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General Topics => Political Discussion => Topic started by: changemyoil66 on September 03, 2018, 11:37:23 PM
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Commits brand suicide?
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I haven’t had a pair of Nikes since they decided that every pair needed to look like a dog threw up a song bird.
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are you referring to kapernick?
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Commits brand suicide?
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They were discussing this on the financial news this morning. Old school thinking is exactly what you said. Brand suicide. The new school is saying that the target market for their products are getting younger. And they are the repeat customers and that while they may take a hit now, it will benefit them in the long run. Old school then asks, why alienate older customers for any reason?
I am on the old school side. I think they could have found someone else who is apolitical and continue their successful ways. A company should never alienate any segment of customers no matter how small. In the long term I would guess they will come out of this okay. But in the short term, who knows? If I owned Nike stock I would sell it.
Nike stock is down around 3% as I typed this. I guess we’ll see how things go.
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I think Nike was stupid for doing that. However, I think they feel the hurt, but I agree with Inspector that their intended market is the younger generation that either eat that stuff up and are inspired by it or are otherwise unaware. I also think that Nike being such a global brand that they get through all of this just fine. They are back in the news again for sure.
I like Nike’s athletic clothing, but lately I’ve come to like Under Armour just as much if not more.
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I need a new pair of shoes...crossing nike off the choices list now.
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I look at it this way, Kap has been on their list of sponsored athletes for years now, but to be the face of Nike is something else. He is not a great athlete, which Nike's face athletes are known to be. At best, he is a slightly below average QB who is out of a job.
I do believe that Nike will end up being ok, but for now, they will be losing lots of money. So why risk losing millions now? Unless they did a study and found that their black demographic has fallen. This would be the only reason why I can see Nike doing this.
Let's not forget that Kap donated money to a fund that was created for a guy who killed a cop. Wore cop/pig socks. Very close relationship with Linda Souer. Unemployed and because of his gf, lost a job. So all the factors put together, Nike made a bad decision.
I was ok with Nike prior to this, but preferred Under Armor. Now I will definitely not buy Nike. The Mrs. likes Nike, so I'm going to work on her switching to UA.
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Commits brand suicide?
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Very possible. I am sure they thought this over and made a calculated decision. Only time will tell.
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(https://i.imgur.com/mrr0dRH.jpg?1)
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Hmm... just canceled an order for Nike shoes. Time to go shopping again. Any suggestions on good tennis shoe companies?
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Hmm... just canceled an order for Nike shoes. Time to go shopping again. Any suggestions on good tennis shoe companies?
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Back in the day I did play a lot of tennis. My favorite shoes were adidas and asics.
They seem to have better arch support.
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Hmm... just canceled an order for Nike shoes. Time to go shopping again. Any suggestions on good tennis shoe companies?
I like New Balance myself. Not quite as stylish as most others but I really don’t care about style these days. They last a good long time for me.
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I used buy almost all Nike until maybe 3-4 years ago. Then i started getting ASICS mixed in. Nike was producing stuff I didn’t care for and what I did like seemed to break down faster than before. The ASICS seems to last quite a lot longer and slept for me well and are comfortable. So haven’t went back to Nike for a while.
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Hmm... just canceled an order for Nike shoes. Time to go shopping again. Any suggestions on good AMERICAN MADE tennis shoe companies?
Here's an awesome list of Made in the USA Company's :thumbsup:
https://www.usalovelist.com/american-made-shoes-ultimate-source-list/
FYI
NEW BALANCE Majority made in USA, others in UK
ASICS most are made in china,some styles are made in Indonesia.
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Here's an awesome list of Made in the USA Company's :thumbsup:
https://www.usalovelist.com/american-made-shoes-ultimate-source-list/
FYI
NEW BALANCE Majority made in USA, others in UK
ASICS most are made in china,some styles are made in Indonesia.
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I'm Chinese so asics is ok with me :rofl:
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I've always wore NB because they're way cheaper than Nike's. This is for daily shoes. My gym shoes used to be Nike,but the cost $120+. So I switched to Kelme (indoor soccer shoes) and it cost me $60.
I did wear Nike shirts and shorts, but have switched to UA years ago. But for polo shirts I still buy them, but not anymore. I'll stick to my UA polo's.
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(https://i.imgur.com/7VjgRz0.jpg)
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Here's the first commercial
https://youtu.be/mreQsQrDF-A
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Kaepernick sabotaged his multi-million-dollar football career and now makes money being a multi-million-dollar shill for Nike.
Please ... show me where that "sacrifice everything" slogan applies to him. He has been paid by Nike since 2011, even for the 2 years he was without a team and not used in any Nike ads.
Spoiled, super-rich football player carving out his niche in pop culture.
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Kaepernick sabotaged his multi-million-dollar football career and now makes money being a multi-million-dollar shill for Nike.
Please ... show me where that "sacrifice everything" slogan applies to him. He has been paid by Nike since 2011, even for the 2 years he was without a team and not used in any Nike ads.
Spoiled, super-rich football player carving out his niche in pop culture.
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He will make more now compared to playing FB. Remember, he's a mediocre QB at best.
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Commercial was good, if only they didn't have a POS as the spokesman. I didn't see any Asians in the commercial...
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Hmm... just canceled an order for Nike shoes. Time to go shopping again. Any suggestions on good tennis shoe companies?
I have good luck with New Balance and wide shoes.
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I have wide feet too and the ASICS E has been pretty good for me. I have been ordering from Amazon. Usually stores carry D widths locally. Even when Sports Authority was open. They seem to be consistent size wise, so have been comfortable ordering online.
I can fit the D widths ok, but the E and even EE are more comfortable.
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I like New Balance myself. Not quite as stylish as most others but I really don’t care about style these days. They last a good long time for me.
Most New Balance is American made. Not all.
I buy New Balance or Bates. I'd buy Red Wing
shoes if I was still working.
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;D
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Bwahahahaha
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WIDOW OF FALLEN OFFICER Writes Incredible Letter To Nike:
“I want to have a conversation about this hat.”
https://100percentfedup.com/widow-of-fallen-officer-writes-incredible-letter-to-nike-i-want-to-have-a-conversation-about-this-hat/
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I wonder if Nike is trying to buy their stock back. Do a campaign like this knowing people will sell their shares. Then buy them back at a cheaper price.
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I wonder if Nike is trying to buy their stock back. Do a campaign like this knowing people will sell their shares. Then buy them back at a cheaper price.
A company can't act as its own shareholder. Repurchased shares are absorbed by the company, and the number of outstanding shares on the market is reduced.
There are rules on how many shares can be offered for sale on the market. If Nike buys them back, the number available for trading is reduced. They have to reissue them, with FTC/SEC approval, to produce more capital.
Remember, the company makes no money by buying/selling shares. It's considered debt. They have to use cash to buy the shares, which reduces capital for operations and expansion. It's a zero-sum balancing process.
For example: If I buy 100 shares of Nike, that gives me a 100 shares of ownership in Nike. The price of each share is set by supply and demand in the market. The company's value is based on that price, but that doesn't represent income for Nike.
Nike received whatever capital they will ever get in the market when a share is initially sold. At IPO (Initial Public Offering), if all shares are assigned, they get no more money from the market for that IPO beyond day 1. If the stock price triples in a month, Nike gets no more revenue. They only received the IPO closing price when the stock was issued & bought.
If they want to take advantage of higher prices, they can try issuing more shares, but that dilutes the stock price, usually resulting in a drop in market price. More debt = less value.
So, no, I don't think they want the stock price to tank so they can buy it back.
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So the reports that Nike lost millions due to the fall of their stock, does this really affect them at all since they're not losing the cash in their bank accounts?
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Dems, millenials and blacks nokea.
(https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/nike-poll-1.jpg)
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/09/06/jumpin-ju-ju-bones-massive-collapse-in-brand-image-for-nike-following-new-colin-kaepernick-branding-campaign/
Jumpin’ Ju-Ju Bones: Massive Collapse in Brand Image for Nike Following New Colin Kaepernick Branding Campaign…
Never before in the history of corporate branding decisions has a multi-billion dollar company had such a massive and swift drop of brand image as Nike. The results from Morning Consult Intelligence, a firm that specializes in monitoring and measuring the brand image and reputation for thousands of major companies, reflects a massive drop in brand image across every single demographic.
We suspected there would be a diminishment of brand image, but nothing like the scale discovered within the polled data:
The report features over 8,000 interviews conducted among American adults, including 1,694 interviews pre-campaign launch (8/26/18 – 9/3/18) and 5,481 interviews post-campaign launch (9/4/18 – 9/5/18). Additionally, Morning Consult conducted a study among 1,168 adults in the U.S. about Nike’s ad and the decision to choose Kaepernick as the face of the campaign.
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So the reports that Nike lost millions due to the fall of their stock, does this really affect them at all since they're not losing the cash in their bank accounts?
It makes their value-to-debt ratio worse, which can put some investors off, especially those who buy based mainly on fundamentals.
Less demand from institutional and hedge fund investors can cause the most concern. They can move huge blocks of stock in and out of their portfolios, which in turn can cause other smaller investors, especially day-traders, to panic.
Price drops in stock also trigger selling by people heavily invested in them, like corporate officers and other employees. No one wants to ride a drop all the way to the bottom. Better to cash out now and wait for the turn-around to higher prices.
You can still make money on a downward trend. Short the stock if you think it'll keep dropping. Then buy the shorted shares at a price below the level you shorted it. Stocks are like craps. If you can predict the outcome in advance, you can bet on it and win.
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(https://i.imgur.com/uJkV9wO.jpg?1)
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(https://i.imgur.com/uJkV9wO.jpg?1)
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So the reports that Nike lost millions due to the fall of their stock, does this really affect them at all since they're not losing the cash in their bank accounts?
Simple answer to this question: the reported drop in Nike's value is all based on market value of their stock. The stocks are owned by investors, not Nike. The stock only represents a portion of the company's net worth. If they "lost" $4 million, that's based exclusively on the drop in their stock price.
Nike stock is up this year over 30%. The drop this week is about 3-4%. I don't think that'll destroy them.
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Executions by police are a real thing and they statistically target significantly greater amounts of black people. It’s a known fact and if CK feels that strongly about it enough to sacrifice his career I find it commendable. Too many people today have lots of convictions but no balls to follow through like he did. Obsessive sports fans are generally living vicariously through their heroes to distract themselves from the emptiness of their own lives anyway, and we are all coming up against increasing risk of government violence as the middle class fades out of existence.
My criticism with Nike is that they rely on 3rd world sweatshop labor, which takes away jobs from the local economy and supports Chinese world conquest. If more people had real opportunities besides hustling then people wouldn’t have to turn towards the illicit trades just for survival. In that respect this latest campaign is kind of a sick ironic joke
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The fact that they do use cheap labor, but their items still are expensive as shit, tells you that they're all about maximizing profits.
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Executions by police are a real thing and they statistically target significantly greater amounts of black people. It’s a known fact and if CK feels that strongly about it enough to sacrifice his career I find it commendable. Too many people today have lots of convictions but no balls to follow through like he did. Obsessive sports fans are generally living vicariously through their heroes to distract themselves from the emptiness of their own lives anyway, and we are all coming up against increasing risk of government violence as the middle class fades out of existence.
My criticism with Nike is that they rely on 3rd world sweatshop labor, which takes away jobs from the local economy and supports Chinese world conquest. If more people had real opportunities besides hustling then people wouldn’t have to turn towards the illicit trades just for survival. In that respect this latest campaign is kind of a sick ironic joke
I guess you're including Black, Asian, Hawaiian, Native American, and all other ethnicities in your collective term "police," right?
Police do not statistically target black people. In fact, the number of unarmed black men and boys killed by police is about 2% of all those killed. Statistics prove an officer is less likely to fire on a black individual than white, partially because they fear their decision being second-guessed by the media and the public.
In shootings in these 10 cities involving officers, officers were more likely to fire their weapons without having first been attacked when the suspects were white.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/upshot/surprising-new-evidence-shows-bias-in-police-use-of-force-but-not-in-shootings.html
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Oops!
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(https://i.imgur.com/tqcVGJG.jpg?1)
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Executions by police are a real thing
No, no they aren't.
Unjustified shootings do occur sometimes but there is no evidence in any of those cases that it was the intent of the officer to go out and murder the person.
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This
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And these
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No, no they aren't.
Unjustified shootings do occur sometimes but there is no evidence in any of those cases that it was the intent of the officer to go out and murder the person.
October 1973. Personal experience.
NOLA cop left his gun on the desk turned his back and said go for it!
His partner with a shotgun was standing just behind me. I put my hands
up and sat down and shut up. Cops like to kill and can easily get away with
it, don't even think they don't.
BTW charges were dropped, what I was arrested for was ruled self defense
by Jim Garrision DA NOLA.
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October 1973. Personal experience.
NOLA cop left his gun on the desk turned his back and said go for it!
His partner with a shotgun was standing just behind me. I put my hands
up and sat down and shut up. Cops like to kill and can easily get away with
it, don't even think they don't.
BTW charges were dropped, what I was arrested for was ruled self defense
by Jim Garrision DA NOLA.
1973?
Something tells me those Cops are no longer a problem.
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1973?
Something tells me those Cops are no longer a problem.
:rofl:
They've got plenty of equally capable replacements. The recent example from a few days ago was the 30-year-old white female Dallas PD officer who (according to her original story) "mistakenly" went to an apartment she thought was her own, but wasn't (wrong floor of the building... i guess she didn't notice the number on the door) and upon the door being answered/opened (her key obviously didn't work and apparently it never occurred to her what the reason for that could be) by the black legal resident occupant (who happened to be an accountant with PriceWaterhouse and a church youth pastor) of the apartment, she killed him with her duty gun.
David Codrea's "War on Guns" blog has examples of rogue cops hurting/killing innocent people, or committing other serious crimes, almost every day. And those are just some of the cases that make the press.
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October 1973. Personal experience.
NOLA cop left his gun on the desk turned his back and said go for it!
His partner with a shotgun was standing just behind me. I put my hands
up and sat down and shut up. Cops like to kill and can easily get away with
it, don't even think they don't.
BTW charges were dropped, what I was arrested for was ruled self defense
by Jim Garrision DA NOLA.
But you didnt get shot. Had u grabbed his gun, then it would have been justified, regardless if he left it on the table.
Had u been shot while just sitting there, then its an unjustified shooting.
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But you didnt get shot. Had u grabbed his gun, then it would have been justified, regardless if he left it on the table.
Had u been shot while just sitting there, then its an unjustified shooting.
You seem to have (deliberately?) left out a major part of the story.
"NOLA cop left his gun on the desk turned his back and said go for it!"
Is that taught in the NOLA (or any other) "police academy" as standard operating procedure? It would seem to be an act of deliberate provocation, which if successful, would provide the context for a "justifiable homicide" or at least use of lethal force. Are you asserting that that is appropriate law enforcement procedure?
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http://www.napo.org/files/4815/3608/8570/NAPO_Ltr_NIKE_Re_Kaepernick_Campaign_003.pdf
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You seem to have (deliberately?) left out a major part of the story.
"NOLA cop left his gun on the desk turned his back and said go for it!"
Is that taught in the NOLA (or any other) "police academy" as standard operating procedure? It would seem to be an act of deliberate provocation, which if successful, would provide the context for a "justifiable homicide" or at least use of lethal force. Are you asserting that that is appropriate law enforcement procedure?
I'm not saying it's appropriate SOP, but the fact that he didn't reach for the gun. So since he didn't reach for it even if the cops back was turned and he said go for it, no extra (deadly) force was used on him. So cause and effect. Compared to an execution where they just round someone up and shoot them.
But I can see where he see's "intent" for the cop to find a reason to shoot him, by letting his gun have access to and his back turned. But when executions happen, does the person being executed have an option to get out of it like how he did by not reaching for the gun left on the table.
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I'm not saying it's appropriate SOP, but the fact that he didn't reach for the gun. So since he didn't reach for it even if the cops back was turned and he said go for it, no extra (deadly) force was used on him. So cause and effect. Compared to an execution where they just round someone up and shoot them.
But I can see where he see's "intent" for the cop to find a reason to shoot him, by letting his gun have access to and his back turned. But when executions happen, does the person being executed have an option to get out of it like how he did by not reaching for the gun left on the table.
"Execution" is a loaded word. It implies lots of things. I'd rather look at all "crimes" committed by cops. Those would include things later ruled, homicide, justifiable homicide, manslaughter, theft, fraud, drug possession and sales, etc. etc. etc. None of those things are "SOP", though a fair and complete investigation by objective sources may justify a "justifiable homicide" or "use of force" incident. I'm not saying "all" or "most" cops are "bad", but certainly it is delusional to think that "all" cops are "good". And we know that cops commit crimes at a higher rate than CCW license holders, yet Doug Chin et al claim that we must uphold Hawaii's gun laws for "public safety". Oh, and speaking of that liar, he claims in his press release re SB2046 that "bump stocks were used to transform a semi-automatic rifle into a fully automatic firearm.". (http://ltgov.hawaii.gov/blog/firearms-bills-become-law/)
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October 1973. Personal experience.
NOLA cop left his gun on the desk turned his back and said go for it!
His partner with a shotgun was standing just behind me. I put my hands
up and sat down and shut up. Cops like to kill and can easily get away with
it, don't even think they don't.
BTW charges were dropped, what I was arrested for was ruled self defense
by Jim Garrision DA NOLA.
Sure, there are anecdotes, but overall, statistically speaking, it is not a thing.
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Sure, there are anecdotes, but overall, statistically speaking, it is not a thing.
And about the "good" cops?
Sure, there are anecdotes, but overall, statistically speaking, it is not a thing.
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I for one will say without a doubt that there are good cops. I know many personally. Are there bad ones? Yup! I know many of those as well, but in this day and age, there are less and less. I could see in smaller towns and stuff, but not in medium to larger cities. Was just talking about this with friends who include a cop and a former prosecutor.
I am not saying anyone here is this, but I know many who want to push and test limits. That includes those to want to test and push the law, cops, anything really because they think a free country means they can do whatever they want. That and the “ainokea” attitude make me sick. Yeah, act up if you feel like, but don’t play the victim if you catch cracks back. Just my opinion.
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And about the "good" cops?
Sure, there are anecdotes, but overall, statistically speaking, it is not a thing.
We are talking about executions, not good or bad cops.
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And about the "good" cops?
Sure, there are anecdotes, but overall, statistically speaking, it is not a thing.
Puna,
You have a very welcome sublime wit.
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We are talking about executions, not good or bad cops.
I think back in the very old days a man was executed, because he was not
one of the "guys", his name was Socrates. He voluntarily drank poison at the order of the
Democrats, the "cops" of their society, which to a large degree our society is
based upon.
Cops execute people all the time, by direct aggression, or mostly passive aggression.
That is why you are denied the right to carry a weapon to protect yourself.
That is passive aggression.
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(https://media.townhall.com/Townhall/Car/b/Sacrificing_everything_Sep_11_20180911123705.jpg)
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Back stabbing SOB...
https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/kaepernick-got-wanted-nike-now-stabbing-back/?ff_source=facebook&ff_medium=westernjournalism&ff_campaign=manualpost&ff_content=2018-09-11
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Ouch. Too bad for Nike.
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This is what I've been trying to explain to SJW's. That he's going to make way more than being in the NFL and doing less (no practice, getting hurt, etc...).
Also that he's taking advantage of capitalism, which he claims to be against. I bet he has a smart phone also.
The key to making money is have a cause that has a good sounding name and be a leftist. If you defy Trump, even better.
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Sure, there are anecdotes, but overall, statistically speaking, it is not a thing.
Today from David Codrea's War on Guns blog:
For all the live links; http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2018/09/an-unsubstantiated-claim.html
An Unsubstantiated Claim
"Most cops are good..." [More https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/police-shootings-david-french-changed-writing/]
For sure? https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=%22only+ones%22+site:waronguns.blogspot.com&btnG=Search&lr=lang_en
Define "good." Define how "most" is determined.
What percentage who haven't done things themselves have nonetheless kept quiet when they saw wrong being committed by their peers?
While all have taken the oath to the Constitution, how many would nonetheless enforce infringements on the right of the people to keep and bear arms, at gunpoint with the threat of lethal force if not immediately obeyed?
Is that "good"?
It's not the first time I've thought French mistaken (https://waronguns.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-french-mistake.html). Or National Review an outlet for neocon frauds (https://waronguns.blogspot.com/2005/10/replace-miers-with-bork.html).
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Today from David Codrea's War on Guns blog:
For all the live links; http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2018/09/an-unsubstantiated-claim.html
An Unsubstantiated Claim
"Most cops are good..." [More https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/police-shootings-david-french-changed-writing/]
For sure? https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=%22only+ones%22+site:waronguns.blogspot.com&btnG=Search&lr=lang_en
Define "good." Define how "most" is determined.
What percentage who haven't done things themselves have nonetheless kept quiet when they saw wrong being committed by their peers?
While all have taken the oath to the Constitution, how many would nonetheless enforce infringements on the right of the people to keep and bear arms, at gunpoint with the threat of lethal force if not immediately obeyed?
Is that "good"?
It's not the first time I've thought French mistaken (https://waronguns.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-french-mistake.html). Or National Review an outlet for neocon frauds (https://waronguns.blogspot.com/2005/10/replace-miers-with-bork.html).
once again, I wasn't talking about how many good cops or bad cops there are. The question was executions, there aren't statistically significant rates of cops straight up executing people these days. At least not unless you are trying to redefine the word execution to mean other things.
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Nike's Kaepernick ad draws record likes on social media, sends stock to all-time high amid sales boost
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/14/nikes-kaepernick-ad-should-fuel-sales-as-retailer-knows-its-consumer.html
Nike's controversial ad campaign with former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has drawn a surge in Instagram followers and likes on Twitter and Facebook, which should translate into higher sales, according to one analyst.
Nike added roughly 170,000 Instagram followers around the timing of the release of its ad campaign, Wedbush Securities analyst Christopher Svezia said in a research note Friday.
"Indeed, [Nike] management knows its American consumer well and the campaign featuring Mr. Kaepernick is a positive for the brand and likely its sales," Svezia said. The company's shares hit a record high of $83.90 on Thursday. Wedbush placed a 12-month price target of $90 a share on the stock.
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once again, I wasn't talking about how many good cops or bad cops there are. The question was executions, there aren't statistically significant rates of cops straight up executing people these days. At least not unless you are trying to redefine the word execution to mean other things.
Well, the issue IS about how many good cops and how many bad cops there are. And how many of those "good cops" know about the "bad cops" and don't do anything about it (anyone here think that only the indicted cops in the Kealoha case are the only ones who knew what was going on?). There is a LOT of evidence that corruption (of one kind or another) is quite common in police departments (missing drugs from the evidence locker? "We'll get back to you in a couple of years about that", while the cops who are "persons of interest" retire at full pension, etc.). Some people believe that these people who are given special privileges of all kinds, including the right to bear arms outside the home for self-defense here in Hawaii, ought to be held to a "higher standard". Sure, that's debatable, but a "lower standard"? Get away with shit BECAUSE they're cops?
Kaepernick, Black Lives Matter, etc. may be being hyperbolic if they use the term "execution" for all, most, or even many cases of questionable police use of lethal force, but there is no doubt that cops kill and seriously injure a lot of people (many of whom are not black), who, if you or I took the same action in the same situation, we'd be locked up for a long long time, while many of the cops either go free or get the proverbial "slap on the wrist". The search list of Codrea's site provides many examples of just such disparate treatment for cops who obviously abuse their "privileged" status. Equal treatment under the law would be a good standard to hold to, but that is obviously not the case.
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Nike's Kaepernick ad draws record likes on social media, sends stock to all-time high amid sales boost
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/14/nikes-kaepernick-ad-should-fuel-sales-as-retailer-knows-its-consumer.html
Nike's controversial ad campaign with former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has drawn a surge in Instagram followers and likes on Twitter and Facebook, which should translate into higher sales, according to one analyst.
Nike added roughly 170,000 Instagram followers around the timing of the release of its ad campaign, Wedbush Securities analyst Christopher Svezia said in a research note Friday.
"Indeed, [Nike] management knows its American consumer well and the campaign featuring Mr. Kaepernick is a positive for the brand and likely its sales," Svezia said. The company's shares hit a record high of $83.90 on Thursday. Wedbush placed a 12-month price target of $90 a share on the stock.
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Imagine how high their stock would be today if their new ad campaign featured a burning American flag with a pile of dog shit on it....
"Just doo it"
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Imagine how high their stock would be today if their new ad campaign featured a burning American flag with a pile of dog shit on it....
"Just doo it"
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/bogus-nike-coupon-featuring-colin-kaepernick-offers-discount-to-people-of-color/ar-BBNiIy8?ocid=spartanntp
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/bogus-nike-coupon-featuring-colin-kaepernick-offers-discount-to-people-of-color/ar-BBNiIy8?ocid=spartanntp
Those coupons are no more bogus that Kaepernick's "protest".
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What ever happened to the black privilege Starbucks coupons?
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Kaepernick, Black Lives Matter, etc. may be being hyperbolic if they use the term "execution" for all, most, or even many cases of questionable police use of lethal force, but there is no doubt that cops kill and seriously injure a lot of people (many of whom are not black), who, if you or I took the same action in the same situation, we'd be locked up for a long long time, while many of the cops either go free or get the proverbial "slap on the wrist". The search list of Codrea's site provides many examples of just such disparate treatment for cops who obviously abuse their "privileged" status. Equal treatment under the law would be a good standard to hold to, but that is obviously not the case.
I could take some issues there but I think that that is a much fairer and more accurate statement.
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2017 stats showed that PD killed 800 black people. But what the stat also says of all of those, only 16 were unarmed. So 700+ were armed.
And of course the media just used "800 blacks killed by police".
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2017 stats showed that PD killed 800 black people. But what the stat also says of all of those, only 16 were unarmed. So 700+ were armed.
And of course the media just used "800 blacks killed by police".
That's a pretty much useless statistic. How many white people/hispanic people/"asian" people/etc. were killed by police? How many were ruled "justified" and how many prosecuted as crimes, and what were the specific charges, and how many were convicted? Of those ruled "justified" how many would a "reasonable" person conclude were "questionable", or would have been ruled differently had the exact same circumstances happened with an ordinary legally-carrying citizen in place of the officer? Etc.