The Wow I Can't Believe That News Story Thread

Chula Vista · 05-24-2018, 05:04 PM

Roger Stone bombshell today..... ruh roh.

All in all it's just another brick in the wall.

**Frownland** · 05-24-2018, 05:05 PM

Lucem Ferre · 05-24-2018, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by the batlord

i don't even, man, i don't even.

lol

DwnWthVwls · 05-25-2018, 06:26 AM

I caught a piece of that the other day while making dinner. Idk the whole story behind it but forcing players to either stand or wait in the locker room sure as **** seems like bull****. Bunch of ****ing nazis who cant handle some peaceful protesting.

grindy · 05-25-2018, 06:30 AM

Link?

~~Cuthbert~~ · 05-25-2018, 06:33 AM

Why is the national anthem played before every game anyway?

Psy-Fi · 05-25-2018, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Fluff

Why is the national anthem played before every game anyway?

I think it became a trend to play it before games during WWII. It became a sports tradition after the war.

Lisnaholic · 05-25-2018, 07:09 AM

^ I didn't know that; so it started as a display of patriotism.

Today however, for NFL players, it's turning into a difficult-to-avoid public display of your political allegiance; I feel sorry for the players to be caught in such a bind.

Not at all saying that one equals the other, but here is a little-know fact:-
In 1979 Ayatolla Khomeini overthrew the King of Iran and established a republic that has survived ever since. I was working in a London office which included three Iranian guys at the time, which is how I learned the following: Surprisingly soon after Khomeini took control, he issued an invitation/order to all Iranians living abroad (who of course were all listed somewhere in government files): they were to go to their nearest embassy to sign a document announcing their support for the new regime.
So there is some similarity; like the NFL players, those poor guys were caught in a situation in which they had to make a political declaration of a kind that most of us can keep to the privacy of the polling booth if we want.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 05-25-2018, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Psy-Fi

I think it became a trend to play it before games during WWII. It became a sports tradition after the war.

Should've stopped it after the war.

**Frownland** · 05-25-2018, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Fluff

Why is the national anthem played before every game anyway?

The government pays the NFL millions of dollars for the good PR and Americans are ****ing idiots. If you don't want politics in your sports, don't kick them off with a round of Heil Hitler's.

It'd makes sense if it was an international league I guess.

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05-25-2018, 07:09 AM	#11228 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	^ I didn't know that; so it started as a display of patriotism. Today however, for NFL players, it's turning into a difficult-to-avoid public display of your political allegiance; I feel sorry for the players to be caught in such a bind. Not at all saying that one equals the other, but here is a little-know fact:- In 1979 Ayatolla Khomeini overthrew the King of Iran and established a republic that has survived ever since. I was working in a London office which included three Iranian guys at the time, which is how I learned the following: Surprisingly soon after Khomeini took control, he issued an invitation/order to all Iranians living abroad (who of course were all listed somewhere in government files): they were to go to their nearest embassy to sign a document announcing their support for the new regime. So there is some similarity; like the NFL players, those poor guys were caught in a situation in which they had to make a political declaration of a kind that most of us can keep to the privacy of the polling booth if we want. __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

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