Sure glad to see you back DM. This forum badly needs an infusion of common sense, gumption and sagacity! Hope you are well!
Watching the sky fall seems to be a popular pastime, not sure why!
Everyone is bending the knee to piss off Trump
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Sure glad to see you back DM. This forum badly needs an infusion of common sense, gumption and sagacity! Hope you are well!
Watching the sky fall seems to be a popular pastime, not sure why!
re enacted is not staged
unless you are just trying to be a jerk
staged
adjective
1.
adapted for or produced on the stage.
2.
contrived for a desired impression:
It was a staged, rather than spontaneous, demonstration of affection.
Staged | Define Staged at Dictionary.com
reenact
transitive verb
1:to enact (something, such as a law) again
2 :to act or perform again
3 :to repeat the actions of (an earlier event or incident)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reenact
But let us refer to the experts so we can see again how much of an expert on this subject you are just pretending to be...and are actually, as usual, not
You have no shame buddy...none at all.
How lie barrel can you get.
She just did..and just before you too.
...and jeepers! You missed it.
Must have been writing when you should have been reading.
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Trump visit tarnishes Crosby’s crown in usually admiring hometown
THE CANADIAN PRESS
First posted: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 06:29 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 09:15 PM EDT
HALIFAX — A year after Halifax decided to consider naming a street after Sidney Crosby, the hockey superstar suddenly finds himself embroiled in an ugly political mess that has some residents openly musing about rescinding the offer.
It’s no secret the Pittsburgh Penguins captain has faced widespread criticism on social media for his decision to support the team’s upcoming visit to the White House, but disapproval has also percolated to the surface in his hometown, where Crosby is typically accorded god-like status.
Soon after the Penguins accepted President Donald Trump’s invitation to bring the Stanley Cup to Washington, D.C. — Crosby called it “a great honour for us to be invited there” — some Haligonians were calling on him to reject the offer.
They asked Crosby to show unity with NFL players and others protesting Trump for criticizing the league’s players for refusing to stand during the national anthem.
One of Halifax’s most outspoken social activists, El Jones, weighed in with a 900-word opinion piece that took the NHL star to task for failing to fall into line with other athletes.
Jones, Halifax’s former poet laureate, noted that Crosby said there was “little to no discussion” in the locker room about the decision to visit the White House.
“That players in the overwhelmingly white NHL ... were able to have ’no discussion’ about this issue while black athletes in other leagues faced the president’s harshest language says a great deal about white privilege,” Jones wrote for Vice News.
“Crosby’s choice not to side with black athletes should not be seen as representing the absence of racism in Canada. It is instead the exact face of ’polite’ Canadian racism ... This is what racism looks like in Canada, where everything is so comfortable (for white people) and nobody can understand why those protesters have to be so rude about it.”
Jones suggested Crosby is no stranger to racism because the suburb in which he grew up, Cole Harbour, had race riots at the local high school in the 1990s and again in 2008.
In the Halifax Chronicle Herald, Atlantic Canada’s largest-circulation newspaper, an editorial cartoon on Monday depicted Crosby meeting Trump in the Oval Office, with the hockey player saying, “I’m Sid the Kid,’ and Trump replying, ”I’m Donald the Baby.“
The newspaper also carried an opinion piece from two local professors who offered six reasons for Crosby to stay home. The No. 1 reason? “You have already been there.”
The fifth reason was more pointed: “Remember your roots. You are from Cole Harbour, the flashpoint of black and white race relations in Canada for the past 30 years. The parallels between your hometown and the U.S. today are too obvious to ignore.”
A column in the city’s alternative weekly, The Coast, compared Crosby to a notably apolitical singer: “The Taylor Swift of hockey has no problem joining his Stanley Cup-winning teammates in Washington.”
On Twitter, there appeared to be little support for Crosby’s position — even in tweets sent from the Halifax area, where regional council unanimously voted last year to consider renaming a suburban street after Crosby.
“Thank you Sidney Crosby for the helpful reminder of why it’s a bad idea to name streets and buildings for people prematurely,” said one resident. Another followed up with: “Find it difficult to support naming a street after Sidney Crosby after his decision to visit Trump.”
And then there was this: “Sidney Crosby is a bum just like Trump if he goes to the White House.... better stay there too.”
Crosby still has plenty of supporters online and elsewhere in Nova Scotia, though.
“I think Sidney should do what he feels is best for him and the team,” said one tweet. “Our opinions shouldn’t matter.”
The Penguins visited the White House in 2009 and 2016 after winning the Stanley Cup.
One Twitter scribe suggested the practice should have nothing to do with who is in power: “It’s about the tradition and the landmark, not the idiot that is the occupant.”
On Facebook, Halifax resident Laura Patterson said Crosby can’t avoid politics.
“The Penguins don’t exist outside of current events, and the decision to visit or not visit the White House is politicized either way. The Penguins made the wrong choice ... The Penguins and Sidney Crosby are left standing on the wrong side of history ... I hope he reconsiders. Either way, he’ll be making a stand.”
Halifax-based classic rock radio station Q104 asked Twitter users the following question: “Should Sidney Crosby go to the White House?” The unscientific poll attracted 479 responses with 61 per cent saying no.
http://vice.com/en_ca/article/kz734y/sidney-crosby-should-have-done-better
Trump visit tarnishes Crosby
THE CANADIAN PRESS
First posted: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 06:29 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 09:15 PM EDT
HALIFAX — A year after Halifax decided to consider naming a street after Sidney Crosby, the hockey superstar suddenly finds himself embroiled in an ugly political mess that has some residents openly musing about rescinding the offer.
It’s no secret the Pittsburgh Penguins captain has faced widespread criticism on social media for his decision to support the team’s upcoming visit to the White House, but disapproval has also percolated to the surface in his hometown, where Crosby is typically accorded god-like status.
Soon after the Penguins accepted President Donald Trump’s invitation to bring the Stanley Cup to Washington, D.C. — Crosby called it “a great honour for us to be invited there” — some Haligonians were calling on him to reject the offer.
They asked Crosby to show unity with NFL players and others protesting Trump for criticizing the league’s players for refusing to stand during the national anthem.
One of Halifax’s most outspoken social activists, El Jones, weighed in with a 900-word opinion piece that took the NHL star to task for failing to fall into line with other athletes.
Jones, Halifax’s former poet laureate, noted that Crosby said there was “little to no discussion” in the locker room about the decision to visit the White House.
“That players in the overwhelmingly white NHL ... were able to have ’no discussion’ about this issue while black athletes in other leagues faced the president’s harshest language says a great deal about white privilege,” Jones wrote for Vice News.
“Crosby’s choice not to side with black athletes should not be seen as representing the absence of racism in Canada. It is instead the exact face of ’polite’ Canadian racism ... This is what racism looks like in Canada, where everything is so comfortable (for white people) and nobody can understand why those protesters have to be so rude about it.”
Jones suggested Crosby is no stranger to racism because the suburb in which he grew up, Cole Harbour, had race riots at the local high school in the 1990s and again in 2008.
In the Halifax Chronicle Herald, Atlantic Canada’s largest-circulation newspaper, an editorial cartoon on Monday depicted Crosby meeting Trump in the Oval Office, with the hockey player saying, “I’m Sid the Kid,’ and Trump replying, ”I’m Donald the Baby.“
The newspaper also carried an opinion piece from two local professors who offered six reasons for Crosby to stay home. The No. 1 reason? “You have already been there.”
The fifth reason was more pointed: “Remember your roots. You are from Cole Harbour, the flashpoint of black and white race relations in Canada for the past 30 years. The parallels between your hometown and the U.S. today are too obvious to ignore.”
A column in the city’s alternative weekly, The Coast, compared Crosby to a notably apolitical singer: “The Taylor Swift of hockey has no problem joining his Stanley Cup-winning teammates in Washington.”
On Twitter, there appeared to be little support for Crosby’s position — even in tweets sent from the Halifax area, where regional council unanimously voted last year to consider renaming a suburban street after Crosby.
“Thank you Sidney Crosby for the helpful reminder of why it’s a bad idea to name streets and buildings for people prematurely,” said one resident. Another followed up with: “Find it difficult to support naming a street after Sidney Crosby after his decision to visit Trump.”
And then there was this: “Sidney Crosby is a bum just like Trump if he goes to the White House.... better stay there too.”
Crosby still has plenty of supporters online and elsewhere in Nova Scotia, though.
“I think Sidney should do what he feels is best for him and the team,” said one tweet. “Our opinions shouldn’t matter.”
The Penguins visited the White House in 2009 and 2016 after winning the Stanley Cup.
One Twitter scribe suggested the practice should have nothing to do with who is in power: “It’s about the tradition and the landmark, not the idiot that is the occupant.”
On Facebook, Halifax resident Laura Patterson said Crosby can’t avoid politics.
“The Penguins don’t exist outside of current events, and the decision to visit or not visit the White House is politicized either way. The Penguins made the wrong choice ... The Penguins and Sidney Crosby are left standing on the wrong side of history ... I hope he reconsiders. Either way, he’ll be making a stand.”
Halifax-based classic rock radio station Q104 asked Twitter users the following question: “Should Sidney Crosby go to the White House?” The unscientific poll attracted 479 responses with 61 per cent saying no.
http://vice.com/en_ca/article/kz734y/sidney-crosby-should-have-done-better
Trump visit tarnishes Crosby
Fire chief that called Steelers coach Mike Tomlin the N-word resigns
Kristine Phillips, Washington Post
First posted: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 11:04 AM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 11:27 AM EDT
A fire chief in Pennsylvania has resigned after attracting controversy for using a racial slur while lashing out at Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin on social media.
Paul Smith resigned Tuesday as chief of a volunteer fire department in the Pittsburgh suburbs, Cecil Township Manager Donald Gennuso told The Washington Post.
Smith had lashed out at Tomlin, one of the NFL's seven black head coaches, after the Steelers did not take the field during the national anthem before Sunday's game against the Chicago Bears.
"Tomlin just added himself to the list of no good N-----," Smith wrote in a Facebook comment, according to WTAE. "Yes I said it"
Smith blamed the media for the backlash and said his family, fire department and the township were dragged into the controversy, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.
"I regret what I said deeply and I am not the racist the media portrays me as," he said in a statement to the Post-Gazette, which reported that Smith is on vacation abroad. "What I said was wrong and posted in anger."
Smith did not return a call from The Post.
But before submitting his resignation, he criticized his own actions in a statement to WTAE, saying: "I am embarrassed at this. I want to apologize. I was frustrated and angry at the Steelers not standing for the Anthem. My FD had absolutely nothing to do with this. I am deeply regretful at what I posted."
Officials in Cecil Township had condemned Smith's marks. Gennuso told The Post on Tuesday, before Smith resigned, that he should be removed from his unpaid position.
"There needs to be a zero-tolerance policy," Gennuso said.
The Cecil Township Board of Supervisors also said in a statement that it was "deeply disturbed" by Smith's comments, according to CBS Pittsburgh.
Smith's resignation was effective Tuesday, township officials said.
All of the Steelers - except for offensive tackle Alejandro Villanueva - skipped the national anthem Sunday after President Donald Trump derided players who take a knee during the song.
That mode of silent protest was popularized in the NFL by quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who regularly knelt last season to protest police brutality against African Americans.
"Wouldn't you love to see these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say: 'Get that son of a b---- off the field right now, out. He's fired. He's fired!'" Trump told a crowd at a rally in Huntsville, Alabama, on Friday. "You know, some owner is going to do that. He's going to say, 'That guy that disrespects our flag, he's fired.' And that owner, they don't know it [but] they'll be the most popular person in this country."
Kaepernick, who played for the San Francisco 49ers last year, is not on an NFL roster this season.
Trump doubled down on his attacks over the weekend, calling on team owners to fire or suspend players who protest, encouraging fans to boycott games, and claiming that NFL attendance and ratings are "WAY DOWN."
In an act of mass defiance, dozens of players and numerous team owners, coaches and executives either took a knee or linked arms when the national anthem was played before Sunday's games.
The Steelers decided as a team to stay in the Soldier Field locker room during the national anthem, an action Tomlin announced before the game.
"We're chasing something special in 2017, and we're not going to play politics," Tomlin said Sunday. "We're football players. We're football coaches. We're not participating in the anthem today. Not to be disrespectful to the anthem, but to remove ourselves from the circumstance."
He added: "People shouldn't have to choose. If a guy wants to go about his normal business and participate in the anthem, he shouldn't have to be forced to choose sides. If a guy feels the need to do something, he shouldn't be separated from his teammate who chooses not to. So we're not participating today. That's our decision. We're going to be 100 percent. We came here to play a football game. That's our intent."
Villanueva, a former Army ranger who served three tours in Afghanistan, said he felt "embarrassed" for being the lone player standing by the stadium's tunnel with his hand over his chest.
"Unfortunately I threw my teammates under the bus, unintentionally," he said at a news conference, according to CBS Pittsburgh. "Every single time I see that picture of me standing by myself, I feel embarrassed."
The Steelers have not commented on Smith's social-media rant about Tomlin, but owner Art Rooney defended the team's decision to remain in the locker room.
"The intentions of Steelers players were to stay out of the business of making political statements by not taking the field," Rooney said in a statement Tuesday. "Unfortunately, that was interpreted as a boycott of the anthem - which was never our players' intention."
Rooney also defended Villanueva, saying the players have "tremendous respect" for those who served in the military.
Fire chief that called Steelers coach Mike Tomlin the N-word resigns | World | N
Kristine Phillips, Washington Post
First posted: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 11:04 AM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 11:27 AM EDT
A fire chief in Pennsylvania has resigned after attracting controversy for using a racial slur while lashing out at Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin on social media.
Paul Smith resigned Tuesday as chief of a volunteer fire department in the Pittsburgh suburbs, Cecil Township Manager Donald Gennuso told The Washington Post.
Smith had lashed out at Tomlin, one of the NFL's seven black head coaches, after the Steelers did not take the field during the national anthem before Sunday's game against the Chicago Bears.
"Tomlin just added himself to the list of no good N-----," Smith wrote in a Facebook comment, according to WTAE. "Yes I said it"
Smith blamed the media for the backlash and said his family, fire department and the township were dragged into the controversy, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.
"I regret what I said deeply and I am not the racist the media portrays me as," he said in a statement to the Post-Gazette, which reported that Smith is on vacation abroad. "What I said was wrong and posted in anger."
Smith did not return a call from The Post.
But before submitting his resignation, he criticized his own actions in a statement to WTAE, saying: "I am embarrassed at this. I want to apologize. I was frustrated and angry at the Steelers not standing for the Anthem. My FD had absolutely nothing to do with this. I am deeply regretful at what I posted."
Officials in Cecil Township had condemned Smith's marks. Gennuso told The Post on Tuesday, before Smith resigned, that he should be removed from his unpaid position.
"There needs to be a zero-tolerance policy," Gennuso said.
The Cecil Township Board of Supervisors also said in a statement that it was "deeply disturbed" by Smith's comments, according to CBS Pittsburgh.
Smith's resignation was effective Tuesday, township officials said.
All of the Steelers - except for offensive tackle Alejandro Villanueva - skipped the national anthem Sunday after President Donald Trump derided players who take a knee during the song.
That mode of silent protest was popularized in the NFL by quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who regularly knelt last season to protest police brutality against African Americans.
"Wouldn't you love to see these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say: 'Get that son of a b---- off the field right now, out. He's fired. He's fired!'" Trump told a crowd at a rally in Huntsville, Alabama, on Friday. "You know, some owner is going to do that. He's going to say, 'That guy that disrespects our flag, he's fired.' And that owner, they don't know it [but] they'll be the most popular person in this country."
Kaepernick, who played for the San Francisco 49ers last year, is not on an NFL roster this season.
Trump doubled down on his attacks over the weekend, calling on team owners to fire or suspend players who protest, encouraging fans to boycott games, and claiming that NFL attendance and ratings are "WAY DOWN."
In an act of mass defiance, dozens of players and numerous team owners, coaches and executives either took a knee or linked arms when the national anthem was played before Sunday's games.
The Steelers decided as a team to stay in the Soldier Field locker room during the national anthem, an action Tomlin announced before the game.
"We're chasing something special in 2017, and we're not going to play politics," Tomlin said Sunday. "We're football players. We're football coaches. We're not participating in the anthem today. Not to be disrespectful to the anthem, but to remove ourselves from the circumstance."
He added: "People shouldn't have to choose. If a guy wants to go about his normal business and participate in the anthem, he shouldn't have to be forced to choose sides. If a guy feels the need to do something, he shouldn't be separated from his teammate who chooses not to. So we're not participating today. That's our decision. We're going to be 100 percent. We came here to play a football game. That's our intent."
Villanueva, a former Army ranger who served three tours in Afghanistan, said he felt "embarrassed" for being the lone player standing by the stadium's tunnel with his hand over his chest.
"Unfortunately I threw my teammates under the bus, unintentionally," he said at a news conference, according to CBS Pittsburgh. "Every single time I see that picture of me standing by myself, I feel embarrassed."
The Steelers have not commented on Smith's social-media rant about Tomlin, but owner Art Rooney defended the team's decision to remain in the locker room.
"The intentions of Steelers players were to stay out of the business of making political statements by not taking the field," Rooney said in a statement Tuesday. "Unfortunately, that was interpreted as a boycott of the anthem - which was never our players' intention."
Rooney also defended Villanueva, saying the players have "tremendous respect" for those who served in the military.
Fire chief that called Steelers coach Mike Tomlin the N-word resigns | World | N
No I simply realized after my post that I had erred and was expecting to be pillaried for it < and it appears I was wrong .What, did I miss the geographic nazi back there?
Funny, how they out ranks a spell nazi
Black hockey player PK Subban said he would not kneel.
P.K. Subban says he'll 'never kneel' during U.S. anthem - NHL on CBC Sports - Hockey news, opinion, scores, stats, standings
Star Nashville Predators defenceman P.K. Subban says he will not join athletes who kneel or otherwise protest during the U.S. national anthem.
Yahoo Sports first reported Subban's comments, which were confirmed by the team in an email to The Canadian Press.
According to the Yahoo report, Subban said during a benefit at a comedy club in Nashville, Tenn., that he would "never" kneel for "The Star-Spangled Banner" because he has too much respect for the American flag. Subban's comments were sent to Yahoo by witnesses.
Joel Ward says he might take a knee
As athletes protest, Crosby and NHL strike an off-key chord
Subban, who is originally from Toronto, is considered one of the NHL's most prominent and popular stars and is a black player in a predominantly white league.
Protesting during the U.S. anthem before NFL games has become a divisive issue in the United States. The movement started last year with then-San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick refusing to stand for the pre-game anthem to protest police brutality and racial inequality in the U.S.
The movement gained momentum among athletes last week when President Donald Trump tore into protesting NFL players, calling them "sons of bitches" who should be fired. Over 200 players protested in various ways during the anthem before last week's NFL games.
The NHL has been left out of Trump's fiery rhetoric that has engulfed the NFL and NBA. On Sunday, the Stanley Cup-champion Pittsburgh Penguins announced that they had accepted an invitation to visit the White House hours after Trump rescinded a invitation to NBA-champion Golden State. The Warriors were uninvited after star guard Stephen Curry said he wouldn't attend.
P.K. Subban says he'll 'never kneel' during U.S. anthem - NHL on CBC Sports - Hockey news, opinion, scores, stats, standings
Star Nashville Predators defenceman P.K. Subban says he will not join athletes who kneel or otherwise protest during the U.S. national anthem.
Yahoo Sports first reported Subban's comments, which were confirmed by the team in an email to The Canadian Press.
According to the Yahoo report, Subban said during a benefit at a comedy club in Nashville, Tenn., that he would "never" kneel for "The Star-Spangled Banner" because he has too much respect for the American flag. Subban's comments were sent to Yahoo by witnesses.
Joel Ward says he might take a knee
As athletes protest, Crosby and NHL strike an off-key chord
Subban, who is originally from Toronto, is considered one of the NHL's most prominent and popular stars and is a black player in a predominantly white league.
Protesting during the U.S. anthem before NFL games has become a divisive issue in the United States. The movement started last year with then-San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick refusing to stand for the pre-game anthem to protest police brutality and racial inequality in the U.S.
The movement gained momentum among athletes last week when President Donald Trump tore into protesting NFL players, calling them "sons of bitches" who should be fired. Over 200 players protested in various ways during the anthem before last week's NFL games.
The NHL has been left out of Trump's fiery rhetoric that has engulfed the NFL and NBA. On Sunday, the Stanley Cup-champion Pittsburgh Penguins announced that they had accepted an invitation to visit the White House hours after Trump rescinded a invitation to NBA-champion Golden State. The Warriors were uninvited after star guard Stephen Curry said he wouldn't attend.
I agree Canada should stay out of it, but it's the Blacks showing solidarity for the Blacks down south.
We have many US Blacks in our CFL (football) teams, and they want to show solidarity and I think to expand the movement as well
They're Americans, it is their business. Though I would think long and hard before doing it in a CFL uniform, if it was me, and probably decide not to, just because I think it's inappropriate to bring U.S. problems into a Canadian uniform in a Canadian game in Canada.
Coming to Canada to play for 6 months is a nice break. There are plenty of American black pkayers who stay permanently because they have better lives.
What's funny is that, since he was traded to Nashville, he sings along with the US anthem when it's played.
Oh, this is happening in the CFL now, they did it last weekend at the Sask. Game.
Taking a knee and Trump: the new era of total protest
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/25/taking-a-knee-donald-trump-new-era-total-protest-nfl
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/25/taking-a-knee-donald-trump-new-era-total-protest-nfl
They linked arms, didn't take a knee.
Typical right-wing racist propaganda. Not one bit different from mentalfloss trying to call all conservatives Nazis.
You're stupid, but you're a liar.