DBD 11.10.11 Now with more T-Rex
by AndBears on Nov 10, 2011 7:02 AM PST
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I am awake because I had a dream that a Tyrannosaurus-Rex was going to eat me. My mom was also there and foolishly wasn't cowering under the bed like me and the dog. She was sitting next to the open door trying to tell me that it wasn't real. Well, just then the T-Rex's head filled up the doorway and she turned around to see--but she attracted its attention! She tried to close the door, but of course the T-Rex was pushing open the door with its head. Then Mom told me to attack it. WTF mom! This is all your fault! So I go charging at the head that is as big as I am, thinking maybe I could poke it in the eye somehow --- and then I wake up.
via farm1.static.flickr.com Just like this only inside my house.
Fun Facts About T-Rex:
- It lived in the Late Cretaceous period, about 85-65 million years ago (the most recent period).
- Fossils have been found in the USA (in Montana, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming), Canada (Alberta and Saskatchewan), and east Asia (Mongolia).
- Eats break-pads for breakfast and naturally faces magnetic north (oh wait, that's the stig)
- Had a 6ft penis but arms only 3ft long.
- Vision no longer believed to be based on movement.
Now about Cal Sports -
Go Read The Beavers are Our Albatross by Fiatlux. But rec it just below CalBear81's high score.
And, go ahead and use Ragscub as a meme, it's pretty funny, even if it is sad.
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McKeever Signs Nation's Top Class
BERKELEY – In one of the defining moments of an already storied program, California hauled in arguably the best recruiting class in the modern era of women’s swimming with the signing of six blue-chip recruits – Rachael Acker, Rachel Bootsma, Lauren Driscoll, Alicia Grima, Kelly Naze and Elizabeth Pelton – head coach Teri McKeever announced on Wednesday. The Golden Bear program achieved unprecedented success through the last two decades under McKeever, particularly in recent years, in winning the 2009 and 2011 NCAA team championships.
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by AndBears on Nov 10, 2011 7:11 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
Cool story, Hansel
Many years ago, while meeting with a witness in a case, it came out in conversation that I went to Cal. She said her sister had visited there in the last year or two as a top swimming recruit. She said her sister liked the campus and the coach okay, but chose not to go there. She liked Texas better and…this was the part that made me chuckle…she felt intimidated by Natalie Coughlin during the Cal visit. Nothing Natalie said or did to her or anything like that — it was more like she was intimidated by Natalie’s whole persona as a world class swimmer (and this person swam the same events as Natalie).
Man crush on Aaron Rodgers, since 2003.
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Saturdays Match-up between the Gentlemen of California and the Ruffians of Oregon State to be Senior Day
Cal Hosts Oregon State in Home Finale Saturday
A total of 21 Golden Bears to play final home game with Cal one win away from bowl eligibility
And look, you can buy now! How convenient.
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In case anyone hasn't purchased tickets yet...
Pinchit is offering them for $45
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Campus Police Move in on Protestors
By evening, protesters had once again erected tents – this time there were seven. Students joined arms and chanted “hold the line” and “the whole world is watching” while police approached with batons and bean-bag guns. After a brief scuffle, police broke through their line and pulled down the tents. Then officers formed a perimeter on the steps of Sproul Hall.
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In 1963?
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i look at the people in the crowd…and i can’thelp but think it’s not a good representation of the student population.
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by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 10:00 AM PST up reply actions
Because they’re in black and white?
by paleodan on Nov 10, 2011 12:03 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
no, there are like 2 visible chinese people.
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by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
it leads me to believe that many of these people are not students.
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by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
hahahahaha
no….seriously.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
And what’s wrong with that?
"I’ll kill you. I’ll crush you. You don’t know who I am. I’ll kick your ass. And don’t ever call me a ding dong again."
This happens in a few other captions as well.
UC Berkeley Police left rear clash with students along with supporters from both Occupy Oakland and San Francisco in Sprawl Plaza after police removed tents and arrested half dozen protestors that tried to start an Occupy Berkeley camp on campus Wednesday November 9, 2011
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 10, 2011 8:45 AM PST up reply actions
What does all this accomplish?
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I think they’re trying to get Joe Paterno re-hired.
"I’ll kill you. I’ll crush you. You don’t know who I am. I’ll kick your ass. And don’t ever call me a ding dong again."
FIRE TEDFORD!
HIRE PATERNO!
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Genius!
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 9:02 AM PST up reply actions
What would that accomplish?
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What wouldn’t that accomplish!
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Passing 4-6 hours.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
Screw the Occupy People
I spent the day yesterday volunteering at the VA for a special Project Homeless Connect for veterans. Basically, the program gathers together all sorts of services that homeless people need but have difficulty accessing (all sorts of medical services, haircuts, clothing, DMV for ID cards, housing assistance, shelter reservations, veterinarians, California state benefits information, employment help etc) and brings them all together in one place for the day. The vets sign up in advance and it’s all rather well organized and extremely humbling to work at. This is the second year I’ve done it.
The entire last hour of the day was taken up by Occupy SF campers trying to gain access to the services and food that had been gathered for the vets. They were young, healthy, homeless by choice, mostly not from the Bay Area and absolutely infuriating. Didn’t care about the vets. Didn’t care about any real help. Just wanted to grab whatever food and clothes they could for free. To hell with them.
But you have to be impressed that AndBears was able to obtain an actual photograph of a T-Rex. So much for those Chinese scientists!
"I’ll kill you. I’ll crush you. You don’t know who I am. I’ll kick your ass. And don’t ever call me a ding dong again."
Collateral damage happens.
"I’ll kill you. I’ll crush you. You don’t know who I am. I’ll kick your ass. And don’t ever call me a ding dong again."
You know we’d rather drink the beer with you.
Don’t worry. CalBear81 is a very understanding and forgivin…um…
Maybe you could change your name and wear a mustache?
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Nice. Well done. Will be participating next year!
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 9:39 AM PST up reply actions
Uhhh...
It lived in the Late Cretaceous period, about 85-65 million years ago (the most recent period).
Somebody didn’t read the DBD!
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 10, 2011 8:45 AM PST up reply actions
Speaking of which thanks AndBears for the DBD and bringing some stories over!
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Those little arms kinda offset the scariness though.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 9:38 AM PST up reply actions
Six feet around!
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Paterno fired; students RIOT
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After top Penn State officials announced that they had fired Joe Paterno on Wednesday night, thousands of students stormed the downtown area to display their anger and frustration, chanting the former coach’s name, tearing down light poles and overturning a television news van parked along College Avenue.
The demonstrators congregated outside Penn State’s administration building before stampeding into the tight grid of downtown streets. They turned their ire on a news van, a symbolic gesture that expressed a view held by many that the news media exaggerated Mr. Paterno’s role in the scandal surrounding accusations that a former assistant coach, Jerry Sandusky, sexually assaulted young boys.
"I think the point people are trying to make is the media is responsible for JoePa going down," said a freshman, Mike Clark, 18, adding that he believed that Mr. Paterno had met his legal and moral responsibilities by telling university authorities about an accusation that Mr. Sandusky assaulted a boy in a university shower in 2002.
Demonstrators tore down two lamp posts, one falling into a crowd. They also threw rocks and fireworks at the police, who responded with pepper spray. The crowd undulated like an accordion, with the students crowding the police and the officers pushing them back.
"We got rowdy, and we got maced," Jeff Heim, 19, said rubbing his red, teary eyes. "But make no mistake, the board started this riot by firing our coach. They tarnished a legend."
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wtf quote
"My friends were like, ‘I don’t want to get maced,’ " he said. "I was like, ‘I don’t want to miss seeing this, so I guess that means I do kind of want to get maced.’ "
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Perfect logic.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 9:03 AM PST up reply actions
People are only there bc their friends are. I bet most dont really care that much.
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Can we apply the same line of thinking to the Occupy movements then?
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Yep. The Occupy people are there because they want to get maced.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 9:03 AM PST up reply actions
Maybe for that wednesday thing last week, bc it was aone day thing
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Maybe at the start
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#OccupyPaterno!
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 9:24 AM PST up reply actions
if child molestation is cool, then turning over a TV truck is totes whatevs, yo
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
Eh, damaging private property like that is a little beyond “stupid stuff”.
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I think it’s pretty much the definition of stupid stuff.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
Disagree
Maybe something like kicking a trash can, but not overturning vans. That’s a little more serious.
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Oh, yeah, overturning vehicles is not within the normal range of behavior, but “damaging private property” can describe petty acts of minor vandalism.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
Eh, damaging private property like that is a little beyond "stupid stuff".
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Okay sounds like we agree then!
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
Fight over who agrees more!
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
This picture shows me that 20% came to show passion. 80% came to record it on their cell phones.
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Yeah, it becomes an event and people want to be part of it…
To be fair, chances are I would have gone to observe
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I'd be right there with you.....
…..it IS a moment in history….
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
Same reason I went to the Obama victory rally in Union Square… it was a historical moment and I can say I was there!
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i went to durant and telly and saw some of my friends there
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by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
you were just another face in the crowd boomtho
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by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
i stood above the crowd
but because i’m tall, not because i climbed the traffic light
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hooray!!!
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by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
I suspect the rationalization is “He did what he was supposed to do; someone above him failed!” When you are that endeared to someone you are able to overlook even their monumental flaws in judgement…..
The context makes these students look pitiful.
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
Or maybe they're upset that Mike McQueary witnessed the event described
Waited a day, did nothing, then only told Paterno and did nothing else as he rose through the football system… and yet still has his job.
While Paterno reported to his superiors and to Schultz, who is in charge of the university police (which are real policemen with real authority), and has now been fired?
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don't know if it's true
but one of the drunk, rowdy people on sportscenter said they fired him over the phone.
if true… that’s effed up.
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i agree…sure he fugged up, but he deserves to be fired in person (if this report is true)
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
I believe the Board of Trustees guy said at the press conference that they told him by phone.
"I’ll kill you. I’ll crush you. You don’t know who I am. I’ll kick your ass. And don’t ever call me a ding dong again."
that’s messed up… though to be fair, it might have been dangerous for them to try to go to his home?
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The guy was asked why they didn’t do it in person and he said something about the difficulty of arranging an in-person meeting under the circumstances. While firing a person by telephone is almost always a very bad idea, it is pretty unusual to deal with firing a guy who is surrounded by a near-mob.
"I’ll kill you. I’ll crush you. You don’t know who I am. I’ll kick your ass. And don’t ever call me a ding dong again."
Send in a SWAT bomb diffusing robot with a monitor/screen with teleconferencing!
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
Could have used Cartman's hippie drill
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
He doesn’t deserve anything.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 9:05 AM PST up reply actions
The over the phone thing is apparently correct. Although I did read somewhere they had a messenger drop off a note ndicating a phone number he should call for the discussion and thats when they did it. I havent seen that confirmed anywhere, though.
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News travels fast...
…..I opined they did that so that he heard it from them and not some leaked story, but all your thoughts here make sense.
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
T-Rex
Thought this was about a band I used to listen to……On vinyl.
by Anchorsteam Bear on Nov 10, 2011 7:33 AM PST reply actions
I know
I thought this DBD was going to be about Glam Rock, what a disappointment.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
I thought it was going to be about BBQ!
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Nov 10, 2011 8:40 AM PST up reply actions
I thought she was talking about VLSB!
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I really like this feature the WSJ is doing this week
Generation Jobless: The Toll on Parents When Kids Return Home .
As recent college graduates scramble to find full-time jobs, numerous parents are helping their children pay bills or letting them live at home again. About 59% of parents provide or recently provided financial assistance to children aged 18 to 39 who weren’t students, concluded a May survey of nearly 1,100 people by the National Endowment for Financial Education.
According to Census data, 5.9 million Americans between 25 and 34 years of age—nearly a quarter of whom have bachelor’s degrees—live with their parents, a significant increase from 4.7 million before the recession.
But many parents can’t afford the extra expense. A full 26% of those polled by the nonprofit group took on more debt to help their offspring, 13% delayed a planned life event such as a home purchase, and 7% postponed retirement.
Compounding the problem is the fact that certain parents are crowding the younger generation out of the job market because their support of their grown kids means they can’t afford to retire.
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lol WSJ commentators are so judgemental
Relevant portion of article:
[Faith’s] older sister, Jackie, who is 26 and teaches part-time, owes about $60,000 on the loans she took out to get her mechanical-engineering and math degrees. “I feel like a burden” she says of living with her mother. “What is there to be proud of?”
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Reading between the lines she sounds like the kind of kid who wants to live no more than hour from home, she’s got to cut the apron strings now.
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yeah, but say she only got into directional midwest state
sounds like she made the best of what she could, at least
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Well, yes...
But it’s less of a travesty than had she had a degree from MIT
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yeah, i don't think that we're disagreeing
but part of me will feel bad for people that did the best with what they were given… but that best just isn’t nearly good enough.
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Losers whine about doing their best. Winner go home and… you know the rest.
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What kind of social effects do you think this will have on society down the road? It seems like it definitely plays into the “this generation waits so long to get married and have kids” thing. I mean, how do you pick up chicks if you have to bring them to your parent’s house?
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Nov 10, 2011 8:42 AM PST up reply actions
I dont know what effects it will have down the road. I dont know if it will effect much in the “waits for marriage” thing. People, living at home or outside of home, are waiting later and later anyway
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That’s the general theory, but I can imagine that living at home will make it more difficult for those that want to get married earlier.
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/General Theory
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 9:22 AM PST up reply actions
if you want to get married early, and that’s one of your priorities, then i imagine that you’d fight harder / prioritize your spend to live on your own.
of course, if you’re indian, your parents want you to get married early and to live at home!
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i’m one of the lucky ones that has no parental pressure (and even slightly negative pressure – “go ahead and wait, no rush!”)
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Literally the first phone call after Rags+Andbears honeymoon: Mom, “Sooo did you have a good time? Anything you need to tell me? Cause sometimes things happen on honeymoons…” Andbears: “Mom, I’m not pregnant”
Apparently it takes a Cal victory, not Italy in early fall.
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Haha. We didn’t receive any pressure at all from my parents.
From Mrs. Kod’s parents, not only did we get immediate hints – they started bring over herbal teas and special soups intended to boost fertility.
I thought it was hilarious. But, Mrs. Kod wasn’t particularly amused.
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I gotta ask… isn’t it uncomfortable when you parents basically as if you got it on?
In other words, Go Bears!
they’re not asking that, they are asking if you get it on without birth control
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
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I suppose it could be if they were really blunt about it. “Son, what’s wrong with you? Why aren’t you tapping this?”
But they don’t really ask. They just show up with, “Oh this is for you. It’s good for…you know.”
I’m not sure what I would have said or done if they had been more direct. Probably something snarky and inappropriate. Like, “well it’s not that we don’t want to. But sometimes having some videos to put us in the mood would help. Can we borrow some of yours?”
/not a good person
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by Kodiak on Nov 10, 2011 11:09 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
It really was those first few years of marriage.
We’ve come to an understanding, though.
I give them fresh fish and don’t have to attend some of their sillier functions with extended family.
They respect our wishes with regards to family/parenting, and we let them play with their granddaughters without micromanaging.
And we’re both allowed to feed the living heck out of each other. It’s cool.
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My mom doesn’t want me to get married soon.
But she REALLY wants me to have a girlfriend.
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If you don’t have a girlfriend then the family starts worrying about you, and your ‘San Franicsco’ lifestye.
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Not to mention a certain comment he made on CGB.
"I’ll kill you. I’ll crush you. You don’t know who I am. I’ll kick your ass. And don’t ever call me a ding dong again."
I hear thats true
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 10, 2011 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
Given that the expectation is that you go to b-school, likely far away, why does she want this?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
My main conference room has a fantastic view of the nightime SF skyline and the Bay Bridge! I don’t know why I don’t use this more often! (Except that the security guard who works Saturday nights knows me by name now and might judge me harshly)
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i feel like this is somewhat killing the purpose of a screen name change.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 9:57 AM PST up reply actions
someone is evidently not one of these!
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
Okay, this is even better
Relevant portion:
Constant reminders about whether he was pursuing enough job leads bothered 22-year-old Jake. “I am already on it,” he recalls telling his parents. “Then Mom would forget” and start reminding him again, he says.
In the end, his mother’s intense networking helped him land a position as a $12.75-an-hour residential aide at Waterford Country School, a facility for disturbed youngsters. He expects to start the job soon.
Once he’s working full-time, he’ll live at home for a year so he can begin repaying his $20,000 in college debt, say his parents, who plan to charge him $100 a month in rent.
But Jake has different plans: “If I am going to pay the rent, I might as well move out of the house,” he says.
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Jake should get out and find for himself how much $100 a month in rent can buy. What an ingrate,
Yeah, I doubt $100 per month would get him a room at the YMCA. Maybe he could find a couple of roommates and rent out someone’s walk-in closet for a couple hundred a month down state in Stamford or Greenwich, CT.
I find it ironic that “… his mother’s intense networking helped him land a position …” which probably sums up why he is still living at home. With a helicopter mom like her, I bet she went to his interview as well. I remember the day in college when I ate Mac & Cheese for dinner three nights in a row because that was all I could afford. It was one of the most motivational events in my life. Maybe a short stint of homelessness will motivate Jake in the same manner.
Jake can buy a tent for $100 and move in with Occupy Wall Street.
Suck up your pride, Jake…your momma is doing the same by taking your haggard self in.
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Call me racis, but I feel different cultures look at the situation differently. This is absolute failure in most white families I know. Like you couldn’t hack it and now you’re crawling back to mommie and daddie who don’t really want you there anyways.
But a lot of the asian families I know, it is really no big deal. And in a lot of cases (cough my girlfriend cough), they would prefer them to move home to better save money. It just doesn’t seem faux pas at all to a lot of non-white families I know.
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Nov 10, 2011 8:33 AM PST up reply actions
And in a lot of cases (cough my girlfriend cough), they would prefer them to move home to better save money.
definitely, in my experience
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it's not only about money, to be fair.
so i am from san jose, and my client is in san jose, so i’m there tu-th. i could stay at a hotel, but i choose to stay at home. my friends look at me like i’m crazy, but i think it’s way more comfortable and less lonely than staying at a hotel.
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Well lucky you that your parents live in a decent part of the world!
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Nov 10, 2011 8:38 AM PST up reply actions
YOU'RE MISSING OUT ON STARWOOD POINTS!
(Which cannot pay for bottles, btw)
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Yep. I’ve had relatives where there was a huge fight between the son and parents.
The kid wanted to live on his own, even though he was between jobs.
The parents insisted he come home to save $$$.
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my mom was confused when my little brother, right after graduation from ucla, didn’t want to move back home with her and rather live by the beach. she didn’t see the point in paying rent when he could live rent free with her.
yeah my parents were the same way. problem was i was out of work and couldn’t justify to myself paying rent when i had no money to do so.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
I had my own room in a 3-BR house a few years ago in Syracuse, NY for $270/mo. So, it depends on where he’s looking.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
Proud to say I haven't taken any form of help from my parents since I was 18
When I graduated, my first job offer was with an engineering firm back in Kansas City (that my neighbor happened to be CEO at). I could have lived at my parents house and took a lousy paying job, but it made me terribly depressed to even think about. It took so much effort to get out of Kansas, and to just crawl home after school make me sick.
I ended up turning down the job with nothing else on the table. A few months later, I ended up getting a way better job in the Bay. Soooo lucky….
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Nov 10, 2011 8:31 AM PST up reply actions
I was lucky enough to have my parents support my education.
Since then, though, I take care of myself.
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True but sad story
My good buddy from the dorms (an Indian kid from Chicago) received financial help from his parents under the condition that he would attend medical school after undergrad. After tearing up the MCAT’s, he decided he didn’t want to go to med school and got an engineering job instead. His dad has cut him off from the family completely and hasn’t spoken to him in 5 years….
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Nov 10, 2011 9:07 AM PST up reply actions
and that’s what counts, really.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 9:41 AM PST up reply actions
ha. actually i was premed for my first year of undergrad. after that year, decided it wasn’t for me, and wanted to do business or econ. my parents were like, “no those aren’t real things. which engineering are you going to do?” it was surreal.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 9:42 AM PST up reply actions
so i doubled in econ/stats because i wanted to be a banker (lolz).
anyway, my mom came up to me one day and asked me why i just didn’t add pre-med — “it will only be a little extra work”
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
pqtm. seriously. my parents pretty much thought you could tack on “premed” to any major with minimum work. their thought – do chemical engineering, that should be the easiest to be pre-med, and well paying job afterwards in case i decided that i didn’t want to go to med school.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 9:48 AM PST up reply actions
she also asked me that like 2nd semester junior year — as if i could totally add pre-med in 2 semesters
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what’s funny is, when i do comparisons to where my parents were at my age, where they expected me to be and where i am, i feel like i’ve come up way short.
then i have a random conversation with my dad who’s like “whoa you and your sister are kicking butt at your age compared to where i was.” perspective and age is odd.
/no idea where i’m going with this
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 9:53 AM PST up reply actions
I wanted to major in polisci when I first went to Cal. My parents said no.
THANK GOD
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I ended up doing math/comp sci figuring i’d get a programming job with a dot com after graduation. that whole dot com bust thing in 2002 made me wonder wtf i was thinking. not sure what degree would have helped, tbh
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 9:59 AM PST up reply actions
i’m guessing pre-med?
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Nov 10, 2011 10:00 AM PST up reply actions
with my grades, there’s no way in hell i was getting into med school. actually if i had better grades i had contacts with accenture and could have worked for them. oh wells.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
They would have ground you into dust.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
really? i worked 70 hour weeks for the 3 years after graduation. how much more would i have had to work in consulting?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
I take it back, you’re perfect Accenture material – you were within 10 hours / week of their expectation.
I’ve worked with a lot of people who were hired into Accenture (or Anderson at the time) to be code monkeys, and it is by all accounts a miserable work experience.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
my wife interviewed there, decided it wasn’t for her
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
my gf works there.
hates it, but not because of the long hours, and probably has more to do with her project than accenture specifically.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
It’s amazing how a given project can make or break your time at a company.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I suspect she’s paid a sickening amount given the actual work she does.
I deliberately avoid the topic at all costs because I’m petty like that and I think it would piss me off immensely.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
I mean, yeah, seems like a miserable experience, I assume the pay would have been better and I’d be able to put a well branded company on my resume. Those things were really important to me back then.
In retrospect, I made a little over half what people my class were getting at AC, worked similar hours, but enjoyed my job and has helped develop a career. So, meh.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
There’s a lot to be said for actually wanting to spend 70 hours a week on your job.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
yeah, tbh, i really only had about 30 hrs a week of things i HAD to do. the other 40 were pet projects, investigations into things i thought were important, etc. i might have felt differently if the 70 hrs were “mandatory” tasks.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
In high school, I was convinced I wanted to be a computer programmer.
Then, senior year, I decided I actually liked people and gave that up.
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part of me still wishes i had pursued programming instead of building a career off my first full time job.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
I have long wished I had majored in something else.
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Majoring in Cal Football History is painful, but think of how it helps you with the ladies!
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It helps with the ladies?!? So you mean without that, they just would have ignored me altogether instead of rejecting me?!?
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Who said I never got maced?
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I’m glad my parents weren’t like that. When I was deciding I say to my parents that I would do things like Psych or History and what not and they would just say “whatever you want”.
Although my Mom did ask once if I was interested in pre-med and I said OFN. She then asked why and I told her that I didn’t like doctors. She found that so funny now she trolls me with that. Dammit.
In other words, Go Bears!
oh fuck yes.
mine is trolling me from the grave.
checks for another rediculous txt from brother
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Nov 10, 2011 1:12 PM PST up reply actions
Did she ask you when she called to wake you up?
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 10, 2011 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
My parents would’ve LOVED LOVED LOVED if I had become a doctor (we have a lot of doctors in my family), but I set them straight pretty early on that I wasn’t interested.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
(and to their credit they were very accepting and encouraging)
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
My mom never pushed me to become a doctor. My aunt apparently bugged my mom to push me to be a doctor but my mom was like “MR.F. doesn’t want to so I’m not going to push him.”
Yabba Dabba Doo! I like talking to you!
Your mom called you “Mr.”? That seems a bit formal.
"I’ll kill you. I’ll crush you. You don’t know who I am. I’ll kick your ass. And don’t ever call me a ding dong again."
Really? Econ was a no go?
My Dad is a CPA and has a Business degree himself. If anything he is kind of sad I don’t know more about business and econ.
In other words, Go Bears!
it’s ok, i think all Asian/SouthAsian/SouthEastAsian parents are kinda sad about something when in regards to their children
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by ikoolykedat on Nov 10, 2011 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
My mom wasn’t entirely happen that I happened to go into sports management and work at the NBA. Until Yao Ming got into the league. and it was all good – especially one time when I ran into him with my parents and he said hi first.
My dad was fine since the first year I was there, I got him tickets to the Oakland All-Star game.
Yeah some of what my parents told me when I was that age seems pretty irrational given what other members of my family did professionally (CPAs, lawyers, etc).
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 10:49 AM PST up reply actions
same.
I even took myself off the family car insurance plan in the name of independence which….in some ways I kind of regret lulz.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 10:09 AM PST up reply actions
i tried to do that at some point after i got my first job. my parents were like “you’re an idiot, we’re one family, there’s no such thing as independence from your family. you’re part of it.”
and when i look at it now, yeah that makes sense. if i fall on hard economic times, my parents will always have a room (or couch if they downgrade) for me to sleep on. if they do, i’ll always support them.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
…there’s no such thing as independence from your family. you’re part of it."
your family sounds like a scholar gang.
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Nov 10, 2011 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
or english poet john donne
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
I am unfamiliar with the phrase “scholar gang”… can you explain? (i tried googling first)
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
works like a gang (or a pack of velociraptors), but most of the members are scholars.
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Nov 10, 2011 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
gotcha.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
Same here. I worked three jobs to put myself through Cal and would do any other work I could get too. Never took a penny from my parents. Received no financial aid or loans. Just worked. Paid for absolutely everything. Tuition and fees. Book. Rent. Insurance. etc. The idea of someone getting money from their parents and not having to work always seemed odd to me, but I guess I wouldn’t have been against it ;-)
My parents were extremely encouraging and supportive of our getting the best possible education we could. To that end, they helped me out financially. Why anyone would consider that to be a bad thing or a strange or odd thing, I do not know. I think they were great parents.
"I’ll kill you. I’ll crush you. You don’t know who I am. I’ll kick your ass. And don’t ever call me a ding dong again."
Same here.
Of course, in exchange, my mom got me to sign a document promising to never put her in a home.
I’m not sure if this is legally binding or not.
Old Toothwrangler
Agree
My parents didn’t want me working during college (summer internships were another matter), so I didn’t.
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My parents didn’t require me to work during college or dental school. But, I did anyway because I wanted to minimize what they had to spend to support me. Plus, I wanted to have the $$$ to date girls.
Old Toothwrangler
My parents were generous enough to give me spending money… so I could afford to eat out when I wanted. And I had a car and stuff.
I didn’t abuse it, but I had a lot of fun in college because I had money.
And for this, I’ll be eternally grateful and never stick my mom in a retirement home.
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You had a car while at Cal?!
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Nov 10, 2011 10:09 AM PST up reply actions
Yup, for the last three years.
It was amazing. I could drive to pick up food, or go to Safeway whenever I wanted, or (one of my favourite Cal memories) just go drive in the Berkeley hills!
Also made dating A LOT easier.
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OMG BERKELEY BOWL
i had a car my last semester, awesome.
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
is berkeley bowl actually good? the times i went i was unimpressed.
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
i loved their nuts selection
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Nov 10, 2011 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
hehe. nuts.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
Yes. they are good. esp berk bowl west, it is less of a cluster.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
Berkeley bowl produce = first rate
Any hippy packaged items = lame and over priced
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Nov 10, 2011 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
the produce is the real draw, it’s SO CHEAP! and so good!
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
interesting. i lived on northside for three years and then panoramic so we didn’t make it to berkeley bowl too often.
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
I’ve never felt like they produce was such a great price. Maybe not outrageous but not cheap.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
it’s hella cheap!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
Haha there was like one kid in my Clark Kerr dorm who had a car…and he was forced to drive us EVERYWHERE
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Nov 10, 2011 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
Even if she wants to go to a retirement home?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
My parents didn’t want me to work as a freshman. But I always worked after that.
"I’ll kill you. I’ll crush you. You don’t know who I am. I’ll kick your ass. And don’t ever call me a ding dong again."
I’m just about done putting a couple of “my kids” in Africa through University… I’ve been pretty adamant that they just focus on their studies during the school year but that I expect them to earn some money during the breaks. I get so touched when they’ll have an expense that they ask for… it’s so relatively nothing but they’ll have it all thought out… they’ll send me a spread sheet… always makes me smile and i immediately wire over the funds… i’m a softy that way.
There’s a Nigerian prince joke in here somewhere.
But good on you!
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Gerald and Jonathan
two great kids young men
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by fiatlux on Nov 10, 2011 9:53 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I lived in Malawi for a year, teaching at an orphan care program there, Malawi Children’s Village. I later served as president of the board for a couple of years.
by fiatlux on Nov 10, 2011 10:00 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I remember when you posted from Malawi the first time a few years ago…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
I go over every year to check on things and see friends (and spend time in Cape Town, my favorite place outside the US)
Have you ever gotten parasites?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
no. the main thing you need to protect against is Schistosomiasis (which I always like saying). It’s a snail born parasite found in still water. You just need to avoid standing water (like on the lake shore in the reeds).
is that the parasite that tunnels into your body via your peen?
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Nov 10, 2011 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
yes!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
that’s THE DREADED CANDIRU!!!!
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by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
yeah my sister loves swimming and traveled all over latin america after college, teaching ainglish. she found that, to her dismay and contrary to the bulk of the northern hemisphere, the MO is to not get near/touch/let alone swim in the water for fear of everything that lived in it.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
Jonathan’s arms aren’t connected to his body!!
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 10, 2011 9:56 AM PST up reply actions
i already had much respect for you due to all your awesome life experiences and travels, but this makes me want to name my first child ‘fiatlux’. Seriously…this is awesome.
Does anyone have any tissue I can use? I have some stuff on my nose
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Nov 10, 2011 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
My first classroom there...
When I first arrived we really didn’t have any good facilities to start our supplemental educational programs for the older kids… so this was my first classroom… under the big mango tree.
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by fiatlux on Nov 10, 2011 10:09 AM PST up reply actions 8 recs
This is awesome. I also wish I could double rec for representing the A’s and Cal.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
New School
so after i left and got back to the states, we spearheaded a campaign to build an actual school. we raised several hundred thousand dollars and built what I think is one of the nicest private high schools in the country. We went from teaching under a mango tree to this. Maybe during the slow offseason I’ll write up a post on my experience there.
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COOOL
I’d support it. A friend of mine was teaching in Burkina Faso, and I was so excited just to send science kits from Lawrence Hall of Science and money for books!
Cal: Bears with Books.
found it
Found the Burkina Faso care package contents list in old email. 12 of us chipped in items/postage to send our friend three big boxes. He had a nice ‘n’ easy time carrying it all by bus from Koudougou to his village ;-)
The Onion
The World Without Us
Guitar music book — 100 rock and roll songs
3 books — Experiments in Earth Science, Chemistry, and Elementary School Sci Fair Projects (AndBears/Ragnarok)
Projects in Electricity (AndBears/Ragnarok)
Power Bars (3 boxes)
D batteries, Pens
Taco Bell “Fire” sauce packets (approx 200)
Spices (oregano, paprika, Fajita, Taco, etc)
Gum, Tic tacs, M&Ms
Parmesan
Sudoku (magnetic, spicy), UNO
3 boxes Betty Crocker cake mix (lemon, chocolate, party rainbow)
Letters from friends
Purell
Dried mango and dried cranberries, lime/chile cashews
That was fun. I really like sending care packages.
You’re kind of awesome. Would love to hear the whole story.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
That’s what I thought, too, but I thought I’d be ridiculed for getting it wrong!
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Did you think we’d all start chanting “YOU F***ED UP” like we do at football games?
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Well, um, yeah, kinda.
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This is really awesome, dude!
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So. Awesome.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
This is the least awesome thing I have ever seen
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by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
Do you ever write letters to them that say, “Good luck, Jonathan!” and pqty?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
dude that’s awesome. esp sending the spreadsheet part.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 10:00 AM PST up reply actions
dude i think they’re better prepared for the business world from that description than most college grads I know.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 10:02 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
i am SO GLAD that i got excel experience throughout college… very, very useful now
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yeah i’m sads most kids just don’t get this kind of experience. excel and using ms access properly are key for so much in corp america.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
storing a ton of normalized data to be able to pull different queries on that data based on different audiences
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Nov 10, 2011 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
yeah. this.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
most of the databases i’ve dealt with are on much older legacy systems. they’re fine for pulling large sets of data, but you don’t want to do any analysis on the data via the server, you’ll never get any results back.
and at least within my company (and every one i’ve worked for), it is extremely difficult to get a proper DB system for analytical purposes when you’re on the business side.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 10:11 AM PST up reply actions
I had a couple of people try and leave me stuck with it when I was a whippersnapper consultant, my impression is that you’re only ever a CSV file and a good excel monkey away from not needing it except for to try and avoid building a “real” application and database.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Damn worthless STATA
My econometrics teacher made us learn STATA, which not one single person in the real world uses. Excel is plenty powerful enough for most regressions…and every firm uses excel. I’m still pissed because I could have been even stronger with excel.
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Nov 10, 2011 10:11 AM PST up reply actions
I think this happens a lot in academia… the fear that using “real world tools” instead of some abstract idea will turn the institution into a trade school instead of what they envision is a theoretical abstracted education that is easily applied to the real world.
I recall the CS majors learned assembler on CUSP or some other “virtual machine” type deal, while I learned on x86 assembler.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 10:16 AM PST up reply actions
I recall the CS majors learned assembler on CUSP or some other "virtual machine" type deal, while I learned on x86 assembler.
Is this english?
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Nov 10, 2011 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
I used SPSS in grad school… and then never again.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
yeah ditto. i think the standard expectation is that we’re going to “pay it forward” with our own kids, when we’re more financially able to pay for a college education.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 9:43 AM PST up reply actions
I wanted to work after I turned 16 so I went out and applied at the usual places like GameStop, Safeway, etc. My Dad thought that I was being responsible and what not but my Mom immediately said no fucking way was I going to do that sort of job. She basically forced my Dad to use his connections to set me up with an interview building websites. I was pissed at first but looking back, thanks Mom!
In other words, Go Bears!
Same.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 10:11 AM PST up reply actions
Was the cost of tuition while you were a student a nickel and a smile?
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 10, 2011 9:28 AM PST up reply actions
Yes, it was pretty cheap. $212.50 a quarter, if I remember correctly. But when I was accepted to Stanfurd, which was about $12,000 a year back then, my true Cal blue dad told me that they would help me to go there if that’s want I wanted. I’m glad I didn’t for many, many reasons, but one of the best is that my dad was soooooo happy that I chose Cal, and Cal was a special bond between me and my dad for the rest of his life.
"I’ll kill you. I’ll crush you. You don’t know who I am. I’ll kick your ass. And don’t ever call me a ding dong again."
I want to say it was about $700 / semester, but it could have been more by the end… Leon, what were you paying your first year?
I think in 88 when I started it was around 1500/year and in 92 it was around 1500/semester. Definitely much cheaper than it is now.
by HeyAlumniGo on Nov 10, 2011 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
I paid over $16k a semester for Cal. I went to summer school every year and made it out in 3 years (sucks I missed out on a year of school, but $40k of more debt made me a tad nervous)
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Nov 10, 2011 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
this is a big deal
I am very concerned education costs and what it means for opportunity and social mobility in our society.
When I was a boy, college cost $750/sem in tutuion and fees, and the co-op was another $750/sem for room and board. It may have increased some by the time I graduated, but not too much. A hard working student could make that much in a good summer job, and if he lived frugally, not have to work during school and graduate with little or no debt.
I am concerned that increases in tuition (and the bleak job prospects which make it harder to pay back) are going to generate lots of poor and resentful youths (see #occupy-your-downtown-next) and discourage college attendance, particularly among the lower economic classes. That is not good for productivity and not good for society.
(And as a father of a 2 year old and 2 week old, I don’t like the idea of what college is going to cost my family….)
Jason Hafemeister
Congrats on the newbie!
We went en famille to my wife’s reunion at Vassar in June… I just about fell over looking at the annual costs.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
He’s still mad that they wouldn’t admit him.
"I’ll kill you. I’ll crush you. You don’t know who I am. I’ll kick your ass. And don’t ever call me a ding dong again."
It’s no Bates or Bowdoin, that’s for certain!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
I didn’t apply there, it would have been odd were they to have admitted me.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
That is odd. Speculative admission to see if you’d show up?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
USC pursued me relentlessly, even though I never applied!
"I’ll kill you. I’ll crush you. You don’t know who I am. I’ll kick your ass. And don’t ever call me a ding dong again."
Me too!
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
That program was a real mixed bag – some really interesting people and some real train wrecks
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
They were never shy about recruiting intelligent students in an effort to balance out the ones who conformed to the stereotypes.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Why, thank you!
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
I think he was talking about me, atoms.
"I’ll kill you. I’ll crush you. You don’t know who I am. I’ll kick your ass. And don’t ever call me a ding dong again."
Yeah, I figured it was just a reply fail ;)
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
Do YOU come with the car?
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 1:09 PM PST up reply actions
I applied, and almost considered going after looking at the scholarship package they gave me. “Wait…it’s more than tuition and room/board…Does that = drinking money…?”
Yes it would have been drinking money. One of my friends was on the same scholly as me – but his parents had both taught at the med school so he got tuition remission – which meant he got s check for the excess.
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One of my favorite Simpsons lines of all time
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Totes. Right up there with “In this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!”
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, those lines where Homer can somehow demonstrate knowledge and stupidity at the same time are hilarious.
Yabba Dabba Doo! I like talking to you!
Which lines? The ones from The Iliad? Or from The Odyssey?
"I’ll kill you. I’ll crush you. You don’t know who I am. I’ll kick your ass. And don’t ever call me a ding dong again."
heh I don’t think current students could get 3 jobs if they wanted…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
Yes…campus jobs are in hella high demand.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
i had the fucking greatest campus job that existed on campus.
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by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
lol
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by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
ew
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by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
did it involve an injury cart?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
very very close
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by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
sex on tuesday columnist test subject?
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
also, ew
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by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
William Hung’s fashion consultant?
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Nov 10, 2011 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
he has more knowledge in that subject than i. i wear blue and gold every day with either cargo shorts or jeans.
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by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
Natalie Coughlin’s anything?
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i dont think you get paid for that :(
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by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
Jeff Tedford?
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
true story i was jeff tedford for one season
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by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
yes but i got fired after the oregon game for shitting on their 50 yard line after the mighty ezeff destroyed them
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by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
once…
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by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
if only!
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by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
my butler?
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if only! wait, no. not that.
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by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
’cause you need up doing nothing…absolutely nothing.
worked in facility management (essentially changing light bulbs) at foothill one summer with a bunch of buddies. essentially sat around, watched tv, played video games, played rock-paper-scissors whenever something needed to be done.
then they gave us radios…so we were only there to clock in/out or whenever a call came in.
You are the 99%!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 2:20 PM PST up reply actions
yeah, it’s pretty hard to get campus jobs.
also, 100% of library jobs are work study, as an example. so if you don’t qualify its 100x harder
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Worked in stacks in mid-90’s, wasn’t work study then. Lots of coworkers were baked. Pushin’ paper brah.
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I was a Community Service Officer
Crazy because it was so embarrassing and awesome at the same time. I hated being in cop clothes and working late hours, but they paid like $14/hour and I met soo many chicks walking them home from the libraries.
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Nov 10, 2011 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
Security monitor. Got paid to do my homework/studying while sitting at a desk. And met lots of girls.
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The only job where I ever met tons of girls was when I was a bouncer in a dance club on 6th St.
Worst
Job
Ever
Mainly because we weren’t allowed to drink, made $5 an hour and I was dating the future Mrs Starkey at the time so couldn’t take advantage of the bountiful flesh at my fingertips.
That said, I met Mrs Starkey when we were both valet parkers at a restaurant so I guess I can’t complain.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 10, 2011 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
I did the bookkeeping for the couple who own Cafe Roma and all the other cafes when I was in school. Office was up above the candy shop on Bancroft (Sweet on You, I don’t think it’s still there). Totally great job, counting thousands of one dollar bills every day for four hours!
Is the wife named Irene?
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 7:49 PM PST up reply actions
Ah, nevermind then :)
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 9:19 PM PST up reply actions
I did this too. I was intensely jealous of my sorority roommate who had an Amex gold card linked to her trust fund and could spend whatever she wanted. Apparently the trust fund had more than enough money in it to pay all her expenses all the way through medical school if she so chose (she did, at Hahvahd, before becoming the Surgeon General’s speechwriter).
NinersNation midway report
49ers at 7-1: Just the Beginning
As the 49ers see it, they have a long way to go and there is no time for complacency in this league. Going into week 10 where they will face the New York Giants, San Francisco has the second best record in the league at 7-1. But before the season began, most commentators had figured the Niners to be behind the 8-ball. They were wrong.
Lockout and all, the 49ers found a way to acclimate themselves to the new system, personnel and coaches fairly quickly. Niners’ new head coach Jim Harbaugh had a laundry list of restrictions during the CBA negotiations and even for some time afterward. I would imagine that if Harbaugh had more time, and he will, that it would translate into more progress for the 49ers.
Had coach Harbaugh had more hands-on time with individual players in the offseason, it could’ve maybe meant bigger seasons from players like Michael Crabtree or Tarell Brown to name a couple. To Harbaugh, every player is just as important as the next and he is capable of instructing all the players just the same.
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My IRL middle name is Rex
So the T-Rex always held a dear place in my heart growing up because I also wish I had a 6ft penis.
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
seems like that would be a liability and not much benefit.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 9:46 AM PST up reply actions
I wouldn’t want to meet a girl with the physical capacity to accommodate a 6ft. member.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
pqtm
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 1:14 PM PST up reply actions
MBB opens season:
BERKELEY – The No. 24 Golden Bears open the book on the 2011-12 season when they host UC Irvine on Friday, Nov. 11, at Haas Pavilion. Under the direction of fourth-year head coach Mike Montgomery, the California men’s basketball team will look to get the inaugural Pac-12 season off to a strong start when it tips off against the Anteaters at 7:30 p.m. PT.
UC Irvine, which hasn’t won a season opener since 2007, is coming off a 13-19 mark in 2010-11, and returns just five players from last year’s squad. The last time the Bears met the Anteaters, they prevailed, 65-57, in a game at Haas Pavilion. Cal leads the all-time series, 4-2, heading into this Friday’s seventh meeting.
The Bears were picked to finish second in the conference by the Pac-12 media, and are coming off an 18-15 season in 2010-11 that saw them advance to the second round of the National Invitational Tournament. Cal returns four starters, led by first-team All-Pac-10 selection and team MVP senior guard Jorge Gutierrez, who paced the squad in scoring with 14.6 ppg.
Fans can listen to the live call of the game on KNEW 910AM with Roxy Bernstein and Todd McKim. The game will also be streamed, live, on CalBears.com All-Access, for a fee.
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Cal leads the all-time series, 4-2
We’ve lost to Irvine twice?
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I remember one of those. It was during the Campanelli era.
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Talking to someone who goes to practices and cares deeply about Cal hoops, I have been informed that Justin Cobbs is indeed, very very good
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Nov 10, 2011 8:44 AM PST up reply actions
yeah, i’ve played against him a few times. he is smooooooth. i am hopeful!
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I heard Solomon is a Dick.
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by CalBear81 on Nov 10, 2011 8:48 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Very witty!
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On Bear Talk, they wouldn’t let me post comments as “Dick Solo.”
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Awesome
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Nov 10, 2011 8:53 AM PST up reply actions
also, he gets along very well with crabbe and solomon, which is always a plus!
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The same source informed me that Crabbe is absolutely here for a few more years. He said “no way in hell” he goes pro after this year….
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Nov 10, 2011 8:53 AM PST up reply actions
Justin Cobbs: List of things to do when I arrive in Berkeley
1. Meet coach, make nice.
2. Meet freshmen/now soph stud players who the coach really likes, make nice.
3. Play some ball.
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
No “go to class”, “study”, and “earn degree” in that list?
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
Work on it, sure.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
Mens Golf gets new recruits:
(BERKELEY) – The Cal men’s golf program has signed four golfers – Walker Huddy (Studio City, CA/Calabasas HS), Keelan Kilpatrick (Christchurch, New Zealand/St. Bede’s College), Cameron Shaw (Duffield, Derbyshire, England) and James Yoon – to National Letters of Intent. Kilpatrick will begin his Cal career in January of 2012 when the Golden Bears begin the spring portion of their schedule January 30-31 at the Arizona Intercollegiate. The other three signees will arrive at Cal in the fall of 2012.
“With Keelan coming in January, and Walker, Cameron and James enrolling next August, the program will continue to be nationally competitive for years to come as we seek a second NCAA championship,” head coach Steve Desimone said. “They fit the mold we look for of good students, good golfers and good citizens. They will represent the University, Cal Athletics, and the Cal golf community in way that will make everyone proud. Go Bears!”
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New Zealand and England?! So awesome….And ironic a golfer is from “Duffield”
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Nov 10, 2011 8:35 AM PST up reply actions
Cal alums in MLS finals:
BERKELEY – Three California men’s soccer alumni – the Los Angeles Galaxy’s Josh Saunders and Hector Jimenez and the Houston Dynamo’s Calen Carr – are in line to capture the 2011 MLS Cup. The professional soccer league’s championship match is slated to take place on Nov. 20 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
A win would mark the second MLS Cup triumph for Saunders, who reached the pinnacle of pro soccer in the United States with the San Jose Earthquakes in 2003. Three former Bears have won the MLS title: Saunders, Chris Roner also in 2003 with the Earthquakes, and Troy Roberts in 2005 with the Galaxy.
Saunders came close to winning a second title in 2009, when Los Angeles lost MLS Cup to Real Salt Lake on penalty kicks. The goalkeeper replaced an injured Donovan Ricketts in the second half of that 2009 final and stopped two of seven PKs.
Jimenez, a midfielder, is the youngest former Bear, having completed his college career with Cal in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinal round last December. A 2010 All-Pac-10 first-team selection, Jimenez ended his tenure as a Bear ranked third on Cal’s all-time assist list with 34.
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NinersNation on 7-1 start:
As the 49ers see it, they have a long way to go and there is no time for complacency in this league. Going into week 10 where they will face the New York Giants, San Francisco has the second best record in the league at 7-1. But before the season began, most commentators had figured the Niners to be behind the 8-ball. They were wrong.
Lockout and all, the 49ers found a way to acclimate themselves to the new system, personnel and coaches fairly quickly. Niners’ new head coach Jim Harbaugh had a laundry list of restrictions during the CBA negotiations and even for some time afterward. I would imagine that if Harbaugh had more time, and he will, that it would translate into more progress for the 49ers.
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SilverAndBlackPride talks fantasy:
As you all know, Raider fans, RaiderDamus has been on a bit of a cold streak lately. The fantasy projections have been reasonably successful, but the game picks have seen RaiderDamus (and the Raiders) suffer two straight humiliations. This week, as a result, I have been deep in the Aether, kicking the fates’ ass. This sort of thing is unacceptable. They better not lie to me anymore if they know what’s good for them.
In any case, on to the projections. The Raiders defense is terrible and the Dolts’ defense is not much better, so this ought to be a high-scoring game. That’s gold for fantasy owners. Grab the booty this week!
QB Carson Palmer- Start. He’s probably a top-5 QB play this week. I’m not kidding. Aaron Rodgers threw for 4 TD against the Dolts, and the Raiders’ WR corps is probably as talented as the Packers’. Don’t tell me Jordy Nelson is anywhere near as awesome as Jacoby Ford. I predict 350 pass yds, 3 TD, 2 INT.
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He says you should start Carson!
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Can’t you just double inverse leverage on the interceptions so that you gain fantasy points on each pick?
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interception backed securities… we could’ve made a KILLING with riley!
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isn’t that just a prop bet?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 2:26 PM PST up reply actions
Well, yes...
Although I don’t know that they have prop bets in fantasy
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Sharks take on Wild:
Dany Heatley and Devin Setoguchi make their return to HP Pavilion tonight to face their former team in a game that is so chock full of storylines it’s getting hard to keep track of them all.
First up is Brent Burns, who made it clear that while he still has a lot of friends in Minnesota that he wants to see succeed individually, his competitive nature doesn’t allow him to hope for success when it comes to his former team.
“I’ve been watching how they’ve been doing, hoping that they would lose every game,” Burns told Mark Emmons at Working The Corners. “You have to be competitive to reach this level and I’m a pretty intense guy. And when a team doesn’t want you, you sure don’t want them to go 82-0. I have a lot of friends there and you want them to score six goals and lose.”
“Now it’s like an ex-girlfriend,” Burns continued with a particularly apt description of the circumstances. “You really don’t want her to get the white-picket fence and the great job. It’s like a good country song.”
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if you are willing and true of heart, you will find GB at the game tonight.
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by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
Does this count as trolling?
Who had the worst career face-plant yesterday, Joe Paterno or Gov. Rick Perry?
I’m not making light of anything in the Paterno situation, but stick a fork in Perry……
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
Not a Rick Perry fan
But people make mental errors under pressure constantly.
Obama claimed to have visited 57 states in America during his campaign trail.
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Oh god that’s hilariously terrible!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
oh sorry, I didn’t get that as I was too busy looking at maple syrup sloshing back and forth in a container. SOOO COOOL
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
WHOOAA
From mister awesome:
This is such a cool state. I mean, come on, “Live free or die”? You gotta love that, right? I come from a state where they had this little place called the Alamo, and they declared “Victory or death.” You know, we’re kinda into those slogans, man, it’s like “Live free or die,” “Victory or death,” bring it!
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
Okay, but...
…..it was HIS prepared speech !!!!! The job he’s “seeking” is full of pressure and this was more than a slip of the tongue. What it tells me is that it was not an idea he was really invested in but something constructed to make him look good and effective.
I’m sure ALL politicians do that, but OH MY!
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
Disagree. I really think it was just a mental block. It happens to the best of us; only difference is it happened in a debate forum not in a standard appearance.
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Yes. That is true. It happened in a televised debate in front of millions. That is a BIG difference.
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I'm not doubting that the impact is much bigger
But the rationale of “Oh, he’s an idiot” because of this, while excusing Biden’s and Obama’s gaffes doesn’t fly with me.
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Yup
Hillary Clinton saying Mahatma Gandhi ran a gas station in St. Louis?
I mean, I don’t know how they get away with these things.
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because the majority of voters in both parties are too ignorant to know the difference and wouldn't change their minds even if they did
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I take offense to this because I don’t regularly side with either parties and I’m JUST AS IGNORANT IF NOT MORE
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by ikoolykedat on Nov 10, 2011 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
I think the problem for Perry is that he already had a reputation as an idiot. I’ve been hearing that for a couple of years at least, and he certainly has not shone in any of the debates. So when Obama says something dumb, it’s dismissed as a slip of the tongue. When Perry says something dumb, he doesn’t get the same benefit of the doubt. Joe Biden — for him I have no explanation.
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Because hes not that smart?
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Apparently that has been his reputation in Texas for a long time. I have heard (and no, I don’t have any sources for you) that even many of the Bushies talk on background about how dumb he is. Granted there is bad blood between Perry and some of the Bushies. But the point is, when you have a reputation for being dumb, you are not going to get the benefit of the doubt.
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And if Romney was ina photo in a tux throwing money in the air (coughcough) itd be extra bad for him
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I would volunteer to be an extra at that photo op.
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I was slightly wrong, but TOO LATE!
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is that atoms in the middle?!
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by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
Yes. The airplane is a dead giveaway.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
Quite similar to the Bullingdon Club photo the British PM can't escape
The PM is third from left. The Mayor of London is fourth from right.
This is basically correct. Also, being Gov in Texas means exactly zero, the position is a figurehead position and has little power. You don’t have to be smart to be a decent govenor in this state.
That said, my opinion is that Perry’s history is that of a consumate waffler who holds idealogical positions that he believes his electorate wants rather than having any real belief in them. I think his failure to become Romney’s immediate primary and only challenger once he joined the race has rattled him badly and he’s starting to unravel. I think he thought he could duplicate George Junior’s path to the White House without too much effort.
Again, just my opinion.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 10, 2011 9:50 AM PST up reply actions
If this has something to do with it, I don’t know. But I think a reason why this is a big deal is that it’s more than a malaprop on a stump. He’s in a presidential debate setting talking about a major policy thing. He wants to eliminate three major departments in the federal government. And he can only name 2 out of 3. It’s a much more major gaffe than a malaprop on a campaign stop.
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Also, the fundamental statement that he is trying to make seems insane to me. Eliminating the departments???
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There are definitely departments through the years than can be eliminated. That thought you express is what leads to ever expanding government.
Is there no position in between “eliminate the department” and “continue to expand the department”?
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It’s not that you expand that department (except of course you do), it’s that you keep adding on new departments.
I guess I’m confused, fiatlux. I said I found that eliminating the dept concept insane. It seems insane to me, bc eliminating the dept entirely makes no sense to me.
You stated that the thought I expressed is what leads to ever expanding government.
However, my thought was merely that eliminating the dept seems insane. I made no comments regarding fundamentally restructuring the depts. I made no comments regarding deleting inefficient parts of the depts.
Why have you preclosed those possibilities from my thought process?
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If you don’t eliminate departments while adding news ones, that’s pretty much expanding government.
I would never dare assume anything about your thought process.
Couldn’t we not eliminate departments while not adding new ones?
Or not eliminate departents, while fundamentally altering their structure such that when adding new departments the actual size of government stays static or even is decreased?
What are recent departments that the government has added?
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Well, I don’t personally agree with that. But I also don’t think it was necessary Democrats (the people normally accused of increasing the size of government) who created that one.
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it was Fear
the fear machine created that one.
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by ikoolykedat on Nov 10, 2011 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
I agree. You werent.
I was merely stating that it seems incongruous to express the concern that “eliminating departments seems insane”=“continuing the growth of governement” when it is the party that is expressing the thought to eliminate a department (or three) that actually grew the government in your example.
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Am I allowed to mock you for slapfighting?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
I think it is always appropriate to mock me, Spazzy.
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What about the Department of Beards, established under Grant?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
Is it Bears Of Bees?
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Education is a fairly recent addition – it used to be bundled as part of Health, Education & Welfare. HEW became Health & Human Services and Education was added as a separate department maybe ~20 years ago.
A lot of times even Republican candidates don’t mean the entire department – for example, people talk about eliminating the Department of Commerce, and actually only mean the headquarters… because no-one actually wants to get rid of NOAA.
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Now that I stop and think about it, I’m not entirely sure what the Department of Commerce actually does.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
What do you have against shouting weatherman!?!?!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
Herbert Hoover was Secretary of Commerce. That’s all I need to know!
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What do you have against vacuums?!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
I abhor them. I don’t know why. I guess it’s my nature.
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by CalBear81 on Nov 10, 2011 1:28 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
I don’t get it!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 2:51 PM PST up reply actions
(link)
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 3:06 PM PST up reply actions
huh
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 3:21 PM PST up reply actions
have you people never heard this phrase before? wtf
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 3:24 PM PST up reply actions
in b4 “what do you mean by ‘you people’?!?!?!”
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 3:24 PM PST up reply actions
Asians.
"I’ll kill you. I’ll crush you. You don’t know who I am. I’ll kick your ass. And don’t ever call me a ding dong again."
And if you actually studied when you were there.
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no
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
I’m with you, HarShapocalypse. I thought this was a common expression that pretty much everyone knew.
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Aristotle’d actually.
In physics horror vacui, or plenism, is a theory first proposed by Aristotle in the Fourth book of Physics (or Physica)1 that nature abhors a vacuum, and therefore empty space would always be trying to suck in gas or liquids to avoid being empty. The theory was widely accepted for a long time and supported by Galileo Galilei as resintenza del vacuo. Galilei was surprised by the fact that water could not raise above certain level in aspiration tube in his pump, leading him to conclude that there is a limit to the phenomena.2 His pupil Evangelista Torricelli stated in 1644 that the level of mercury in a closed tube was dependent on the pressure of surrounding air. In 1647 Blaise Pascal proved this notion in his famous vide dans le vide ("emptiness in emptiness") experiment. The Magdeburg Hemispheres used by Otto von Guericke in 1650 were seen by some as proof that Aristotle’s theory was not correct (see more on this topic in history of thermodynamics). For a scholarly discussion Leviathan and the Air-Pump, by Shapin and Schaffer 1985, is particularly instructive in the 17th century debate between Thomas Hobbes, supporting the plenum, and Robert Boyle’s experimental demonstration of the vacuum.
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Forgot the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature_abhors_a_vacuum
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haha rec’d
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
It’s basically a bunch of unrelated agencies gathered up under a headquarters division that’s like a holding company. Off the top of my head, I know it includes NOAA, NIST, SBA, possibly PTO, and Census, as well as others.
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If the answer to my original question (does this count as trolling?)
is YES, then I guess it was a successful one….
Just sayin….
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I think I know what Census is for, though what they do the other 9 years is unknown to me. The rest looks like mystifying alphabet soup.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
It takes about 4 – 5 years to set up the decennial census, most of which is completed by short term employees. The rest of the time, they are doing more targeted sampling, recurring analysis, etc. NOAA is the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency – which I think is where the National Weather Service is aligned. The National Institute of Standards and Technology is a research organization that runs the atomic clock and does a whole of establishing measurement standards – even in areas like applications security. SBA is the small business administration, and PTO is the Patent and Trademark office.
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The idea of eliminating governmental departments does not strike me as “insane.” It’s a policy position and I’m fine with him or anyone else taking that position. I just think, in that setting especially, it reflects poorly on you as a candidate if you can’t remember something that major.
Analogy: It would be like me in an oral argument where the case hinges on three main legal points and I totally fail to remember one of them when I’m up there at the podium. I may or may not lose the case because of that, but I will have sure effed up my credibility with the judges.
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It’s very extreme, and if it’s something you’re advocating then you should probably know the details of what you are saying you would do.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 1:01 PM PST up reply actions
This has been a Republican thing for decades. For example, Ronald Reagan campaigned in 1980 that his priority would be to get rid of the Departments of Education and Energy, which had been established under Jimmy Carter. But they have never actually gotten rid of any of them.
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I think lately they’ve gotten more serious about it. They’re actually trying to do things like get rid of collective bargaining, for example, and actually try and pass things like fetal personhood.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
About getting rid of departments? They’ve never tried this when they had the power to do so, I don’t think they’re serious about that at all.
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Who knows. I wouldn’t put anything past them at this point. I think they’ve gone through the looking glass a bit where many prominent politicians in their party have lost the ability to distinguish between rhetoric that’s just intended to be red meat for the base and actual policy positions.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 2:55 PM PST up reply actions
The big difference is that Biden is a knowledgeable guy who has demonstrated his command of policy details for decades, but just makes silly gaffes because of his verbal diarrhea style, whereas Rick Perry has not demonstrated that he knows a goddamn thing about anything, policy-wise.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
You can’t (well I guess you are) compare a “gaffe” to Perry’s performance, did you watch this? Everyone makes misstatements or gaffes, but to lapse into utter incoherence is remarkable.
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Herman Cain isn’t truly a serious candidate, but for example, he recently spoke about the threat of China “developing” nuclear capability… which they’ve had since the 1960s. His campaign manager then clarified that he was talking about nuclear subs and aircraft carriers…. but they have had nuclear subs since 1974 and are not looking to build nuclear aircraft carriers. So, clearly they don’t have a clue what they are talking about. But he seems to be getting a pass.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 1:09 PM PST up reply actions
Only with his female employees.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
I’m pretty sure he’s there to build his brand, sell books, maybe end up as a talking head on Fox. Same thing with Newt BTW.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
And that Alaskan woman.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
Disagree with Newt, you have to count the former Speaker of the House as serious – but it’s also interest just how little traction he’s gained.
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I think Newt has not been considered a serious candidate, not because he doesn’t have credentials, but because he has not seemed to take his own candidacy seriously. Right after he declared, he and his wife took off on a lengthy European vacation, even though his aides begged him to stay in the country and start campaigning. Virtually his entire senior staff walked out in June, complaining that he wasn’t taking the campaign seriously. It is a sign of how bizarre this election year is, and how much the Republican base dislikes Romney, that Newt is now being considered a viable alternative to Romney.
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Well yes, I was more commenting on his qualifications vis-a-vis Herman Cain’s. Newt’s actions have been bizarre, yet still, I find myself surprised by how unpopular he is.
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I think he’s taking the tortoise, not hare strategy. Which is kind of paying off given that all the rest of the ding dongs seem to be knocking themselves out of the running all on their own.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
Except that Newt is pretty much one of the ding dongs at this point. Have you actually listened to him? He’s spent the last 10 years being essentially a professional bombthrower.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
I think he’s less of a ding dong and more of a ho ho.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
Well, with Newt it’s not about the bio/credentials, but as CB81 points out, he’s not a serious candidate. I think he and Cain are both “business plan” candidates, as in their candidacy is a vehicle for personal enrichment.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe
But that still doesn’t explain why Newt is so unpopular!
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Hard to build up your foreign policy credentials this way, but yeah he’s not a serious candidate. But he has been amazingly popular, interesting trying to figure out why.
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Hes serious if the Republican constituency takes him seriously.
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It think it’s profoundly sad that these deeply unserious candidates are viable in one of our country’s major parties.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 2:14 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t know that to be true (yet). I think the republican electorate is just flirting with him at this point. I doubt they get serious and vote for him that much when the primaries start.
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Well, we’ll see. In the past, the GOP has been pretty good about coalescing/falling in line behind a particular major candidate. The only thing is that the “anybody but Mitt” sentiment is very strong this time around.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 3:19 PM PST up reply actions
Do you think you are going to run for Republican nomination?
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I can’t; I’m not 35.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 3:42 PM PST up reply actions
I have 10 more years of childhood, thanks to coach Gundy!
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 3:47 PM PST up reply actions
hey, by the way, if you’re in LA and don’t have plans to watch the game you’re welcome to come up. if you’re sticking in OC go to the place i told you about.
Aw, thanks man. I’m in OC right now as a matter of fact… I’m actually doing my Cal fan duty this time though, flying up on Saturday morning and heading straight to the game from the airport.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 3:53 PM PST up reply actions
Don’t you mean Berkeley fan duty?
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 10, 2011 4:02 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
My UC Berkeley fan duty.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 4:06 PM PST up reply actions
You can run at any age. You just can’t serve.
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So… Would you say that non-citizens can also run, and not serve?
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 4:33 PM PST up reply actions
You know better than that, atoms. Non-citizens can both run and serve.
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I thought there was just an exception for Kenya.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 6:00 PM PST up reply actions
If you want a serious answer
It’s because he’s charismatic, speaks well, has a great rags-to-riches story that embodies what we, as Republicans, believe to be the American dream… and his tax plan is simple and easy to understand.
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I agree with this, except that the whole American Dream isn’t owned by just Republicans. Somewhat surprised that his lack of any credentials hasn’t been effectively used against him by his rivals.
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Probably because they have even less!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 2:29 PM PST up reply actions
They’ve all been elected to something and posses greater experience in government.
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but they don’t know that…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 2:37 PM PST up reply actions
But when you’re campaigning on a platform that government is evil, it’s hard to attack someone for having spent less time in government than you have.
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by CalBear81 on Nov 10, 2011 3:08 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
rec’d
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
I agree with that; I think everyone has the American Dream. I just added that as a disclaimer for anyone who wanted to jump in with “LOL THE AMERICAN DREAM DOESN’T EXIST”
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Also
They like him as a successful business man.
I’ve heard a lot of grumblings that perceived failure by Obama on the economy has a lot to do with the fact that he’s never worked in the private sector in his life.
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The jackasses who signed off on all the CDOs and whatnot in the banking industry had worked in the private sector for years and still managed to jack it up.
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I’m attempting to answer his question about his appeal earnestly.
I’m not here to argue.
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THEN WHAT ARE YOU HERE FOR!!!!
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He’s not an idiot because of this, he’s an idiot for separate reasons altogether!
This was simply an affirmation of that for many people.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
You are cutting way too much slack, “under pressure”? He’s a complete doffus, he can last 30 minutes in a debate, and then all the facts crammed into his head by his handlers run out, and he’s left with nothing but the mush that is were his brain used to be.
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He was a male cheerleader at TAMU. What do you expect?
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 10, 2011 8:51 AM PST up reply actions
I agree. The pressure can definitely get to somebody.
But theres a difference between making a minor and incorrect state on the campaign trail seen by a few hundred people and stammering about like a total idiot on national TV for a full minute seen by like millions of people.
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Your campaign is d-u-n- done.
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The difference
Millions of people minus hundreds of people = still millions of people.
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There is another aspect here. You’ve mentioned three comments here.
1. Obama makes a mistake and says 57 states instead of 47 states.
2. Biden asks somebody in a wheelchair to stand up and take a bow.
3. Perry is unable to remember a part of his platform.
The first two are minor mistakes that don’t really relate to anything, but do look stupid. Obama and Biden look stupid on minor issues. In front of a few hundred people.
The third is a much larger thing, bc he looks stupid (and hes battling the concept that hes idiotic already) on a part of his platform. “If elected president, Im gonna, what wait, lets see, this is what Il do, no, hmmmm.” So, its looking stupid. For a minute. On a major issue. In front of millions.
There are SO many differences here.
Finally, I havent seen the media harp on this gaffe. Maybe they are, I dont know. I dont want or read anything in the media. I see this bc its blowing up on my Facebook.
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Finally, I havent seen the media harp on this gaffe. Maybe they are, I dont know. I dont want or read anything in the media. I see this bc its blowing up on my Facebook.
It was a lead story on all of the morning news show this morning. They spent a good portion of time on it on CNN last night.
Thank you for providing that information which I did not previously have.
Part of running for president these days is performance. Romney has all the qualifications for president and all the smarts, but isnt doing a great job at the performance (altho I think hell get the nom in the end). You gotta perform. Romney didnt hit his marks. Its not that complicated.
Its the difference between fucking up in an exhibition game and the playoffs.
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….Rick Perry was bad, Herman Cain was worse!!!! So they harped on Cain more than Perry…..is someone gonna call them racis now?
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Finally, I havent seen the media harp on this gaffe. Maybe they are, I dont know. I dont want or read anything in the media.
How in the world are you qualified to judge if the media harps on this gaffe or not if you don’t even observe the media?
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I wasnt really talking about the media harping on it. You were the one who brought that up. I was stating that I have no opinion on the media harping on it.
I was explaining why I think there are differences between what Obama/Biden said and what Perry said.
You are probably right that the media is harping on this. Thats what happens when you fuck up on national TV.
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Something tells me you regret being in this conversation.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
I do. What is frustrating for me is that I make certain statements and then I feel as if other unrelated information is added to the conversation that doesn’t necessarily relate to what I said. Then, I’m asked how I could say such things when I don’t think I actually said that.
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So you’re saying you <3 cock?
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by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
I can’t argue with that logic!
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Maybe you should stop slapfighting!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
I think you make a persuasive point.
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Really? 2 is just a minor gaffe? Not at all insensitive or hateful?
What about Biden saying “You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I’m not joking,”
I’d rather a candidate forget the name of one department he wants to cut than do stuff like that.
But maybe that’s just me.
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The Obama thing is the verbal equivalent of a typo. It’s literally inconceivable that he would actually think there are 57 states.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
but somehow Bush misapplying the “fool me once shame on you…” idiom isn’t just a verbal typo, it’s a clear demonstration of how dumb he is.
I think it plays to the character. Bush was perceived as being dumb (partially bc he played up his homespunness). So, when he said somethig stupid, it was jsut another data point there.
OBama isnt perceived as being dumb. However, Obama is perceived as being Kenyan and Muslim, so if he showed up in Kenya with a burqa on, then it would be another data point there
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right because Obama always has command of his facts… well as long as his teleprompter is working…
We need more breathalyzers to cure childhood asthma!
Ah yes, the teleprompter meme. :)
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 3:43 PM PST up reply actions
Sure it does…. if you ignore the hundreds of detailed, complex answers he’s given to difficult questions on an extremely wide variety of topics in unscripted interviews.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 3:48 PM PST up reply actions
he did a decent job during his gubernatorial debates in Texas, then something happened by 2004. Was very strange.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
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Well, with Bush there were a few topics that I thought he had a really good command of and could speak reasonably capably about. But if it was something he wasn’t really interested in, it was all just simple talking points.
Anyway, like I said, I don’t think the guy was stupid, but he seemed kind of intellectually lazy. Obama I’ll say, while he has pretty good command of details, he’s not nearly the policy wonk that Clinton was.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 3:58 PM PST up reply actions
I never understood this. Doesn’t almost every politician use teleprompters?
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I believe most of them also read their Obama teleprompter jokes from them as well.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
ok, that’s funny.
but in reality this is a standard presidential speech with the background of a 6th grade classroom. The students are set pieces, not the targeted audience.
/jaded
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No no! The sixth graders would have stumped him with difficult foreign policy questions, and their concerns about the impact of Dodd-Frank on derivatives transactions! He needed the teleprompter so that David Axelrod could type him the answers in realtime.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 4:17 PM PST up reply actions
some probably ought to have though
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by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
Cugel is really concerned about this photo!
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 4:39 PM PST up reply actions
I have a portable teleprompter that I carry with me everywhere. It makes small talk at parties a breeze.
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total recall
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Is there no end to your use of vocabulary and spelling from the other side of the Atlantic?
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No, it’s mostly just funny. I personally don’t believe Bush is actually stupid per se, just deeply intellectually uncurious and not very knowledgeable, and pretty lazy. He does have a long established and consistent pattern of verbal malapropisms though, and that one was a particularly hilarious one.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
No Rishi, I think that’s your problem. I might disagree with the policies almost all of the Republican candidates for president, but there’s old one of the bunch that strikes me as a empty suit and that is Perry. This isn’t the same thing, why be so defensive?
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I don’t like Perry myself. I just don’t like the double standard.
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go back to Howard Dean’s scream, that was the media gotcha moment that took down his campaign.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
I look at it this way. Why does the media follow candidates around 24/7 when all they are doing is putting on the same stump speech over and over and over again. They are living for the moment when they can say this candidate is done and here’s the 30 second blip that proves it.
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Maybe it’s just your personal perspective.
For me, when the media followed Obama, it was more to fawn over everything he did.
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that’s just good judgment, I don’t see the issue.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
Most people tend to remember the way their preferred candidate was hosed by the press rather than any preferential treatment, it’s more fun to play the victim card “that liberal media!!” “fox news is evil!!”
I’ve stopped paying attention to major media and their coverage of campaigns. I don’t care where someone gave their stump speech today or if they did something a little embarrassing, which is going to happen with cameras on them 24/7 and the stress of the campaign trail. The narrative they like is the soap opera of the days events rather than a responsible discussion of policy positions/implications. OMG SOMEONE SAID SOMETHING SILLY, STAY TUNED TO THE SITUATION ROOM!
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
Obama ate five guys today! Stay tuned while we analyse his burger
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Bush is awesome!
Stay tuned while he is still awesome!
/Fox
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
This just in…92% of democrats are gay.
/Fox
ps still awesome.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
Howard Dean gave a lengthy statement about the Soviet Union, but lol Bush is dumb because he says “Nu-cu-lar!”
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don’t forget his Beavis laugh.
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Nov 10, 2011 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
That explains why Dean was elected president!
….twice
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
what about fox news?
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
Glenn Beck cried a lot.
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Nov 10, 2011 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
It’s because he bought chocolate gold coins and thought they were real
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mormons are easily fooled by the jews (gelt)
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by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
Al Gore inventing the internet dogged him pretty much forever…
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, totally stopped him from being elected VP twice and almost winning the presidency after.
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Um, he did win the presidency.
#StartFlamewar
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 10:23 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
hiyo!
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
Well, I disagree that a double standard exists, a gaffe is quite different from total incoherence. I’m not talking about not the most recent debate (although that’s bad enough) but the one before that – I’ve paid close attention to political campaigns for decades, and a can’t remember a more striking example of ineptitude.
Maybe Ford and the Poland thing, but that’s still more of a gaffe.
Also, if you care about politics, you really should work on a presidential campaign, it’s really exciting. (Clinton/Gore was mine).
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
I spent a decent amount of time volunteering on Bush 2004…
#pleasedonthateme
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you volunteered on bush? well, at least you were over 18….
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
I even did phone bank stuff and called people in swing states like Minnesota, Florida and, yes, Ohio. Mostly registered Republicans and reminding them to vote and stuff.
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reminding them to vote and stuff.
Haha. Republicans are so dumb, they forget to vote!
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
ATO forgot to send a reminder email.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
Wait. Are you allowed to make fun of Cal students? I need a ruling from the judges!
"I’ll kill you. I’ll crush you. You don’t know who I am. I’ll kick your ass. And don’t ever call me a ding dong again."
The term “swing state” almost never fails to make me chuckle.
/immature
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by Ohio Bear on Nov 10, 2011 10:24 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
My work is done here today.
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Well Ohio is the ultimate swing state…. isn’t it Ohio Bear? (wink wink, nudge nudge)
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
I did used to work with a guy who is reputed to be a swinger.
I know what you’re thinking and stop it. It’s NOT CALumbus Bear.
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uh huh
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 10, 2011 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
Fire Starkey, Ultimate Wingman: OHIO EDITION"
I’m not sure I want to delve into the seedy underbelly of this plot line. Lawyers, Swingers and the “hot” women of Ohio.
Yeah, not.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 10, 2011 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
“There is no Soviet domination of eastern Europe, and there never will be under a Ford Administration.”
That one was especially bad because he was asked follow-up questions a couple of times and he still stuck to the claim that the Soviets did not dominate eastern Europe. “Mr. President, are you saying that the Soviet Union does not dominate eastern Europe?” “Yes.” It was just baffling. I remember the headline in The Sacramento Bee the next day: “Ford Frees Eastern Europe.”
"I’ll kill you. I’ll crush you. You don’t know who I am. I’ll kick your ass. And don’t ever call me a ding dong again."
I’d say this is worse than whatever he did during the debate:
Asked whether his campaign, which is struggling to regain traction, could survive, Perry replied: “This ain’t a day for quitting nothing.”
He just lots atoms’ vote.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 9:28 AM PST up reply actions
Darn, I was so ready to cast my ballot for him… :)
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 1:28 PM PST up reply actions
I guess I was wrong, then.
"I’ll kill you. I’ll crush you. You don’t know who I am. I’ll kick your ass. And don’t ever call me a ding dong again."
Well, obviously I’m not a registered Republican, but if I were to participate in the Republican primary, I’d be torn in wanting to vote for a Cain or a Perry because they would be weaker candidates against Obama, or vote for Romney because even though he’d be a stronger challenger, if he won he would at least be competent.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
is perry associated with a child molester?
no? then joepa.
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What did he do?
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 9:16 AM PST up reply actions
So it IS related to child molesting!
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 9:23 AM PST up reply actions
I’m not happy with the Paterno situation at all.
But hell if I’m not happy with Perry’s fuck up. Glad to see that DB gone
In other words, Go Bears!
I’d rather the primary dragged out as long as possible so that Romney can’t get ready for the general election campaign.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 1:29 PM PST up reply actions
And has to move more and more to the right.
BTW, who is he gonna select as his VP? Its gonna have to be one of his current contestants, right? And its gonna have to be osmebody with REAL GOP street cred. But who?
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It’s been pretty much consensus conventional wisdom that whoever gets nominated, they’ll pick Marco Rubio as the VP candidate.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
NO! It’s just got to be Tina Fey!
"I’ll kill you. I’ll crush you. You don’t know who I am. I’ll kick your ass. And don’t ever call me a ding dong again."
by CalBear81 on Nov 10, 2011 1:36 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Is that good or bad?
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Rubio is slick and telegenic and extremely extremely conservative… so it’s bad. He seems fairly smart though at least. Paul Ryan might also be on the short list of candidates, but I think he’s less smart than he’s been made out to be. He is also very very conservative though.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
Which is why it won't happen
Even JFK said that the best thing that didn’t happen to him was being nominated for VP in 1956.
Granted, that’s hindsight, but it’s important to understand that one of the worst things that could happen to a political career is to be tabbed as the VP nominee.
To illustrate, LBJ asked John Nance Garner (a VP under FDR) about being Vice-President. Garner is alleged to have told LBJ, “Lyndon, being Vice-President isn’t worth a pitcher of warm spit.”
"We do not seek men who will bravely lie down to die, but men who will fight valiantly to live."
"Winning is not everything. It is far better to play the game squarely and lose than to win at the sacrifice of an ideal."
-- Andrew Latham Smith
Hey, it probably ended up ruining Sarah Palin’s career as counter intuitative as that is. She didnt have the time to develop as a politician better. It helped her entertainment career, though!
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She shouldn’t have gone the one-and-done route?
"I’ll kill you. I’ll crush you. You don’t know who I am. I’ll kick your ass. And don’t ever call me a ding dong again."
I think if she wanted to be a viable politician, she should have stayed in Alaska, finished out her term, gotten more experience, and gone from there. Instead, she was obviously unprepared and not knowledgeable about being a national politician.
It has helped her immensely as an entertainer and shes made millions of dollars. So, there is that.
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I think she is very happy with the fame and fortune she has. Why would she want the stress of running for president? Especially since, if she won, she would have the far greater stress of actually trying to govern? Personally, I’d take the stress-free fame and fortune in a heartbeat. Seriously.
"I’ll kill you. I’ll crush you. You don’t know who I am. I’ll kick your ass. And don’t ever call me a ding dong again."
I agree 100%.
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me too—she’s rich now. no need for the stress of being President.
by the federer express on Nov 10, 2011 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
plus, if she moves somewhere where she can’t see Russia from her backyard… HOW WILL WE KNOW WHEN THEY’RE ATTACKING?!
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i read what you wrote, but now all i can think about is mexican food. so thanks.
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chicken enchiladas…. mmm…
when i was living in africa, specifically Cape Town… the one food i could not get and i missed so much was good mexican food… first meal i had when i got home was a great mexican dinner.
my trainer at global training
was from the jo’burg office. got me very excited about a potential 6mo transfer there!
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jo’burg is pretty cool… but it does not hold a candle to Cape Town. Cape Town is fricking awesome. Jo’burg is kind of the throbbing, pulsing heart beat of South Africa… Cape Town is the ahhhhhhh of South Africa. Sort of like Los Angeles to San Francisco.
Half-and-done!
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 3:26 PM PST up reply actions
History says otherwise
Not always, but more often than not, the VP nominee did not run for the Presidential nomination. In the last 8 elections on both sides, I count three VP nominees who had also run for the Presidential nomination that same election year. This is not to include incumbent VPs running for re-election with the President.
Going back to 1980, here’s the list:
DEMOCRATS
1980 – Walter Mondale (inc.)
1984 – Geraldine Ferraro
1988 – Lloyd Bentsen
1992 – Al Gore (Gore ran for President in 1988, not in ’92)
1996 – Al Gore (inc.)
2000 – Joseph Liebermann
2004 – John Edwards (ran for President in 2004)
2008 – Joseph Biden (ran for President in 2008)
REPUBLICANS
1980 – George H. W. Bush (ran for President in 1980)
1984 – George H. W. Bush (inc.)
1988 – J. Danforth Quayle
1992 – J. Danforth Quayle (inc.)
1996 – Jack F. Kemp
2000 – Richard B. Cheney
2004 – Richard B. Cheney (inc.)
2008 – Sarah Palin
So, out of 16 possible nominations, you have:
5 incumbents
3 candidates who ran for the presidency in the same year
8 candidates who were not part of the race for their party’s nomination
"We do not seek men who will bravely lie down to die, but men who will fight valiantly to live."
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-- Andrew Latham Smith
Scary
Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos kidnapped in Venezuela
Officials said Thursday they have found the vehicle used by armed men who abducted Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos, a case that highlights a sharp rise in kidnappings in Venezuela.
Police found the kidnappers’ vehicle abandoned in a nearby town and were gathering evidence, Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami told reporters Thursday morning. He said anti-kidnapping units were dispatched to the area in central Carabobo state.
The 24-year-old Venezuelan player, who had just finished his rookie season, was seized from his home by kidnappers Wednesday night.
“The abductors haven’t made contact with the family or with anyone,” Domingo Alvarez, vice president of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League, said in a telephone interview. “We’re worried.”
Ramos was taken away in an SUV by four armed men from his home in Santa Ines, spokeswoman Katherine Vilera of his Venezuelan team, the Aragua Tigers, said on her official Twitter account.
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wow, fuck central america! (and venezuela)
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by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
John Daly WTF
Worse than Tin Cup!
John Daly pumped several golf balls into a water hazard at the Australian Open on Thursday and drew the ire of a tournament official who described his behavior as "unprofessional’’ after the two-time major champion quit and walked off the course.
Daly was 4 over through 9 holes and then 7 over after a two-shot penalty at the 10th.
Then at the 11th, it appeared that Daly gave up, and simply hit the remaining balls he had into a water hazard that he didn’t come close to clearing.
Daly hit seven golf balls into the water on No. 11 and would have been hitting his 16th shot had he continued.
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my favorite part was his explanatory tweet
when u run out of balls u run out of balls
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
This one is intense
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I wonder if that’s from an underground mine that they’d try to get under the enemies trenches via tunneling.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
Lochnagar mine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lochnagar_mine
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
The Lochnagar mine lay on the sector assaulted by the Grimsby Chums Pals battalion (10th Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment). When the main attack began at 7:30 am, the Grimsby Chums successfully occupied the crater and began to fortify the eastern lip which now dominated the surrounding ground. However elsewhere the attack at La Boisselle went badly and infantry sought shelter in the crater, particular those who had been attacking up Sausage Valley to the south of the village. The prominent crater drew fire, including from British artillery although eventually it was learnt it contained sheltering infantry and the British shell fire ceased.
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why did they dig all those little craters? seems like a waste of time
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
ty
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by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
I’m really fascinated by WWI (it and WWII history is my guilty pleasure) and I actually had one point built up a collection of photos (taken from the interwebs) of WWI battlefields then and now. Ypres was the most chilling for some reason. Too bad the computer with all the photos is now gone.
In other words, Go Bears!
check out allastair horne’s book about Verdun. Depressing shit.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
linkage:
http://www.amazon.com/Price-Glory-Verdun-1916/dp/0140170413
Alistair Horne, epic spelling fail.
Also, this was assigned reading for a class I took at Cal. /winning
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
stop saying epic
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by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
Roy
You should read this book Link by Prior & Wilson, it’s a fascinating somewhat revisionist look at the battle.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
They do an excellent job of analysis on the British attacks, and come to the conclusion that if the higher up generals (Haig) had paid more attention to the details of tactics, the British could have achieved a major victory with their attacks. Also that they sort of squandered this potential victory by showing the Germans the weakness of their lines, making victory much more difficult in subsequent attacks.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Well, he was given major awards after the war, but the revisionist angle is that the British could/should have won a major victory, whereas most WWI literature focuses on the pointlessness/futility of the war, given the tactics of men with rifles trying to attack men in trenches with machine guns.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Most of what I’ve learned has stressed both. The futility of war (see: The Lost Generation), the use of 19th century tatics in the face of 20th century weapons (tacticts that eventually gave way to a rapid mobilization plus the idea of tank support late in the war), and the folly of the leaders of the war.
In other words, Go Bears!
But what they’re saying is by 1916 there were enough field officers with knowledge of 20th cent. tactics using only artillery and infantry that (if used correctly) could have resulted in a major victory for the Brits. It’s an interesting read, but maybe a little inside baseball for some.
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As they say, generals are too often trying to re—fight the last war.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
You should read this.
Adam Hochschild is a Cal Professor in the school of journalism and his son is a neighbor of ours. I went to hear him talk about his book when it was released — really incredible stories.
Just because I had to
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
In other words, Go Bears!
by royrules22 on Nov 10, 2011 10:49 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
ooo good - i can merge two of today's topics:
cheney commits gaffe about arlington! he doesn’t give a shit about our country!
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
why do u hat america?
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by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind.
Gas! Gas! Quick, boys! – An ecstasy of fumbling,
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time;
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling,
And flound’ring like a man in fire or lime . . .
Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light,
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.
In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.
If in some smothering dreams you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est
Pro patria mori.
Wilfred Owen
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Go Read The Beavers are Our Albatross by Fiatlux. But rec it just below CalBear81’s high score.
81 doesn’t have anything to worry about… this one really isn’t all that rec worthy.
No need ot put yourself down, fiatlux, I think its a very cool story. It doesnt have a big victory behind it like the UCLA one, though. But thats Cal for you. Losing! All the time!
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But thats Cal for you. Losing! All the time!
Not in 1920! We were undefeated! We even beat the Oregon Agricultural College Aggies up in Corvallis! Although they gave us by far the toughest game of that season. We outscored our opponents 510-14 on the season, but we only managed a 17-7 win over those ever-pesky Aggies.
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College stadiums v Pro stadiums
The Pro Advantage: Kansas City Chiefs Arrowhead Stadium, the loudest pro football stadium in the NFL, gave the college kids a run for their money, but one team is not enough to dethrone the co-eds as a far superior atmosphere.
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/world/college-football-a-class-above-the-pros-137742.html
6 1st round draft picks, 2 Super Bowl Champions and counting
by Another Successful Tedford QB on Nov 10, 2011 8:50 AM PST reply actions
For you band geeks
A combination of large numbers of fans and solidarity are enough to give the college game the slight advantage but the addition of the marching band tips the scale in favor of the college game. The marching band not only provides live "fight songs" after a team scores, but also halftime entertainment. Fans would much rather see the Ohio State University Band "dot the I" than Nickleback at the intermission (except those fans in Michigan apparently).
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Nov 10, 2011 8:52 AM PST up reply actions
49er16, what's Miller doing to combat this?
Bros of the World, Rejoice: Bud Platinum Packs Extra 1% of Alcohol
The word platinum connotes luxury, influence, perks, the lifestyle of a jetsetter. And now, the crash of a beer pong table flipped over, drowning out the vomit-moans of the girl next to you. Budweiser Platinum is upon us.
Although back in my college days, Keystone Light was the basement nectar of choice, Bud Light is likely the American gold standard for facile binge drinking. Bud and light are both friendly words! So let’s drink them. But there’s just one problem: regular Bud Light only has a paltry 4.2% alcohol by volume, and even Bud “heavy” has a mere 5%.
Bud Platinum has 6% ABV. Restart your computer. Read it again. Yes—the same taste of mediocrity and regret, now infused with more vision-blurring, shirt-removing power. So, come January, the next time you want to black out, text your ex-girlfriend saying she’s a bitch, and then punch a hole in the wall, you’ll be able to do it Platinum Style.
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
This is why I can't stand beer snobs
You know, I simply can’t imagine who would actually choose bud/budlight as their beer of choice. I mean, I know there’s plenty who do – generally the same folks that enjoy a good tractor pull or backyard opossum roast…but if I’m picky enough to want something with a higher alcohol content then standard beer, should I also be picky enough to choose a beer that doesn’t suck?
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If someone enjoys one brand/type of beer over something that I prefer, who am I to tell them they’re an idiot?
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
that’s what beluga caviar is right?
/not serious
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 9:50 AM PST up reply actions
I haven’t heard anything yet, but it wouldn’t surprise if both Miller and Coors light when up to 7% ABV.
doesn’t bud already make natty ice for this “niche” market?
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by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 10:44 AM PST up reply actions
cheap beer is not strong beer!
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Nov 10, 2011 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
monkey head’s pretty strong, and it’s cheap – $9/1L
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by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
<3 Monkey head. but for me, the $/L is increased by $/L*$/baby-sitting-hour*L/hour
Cal: Bears with Books.
sounds like someone should have sought the financial advice of rishi lasers LLC
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
Kodiak Konsulting seems to be giving him a run for his money!
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
Free stuff from Staples!
10 custom Christmas cards! (coupon)
100 custom postcards! (coupon)
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Oh hey. PTB and Little K’s personalized Disney blankets showed up last night.
They loved them. ’Spent all night giggling and making tents, and running around using them like capes.
Thanks again for the coupon code!
Old Toothwrangler
If we turn into a family that sends adorable christmas cards, I’m blaming YOU, rishi.
Cal: Bears with Books.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Even those of us above the age of 13 are curious to see if real-life couple Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have chemistry in the big-screen boudoir, especially after director Bill Condon revealed their sex scenes had to be edited due to Pattinson’s excessive “thrusting.”
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oh gawd.
thank all that is holy that eldest HATED the movies….and is now old enough to take her own self to see it if desired.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Nov 10, 2011 2:00 PM PST up reply actions
Why is that bear doing happy baby pose?
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LOOK AT MY FUCKIN BALLS. LOOK.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
“LOOK AT MY FUCKIN BALLS. LOOK. IT’S NOT THERE CUZ I’M A LADY BEAR”
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Nov 10, 2011 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
When I read this,
The first thing that came to mind was one of Demi Moore’s lines in “G.I. Jane.” I won’t repeat it here, but it was an exclamation that include the words “suck,” “my,” and a word beginning with the letter d.
Man crush on Aaron Rodgers, since 2003.
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Disco stick?
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
doodoo?
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 10, 2011 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
Daveman
Meritline has a cufflink sale; free shipping too
Not sure if you want fancy cufflinks or novelty cufflinks; they’re pretty decent quality for the price, though.
If the latter, they have Captain America cufflinks for $4
Something like this will run you $11
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OMG I CAN’T DECIDE BETWEEN STAR TREK AND TRANSFORMERS!!
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
serious? star trek…
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
this reply made me LOL so hard, but I’m not sure why
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Nov 10, 2011 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
this is a rare case when the trolling makes people happy instead of angry…
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
Zynga CEO asks workers to give back their stock
Zynga CEO Mark Pincus wants some of the online game company’s early employees to give back stock they own ahead of the company’s initial public offering of stock, according to a published report Thursday.
The Wall Street Journal said that Pincus, who gave out stock freely to keep top talent early on, developed “giver’s remorse.”
That’s because some of the early employees didn’t contribute as much to the company as those hired later. But because they got in early, they got more shares.
Good luck with that.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
got 2 good friends that work there… wtf is this nonsense
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Are they the good workers that were hired more recently or the bad ones that helped start the company?
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 9:41 AM PST up reply actions
Give back stock or you'll be fired
In order to determine which employees would be asked to give stock back, Pincus and his executives tried to pinpoint workers whose contributions to Zynga—in the execs’ eyes—didn’t necessarily justify the potential cash windfall they could receive when the company went public, the Journal claims. One Journal source said that Zynga executives were especially concerned with not creating a “Google chef” scenario.
Although Zynga’s decision might be met with some criticism, the firm’s executives reportedly justified their strategy by saying it was best for the company. With the unvested shares, the executives believed they could attract more top talent with the promise of stock.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
I suppose if the company didn’t go public, Zynga would totally have made up for the reduction of pay these people likely took on in order to work for a startup.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
Wht is Google chef?
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Alta Vista it.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
ZOMG! Alta Vista still exists!
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
A dude worth $26M thanks to Google options.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
Dumbass
This is the same man that has this house on the market:
After buying it, spending a shedload remodeling it and never moving in.
Speaking of Texas
http://withleather.uproxx.com/2011/11/gimme-a-thumbs-up-er-somethin-hot-rod
When I was a kid we built a ramp like that, but were dumb enough to do it on the sidewalk. Let’s just say I still have a scar on my elbow because of this.
Sports Media Asks Molestation Victims What This Means For Joe Paterno’s Legacy
After former Penn State defensive coach Jerry Sandusky was charged Saturday with multiple counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, corruption of minors, indecent assault, and unlawful contact with minors, the national sports media sought out his victims this week to ask if they were worried about Joe Paterno’s legacy and how their molestations might affect the recently fired head coach’s place in the history books.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
You have to love the Onion. Unfortunately, they’re pretty accurate with this quote:
“The victim I spoke to, who was 12 years old when Sandusky first took advantage of him, looked very upset throughout the entire interview,” Sports Illustrated writer Stewart Mandel said. “And when I asked whether he was concerned not just for how Joe Paterno would be remembered, but also for the football program’s ability to recover, he told me the interview was over and I should get out of his house.”
“Can you blame him, though?” Mandel added. “A coaching legend’s reputation hangs in the balance. I’m just as hurt and frustrated as he is.”
Mandel’s real column:
But while it’s hard to see the bigger picture in the middle of the firestorm, it’s also shortsighted to think that history will entirely forget the rest of Paterno’s 46-year career. Some may find that taboo to say at this particular moment, when the news of Sandusky’s alleged crimes is still fresh and many are still waiting for Paterno to fully address what happened in 2002. People aren’t ready to put down the pitchforks just yet, and I’m not saying they should.
And yet, distance and perspective will eventually create a more nuanced legacy. The record will show that Paterno won more games than any other coach and that his teams annually graduated more players than any other public school. Video clips and photos will forever immortalize his black shoes and spectacles. The library on Penn State’s campus, for which he helped raise $13 million, will still stand, and a university to which he devoted not only his entire adult life but $4 million of his own money will continue to educate generations of students.
And five decades of former players who went on to achieve their dreams will be here to remind us of how Paterno affected their lives. On Tuesday, Adam Taliaferro — the former Penn State cornerback who was paralyzed by a hit in 2000 and at whose bedside Paterno held vigil when Taliaferro was told he may never walk again — was elected to public office in Gloucester, N.J. There are thousands of other men currently excelling in their chosen fields who would be quick to share how their experience under Paterno helped them get there.
Paterno won 409 games and two national championships, but he also helped transform a rural college in a remote Pennsylvania town into a nationally respected institution. It may sound disingenuous now in light of current events, but “The Grand Experiment” — Paterno’s self-professed vision upon his 1966 hiring to prove that a program could excel both on and off the field — served as a model for coaches of all levels of every sport for decades thereafter.
Wow. Stew’s article must’ve inspired them.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 9:54 AM PST up reply actions
i liked andy staple's better
I waited several days to write this because my first thought was what I would do if someone did something like this to my child. My initial reaction — and I’m fairly certain most parents would feel this way — was homicidal. If someone molested my child, he would need the police to protect him from me. If I found him first, his death would be neither quick nor clean. I might spend the rest of my life in prison, though I’m not sure a right-thinking jury would convict me. Those were the first thoughts that popped into my head, and I’m not ashamed to say that. So why didn’t Paterno, a parent and grandparent who claims to have dedicated his life to the kids, feel the same way?
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
fiat, Scootie, others, have you been to any of these?
5 extraordinary airport lounges
Lufthansa First Class Terminal, Frankfurt
This separate terminal, which the airline likens to a small luxury hotel, also has its own exclusive check-in and security checkpoints. (Leff called it the most polite security he’s ever experienced.)
Passengers can while away the time before their flight in leather armchairs and sofas or nap in comfy daybeds. Those who wish to relax with a spirit have plenty to choose from, including 80 different brands of whiskey.
There is a top-quality restaurant, a cigar lounge, and wonderful shower and bath facilities, Leff said.
Every passenger also gets his or her own personal assistant
But Leff’s favorite part comes right before the flight: Guests are chauffeured to their plane in a Porsche or a Mercedes-Benz.
“There is something cool about being driven across the tarmac, maybe driving behind a 747, to get to my plane,” Leff said
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Frankfurt
I have not flown through Frankfurt in years because (first world problem) of how bad their airport and lounges were AND you always have some huge layover and frankly, there ain’t a lot to do or see in Frankfurt…
Although I’ve always thought this was a cool photo at the Frankfurt train station (a very tired FiatLux)
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Frankfurt is not the world’s most pleasant flying experience. As of two years ago, you have to clear security three different times before you reach your gate if you are going to a non-Schengen country. Also, the guards there know a great deal more about my anatomy then my last five boyfriends combined, holy heck.
by Scootie on Nov 10, 2011 8:02 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
agreed, most stressful 50 minute layover flying back from Mobile World Congress last year, sprinting through that airport just to be stopped at every turn to get cleared
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Nov 11, 2011 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
Doesn’t Frankfurt handle a lot of intl flights to middle eastern countries? mebbe thats why
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 11, 2011 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
I’ve changed flights at Frankfurt before, but of course I didn’t hang out in this lounge.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 2:03 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve been in the LHR Virgin Clubhouse. It’s fine, it’s not anything awesome. That Frankfurt lounge looks exactly like the Iberia lounge in the new terminal at MAD. I saw the photo and immediately said, “I’ve been there, wait where is that?” and had to think a minute before I remembered, and then it turns out I wasn’t even right. :(
Ed Lee is mayor, what does this mean for me?
Ed Lee claimed victory Wednesday as San Francisco’s first elected Chinese American mayor, finishing ahead of Supervisor John Avalos, the progressive standard bearer, and City Attorney Dennis Herrera when the ranked-choice votes were tallied.
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
A lot of money for whatever Willie Brown and Rose Pak want money for.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
Immediate closing of all city parking lots!
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
it means that shit is goin down
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
What the H?
Occupy Oakland deposits $20,000 in Wells Fargo
Protesters at an Occupy Oakland meeting Monday voted to deposit a $20,000 donation into a Wells Fargo account. The move comes just days after one of Wells Fargo’s branches was vandalized during a massive downtown demonstration.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
EFF LARGE RETAIL BANKS AND LARGE CORPORATIONS DOWN WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT.
Now, can you be so kind as to point me to the nearest Starbucks?
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Nov 10, 2011 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
heheheheh
Protesters say it was the easiest way to access the money to bail out people from jail.
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Wait until they get some sort of surcharge for something. RIOTS
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
ATTENTION: Please be advised, Occupy Oakland has NOT received ANY funds from Occupy Wall Street NYC as of yet!!! The $20,000 has not been transferred as of last night. The Wells Fargo account is an Attorney Trust Account agreed to be used in EMERGENCY to bail people out. However, given the fact that NYC has not even wired the funds yet and all they did was vote to do so TWO WEEKS AGO-WE DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY. If they continue to delay we may have our own account set up by then (possibly 2weeks due to Secretary of State paperwork) making this whole Wells Fargo drama for everyone MOOT. Either way, COMRADES ARE STILL SITTING IN JAIL and I recommend you all may want to do something constructive in helping them get out rather than bitch on the interwebbernets about things you don’t want to research and just listen to ‘rumours’.
http://www.facebook.com/groups/occupyoaktown/doc/242816472439956/
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i don't recall the secretary of state signing off when i started a bank account?
possibly 2weeks due to Secretary of State paperwork
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
I do, it’s not under a personal account, some form of corporate or non-profit account that needs legal doc from the Sec State. Do it every time I form an LLC.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
…money laundering?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 9:20 PM PST up reply actions
Oh God
The only thing I learned from those money laundering training sessions was, well, how to launder money.
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Dry clean solely?
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every time I form an LLC
This made me chortle. CUGEL COULD OWN ALL OF US
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 10, 2011 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
Sadly it hasn’t happened in a while – the RE market is so messed up, but the price of property that I want hasn’t fallen enough to make any sense.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Do you form an LLC every time you buy a new building? Just wondering why you would need more than one company. Although I guess it makes sense in order to isolate the properties from one another in case of a lawsuit or something…
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 10, 2011 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
Yes, each property is a stand-alone LLC. SOP these days.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
yep
making and LLC is so easy, it is silly not to separate things.
not only for tax reasons, but for ease of disposal/sale should that be happening.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Nov 10, 2011 2:08 PM PST up reply actions
Isn’t it at least $800/year per LLC in California? I guess that’s chump change when you’re a high roller like Cugel though :)
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 2:23 PM PST up reply actions
That’s the minimum, if your business makes as little as 1 mil per year it’s $6,000.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Teach me how to do what you do!
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 3:29 PM PST up reply actions
That’s just gross receipts, not profits. You could be losing money hand over fist and you’d still owe the state 6K
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Teach me how not to lose money!
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
that's more than the $24 it was
last time i did one….
it was 800 for a corp.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Nov 10, 2011 2:34 PM PST up reply actions
But they did vote to deposit the money at Wells Fargo, right?
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
…they couldn’t find a credit union? :-/
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 2:04 PM PST up reply actions
well the article suggests they could, they just found using Wells more convenient for the meantime. (I can’t stop laughing at this whole thing.)
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 2:08 PM PST up reply actions
I wonder what made them so much more “convenient” . They’re not convenient in the optics department, certainly.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 2:17 PM PST up reply actions
it seems the large infrastructure Wells has invested in as well as the additional services provided above that of the credit unions make it easier to access the money for its intended purpose (i.e. bail). Life is full of tradeoffs. Of course, if you’re an idealistic protester, your stance probably ought not be what you trade off.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 2:24 PM PST up reply actions
Just realized today marks exactly 4 years of consulting experience
I know I should feel lucky to have a good job and all, but I’m starting to get that grad school itch. I feel like if I don’t do it in the next few years, than it’ll never happen.
6 1st round draft picks, 2 Super Bowl Champions and counting
by Another Successful Tedford QB on Nov 10, 2011 10:25 AM PST reply actions
Congrats! That's awesome!
Did you ever go to grad school?
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Nov 10, 2011 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
by years, I think he means days.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
i’m trying to find that crazy dude’s fanpost but i can’t :(
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pretty sure all of that was deleted
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
Milan Moravec · Top Commenter
Over rated and most expensive public university: University of California Berkeley. Like any addiction, admitting you have a problem is the first step toward correcting it. University of California Berkeley Chancellor Birgeneau ($500,000 salary) has forgotten that he is a public servant, steward of the public money, not overseer of his own fiefdom.Recruits (using California tax $) out of state, foreign $50,600 tuition students who displace qualified sons, daughters of Californians from Cal.
Spends $7,000,000 + for consultants to do his & vice chancellors work.
(Prominent East Coast University accomplishing same 0 cost).
University accrues $150 million of inefficiencies over his 8 year reign.
Pays ex Michigan governor $300,000 for lectures.
In procuring $3,000,000 consultant failed to receive proposals from other firms.
Latino enrollment drops while out of state jumps 2010(M Krupnick Contra Costa Times).
Best in nation university rank: # 70 Forbes.
Academic rank: QS academic falls below top ten.
Tuition to Return on Investment drops below top10.
Cal most expensive public university 100 most expensive universities.
NCAA absence of controls places basketball program on probation.These are not isolated examples: it’s all shameful. There is no justification for such irregularities by a steward of the public trust. Absolutely none.
Birgeneau’s practices will not change. University of California Board of Regents Chair Sherry Lansing must do a better job of vigorously enforcing oversight by President Yudof than has been done in the past to Birgeneau who treat’s the university as his fiefdom.
Unless sanctions are applied to Birgeneau by the Board of Regents Chair Lansing, UC shouldn’t come to the Governor or public for additional funding.
I have 35 years’ consulting experience; have taught at UC Berkeley, where I observed the culture & the way senior management works. No, I was not fired or downsized & have not solicited contracts from UC/Cal.
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
oh, that crazy dude. i have them all mixed up :)
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
Whoah, who is this dick?
6 1st round draft picks, 2 Super Bowl Champions and counting
by Another Successful Tedford QB on Nov 10, 2011 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
If he taught at Cal then it is overrated. He can’t even put together a coherent argument.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
It’s because he knows what a crazy ass bitch he is!
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Nov 10, 2011 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
Ahh, and here you are making me feel like a wuss for wanting to go to grad school already
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Nov 10, 2011 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
Life changes will increase the level of difficulty of going back to school, and the terms on which you’ll be able to do it. But the door is never closed, I don’t think, as long as you’re alive and willing.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
Agreed
Call me lame, but I do want to get married and have kids some day. It seems tough enough now, but with a family? It seems impossible.
6 1st round draft picks, 2 Super Bowl Champions and counting
by Another Successful Tedford QB on Nov 10, 2011 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
Can I borrow your floaties?
6 1st round draft picks, 2 Super Bowl Champions and counting
by Another Successful Tedford QB on Nov 10, 2011 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
So I’ve been meaning to ask you, are you leaving your job when you start bschool? I just had my year end review and finally worked up the courage to tell my boss I’m interested in furthering my education. I was shocked to find she was supportive and said my firm will help (not full tuition, but some money each year). But they would want me to maintain part-time status, so I would have to average 20/week throughout the year. I figured working 12 or so hours/week during the school year and working full time every summer would allow me to achieve this. You think my grad school experience would diminish if I had to bill 12 or 16 hours a week?
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Nov 10, 2011 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
What kind of grad school are you interested in pursuing?
I’m aiming for a full-time MBA. My bosses are supportive and have written my recommendations.
For MBA, I personally feel that I would benefit more from the full-time, two-year environment when it comes to networking, etc, so the cost of loans and opportunity cost of no salary is worth it.
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
I would pursue a dual Masters in Business and City/Regional/Urban Planning (called different things at different schools).
So do you think you could come back to your current firm after your MBA if you wanted? How long did you work there?
I’m not as scared of debt as most people (successfully paid off my undergrad loans!), but when I talk to friends and family, they encourage me not to go back to school full time
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Nov 10, 2011 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
I would have worked here for three years by the time I start b-school. One year at my previous firm.
I probably could come back, but at that point, it’d be as a full-fledged broker. Which is not exactly what I want to do. I’m honestly pursuing this for career change.
I’ve heard a few grumblings about not going, but it’s also a personal goal for me… and I don’t give up on those.
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
I’m doing a part time MBA program right now, and I can say the difference has a lot to do with what you want to do vs what you are doing.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
Full time work and part time MBA?
My brother just finished that and it seemed to be a pretty brutal lifestyle for several years
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Nov 10, 2011 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
It is. I’ll be done in 26 days, so there is a light at the end of this tunnel.
I wanted to continue to make money, develop my career and progress in my industry, so this made perfect sense. Also really loved my job at the time. If your goal is career changing, then working even part time is not for you, as it will impinge your ability to do an internship in the middle of 1st and 2nd year.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
I did that. School at night twice a week for three years straight (DAMN YOU LIBERAL ARTS UNDERGRAD!!!!)
It sucked to be sure but I got used to it after a while. That last trimester was rough though, fuuuucccckkkkkkk I was ready for it to be over.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 10, 2011 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
i’ll drink to that.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
Haha, my last trimester I had a 4.0 going in and my 2 classes were the Grad project deal (develop a real business for a local…which was actually kind of cool) and some boring as hell management class. The Grad Project (Capstone! thats what it was called) was supposed to be really hard but I had a solid team so we aced it pretty easily. The other one was brutal though, it was sooooo dull. So I got my preliminary grade and it was an 87.6 or something so I e-mailed the Prof (whom I’d had for 2 other classes and we got along really well) and made a jokey, slightly passive aggresive ask that he curve the class since only 1 person out of 14 got an A.
He gave me this long explanation about why he didn’t want to do that, getting a 4.0 isnt that big deal, etc etc. I responded that I had been joking, don’t worry about it blah blah.
Next day he sent an e-mail out that he was curving the grades so that 87.5 and higher would be an A.
PASSIVE AGGRESIVE ASSHOLE FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seriously though, I just didn’t give a shiiiiittttttt those last several weeks.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 10, 2011 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
You were pregnant?!?
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
i thought this, too
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
My grad school went on a trimester system, 3 equal length class periods in a year, breaks between sessions were about 2-3 weeks.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 10, 2011 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
I was one of the unlucky ones who had nausea all the way through
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 10, 2011 1:47 PM PST up reply actions
You were hung over the whole time?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 2:21 PM PST up reply actions
Our last class is called Capstone as well. And this class is pretty much the most intense class in our program. I actually wish the material covered wasn’t split into a few electives I could have taken/specialized in.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
then
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
The greatest thing about Twitter, the rate at which crazy rumors spread:
Per Twitter: Mark Madden just said on WEEI that Sandusky and Second Mile pimped out young boys to rich donors. Reports forthcoming
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
get the fuck out…this is football program ending shit right here.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
Who knows if the current rumor is true
but Mark Madden was correct about the Sandusky story back in April.
by minesweeper on Nov 10, 2011 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
Crazy!
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 10:44 AM PST up reply actions
love the comments from April:
This has got to be the worst piece of journalism I have ever seen. What knowledge do you have of this? I am unsubscribing from this newspaper solely because of this rag of an article.
This isn’t journalism it is a column. It is supposed to be provocative — to make you think. I think it is more an indictment of the journalists covering sports in this area that these sorts of suspicions are not investigated and reported despite an 18 month grand jury investigation to lead the way.
Oh, you mean the rumors Madden has no problem throwing out whether or not they are based in fact? This typical character assassination is something that never should have seen the light of day, and it’s a shame the Times sees no problems still writing this guy a check to put out unsubstantiated garbage like this.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
RAAARRRRR!!! Football good!
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
Who else has the day off tomorrow?
Me! Me! I do! BANK HOLIDAY, BITCHES. Rags is off too! So we’ll play zone defense with baby, then go to Cal basketball friday night! WHOOO
Cal: Bears with Books.
I bet I get more.
How many do Chase employees get? I’d guess Chase employees get these holidays off:
New Year’s Day
MLK, Jr. B’day
President’s Day (aka Washington’s B’day)
Memorial Day
4th of July
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day
"We do not seek men who will bravely lie down to die, but men who will fight valiantly to live."
"Winning is not everything. It is far better to play the game squarely and lose than to win at the sacrifice of an ideal."
-- Andrew Latham Smith
yeah, I can’t really complain since we get the week between Xmas and New Years off fully paid.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 10, 2011 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
Vacation days granted to new employees have become better in the last ten years for most workers.
At banks, more senior positions typically get more vacation to start with. At least, that’s what I found when I worked for BofA in the late 80s. Low-level positions typically get 2 weeks to start and get bumped to 3 weeks with 5 years of seniority.
When I went to work for EBMUD in 1990, we got 2 weeks to start and 3 weeks after 5 years. But beginning in the 8th year, you added a day of vacation per year up to a maximum of 5 weeks (200 hours). You can also accumulate up to 400 hours (equals 10 weeks) without being forced to cash out the overage at the end of the payroll year.
Supervisors and above also get 7 supervisory admin days because they are exempt employees. It’s compensation for working in a postion not paid for OT.
And everyone gets a floating birthday holiday off; although it’s use it or lose it. It’s the first leave that I take, every year.
"We do not seek men who will bravely lie down to die, but men who will fight valiantly to live."
"Winning is not everything. It is far better to play the game squarely and lose than to win at the sacrifice of an ideal."
-- Andrew Latham Smith
You get a floating birthday holiday?! WHAT?!
Sigh, looks like I’m going to have to wait until my petition to make Rishi Day a national holiday gets passed.
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we get one too! :)
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
I get 2 =P
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
my bday is near xmas so i get 3 in a row!
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
facebook me
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by GoldBlooded on Nov 11, 2011 12:17 AM PST up reply actions
Use it or lose it vacation policies are illegal under California law. Accrued, unused vacation time is considered to be a form of deferred wages or salary and must be paid in full at the time the employee leaves the company, or the company is subject to significant penalties (payable to the employee).
California law does permit a cap on the accrual of vacation time. In other words, once you accumulate a certain amount of time, say six weeks, then you stop earning more vacation until you use some. But the employee must be given a reasonable opportunity to take his or her vacation before the cap kicks in. For example, if you get three weeks of vacation a year, and the cap is four weeks of accrued vacation, you would probably not have a reasonable opportunity to take your three weeks before the cap kicked in.
If you have a genuine “use it or lose it” policy (i.e. vacation that has been accrued can be forfeited if not taken), then it is unlawful and could subject the company to substantial liability.
"I’ll kill you. I’ll crush you. You don’t know who I am. I’ll kick your ass. And don’t ever call me a ding dong again."
Make sure to bill Scootie at a discounted hourly rate for this advice. She deserves a discount.
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10% CGB discount. So a mere $891 an hour. A bargain!
"I’ll kill you. I’ll crush you. You don’t know who I am. I’ll kick your ass. And don’t ever call me a ding dong again."
Woot!
Check is in the mail, snarky email is on its way to Seattle. Thanks, CB81. Our situation is that we’re allowed to “carry over” from year to year one week of vacation — we must have taken everything else, or we lose it.
From the website of the California Labor Commissioner:
4. Q. My employer’s vacation policy provides that if I do not use all of my annual vacation entitlement by the end of the year, that I lose the unused balance. Is this legal?
A. No, such a provision is not legal. In California, vacation pay is another form of wages which vests as it is earned (in this context, “vests” means you are invested or endowed with rights in the wages). Accordingly, a policy that provides for the forfeiture of vacation pay that is not used by a specified date (“use it or lose it”) is an illegal policy under California law and will not be recognized by the Labor Commissioner.
10. Q. What happens to my earned and accrued but unused vacation if I am discharged or quit my job?
A. Under California law, unless otherwise stipulated by a collective bargaining agreement, whenever the employment relationship ends, for any reason whatsoever, and the employee has not used all of his or her earned and accrued vacation, the employer must pay the employee at his or her final rate of pay for all of his or her earned and accrued and unused vacation days. Labor Code Section 227.3. Because paid vacation benefits are considered wages, such pay must be included in the employee’s final paycheck.
11. Q. My employer does not allow employees to carry-over any unused vacation days from year-to-year. When I was discharged last week none of these forfeited vacation days were included in my final paycheck? What can I do?
A. You can either file a wage claim with the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (the Commissioner’s Office), or you can file a lawsuit in court against your employer to recover the lost wages. Additionally, if you no longer work for this employer, you can make a claim for the waiting time penalty pursuant to Labor Code Section 203.
"I’ll kill you. I’ll crush you. You don’t know who I am. I’ll kick your ass. And don’t ever call me a ding dong again."
I feel like this has come up before, but is it common for presumably sizeable companies like Scootie’s to be negligent of state labor law?
Ding ding ding ding ding!
(I have advised clients on the California law before, getting snarky comments in response about how fruity and nutty California law is.)
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Yes, it is surprisingly common for large national companies to violate California labor laws — especially wage and hour laws. California has a lot of requirements that are very different from most of the country, and many national companies just flatly refuse to vary their policies to comply with California law — until they get nailed with a big judgment.
"I’ll kill you. I’ll crush you. You don’t know who I am. I’ll kick your ass. And don’t ever call me a ding dong again."
One of the things I love about my new company is we get one Friday off a month in the summer and the entire week between Christmas and New Years.
#winning
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
Here's a full list of every single day I get off in 2011
http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/Trader.aspx?id=Calendar
Also ten days of paid vacation.
But then they make it mandatory that I have to use five of those consecutively, even if I don’t want to.
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I negotiated 3 weeks to start. I think once you make a certain amount of money, there’s no reason not to ask for 3 weeks when you start a new job…
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 10, 2011 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
I work at one of the larger banks and I get 4 weeks (5 total if I want to ‘purchase’ an additional week). Add 6 sick days, floating holidays and holidays and we’re looking at 1.5+ months of paid days off.
ALTHOUGH, due to my workload and responsibilities, actually taking all those days is a different matter. I wish I was paid for unused days :(
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Nov 10, 2011 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
He’s probably in a far more senior position.
Those are the only days our branch is closed. If I don’t go to work when the branch is open, I need to use a holiday or sick day.
That said, my bosses, who are brokers, can do whatever they want. Literally, they can “work from home” if they just don’t feel like coming in.
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
My bosses do the work from home thing too, although their phone numbers are on the ‘OHSHIT’ list, so I don’t get bothered on the weekends. Or bothered during the week, its very slow right now.
Cal: Bears with Books.
Summer was the best. I had days where I just sat in the office and did nothing.
Actually, it’s not that much different from right now.
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
I was starting to wonder if anyone else has this problem. I am way too efficient. Every job I’ve ever had has included me going up to my boss and asking for more work.
Cal: Bears with Books.
As a Inbox Zero zealot, this is making me break out in hives!
In the Game of Trolls, you either troll or you die.
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I had been doing so well…Deleting/categorizing a little every day.
But I slipped hard. It’s back to 5284 in the inbox.
Old Toothwrangler
I currently have 3 emails in my inbox and each are easily archivable at this point.
In the Game of Trolls, you either troll or you die.
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Pretty close to what I get. I also get all those, plus:
Lincon’s B’day (Feb. 12)
Cesar Chavez’ B’day (Mar. 31)
Admission Day (Sep. 9)
Thanksgiving Friday (or the Day after Thanksgiving if you prefer)
25 days of vacation (which comes after 18 years of service at the District).
"We do not seek men who will bravely lie down to die, but men who will fight valiantly to live."
"Winning is not everything. It is far better to play the game squarely and lose than to win at the sacrifice of an ideal."
-- Andrew Latham Smith
embassy and consulate employees got it better
they get holidays observed in the country they represent and the country the consular office/embassy is in
by ximiankernel on Nov 10, 2011 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
If Occupy is successful and shuts down the Big Banks so we no longer get a holiday tomorrow, I will be SO MAD.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
You should work in my side of the bank, SUCKER. We’re useful and less hated by people who actually know the difference between retail and investment banks!
Cal: Bears with Books.
Whatevs, when you’re ready to do real work, I’ll show you what it’s like here.
#stillpostingoncgb
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rishi where u work?
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
any openings in IT?
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
hell yes
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
We’re slammed tomorrow.
School holiday so all the little buggers are occupying my office.
Fear.
Old Toothwrangler
I do, but my company says we can come in to work and take another day off, which is what I’m doing.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
Damnit, I can’t remember the name of the company, but we did a case study on a company that gave ZERO holidays (not even for Christmas or anything) and instead gave people paid vacation.
So, essentially, people who wanted to take Christmas off would use a day off. People who didn’t mind working Christmas would.
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
interesting. TBH I’d much rather have that…
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
Right, it’s a nice amount of flexibility. Plus, I think you get paid more for working on traditional holidays.
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
even if i didn’t, i’d enjoy this flexibility as well.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah especially in the Bay Area, taking Diwali off would be far more meaningful than say, Christmas. But I do like having the “world” off together at certain points, and xmas does provide a venue for that.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
Don’t take this personally but !$%& YOU!
Inspiring and completing since1997 since2010!
by Fire Starkey on Nov 10, 2011 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
Our 'office' is closed
but the landfill is open….we are only closed six days a year.
I’m at two weeks vacation, 32 hrs floating holiday, a butt load of sick (i don’t even know what it acrues at but i have over 350 hrs), and something called ’personal time off" (100-ish hrs per year), and basically all the bank holidays.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Nov 10, 2011 2:17 PM PST up reply actions
no
they don’t get anything like that.
i work for our county landfill – waste dept. Open 7 days a week, free recycling of your old electronics, friday and saturday household hazardous waste accepted for free…..etc.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Nov 10, 2011 2:38 PM PST up reply actions
I do! I took today off as well though.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 2:24 PM PST up reply actions
sterling cooper maverick goose
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
oh snap
If an older woman sleeps with a younger boy she’s a cougar, does that mean if an older man sleeps with a younger boy . . . he’s a nittany lion?
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
That one must be making the rounds. My sister-in-law posted that on FB yesterday!
Man crush on Aaron Rodgers, since 2003.
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I’m very impressed and depressed at the same time. reluctant clap for turkey.
Cal: Bears with Books.
Not my joke, like Ohio Bear said, making its way through the internets, still a good line…
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
sadtrombone
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
:(
Rhino subspecies declared extinct
The Western Black Rhino of Africa has been declared officially extinct, and two other subspecies of rhinoceros are close to meeting the same fate, a leading conservation group said Thursday.
…
“A lack of political support and willpower for conservation efforts in many rhino habitats, international organized crime groups targeting rhinos and increasing illegal demand for rhino horns and commercial poaching are the main threats faced by rhinos,” the group said in a statement accompanying the latest update of its so-called Red List of endangered species.
Effing poachers can suck my [bleep]
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
thanks, China!
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
wtf is wrong with people
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
and by ‘you people’, you really mean asians
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Nov 10, 2011 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
i’m pretty sure poachers come in all colors of the asshole rainbow
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
so do Asians!
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Nov 10, 2011 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
true dat!
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
what the zoonews
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
THE GFS DROPS THE UPPER LOW SOUTHEAST TO NEAR 34/127 BY 00Z
SATURDAY. THE LATEST NAM AND GFS ARE TRENDING DRIER…WITH THE 12Z
GFS KEEPING MOST OF THE RAIN OFFSHORE…SKIRTING THE COAST. IN
FACT…THE LATEST GFS KEEPS MOST OF THE NORTH AND EAST BAY DRY. IF
ANY RAIN DOES FALL…IT WON`T START TIL LATE TONIGHT. THE BULK OF
THE RAIN WILL BE SOUTH OF THE DISTRICT…AND WITH THE SE LOW LEVEL
FLOW PLACES LIKE MONTEREY AND SALINAS WILL BE DOWNSLOPED AND WOULD
SEE LITTLE…IF ANY RAIN. BEFORE DROPPING THE POPS WILL WAIT TO
SEE WHAT THE ECMWF AND CANADIAN GEM MODEL SHOWS. FOR NOW…NO
CHANGE IN THE FCST.
PREVIOUS EXTENDED…AFTER THIS UPPER LOW MOVES EAST…HIGH
PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO BUILD OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC WITH DRY
NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS CALIFORNIA THROUGH MIDWEEK. TOWARDS THE END
OF THE WEEK AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DEEPENS OFF THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST COAST WHICH COULD BRING SOME RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA LATE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
At least one of them is keeping the rain offshore with her skirt.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
Another View: The Science and Strategy of College Recruiting
Smug article by smug English major at Yale SMUG SMUG SMUG
When I arrived at Yale as an eager 18 year old, I had never even heard of consulting or I-banking. And to be honest, I still didn’t totally understand the function of a hedge fund. But what I do understand is that students here have passion. Passion for public service and education policy and painting and engineering and entrepreneurialism. Standing outside a freshman dorm, I couldn’t find a single student aspiring to be a banker – but at commencement this May, there’s a 50 percent chance I’ll be sitting next to one. This strikes me as incredibly sad.
So what happens? Sometime between freshman fall and senior spring, an insane number of students decide – one way or another – that entering the banking industry makes a whole lot of sense. A few weeks ago I interviewed over 20 Yalies to try to figure out why.
…
Is working for a bank inherently evil? Probably not. But the fact that such a large percentage of students at top-tier schools enter an industry that isn’t contributing, creating or improving much of anything saddens me.
Twenty-five percent is not a joke. That’s a lot of people. That’s a lot of talent and energy and potential that could be used somewhere other than crunching numbers to generate wealth. Perhaps there won’t be fancy popcorn at some other job – but it’s about time we started popping it for ourselves.
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English major ought not to be throwing stones while residing in glass domiciles.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
Was this you?!
Keep dreaming, McDonalds is your future with liberal arts degree
Hedge funds want a PhD in Math or Physics
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Ha ha. No. I don’t know nor do I truly appreciate the value an English major can bring to society, but I’m aware that’s my problem and not about to disparage the goals and aspirations of things I don’t understand. The whole “liberal arts = McDonalds” theory many science and engineering majors subscribe to is not something I believe in.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
I heard the CBOT made it rain on Occupy Chicago protestors with McDonald’s applications.
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
Somehow escalation doesn’t seem the answer.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
Of course, you know I posted this so I can post comments
So sorry to hear that some of the most prestigious, well regarded, and highest paying firms are courting you and your colleagues with fancy popcorn, personalized emails and six figure starting salaries. Life is tough.
So I guess, under that premise, that all the non-retail banks could disappear and rate of “contributing, creating, or improving” wouldnt change in the world. Really? Do your parents or their friends have a 401K or pension? Who would manage it. Would there even be a liquid market in which it could invest? Who would have taken Google or Apple public? What VC would even have bothered to invest in them?
You say you are saddened by a 25% recruitment rate into consulting and finance. But you make a flawed argument for why it should be lower
To describe banking/finance/consulting as “an industry that isn’t contributing, creating or improving much of anything” is a thoughtless bromide. It is intellectually lazy, and demonstrates an immaturity consistent with those who view the world through narrow, two dimensional lenses of good and evil, and have precious little understanding of how value and prosperity are created in society.
And, my favourite…
As a fellow Yale graduate and a former Investment Banking analyst, I find this article to be more than troubling and narrow-minded, but not at all surprising. Congratulations on your recruitment to “top-tier” jobs from a “top-tier” university, you are among a very select percentage of young adults that has the opportunity to actually effectuate change in the world. That said, your admonishment of those who DO enter into the work force to pursue “skills” within an industry that in fact enables your university to run (ask David Swensen) is, in no minor sense, childish. Before you are capable of writing something intelligent, or furthering the debate as to whether the role of banks is “contributing,” I would HIGHLY suggest that you actually LEARN what it is a hedge fund does and why the banking industry actually exists. To pontificate via public forum in the same fashion that you would write for the Rumpus is offensive and immature.
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the word “effectuate” bugs me, for some reason. but that lost comment is on point.
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
The reason would be that “effect” would serve the same purpose.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 2:33 PM PST up reply actions
these comments have a ridiculously high level of literacy and cogent thought. i thought maybe you cherry picked the best written, but that doesn’t appear to be the case. i’m surprised by the high level of commenting on that particular post.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
That's because it's from the DealBook section of the NYT
Which is reserved for literate and cogent thought!
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
ehehehe
It is at least amusing that the author incorrectly calculates the probability of sitting next to a banker at graduation. Starting with the stated assumption that 25% of employed graduates will be working for a bank, and assuming that she’ll only be sitting next to employed graduates at commencement, then there’s a 43.75% chance she’ll be sitting next to a banker.
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
Yesterday you said it made you sad when science/engineering majors went into low-level, menial jobs.
I feel the same way when I see scientists go into the financial services industry =(
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
Not the first time I've heard that
A friend is applied mathematician and has been pressured in the past by his wife to look a financial services jobs . He believes that his potential peers designed models to produce requested results not good math.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
lol
This article showed one thing for me: the financial services industry has a recruiting sector that needs a serious overhaul. To think that top graduates from state universities in the business, finance, economics, engineering and mathematics departments are desperately seeking to “make an impact” on society through using their abilities working for a bank or a hedge fund, while English majors and “dramatists” from Yale are wined and dined and begged to come. If the top potential quants from state universities, not dramatists from Yale, were put in charge of finance, perhaps we could avoid more MF Globals and Lehmans.
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
Stopped reading after “When I arrived at Yale…”
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 12:35 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Okay, but if I dress up like Malinga for Halloween next year, will I still be able to get chicks?!
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
Only if you go as shirtless Malinga.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
and she’ll show it all for $100 in the Champagne room.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 3:33 PM PST up reply actions
really awesome or really nerdy, or both?
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
awful, because only tourists call it “san fran”
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
My co-worker here in Louisville was going to BlizzCon and said he was going to Cali. I had to correct him real fast and also tell him Frisco was also not allowed.
by HeyAlumniGo on Nov 10, 2011 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
close one!
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
Well, it is scotch whisky and not scotch whiskey
"We do not seek men who will bravely lie down to die, but men who will fight valiantly to live."
"Winning is not everything. It is far better to play the game squarely and lose than to win at the sacrifice of an ideal."
-- Andrew Latham Smith
Caption time
http://www.quickmeme.com/harbaughmeme/
"I’ve been waiting my entire life for a troll of your magnitude.
They call me the Trolls Of Trolls. The internet’s most successful troll. I’ve been aware of your legend, your mystique, but I didn’t dare leave my underground lair to find you.
Now, it is time to dance!"
-TwistNHook
by Redonkulous Bear on Nov 10, 2011 12:33 PM PST reply actions
Redonk, do you have the picture of harbaugh dreaming of luck? pls do the needful and post
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
it’s in the photobucket lazy intern
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
SSDD
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
That works I guess
"I’ve been waiting my entire life for a troll of your magnitude.
They call me the Trolls Of Trolls. The internet’s most successful troll. I’ve been aware of your legend, your mystique, but I didn’t dare leave my underground lair to find you.
Now, it is time to dance!"
-TwistNHook
by Redonkulous Bear on Nov 10, 2011 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
.,.,..,.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 12:42 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
roffle
"I’ve been waiting my entire life for a troll of your magnitude.
They call me the Trolls Of Trolls. The internet’s most successful troll. I’ve been aware of your legend, your mystique, but I didn’t dare leave my underground lair to find you.
Now, it is time to dance!"
-TwistNHook
by Redonkulous Bear on Nov 10, 2011 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
good
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Nov 10, 2011 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
hahaha
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
Please flag me
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by Rishi on Nov 10, 2011 12:41 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
i feel this is a good metaphor for most cal football seasons
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
by turkey on Nov 10, 2011 12:42 PM PST reply actions 5 recs
Is it just me or does that baby look kinda like fiatlux?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 2:37 PM PST up reply actions
How is that an attack??
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 3:33 PM PST up reply actions
I think he’s lost all perspective after the goat incident.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
What? It’s not like I’m suing him for child support or anything…
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
4 minutes ago – by John Breech – Tedford: Penn State situation is unfortunate
As the drama unfolded at Penn State Wednesday night, coach Jeff Tedford was watching. “I saw that late last night and its very unfortuntate. Knowing coach Paterno and his legacy and what he’s been to college football, its unfortunate. It makes me sick to see how all that’s going down,” Tedford said. Bears RapidReports
Can’t figure out if JT is suggesting he disagrees with the trustees’ decision to let Paterno. I guess “all that’s going down” could refer to anything.
I think he’s just saying that the whole thing is shitty from all perspectives, nothing wrong with that.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
That was my interpretation as well. Which, I guess, makes me a Tedford apologist.
Man crush on Aaron Rodgers, since 2003.
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I think he is saying that Penn State is very competitive and has a tough front 7.
"I’ve been waiting my entire life for a troll of your magnitude.
They call me the Trolls Of Trolls. The internet’s most successful troll. I’ve been aware of your legend, your mystique, but I didn’t dare leave my underground lair to find you.
Now, it is time to dance!"
-TwistNHook
by Redonkulous Bear on Nov 10, 2011 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
Great news! Even the CEO of Google hates GMail:
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Larry Page, Google’s chief executive, so hates wasting time at meetings that he once dumped his secretary to avoid being scheduled for them. He does not much like e-mail either — even his own Gmail — saying the tedious back-and-forth takes too long to solve problems.
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Mr. Page has never been more impatient than he is now. He is on an urgent mission to pull Google through a midlife crisis that threatens to knock it off its perch as the coolest company in Silicon Valley.
Founded in 1998, Google is not yet 15, but in tech years, it is an aging giant that moves a lot slower than it did when it was a hot start-up. It is losing employees to the new, hotter start-ups, and is being pushed around by government regulators and competitors like Facebook, Apple and Amazon, which are all vying for people’s online time.
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This is a direct contradiction to how great you said gmail is.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 2:38 PM PST up reply actions
Yes. Yes, it is. Clearly, I a wrong
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Clearly, I a wrong
Truer words were ne’er written.
"I’ll kill you. I’ll crush you. You don’t know who I am. I’ll kick your ass. And don’t ever call me a ding dong again."
I still love that Arthur Ting sig.
by the federer express on Nov 10, 2011 3:13 PM PST up reply actions
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Cant quote from site apparently, but original Ca flag was supposed to have a pear on it, but was misread.
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Not like this, tho
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"I’ve been waiting my entire life for a troll of your magnitude.
They call me the Trolls Of Trolls. The internet’s most successful troll. I’ve been aware of your legend, your mystique, but I didn’t dare leave my underground lair to find you.
Now, it is time to dance!"
-TwistNHook
by Redonkulous Bear on Nov 10, 2011 1:46 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
2,813px × 1,875px
"I’ve been waiting my entire life for a troll of your magnitude.
They call me the Trolls Of Trolls. The internet’s most successful troll. I’ve been aware of your legend, your mystique, but I didn’t dare leave my underground lair to find you.
Now, it is time to dance!"
-TwistNHook
by Redonkulous Bear on Nov 10, 2011 1:59 PM PST up reply actions
ok this is awesome. unless it results in us being Prunes or something.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
fiatlux
Will like this: When the creators of West Wing created the series they named the prez Jed Bartlet as an in-joke.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
…hell of an inside joke. I don’t think Bartlet was from CA, right?
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
New Hampshire. Vermont’s next door.
"We do not seek men who will bravely lie down to die, but men who will fight valiantly to live."
"Winning is not everything. It is far better to play the game squarely and lose than to win at the sacrifice of an ideal."
-- Andrew Latham Smith
going along with some of the conversation today.
Why Science Majors Change Their Minds (It’s Just So Darn Hard)
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/education/edlife/why-science-majors-change-their-mind-its-just-so-darn-hard.html?_r=2&hp&pagewanted=all
But, it turns out, middle and high school students are having most of the fun, building their erector sets and dropping eggs into water to test the first law of motion. The excitement quickly fades as students brush up against the reality of what David E. Goldberg, an emeritus engineering professor, calls "the math-science death march." Freshmen in college wade through a blizzard of calculus, physics and chemistry in lecture halls with hundreds of other students. And then many wash out.
Studies have found that roughly 40 percent of students planning engineering and science majors end up switching to other subjects or failing to get any degree. That increases to as much as 60 percent when pre-medical students, who typically have the strongest SAT scores and high school science preparation, are included, according to new data from the University of California at Los Angeles. That is twice the combined attrition rate of all other majors.
wtf? more people studied computer science 25 years ago compared to today?
http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2011/11/college-has-been-oversold.html
Consider computer technology. In 2009 the U.S. graduated 37,994 students with bachelor’s degrees in computer and information science. This is not bad, but we graduated more students with computer science degrees 25 years ago! The story is the same in other technology fields such as chemical engineering, math and statistics. Few fields have changed as much in recent years as microbiology, but in 2009 we graduated just 2,480 students with bachelor’s degrees in microbiology — about the same number as 25 years ago. Who will solve the problem of antibiotic resistance?
get the idea that the rest of the country is like cal out of your head and these graphs will make way more sense. those majors are too difficult for your average college-goer
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
just surprised there were more cs majors 25 years ago. you’d think with the computer entering everyday life, that there would be more just due to common use.
probably more indicative that money has not gone towards expanding CS education for undergrads (i’m guessing due to expense).
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
Foreigners?
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Generation Jobless: Students Pick Easier Majors Despite Less Pay
Biyan Zhou wanted to major in engineering. Her mother and her academic adviser also wanted her to major in it, given the apparent career opportunities for engineers in a tough job market.
But during her sophomore year at Carnegie Mellon University, Ms. Zhou switched her major from electrical and computer engineering to a double major in psychology and policy management. Workers who majored in psychology have median earnings that are $38,000 below those of computer engineering majors, according to an analysis of U.S. Census data by Georgetown University.
“My ability level was just not there,” says Ms. Zhou of her decision. She now plans to look for jobs in public relations or human resources.
Ms. Zhou’s dilemma is one that educators, politicians and companies have been trying to solve for decades amid fears that U.S. science and technology training may be trailing other countries. The weak economy is putting those fears into deeper relief.
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Sounds like a failure of the program if she wasn't getting such basic logic by her second year.
Not necessarily a failure on her part.
by OaktownAggie on Nov 10, 2011 2:35 PM PST up reply actions
Their task was to program a soda machine. Though she and her partner managed to make it dispense the right items, they couldn’t get it to give the correct change.
by OaktownAggie on Nov 10, 2011 2:36 PM PST up reply actions
OMG THE HORROR
For 22-year-old Ms. Zhou, from Miami, the last straw was a project for one of her second-year courses that kept her and her partner in the lab well past midnight for several days.
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
my roommate was mech-e
i didn’t see him for a week once when he was in the lab every night
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
MEH, that part wouldn’t have gotten me. But the jump from HS science to Cal level science was a killer.
Cal: Bears with Books.
Yep. Science was one of my better subjects and I seriously got rocked until I learned how to study properly.
Strangely enough, the jump from Cal science to dental school science was a serious step down.
Old Toothwrangler
at this point you have confirmed all of the judging you get from MDs
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
Nah. I’m a specialist. They know I can hang. I usually get the ‘SUP head nod and we’re cool.
Old Toothwrangler
expect for that time you went for a head nod and fractured a vertebrae
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
by turkey on Nov 10, 2011 3:52 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
rec’d
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
That wasn’t nearly as embarrassing as the chest bump incident that resulted in a punctured lung.
Old Toothwrangler
…or the rotator cuff surgery you needed after that hi-five.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 3:59 PM PST up reply actions
but it was hot. now i have 2nd degree burns!
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 4:12 PM PST up reply actions
wait
…is that how you hurt your hip??
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 4:13 PM PST up reply actions
which is why your enthusiastic victory dance led to your downfall
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
Are you saying you’re NOT Blake Griffin?
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by atomsareenough on Nov 10, 2011 4:34 PM PST up reply actions
Good comment Jacob.
…
One additional requirement was a car for this scholarship which I did not have at the time and a minimum of a 3.0 average. Believe I had a 2.7 GPA at the time and was nervous due to my situation at the time.
So this dumb AMERICAN BORN ENGINEER dressed up and went on the interview via train. I had to walk down a hilly highway which had no sidewalk and was a little embarrassed.
Sat down and had the interview with the manager. All of a sudden he asked me to repeat back what he said. I thought he was a jerk and repeated back his statement. After the interview, I took a tour of the site and we went back to his office. He stood up and closed the door behind him. He told me I spoke perfect English ( I didn’t say write)and wanted to hire me on the spot. He complained about straight A engineering students from foreign countries who’s communication skills was lacking.
Next day back on campus, lying in bed a call came in and I let the answering machine pickup. I had the job.
In about two weeks after my start date I put together a training course and was on the road in 30 days or less teaching at branch offices from Wall Street to Virginia.
For this AMERICAN BORN engineer this has been a recurring theme for my career.
The issue is two parts: not enough engineer’s period foreign born or not with good communication skills. There is also not enough job creation in the higher end of engineering jobs in the $120 – $160k plus.
I have an interview coming up. Wish me luck.
I wonder if foreign born engineer’s have thi’s much trouble with their apostrophe’s?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 2:51 PM PST up reply actions
Holy xenophobia hijacking articles!
The H-1B program is a much bigger distortion of the labor market for engineering than most people realize. We have a fairly stable market for about 1.6 M engineering jobs. The number of H-1Bs admitted in any given year goes up or down with the mood in Congress and the amount of lobbying by Microsoft and Google and other big software companies. Because they stay for years, no one knows how many H-1Bs we have in US right now but the number is probably somewhere between 500K and 750K, of which most are engineers.
Supporters of the H-1B claim (and the law requires) that H-1Bs are paid the same wages as citizens. But even if, as some critics argue, they pay less, that’s not really the issue. It’s not about hiring a few engineers from India on the cheap. What it’s really about is flooding the market and driving down the wages for ALL engineers.
It’s helpful to understand why this is happening.
Forty or 50 years ago, engineering wasn’t seen so much as a cost as it was the source of new products and manufacturing cost savings. My first job was at IBM Austin, in their Office Products Division, which made Selectrics and their early word processing machines. They made them by millions. I still remember my first boss explaining the importance of product cost, that an engineer who could cut a nickel out of it had just paid for his salary for the next 5 years.
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Oh, this is why she has such an inferiority complex!
You’re clearly speaking for yourself. I did my BS & MS EE at Stanford [sic]. It was plenty selective and the work was grueling. The US still has the best university engineering programs in the world; that’s why so many foreign students come here to attend.
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Smartest comment of the day
It’s curious how highly self opiniated people hijack any news, and then start peddling their opinions about how everything external is causing all internal problems.
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oh wow, this is hilarious. I know that person. She was madly in love with my former roommate. LOL.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
She knew him tangentially through something on the east coast, like barely as friends. My roommate said he was talking to her and she was like “hahaha maybe I should come visit sometime. hahaha!” and he thought she was joking and said “hahaha sure lulz!” and then she responded “ok i’ll be there next week!!!”
So my roommate was kind of shocked, but she came over and I’m pretty sure they doinked repeatedly for a week, and he shrugged and got on with his life, she left and I never saw or heard from her again.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
Oh Zhou
"I’ve been waiting my entire life for a troll of your magnitude.
They call me the Trolls Of Trolls. The internet’s most successful troll. I’ve been aware of your legend, your mystique, but I didn’t dare leave my underground lair to find you.
Now, it is time to dance!"
-TwistNHook
by Redonkulous Bear on Nov 10, 2011 2:57 PM PST up reply actions
can we replace “oh zhang” with “oh zhou”?
by the federer express on Nov 10, 2011 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
I think this comment belongs on the WSJ blog.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 3:13 PM PST up reply actions
I’d prefer you not do that.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 3:24 PM PST up reply actions
I won’t. It’s not my story to share. But I was encouraging you to do so :)
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 10, 2011 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
BUT
"I’ve been waiting my entire life for a troll of your magnitude.
They call me the Trolls Of Trolls. The internet’s most successful troll. I’ve been aware of your legend, your mystique, but I didn’t dare leave my underground lair to find you.
Now, it is time to dance!"
-TwistNHook
by Redonkulous Bear on Nov 10, 2011 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
Cliffs: students are lazy.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 2:38 PM PST up reply actions
NCAA cracks down on OSU:
In a signal that tougher penalties likely loom, the NCAA has notified Ohio State University that it is facing a charge of failing to monitor its violation-plagued football program.
Failure to monitor is the second-worst finding the NCAA can impose on an athletic program.
Ohio State announced the NCAA findings this afternoon and that it would cut five scholarships over a three-year period beginning next year. The NCAA allows football programs to have 85 scholarship players.
A spokesman for Ohio State athletics said the self-imposed punishment would not mean the Buckeyes would pare back to 80 scholarships over the next three years. He said that the team might not use, say, two of the 85 in 2012, one in 2013 and two in 2014, for a total of five over the period.
The NCAA previously had notified OSU that it was not being accused of failure to monitor or the worst charge — loss of institutional control.
The NCAA’s move to invoke the charge now means that the NCAA considers the violations committed by Ohio State to stem from a central problem, rather than individual misdeed.
Since the NCAA’s initial announcement about violations involving Ohio State, the football program has admitted two more sets of NCAA violations involving players who accepted money at a charity event and players being paid for time they did not work at a business owned by a booster. Ohio State said today that the failure to monitor charge stems from those issues, not previous scandals involving memorabilia.
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Orange County no longer No. 1 when it comes to municipal bankruptcy
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/11/oc-loses-standing-biggest-us-bankruptcy.html
Orange County is losing one of its lesser distinctions: ground zero to the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.
After an inglorious 17-year run, Orange County’s $1.6-billion bankruptcy is being eclipsed — dwarfed, even —by Jefferson County, Ala., which has filed for Chapter 11 to help deal with $4 billion in debt.
Jefferson County’s financial undoing is being caused in large measure by the refinancing of a sewer system upgrade that relied on exotic interest-rate swaps, according to Nation Now.
Orange County was done under by the risky investments of then-county Treasurer, Robert L. Citron, who borrowed money to bet on speculative high-yield securities that depended on interest rates remaining low.
When rates shot up, $1.64 million in public money vaporized.
Some county leaders at the time conceded that they didn’t not understand Citron’s strategy all that well and blindly put trust in him because his investments had historically done well.
As in Jefferson County, politicians in Orange County initially predicted financial Armageddon, a deeply troubling thought in a county that was known for its conservative, tight-fisted ways.
best thing to happen to Orange County and a good lesson to those who think things are too big to fail. Orange County now has solid finances.
I’m wondering how long it will take SF, Oakland, and Richmond.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
love the headline
Ashton Kutcher Is A Cowardly Quitter
http://gizmodo.com/5858343/ashton-kutcher-is-a-cowardly-quitter
Ashton Kutcher has profited immensely from Twitter. His Twitter presence in large part, drove his rise as a celebrity venture capitalist. But now things have gotten tough, so he’s quitting. It’s a pathetic, cowardly move.
Last night, as idiots in Pennsylvania rioted in support of a man who protected a child rapist, Kutcher weighed into the fray with his take on things. “How do you fire Jo Pa? #insult #noclass as a hawkeye fan I find it in poor taste”
Of course, Joe Paterno is losing his job because he learned that one of his employees was fucking children and didn’t tell the police. Ashton Kutcher is the guy who wants to end child sex slavery. Twitter, predictably, went bezerk at the hypocrisy, and just plain idiocy.
I feel like this joke is going to explode everywhere and then die out in about 2 weeks.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 2:55 PM PST up reply actions
And then Ill bring it back up 6 months from now and it wont be funny?
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cross referenced with IPO lulz
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
So tOSU got a letter from the NCAA about LOIC last week, for some reason decided to make it public today.
Well played, buckeyes.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
VINTAGE
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If you have a Steam account , get that password and stuff changed ASAP.
"Today's weather, excessively violent with a chance of dismemberment. Tune in later for our 5-day forecast!"
~ Three Dog - Fallout 3
Is this some sort of steampunk site?
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damn, I don’t even remember my password.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
Bowling!
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Holy. Shit.
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agreed
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thanks?
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 4:41 PM PST up reply actions
CalBandGreat’s brain: Something was said…not good. What was it? “Don’t yell at CalBandGreat!” No, that’s OK. What was it? …j.lee! They called you j.lee!
Yabba Dabba Doo! I like talking to you!
GET OUT!
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“Something said, not good…”
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 4:45 PM PST up reply actions
Oh look
How many interceptions does crap Maynard need to set ayoobs record
In other words, Go Bears!
Internet guy is clever.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 5:01 PM PST up reply actions
tickets for the CGB group bball game just arrived via email.
the ato didn’t totally fail!
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
I got min elike 3 weeks ago
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What’s the CGB group bball game and how come I wasn’t invited?
:(
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 4:43 PM PST up reply actions
Havent there been multiple front page posts abou tit?
Is it sold out? Prolly not.
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Front paaaaage?
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 4:46 PM PST up reply actions
/sighs
I’ll change the title next time from CGB Bball night to ‘SHOTGUNNING BEERS MEETING!’.
We’re going to the Cal-furd bball game Jan 29th(Sunday.)
Old Toothwrangler
Thanks. Brain no work good beer without.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 4:51 PM PST up reply actions
two please.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 4:55 PM PST up reply actions
i’m disappointed in your priorities.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
going in the right direction
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
Actually, not exactly in the right direction.
My irons are getting better and I can usually hit my driver.
But, I can’t hit my hybrid or 7 wood off the mat (no tee) worth a darn. Accidentally sent a ricochet into the neighbor’s yard. ’Think I better move closer to the net when I swing those.
Old Toothwrangler
Are we the Cal porn website now?
"I’ll kill you. I’ll crush you. You don’t know who I am. I’ll kick your ass. And don’t ever call me a ding dong again."
Well, there were only 3+ front page posts about it.
Yes, there are still tickets available.
Send me an email (or faceypage message) with how many tickets you want, and I’ll send you the link to the CGB online ticket window.
Old Toothwrangler
FB status of an acquaintance of mine shows a pic of Call of Duty: MW3 and she says “WHOSE DOWN?”
I SO wanna post “OUR DOWN!” but no one would get it =(.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
GIVE THEM THE DOWN THE DOWN THE DOWN!
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TANGO DOWN
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
by turkey on Nov 10, 2011 4:39 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
u win
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Nov 11, 2011 12:18 AM PST up reply actions
A Pittsburg man suffering from financial problems posted a suicide note on Facebook, then shot and killed three relatives early today before turning the gun on himself, police said.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Anyone in downtown Oakland
I’m seeing references to a shooting at Occupy Oakland on the twitter.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Nothing in the news though
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 5:12 PM PST up reply actions
abc7 had it on their twitter. it’ll probably get tv time later.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
I guess it’s not an Oakland event unless someone gets shot.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 5:17 PM PST up reply actions
From the twitter...
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Nov 10, 2011 5:18 PM PST up reply actions
well, I know which Bart exit I won’t be using later.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
Just moments before NBC Bay Area’s Jodi Hernandez was to go on the air with a live report, she reported hearing shots fired at Occupy Oakland.
Hernandez said she heard 6 to 8 gunshots on the south side of Frank Ogawa Plaza followed by screaming from people in the area.
Police were not in the area at the time.
An ambulance arrived at the scene within a few minutes so treat a man who appeared to be the victim of the shooting.
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good tweet:
Gunfire at #occupyoakland. Or maybe it’s just Oakland.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
lol
Oakland re-occupying Occupy Oakland!
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 10, 2011 6:14 PM PST up reply actions
Okay, wow, The League is absurdly funny
Only on Season 1 Episode 4, but I cannot stop laughing at Taco in the Mr. Giblets costume
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
FX was all fucked up today. I missed Sunny AND League :(!!!
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Hot Cal on Cal action in the Raiders-Chargers game now on NFL Network
Well, okay, they aren’t on the field at the same time. But we have Matt Giordano for the Rai-duhs and Daymeion Hughes for the Bolts.
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Interception for Giordano!
Picks off Philip Rivers in the end zone to preserve a 24-17 Raiders lead, for the moment. 3:22 left in game.
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Has anyone seen CALumbus Bear since election day?
A poll worker in Ohio accused of biting a voter’s nose during an Election Day argument has been charged with assault. Police say 53-year-old James N. Williams of Cleveland was charged Thursday and jailed to await a court hearing Saturday. He’s accused of head-butting and trying to bite off the nose of a voter who helped a campaign volunteer in an argument over signs posted near a Cleveland polling place Tuesday. Greg Flanagan needed hospital treatment.
"I’ll kill you. I’ll crush you. You don’t know who I am. I’ll kick your ass. And don’t ever call me a ding dong again."
No. No, I have not.
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From Joe Stiglich’s Thursday practice update
–If Cal is without outside linebackers Chris McCain and David Wilkerson (both are nursing injuries), defensive coordinator Clancy Pendergast thinks his unit can withstand their absence. "We’ve got guys who have played in there – Ryan Camporeale, Cecil Whiteside, Ryan Davis," Pendergast said. McCain is coming back from a concussion and Wilkerson has a bone bruise on his left knee. Their availability remains unknown as injury updates have been minimal this week. Pendergast acknowledged that inside linebacker Mychal Kendricks can bounce outside if need be, but it doesn’t sound as if he’ll play there much. "In some packages he gets a chance to rush off the perimeter, but it’s not a full focus to put him over there."
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Sat 09/10 | W 36 - 33 |
| Presbyterian | Sat 09/17 | W 63 - 12 |
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Sat 09/24 | L 23 - 31 |
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Thu 10/06 | L 15 - 43 |
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USC
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Thu 10/13 | L 9 - 30 |
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Utah
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Sat 10/22 | W 34 - 10 |
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Sat 10/29 | L 14 - 31 |
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Washington St.
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Sat 11/05 | W 30 - 7 |
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Oregon St.
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Sat 11/12 | W 23 - 6 |
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Stanford
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Sat 11/19 | L 28 - 31 |
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Fri 11/25 | W 47 - 38 |
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Wed 12/28 | L 10 - 21 |
