I’m no fan of boxing, but I couldn’t resist watching Muhammed Ali. He truly was the greatest – one of those rare individuals willing to do the right thing, even at great cost to himself. In terms of character, Trump and his cult can't hold a candle to him, but I'm sure anti-woke types don’t appreciate his spotlighting of American racism since they’re trying so hard to whitewash it, even as they snatch people of color off the streets.
Thank you for this. It's seems as though many people who support Trump's agenda, even if they were around during the Vietnam war and the civil rights movement, have forgotten the protests and the "good trouble" that changed the course of history. Muhammed Ali was a hero in so many ways. I remember an interview he did on 60 Minutes late in his life, still "tellin' it like it is" with his sense of humor intact. A truly great man.
Boxing is a monstrous, exploitative, degrading, dehumanizing murder of neurons and the people who carry them. I mourn Ali.
I was once ordered to provide (from my department) a ringside physician for an Army boxing match. Military regulation gave to the ringside physician the authority and responsibility to stop the match if the life or health of either boxer was in danger. I told the commander that I would take the job, and that I would stop the match at the opening bell. They found another department to provide a physician. I'd have been a whole lot more courageous if I had accepted the assignment and stopped the match.
So many things kill neurons: stress, physical and chemical trauma, heavy metals from air and water. We are smarter now than we have ever been, because we "got the lead out" and reduced mercury emissions, put helmets over young brains, improved maternal and childhood nutrition and health, and intervened in other areas. The Trump administration is reversing some of these changes, and his followers seem bent on increasing neuronal damage population-wide.
Like Mike, I am no fan of boxing, although for a truly exhausting workout, nothing beats hitting a heavy bag. I can't remember why, but on that late February 1964 evening, I took my transistor radio under the covers and listened to then-Cassius Clay beat Sonny Liston. Liston was the stereotype of brutish boxing, an ugly, muscular criminal who battered his opponents into submission. Clay was the antithesis, gorgeous, sleek, and articulate. He floated like a butterfly. Even on the radio, it came across as the battle of good versus evil, and it was perhaps the only time I partially understood what is ironically called the "sweet science." I missed Muhammad Ali's commencement speech to the Harvard Class of 1975 (somehow I remembered a visit years earlier), but by then we knew he was one of the wittiest, canniest civil rights advocates. The damage to his brain and later parkinson's Disease robbed us of this demigod of a man. I can think of no better "fighter" for our rights today.
Brave, beautiful and bold, Ali is an American hero. Contrast that to the "No King" people who apparently were perfectly fine with installing Queen Kamala with no democratic selection process at all. Curious.
Looking forward to details of "unjust government". There is no such thing IMHO as 47 is making America great. Looking forward as well to the continued deportations of the illegal biden imports. Blue cities should be helpful to ICE not not promoting violence.
Unjust government: dismantling federal programs and agencies set up by Congress, withholding funds approved by Congress for programs he doesn’t like, using the DOJ to threaten and harass political opponents, using the military to launch an invasion of LA, using masked thugs with no warrant or identification to seize people off the street and deport them without due process…the list goes on (and on). But don't worry, we don't expect MAGA to give a rip about facts or the rule of law any more than your cult leader does.
Absolutely nothing you say has resemblance to unjust administration. Programs none of us wanted. Dismantle bloated programs. Programs will get their funds. Hope they get cut next time. Oh no, using doj against opponents! He didn't but your guy did. Lawfare. Incompetent newsome riots in LA try to stop the arrest of illegals. How do you object to law and order? Not a single masked thug and are lying about that. Would you want to be doxxed by crazy dems? Due process? That's rich, like you gave the J6 trespassers, held in jail long before trial, the Brady violations. Your doj was corrupt in those prosecutions.
You forgot to mention all those people of color eating our cats and dogs. To quote Gov. Newsom, “Donald Trump is a stone-cold liar!” Swallowing and parroting his baseless lies and crackpot conspiracy theories just confirms that MAGA is as deranged and he is. Go back to watching reruns of your man who would be king nodding out at his poorly attended birthday parade.
Mike, you must admit that Lynn is just about as coherent and cogent as is his idol.
Here is Trump yesterday:
"Our Nation's ICE Officers have shown incredible strength, determination, and courage as they facilitate a very important mission, the largest Mass Deportation Operation of Illegal Aliens in History. Every day, the Brave Men and Women of ICE are subjected to violence, harassment, and even threats from Radical Democrat Politicians, but nothing will stop us from executing our mission, and fulfilling our Mandate to the American People. ICE Officers are herewith ordered, by notice of this TRUTH, to do all in their power to achieve the very important goal of delivering the single largest Mass Deportation Program in History.
In order to achieve this, we must expand efforts to detain and deport Illegal Aliens in America's largest Cities, such as Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York, where Millions upon Millions of Illegal Aliens reside. These, and other such Cities, are the core of the Democrat Power Center, where they use Illegal Aliens to expand their Voter Base, cheat in Elections, and grow the Welfare State, robbing good paying Jobs and Benefits from Hardworking American Citizens. These Radical Left Democrats are sick of mind, hate our Country, and actually want to destroy our Inner Cities — And they are doing a good job of it! There is something wrong with them. That is why they believe in Open Borders, Transgender for Everybody, and Men playing in Women's Sports — And that is why I want ICE, Border Patrol, and our Great and Patriotic Law Enforcement Officers, to FOCUS on our crime ridden and deadly Inner Cities, and those places where Sanctuary Cities play such a big role. You don't hear about Sanctuary Cities in our Heartland!"
Joe, part of the dem profile is contempt towards anyone disagreeing with them. You fit that to a tee making personal attacks. I can take it, in this overly incestuous blog space (Peter excepted), but you posit no ideas, just criticism of 47 and nastyness towards deep thinkers like me 🤔😂
Take some MAGA pills (47 is selling them) and you will become a nicer dem.
I’m no fan of boxing, but I couldn’t resist watching Muhammed Ali. He truly was the greatest – one of those rare individuals willing to do the right thing, even at great cost to himself. In terms of character, Trump and his cult can't hold a candle to him, but I'm sure anti-woke types don’t appreciate his spotlighting of American racism since they’re trying so hard to whitewash it, even as they snatch people of color off the streets.
Thank you for this. It's seems as though many people who support Trump's agenda, even if they were around during the Vietnam war and the civil rights movement, have forgotten the protests and the "good trouble" that changed the course of history. Muhammed Ali was a hero in so many ways. I remember an interview he did on 60 Minutes late in his life, still "tellin' it like it is" with his sense of humor intact. A truly great man.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1yjDmTka58
I'm not "no fan of boxing."
Boxing is a monstrous, exploitative, degrading, dehumanizing murder of neurons and the people who carry them. I mourn Ali.
I was once ordered to provide (from my department) a ringside physician for an Army boxing match. Military regulation gave to the ringside physician the authority and responsibility to stop the match if the life or health of either boxer was in danger. I told the commander that I would take the job, and that I would stop the match at the opening bell. They found another department to provide a physician. I'd have been a whole lot more courageous if I had accepted the assignment and stopped the match.
So many things kill neurons: stress, physical and chemical trauma, heavy metals from air and water. We are smarter now than we have ever been, because we "got the lead out" and reduced mercury emissions, put helmets over young brains, improved maternal and childhood nutrition and health, and intervened in other areas. The Trump administration is reversing some of these changes, and his followers seem bent on increasing neuronal damage population-wide.
Like Mike, I am no fan of boxing, although for a truly exhausting workout, nothing beats hitting a heavy bag. I can't remember why, but on that late February 1964 evening, I took my transistor radio under the covers and listened to then-Cassius Clay beat Sonny Liston. Liston was the stereotype of brutish boxing, an ugly, muscular criminal who battered his opponents into submission. Clay was the antithesis, gorgeous, sleek, and articulate. He floated like a butterfly. Even on the radio, it came across as the battle of good versus evil, and it was perhaps the only time I partially understood what is ironically called the "sweet science." I missed Muhammad Ali's commencement speech to the Harvard Class of 1975 (somehow I remembered a visit years earlier), but by then we knew he was one of the wittiest, canniest civil rights advocates. The damage to his brain and later parkinson's Disease robbed us of this demigod of a man. I can think of no better "fighter" for our rights today.
Trump is the kind of guy who would applaud stripping Ali’s titles.
Brave, beautiful and bold, Ali is an American hero. Contrast that to the "No King" people who apparently were perfectly fine with installing Queen Kamala with no democratic selection process at all. Curious.
Looking forward to details of "unjust government". There is no such thing IMHO as 47 is making America great. Looking forward as well to the continued deportations of the illegal biden imports. Blue cities should be helpful to ICE not not promoting violence.
Unjust government: dismantling federal programs and agencies set up by Congress, withholding funds approved by Congress for programs he doesn’t like, using the DOJ to threaten and harass political opponents, using the military to launch an invasion of LA, using masked thugs with no warrant or identification to seize people off the street and deport them without due process…the list goes on (and on). But don't worry, we don't expect MAGA to give a rip about facts or the rule of law any more than your cult leader does.
Absolutely nothing you say has resemblance to unjust administration. Programs none of us wanted. Dismantle bloated programs. Programs will get their funds. Hope they get cut next time. Oh no, using doj against opponents! He didn't but your guy did. Lawfare. Incompetent newsome riots in LA try to stop the arrest of illegals. How do you object to law and order? Not a single masked thug and are lying about that. Would you want to be doxxed by crazy dems? Due process? That's rich, like you gave the J6 trespassers, held in jail long before trial, the Brady violations. Your doj was corrupt in those prosecutions.
You folks have no room to talk. IMHO
Lynn
You forgot to mention all those people of color eating our cats and dogs. To quote Gov. Newsom, “Donald Trump is a stone-cold liar!” Swallowing and parroting his baseless lies and crackpot conspiracy theories just confirms that MAGA is as deranged and he is. Go back to watching reruns of your man who would be king nodding out at his poorly attended birthday parade.
Mike, quoting the do nothing govenor is really reaching 😏
Mike, you must admit that Lynn is just about as coherent and cogent as is his idol.
Here is Trump yesterday:
"Our Nation's ICE Officers have shown incredible strength, determination, and courage as they facilitate a very important mission, the largest Mass Deportation Operation of Illegal Aliens in History. Every day, the Brave Men and Women of ICE are subjected to violence, harassment, and even threats from Radical Democrat Politicians, but nothing will stop us from executing our mission, and fulfilling our Mandate to the American People. ICE Officers are herewith ordered, by notice of this TRUTH, to do all in their power to achieve the very important goal of delivering the single largest Mass Deportation Program in History.
In order to achieve this, we must expand efforts to detain and deport Illegal Aliens in America's largest Cities, such as Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York, where Millions upon Millions of Illegal Aliens reside. These, and other such Cities, are the core of the Democrat Power Center, where they use Illegal Aliens to expand their Voter Base, cheat in Elections, and grow the Welfare State, robbing good paying Jobs and Benefits from Hardworking American Citizens. These Radical Left Democrats are sick of mind, hate our Country, and actually want to destroy our Inner Cities — And they are doing a good job of it! There is something wrong with them. That is why they believe in Open Borders, Transgender for Everybody, and Men playing in Women's Sports — And that is why I want ICE, Border Patrol, and our Great and Patriotic Law Enforcement Officers, to FOCUS on our crime ridden and deadly Inner Cities, and those places where Sanctuary Cities play such a big role. You don't hear about Sanctuary Cities in our Heartland!"
Joe, part of the dem profile is contempt towards anyone disagreeing with them. You fit that to a tee making personal attacks. I can take it, in this overly incestuous blog space (Peter excepted), but you posit no ideas, just criticism of 47 and nastyness towards deep thinkers like me 🤔😂
Take some MAGA pills (47 is selling them) and you will become a nicer dem.
Lynn, I take it back. You are not just about as coherent and cogent as is your idol.
We good?
I had seen that. What's pathetic is the number of people who eat that crap up. They're like dogs lapping up vomit.
Transgender for Everybody!
You don't hear about Sanctuary Cities in our Heartland!
What a Fortunate Son.