Things that made you Facepalm today (Political Version)

[Methais]

No. I'm not.

I'm guessing you've never put up a fence then.

[Methais]

NFL Commissioner Says What the League Needs Is More Diversity

MIAMI, Jan 29 – The National Football League needs to do better when it comes to minority hiring, Commissioner Roger Goodell said on Wednesday in his Super Bowl state of the league address, but he stood by the league’s efforts to improve player safety.

Despite the fact that 70 percent of NFL players are African American over the last three years, only two of 19 head coaching jobs have gone to black candidates.

During the most recent hiring cycle to fill five head coaching vacancies, only one went to a minority when Ron Rivera was hired by the Washington Redskins.

“Clearly we are not where we want to be on this level,” conceded Goodell. “We need to change, do something different.

“There’s no reason to expect we are going to have a different outcome next year without those kind of changes and we have already begun engaging in those changes. It is clear we are all committed to doing that and we have to make those changes.”

Goodell, however, refused to concede any ground over criticism that the league is not doing enough to improve player safety, downplaying statistics that show concussions are up this past season.

The debate over player safety has increased with the NFL looking at the possibility of adding a 17th regular season game to the schedule, which would be included in the next Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations.

“Safety has been at the forefront and our number one priority of our players,” said Goodell. “Over the last 10-to-15 years we have made over 50 rule changes to make our game safer.

“Concussions are up but they are up only slightly, statistically insignificant from a very low last year.”

Goodell also confirmed that the NFL will return to Mexico for games in the 2020 and 2021 seasons. Last November the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers played in Mexico City in front on 76,252 fans.

The commissioner also said the NFL would continue to play games in London, but said there was no timeline for a franchise there.

Goodell also said the league plans to honor 18-time NBA All-Star Kobe Bryant during Sunday’s Super Bowl between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs as the sporting world mourns the death of Los Angeles Lakers star in a helicopter crash on Sunday.

The Rooney Rule
The NFL’s adoption of the Rooney Rule in 2003 hasn’t had the expected effect of increasing the number of black head coaches, critics say.

“It’s very discouraging that this continues to happen,” Richard Lapchick, the director of The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at Central Florida, told the Associated Press. “It’s not like there are no qualified candidates. These people are out there and ready.”

But others have pointed out that discrepancies regarding racial representation in the NFL cut in more than one direction.



Daily Wire contributor Matt Walsh noted that there has as yet been no uproar about the lack of white cornerbacks in the league.

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“Racism? Why does the racial bean counting only ever go one way?” he tweeted earlier in the month.

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

I also, would like to know where the white cornerbacks are.

[Parkbandit]

Dear Alfster:

I would quote your post, but it's still fucked up with a firewall or something, so I'll type this all out.

Winds are considered "high" when they are approximately 40 mph.. so yes, 37 mph winds are considered "high".

You also claimed that the reason the wall fell over was due to "Shoddy craftsmanship" which is a far cry from uncured cement in a high wind condition.

You're being purposely obtuse at this point and it's not a good look on you. A symptom of severe TDS.

Stop it.

[Methais]

obtuse

This came on TV the other day so I felt compelled.

[Some Rogue]

This came on TV the other day so I felt compelled.

[Archigeek]

Are you intentionally ignoring the part where the concrete wasn't cured yet?

The walls are braced with temporary bracing. The sequence is normally like this: foundations are poured, as are the brace attachment points. After the foundation is cured, the walls are stood up with a crane and fastened to the foundation AND to the temporary braces (you can see one in the video). With building walls, you would leave the braces in place until the rest of the structure (roof framing and any floor level wall connections) are in place. In this case, they might be pouring concrete around the walls and then backfilling. That's the only concrete that might not have been cured, but that is no excuse. The bracing is supposed to be designed by a structural engineer and certified by them. It's clear in the video that some Yahoo with a piece of equipment is desperately trying to weigh down the brace connection with a large block of concrete, a very unsafe thing to be trying to do in high winds. That wall, and the bracing, should be designed to withstand much higher winds than those indicated.

[Gelston]

The walls are braced with temporary bracing. The sequence is normally like this: foundations are poured, as are the brace attachment points. After the foundation is cured, the walls are stood up with a crane and fastened to the foundation AND to the temporary braces (you can see one in the video). With building walls, you would leave the braces in place until the rest of the structure (roof framing and any floor level wall connections) are in place. In this case, they might be pouring concrete around the walls and then backfilling. That's the only concrete that might not have been cured, but that is no excuse. The bracing is supposed to be designed by a structural engineer and certified by them. It's clear in the video that some Yahoo with a piece of equipment is desperately trying to weigh down the brace connection with a large block of concrete, a very unsafe thing to be trying to do in high winds. That wall, and the bracing, should be designed to withstand much higher winds than those indicated.

It is being built by illegal Mexicans so the construction probably isn't super great.

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

The real question I have around this whole thing?.... how will libs do mental gymnastics to blame it all on Trump? Like construction never has issues, unless it’s something associated with Trump.

[Gelston]

The real question I have around this whole thing?.... how will libs do mental gymnastics to blame it all on Trump? Like construction never has issues, unless it’s something associated with Trump.

It is more a "lol trump is so stupid lol!" type thing.