the random musings not worthy of new thread thread

[rjs246]

I know. It's awesome.

[SD]

Didn't we clear this one up in the 16th century? Copernicus be damned, 20 percent of Americans were still sure in 1999 that the sun revolved around the Earth. Gallup, the pollster that conducted the study, gamely tried to dress it up by celebrating the fact that "four out of five Americans know Earth revolves around the sun," but we're not buying.

This one is just...wow.

[Rome]

1 out of 5 people believe Obama is a Muslim and 1 out of 5 believe the sun revolves around the earth.

Sounds about right.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

1 out of 5 people watch The Wire.

[Tomahawk]

100% of the 20% whom watch won't shut the farg up about it

[rjs246]

Not true. I'm the motherfarging outlier.

[General_Failure]

You were the Schröedinger's cat of The Wire watchers. Were.

[Yeti]

100% of the 20% whom watch won't shut the farg up about it

[PhillyPhreak54]

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – A Saudi court is trying to persuade a man paralyzed in a fight to drop his demand to inflict a similar injury on his attacker by having his spinal cord surgically damaged, a judiciary spokesman said Monday.

The court has determined that such a procedure could result in the attacker's death and is appealing to the victim to accept financial compensation instead, the spokesman said, speaking on condition of anonymity under judiciary rules.

Abdul-Aziz al-Mutairi, 22, was left paralyzed and subsequently lost a foot after a fight more than two years ago in which a man attacked him with a cleaver. He asked a judge in northwestern Tabuk province to impose an equivalent punishment on his attacker under Islamic law.

After consulting with Saudi hospitals, the judge ruled that such a procedure could be fatal and that blood money would be a fair deal.

The victim's brother, Khaled al-Mutairi, told The Associated Press by telephone that he had not received such a proposal from the court and could not comment on what decision the family might take.

Rights group Amnesty International has urged Saudi authorities not to deliberately paralyze the attacker, saying that doing so would constitute torture.

Saudi Arabia enforces strict Islamic law and occasionally doles out punishments based on the ancient legal code of an eye-for-an-eye.

According to Amnesty, convicts have had teeth pulled by dentists in retribution for knocking people's teeth out in fights and others have been sentenced to be blinded after causing people to go blind.

[Rome]

farging neanderthals, the lot of them.

[General_Failure]

Put that shtein on PPV.

[Diomedes]

farging neanderthals, the lot of them.

our dear allies.

really don't know which I dislike more, Saudi Arabia or Israel

[Rome]

isaac & ishmael

[Diomedes]

snap out of it puss

sarah & hagar

it all goes back to the women.  blame the women.

[MDS]

im still not letting go of that kkk football board

seemingly every demographic in the country has a voice looking out for their own kind, except for White people. that would be racissssssss, of course.
but, if you're polynesian, it's cool to be proud of your heritage. hell, you even have a website specifically for coaches to check out you and your fellows.

nope, there's no double standard at all. if you're good enough to play, that's all that matters.

The previews for 2010 are done! Thanks to all who have helped this season. I appreciate it! Clap Thumbs Up Now for some numbers comparing things from year to year.

Number of teams that started at least 11 whites out of 22 positions since 2005
2005-35 teams out of 89-used non-black criteria
2006-36 teams out of all 119-used non-black criteria
2007-26 teams out of all 120-used non-black criteria
2008-26 teams out of all 120-used strict criteria
2009-33 teams out of all 120-used strict criteria
2010-33 teams out of all 120-used strict criteria

Number of teams that started at least 10 whites out of 22 positions since 2005
2005-43 teams out of 89-used non-black criteria
2006-48 teams out of all 119-used non-black criteria
2007-37 teams out of all 120-used non-black criteria
2008-36 teams out of all 120-used strict criteria
2009-47 teams out of all 120-used strict criteria
2010-45 teams out of all 120-used strict criteria

At the moment, the number of half White or better teams is the same this year as last, while the number of teams with 10 White starters decreased by two.

Let's compare the number of White starters for each team from last year's least White conference (SEC) to last year's Whitest conference (MWC) with those same conferences for this upcoming season.


2009
Southeastern Conference
Vanderbilt-11/22
Alabama-8/22
Arkansas-7/22
Tennessee-6/22
Georgia-5/22
LSU-5/22
Mississippi State-5/22
Ole Miss-5/22
South Carolina-5/22
Auburn-3/22
Florida-3/22
Kentucky-3/22

Total of 66/264 (25%) in the SEC

Mountain West Conference
BYU-16/22
Colorado State-16/22
Air Force-15/22
Wyoming-15/22
Texas Christian-10/22
New Mexico-8/22
San Diego State-8/22
UNLV-8/22
Utah-8/22

Total of 104/198 (52.52%) in the MWC



2010
Southeastern Conference
Vanderbilt-10/22
Kentucky-8/22
Arkansas-6/22
LSU-6/22
Georgia-5/22
Mississippi State-5/22
Alabama-4/22
Auburn-4/22
South Carolina-4/22
Tennessee-4/22
Florida-3/22
Ole Miss-2/22

Total of 61/264 (23.11%) in the SEC

Mountain West Conference
BYU-17/22
Air Force-14/22
Colorado State-13/22
Wyoming-13/22
Texas Christian-11/22
Utah-11/22
UNLV-8/22
New Mexico-6/22
San Diego State-6/22

Total of 99/198 (50%) in the MWC

Thanks to some pre-season changes, the MWC is still half White when it comes to starters. Of course these numbers could still change. On the other end of the stick, the SEC was a miserable one quarter White last season but still managed to make that number lower this year. Hopefully some injuries or changes to the starters will bring this number up as well, but I'm not holding my breath. At least two of these Systematically Excluding Caucasian teams have coal black two deep depth charts. It hasn't been good to be a White SEC football player for a long time, and this season appears to be the worst yet.

i am utterly fascinated by their racism