ScottM
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This is the guy that set me off this morning. But apparently to some people on here, I am the bad guy and this gentleman is some sort of tragic hero. If I have to wear the black hat on this, so be it.
Why worry about it? Some people will always live in the past and that's their cross to bear
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Apparently for this guy, the answer to the question is never!!
Fortunately, his diploma must read "University of Fighting Sioux", so he'll be fine.
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Yeah, becuase a bunch of students on a hockey team get to decide what jersey they will wear when competing for the school that pays them their scholrship to play there. Sorry bud, that's not the way it works. Sorry to burst your bubble, but just because the hockey team produces the most revenue for the athletic department, doesn't mean that they can do whatever they want.
And the recruits and players coming to campus in 5 years will have no real stake in the Fighting Sioux moniker. It will be a nice historical passage to them, similar to those who may have seen the old Blackhawk logo that adorned Sioux sweaters decades ago.
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I discovered soft boiled eggs at Wilkerson.
They did the best they could...but it was a guarantee that they couldn't screw up soft boiled eggs.
Does anyone remember, "sunshine chicken"...I still laugh about that...
Seafood Splatter, anyone?
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NCAA must pay $46 million in antitrust lawsuit, judge decides http://bit.ly/1Slv0D0
And that's just to the plaintiffs' lawyers ...
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Get her a horse and a flaming spear and she is ready to be a FSU Seminole.
I think the horse would have to be a Clydesdale ...
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He's the one on the right.
And the NC$$ is at the rear of Mr. Ed.
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If the precedent stands, and the "disparagement" threshold is broadly construed to include those who may be offended, it could spell trouble for a lot of other team nick names that are tied to race or ethnicity. Even those that have the NC$$'s stamp of approval.
Tick ... tock ...
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And in unrelated news the mother of the gentleman who died after he lit off fireworks on his HEAD is calling for stricter laws on fireworks use! You can't make this up people.
Fireworks are Darwin's tool of choice in the summer. In winter, it's thin ice.
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Like the protests against the name in Cleveland and Washington? Cleveland continues to move away from the imagery but Dan Snyder continues to keep his head in the sand.
I'm sure the NFL and Dan aren't shedding any tears as fans stock up on 'skins gear. Sort of like how people, including me, bought up Sioux gear before it went away.
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Do you ever think that God is punishing us with the threat of "Sundogs" because of all those dead Richardson's ground squirrels we threw at Minnesota goalies?
And the occasional badger when Wisco came to town ... or so I've heard ...
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Ashley Hunter, the double murderer/3-way stabber, has been in Fargo for 15 years. The problematic individuals seem to be coming from MSP and Chicago, primarily.
Minneapolis learned the hard way what happens if you ignore early warnings of criminal elements moving into the area and establishing themselves as city leaders boasted "There's no gang problem here!". Granted, not all of these things posted are gang related, but the similarities between Fargo now and what MSP saw in the early 90s are pretty striking.
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Period-specific video games, television shows and movies are not racist; they are just telling our history. Flying the Confederate flag on government property is implying official government sanction of the symbol and what it stands for, so that is why states are removing it from government property.
Agree, but if this crap keeps going, Amazon Prime may delete my copy of Gettysburg.
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Was George Washington considered a traitor? I'm sure the Brits considered him to be one.
Winners write the history.
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But what'll they blame the next time a nutbag goes off?
Everything, and everyone, but the nutbag.
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Anyone predicting what would happen if sundogs is actually chosen
People would whine, cry and vow to never send another dollar to UND. And then promptly forget about it the moment the first football is kicked, or the first puck is dropped.
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Because the concept of personal accountability/responsibility has beed eroded over the past decade plus and replaced with the concept of "who is going to take care of me". To think this has not been further fostered since a certain someone took over the White House is ignorant.
I blame the parenting, or lack thereof, rather than anyone in the White House or any of the other dullards in politics.
We've routinely had parents accompany their progeny to my employer and try to get security access, and occasionally had them call in to complain when their "snowflake" gets a bad performance review or terminated. I'd rather hire some poor, smart kid with an assload of student debt and the desire to succeed than someone who's been "protected" their entire life.
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*By employable, I mean someone who can show up on time, work an entire shift, and pass a drug screen. It is utterly amazing how many people in their 20's, 30's and 40's can't accomplish these simple requirements. These are adults who are old enough to know better and were raised by people who worked hard their entire lives. SMH.
I know the manager of a local car dealership that sells high-end European cars. They often can't find part-time "porters", basically people to take the cars around the lot or into the shop or car wash, because they fail routine drug and/or background checks. And they're only looking for high school or college age kids for these jobs. Unreal.
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Assimilation, whatever that means, takes generations.
I can only speak for what I have seen around GF, but I think the youngest ones are assimilating fairly well (early teenagers and younger). But I think that is pretty much human nature...change is typically easier for youth.
Depending on where they have come from, it is important to remember that many have experienced a very, very difficult life before arriving in the United States. The amount of adjustment is beyond what at least I had generally imagined. I know of families who slept on the floor for many weeks after first getting to GF because they were used to sleeping tents at a refugee camp. Beds were too soft for them! There are also people who have never seen a kitchen stove before. It is my understanding that one of the first things given to families is a TV, so they can become familiar with American life. Because that is an accurate portrayal...
I live near some apartment buildings that house quite a few resettled individuals. It isn't the threat of crime that scares me...it's seeing them learning how to drive!
I tend to agree. "Assimilation", whatever that means, may take years, if not generations. Our European ancestors most likely did their own thing for years before moving into the larger society. For years Irish gangs ruled New York and Chicago since they were excluded from the "establishment", before moving into the police and local and business political structures. Later arrivals from Italy and Jewish immigrants filled that "void". Later on other racial and ethnic groups largely took over street crime as these arrivals moved into larger society.
Some cultures more readily assimilate around Central Iowa/Des Moines. We have recent Russian, Bosnian, Ukrainian, Sudanese, Ethiopian, Burmese, Thai and Hispanic groups, and they generally keep their own traditions, while often working and engaging in the local community. Remember, the US is still a "melting pot", and we reflect a variety of cultures, experiences and values that has changed over time.
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Find me a state that has produced more "home grown" terrorists that have tried or are enabling ISIS and the like than MN.
I'll see your Minnesota immigrants, and raise you our own home grown lunatics.
https://www.ctc.usma.edu/v2/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ChallengersFromtheSidelines.pdf
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What? No, "None of the Above" choice?
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Let's be clear on this. Mpls has hardly been an "excellent" source for Al-Shabaab. That makes it sound like hundreds of boys and men have left to join these organizations and that's just not the case. Exaggerating the facts does nothing to advance the discussion.
There have been some, yes (but we're probably talking in the neighborhood of a dozen or so), and I join with you in expressing concern regarding anyone who benefits from living here and who decides to go fight for one of those groups.
You've got a few dozen men out of a community of a few tens of thousands who are wack-jobs and go fight for these terrorist groups. But that should tarnish a whole community who really do love being here.
Which says nothing of our own native-born "terrorists" who shoot up their own neighborhoods and each other on a daily basis in various cities, and with little protest from their respective "communities".
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- Be unique, recognizable, inspiring, and distinctly UND’s;
- Promote a sense of pride, strength, fierceness, and passion;
- Be representative of the state and region in a way that honors the traditions and heritage of the past but also looks to the future; and
- Be a unifying and rallying symbol.
- Be completely inoffensive to all people, animals and insects.
- Be immediately forgetable so opposing fans can't hurt the feelings of the hypersensitive.
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Oil Booms in North Dakota
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Bear market for oil?
http://www.wsj.com/articles/oil-weak-after-overnight-losses-oversupply-weighs-1437617638