually do this - maybe a 2014 pick?)
Why the Celtics do it: Rumors have been flying for over a year now that the team wants to trade Rondo. They do that and get younger with Jefferson replacing Garnett.
Why the Jazz do it: They get a great point guard in Rondo and a veteran who plays great defense in Garnett. I may not like the guy, but he's still got game.
Why the Raptors do it: During Lowry's injury, Jose Calderon has been playing great basketball. When Lowry gets back, they'll have two starting-caliber point guards making almost $16 million combined. Getting an extra first round draft pick this year might be enough for them to part way. (Tinsley and Foye could also be replaced with Mo Williams, but with his injury he has almost no value this season. Other players that work salary-wise, and that the Raptors may be interested in: Paul Millsap, Marvin Williams)
If the Celtics have changed their tune with Rondo (or if they never wanted to trade him in the first place), then there's no way they do this. If Garnett decides he doesn't want to be traded, he can veto any trade, so there's that as well.
The Jazz may not want to trade Jefferson and/or Millsap during the season, and instead wait until the offseason to make a move. Taking on Rondo and Garnet also takes up most of their cap space for next offseason - although they'll have Kanter, Favors, Garnett, Evans, Hayward, Burks, and Rondo (plus Marvin Williams, if he opts in) on the books already; that's already a pretty solid roster. Re-sign Damare Carroll, bring in 2 or 3 role players and you're good.
The Raptors may be more interested in keeping Lowry and trading the older, more expensive Calderon. If that's the case, then there's little chance of them agreeing to this, unless we throw in at least two first-round picks (which I'd be OK with in this trade scenario).


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ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Colgate women's soccer head coach Kathy Brawn earned her 100th Patriot League win Friday as her team defeated American 3-0 at Glenn Warner Soccer Facility on the campus of Navy.
Colgate (10-5-4) was led by Catherine Williams, Caroline Brawner and Jillian Kinter who all notched goals in the match. Ashley Walsh grabbed three saves on the afternoon.
"This is a great feeling, it's not just winning the game I thought that the way that we won it really stuck close to our game plan," head coach Brawn said. "I thought that American really came out strong and hard like we knew they would, and to get a goal against the wind like we did in the first half really was an important factor in getting the win today."
American (6-10-3) saw two shots from Michelle Montilio. Charlene Belanger made six saves throughout the game.
The Raiders spent most of the first half in the Eagles defensive zone notching eight shots to Americans three. Colgate grabbed its first goal off a rebound from Williams. The goal came in the 27th minute and originated off a shot by Jenna Raepple. The goalie bobbled the initial shot letting Williams have a chance at the rebound. The freshman stepped up big in this semifinal match giving the Raiders the 1-0 lead.
Colgate dominated the scoring chances in the first 45 minutes starting with a shot from Raepple at the top of 18-yard box. Her shot hit off the left post and bounced back into play giving the Raiders their first chance at net just 10 minutes into the game.
The Raiders showcased their great teamwork by passing between the American midfield. Williams played the ball to Lexi Panepinto who was making a run down the left hand side of the field. Panepinto found her sister Jenna Panepinto who was making a parallel run in the center of the field. She took a shot at net but it was deflected out for a corner kick. The corner by Kelsey Hough bounced around in the box before finding the head of Chelsea Roche. She flicked the ball over the defense of American for Raepple to run onto, however Raepple was called offside before she could put it away.
Newly announced Patriot League Player of the Year, Kinter force a turnover deep in the Eagles half, earning herself a breakaway in the box. She took one touch before Belanger came out pressuring her to shoot. Her shot was saved but gave Colgate another scoring chance at net.
American's only true scoring opportunity came with 20 minutes left in the half. Kirsten Eriksen crossed the ball into the box but Walsh punched it away before any Eagles players could do any harm.
Early into the second half American almost equalized after Erin Mulhern took a hard strike inside the box. Walsh once again saved a scoring chance pushing the ball over the net and out for a corner.
J. Panepinto opened up the field by making a run down the sideline with the ball. She dribbled deep into the American half and crossed it into the box. Williams read the cross and directed her run toward the ball. The defender trailing Williams got a touch on the ball before she was able to grab her second of the game.
Colgate extended its lead with 25 minutes left to play in the game. The Raiders earned a free kick from 30 yards out. Roche stepped up to take the kick and placed it in the middle of the box. The ball fell at the foot of Brawner through a mixture of players, where she was able to one touch it into the back of the net.
The Raiders continued the attacking pressure and earned another chance at goal. J. Panepinto took the ball down the side of the field and played a beautiful cross into the box. Raepple found the ball and one touched it at net. Her shot hit the crossbar and ricocheted back into play.
Less than five minutes later the Raiders found their third and final goal after Hough played a long ball into Brawner, who was making a run on the right side of the field. Brawner saved the rolling ball off the end line by one timing it into the middle of the box. The ball landed perfectly on the head of Kinter, who smashed it into the back of the net to secure a Colgate 3-0 win.
The Raiders kept the ball possession throughout the rest of the game advancing them to the Patriot League Championship on Sunday.
"This group of players are so connected with one another, they're so dialed into what we are trying to do and they play well together," Brawn added.
"When you have that and the talent that we have you can really accomplish so much. It's a fun group to work with and I'm looking forward to just being in a championship game. Hopefully we bring our "a" game and the best will come out."
Sunday's game is set for 2 p.m. at the Glenn Warner Soccer Facility on Sunday. They await the winner of tonight's night game against Lehigh/Navy.
HAMILTON – Heading into the weekend, the No. 2-seeded Colgate women's soccer team looks to take down Navy, American and Lehigh to capture the title of 2012 Patriot League Champions.
The Glenn Warner Soccer Facility on the campus of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., serves as the host of this year's four-team playoff. The Raiders have qualified for their League-best 20th postseason tournament, all under the tutelage of head coach Kathy Brawn. Colgate has also extended the League's longest active tournament-appearance streak at five years.
"This is always an exciting time of the season," Brawn said. "There are four quality teams in the tournament and it has motivated everyone on our team to train a bit harder this week."
Colgate takes on American for the second time in less than a week. American, with an overall record of 6-9-3, saw Carleigh Morba and Lindsay Muri score goals to tie the game 2-2 last Saturday in Washington D.C.
The semifinals are set to take place Friday, with second-seeded Colgate battling No. 3 American in the opener at 3 p.m. Top seed and host Navy takes on No. 4 Lehigh in the nightcap at 7 p.m.
Patriot League Tournament
While making the postseason is an accomplishment in its own, the team members will have in the back of their minds what happened a year ago. After securing the top seed in the 2011 tournament, the Raiders hosted the Army Black Knights in a semifinal matchup on Van Doren Field.
Colgate fell to the eventual PL Champions 2-0 after a late Black Knight's goals secured the win with less than 30 seconds left. The Raiders were down early in the match following an Army goal just six minutes in. They put pressure on Black Knight's goalkeeper Monica Lee but were unable to find the equalizer.
Heading into the 2012 season the Raiders had one thing on their mind — winning the Patriot League title. With first class performances so far this year by senior captainsJillian Kinter and Ashley Walsh, Colgate has found itself back in a position to grab the gold.
Kinter leads the team with 13 goals, nine assists and 35 points on the season. She has tallied five game-winning goals to lift Colgate to a record of 9-5-4. This season she became the eight player in history to record 20 or more career assists. She currently sits eight overall with 83 career points, eighth with 31 career goals and tied for fifth with 35 season points.
Walsh has continued to be a defensive anchor for the Raiders, grabbing 90 saves just this season in net. She has allowed only 30 goals on 227 shots faced. She currently sits fourth all-time in career saves with 375 and tied for third with nine season shutouts.
Also making a bang this year is sophomore Caroline Brawner, who has grabbed six goals and three assists so far. Along with Jenna Raepple, Kelsey Hough, Jenna Gibney,Elise Amioka, and Chelsea Roche, Brawner is the reason the Raiders have conceded only 31 goals during the 2012 campaign.
The freshman class has definitely made an immediate impact on the team as well. Twin sisters Jenna Panepinto and Lexi Panepinto have both started every game but one for Colgate with both earning two goals so far in their rookie season. Freshman phenomenon Catherine Williams does not play like any old freshman — she has 10 goals with eight assists so far this year. Williams has been one of the PL's top rookies and she looks to continue that this weekend. She has started all 18 games for the Raiders and has the fifth highest point total for a first-year player in school history with 28.


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Well. Sorta.
Not really a sale, I don't think. But limited quantities, surely. I was shopping with relatives over the holiday and we wandered into a TJ Maxx store, and what did my little eye, spy?!?! Vikings gear, official NFL stuff, no less, at sweet prices. And they had lots of it.
Now this was in Chicago... so when I got back home to Northern Virginia, I had to check out a TJ Maxx and see what there was to see... and lo and behold, VIKINGS GEAR!!! Official NFL Vikings Gear!
Purple Harvin Jersey, all sizes, $12.99
Black and purple Vikings Fleece, heavy-lined hoodie jacket, $49.99
Black and purple Vikings Suede Leather bomber jacket, $59.99
I'm too damned lazy to upload the pictures, take my word for it; this is really nice stuff :)
Normally, I wouldn't bother to brag about something like this, except that, 1) I already got mine :) so I'm good, and 2) the same stuff is available in both the Chicago store and the Virginia store, which suggests it's available in other places too, and 3) the prices are crazy good.
So there's a purple lining to the cloud that hangs over the Vikings right now; maybe Viking gear isn't popular with the bandwagon crowd, but to the Faithful, it's always in style :)
This has been a Purple-and-Gold service announcement for those who might give a rat's patootie. I do not have any TJ Maxx stock, or work at TJ Maxx, nor do any of my relatives, nor do any Packer Fans (fingers crossed).


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HANOVER, N.H. (AP) - The former head of a Dartmouth College fraternity says the college in New Hampshire has dropped hazing charges against all but three of its members.
Brendan Mahoney, former president of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, told the student newspaper that the college has dismissed charges against 24 students accused earlier this month. Mahoney told The Dartmouth the charges were withdrawn after the fraternity provided physical evidence disputing allegations made by former member Andrew Lohse.
In January, Lohse went public with allegations of the "dehumanizing" experiences he said he witnessed at Sigma Alpha Epsilon, including pledges being pressured to swim in and swallow vomit.
College spokesman Justin Anderson said he could not comment on individual charges Wednesday, but said allegations may be modified or withdrawn as dictated by evidence.
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Are you ready to sit in the Captain's Chair?
From the creators of Vincere Totus Astrum comes for a universe of exploration and adventure. As the Captain of your own Starship begin your trek of literally endless worlds by first selecting your randomly generated race and ship, then set out for the stars.
Kickstarter Campaign Page: Kickstarter.com
Encounter alien races and exotic locations as you travel in an endlessly procedurally generated galaxy. No two game are the same. As you explore, randomly generated "Episodes" will have you fighting hostile ships, helping aliens and exploring the surface of new planets.
How long can you survive the deep of space? How far can you travel? Who knows what is waiting for you! Your trek begins now!
-Galaxy is big: And when I say big I mean really big like a never ending Galaxy with stars, planets, nebula and other space phenomenon.
-Do you have that ship in a different color? Yes we can do that with our procedural generation algorithms. Everything from the planets and stars to ships and races is created on the fly. And then to take it step further we provide you tools to edit your Ship and your race.
- Lets fire blue particle cannons full... Engage in battles of one on up to three enemy vessels. Cool thing is with the Mission Matrix, a ship might jump out of battle and you may get the option to chase them, once you catch up you may finish them off or two of his friends might be waiting for you.
--You think they have apples on an alien planet? I don't know if apples will be there, but the idea is that you can explore endless alien worlds and conduct various away missions. Planets will contain unique items that your science officer can scan, and your engineer can collect to bring back to the ship for trade.
-Making Friends will be important: Talk, trade and assisting other spacefarers will benefit you as each race you encounter will store an enemy, neutral or friend status. That will effect how your next
encounter with them will be.
-Episodes for everyone! In Tiny Trek we have worked on creating a generator that creates randomized missions or as we call it, episodes. Each episode last around 3-8 minutes on average and include everything from search and rescue, transport, battles and more. Imagine receiving a distress signal, then approaching a ship to discover it's a trap. After defeating them and searching the ship discover that the stranded crew is on a nearby planet. The unique Mission Matrix generates over a 100 different "episode" types and puts them together.
-Stuff is cool... Player will be able to collect and store unique plants, materials and relics you discover on your journey. And trade them for other resources or information.
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New build is up for Backers!
The "Exploration Build A" gives backers a taste of how the game flow is so far presented. Backers can take their procedurally generated vessel and travel amongst the stars visit planets, send away teams to run around the surface and engage other vessels in space. I am really excited to see the input from the backer pool about their experiences to see what we can change and improve. Hopefully we can begin to safely activate "episode" components in the coming builds.
The biggest challenge we experienced the last month was with making re-visitable surface environments instead of the original one offs we had initially planned. I would like to extend a thanks to Damon C for pushing me in that direction. I think it's very neat that now a player could land on a planet with a away team walk 100 screens in one direction and then leave. Come back days later in game, and those 100 screens are the same. The implications for game play are huge moving forward.
Backers can visit the Test builds page and pick up a copy to play with now.
More Information at: Tinytrekvoyages.com
Tiny Trek is one of Pocket Tactics most anticipated titles of 2014! Pockettactics.com
New battle build posted to Kickstarter page for backers. Hoping this one is fairly bug free so I can go about integrating back into main game. Backers!, comments most welcome!
Posted new battle test for backers!
New article of Tiny Trek up at Super Game Droid, Supergamedroid.com
Did a interview on DJ Grandpa. You can enjoy my sultry (insert sarcasm here) voice at Bedrockcommunications.blogspot.com
To my Kickstarter investors a new build has been posted in the latest update for you to take for a spin. Look forward to your comments. For those thinking of backing us, come join the fun!
if any of you fine folks backed Tiny Trek so far, Wanted to pass on that backers will get to blow stuff up tomorrow with first play test of the battle engine.
Thanks Proteus123!
Sounds like an excellent game idea! Going to donate to the Kickstarter right now! :D
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It was a 'knight' and day to remember for one New Forest teenager who is on the crest of a wave after winning an international sailing event.
Ringwood Waldorf School student Milo Gill-Taylor's dreams came true when he won the Junior Gold Cup in Bermuda – and got to meet his heroes Sir Ben Ainslie and Iain Percy.
The talented youngster was - as winner of the GBR Optimist Selection Trials and British National Champion - invited by the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club to take part in the competition.
What Milo didn't know was that he would also be running coaching sessions for disadvantaged Bermudan sailors alongside Sir Ben Ainslie and Iain Percy.
Not only that but the 13 year-old also got to stay
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Four people were arrested in Greenbrier County Sunday. West Virginia State Police investigators say they found two separate meth labs at a home on Osborne Dr. in Rainelle. One called a portable lab, the other was a "shaker bottle" lab.
Matthew S. Bennett, 30, James Malcomb, 38, Jessica Cooper, 27, and Owen Adkins were all four picked up. They have been charged with operation of a clandestine lab, conspiracy to operate a clandestine lab, possession of methamphetamines, and child endangerment. State troopers say additional charges could be filed at a later time.
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I have just finished reading the Sun Sports article(link below)on Urban Meyer leaving UF and now taking the Ohio State job. When Urban Meyer announced he was leaving I did not immediately dismiss the possibility that maybe there was in fact something medically wrong with him. However something about the whole situation made me think that even if there was, it wasn't anything life threatening that he couldn't continue coaching. This was confirmed when he took the ESPN job. Now that Urban has taken the Ohio State job and several quotes from him have come out I realized my original instincts on why he decided to quit were correct.
Bottom line is Urban Meyer decided to leave because he did not want to face the music, music that would be blaring from the sound speakers of thousands of gator fans. He had won national championships at UF and was seen as a head coach legend(at least to UF fans), but he knew the truth. The truth that any head coach that has coached long enough knows: All programs have ups and downs, what makes a coach great is being able to handle the lows while rebuilding the program back up in as little time as possible.
Urban Meyer knew that he had reached his high and now after several talented players had left for the NFL, and several of his coaches had moved on to head coaching positions at other universities the program was going to be in a rebuilding phase. A phase that would take a couple of years of recruiting, rebuilding and several seasons of mediocre football by UF standards to be able to get back to where they wanted to be. Meyer could have perhaps rebuilt the program, if he was given time, but he knew yet another truth. Gator fans and administration would not be very patient during this time, he would be put under pressure and his legend status would be questioned. Instead he decided to take the easy way out and just leave, be a coward. That is why he decided to quit the first time after Tim Tebow left, he knew well the following season would not be great, he decided to stay hoping that maybe the season would not be as bad and wanted to gauge the reaction on his public opinion.
What occurred was a year of criticism towards him and his coaches. He, his players, and his OC Steve Addazio were booed by UF fans in their own home stadium(though some say they were just booing the OC). You can read his thoughts straight from the article were he says:
"Meyer expressed concerns over his legacy at Florida. He told me he was amazed at the anger expressed toward him as Florida struggled to a 6-6 season." 'All I did for six years is go into that office every day and work my tail off,' he said. 'And then I go out to get a sandwich and somebody is yelling at me because they[the team] had a bunch of false start penalties'."
So in order to not make this article any longer here is the final conclusion. Urban Meyer, after the terrible year his team had just had knew the following year would not be any better. The criticism from gators would continue to grow and he was unsure of how long it would take for the program to be back up and whether he would even be retained long enough to find out. So instead of sticking it out and possibly getting fired he decided that if gator fans wanted to whine and complain about the job he was doing, they could hire somebody else they thought could do a better job to do it. Of course he knew the next head coach would not succeed, at least not immediately but he was sick of it, he was sick of how spoiled, whiny, and unrealistic Gator fans had become. This is not to excuse Meyer, bottom line he was a coward, somebody who ran away from his problems, he left players he had recruited and made promises to in a ship he knew was headed towards rocks. He didn't care or even think about it, after all he had already jumped off and a nice yacht with the name ESPN was waiting for him... and who knew what else could have been in his sunny future. We now know.
So why should we as Nole fans care what a mess Florida is? The main reason is to make sure we never become like gator fans.
Whether people want to admit it or not Urban Meyer is not a bad coach. Anyone who says Muschamp is a better coach than Meyer doesn't have any proof yet, maybe he will turn out to be(hopefully not). But I think had Meyer been given time he could have done as good as almost any coach to bring the UF program back up, luckily gator fans suck and ran him off without realizing it.
This applies to Noles more than anything based on how crazy this year was with all the "expectations" FSU had and how quickly we turned around and criticized our coaches. Of course it's not entirely the same because Urban had already won at UF. But we need to look and make sure we aren't being unrealistic based on circumstances or pulling the trigger too quickly or we might end up becoming like gator fans and regretting it. I'm not saying we should give coaches a free pass and we should accept mediocrity just that we should take everything into account and try to do it in a productive way.
link to Sunsports article: http://www.gatorsports.com/article/20111128/columnists/111129572?p=all&tc=pgall&tc=ar
If anyone wants to post this at Alligator Army please do so. I don't have an account over there but really wanted to do so.


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Our friend Karan used to make the most delicious Butter Chicken. We haven't eaten it since he moved away, so, missing it, I decided to try my hand at it. I was really happy with how this turned out, especially the flavorful and delicate gravy.
The one thing I would do differently is to try to grind up the cashews a little finer, to a paste. I've been planning to get a mortar and pestle and that would probably do the trick. The other thing is, in this and in most of my curries I usually go pretty light on the cayenne and/or chillis so that Zoeya can enjoy it too and I just let Shan spice it up later. If you aren't cooking for kids (or wimps), you can go a little heavier on the spice.
Don't be overwhelmed by the crazy ingredient list, most of them are spices.
Murgh Makhani (Butter Chicken)
1 lb boneless chicken thighs
juice of 1 lime
1/2 tsp cayenne (more to taste)
salt, pepper
2 tbsp yogurt
olive oil
3 cloves
3 black peppercorns
1 inch stick cinnamon
2 green cardamoms, cracked
1 and 1/2 sliced white onions
3-4 cloves garlic, grated or finely chopped
1 inch ginger, grated or finely chopped
2 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp cumin
1/4 tsp tumeric
2-3 cups water
1 lb roma tomatoes diced
2 bay leaves
2 tbsp dried fenugreek leaves
small handful cashews
2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp cream or half and half
Cilantro to garnish
Cut the chicken thighs into 1 inch chunks, and marinate for about an hour in the lime juice, salt, pepper, cayenne and yogurt.
Heat a little olive oil on high, brown the chicken and remove to a plate. Add a little oil if necessary, scraping up anything left by the chicken, lower heat to medium, and add whole spices (cloves, peppercorns, cinnamon, cardamoms). Cook for a couple of minutes, stirring occasionally, before adding your onions. Sprinkle onions with salt and stir occasionally until they are turning golden. Add ginger and garlic and cook for a minute, add powdered spices (coriander, cumin, turmeric) and cook for a minute.
Add water and deglaze, then add tomatoes, bay leaves and fenugreek leaves. Cover and simmer for 10-15 minutes, then uncover and cook to reduce liquid by about a third.
In a food processor or mortar and pestle, grind cashews to a paste. Remove the cinnamon stick and bay leaves from the sauce and transfer to food processor (be careful, it's hot!) Puree and return to pot along with chicken. Stir butter and cream into the sauce. Serve with basmati rice, garnished with cilantro.
Notes where I stray from the authentic: where most Indian food is cooked in vegetable oil I usually prefer light olive oil; it doesn't alter the flavor and it's a little healthier. Also, most Indian recipes will have you cook your onions and then your meat, but sometimes I cook the meat first, remove to a plate, then add it back later to finish in the sauce, especially if I'm planning on pureeing the sauce. Also, I salt my onions to sweat them where most Indian recipes do not. Do as you will!