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Braineack 09-04-2018 08:33 AM

Nike is out of its mind.





https://www.louderwithcrowder.com/wp...M-856x1024.png





whoops:

https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/defa...04_5-14-46.jpg

$3 million loss on Friday.

Braineack 09-04-2018 08:42 AM

like this guy:


NEW YORK (AP) — The late Aretha Franklin’s family said Monday that it found an Atlanta pastor’s eulogy delivered at the Queen of Soul’s funeral last week to be offensive and distasteful.

The eulogist, the Rev. Jasper Williams Jr., was criticized for a political address that described children being in a home without a father as “abortion after birth” and said black lives do not matter unless blacks stop killing each other. Franklin’s funeral was on Friday.

https://apnews.com/2a382030f1964300a...-was-offensive

Braineack 09-04-2018 08:48 AM

isn't it ironic that the city that most epitomizes the left: San Francisco, is a horrible city with not only "horrible" income disparity, but a "a bleak showcase for the mentally ill and economically displaced"?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...=.57eb5ee8554d


it's also not a coincidence.

Braineack 09-04-2018 09:06 AM

not sure you understand what "right-wing" means:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mel-gi...a=twitter_page


VENICE, Italy—Two years ago, the Venice Film Festival hosted the world premiere of Hacksaw Ridge, a World War II drama directed by Mel Gibson. The film marked Gibson’s first turn behind the camera in a decade, since he’d drunkenly slurred “the Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world,” pleaded guilty to battering his then-partner Oksana Grigorieva, and was caught on audio saying she was “asking” to be “raped by a pack of n****rs.” Despite never demonstrating much in the way of genuine contrition, he was treated to a prolonged standing ovation on the Lido—the opening salvo of a “comeback tour” replete with rave reviews, a $175 million box office gross, and six Academy Award nominations. This fuck you attitude, coupled with a rich history of racism, misogyny and homophobia, has elevated Gibson to folk-hero status among the far-right. He is their Oprah.

And they’re going to be very happy with his new film.

....


meanwhile:

https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...ea&oe=5C24BE58

Braineack 09-04-2018 09:09 AM

Love the rich!!!!!

https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...23&oe=5C2A65D7

sixshooter 09-04-2018 09:29 AM

Mel Gibson is an idiot and doesn't mean anything to anybody. Conservatives see him as another Hollywood moron.

This movie sounds like another "hate the cops because they are all racist" story from Hollywood. They have stereotypes about the military, Southerners, and rural dwellers as well.

What was the movie where Kevin Spacey was a pedophile who was fantasizing about his daughter's best friend and there was a hard-nosed right-wing crew cut next door neighbor who was repressing homosexual desires? It was called American something. I remember audible groans and people getting up an leaving when the hard-nosed anti-gay neighbor tried to kiss Kevin Spacey.
Stupid Hollywood.

Braineack 09-04-2018 11:29 AM

https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...7a&oe=5C3B09D8

bahurd 09-04-2018 12:05 PM


Originally Posted by sixshooter (Post 1499962)
Mel Gibson is an idiot and doesn't mean anything to anybody. Conservatives see him as another Hollywood moron.

This movie sounds like another "hate the cops because they are all racist" story from Hollywood. They have stereotypes about the military, Southerners, and rural dwellers as well.

What was the movie where Kevin Spacey was a pedophile who was fantasizing about his daughter's best friend and there was a hard-nosed right-wing crew cut next door neighbor who was repressing homosexual desires? It was called American something. I remember audible groans and people getting up an leaving when the hard-nosed anti-gay neighbor tried to kiss Kevin Spacey.
Stupid Hollywood.

American Beauty


As I recall, it was fairly controversial movie at the time (probably what helped with the Oscars). FWIW I always thought Annette Bening was hot . Follow-on reviews years later were pretty meh :dunno:

Braineack 09-04-2018 12:23 PM

it's just another lefitst movie trying to normalize child-rape -- and of course Spacey was part of it. he probably wrote the script himself to star in it. He probably had a lot to do with making Underwood gay too.

bahurd 09-04-2018 01:12 PM


Originally Posted by Braineack
it's just another lefitst movie trying to normalize child-rape -- and of course Spacey was part of it. he probably wrote the script himself to star in it. He probably had a lot to do with making Underwood gay too.

I'm guessing he made a lot of money from it. American business at it's best.

Braineack 09-04-2018 03:45 PM

https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...9d&oe=5C266318



https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...7b&oe=5BF9DC66

https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...29&oe=5BF1A0F6

Braineack 09-05-2018 09:11 AM

Trump is such a fascist:



As much as I disagree with the Colin Kaepernick endorsement, in another way — I mean, I wouldn’t have done it. In another way, it is what this country is all about, that you have certain freedoms to do things that other people think you shouldn’t do, but I personally am on a different side of it.

Joe Perez 09-05-2018 05:21 PM

Brainey, you keep assuming (I assume) that the rest of us spend as much time as you do keeping up on which celebrity did what, and which corporation signed them onto an ad contract.

I had to go to Google to figure out what your last few posts were about.

Serious: please provide context with these random meme posts. Not everyone is as anti-enraged as you are about a shoe company.

I mean this seriously, some of us have lives / work during the hours when our employers are paying us to work. Not everyone is a government employee and/or married to a person who I have to assume is the most understanding, forgiving, tolerant human on earth.

triple88a 09-05-2018 06:39 PM

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ryansmoneypit 09-06-2018 08:59 AM

over the last few months, I continue to be amazed at teh pure mass of internet articles you, Brain, are able to provide. I dont have enough time to read all this stuff, let alone dig it all up. Often a comment spurs 3 or 4 massive articles on vastly different subjects. Like you have an arsenal of stories cashed with some amazing algorithm to automatically respond to a wide assortment of topic. usually responding within minutes. Im not saying its bad, Im just not sure you are actually a human. Bot with highly advanced AI being tuned since 2005? halp me understand.

Erat 09-06-2018 09:11 AM

Reddit. Maybe a couple other sites .

It's just copypasta.

Rafa 09-06-2018 12:09 PM


Originally Posted by ryansmoneypit (Post 1500309)
over the last few months, I continue to be amazed at teh pure mass of internet articles you, Brain, are able to provide. I dont have enough time to read all this stuff, let alone dig it all up. Often a comment spurs 3 or 4 massive articles on vastly different subjects. Like you have an arsenal of stories cashed with some amazing algorithm to automatically respond to a wide assortment of topic. usually responding within minutes. Im not saying its bad, Im just not sure you are actually a human. Bot with highly advanced AI being tuned since 2005? halp me understand.

hahaha!

I'm enjoying this thread

Braineack 09-06-2018 03:35 PM


Originally Posted by Joe Perez (Post 1500224)
Brainey, you keep assuming (I assume) that the rest of us spend as much time as you do keeping up on which celebrity did what, and which corporation signed them onto an ad contract.

I had to go to Google to figure out what your last few posts were about.

Serious: please provide context with these random meme posts. Not everyone is as anti-enraged as you are about a shoe company.

I mean this seriously, some of us have lives / work during the hours when our employers are paying us to work. Not everyone is a government employee and/or married to a person who I have to assume is the most understanding, forgiving, tolerant human on earth.


Cliffs: Nike created a shitty ad with a has-been, racist, american-hating, NFL player talking about sacrificing it all in the same of something.

https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...2a&oe=5C27D52A

Braineack 09-06-2018 03:36 PM


Originally Posted by ryansmoneypit (Post 1500309)
over the last few months, I continue to be amazed at teh pure mass of internet articles you, Brain, are able to provide. I dont have enough time to read all this stuff, let alone dig it all up. Often a comment spurs 3 or 4 massive articles on vastly different subjects. Like you have an arsenal of stories cashed with some amazing algorithm to automatically respond to a wide assortment of topic. usually responding within minutes. Im not saying its bad, Im just not sure you are actually a human. Bot with highly advanced AI being tuned since 2005? halp me understand.


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z31maniac 09-06-2018 03:55 PM

The stock has already recovered 50% of the loss and is still at more than $80 per share, this time last year, $52. It's estimated they received something like $50+ million in free exposure the last few days.

Whew, they are hurting.

I'm sure they will be filing for bankruptcy soon.


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