by Bob Walsh
THE MOB has been ruling Sacramento for the last three days. They have not been wildly destructive but they have been terribly disruptive. They have closed down streets, closed down freeways, closed down mass transit and repeatedly closed down a major sports venue, even after the Kings kissed their asses in public. They disrupted the city council and made the mayor, Dickless Darryll, look like the gutlass asswipe he really his.
So they are looking at a Plan B.
They are going to shut down the plaza around the Golden One Center today and only allow people who actually have Kings tickets in their possession to enter the plaza, so that theoretically paying customers will be able to actually get into the venue to watch the Kings loose.
The funeral for dead criminal Stephon Clark is supposed to be. That well-known poverty pimp and race-baiter Al (Tawana Brawley) Sharpton will be there are a principle instigator-speaker. It is right now an open question what will happen at the funeral and what, if anything, will happen when-if THE MOB tries to shut down the sports venue or the roads in the area.
Perhaps the power structure has gotten tired of THE MOB usurping the power and making them look like impotent, gutless punks. Perhaps not. We will find out by the time you read this.
Friday, March 30, 2018
COMMON NONSENSE LA CITY COUNCIL PROPOSAL
L.A. Councilman Wants to Cut Ties With Companies Linked to NRA
KTLA
March 28, 2018
A Los Angeles lawmaker wants the city to cut ties with companies that are linked to the National Rifle Assn., saying that its opposition to “common sense gun safety laws” is at odds with the city.
City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell introduced a proposal Wednesday asking city staffers to provide a list of all businesses and groups that have a “formal relationship” with the NRA and lay out options for boycotting them.
“It’s important that we send a message as a city with an annual budget approaching $9 billion,” O’Farrell said, invoking mass shootings in Newtown, Conn.; Orlando, Fla.; Las Vegas; and Parkland, Fla.; as well as gun violence that happens regularly across the country.
“It’s time to speak with one voice and call attention to the assault weapon epidemic,” the councilman said.
KTLA
March 28, 2018
A Los Angeles lawmaker wants the city to cut ties with companies that are linked to the National Rifle Assn., saying that its opposition to “common sense gun safety laws” is at odds with the city.
City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell introduced a proposal Wednesday asking city staffers to provide a list of all businesses and groups that have a “formal relationship” with the NRA and lay out options for boycotting them.
“It’s important that we send a message as a city with an annual budget approaching $9 billion,” O’Farrell said, invoking mass shootings in Newtown, Conn.; Orlando, Fla.; Las Vegas; and Parkland, Fla.; as well as gun violence that happens regularly across the country.
“It’s time to speak with one voice and call attention to the assault weapon epidemic,” the councilman said.
HOW PREPARED ARE YOU?
Surviving a prolonged power outage
By Trey Rusk
Running Code 3
March 28, 2018
In the last couple of days two major metropolitan areas, Atlanta and Baltimore have been hit with cyber attacks. These attacks disabled vital systems used including a 911 system and other city services. The systems are back up and running. But what if it had been a section of our nations power grid or your city's water supply?
In 2008, our area was devastated by Hurricane Ike. We were without power for a few days. We took care of several people in our home during this time. We did the same thing after Hurricane Harvey last year.
On the second day after Hurricane, Ike I was cooking just outside the garage door on a propane grill. A neighbor that I didn't know very well walked up and asked where I was getting the fuel to run my generator. I told him I had fuel stored for power outages. Then he started talking about how he had been in Vietnam and how neighbors would start stealing from each other if the power remained off very much longer. It was a little weird. I turned to pick something up to where he could see I was wearing a Glock. Once he saw it he said, "Oh. I see your really prepared" I replied, "yes." He waived goodbye and walked away.
I tell you this story because I firmly believe that each household should be prepared to live off the grid for at least thirty days. People need to stock up on certain items, like storable food and water. They also need a power source and fuel to run it.
Here are a few things that I do in case of a prolonged power outage.
The older 5000 watt generators usually burn about a gallon of fuel an hour and have a 5 gallon tank. I had one and sold it.
I can get better fuel economy with an power inverter on a 4 cylinder car and it's not as loud. I power a small chest freezer, refrigerator and a few LED lights where needed in the house. Always use a chest freezer because the cold air will not empty when you open it. You do not need to run the inverter all the time. Run it just enough to keep your perishable food cold/frozen.
Metal 5 gallon gas cans and a good funnel is what I use. The newer red plastic gas cans all come with some sort of safety nozzle that I find difficult to use.
Solar powered lights have also come a long way in the last few years with LED bulbs. I caution folks not to draw attention to their property with a lot of outside lighting during a power outage.
I use a propane stove and as back up a white gasoline stove (Coleman) to cook and boil water.
Stored food should be kept indoors in a old style metal trash can. Never store food in a plastic storage container because vermin can eat through the plastic. MRE's are good but expensive. I buy small non refrigerated dinners from Hormel. Lots of rice and beans should be kept as well. You don't have to be fancy, just fed.
In addition to filling my bath tubs before a storm, I keep 220 gallons of fresh semi filtered water. It is rain water run off from my roof that goes through a mesh filter. I watch the weather and when I see rain forecast, I deplete the storage and it refills automatically when it rains. The storage container must be black so that algae cannot grow. You also need a sturdy steel bucket to transport water. If I find a good deal on bottled water for say $2 a case then I will buy 10 cases and keep it for one year. We then drink it and wait for another sale.
A good first aid kit is essential. My first aid kit is self made. It includes plenty of antibiotics that I buy from Mexico, gauze, tape, alcohol, sewing kit, forceps and a tourniquet.
I only use LED flashlights and I buy batteries when they are on sale. In my experience LED flashlights last a lot longer.
Samuel Colt made all men equal. That is true to a point. I don't care if you like guns or are vehemently opposed to firearms, you need to keep one in your home. If you own a firearm, you need to be proficient in it's use. Keep it loaded and stored securely. If you feel you need it, strap it on. All it takes is one criminal to kick in your back door armed with a club, knife or gun and without a gun, you lose. Remember, when seconds count the police are usually minutes away.
By Trey Rusk
Running Code 3
March 28, 2018
In the last couple of days two major metropolitan areas, Atlanta and Baltimore have been hit with cyber attacks. These attacks disabled vital systems used including a 911 system and other city services. The systems are back up and running. But what if it had been a section of our nations power grid or your city's water supply?
In 2008, our area was devastated by Hurricane Ike. We were without power for a few days. We took care of several people in our home during this time. We did the same thing after Hurricane Harvey last year.
On the second day after Hurricane, Ike I was cooking just outside the garage door on a propane grill. A neighbor that I didn't know very well walked up and asked where I was getting the fuel to run my generator. I told him I had fuel stored for power outages. Then he started talking about how he had been in Vietnam and how neighbors would start stealing from each other if the power remained off very much longer. It was a little weird. I turned to pick something up to where he could see I was wearing a Glock. Once he saw it he said, "Oh. I see your really prepared" I replied, "yes." He waived goodbye and walked away.
I tell you this story because I firmly believe that each household should be prepared to live off the grid for at least thirty days. People need to stock up on certain items, like storable food and water. They also need a power source and fuel to run it.
Here are a few things that I do in case of a prolonged power outage.
The older 5000 watt generators usually burn about a gallon of fuel an hour and have a 5 gallon tank. I had one and sold it.
I can get better fuel economy with an power inverter on a 4 cylinder car and it's not as loud. I power a small chest freezer, refrigerator and a few LED lights where needed in the house. Always use a chest freezer because the cold air will not empty when you open it. You do not need to run the inverter all the time. Run it just enough to keep your perishable food cold/frozen.
Metal 5 gallon gas cans and a good funnel is what I use. The newer red plastic gas cans all come with some sort of safety nozzle that I find difficult to use.
Solar powered lights have also come a long way in the last few years with LED bulbs. I caution folks not to draw attention to their property with a lot of outside lighting during a power outage.
I use a propane stove and as back up a white gasoline stove (Coleman) to cook and boil water.
Stored food should be kept indoors in a old style metal trash can. Never store food in a plastic storage container because vermin can eat through the plastic. MRE's are good but expensive. I buy small non refrigerated dinners from Hormel. Lots of rice and beans should be kept as well. You don't have to be fancy, just fed.
In addition to filling my bath tubs before a storm, I keep 220 gallons of fresh semi filtered water. It is rain water run off from my roof that goes through a mesh filter. I watch the weather and when I see rain forecast, I deplete the storage and it refills automatically when it rains. The storage container must be black so that algae cannot grow. You also need a sturdy steel bucket to transport water. If I find a good deal on bottled water for say $2 a case then I will buy 10 cases and keep it for one year. We then drink it and wait for another sale.
A good first aid kit is essential. My first aid kit is self made. It includes plenty of antibiotics that I buy from Mexico, gauze, tape, alcohol, sewing kit, forceps and a tourniquet.
I only use LED flashlights and I buy batteries when they are on sale. In my experience LED flashlights last a lot longer.
Samuel Colt made all men equal. That is true to a point. I don't care if you like guns or are vehemently opposed to firearms, you need to keep one in your home. If you own a firearm, you need to be proficient in it's use. Keep it loaded and stored securely. If you feel you need it, strap it on. All it takes is one criminal to kick in your back door armed with a club, knife or gun and without a gun, you lose. Remember, when seconds count the police are usually minutes away.
ANOTHER DIARY OF A JEWISH GIRL, THIS ONE FACING DEATH IN POLAND
The harrowing diaries of 'Polish Ann Frank' that laid forgotten in New York for DECADES: Memoirs of eighteen-year-old girl who was shot dead in Przemyśl ghetto
By Charlie Bayliss
Daily Mail
March 25, 2018
The tragic story of 'Poland's Anne Frank' who was killed during the Second World War has given a harrowing insight into what life was like in Nazi Germany.
Renia Spiegel was just 18-years-old when the Nazis invaded Przemysl, a city in south-east Poland, and began to round up Jews.
Some 22,000 were gathered for deportation to death camps but Renia hid herself in an attic on the outskirts of the Jewish ghetto where the Nazis were rounding up Jews.
There, she penned her diary - pages from school exercise books which had been bound together - which was nearly 700 pages long by the time Germans found and shot her in 1942.
She had begun writing it at the end of January 1939, eight months before Germany's invasion of Poland triggered the Second World War.
Her last entry, dated July 25, 1942, was shortly before her death at the hands of Nazi officers.
The diary reappeared in New York City in late 1960s and her story remained a relative secret until a few years ago. But Renia's younger sister, Elizabeth Bellak, 87, wants her legacy to live on.
The journal has been published in Poland and is currently being translated into English, while a documentary is also set to be made. In Speigel's native Poland, the diary has helped launch a national poetry competition.
Renia's tragic demise is all the worse as she writes about her aspirations to travel to France.
In April 2, 1939, she wrote: 'I learn French now and if there is no war, I might go to France. I was supposed to go before, but Hitler took over Austria then Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia... and who knows what he will do next. In a way, he affects my life, too.'
She also details how she has fallen madly in love with a student called Zygmunt Schwarzer, just a few months before the Nazis marched into her town and destroyed her perfect bliss forever.
Their first kiss took place on June 20, 1941, just as the Germans were preparing to launch their invasion, dubbed Operation Barbarossa.
By 1942, the relationship between Renia and Zygmunt, who was two years older, seemed to become more passionate in nature.
Just a few days before her 18th birthday, she wrote: 'Now I know what the word ecstasy means.
'I almost understand it. It is indescribable; it is something that is the best, which only two loving creatures can do. And for the first time I felt this longing to become one, to be one body and to feel more.'
Just five days after writing about what appears to be the consummation of her relationship with Zygmunt, Renia's world is turned upside down by the war which had finally reached her doorstep.
She wrote: 'There is killing, murder. God, for the umpteenth time I humble myself in front of you, help us, save us! God, let us live, I beg you.'
Zygmunt managed to sneak Renia and her sister out the ghetto they had been forced into, putting her sister, just 12 at the time, into the care of a Christian family.
Renia, along with Zygmunt's parents, were hidden in the attic of his uncle's building. His uncle, Samuel Goliger, was a member of the Judenrat, who were put in charge by the Nazis to administer ghettos and were given the privilege of living outside the ghetto's walls.
In her diary, she pleaded for God to save them, but two days later on July 30, 2942, she was rounded up with Zygmunt's parents and shot dead.
A day after they were killed Zygmunt returned to the house from his own hiding place and found Renia's diary. He added his own entry into the diary, writing: 'Three shots! Three lives lost!' he wrote.
'It happened last night at 10:30 p.m. Fate has decided to take my dearest ones away from me. My life is done. All I can hear are shots, shots... Shots! My dearest Renia, the last chapter of your diary is complete.'
Tomasz Magierski, a Manhattan filmmaker who has been researching Renia's story for the last few years, told the New York Post it could have been neighbours of Nazi-imposed Jewish ghetto administrators who turned her in.
'It's an enigma,' he said. 'We're not sure if it was the Polish neighbours or members of the Judenrat who gave them up.'
Bellak immigrated to New York with her mother, as did Zygmunt, who gave them the diary.
She told the New York Post that she and her mother struggled to read the diary but that it had passed it onto filmmaker Magierski, who read the diary in three days and has made trips to Poland in an attempt to solve the puzzle of Renia's last remaining days.
He said: 'This is the best story never told.'
By Charlie Bayliss
Daily Mail
March 25, 2018
The tragic story of 'Poland's Anne Frank' who was killed during the Second World War has given a harrowing insight into what life was like in Nazi Germany.
Renia Spiegel was just 18-years-old when the Nazis invaded Przemysl, a city in south-east Poland, and began to round up Jews.
Some 22,000 were gathered for deportation to death camps but Renia hid herself in an attic on the outskirts of the Jewish ghetto where the Nazis were rounding up Jews.
There, she penned her diary - pages from school exercise books which had been bound together - which was nearly 700 pages long by the time Germans found and shot her in 1942.
She had begun writing it at the end of January 1939, eight months before Germany's invasion of Poland triggered the Second World War.
Her last entry, dated July 25, 1942, was shortly before her death at the hands of Nazi officers.
The diary reappeared in New York City in late 1960s and her story remained a relative secret until a few years ago. But Renia's younger sister, Elizabeth Bellak, 87, wants her legacy to live on.
The journal has been published in Poland and is currently being translated into English, while a documentary is also set to be made. In Speigel's native Poland, the diary has helped launch a national poetry competition.
Renia's tragic demise is all the worse as she writes about her aspirations to travel to France.
In April 2, 1939, she wrote: 'I learn French now and if there is no war, I might go to France. I was supposed to go before, but Hitler took over Austria then Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia... and who knows what he will do next. In a way, he affects my life, too.'
She also details how she has fallen madly in love with a student called Zygmunt Schwarzer, just a few months before the Nazis marched into her town and destroyed her perfect bliss forever.
Their first kiss took place on June 20, 1941, just as the Germans were preparing to launch their invasion, dubbed Operation Barbarossa.
By 1942, the relationship between Renia and Zygmunt, who was two years older, seemed to become more passionate in nature.
Just a few days before her 18th birthday, she wrote: 'Now I know what the word ecstasy means.
'I almost understand it. It is indescribable; it is something that is the best, which only two loving creatures can do. And for the first time I felt this longing to become one, to be one body and to feel more.'
Just five days after writing about what appears to be the consummation of her relationship with Zygmunt, Renia's world is turned upside down by the war which had finally reached her doorstep.
She wrote: 'There is killing, murder. God, for the umpteenth time I humble myself in front of you, help us, save us! God, let us live, I beg you.'
Zygmunt managed to sneak Renia and her sister out the ghetto they had been forced into, putting her sister, just 12 at the time, into the care of a Christian family.
Renia, along with Zygmunt's parents, were hidden in the attic of his uncle's building. His uncle, Samuel Goliger, was a member of the Judenrat, who were put in charge by the Nazis to administer ghettos and were given the privilege of living outside the ghetto's walls.
In her diary, she pleaded for God to save them, but two days later on July 30, 2942, she was rounded up with Zygmunt's parents and shot dead.
A day after they were killed Zygmunt returned to the house from his own hiding place and found Renia's diary. He added his own entry into the diary, writing: 'Three shots! Three lives lost!' he wrote.
'It happened last night at 10:30 p.m. Fate has decided to take my dearest ones away from me. My life is done. All I can hear are shots, shots... Shots! My dearest Renia, the last chapter of your diary is complete.'
Tomasz Magierski, a Manhattan filmmaker who has been researching Renia's story for the last few years, told the New York Post it could have been neighbours of Nazi-imposed Jewish ghetto administrators who turned her in.
'It's an enigma,' he said. 'We're not sure if it was the Polish neighbours or members of the Judenrat who gave them up.'
Bellak immigrated to New York with her mother, as did Zygmunt, who gave them the diary.
She told the New York Post that she and her mother struggled to read the diary but that it had passed it onto filmmaker Magierski, who read the diary in three days and has made trips to Poland in an attempt to solve the puzzle of Renia's last remaining days.
He said: 'This is the best story never told.'
Thursday, March 29, 2018
FBI OIG TO INVESTIGATE ASSORTED PERFIDITY
by Bob Walsh
The FBI OIG announced yesterday that they WERE going to investigate various claims of bias, collusion, nastiness and general bad form witin the FBI when it came to what is generally called The Trump Investigation.
There is, at least on the surface, ample reason to believe that certain high ranking assholes within the FBI actively worked against the Trump election and have been actively working to undermine the Trump presidency. Whether or not the OIG has the ability to adequately investigate is a legit question as they have no hold on persons no longer employed by the government. I do honestly expect that a special counsel will eventually be appointed. The Republicans are mad at themselves that they let Lois Lerner and similar toads get away and I don't believe they are of a mind to allow it to happen again.
HEADS ON A PIKE (after a fair and impartial inquiry of course).
The FBI OIG announced yesterday that they WERE going to investigate various claims of bias, collusion, nastiness and general bad form witin the FBI when it came to what is generally called The Trump Investigation.
There is, at least on the surface, ample reason to believe that certain high ranking assholes within the FBI actively worked against the Trump election and have been actively working to undermine the Trump presidency. Whether or not the OIG has the ability to adequately investigate is a legit question as they have no hold on persons no longer employed by the government. I do honestly expect that a special counsel will eventually be appointed. The Republicans are mad at themselves that they let Lois Lerner and similar toads get away and I don't believe they are of a mind to allow it to happen again.
HEADS ON A PIKE (after a fair and impartial inquiry of course).
PAYING THE DANEGELD
by Bob Walsh
So, it seems that the NFL has announced they are going to kick down $90 million to assorted "social justice" causes this year. I wonder if it will get their viewers back? Hell, I wonder if they have the stones to require that players stand for the National Anthem. Another pack of gutless pukes.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Does this mean the NFL is going to fund Black Lives Mater since Kaepernick refused to stand for the anthem as a protest against white cops killing black men.
The NFL is utterly disgusting and disgraceful!
__________
NFL owners finalize $90M social-justice deal without resolving anthem protests
by Valerie Richardson
The Washington Times
March 27, 2018
NFL team owners have unanimously given their final approval to an unprecedented $90 million social justice initiative but have made no decisions about how to handle players who refuse to stand for the national anthem.
Instead, owners are expected to continue the discussion about whether to change the game-day policy, which does not require players to stand, at the spring league meeting in May, according to a post on NFL.com citing the NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
“The NFL is committing $90 million to a new social justice initiative that supports efforts and programs to combat social inequality,” the NFL post said Monday. “In a memo sent to all 32 teams in early December, the league said it plans to work closely with players, teams and other groups in the new and expanded community improvement program.”
In addition, the NFL Foundation “contributed $3 million in initial funding for the program,” the statement said.
The decision to avoid an anthem vote at the March 25-28 annual league meeting in Orlando came with the owners split on how to handle the divisive two-year-old sideline protests, which have been blamed in large part for the NFL’s 9.7 percent ratings decline in the 2017 regular season.
New York Jets CEO Christopher Johnson told reporters Sunday that “I just think that trying to forcibly get the players to shut up is a fantastically bad idea,” while Houston Texans owner Bob McNair said the field is “not the place for political statements.”
“We’re going to deal with it in such a way that people will understand we want everybody to respect our country, respect our flag,” Mr. McNair said on ESPN. “Our playing field, that’s not the place for political statements. That’s not the place for religious statements. It’s the place for football. That’s what we need to be doing.”
The 32 owners, who had already agreed to spend $73 million over seven years on social-justice causes at the national level, said Monday they would provide team matching funds for local causes as part of the agreement reached in November with the Players Coalition.
Under the deal, owners would pony up $250,000 and players would match that amount annually for a total of $500,000 per team for social-justice efforts in their communities, according to ESPN.
The $73 million for national causes would be divided between three organizations: 25 percent for the United Negro College Fund; 25 percent to Dream Corps, and 50 percent to the Players Coalition, led by Malcolm Jenkins and Anquan Boldin, which has filed for nonprofit status.
Critics have described the deal as a payoff for progressives, pointing out that the Dream Corps was founded by former Obama administration adviser Van Jones and promotes a number of left-wing causes.
“The NFL’s brand has suffered because it has given left-wing agitators a platform and the millions deciding not to watch the games is evidence that the fans are tired of the politicization of football,” said Robert Kuykendall, spokesman for 2ndVote, a conservative corporate watchdog.
“By formally caving, the NFL will confirm it has no qualms against using the dollars fans spend on tickets and merchandise to fund the left’s agenda and further alienate viewers who just want to see agenda-free football,” he said in a statement.
Still, the deal may have produced the desired result: Last week, free-agent safety Eric Reid said he would no longer kneel during the national anthem, as he has done for two years, telling reporters it was time to channel his efforts in other ways.
Reid, who has not been signed by a team since free agency began March 14, had been viewed as a protest leader since the departure of his former San Francisco 49ers teammate Colin Kaepernick, who is also unsigned and has not played since 2016.
Commissioner Roger Goodell is expected to wrap up the results of the Orlando meeting at a Wednesday press conference.
The protests began in the 2016 regular season but spiked in late September after President Trump suggested that owners should fire players who refuse to stand for “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
About 20 players, most of them San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks, were still sitting or kneeling in Week 17 for the last game of the 2017 regular season, despite fan outrage and slumping television ratings.
No players protested by refusing to stand for the national anthem during this year’s playoffs.
EDITOR'S NOTE: God bless Houston Texans owner Bob McNair, fuck Roger Goodell and his lapdogs of the other team owners.
And to answer your question, Bob ... The NFL obviously does not have the stones to require its players to stand for the anthem. This contribution was only made to placate its black players.
So, it seems that the NFL has announced they are going to kick down $90 million to assorted "social justice" causes this year. I wonder if it will get their viewers back? Hell, I wonder if they have the stones to require that players stand for the National Anthem. Another pack of gutless pukes.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Does this mean the NFL is going to fund Black Lives Mater since Kaepernick refused to stand for the anthem as a protest against white cops killing black men.
The NFL is utterly disgusting and disgraceful!
__________
NFL owners finalize $90M social-justice deal without resolving anthem protests
by Valerie Richardson
The Washington Times
March 27, 2018
NFL team owners have unanimously given their final approval to an unprecedented $90 million social justice initiative but have made no decisions about how to handle players who refuse to stand for the national anthem.
Instead, owners are expected to continue the discussion about whether to change the game-day policy, which does not require players to stand, at the spring league meeting in May, according to a post on NFL.com citing the NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
“The NFL is committing $90 million to a new social justice initiative that supports efforts and programs to combat social inequality,” the NFL post said Monday. “In a memo sent to all 32 teams in early December, the league said it plans to work closely with players, teams and other groups in the new and expanded community improvement program.”
In addition, the NFL Foundation “contributed $3 million in initial funding for the program,” the statement said.
The decision to avoid an anthem vote at the March 25-28 annual league meeting in Orlando came with the owners split on how to handle the divisive two-year-old sideline protests, which have been blamed in large part for the NFL’s 9.7 percent ratings decline in the 2017 regular season.
New York Jets CEO Christopher Johnson told reporters Sunday that “I just think that trying to forcibly get the players to shut up is a fantastically bad idea,” while Houston Texans owner Bob McNair said the field is “not the place for political statements.”
“We’re going to deal with it in such a way that people will understand we want everybody to respect our country, respect our flag,” Mr. McNair said on ESPN. “Our playing field, that’s not the place for political statements. That’s not the place for religious statements. It’s the place for football. That’s what we need to be doing.”
The 32 owners, who had already agreed to spend $73 million over seven years on social-justice causes at the national level, said Monday they would provide team matching funds for local causes as part of the agreement reached in November with the Players Coalition.
Under the deal, owners would pony up $250,000 and players would match that amount annually for a total of $500,000 per team for social-justice efforts in their communities, according to ESPN.
The $73 million for national causes would be divided between three organizations: 25 percent for the United Negro College Fund; 25 percent to Dream Corps, and 50 percent to the Players Coalition, led by Malcolm Jenkins and Anquan Boldin, which has filed for nonprofit status.
Critics have described the deal as a payoff for progressives, pointing out that the Dream Corps was founded by former Obama administration adviser Van Jones and promotes a number of left-wing causes.
“The NFL’s brand has suffered because it has given left-wing agitators a platform and the millions deciding not to watch the games is evidence that the fans are tired of the politicization of football,” said Robert Kuykendall, spokesman for 2ndVote, a conservative corporate watchdog.
“By formally caving, the NFL will confirm it has no qualms against using the dollars fans spend on tickets and merchandise to fund the left’s agenda and further alienate viewers who just want to see agenda-free football,” he said in a statement.
Still, the deal may have produced the desired result: Last week, free-agent safety Eric Reid said he would no longer kneel during the national anthem, as he has done for two years, telling reporters it was time to channel his efforts in other ways.
Reid, who has not been signed by a team since free agency began March 14, had been viewed as a protest leader since the departure of his former San Francisco 49ers teammate Colin Kaepernick, who is also unsigned and has not played since 2016.
Commissioner Roger Goodell is expected to wrap up the results of the Orlando meeting at a Wednesday press conference.
The protests began in the 2016 regular season but spiked in late September after President Trump suggested that owners should fire players who refuse to stand for “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
About 20 players, most of them San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks, were still sitting or kneeling in Week 17 for the last game of the 2017 regular season, despite fan outrage and slumping television ratings.
No players protested by refusing to stand for the national anthem during this year’s playoffs.
EDITOR'S NOTE: God bless Houston Texans owner Bob McNair, fuck Roger Goodell and his lapdogs of the other team owners.
And to answer your question, Bob ... The NFL obviously does not have the stones to require its players to stand for the anthem. This contribution was only made to placate its black players.
MAYOR IS A GUTLESS WONDER
by Bob Walsh
On Tuesday evening there was supposed to be a meeting of the Sacramento city council. A MOB of protesters forced their way into the building and past the metal detectors and entered the council chamber. The brother of dead criminal Stephon Clark proceeded to scream, do an interesting impromptu dance (maybe he was auditioning for America's Got Talent) and then jumped up on the dias in front of the mayor, Darryll Dickless Steinberg, and screamed some more.
At some point Mayor Dickless offered death criminals brother the microphone and he and his supporters started screaming, shouting and in general being assholes. Finally Mayor Dickless shut down the meeting. At that time the mob moved to the Golden One Center and again barricaded the entrances, preventing the paid ticket holders from entering the venue to watch the Kings play. (Why anybody would want to do that I have no idea, but some people do.) The teams showed up wearing #StephonClark t-shirts for warmup but I guess it didn't help.
The mob still wants the cops fired, tried and summarily executed. Little details like a trial, due process or actual guilt or innocence is not an issue.
On Tuesday evening there was supposed to be a meeting of the Sacramento city council. A MOB of protesters forced their way into the building and past the metal detectors and entered the council chamber. The brother of dead criminal Stephon Clark proceeded to scream, do an interesting impromptu dance (maybe he was auditioning for America's Got Talent) and then jumped up on the dias in front of the mayor, Darryll Dickless Steinberg, and screamed some more.
At some point Mayor Dickless offered death criminals brother the microphone and he and his supporters started screaming, shouting and in general being assholes. Finally Mayor Dickless shut down the meeting. At that time the mob moved to the Golden One Center and again barricaded the entrances, preventing the paid ticket holders from entering the venue to watch the Kings play. (Why anybody would want to do that I have no idea, but some people do.) The teams showed up wearing #StephonClark t-shirts for warmup but I guess it didn't help.
The mob still wants the cops fired, tried and summarily executed. Little details like a trial, due process or actual guilt or innocence is not an issue.
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