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The Walking Dead: The Cell
by Billie Doux
"Whatever he's done to you, there's more. There's always more."
What a terrific character piece. It was like an episode of Lost where we started out disliking a character we barely knew, and came out at the end truly caring about them.
Until now, I totally despised Dwight. He came across as a double-crossing suck-up of a minion who rejected Daryl's offer of friendship and a place in Alexandria, and then stole his motorcycle and crossbow after Daryl was kind enough to bring back Tina's insulin.
But as "The Cell" progressed, we got bits and pieces about Dwight, slowly filling in the full extent of his current and absolutely appalling situation. We learned that in "Always Accountable," Dwight, his wife Sherry, and Sherry's sister Tina ran away from the Saviors because Negan was unwilling to provide the insulin to keep Tina alive unless she "married" him. After Tina was killed, Dwight and Sherry returned to the Saviors because they felt they had no choice, but they paid a terrible price.
In order to keep Dwight alive, Sherry is now "married" to Negan and expected to provide him with offspring. The second time I watched this episode, the pregnancy test made me shudder. Dwight must kneel, bow and scrape and enthusiastically serve this psycho who is continually droit du seigneur-ing his own wife. Dwight also got "the iron" as punishment, explaining what happened to his face.
There was such utter cruelty in that scene where Negan offered Dwight a quickie with Sherry as a reward, but then took it back and said, "Pick whoever you want as long as she says yes." Did Dwight know that Negan was testing him as well as verbally emasculating him? Does that mean a woman other than Negan's "wife" can choose not to consent? Do women actually have rights in this community? Clearly, Negan doesn't see taking Dwight's "hot wife" for his own as wrong, and yet, it is undoubtedly a bizarre form of rape.
Dwight serves Negan to keep Sherry alive. During that scene on the road, Dwight told Gordon, the suicidal escapee, that if he killed himself, everyone he'd ever talked to would wind up on the fence. If Dwight didn't still have a bit of a rebel inside him, he wouldn't have mercy-killed that poor guy. Twice during the episode, Dwight stared at a walker stuck on a spike, and I thought that meant Dwight longed for death. But according to what he told Gordon, if Dwight commits suicide, the rules state that Negan will punish Sherry for it. It's a hellish trap with no escape for either of them.
Negan's people are slaves who can't just work under the threat of death -- they must act as if they like it. When asked who they are, they must identify themselves as Negan, as if he has removed their personalities. If they work directly for Negan, they get food and a bed to sleep in and play air hockey and watch Who's the Boss reruns. (Who's the Boss. Clever. I just got that.) If they don't, they work for "points," which I'm assuming is some sort of brutal exchange of work for food. Or they wind up dead on a spike in the yard.
It's pretty obvious that Negan puts on a performance, because he repeats his lines. "Are we pissing our pants yet?" That bat is always in his hand 24/7, and he talks about Lucille as if she's a person. Is that also a performance? Is Negan delusional as well as sociopathic? He must be fully aware that Dwight hates him with the power of a thousand blazing suns, that someone could go berserk and try to kill him at any moment. Or is he?
And yet, while Negan says the rules are all important, he is also impulsive. Negan likes Daryl and is giving him multiple chances to be one of his guys. I wonder if Daryl will ever be capable of faking it, the way Dwight does? What if Negan had, say, Maggie or Carol or Michonne as his wife?
I haven't really even talked about Daryl yet, probably because while he is imprisoned in an actual Abu Graib a la Negan cell eating dog food, Dwight's form of imprisonment is actually worse. There were three songs played during the episode: "This Town Called Malice," which is self-explanatory; "We're on Easy Street," the music used as sleep deprivation torture on Daryl, and an anvil of a reminder that Negan's people seem to have everything but most certainly do not; and the Roy Orbison song, "Crying." In a strange way, Dwight showed Daryl kindness by helping him to grieve for Glenn by giving him that Polaroid and playing that last song.
Dwight is wearing Daryl's angel wing vest for a reason. You got Glenn killed, I got Tina killed, Dwight relates to Daryl and wants to save his life. There is still a little bit of rebel inside Dwight, a man that could be Daryl's friend. I hope that's where the story is going.
Gold acting stars for Austin Amelio (Dwight). The second time through the episode, when I knew what was really going on with Dwight, I was fascinated by the subtle expressions on his face. And Jeffrey Dean Morgan continues to be awesome. I am accustomed to liking Morgan a lot because of his other roles, but I find Negan equal parts revolting and fascinating.
-- The preview showed Daryl taken prisoner but it didn't show Glenn's death. The Polaroid Dwight gave Daryl was also hard to see. Thank you.
-- Norman Reedus naked would have been a lot more fun if he hadn't been so utterly filthy and miserable.
-- Dog food sandwiches. I kept thinking, not such a big deal, Daryl has eaten dog food before. Loved the parallel with Dwight creating that huge egg sandwich by taking the ingredients away from everyone else, showing how important he is.
-- What's with the letters on the sweatshirts? Prisoner numbers?
-- The moth, the angel, or the hard way? I'm assuming the angel was the statue with the hands tied to it. Was "the hard way" that highway where someone was tossing walkers off the overpass for who knows what reason?
-- The stairway scene with Dwight and Sherry was beautifully shot. It was just the two of them in silhouette, smoking cigarettes, lying to each other in monotones, and yet I could feel the emotion between them.
Dwight: "He good to you?"
Sherry: "Yeah."
Dwight: "Good."
Sherry: "You happy?"
Dwight: "Yeah."
Sherry: "That's good."
Dwight: "I did the right thing. It's a helluva lot better than being dead."
But clearly, it is not.
I was impressed with this episode. Four out of four sandwiches,
Billie Doux loves science fiction but hates horror, and is confused about why she loves The Walking Dead so much.
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I really liked the episode as well. I found myself less disgusted, and somewhat sympathetic to Dwight after seeing exactly what he's putting up with on a daily basis. So Sherry offered herself to Negan to spare Dwight. That has to be so difficult to pretend it's not killing him especially when Negan is throwing it in his face constantly. Which is just another of his tests. Also the way Negan phrased the part with the women. I think they can say no but likely I'd be too afraid to. What happens if you say no to one of Negan's inner circle? I can't imagine it's good.So basically I'm assuming they really don't have a choice.
I thought Sherry was great in this episode as well and I especially liked the scene when she was talking to Daryl threw the door about being sorry.
One last thing, I don't think anyone was throwing the walkers off the over pass. There was a hole along the side wall and they were walking off the edge.
Monday, November 7, 2016 at 5:42:00 PM EST
Yes, I agree that Sherry was great in this episode. I think you're right about the walkers on the overpass.
Patryk said...
The stairway scene looked like something from Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul they way they shot it. :)
Tuesday, November 8, 2016 at 3:46:00 AM EST
Logan Cox said...
Repulsing and fascinating is a good way to describe Negan. There definitely seems to be a method to his madness, though. Despite seeming like such a unpredictable thug, he's building up quite a fascist dictatorship; it's a lot like the Nazis (or the White Walkers from Game of Thrones) where they either make you like them, enslave you or kill you. It's amazing how a character as ridiculously over the top as Negan can represent something so deadly serious.
His interactions with Dwight were doubly interesting. He seems almost reasonable with Dwight as long as they're talking the same Savior language, but will poke and prod without mercy if he detects even the slightest bit of resistance or hesitation.
My impression is that he takes women's consent seriously in his own mind, but it's a hypocritical standard given the point system that so many Savior folk are held to. It's likely that most of them (like Sherry or her sister) don't have a choice, regardless. Negan even sounded like a sleazy pimp while he was talking about it, he might as well have said "whorehouse" instead of "pussy farm".
I'd suspected there was more to Dwight's story when he re-emerged with his face scarred up. His plight is even more disheartening than I imagined.
Despite his limited performance, Daryl still had the best moments: When he didn't flinch at Negan's fake-out, and when he said his name instead of Negan's.
Also, I've noticed they keep using the letter A as a motif on this show. The Terminus people loved marking things with As, apparently. Everyone got their hands stamped with a red A shortly after arriving in Alexandria, which looks at curiously at one point. And now we have these Saviors' prison garbs with the red As. I'm not sure what it's supposed to represent.
Tuesday, November 8, 2016 at 5:21:00 PM EST
Logan wrote: Also, I've noticed they keep using the letter A as a motif on this show. ... I'm not sure what it's supposed to represent.
Maybe the writers are fans of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Ah, I think you're right, Billie. I should have caught that one.


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On the subject of predicting the longer term in skilled sports activities, the NBA is the hardest of the 4 main sports activities in America for a lot of causes. That is as a result of they have a tendency to do issues just a little in another way then the opposite leagues.
For starters, free company appears fairly straightforward to know however not once you begin getting deeply into it. They've clauses and restrictions and a factor referred to as "Bird rights" that may confuse the typical basketball fan. So when making an attempt to foretell how every staff's beginning 5 will look a yr from now, that may be fairly difficult.
On prime of the contractual points, NBA groups are likely to rotate their beginning 5 all through the season till they get the fitting match. For some groups, it's fairly minimize and dry however for others, it may be an on-going drawback that lasts till the ultimate weeks of the yr.
The opposite points in projecting the longer term beginning 5 for NBA groups is the participant themselves. A rookie that looks like a no brainer in July might flip right into a bust if he finally ends up on the incorrect group or just can't deal with the strain of enjoying at a high-level all yr lengthy.
With all that stated, we spent a variety of time setting up each single NBA group's beginning 5 for the 2019-20 season and we included free agent strikes, re-signings, and incoming rookies. Be mindful, these projections are based mostly on how we expect groups will end the yr and the way we think about the draft will seem like for subsequent season.
5.1 Cameron Payne, Zach LaVine, Nassir Little, Jabari Parker, Wendell Carter Jr.
The Atlanta Hawks appear to be heading for an additional top-10 draft decide as they proceed to rebuild from the 60-win group they have been a couple of years in the past or the workforce that made the playoffs for ten consecutive seasons between 2007 and 2017. However this yr is totally different as a result of they've a strong basis for his or her future and a few draft picks to assist them turn out to be one thing nice within the subsequent few years.
In the event that they proceed down this path, they might wind up with two top-10 draft picks because of acquiring the Dallas Mavericks first spherical decide for 2019. If they will find yourself with the highest general decide, which is highley doubtless, and one other top-10 decide, they will simply draft Duke's sensational ahead, Zion Williamson, and in addition seize Kentucky's scoring small ahead Keldon Johnson.
Though they might wrestle subsequent season with this lineup, they might additionally flip right into a dominating Japanese convention staff for years to return merely behind the expertise they might be buying subsequent summer time.
What's going on in Boston this yr? The Celtics aren't even one yr faraway from enjoying within the Japanese Convention Finals, which they entered as slight favorites earlier than dropping to the Cleveland Cavaliers. But they're struggling to start this yr and could possibly be in hassle if they don't do one thing about it quickly.
No matter what they do that yr, they've acquired so many first spherical draft picks for 2019 that they will discover themselves possessing 4 picks within the top-25 subsequent summer time. That provides them the power to bolster their roster whereas permitting veterans to stroll together with Kyrie Irving, who we don't anticipate to remain in Boston subsequent yr.
In the event that they do determine to re-sign Al Horford, then this can be a lineup we will see them utilizing to return to that dominating Japanese Convention staff.
The Brooklyn Nets are a harmful workforce they usually have proven that this season. They've crushed the groups that they're purported to beat just like the Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers, and New York Knicks however they've additionally gained video games towards a number of the league's prime groups just like the Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons, and Philadelphia 76ers.
However accidents have stored them from profitable extra persistently this season together with their up-and-coming future All-Star Caris LeVert who just lately dislocated his proper foot in one of many worst of accidents this season. He was fortunate to not want surgical procedure however will nonetheless be out a big period of time.
In the intervening time, the Nets are going to proceed making an attempt to construct up their roster and get their gamers to proceed to enhance whereas they struggle to determine what they will do subsequent summer time, which continues to be up within the air.
For some purpose, the remainder of the NBA has fallen asleep on Kemba Walker, who has grow to be a legit All-Star by enhancing annually he has been within the league. This season has proven how good he's as he's now scoring near 28 factors per night time.
Behind him is a gaggle of strong starters that would use an improve. Nevertheless, this staff goes to need to re-sign Kemba Walker subsequent summer time and that would simply restrict their talents to signal different free brokers.
However the excellent news is that they might find yourself touchdown a sleeper within the draft subsequent yr if they will get somebody like Jaylen Hoard, a small ahead from Wake Forest, who might compete for a beginning job instantly.
Cameron Payne, Zach LaVine, Nassir Little, Jabari Parker, Wendell Carter Jr.
The one factor Chicago Bull followers ought to know is that their workforce is younger and has numerous rising as much as do earlier than they will get again to profitable 50 to 60 video games a season once more.
They at present have solely two gamers with greater than 5 seasons within the league (Justin Vacation and Robin Lopez). The remainder of the workforce is enjoying of their first three years goes to wrestle quite a bit earlier than they will persistently win video games.
In order we check out their future, we anticipate them to be in a great place subsequent yr to draft Nassir Little, North Carolina's star ahead, that may be a direct improve to their lineup. As Cameron Payne and Wendell Carter Jr. proceed to get higher, so will this group.
If anybody needed to argue about LeBron James being the best ever, particularly in comparison with Michael Jordan, then check out the Cleveland Cavaliers this yr. This is identical actual workforce he performed for final season, with virtually no additions, and take a look at how horrible they've performed. They don't seem to be going to win greater than 15 video games, at greatest.
When Michael Jordan retired, Scottie Pippen led the Chicago Bulls to a 55-27 document and a visit to the Japanese Convention Semifinals.
So there's a lot that should occur for Cleveland to get again to profitable once more and it might take a really very long time if they don't begin the rebuilding course of immediately. It might be time to maneuver alongside from some veterans like J.R. Smith and Kevin Love, so as to make room for incoming rookies like Duke's main scorer R.J. Barrett, who we will challenge to be one of many first three gamers drafted subsequent summer time.
Now that the 2018-19 NBA season has been happening for a few months, we will return to the 2018 NBA Draft and ask the Atlanta Hawks what have been they considering once they traded away Luka Doncic for Trae Younger. However it seems that it was in the perfect curiosity of the group to accumulate a future star level guard as an alternative of a celebrity that may play nearly anyplace on the courtroom.
However the Dallas Mavericks look to be the clear winner as they've greater than doubled the Atlanta Hawks early win complete behind the highest candidate for rookie of the yr, Luka Doncic who has put collectively an unimaginable begin to his profession.
Final season, the Denver Nuggets missed out on making the Western Convention playoffs by one recreation despite the fact that their document was 46-36, which might have been the sixth greatest within the Japanese Convention. That was a troublesome capsule to swallow in order that they went out and added Isaiah Thomas and resigned Will Barton and Nikola Jokic.
Additionally they drafted former Missouri star Michael Porter Jr. however due to a again damage, he has not performed any video games this season. That ought to not maintain him from turning into a starter sooner or later and must be on this lineup by the point the primary recreation begins in 2019-20.
If they will proceed to attain factors, and play strong protection, they might simply wind up ending within the prime 4 spots of the Western Convention and are presently nicely inside that parameter.
Because the 2007-08 season, the Detroit Pistons haven't been in a position to determine this profitable factor. Their greatest season was in 2015-16 once they completed with a 44-38 report earlier than getting blanked by the Cleveland Cavaliers within the first spherical of the playoffs.
In order that they introduced within the man answerable for constructing the Toronto Raptors into an elite franchise within the NBA, Dwane Casey. He has gained 48 or extra video games, together with final seasons 59 wins because the 2013-14 season. They noticed him as a person that would management the expertise and convey it collectively to type a profitable group.
Up to now this yr, that's what they've completed apart from one main hole of their lineup, a capturing guard that may rating 30 factors an evening. Based mostly on how we anticipate the Pistons to complete the season, we will simply see them drafting Gonzaga's Rui Hachimura and actually permit him to unleash his scoring capability.
As we mentioned the thought of the Golden State Warriors placing a beginning lineup on the courtroom that reads just like the Western Convention All-Stars beginning 5, it scares us to think about the NBA commissioner would permit this type of monopoly to occur, leaving the remainder of the league scattering for as a lot money as they will discover to signal all the large names they will.
For some purpose, followers and analysts consider that DeMarcus Cousins is completed after rupturing his achilles tendon two years in the past. Nevertheless, as historical past as proven us, it isn't a dying sentence. Gamers like Dominique Wilkins, Wesley Matthews, and Elgin Baylor got here again from it. Others have been often a lot older than Cousins and by no means might bounce again however that might be associated extra to age anyhow.
In order that leaves the prospect that we see Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Kevin Durant, Draymond Inexperienced, and DeMarcus Cousins beginning by the point the 2019-20 season begins. That's an concept that makes us all fairly terrified.
The Houston Rockets are constructed to run up and down the courtroom, capturing from all over, in an up-tempo fashion that runs their opponents down as the sport goes alongside. It will get even worse when they're nailing three pointers as a result of they turn into unattainable to defend.
However they've struggled to get right into a movement this season and discover themselves struggling to win video games early on this season. They lack depth and it exhibits. Next season, they will want assist in the low publish and there's one participant that's going to be obtainable through the draft that would achieve this. His identify is Daniel Gafford and he's a 6'11" athletic massive man from Arkansas.
He's a defender that has a ton of uncooked potential, particularly on the offensive aspect of the ball. He performs just like Clint Capela and will assist flip the Rockets into a really particular sort of group, with an extremely robust protection.
There's a excellent probability we see the Indiana Pacers in a battle within the Japanese Convention playoffs for the highest seed. Now that LeBron James is enjoying in LA, the Japanese Convention is broad open and the Pacers have the lineup that may deal with a lot of the groups they'll face.
So far as their future is worried, Domantas Sabonis is a future star within the making and will discover himself one of many starters by the top of this yr. With the emergence of Victor Oladipo's recreation the final two years, this roster has sufficient to place up huge numbers towards anybody they face.
Defensively, they're additionally among the many league's greatest and can proceed to get higher as their younger gamers mature and harness their uncooked potential.
The Los Angeles Clippers stunned everybody when getting off to the most effective begin within the Western Convention to start the 2018-19 season. That shocking begin has come from the additions of Tobias Harris and rookie Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
There's additionally the additions of Avery Bradley, Danilo Gallinari, and Marcin Gortat which have quietly helped them get well since dropping their huge three stars, Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan, up to now two years.
Though many analysts anticipate them to stability out earlier than the season ends, as the remainder of the convention begins to get well and win video games once more, there's nonetheless an opportunity they will proceed profitable video games behind a structured offense and a tighter than most workforce fashion protection. They're coached by an all-time nice Doc Rivers and that may solely assist them get higher.
Rumors are a enjoyable solution to move the time in the course of the NBA season however they often don't inform the entire story of the longer term. Within the case of Kawhi Leonard, the rumor mill has been spouting off about how he's destined to play for the Clippers and has his sights set on signing with them subsequent yr.
Nevertheless, we expect he goes to Los Angeles however not for the Clippers. As an alternative, we will see him signing with the Lakers and becoming a member of LeBron James to type a harmful lineup that may compete towards the Golden State Warriors within the Western Convention.
It might certainly be a shock to many to see him signal with the Lakers however the timing is true and the chance to play with LeBron James and run the tables could be very fascinating to say the least.
The NBA's hardest protection is as soon as once more the Memphis Grizzlies, who're surrounding opponents at a time when the NBA has was an offensive shootout. However they proceed to play robust protection and pressure opponents into making dangerous selections inflicting turnovers and missed photographs. That's the means the Grizzlies turned a 50-win group prior to now.
However they're additionally constructed round some younger gamers which are simply now beginning to fall into their very own. Jaren Jackson, for instance, is only a rookie middle however is already displaying his potential to attain, he's averaging almost 13 factors per recreation, and defend, he's blocking 2.1 photographs per recreation too.
Then there's Kyle Anderson, a man who has spent his first 4 seasons in San Antonio, however is now a member of the Grizzlies and has grow to be a starter this yr. His numbers aren't unimaginable however he does precisely what he's alleged to do to maintain this group doing what it does greatest, profitable video games and enjoying robust protection.
The Miami Warmth are in want of some upgrades throughout the courtroom and it begins with the guard place the place they're determined for each depth and a star they will depend on for years to return.
As they proceed to wrestle this season, there odds at getting a really excessive draft decide is getting higher and higher which leaves them with a shot at drafting the combo guard from Kansas, Quentin Grimes. His addition into the Warmth's beginning lineup might have a direct influence in the event that they have been additionally capable of safe one other start line guard.
And it simply so occurs that Isaiah Thomas can be a free agent and might be an excellent signing for the Warmth subsequent season. His capturing mixed together with his potential to run the open flooring can be good in Miami.
Now that the NBA's latest celebrity, Giannis Antetokounmpo has grow to be a authentic stud on each side of the ground, the Milwaukee Bucks have was true contenders and have already began to showcase their expertise this season.
However when subsequent season comes round, there's a particular want for an enormous defensive middle that they will land off free company. Hassan Whiteside is a reputation that involves thoughts as he's a really massive deal and can be a implausible addition to the Bucks.
With the Bucks star offensive gamers in place, the final half they want is a middle and he can be their greatest guess to recover from the hump and into the extent of turning into one of many league's elite groups.
When the season started, the Jimmy Butler saga was the one factor anybody might speak about across the league. Everybody knew he was not going to stay round for much longer and ultimately was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers for 2 key items for the Timberwolves offense. They acquired again Robert Covington and Dario Saric, each gamers have already made an instantaneous influence.
However competing within the Western Convention requires a little bit of offense and the Timberwolves are going to wrestle with out Jimmy Butler in the midst of the lineup. So we will undertaking them to complete able that provides them an opportunity at drafting Sekou Doumboya, from France, and hope all of his uncooked skills may be harnessed into actual expertise.
In different phrases, he's a challenge however he's additionally one which has very massive upside for the Timberwolves, who're nonetheless one of many youthful groups within the NBA.
With the emergence of E'Twaun Moore's presence within the New Orleans beginning lineup this season, it has grow to be very evident that there's a have to construct depth and encompass Anthony Davis with athletic huge man that may play protection.
Nikola Mirotic will probably be a free agent subsequent season however has a superb probability of coming again to play with the Pelicans. We simply don't assume they're going to let him go since he's one among their prime three scorers. With out him of their lineup, it might actually harm their up-tempo fashion that has brought about matches for a lot of NBA groups.
The most important situation is how inconsistent they've performed this season and in the event that they proceed down this path, they might find yourself with a lottery decide and fairly probably land LSU's star ahead, Naz Reid. This child is athletic and highly effective and will assist bolster the Pelicans offense alongside aspect Anthony Davis.
There's a lot issues that have to go down to ensure that this lineup to occur in 2019 however we expect that the best way the Boston Celtics have began this season has all however assured that Kyrie Irving goes to had additional East and play for the New York Knicks, particularly once they supply him a pleasant measurement deal.
They're additionally nicely on their solution to a lottery draft decide and will simply apply it to Indiana's massive guard, Romeo Langford. He can rating however he doesn't merely accept the straightforward outdoors shot. He can penetrate the lane and make some massive photographs within the paint whereas enjoying a ton of minutes.
The one lacking piece to this puzzle is Kristaps Porzingis and whether or not or not he ever returns to play for the Knicks, which is one thing that would very nicely occur if they will signal Irving and draft an prompt starter.
Dennis Schroder has already proven his worth since being traded to the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder this previous summer time by filling in for the injured Russell Westbrook. Nevertheless, he's a starter and has been became a sixth man now that Westbrook has returned. So whether or not or not this works out, we will see however the probabilities of his manufacturing being what it was in Atlanta, particularly in a task enjoying place, isn't excellent.
They're going to need to discover a approach to make it work with each Dennis Schroder and Russell Westbrook on the ground on the similar time. However additionally they have Andre Roberson, who's rising as a star himself. To not point out, Paul George continues to be an elite offensive nightmare.
However the most effective a part of the OKC lineup is the surprisingly robust protection of Jerami Grant and Steven Adams. These two males are an enormous purpose why the Thunder are profitable video games towards robust groups.
Who thought that the Orlando Magic can be beating a number of the greatest groups within the NBA to start out this season, particularly with their lineup. However they by some means have found out a means to take action and have already shut down LeBron James twice, crushed the Boston Celtics on the street, and dominated the New York Knicks, twice.
They've completed it behind the superb efficiency of Nikola Vucevic, Aaron Gordon, Terrence Ross, and Evan Fournier. However behind these masters of the courtroom is some extent guard that has quietly managed the move of this staff's offense. D.J. Augustin has emerged because the staff's largest star due to how he manages their recreation.
However they're nonetheless in want of some assist earlier than making that leap to the subsequent degree and within the upcoming draft, they've an ideal shot at grabbing De'Andre Hunter, Virginia's rising star guard that has risen up the draft board up to now six months.
Since becoming a member of the Philadelphia 76ers, Jimmy Butler has been capable of flip their sluggish begin round and they're now thriving within the Japanese Convention. However that's precisely what they thought once they traded for him earlier this season. The 76ers knew that they might be giving up so much however they have been ready to take action if they might land one of many NBA's greatest small forwards.
Now that he's a member of the 76ers, he isn't going anyplace anytime quickly and ought to be a key element of their rise to the highest of the Japanese Convention. Think about that this is identical 76ers from final yr however with the addition of Jimmy Butler and ask your self, would that staff have the ability to win extra playoff video games and go additional within the playoffs?
The reply is sure and the probabilities of the 76ers turning into the highest workforce within the convention for the subsequent few years could be very fairly attainable. They only want so as to add one other massive man to assist play robust protection within the paint.
There's a lot to like concerning the Phoenix Suns shifting ahead and all of it begins with their future. Devin Booker is a scary scoring guard that may, and has, go off on any night time. However if you add Deandre Ayton into the lineup, the Suns lastly have a basis to construct round.
Apart from T.J. Warren, the remainder of the Suns roster is a little bit of a multitude and has not been capable of step up and take over, not but at the least. However that's what occurs with such a younger workforce.
As they proceed to wrestle all through the rising pains of turning issues round and rebuilding their group, there's a excellent probability they discover themselves drafting within the top-Three subsequent summer time.
The excellent news for them is meaning they might have an opportunity at nabbing Cam Reddish, the perfect pure scorer within the upcoming NBA draft. This child goes to be an enormous time star within the NBA someday and could possibly be a part of a lethal trio in Phoenix.
The Portland Path Blazers have three stars, Damian Lillard, C.J. McCollum, and Jusuf Nurkic, that they've constructed round to grow to be a critical contender within the Western Convention.
Aside from the Golden State Warriors, the one different staff within the NBA with two elite beginning guards is the Portland Path Blazers. That has given them the power to win many video games the previous few years and can proceed to take action over the subsequent couple as they proceed to get extra items that they will play with.
Certainly one of their largest surprises, one that may develop into their subsequent massive starter is Zach Collins, a troublesome position participant from Gonzaga that has improved considerably since becoming a member of the NBA.
With all the expertise that sits on the Sacramento Kings roster, it isn't an enormous leap to assume that someday they may emerge as one of many higher groups within the NBA. There is just too a lot uncooked expertise on the Kings to see them wrestle once more particularly now that DeMarcus Cousins is gone they usually can actually open up their offense.
De'Aaron Fox is a stud and Buddy Hield is a superb scorer. Combine that with a wholesome Marvin Bagley III and Justin Jackson and also you get an unimaginable group of gifted kids.
The most important query is that if Willie Cauley-Stein can discover extra consistency in his recreation. If that occurs, he can shortly turn into probably the greatest facilities within the NBA.
For the primary time because the 1996-97 season, and in addition the primary yr Gregg Popovich was the San Antonio Spurs head coach, the Spurs are more likely to miss the playoffs. It comes at a time when they're recent off the Kawhi Leonard debacle from a yr in the past, by which they solely gained 47 video games, which was the primary time Popovich gained lower than 50 video games in 21 years.
In different phrases, issues are altering for the Spurs and the followers are going to have to start out getting ready for the longer term with out one of many league's all time nice head coaches.
In the meantime, even with the way forward for Gregg Popovich in query, this staff continues to be constructed with a strong basis and will have the identical beginning 5 subsequent season too. It's extra about depth and lack of enjoying Pop's fashion of basketball that has harm them this yr.
The Toronto Raptors gained 56, 51, and 59 video games in every of the final three seasons. The one distinction between this yr and final yr's workforce is that they swapped DeMar DeRozan for Danny Inexperienced and Kawhi Leonard. In different phrases, they received higher, extraordinarily higher.
That isn't a knock towards DeMar DeRozan, he's as elite as they arrive, however he's inferior to Kawhi Leonard, who's a two-time defensive participant of the yr and one of many NBA's top-5 stars.
However after this season, when he turns into a free agent and decides to go away, it shouldn't be a lot of a shock to followers. So if the Raptors can't win the championship this yr, it's all for nothing. They principally gave away DeMar DeRozan for nothing and should begin rebuilding in two years.
The Utah Jazz don't do issues which might be thrilling or enjoyable to observe however they do issues that assist them win video games because of gamers like Ricky Rubio and Donovan Mitchell. These two guards have been capable of led the Jazz into the Western Convention playoffs final season and can proceed to take action this yr.
Additionally they have probably the greatest facilities within the league, Rudy Gobert, who has been partnered with Derrick Favors to type a really robust 1-2 punch within the paint. They've pressured many groups to accept outdoors photographs as an alternative of penetrating the paint.
So far as the longer term is worried, if they will proceed profitable video games, then this can be a lineup that may stay in Salt Lake Metropolis for so long as they will hold them signed.
For some purpose, the Washington Wizards fan base, and the gamers themselves, particularly John Wall, appear to need to blame Otto Porter Jr. for his or her offensive woes, and have been for years. It simply appears odd to assume that blaming one man for the issues of a whole NBA group is simply plain foolish.
So whereas the Wizards determine issues out, and the staff continues to wrestle, they're going to discover themselves battling for an additional lottery decide however this time, they will find yourself with somebody they actually need.
If they will seize a top-10 decide, there's a excellent probability they find yourself with Kevin Porter Jr. from USC who's nothing greater than a scoring guard however might assist the Wizards offense emerge as one of many higher ones within the East subsequent season.


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var cfg = require('../../../src/js/app-config').config;

describe('Mail Config Service unit test', function() {
    var mailConfig, httpBackend;

    beforeEach(function() {
        angular.module('mail-config-test', ['woServices']);
        angular.mock.module('mail-config-test');
        angular.mock.inject(function($injector, $httpBackend) {
            httpBackend = $httpBackend;
            mailConfig = $injector.get('mailConfig');
        });
    });

    afterEach(function() {
        httpBackend.verifyNoOutstandingExpectation();
        httpBackend.verifyNoOutstandingRequest();
    });

    describe('get', function() {
        var url = cfg.settingsUrl + 'example.com',
            exampleCfg = {
                imap: {}
            };

        it('should work', function() {
            httpBackend.expectGET(url).respond(exampleCfg);

            mailConfig.get('text@example.com').then(function(config) {
                expect(config.imap).to.exist;
            });
            httpBackend.flush();
        });

        it('should fail for invalid email address', inject(function($rootScope) {
            mailConfig.get('textexample.com').catch(function(err) {
                expect(err.message).to.contain('Invalid');
            });
            $rootScope.$apply();
        }));

        it('should fail with http 500', function() {
            httpBackend.expectGET(url).respond(500, '');

            mailConfig.get('text@example.com').catch(function(err) {
                expect(err).to.exist;
            });
            httpBackend.flush();
        });
    });

});

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The moment you decide a loan is in your future, check your credit. Your credit score, also known as a FICO score (Fair Isaac Corp. for the organization that founded the system) predicts your likelihood to repay a loan. Scores range from 300 to 850, with the average American having a score of 675. A top-tier score (or prime) is 700 to 850, near-prime is 620 to 700 and subprime is less than 620 [source: Buss].
How do you know where you fit? Check out your credit report from the three main credit bureaus -- Equifax, Experian and Trans Union. Thanks to the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act, you can obtain a free report annually from each of the bureaus. Visit http://www.annualcreditreport.com to get started. You can get an idea of your credit standing via the report, but for the actual score, you'll need to pay a fee. If you are married and your spouse will be on the loan, be sure to check his or her score as well.
Correct errors directly with the credit bureaus: There is a 50 percent chance of having a mistake on your report. Correct any errors and follow up to make sure the corrections are reflected on your report. It can take 60 to 90 days to have outdated information corrected [source: Bankrate, Inc.]. Also, bureaus must be able to support bad marks on your credit. Ask for proof.
Contact the company you have a dispute with: If there is a mistake with a specific company, contact that company with supporting documents and ask your contact to send corrected information to the appropriate bureau.
Support your case: Include a brief description of your side of a dispute in your report.
Improve your behavior: Make payments on time. Pay off cards with high balances. Close some, but not all, of your old inactive accounts; the bureaus want to see that you have credit available. Keep older accounts with good history. Don't open cards or go over your limits. Avoid large bills on credit cards, including corporate cards.
In addition to your score, your profession, proof of employment, home ownership and the ability to justify any issues on your report can also enhance your credit worthiness.
Now that you've taken this important step in the loan process, it's time to determine how much you can afford.


Public Mobile at London Drugs!
As you know, over the past 12 months we've put a ton of effort into growing Public Mobile. Thanks to your continued support, we are growing each and every day and, as a team, we are excited for what's to come over the next year.
Along these lines of growth, we are excited to announce that we are making it easier for you to purchase and activate our SIM cards by making them available at London Drugs stores. As with our other retail partners, you will continue to have the option to activate at home or activate in-store, based on what you prefer. London Drugs stores are predominantly located in Alberta and British Columbia, meaning that this launch will allow us to make our brand more accessible to our Western customers. For our friends out West, we hope you enjoy the added convenience!
If you happen to be near a London Drugs store after we launch, we'd love to hear your feedback on how things are going.
Re: Launching at London Drugs throughout July!
Hopefully these reps doing the in store activation will be properly trained so there aren't so many problems.
Wow, that's big news for the West.
They have something like 70-80 stores out west, if I recall correctly.
@Brooke_C Clarification needed on activations. Are all the retail partners able/willing to activate SIMs? WOW Mobile and K Mobile as well as Walmart/London Drugs.
Based on my limited experience adding London Drugs is definitely a coup.
are they going to sell vouchers as well?
This is great news. Walmart does a horrible job IMO of selling and promoting public mobile. The staff at London drugs are usually great to work with and very knowledgable. Great job public mobile. Hopefully you will keep thos partnership for more than the month.
Will definitely keep London Drugs in mind! I would definitely recommend LD and go there myself (much more convenient over alternatives). I've cautioned colleagues about using Walmart (with inconsistent and unpredictable results), and I don't much care for the malls, where WOW! Boutique kiosks have always been helpful.
Next logical step would be to co-locate at TELUS stores, where Koodo materials are already available at most locations.
How about a free SIM card deal at London Drugs, similar to the recent Walmart promotion, to kick things off with a bang?


Video footage has been released of two cars racing each other at dangerous speeds through the Tyne Tunnel.
CCTV footage shows a BMW driven by Joel Graydon, 44, and an Audi being driven by 30-year-old Gavin Mason, racing each other dangerously in rush-hour traffic, last August.
They have now been banned from the roads for 15 months after pleading guilty to dangerous driving at South Tyneside Magistrates' Court on June 23.
Graydon, of Eachwick, Dalton, Northumberland, and Mason, of Holywell House, Holywell, North Tyneside, were both sentenced to eight weeks in jail, suspended for 12 months, with 60 hours' unpaid work and costs of £100.
Pc Andrew Clarke, from Northumbria Police's Motor Patrols section, said: "I don't have to say what the implications of a high speed collision in a confined space like the Tyne Tunnel would be and both these drivers not only put their own lives at risk but those of other road users who were going about their daily business."
Ron Henderson, Tunnel Manager at TT2, said: "We welcome the prosecution and sentencing of the two men caught speeding in the Tyne Tunnel last year.
"This demonstrates that speeding and dangerous driving will not be tolerated in the tunnel.


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Reckless driver leads officers, deputies on pursuit across Los Angeles County
By Mary Stringini, FOX 11
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (FOX 11) - Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies were in pursuit of a reckless driver on Tuesday afternoon in southeast Los Angeles County.
The pursuit began around 11:30 a.m. in the Lakewood area. The suspect in a dark-colored vehicle was seen driving erratically, crossing over several lanes of traffic and blowing through intersections.
Out of an abundance of caution, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department discontinued the initial pursuit and initiated surveillance mode in order to keep the public safe.
The pursuit was picked up by California Highway Patrol Officers around 12:10 p.m. During CHP's pursuit, the vehicle blew out one of its tires. The suspect drove the vehicle for several miles without the vehicle's front left wheel, smoke could be seen as the driver continued to drive on the vehicle's rims.
CHP officers were able to successfully perform a "pit maneuver," in the Westchester area just before 12:20 p.m. which cased the suspect's vehicle to spin out. He was taken into custody minutes later without incident.
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Away Travel: Eastbourne Borough
by James | Nov 21, 2018 | Fans, First Team, Matches, Supporters Trust
Eastbourne Borough v Billericay Town National League South. Saturday 8 December 2018, 3:00pm. Billericay Town Supporters Society are arranging coach travel to Eastbourne Borough. The coach will leave The AGP Arena at 11:45am and depart Eastbourne after the final...
BTSS: Coming Up…
by James | Oct 28, 2018 | Club, Events, F.A. Cup, Fans, First Team, Fixtures, League, Matches, Supporters Trust, Travel
QUIZ NIGHT Friday 16 November 2018, 7:30pm for 8:00pm start. The Supporters Society will be holding a Quiz Night in the Clubhouse. Teams of up to 8 people can be entered by e-mailing btsuppsociety@yahoo.com or by speaking with a BTSS board member. Entry is £5 per...
Coach travel to Chelmsford City
by James | Oct 4, 2018 | Fans, First Team, Fixtures, League, Travel
Chelmsford City v Billericay Town National League South. Wednesday 26 December 2018, 3:00pm Early warning of coach travel to the Blues huge league fixture at Chelmsford on Boxing Day! PLEASE NOTE the kick-off time is yet to be confirmed, Details below assume a 3pm KO!...
Coach travel to Torquay
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Torquay United v Billericay Town National League South. Saturday 3 November 2018, 3:00pm. Billericay Town Supporters Society are welcoming interest in seat bookings for the coach to Torquay United next month. Seats are likely to cost £40-£50 depending on demand. The...
Coach Travel to Hampton & Richmond Borough
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Hampton & Richmond Borough National League South. Saturday 29 September 2018, 3:00pm If there is enough interest the coach will leave New Lodge at 12:15pm and depart Hampton and 5:10pm. Seats are priced at £15 for adults and £10 for Under 16's. Please e-mail...
Coach travel to Hemel Hempstead
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Hemel Hempstead Town v Billericay Town National League South. Saturday 8 September 2018, 3:00pm. The Supporters Society are hoping to arrange a coach to Hemel Hempstead. The coach will leave Blunts Wall Road at 12:45pm and will depart from Hemel Hempstead at 5:10pm....


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Why aren't you reading Sowell?
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i don't care about economics. mostly because i don't even know what they are.
Will reading about economics make me rich?
me as well, econ is one big fenticil
Sowell is absolutely based
Race and Culture: A World View was my first reading of his.
Where should I branch out next?
'We know that the war against intelligence is always waged in the name of common sense.'
The useful thing about Sowell's writings is that they explicitly articulate why exactly capitalist economies succeed in contrast to socialist economies. They also provide the logical background which people need to understand to come to accept capitalism as the best option for our economy, such as when he explains the need to think in terms of trade-offs and benefits, as opposed to leftist thinking which usually occurs in terms of "problems" and "solutions", and fails to account for everything that needs to go into our political calculus.
He's useful for someone who wants to move from left-wing thinking to liberal or right-wing thinking, but beyond that there's not much other use, because much of what he says is actually implicit in mainstream Western politics or agreed upon in mainstream economics And everything else he says is just silly.
You might think he's useful in another way if you think it's worth our time to debate socialists, but I don't think it is. Real socialism is dead. At most, people go for Bernie "socialism". And who really cares about that in the grand scheme of things?
still shilling this coon's "books"
/pol/acks, everyone
I don't read boring shit. My life is already boring af.
the need to think in terms of trade-offs and benefits
I already got this. Do I really need to get into Sowell, if I already did Road to Serfdom?
I like looking into heterodox economics and see if there are bits and pieces that seem useful. Like Shaik's "real competition" idea.
Do I really need to get into Sowell, if I already did Road to Serfdom?
No you don't. You've read a book that vaguely sort of advocates laissez-faire while critiquing socialism therefore you know everything there is to know about laissez-faire philosophy.
I don't why people act like he's just an economist or that's all he writes about. He has probably written more on sociology than economics throughout the years.
You probably don't need to read Sowell's Basic Economics book, but I wouldn't call Road to Serfdom a replacement for an economic book.
I also wouldn't call Sowell heterodox by any stretch, he's taught at places like Cornell and UCLA. If you want heterodox laissez-faire economics, read Ludwig von Mises or Murray Rothbard.
Sowell is pretty much neoclassical/Chicago school, not heterodox
Redpilled beyond the memes. Love Sowell, especially when he criticises the acceptance of elite dogma. Was a great way to introduce myself to critical thought. Gets too much flak for being black with his views, which tells you a lot.
They also provide the logical background which people need to understand to come to accept capitalism as the best option for our economy, such as when he explains the need to think in terms of trade-offs and benefits, as opposed to leftist thinking which usually occurs in terms of "problems" and "solutions", and fails to account for everything that needs to go into our political calculus.
AKA he's good at giving you prepared arguments for capitalism, like this "he thinks LIKE THIS and leftists think LIKE THIS" crap
I went beyond basic economics a long time ago
laissez-faire capitalist economics was pushed by rw billionaires and spooks. keynesianism is pushed by left liberal billionaires and spooks, economics is not a science, the market is not beneficial to the species. David Rockefeller was mentored by Hayak and the Hunts and Koch, Coord and Mellon-Scaife families funded the CATO institute, Milton Friedmand worked with Paul volcker and Alan greenspan who engineered the 2008 crash. Don't read or research any of this, if you're involved with econ get out now
I refuse to read niggers
Because I realize that due to the pervasiveness of information assymetries, incomplete markets and negative externalities, Pareto-improving tax interventions almost always exist.
You're a certain if you think markets haven't greatly benefitted mankind.
I agree that economics is not a science though.
Didn't mean to imply Sowell is heterodox. And I'm not looking for heterodox laissez-faire theory. The guy I meantioned (Shaik) is actually a neo-Ricardian of sorts. I just like looking for outside the box stuff.
Anyone have his new book?
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economics is not a science
A subject which has about as much mathematics as particle physics and deals with concrete social phenomenon isn't a science? Huh.
Human action has too many variables to work with the scientific method, which is a requirement for something to be a science.
Human action has too many variables to work with the scientific method
But the universe doesn't?
And if we are going by predictability of behavior, are pharmacology and metereology sciences?
The universe has too many variables therefore science doesn't exist.
A subject which has about as much mathematics as particle physics
it doesn't and its nothing like particle physics
deals with concrete social phenomena
a business cycle and demand are not concrete
You're a certain if you think markets haven't greatly benefitted mankind
they're killing the species
Natural sciences have repeatable tests to prove or disprove a hypothesis. In economics this does not happen.
Pharmacology and meteorology can isolate variables for repeatable tests.
Concrete in what sense? There is pretty significant literature on what causes cycles, just not the exact length. Demand being a schedule of one's preferences is true a priori.
But nature has too many variables so it can't be a science. That's what you said.
But that is not what I said.
the point here being that even pseudosciences like pharmacology and meteorlogy, two of the lowest iq, most absurd and least consistent sciences, provide a standard of rigor that econ cannot meet. I think even cognitive psychology, another ridiculous "science" has better rigor in its ability to experiment, use controls
There is pretty significant literature on what causes cycles, just not the exact length
not a single large economic crisis was predicted by the dominant economic schools of thought, no one knows why or what investors will do who control huge portions of the financial markets, the government and firms can influence demand and supply arbitrarily without warning. Political factors are literally part of the gaps in economic predictability models, so there is no precedent like it in any of the other natural sciences.
Demand being a schedule of one's preferences is true a priori.
very smart, excellent, now predict how many people tomorrow in Seattle want coffee, go ahead and do it, and then test it and try to get within 1000 consumers. You can't do it, because its a pseudscience. In fact you can't tell me anything even remotely as accurate as a genomics assay or a particle physics study or a chemistry experiment because you're not a scientist and what you study is not scientific in any way. Population genetics is science, evo bio is science, molecular psychiatry is almost science, neuroscience is a science, what you do is allegedly related to these things, but you see it uses abstract mathematical variables with no physical correlate and thus is not a science, it is in fact a form of theology.
I own 2 of his books and just the thought of them on my shelf let alone opened before me is so boring that I have never bothered
Black rightism apologists wish they weren't ever taught to write so I don't see why I should disrespect their feelings by reading the things they say
I know shit's fucked.
I don't need a a 300+ page book to tell me just how fucked it is.
Sigh. Last time I'm going to do this okay? The first time I did this over in /sci/ they were talking about economics did have some validity as a science. Please note we ARE in Veeky Forums, and however much I push mathematical LITERATURE in Veeky Forums, the fucking sped retards don't want to participate. Anyway here goes. Verbatim from Irving Fisher's Mathematical Investigations in the Theory of Price and Value, Part II, chapter III.
Mechanics versus economics
A particle "corresponds to" An individual
Space "" Commodity
Force "" Marginal utility or disutility
Work "" Disutility
Energy "" Utility
Work or Energy = force x space
Disutility or Utility = marginal utility x commodity
Force is a vector (directed in space)
Marginal utility is a vector (directed in commodity)
Forces are added by vector addition ("parallelogram of forces")
Marginal utility are added by vector addition. (parallelogram of marginal utility)
Work and Energy are scalars
Disutility and utility are scalars
hasn't read austrian business cycle theory
thinking economics is supposed to be predictive
It's not predictive, it's based on actions taken. I don't consider it a science, and I don't get why you think I claim it to be otherwise.
you should be shot in the head for trying to do this kind of stupid shit
austrian economics is funded by billionaires who have rigged the stock market and purposefully depress oil prices I'm not reading that shit
Mathematically analyze sociological phenomenon?
You know, you get much further with mathematical analysis than you do without.
For instance, Carl Menger's Principles of Economics and Leon Walras' Elements of Pure Economics go over the same thing: marginal utility. But Walras ended up go in much more detail through a layered, variable analysis.
this isn't science this is disgusting
space=commodity
no space is an expanse, a commodity is an item
particle equals an individual
no a particle is a particle, an individual is an abstract idea of a nondescript human whose genetic makeup and neural correlates are undeterminable until studied
marginal utility=vector
no they're work and "energy" in the sense you're using it. you'd get eaten alive if you said this on /sci/ link the thread
No he's right. Austrian economics is a fucking joke. It's complete shit. You should realize that people who are actually intelligent, God-fearing people, rationalize economics from a top-down, bottom-up approach through recursive variable analysis. So that independent variables exist in the midst of the economic phenomenon itself, like the psychological property of rarete, a Walrasian defined term, that Pareto generally uses. Like numeraire, as well, which is a mathematical term.
'I can't post in /sci/ because I think they're smarter than me' the post
does not mean what you want it to mean
You know, you get much further with mathematical analysis than you do without
normative statement, disregard
For instance, Carl Menger's Principles of Economics and Leon Walras' Elements of Pure Economics go over the same thing: marginal utility. But Walras ended up go in much more detail through a layered, variable analysis
DnD systematics, has nothing to do with physics which studies the natural world, all the maths in physics that we care about has a physical correlate and can be tested for validity
the price of oil was manipulated by Oil oligarchs at the end of the Obama years and by OPEC in the 70's this was not predicted by economics models. Austrian economics is chiefly funded by the Mellon-Scaife, Hunt, Coors, Koch families all of whom manipulate oil and natural gas prices when it suits them. Austrian economics is a brain child of a Volcker-Greenspan associate, Milton Friedman and other disgusting kikes. Its not a science at all and business cycles have never been accurately predicted by the dominant school of economics. I'll repeat myself for both of you nerdic cuck bugs:
Mathematical models that are not pure maths or related directly to physical systems are fucking useless nonsense, economists are not mathematicians they take existing mathematics and try to use them to create elaborate and exotic models which they use to explain after the fact results, economists do not make accurate predictions and this is why Finance people are paid more than they are. Austrian economics is pushed by the chicago school of economics and the CATO institute both funded by elite oil and business magnates who manipulate the stock market and commodity markets arbitrarily for political and personal reasons. An example of this would be the devaluation of russian oil in the early '10s and the Oil crisis of the 70's which were arbitrary and had political motivations. Lastly economists cannot create controls, they cannot falsify their theories, they cannot predict demand in an accurate manner.
They are essentially court sorcerers who firms and governments keep around to get an edge up on one another. Economists do not build economies, firms and consumers do, economists do not build economic policy, people make stupid decisions that we call fiscal and monetary policy and they are the one's who hold responsibility for inflation, taxation, tax credits, subsidies (another random measure) not economists whose input is valued but have no direct hand in anything. Lastly, the behavior of finance and business titans is largely occulted to economists and thus they can do all kinds of things that effect supply or demand or political measures which have a huge effect on economics. For instance an Arab oil shiek can fund terrorism in India or Spain or America that has an effect on the market which cannot be predicted This does not happen in particle physics
Oh wow golly a nigger who validates my beliefs
Who the fuck cares about a niggers thoughts on tax policy lmfao. All these Hitler worshippers not so deep down are just Hank Hill boomer conservatives screaming to get out.
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You suck at reading comprehension, have you ever read Menger or Walras?
Holy shit do you have no clue what you're talking about.
He's retarded or something. This is proof that 'a large post an intelligent poster does not make'.
The only people I ever see bringing up his race are leftists.
Half of what he writes about is race and its relation to economic and social interactions, so naturally people bring up his race.
Because Sowell's writings are mostly introductory in nature and targeted at the common man who is trying to educate himself out of left wing indoctrination. It's a good strategy for promoting one's ideas from a political perspective but not a whole lot in his corpus is really interesting from the perspective of someone who is already educated and aware of the need to remove all those who support socialism and non-family oriented lifestyles from society by coercive force if necessary.
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unregulated free-market capitalism is a family-oriented lifestyle
oookkay
Nobody advocates for "unregulated free market capitalism."
read Schumpeter
So? His race has nothing to do with it. I'm sick of seeing leftists attack him just because he's black and doesn't think like they want him to.
he's black
yes, goyim, (((black)))
those who support socialism and non-family oriented lifestyles
It is not socialism but capitalism which supports non-family oriented lifestyle. Why? People have children when they are young, but they also receive the lowest amount of market income when they are young. Their incomes then go up later on in life when they receive promotions and raises and whatnot, but as people become older they also become less capable of procreating. Capitalist market institutions distribute the national income in a way which is hostile to child-bearing.
I'm waiting for the anime adaptation
reading Soywell
I'm not a neo-liberal status quo perpetuating uncle tom.
Fuck off, uncle tom.
There are no 'left liberals'.
Because he's a neoliberal shill and doesn't understand macro.
He's the most over-celebrated "Economist" of all time for obvious reasons.
Thinks you can explain all of economics with Cold War platitudes (' if you don't let a man keep his house, then he won't build one, durrrr, etc. '). It's called 'Basic Economics' because he doesn't understand anything more complicated than introductory Neoclassical Micro, which is itself ideology.
Read something real like Irving Fisher, Frederick Soddy, Steve Keen or Richard Werner and then wonder 'Why the fuck aren't these concepts being discussed by every economist alive right now?'
This, Sowell is basically a product of affirmative action. His understanding of economics is based on simplistic and outdated neoclassical models while most of his ideas have already been expressed by more intelligent (and whiter) people before him. The only reason why Sowell has acquired such a cult status is because he can be used by conservatives to deflect accusations of racism.
everything I don't like/understand is ideology
fuck off zizek
Is there anything more absurd than complaining that a book called "Basic Economics" is too simple?
The gender pay-gap is still front page news in the UK even though Sowell was slapping these arguments around decades ago to hilarious effect.
Cuz he's a reactionary
Keep reading economics (Classical, Marxist, Historicist, Keynesian, Post-Keynesian, Heterodox, etc.) of all flavors, not just Neoclassical / Chicago & Austrian and then you'll understand.
Are there any shows like this being made anymore? I don't even like watching TV because people talking over each other annoys me so much. There never seems to be any arguments either, just some rhetorical exchanges.
So are you saying economics is not a science because we don't have the means and methods to make it so? Or can it not be a science because of it's actual topic/content?
The former is unfortunate but understandable, the latter is completely untenable.
So your definition of science is essentially useless?
lol but that isn't actually true user
I'm certain that you have.
Rightists implicitly are making an argument about race whenever they bring up or shill Sowell, because he confirms their ideas about blacks, welfare and big government being interconnected and therefore validating why whites and model minorities are superior.
His resurgence solely has to do with those of a certain ideology pushing him to the front in a show of "see, this black man also thinks like I do", which you think might be reason enough to invalidate the argument, but it's actually what it says on the tin albeit in a disingenuous manner.
Volcker
kys. not all foreign sounding names are jewish
It's hard to find good discussion between right and left. On TV it's usually people shouting the same partisan talking points over each other. Nobody learns anything, nobody gets smarter, nobody changes their mind. Sowell could change minds but he would never be booked on a mainstream show with a large audience. Ben Shapiro could change minds. If he ever gets on The View - and he was campaigning for it - that would be fun!
But capitalism hasn't succeeded and true socialism hasn't being tried. It may be a meme answer but it`s the truth nonetheless.
Fuck off. Right wingers need to be banned. We need to reclaim our board.
that's what laissez faire is in practice or, worse, its using the state to enforce unregulated free market capitalism, which in practice translates into pro-corporate policies
Yeah, except that pretty much all empirical research shows the gender pay gap persists in all developed countries even if you take into account differences in hours worked, occupations chosen, education, job experience etc.
An employer advertises a job. You go to an interview. They offer you a contract, which includes a salary. You accept it or you don't. If you are worth more than they're offering, go get what you are worth elsewhere. If nobody else is offering what you think you are worth, then you aren't worth that amount.
I despise this type of thinking. Why do you want to see people's mind's changed on a TV spectacle? If you have to watch infotainment to begin with, then you're not going to learn much or at best you're simply learning to spout talking points for a certain point of view the Rich TV oligarch wants you to learn. You know the best way to learn and adjust your point of view? Read a book!
when you're this high on market ideology
Only if you take into account the filthy rich though.
You're talking nonsense.
t. nerd
Why don't you read a book that teaches you how to stop being a virgin?
Nah, you're just plugging your ears with dried cum
Did I touch a nerve? If you really think some media corporation will fund your talk show entertainment with reasoned debate and some epiphany of understanding will be reached you're a fool.
Why do you want to see people's mind's changed on a TV spectacle?
I would like to see Shapiro on, for example, Jimmy Kimmel. He can actually argue conservative positions and it would be interesting, in my opinion, to see how that goes.
Real socialism has never been tried
Because it's an impossible system to try, maybe? I guess you're ignoring the Soviets before the NEP in the Soviet Union, Catalonia during the Civil War, and Mahkno's Ukraine?
I mean for some reason state socialism doesn't count for socialists, why this is I have no idea
Why would I read some cherry picking uncle Tom?
He's literally just the Republican's black friend.
Succesful black people are all Uncle Tom's
Das rite brothas an kweenz , a real nigga don't read n shit. A real nigga lives on da streetz
state socialism doesn't count for socialists
that's why it's called state socialism and not socialism
Right, in the same way libertarian socialism isn't really socialism... Hey... Wait a minute...
Pinker thinks he's underrated. That's how you know he's a hack.
BAYSICK ECCYNOMIX
Because socialism is anarchistic, you stupid fucking neoliberal.
anarchistic
Not inherently, you dullard. Trotskyism and Leninism are both forms of socialism that have been tried, don't play dumb and push the goal post.
Because socialism is anarchistic
Only according to libertarian socialists you dipshit
Black people who make their success purely from making a show of how white they are and undermining their fellows are uncle Toms, nice strawman fallacy though.
doesn't believe in global warming
ok that's a red flag
watch autoplay video after that
he sincerely believes Barrack Obama is the worst US president in history
...and dismissed.
socialism is anarchistic
t. never read Marx
Where is the concept wrong?
When you conflate whiteness with civility and blackness with barbarity without even realizing it
being civil makes you succesful
another strawmawn, bravo retard, take another bow
I'm not talking about his personal behavior, it's his "professional career" that's being discussed, you'd understand that if you had an argument beyond hysterical subjective appeals
it's his "professional career" that's being discussed
All you did was call him an uncle tom then posted a video where he says he doesn't believe in global warming then says that the same president who lead to the rise of the Libyan Slave Trade and success of ISIS alongisde his failed healthcare reform that ended up shilling for insurance companies one of the worst presidents in our history.
Wtf are you talking about? This is all about his personal choices and mannerisms to you, you're just thinly veiling ad hominem attacks against him
Shit dis nigga acts white n shit
Shill!!!1!11!
Calls him an uncle tom
Says he acts too white and undermines black people
"This has nothing to do with him personally"
Ah, of course, I forgot that the labour market is frictionless, that jobseekers have perfect information, that the bargaining power of employers is not determined by institutional arrangements and that the marginal product of labour is a valid concept. Thank you, le free market man.
all black people I don't like are ghetto niggers!
this is the mentality of sowell fags, everony
I'm not sure which part of that addresses my post. Are you saying that employers should pay somebody more than they're worth, or that employees sign contracts against their will?
most complex math is literally vector addition
as much math as particle physics
holy shit lmao
So who here linked this thread to /leftypol/? The leftists native to this board are usually far more coherent.
I'm saying that the wages are typically not determined by a bargaining process with no frictions and information assymetries in which the Walrasian equilibrium is reached.
The gender paygap was the topic of discussion, Dr. Minsky. The only thing that you listed which might be relevant in explaining a net difference are social institutions, and yet this is still not borne out by the data.
See, where I work, the company advertised a job, I went to an interview, they offered me the role and a starting salary, and I accepted. This happened in every case for every position in the company, and the company is doing well. It's a pretty good system!
this is still not borne out by the data
It clearly is: inequality.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/media/_media/pdf/key_issues/gender_research.pdf
Wages are not bargained for because competitive equilibriums are mostly not reached
Since when has bargaining for wages been determined by reaching competitive equilibriums?
You didn't address any of the problems with the neoclassical model of the labour market which I listed.
Pretty much never, that's exactly what I'm saying.
Moron spotted
Liberals aren't socialists.
I've read more Marx than you.
Recognizing that people make this conflation does not mean one is making this conflation.
People only take Sowell seriously as a "even a stupid nigger understands this, so le libcucks are le even dumber xddddd"
It also helps them avoid looking like white supremacists. See: Pinker, who is basically a white supremacist but doesn't say so many mean things.
Pinker, who is basically a white supremacist
If anything, Pinker is a Jewish supremacist.
imagine being this ideologically cucked you can't even comprehend what you're disagreeing with
Veeky Forums is my right wing echochamber. everyone else should leave
pinker
x supremacist
where are you getting this from? I mean i hate the guy's smugness but how do you come to this conclusion?
His main argument is that unmarried childless women are paid the same as men, so all that shit you posted is irrelevant.
economics is the pseudoscience religion of mathematics poorly misunderstood by brainlets.
it's like when spiritual people talk about quantum tunnel their chakras or something. except with billions of dollars on a global scale.
the real 'economic power' is in the issuance of currency and military juntas/dictatorships. since everyone works to get paid.
why would you put your name on a shill image?
I'm curious about the courses some people here have taken on economics. I did Foundations of Macroeconomics and Macroeconomics in college (also Micro) and it was quite straight-forward.
What I studied:
AD-AS and IS-LM models
different methods of calculating GDP
Phillips Curve
monetary and fiscal policies and their relation with the sustainability of the budget deficit
Mankiw-Romer-Weil's improved Solow model
Harrod–Domar model
Ramsey growth model
It's applied math. You don't like them? Fine, then show a useful model that adjusts better to the available data, it's like that for most serious scientific fields. I don't get the hate for economics.
Well the reasons behind seeing complex mathematics discussed is because there are a lot of people who like economics that could discuss circles around people that have gone to college for economics. The point is, you may go to college to learn things that are applicable, but when you read real mathematical economics on your own, you are doing something very important as well, and usually you can find new ideas solely from doing this.
You can even go back in time and read economics from very long ago and find most of it to be applicable.
Let's assume I'm a total economics babby (though I know money is used to purchase items). What would I read before Sowell?
Nothing. He is entry-level.
You are like a babby. Here, watch this
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nothing. he's below entry level. maybe Hayek, but if you read Hayek you don't really need to read Sowell
Oh okay, thanks both.
le west is le best
everybody must be like le west
That's white supremacy without explicitly saying "fucking niggers need to be civilized like us classy white people or were gonna fuckin kill them"
I said compared to the leftists NATIVE to this board.
Adjusted gap of under 10%
Remaining difference explainable by maternity
Stop baiting anytime.
How far Veeky Forums as fallen. Years ago this thread would have been made ironically, as we were all aware of Sowell's unscholarly propaganda. Thanks to the culture wars of the last few years nearly everyone has been dragged down and now people here actually take him seriously.
well sowell is a stanford professor (affirmative action case obviously) rather than some think tank tool, so hes not complete shit, his black rednecks book actually had a good critique of african american culture, his books on economics are probably dumb tho since thats not his field
fenticil
2018 word of the year
but the west is the best and if youre going to come here you better assimilate.
Steven Pinker isn't even white
Capitalism doesn't "succeed" It functions, there's no "failures" of Capitalism just inherent flaws in some form of implementation.
Why doesn't the attitude your espousing not get called supremacist when said by members of other cultures?


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The Karol Hotel Appoints Thomas Parker as New Executive Chef
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By Margaret Martin|2022-06-22T13:05:28-04:00June 22nd, 2022|
Mainsail Lodging & Development | June 22, 2022
TAMPA, Fla. (June 22, 2022) – The Karol Hotel, the first Tribute Portfolio hotel in Pinellas County, Florida, recently announced the appointment of Thomas Parker as Executive Chef. Chef Thomas will direct daily culinary operations at the hotel's signature K Club Bar & Bistro and Vantage Rooftop Bar, while overseeing food and beverage offerings for meetings, corporate events, local catering functions and special occasions in the hotel's 7,340 square feet of event space. Marketed by Tampa-based Mainsail Lodging & Development, The Karol Hotel focuses on delivering carefree comfort combined with intuitive design.
"Thomas has been honing his craft in kitchens across Ohio since he was 15 years old," said Adam Duffey, General Manager at The Karol Hotel. "We're thrilled to bring his passion and expertise to the Sunshine State and look forward to sharing with guests the creative culinary vision he's bringing to The Karol."
Chef Thomas was most recently Executive Chef of the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in Canton, Ohio, the partner hotel of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Prior to that, he was Chef de Cuisine of the Hilton Hotel in downtown Cleveland, and also held chef positions with Landmark Restaurant and Metropolitan at the 9, both based in Ohio. Chef Thomas is a native of Warren, Ohio.
Chef Thomas will be adding his own touch to current menus at The Karol, incorporating a few Italian favorites to the New American cuisine inspired by the flavors of the Florida coast. Coming this summer, K Club Bar & Bistro will feature new dinner options such as an Espresso Crusted Filet and Apple Brined Pork Chop, as well as local snapper and grouper dishes. Short Rib & Sausage Bolognese, Shrimp & Mussel Arabiatta and even a vegan Spaghetti & Meatballs will also grace the new menu. Guests will want to save room for the new dessert menu with highlights including Peanut Butter & Jelly Bread Pudding, "Froot Loop" Cereal Cake, and Chocolate 4 Ways. The popular Vantage Rooftop Bar also has a sophisticated new menu highlighted by Filet Tartare, Oysters on the Half Shell, Smoked Fish Dip and the Vantage Charcuterie Board, which is chef-selected daily.
The signature K Club Bar & Bistro offers a menu inspired by the fresh flavors of the Florida and travels of hotel owners Fred and Karol Bullard, two of Feather Sound's – and Florida's – most notable duos, known for living lives full of adventure, business, philanthropy, family, love and dinners with presidents. The onsite restaurant is a contemporary blend of Florida artisan vernacular and chic touches in a quiet comfortable setting that transitions gracefully from morning coffee to sophisticated evening cuisine. An iconic wine display takes center stage in the main dining room, bookended by cozy banquettes and featured art. Guests also have the option to dine alfresco overlooking the pool and pond. In the downstairs lobby adjacent the restaurant, the K Club Bar welcomes guests in a relaxed, leather-trimmed retreat, perfect for sharing stories and sipping fine spirits. Perched high in the sky with elevated cocktails, Vantage Rooftop Bar is the only climate-controlled rooftop bar in the area, where guests can enjoy light bites 12 stories high while taking in stunning views of downtown Tampa and beyond.
The Karol Hotel is named for and inspired by Karol Kelly Bullard, "Miss Karol K," wife of Fred Bullard, CEO of The Bullard Group, developer and owner of the property. The boutique hotel features 123 guest rooms and suites; the Vantage Rooftop Bar overlooking Tampa Bay; the signature K Club Bar & Bistro; a combined 7,340 square feet of event space, including a ballroom and executive conference rooms; and an outside pool and fitness center. A towering tribute to Miss Karol K, the hotel's design and décor are a stylish reflection of her remarkable life – from her early days as Miss Florida and Florida's first "weather woman" to her current role as community activist and philanthropist.
The Karol Hotel is located just 12 minutes from St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport (PIE), and 20 minutes from Tampa International Airport (TPA). For reservations and more information on The Karol Hotel, visit TheKarolHotel.com.
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