I think this is true of a lot of popular “intellectuals.” Malcolm Gladwell and Sam Harris are two others that immediately come to mind. I thought Gladwell sounded smart when he talked about psychology (which I know hardly anything about) but then when I read articles of his about sports or listened to his podcasts with Simmons, I thought he was completely full of it. Harris also exaggerates his academic credentials and uses the guise of “rational” and “scientific” thinking as cover for own garden variety biases.The Sybian wrote: ↑Wed Aug 14, 2019 7:59 pm What drives me nuts about Shapiro, beyond his disgustingly smarmy arrogance, is that he sounds extremely intelligent, and if you aren't educated in what he is talking about, you won't see his flawed logic or complete mistantement of the issue he is discussing.
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Someone somewhere wrote that Shapiro is (paraphrasing) a dumb person's idea of a smart person, which seems accurate.
“All I'm sayin' is, he comes near me, I'll put him in the wall.”
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Fitting in that his audience is those who love the president who is - as Fran Liebovitz said - "a poor person's idea of a rich person."DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Aug 15, 2019 11:15 am Someone somewhere wrote that Shapiro is (paraphrasing) a dumb person's idea of a smart person, which seems accurate.
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I think that was also said about Newt Gingrich.DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Aug 15, 2019 11:15 am Someone somewhere wrote that Shapiro is (paraphrasing) a dumb person's idea of a smart person, which seems accurate.
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"beautiful, with an exotic-yet-familiar facial structure and an arresting gaze."
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Two for one post!
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Maybe it's because I see their commercial way too often, but these guys qualify.
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Getting worse with agePruitt wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2019 6:24 amsancarlos wrote: ↑Wed Nov 08, 2017 7:50 pm I know some of you are fans of Morrissey. The Smiths made some really great music. But, Morrissey is a real dick.
For decades now, the guy has cancelled concerts with amazing regularity, quite often when he is in the venue with thousands of his fans awaiting the show. Often for extremely lame reasons. This article lays it out. I'm not even much of a fan, but after reading the article, I felt the need for this post.
Since 1991, he has cancelled or postponed a mind-boggling 251 shows, per this website, which lists every single one of them.
And he's a racist right winger as well.
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Doesn't Rudy's son hate his fucking guts?
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I posted about this in the 'Stupid Watergate' thread. Somehow Rudy's son gets a job in the White House (making $90K a year!) and all he does is set up team's visits to the WH and play golf. And Trump and Rudy want to talk about Hunter Biden getting hired for a job.
And fun note about Andrew Guiliani...he got kicked off the Duke golf team...and then sued (and lost).
Andrew Giuliani . . .
Unruly brat or good kid who just wanted to play golf at Duke?
On Feb. 11, 2008, two weeks after his father quit the presidential race, Andrew Giuliani was booted from the school's golf team. He looks like a Nicklaus—fair-skinned with sun-brightened blond hair—and at 5-feet-10, 210, to quote a witness, he's "built like a brick house." Never more than a second-stringer at an elite program, he made national news in July with the lawsuit against the university and golf coach O.D. Vincent.
Giuliani claims he was unfairly dismissed. The suit argues that his enrollment at Duke constituted a contract in which his payment of $200,000 in tuition and fees across four years brought him, among other things, lifetime access to the university's golf facilities. The suit asks for that access, compensatory damages, exemplary damages, legal fees and a ruling that student-athletes enjoy contractual rights.
Duke's argument is that no such contract has ever existed and that the university's golf opportunities are a privilege, not a right.
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You'd have to be a really shitty person when Duke is the sympathetic party in a dispute.
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Andrew Giuliani was a royal douchebag since he was 9. I remember a controversy when he was acting like a little shit at the swearing in or a campaign event or something. Then another issue at a Yankee game where he acted like a spoiled entitled brat, but can't remember what it was. Then all Giulianis kids spoke out against his 2008 Presidential run. Fuck them.
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The Sybian wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 3:30 pm Andrew Giuliani was a royal douchebag since he was 9. I remember a controversy when he was acting like a little shit at the swearing in or a campaign event or something. Then another issue at a Yankee game where he acted like a spoiled entitled brat, but can't remember what it was. Then all Giulianis kids spoke out against his 2008 Presidential run. Fuck them.
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Thanks Giff, that picture is fucking gold. I found a clip of the swearing in, and thought it wasn't as bad as I remembered, then found this clip with the address. Andrew continued being a douche the entire swearing in, and tried to grad the mic after.
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mister d wrote:Couldn't have pegged me better.
EnochRoot wrote:I mean, whatever. Johnnie's all hot cuz I ride him.
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That's funny, I like Jost so I never saw his face as punchable, but now that he mentions it...
Side note, there is nothing funnier to me than when Jost and Che write jokes for each other that they have to read live on the air for the first time. Jost's are OK, but Che's super-racist jokes, and Jost's discomfort in reading them always kills me.
Side note, there is nothing funnier to me than when Jost and Che write jokes for each other that they have to read live on the air for the first time. Jost's are OK, but Che's super-racist jokes, and Jost's discomfort in reading them always kills me.
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It still makes me go "Damn, really?" that he's a Harvard grad who's engaged to Scarlett Johannsen.
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“Neera Tanden has no chance of being confirmed,” Cotton said on Fox on Wednesday morning. “This is a woman who wants Congress to hold up coronavirus relief to the American people so we can give checks to illegal immigrants.”
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I don't think I had ever seen Drew Lock's face until tonight. Lots of choices to work with.
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Yeah I’m not a small guy but I don’t think there’s an nfl qb I’d go around punching.DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Sun Dec 06, 2020 9:55 pm I don't think I had ever seen Drew Lock's face until tonight. Lots of choices to work with.
Drew Lock.jpeg
You know what you need? A lyrical sucker punch to the face.
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I don’t know why DSafe wants to punch him, anyway. I mean, I’ve never heard of him doing anything objectionable, other than not wearing a mask in his quarterback meeting. His mama stuck up for him.
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Well his father is more Jewish than George Soros, so the move kind of makes sense.
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POS Greg Hardy getting punched in his punchable face.
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That was like watching gay porn with guys punching.
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I'm sure fucking Ray Searage didn't suggest that
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Read that story this morning. The woman sounds like a crazy person trying to act like a normal person but still sounding crazy.
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Yeah, I don't think I'm all that comfortable with the attention that story is getting. It sounds like she is somewhat delusional, and we are getting our jollies by laughing at her.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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I understand she’s getting dunked on a bit on Twitter but it’s hard to read that whole article and laugh at her, even if you think it’s her fault.
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Honestly this isn’t even as pathetic as the guys who reply tweet at porn stars and the like. At least her affection was reciprocated (for awhile, anyway).
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I'm definitely not laughing/taking any jollies from her story. I've known too many people that have had delusions when it comes to relationships. I just think her public interview is an interesting move to make. Literally while I was reading the story CBS This Morning ran a small blurb about it in their 8:30 block...it made me wonder if she thought through the public response/backlash or was strictly focusing on getting his attention.
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