tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post3417237231735055562..comments2023-08-04T00:31:05.621-04:00Comments on DFQ2: Go on, be a TigerTokyo Shemphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-68991376665523982462015-06-29T23:49:46.103-04:002015-06-29T23:49:46.103-04:00I will try to finish up the new entry soon. The ta...I will try to finish up the new entry soon. The targeted individual stuff is very depressing, so I might throw that together quickly and not dwell on it.Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-84486593233041578432015-06-29T23:38:34.388-04:002015-06-29T23:38:34.388-04:00The internet consciousness can only absorb so many...The internet consciousness can only absorb so many scrub jobs. Soapblox is quite the joke. They charge money, then delete when the agreement ends. Uhm, er, uhhh, flashback to my thrilla in vanilla, but yeah, you and Noom were the original FSZ people eXiled. You and Noom camped out at MLW. It was to quote him hiilariiiiose or however he spelled it. Curmudgeon and others were pissed off at you because that one thread was more entertaining than anything else on the website.<br /><br />That's all gone. The DFQ stuff from FSZ is gone. I was mad at Antoinette fr scrubbing Dave's blog, but then I saw it returned. I am not sure if it is still available.<br /><br />MattyJack with the tough guy schtick and I think that's where the regular guy schtick formed, no?<br /><br />ThereIsNoSpoon stuff, uhm, Armando meta, Peeder, fricken shadowthief curmudgeon... all gone. all historically important despite on the surface seeming like goofy meaninglessness. <br /><br />Oh, I tweeted Jane but she's been gone from Twitter since last November. Her MediaAstroturf company went into bankruptcy. I'm pretty sure you were the one who outed that stuff or copied and pasted from elsewhere. The memory is a fragile thing.<br /><br />I figured out who you are. You are the reincarnation of French painter Henri Rousseau.<br /><br />Yes, MLW was a huge loss, the biggest.<br /><br />If I could change one thing, I'd get rid of the uhms and er's from my transcript of my showdown with the Speedway Bomber. Though I recall you said that was okay, made it more realistic, or someone else said it.<br /><br />Yes, you were just about the only one who in public engaged with my story. usually it was more like guys like Melvin mocking me for busting Alexandrovna over the mailbox discrepancy.<br /><br />One of your troll wars blogs is on here. I think v. 7.777 or something. I fished it out of cache.<br /><br />My guess is FDL went back to a free version of a blog. I think that's wordpress which like Blogger never seems to charge fees or delete.Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-54680924693949398892015-06-29T22:56:19.957-04:002015-06-29T22:56:19.957-04:00Nice.. A boxer is a runner. Roadwork.
I read over...Nice.. A boxer is a runner. Roadwork.<br /><br />I read over a few parts of your "Thrilla in Manila" and was highly impressed. I might edit down some of teh cinema verite and re-post that.<br /><br />I'll follow up with a chapter of Troll Wars and we are off to the races.<br /><br />I am thrilled that my FDL oeuvre has re-appeared.<br /><br />Thank you Ms. Hamsher.<br /><br />I'd thank her on her blog but then she might recognise this as a bug and have me disappeared again.<br /><br />The MLW loss is huge. And you are very perceptive to recognise the quality there.<br /><br />Too bad MSOC didn;t either. <br /><br />donkeytalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13567075684155583796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-37523575587069077422015-06-28T21:46:18.674-04:002015-06-28T21:46:18.674-04:00A runner or boxer, too small for basketball.A runner or boxer, too small for basketball.Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-27070607850099257872015-06-28T21:42:58.173-04:002015-06-28T21:42:58.173-04:00Oh wait, didn't you and I bust him on somethin...Oh wait, didn't you and I bust him on something and wouldn't let up? I screenshot him. Noom was involved egging us on. I am not going to research it again. I remember MattyJack going to MLW with some sort of convolution. He was quite a creep. Fine, sabotage your own place, but he stole the Peeder milieu. I remember that also.<br /><br />Pffugee was pretty good for a while, but the losers at FSZ decided hey let's hang out at Pffugee where the people we banned are. That's why Pffugee was created, on the surface for myself and Byron, but also to get away from the stinking cesspit which was FSZ.<br /><br />I wonder if they even still have that crappy FSZ blog they made after boarding up FSZ. Maybe I don't really care and it's stupid of me to even go there.<br /><br />It's just still on my mind how so many posts and pages from those places are poof gone. There was a big forum also in the 2000's with the Randi Rhodes cult. I don't know if you ever saw that one. It got deleted also. They went elsewhere, but it looked pretty stupid in comparison.<br /><br />That place was also infested with paid fakes.Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-68538880425732751492015-06-28T21:33:47.772-04:002015-06-28T21:33:47.772-04:00I weighed 118 pounds in my prime. I could have bee...I weighed 118 pounds in my prime. I could have been a runner or whatever. Freshman 15 and whatnot through the years brings one to 130-135. I've never been much more than 140, maybe 145 my whole life. But the dude wanted me to feel like shit. He said I weighed 300 pounds. That guy is deranged. They tried to gaslight me or wtf. My next entry, again, has me curious about the targeted individuals. That's what that is. It is cointelpro going after paranoid schizophrenics. And like you ask, how is one to be able to discern between a paid fake and someone sincerely lost?Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-52849552866913664782015-06-28T21:27:06.608-04:002015-06-28T21:27:06.608-04:00I know you'll like this, if you haven't he...I know you'll like this, if you haven't heard of it yet. Apparently, RT will be the first Russian entity destroyed in the three way war between the US, Russia, and China.<br /><br />I remember dumbasses always saying war with Iran was imminent. It never happened.<br /><br />And I doubt the US military is that concerned about Russia Today. I bet they like it and all who visit are placed on the surveillance target list.<br /><br />We have to find a way to get some new entries in here. Maybe if we did one good one a month, it would keep the public off our backs. I noticed an uptick in views. People seem to be hungry for the kind of unpaid content we supply at DFQ2.<br /><br />bonus dumbass thought: Too bad Dave wasn't from Brooklyn. Dave from Brooklyn sounds a lot stronger. But then again, who doesn't like the King of Queens? That show was sweet. In fact, I should make a pinned video of myself in a UPS type outfit going home to Carrie Heffernan. My back is getting heavy. My fingers tight as I drive over the Pepperidge Farm Bridge tonight. Cause all I want to do, is get right home to you and some fritos. and some weed.<br /><br />I had forgotten about fritos until you called me out for my avatar. I think it worked. It was a lot better than I had before. Plus it allows the Prepostericity brand name to have more prominence. That's who I was at DKos. That was my ticket into the soapblox milieu, now scrubbed. And it was the impetus for this blog.Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-35124223595864191252015-06-28T21:15:36.067-04:002015-06-28T21:15:36.067-04:00Or MattyJack banned me with Lord Byron. I could ha...Or MattyJack banned me with Lord Byron. I could have sworn I was hardly there if at all when this so-called banishment occurred.Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-28716009937083680172015-06-28T21:10:48.895-04:002015-06-28T21:10:48.895-04:00Free to be, you and me. I remember that one.
I d...Free to be, you and me. I remember that one. <br /><br />I don't think it is too late for anything. The primaries don't start until February. There will be debates.<br /><br />It may be too late for Bernie if he doesn't win this time.<br /><br />There is some kind of porn-lite scandal in his background. But I think it would actually help him, make people see he too can be a wild and crazy regular guy in spurts.<br /><br />Some clown reporter I attacked, this guy supports Greenwald. He linked to an article on Bernie which made him look insane to both parties, something about saying stopping growth is not bad. But the average schmoe is not sophisticated to know what that means. The same hack reporter also linked to an article on Jill Stein entering the fray. That one seemed more positive, in that we at Al Jizzera are not afraid to cover Ms. Stein's greatness.<br /><br />Whatever.<br /><br />This Tiger Woods story you wrote was pretty good. I actually finally read it completely. It is clearly an A grade. And even though it is four or five years old, it was more informative than the recent mailed in ESPN coverage of Tiger.<br /><br />ESPN is the last to know that Tiger is done, done.<br /><br />I didn't do a double tweet last night. It hit me while I was firing back and forth with a fake trans calling out the read deal Trans lady who had concerns for Obama, that this was Perry Mason time.<br /><br />I asked, "How did you find my tweet." Crickets. Then I repeated it and caught the loser fake account in a lie.<br /><br />I am pretty sure I am finally done with Twitter. I am not one to stay in a milieu if it's creepy at my expense. I bailed out of FSZ. I bailed out out of Pffugee. Which by the way, did Laura give any heads up she was shutting it down?<br /><br />I'm tired. I go for these walks and unfortunately I am developing old man legs. I'm hoping at some point it gets easier. I have dropped way down from the 300 pounds Rauhauser said I was. <br /><br />Blacks have it tough no doubt and I need to be careful to not be such a douchenut throwing around Uncle Toms. It's like the word Hitler. If you use it too much, it loses its meaning.Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-50912370665668507572015-06-28T18:07:26.419-04:002015-06-28T18:07:26.419-04:00And yes, I realise the beginning of the police sta...And yes, I realise the beginning of the police state occurred during the Clinton years that began the frog march of black men mostly into privately operated prisons. Ironic and complex. <br /><br />And yes, I am not endorsing Hillary because I am not voting for her, just pointing out the sticky realities that face Bernie, who I will support in the primaries.<br /><br />You say Uncle Toms but many blacks tend to be personally conservative. Again they are less free to be you and me. Many have something but harder come by and less than what we have and so cling to theirs ferociously. I know that many blacks and Latinos as well as whites applaud the vast reduction in crime that has accompanied the Great Imprisoning of the prior two generations.<br /><br />It is difficult for us to fathom because most of the crimes committed by blacks are against other blacks. We are relatively untouched by either phenomenon.donkeytalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13567075684155583796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-29643979447113289152015-06-28T17:52:43.305-04:002015-06-28T17:52:43.305-04:00You may have missed the less centerifical forces e...You may have missed the less centerifical forces emerging in the NBA because it occurred predominantly in the West and then really only among two teams....Golden State and San Antonio. I guess Atlanta this year too.<br /><br />Their coach won coach of the year. I guess this is recognition that the Warriours makeover began a few years back and Mark Jackson actually started their ascent last year (arguably it is more difficult to learn a losing tradition around than it is to take the resurrection to the next level) but got crosswise with the owners or something.<br /><br />I have two words for you when you start bandying about great front office executives. Jerry West.<br /><br />SA of course has a center and a PF in Duncan but they really went to that passing movement perimeter game in a big way with Kawhi Leonard's emergence. Those shooting guard/small forward lineups totally flustered Miami and led to blowouts once Pop figured it out after like game 2. Similar to how GS simply dominated without even playing that great once they went small games 4-6. donkeytalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13567075684155583796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-10336538132002099832015-06-28T17:38:14.089-04:002015-06-28T17:38:14.089-04:00Poor black people are living on the edge of if not...Poor black people are living on the edge of if not already imprisoned. They are f'd by both parties. However, a plurality of blacks, like latinos, are in boats being lifted by a rising tide.<br /><br />These are admittedly not yachts but row boats. However, they do not have the luxury to simply throw away the oars and life preservers and go with the flow. It is an unwittingly racist construction to point out "alternative" or "third party" options.<br /><br />That is why I think we come from a less than authoritative place when speaking to black people about their motives or reasons for doing what they do. <br /><br />We have dozens of options in front of us as educated white folks everyday we never even think about that are denied to blacks and latinos. It doesn't matter so much to our lives and health if teh GOP takes over all levers of govt. It does matter to the coloured udnerclasses very pragmatically.<br /><br />They have a narrower line which to toe.<br /><br />Sanders has a lot of work cut out for him if he is seriously going after this demographic to win. Frankly, he is probably too late to the pool party but let's give him some room too move before we write him off.<br /><br />Say what you will about the Clintons but they have lived it all their political lives, albeit in deft calculation more than substance. They began in Dem politics by organizing in South Texas for McGovern. <br /><br />Hillary had about a 66-34 share of the latino vote in Cali and Texas over Obama in the 2008 primary. Latinos will pose an even larger by sheer voter volume problem for Sanders, since Obama held serve among the African American bloc and was more popular among limousine liberals and youths. <br /><br />http://www.pewhispanic.org/2008/03/07/the-hispanic-vote-in-the-2008-democratic-presidential-primaries/<br /><br />Sanders has a background in the black Civil Rights movement but that was like 50 years ago and he's been living the good white country life in Vermont since. He will come off as fake now unless he backs it with some real get down and get funky moves within the community. Not even sure how he goes about that in the short time allotted. Warren has the same issue that she will need to address when her turn comes up.<br /><br />Its great that Bernie is trying to bring some of the Brooklyn back and recognise he has a problem to solve with the minourity community if he wants their vote. We'll see what he does about it.<br />donkeytalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13567075684155583796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-57939713845286101002015-06-28T14:37:29.794-04:002015-06-28T14:37:29.794-04:00Not just saying it, but during Hillary's big s...Not just saying it, but during Hillary's big speech a few weeks back or whenever, I thought how the triple F could Bernie Sanders disrupt and deny the DINO cult.<br /><br />I didn't mention it, and people will have to take my word for it, but I did wonder about the Black vote. I do see the Uncle Toms are out there. I am not sure if Blacks are still voting 96% or wtf for the Democratic Party.<br /><br />That's why I went bitter and said the primaries looked rigged.<br /><br />This election will be a litmus test. Bernie Sanders would be the front runner in an ideal world. It would be awesome if Republican operatives decided to flood Dem primaries to help out Bernie, thinking no way will that commie ever win in the general election.<br /><br />No one wants to be Charlie Brown and play the chump over and over again.<br /><br />I would love for Bernie Sanders to become president. I would still be cynical even then, like what can he do? But that is silly. With the executive order dictator clause, it'd be nice to have someone more benevolent than thou making those decisions.Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-81401341920066634932015-06-28T14:21:56.962-04:002015-06-28T14:21:56.962-04:00If there is not much out there for the Walton stor...If there is not much out there for the Walton story, then yes, that would make a good topic. Not everyone would care, but certainly basketball fans would appreciate it.<br /><br />The Lakers did win the 80's over Boston. I admit it. I think they ended up 5-3 in titles. My argument is that the specific 1985-86 Boston team (I think that was the year) could be the greatest basketball team of all eternity.<br /><br />I totally appreciate your saying how it is difficult or perhaps impossible to compare eras.<br /><br />A lot of people seem to think Bill Russell would be just another guy if he played today.<br /><br />I lurk one more Celtics forum to go with the other one I mentioned. It is a bunch of old-school Celtics fans. I am not talking about the psychotic Boston Globe forum. They have massive fights about this.<br /><br />I will not get into specifics.<br /><br />Perhaps before this center-less revolution, Russell would have been forced to the power forward position. I am not sure of that, but it makes sense.<br /><br />But right now? Bill Russell would destroy the league as a center. The only drawback would be his offense, if that.<br /><br />It's the three point line. It's the pressure put on tall men's bodies. It's how most of them are too muscle bound or slow.<br /><br />I admit I was late to the game of realising the center position was being abolished. I was being a grouchy codger. I was too stuck in my ways. If there are only one or two great traditional centers or up to five of them, the odds are not good to get one of them. I don't see any Shaq's ripping up the league with cheating talents no one can stop. I should have noticed how easily and effective a kid like Kevin Garnett was able to shift to the Center position later in his career. Or even how a healthy Perk was never needed for more than 25 minutes a game.<br /><br />Or perhaps how no one seems to think a Hibbert is worth much in today's game.<br /><br />It used to be that one had to be good at shooting to take three's and how they were to come in the flow of the game.<br /><br />Now even Aunt Hilda is expected to toss them up from way deep.<br /><br />When seven footers such as Olynyk are hoisting them from the three line and being good at that, it kind of neutralises the old-school center. Now the problem with that is there are two sides to the court. Olynyk will not be able to stop the traditional centers when on defense.<br /><br />He is a young kid, perhaps old in terms of the very young. He must be near 24 or 25. An Olynyk-Kevin Love combo would generate a lot of offense. Yet on the other end, they would be abused.<br /><br />Perk-Garnett worked because they complemented each other watching backs so to speak.<br /><br />Hence I coined the hybrid MLW username of Kendrick Garnett. Or was it Kevin Perkins? No, Kendrick Garnett.<br /><br />A man has to know its limitations (see Eastwood, Clint) and great teams tend to be better than the sum of their parts. Then there are the injuries. NBA players get guaranteed contracts, so if your stud gets hurt, you are simply fucked up in the end, like Portland with Walton and perhaps Philadelphia with Joel Embiid. Didn't Portland draft Oden? So they know better than most how fragile a team's potential is. They know how fleeting it is to put together a historic team.<br /><br />I did not know Durant had the same problem as Bill Walton. Now I am curious what that is and how it compares to the foot injuries that fell Oden, Ming, and seemingly Embiid.<br /><br />Cleveland's run this year showed how important it is for players to stay healthy.<br /><br />Free agency starts Wednesday.Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-46758047077857033162015-06-28T13:59:52.870-04:002015-06-28T13:59:52.870-04:00Sure, I can dig that. If someone's schtick is ...Sure, I can dig that. If someone's schtick is inorganic, there are only so many possibilities.<br /><br />1) Paid Fake<br /><br />*** cointelpro/Hal Turner<br />*** political operative<br />*** some other kind of nonsense to do with money/undefined<br /><br />2) Useful Idiot<br /><br />*** JAG: just another goon<br />*** who knows and who cares<br /><br />When military spokesturds mention that Edward Snowden's treason has put many operations in danger, one of those programs includes the name Hal Turner for reference. "Conspiracy Stories" dominated the 2000's. They were called conspiracy theories. It was the greatest strawman created of all time. It was one heck of a Chinese finger hold psyop.<br /><br />The United Kook Party was able to hold its ground. Yet, it was a tenuous grasp. It was rope-a-dope by people without the power and intelligence of a Mohammed Ali. It was the difference between Dwight Howard and Bill Russell. They were easily herded into the pigeon-hole project. Markos Moulitsas even made some nonsense kind of declaration around the time he was exposed as being pro-CIA. <br /><br />The Trans Immigration activist is a great analogy. She was invited to Obama's shindig celebration of Democratic greatness at securing the rights of the LGBT Americans. It was really not much different from the GW Bush or other Republican type speeches. Who could get in and ask questions was very controlled. Two words: Jeff. Gannon.<br /><br />Even Scientology had mastered the public relations schtick of controlling its congregation and anyone who left. Of course that backfired. One word: Anonymous.<br /><br />Anyway, back in the day the United Kook Association could say, well, what about the grassy knoll, Netvocates, Advantage Consultants, the Rendon Group, Kos kissing CIA butt, Hal Turner et al. There was a limit to what one could fire back with.<br /><br />Now all a kook needs is the ability to click on Greenwald's monetised Snowden documents on online covert action Cyber Magicians or the new one, which is frank burnsly, tough for the paid fakes and useful idiots to dismiss.<br /><br />These are the dark ages for internet truth and enlightenment. One can't even get a discussion started with these cult people, hence there became a need for the born alone, blog alone, and die alone schtick.<br /><br />The JBJabroni guy turned out to be a random kook rather than cointelpro. He's the NJ pharmacist who got trolled irl by the Tor people. Kooks do exist who may resemble Hal Turner or one of the nicer manifestations of a cointelpro agent. Yes, coincidences do happen. Extraordinary claims demand extraordinary proof. Or that's what Moulitsas said. How about just proof? Why does the proof have to be extraordinary. That's where the MIC's conspiracy stories came into play. They defined what alternative media was by flooding the net with hogwash (see Magoo, Mr.).Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-6389185442223658702015-06-28T09:37:15.062-04:002015-06-28T09:37:15.062-04:00I may have disremembered the facts surrounding the...I may have disremembered the facts surrounding the Walton lawsuit but it was for malpractice against his good friend the team doctor. However, it may not have been for botched surgeries but rather for masking his true condition and shooting him up with painkillers so he could continue on through a season, thus prematurely halting his magnificent career. Walton did endure almost a surgery per year throughout his career and I though I recall fairly recently that he did receive a malpractice settlement in the millions. However, a Google search has yet to turn that up. However, other stuff:<br /><br />http://www.apbr.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3487<br /><br />https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1926&dat=19810224&id=71srAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jtkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5220,3172778&hl=en<br /><br />https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19820605&id=F4osAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5M4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5250,730728&hl=en<br /><br />And recently Walton also had a major spine issue that kept him bedridden for a long time.<br /><br />So, maybe he is just a freak. His size and small forward basketball skills combined with all out physical play may indeed have been unique.<br /><br />Although now there are whispers that Kevin Durant has basically the same foot injury that chilled Walton's career when he was at the top of the zeitgeist.<br /><br /><br />Yes, there was the comeback title with the Celtics who are probably the second best team of the decade in the 1980s (also considering the Lakers and the Pistons, all three teams were stacked talent wise and can stake a claim for best alltime. Probably charitable to call it a draw, although the Lakers won the most titles in the era and held a 2-1 finals advantage over the Celts. Definitely the most competitive team era in herstory).<br /><br />It is impossible in all sports, especially basketball, to compare teams from different eras. The game has changed and continues to change from era to era. I rather like this current era which relies on crisp passing and spread offenses ("spacing" in the current hip cliche) instead of ball hogging point guards and dominant low post players.<br /><br />Certainly, Golden State does not contain the legendary names that these 80s teams do, or even the Jordan Bulls of the 90s. Let's just say for this year its seems with a top ten best alltime 67 wins and a decisive run through the playoffs the Warriours are probably the best team of the last several years, in close competition with the LeBron Heat and the Popavich Spurs).<br /><br />Alltime? You have to go with the Bill Russell Celtics. Hands down winners.<br /><br />Other contenders: the Frazier-Reed-DeBuschere-Monroe-Lucas Knicks of the early 70s, the Wilt-West-Goodrich-Baylor Lakers of the early 70s (33 straight regular season wins), the late 60s 76ers with Wilt, Greer, Jackson, Walker, Cunningham, (Walli) Jones.donkeytalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13567075684155583796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-61925097844321903182015-06-28T09:11:07.543-04:002015-06-28T09:11:07.543-04:00This is probably a dairy worthy topic in itself:
...This is probably a dairy worthy topic in itself:<br /><br />How much online cointelpro is there really vs. how much is coincidence and herdist thinking?<br /><br />As an example, we could now be considered part of a MSM conspiracy. Look at this timeline from yesterday:<br /><br />1."You rock, sir. What's your plan to attract minourity voting blocks aligned with Hillary? Needed to win nom"<br /><br />June 27, 2015 at 8:25 AM<br /><br />2. w.c. fritos @Prepostericity 21 hours ago<br />(ed note: approximately 11:00 AM)<br />Donkeytale asks: "You rock, sir. What's your plan to attract minourity voting blocks aligned with Hillary? Needed to win nom" @BernieSanders<br /><br />3. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/06/27/sanders-says-he-will-significantly-step-up-his-outreach-to-minority-voters/<br /><br />(ed. Note- posted 2:20 PM EST - about 18 hours ago)<br /><br />Are we connected or are we prescient.<br /><br />Let the reader decide<br /><br />donkeytalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13567075684155583796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-33462214517406202792015-06-28T03:34:36.553-04:002015-06-28T03:34:36.553-04:00The Brooklyn Nets are the gift that keeps on givin...The Brooklyn Nets are the gift that keeps on giving.<br /><br />http://deadspin.com/we-need-to-talk-about-that-dumb-trade-the-brooklyn-nets-1714229372<br /><br />Portland gets Plumlee as insurance for Robin Lopez.<br /><br />The rumour of Lopez, Love, and Pierce to Boston makes so much sense.<br /><br />Except for Pierce, it would be a very young team with stars and still tons of assets.<br /><br />Ainge is a genius. To even get this close. You know what it is? It's that Billy King clown from Brooklyn. I wonder why the league even let Boston-Brooklyn make that trade. There must be a clause forbidding totally lopsided trades.<br /><br />Pierce was cooked. I saw it. Jason Terry was/is not good. He was. He's a Rondo. Might as well start watching Norman Lear reruns while we're at it. KG still was okay. He definitely fell apart in Brooklyn. Nonetheless, he was always on a time limit, usually capped at 30 minutes a game. We got James Young for the first pick. Now we have their pick three straight years. It was a total bamboozle.<br /><br />The only penalty was Gerald Wallace's contract. Ironically, that Wallace debt anchor with only one year left has become or will eventually be a potential asset.<br /><br />And I think I'm finally done with Twitter. I busted a paid troll tonight, totally exposed them. It's on the timeline. It was bizarre. And considering the kind of stuff I post, I believe we can assume it was the proverbial paid fake.Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-63007158227610995102015-06-27T22:27:01.840-04:002015-06-27T22:27:01.840-04:00I agree Bill Walton should be considered the great...I agree Bill Walton should be considered the greatest or one of the top five centers of all time. I am reading the article. I had thought Walton had the tall man foot problem, like Yao Ming, Oden, and Ilgauskus had it. Embiid has it.<br /><br />Malpractice ruined Bill Walton's career?<br /><br />He had just enough left in the tank to be a force in the rotation for perhaps Boston's and the NBA's greatest team of all time.<br /><br />McHale's career was also cut short from that macho ball. It seems Walton could have sued Portland and ended up owning the team himself, but that his friends were the ones to blame, so he just demanded a trade.<br /><br />That's according to the article, imho.<br /><br />I was also surprised to learn Portland was so backwards about his long hair and groovy ideas. Kelly Olynyk gets a lot of comments about his hair. People making those comments are full of it and probably on one of the lowest tiers for consciousness. You're going to make fun of a guy for having a preference to let it grow? What kind of conformist pig thinks such thoughts?Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-63901979035552862542015-06-27T21:02:37.753-04:002015-06-27T21:02:37.753-04:00http://www.si.com/vault/1978/08/21/822902/off-on-a...http://www.si.com/vault/1978/08/21/822902/off-on-a-wronged-foot-bill-walton-quit-the-blazers-after-a-dispute-over-team-medical-policy-and-headed-for-golden-state<br /><br />donkeytalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13567075684155583796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-61132520799207345832015-06-27T20:41:01.624-04:002015-06-27T20:41:01.624-04:00Russell was the best alltime. If his gazillion NBA...Russell was the best alltime. If his gazillion NBA rings isn't convincing enough his 2 NCAA titles with the traditional powerhouse U of San Francisco (wtf?) does it for me.<br /><br />His quick outlet pass springing the fast break off the defensive rebound was a thing of beauty. He is also a great man and character.<br /><br />Walton comes in as No 2 alltime center for both his college career and his great skill also at triggering the break, His passing in general was purely great and his offense beter than Russell. Lack of longevity hurts his cause along with overrating Wilt and Jabbar. <br /><br />Like Hogan and Koufax, there can be no disputing the short burst of phenominalit of the short season and 3/4 he played in Portland before the injury.<br /><br />Champs as huge underdogs the one year and then coasting along at 50-10 the next year when he fractures the foot, subsequebtly has a botched surgery and the foot never healed right which wasn't talked about as medical malpractice but as "white men are too fragile".<br /><br />Shame.donkeytalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13567075684155583796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-58078737182277639292015-06-27T20:13:07.766-04:002015-06-27T20:13:07.766-04:00I'll clarify my position on Ainge. He was bril...I'll clarify my position on Ainge. He was brilliant for 2008 winning the title. You can't put together a more cupcake styled title winner. Doc was good for the karma, but many believe it was Thibodeau's defensive prowess that got it done. And just look at that roster. It would have cleaned the floor with Golden State. Bet. On. It.<br /><br />The league is mediocre in a historic comparison, imho.<br /><br />We can't really blame expansion because that happened many years ago it seems. It has to be the draft/college system. I agree. And the contracts are now shorter. LeBron is now playing head games with the Cleveland owner/GM. Do they even have a GM? We know Blatt because you can see him on the sidelines.<br /><br />LeBron is out of control!<br /><br />There are definitely a lot of free agent bigs on the free market. Some teams are stacked at center and need guards, the opposite of the Celtics.<br /><br />I do agree those picks are overrated. But give it a half year. What if Brooklyn ends up one of the worst teams? It's possible.<br /><br />Danny is definitely overrated by some. Few teams have won a title though, so it's like winning a Major and you get an exemption no matter what for years to come.<br /><br />Danny did wait too long to break up the Big Three party. He was also incompetent at keeping the thing together the way San Antonio did around their aging core.<br /><br />Though if Shaq could have held up one more season, that was going to be a title.<br /><br />Danny is a homerun hitter. Hinkie is a pussy. Danny may strike out a lot, but he got a lot of taters and ribbies. Now he is being pitched around by the opposition. They'd rather give him a free base than throw some Kentucky juice over the plate. <br /><br />Danny waited too long, but he got bailed out by Brooklyn.<br /><br />I think he's going to pick up a couple free agents which will shut everyone up and make hysterical panties in a bunch Celtics blowhard fans wet themselves. <br /><br />I like the way we discuss it and I had another friend we talked like this. It's too early in the process. These other people are obsessed and never stop whining. <br /><br />Say the C's are better than everyone else says and on a trajectory ceiling of 50 win credibility? I'd take that. Kudos to GS for winning 66 or 67 games and other teams who do that. I also remember Howard on Orlando never winning anything despite being near that level, nor Cleveland with LeBron part one.<br /><br />There are a lot people running around like chickens with their heads chopped off trying to be prescient, like their lame posts will be vindication gold to be used during later posting frenzies at some future date.<br /><br />This is the first time the Celtics have ever had this kind of cap space to compete for free agents. All the C's need is one to instantly be near Atlanta and Cleveland.<br /><br />These people I lurk at the CelticsBlog forum are so cynical, from thinking we are in no man's land to complaining about the lack of tanking, to praising Philadelphia.<br /><br />It gets so lame I am at the breaking point and may stop visiting to read that gigatic depository of verbal diarrhea. I'm done. I'd rather get back to a monster jigsaw puzzle than to read any more of these emotional, lizard breath posts concerning basically a game. They need to get a life. Maybe I do too, but I'm referring to them.<br />Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-5758544953455943552015-06-27T19:39:14.528-04:002015-06-27T19:39:14.528-04:00a godfather package is what they call it. a godfather package is what they call it. Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-32204428342654379952015-06-27T19:38:42.385-04:002015-06-27T19:38:42.385-04:00I didn't see you posted. I'll read that, t...I didn't see you posted. I'll read that, thanks.Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111653955715349434.post-1991539123144004642015-06-27T19:38:16.940-04:002015-06-27T19:38:16.940-04:00Brad Stevens says there are four positions he thin...Brad Stevens says there are four positions he thinks about:<br /><br />"I look at ball-handlers, wings, swings and bigs."<br /><br />Basically you need one guy on the roster just in case who is a truly big big. If you don't have one, you can still win. Bogut was still needed to get by Houston?<br /><br />I've seen Russell on video. He was not only a genius at blocking, but also with keeping it in play.<br /><br />Add D. Howard's lack of much growth as a Russell force at shot blocking to go with his lousy free throws. Jordan can also hit jumpers. I think McHale had very long arms too. This guy is athletic like Bill Russell. He may be the consensus steal.<br /><br />I admit the #16 Rozier pick was a big risk by Danny considering he is redundant and not a good shooter. You can only have so many Tony Allens in the rotation.<br /><br />The last pick Marcus Thornton wasn't even rated to be drafted. I think around 85 he was predicted. Rozier at 25-30.<br /><br />The second pick from the Doc coach move seems like another Gigi Datome type of selection. Not the fastest, but crafty and can shoot.<br /><br />These things are crap shoots. Marcus Smart is greatest at defense, the best one in the league pound for pound. But then there are the other parts of the game he can't suck at. We have this guy James Young, very young to go with his name. He can shoot lights out. His basement to ceiling is literally out of the league in one year to hall of fame. There's no way to tell.<br /><br />There is turmoil in Sacramento and New York. The Lakers seemed to make a crazy selection too for the #2 pick. But I admit I'm provincial and some of my stuff will require a grain of salt. Like saying Jordan can play center. He can if the other team doesn't have much for that position, the traditional big big.<br /><br />This has to mean Bass is gone. We have Olynyk and Sully. Jerebko must be gone. But this is where speculation is pointless, like with all the hype with the draft. Actions speak louder than conjecture.<br /><br />Trades and free agency is next. It is unpredictable. The only thing one can predict is that if nothing happens, certain guys are gone based on being free agents or not having guaranteed contracts.<br /><br />People are flipping it out and it is so pointless. Oh, and Michael Jordan is under the gun for reportedly turning down a Celtics Godfather pick for their #9 pick. All this stuff will be very fascinating..... at some point in the unknown future.Tokyo Shemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764134901412321022noreply@blogger.com