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Visduh: But if you would have taken the same job with, say, the U-T or the Orange County Register, you might have been facing the same hatchet now. Best, Don Bauder
— January 28, 2018 6:54 p.m.
Chaos at newly unionized
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AlexClarke: Broadly speaking, the decline of the American middle class tracks with the decline of unionism. It also tracks with the shocking escalation of greed. It doesn't seem to bother conservatives and the elite that the richest 1 percent controls almost 40 percent of the nation's wealth, according to the Federal Reserve. This is a ticket to disaster at some point. Bernie Sanders got a lot of support quoting such statistics. Trump ran on Sanders's populism then, once in office, did exactly the reverse of what he was preaching. Shockingly, it seems that the bottom 50% hasn't figured that out yet. Best, Don Bauder
— January 28, 2018 4:27 p.m.
SD City College instructors plan protest
petezanko: There may have been a link to the lawsuit in the Reader's original story about the sit Dec. 14, 2017. If there is no "there" there, I would think the suit will not succeed. Best, Don Bauder
— January 28, 2018 4:18 p.m.
McMahon's XFL could put hurts on L.A. Chargers
swell: I just looked up Haystacks Calhoun. Wikipedia says he weighed 600 pounds, not the 400 or 500 I wrote. (Of course, this is professional wrestling, so Wilkipedia's source may engaging in hyperbole.) In any case, Haystacks in the early 1960s apparently performed in Madison Garden in a series of matches with a wrestler named Happy Humphrey who allegedly weighed 800 pounds. According to Wikipedia, Haystacks won most of the matches because when Happy Humphrey was tossed out of the ring, he couldn't scramble back in. Best, Don Bauder
— January 28, 2018 12:04 p.m.
McMahon's XFL could put hurts on L.A. Chargers
AlexClarke: That is a most astute observation. Best, Don Bauder
— January 28, 2018 11:41 a.m.
McMahon's XFL could put hurts on L.A. Chargers
AlexClarke: You are probably right. The NFL, and football itself, are showing signs of declining. So why should McMahon try again now? It seems to me if there is a market out there, it would be the redneck market that thinks the NFL has become sissified. I doubt if there is a market for more civilized football. Golf, a civilized sport, is declining in terms of rounds played and financial success of golf courses. I don't know about TV. Here's one thing I don't know: is professional wrestling still thriving on TV? As I said, I used to turn it on and laugh uproariously for about 15 minutes, and then go to something else. Best, Don Bauder
— January 27, 2018 8:51 a.m.
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swell: Two of the guys I played against in high school went straight to the Globetrotters, although I don't think they went to the main team. They were brothers, as I recall. The team was LaGrange, and it won the Illinois state title in 1953, winning all their games (30-plus). They were expected to win the 1954 championship, but to do so, they would have had to win something like 62 straight games over two seasons. Very difficult. They didn't make it. I only saw two Globetrotter games. Entertaining. I agree with you. I used to enjoy watching professional wrestling on TV. The scripted matches were hilarious, especially when they did something really funny, like tossing the ref out of the ring. These guys were great tumblers and some were good thespians. (I am not sexist. I don't think there was female wrestling back in those days.) Does anyone remember Haystacks Calhoun? He was said to weigh 400 or 500 pounds and he would take on a tag team all by himself. The Globetrotters were said to have lost one game (obviously scripted) to their opponents (were they the Washington Generals?) in all those years. The people who saw that game have something to talk about. Best, Don Bauder
— January 26, 2018 9:30 p.m.
McMahon's XFL could put hurts on L.A. Chargers
Clive Peters: NFL stands for the Namby-Pamby Footsie Lovers conference. Everybody knows that. Best, Don Bauder
— January 26, 2018 6:07 p.m.
McMahon's XFL could put hurts on L.A. Chargers
Visduh: Oh yes. There are people now who talk about the NFL as if it is a sissy league because of the precautions (such as related to possible concussions) and other such measures. I would call this a redneck market., and it's large. McMahon tried appealing to that market in 2001 and flopped. However, he seems to be claiming that now he will have a civilized league. Don't bet on that. In fact, wouldn't bet on the league's games -- that's just my advice, and you seem to share my qualms. I agree with you on the Raiders. They belong in Las Vegas, where they will soon be moving to. Best, Doin Bauder
— January 26, 2018 6:03 p.m.
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Chaos at newly unionized L.A. Times
Visduh: But if you would have taken the same job with, say, the U-T or the Orange County Register, you might have been facing the same hatchet now. Best, Don Bauder— January 28, 2018 6:54 p.m.
Chaos at newly unionized L.A. Times
AlexClarke: Broadly speaking, the decline of the American middle class tracks with the decline of unionism. It also tracks with the shocking escalation of greed. It doesn't seem to bother conservatives and the elite that the richest 1 percent controls almost 40 percent of the nation's wealth, according to the Federal Reserve. This is a ticket to disaster at some point. Bernie Sanders got a lot of support quoting such statistics. Trump ran on Sanders's populism then, once in office, did exactly the reverse of what he was preaching. Shockingly, it seems that the bottom 50% hasn't figured that out yet. Best, Don Bauder— January 28, 2018 4:27 p.m.
SD City College instructors plan protest
petezanko: There may have been a link to the lawsuit in the Reader's original story about the sit Dec. 14, 2017. If there is no "there" there, I would think the suit will not succeed. Best, Don Bauder— January 28, 2018 4:18 p.m.
McMahon's XFL could put hurts on L.A. Chargers
swell: I just looked up Haystacks Calhoun. Wikipedia says he weighed 600 pounds, not the 400 or 500 I wrote. (Of course, this is professional wrestling, so Wilkipedia's source may engaging in hyperbole.) In any case, Haystacks in the early 1960s apparently performed in Madison Garden in a series of matches with a wrestler named Happy Humphrey who allegedly weighed 800 pounds. According to Wikipedia, Haystacks won most of the matches because when Happy Humphrey was tossed out of the ring, he couldn't scramble back in. Best, Don Bauder— January 28, 2018 12:04 p.m.
McMahon's XFL could put hurts on L.A. Chargers
AlexClarke: That is a most astute observation. Best, Don Bauder— January 28, 2018 11:41 a.m.
McMahon's XFL could put hurts on L.A. Chargers
AlexClarke: You are probably right. The NFL, and football itself, are showing signs of declining. So why should McMahon try again now? It seems to me if there is a market out there, it would be the redneck market that thinks the NFL has become sissified. I doubt if there is a market for more civilized football. Golf, a civilized sport, is declining in terms of rounds played and financial success of golf courses. I don't know about TV. Here's one thing I don't know: is professional wrestling still thriving on TV? As I said, I used to turn it on and laugh uproariously for about 15 minutes, and then go to something else. Best, Don Bauder— January 27, 2018 8:51 a.m.
McMahon's XFL could put hurts on L.A. Chargers
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swell: Two of the guys I played against in high school went straight to the Globetrotters, although I don't think they went to the main team. They were brothers, as I recall. The team was LaGrange, and it won the Illinois state title in 1953, winning all their games (30-plus). They were expected to win the 1954 championship, but to do so, they would have had to win something like 62 straight games over two seasons. Very difficult. They didn't make it. I only saw two Globetrotter games. Entertaining. I agree with you. I used to enjoy watching professional wrestling on TV. The scripted matches were hilarious, especially when they did something really funny, like tossing the ref out of the ring. These guys were great tumblers and some were good thespians. (I am not sexist. I don't think there was female wrestling back in those days.) Does anyone remember Haystacks Calhoun? He was said to weigh 400 or 500 pounds and he would take on a tag team all by himself. The Globetrotters were said to have lost one game (obviously scripted) to their opponents (were they the Washington Generals?) in all those years. The people who saw that game have something to talk about. Best, Don Bauder— January 26, 2018 9:30 p.m.
McMahon's XFL could put hurts on L.A. Chargers
Clive Peters: NFL stands for the Namby-Pamby Footsie Lovers conference. Everybody knows that. Best, Don Bauder— January 26, 2018 6:07 p.m.
McMahon's XFL could put hurts on L.A. Chargers
Visduh: Oh yes. There are people now who talk about the NFL as if it is a sissy league because of the precautions (such as related to possible concussions) and other such measures. I would call this a redneck market., and it's large. McMahon tried appealing to that market in 2001 and flopped. However, he seems to be claiming that now he will have a civilized league. Don't bet on that. In fact, wouldn't bet on the league's games -- that's just my advice, and you seem to share my qualms. I agree with you on the Raiders. They belong in Las Vegas, where they will soon be moving to. Best, Doin Bauder— January 26, 2018 6:03 p.m.