tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post9028753834456371328..comments2024-03-29T09:31:19.088-04:00Comments on the daily howler: TWO WOMEN: And their respective plights!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-85220502639399433842014-05-20T23:59:08.507-04:002014-05-20T23:59:08.507-04:00How To Stop A Divorce And Save Your Marriage?(Dr B...<br />How To Stop A Divorce And Save Your Marriage?(Dr Brave).<br /><br /><br />Hello to every one out here, am here to share the unexpected miracle that happened to me three days ago, My name is Jeffrey Dowling,i live in TEXAS,USA.and I`m happily married to a lovely and caring wife,with two kids A very big problem occurred in my family seven months ago,between me and my wife so terrible that she took the case to court for a divorce she said that she never wanted to stay with me again,and that she did not love me anymore So she packed out of my house and made me and my children passed through severe pain. I tried all my possible means to get her back,after much begging,but all to no avail and she confirmed it that she has made her decision,and she never wanted to see me again. So on one evening,as i was coming back from work,i met an old friend of mine who asked of my wife So i explained every thing to her,so she told me that the only way i can get my wife back,is to visit a spell caster,because it has really worked for her too So i never believed in spell,but i had no other choice,than to follow her advice. Then she gave me the email address of the spell caster whom she visited.(bravespellcaster@gmail.com}, So the next morning,i sent a mail to the address she gave to me,and the spell caster assured me that i will get my wife back the next day what an amazing statement!! I never believed,so he spoke with me,and told me everything that i need to do. Then the next morning, So surprisingly, my wife who did not call me for the past seven {7}months,gave me a call to inform me that she was coming back So Amazing!! So that was how she came back that same day,with lots of love and joy,and she apologized for her mistake,and for the pain she caused me and my children. Then from that day,our relationship was now stronger than how it were before,by the help of a spell caster . So, i will advice you out there to kindly email this wonderful man {bravespellcaster@gmail.com},i f you are in any condition like this,or you have any problem related to "bringing your ex back. So thanks to Dr Brave for bringing back my wife,and brought great joy to my family once again.{bravespellcaster@gmail.com}, Thanks..<br />Natasha Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03946156926137605181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-31222453291185644522014-05-20T11:57:21.193-04:002014-05-20T11:57:21.193-04:00It's been more than 24 hours since commenter J...It's been more than 24 hours since commenter Jonny Scrum-Half performed a public service for readers of this blog by noting they had been misinformed by a long series of references to a young woman unable or perhaps unable to get into a four year college.<br /><br />As a furhter public service we repeat the following:<br /><br />"Everybody makes mistakes; that mistake was a beaut. And uh-oh! Flipping around the web yesterday, we saw Auletta’s original, erroneous copy still on display at several prominent sites. <br /><br />(Example: As of this morning's posting, the erroneous copy is still on display at Ezra Klein’s brainy new site.)<br /><br />Everybody makes mistakes. In this instance, Auletta committed a genuine groaner.<br /><br />That said, the way these plights have been discussed takes us beyond the realm of “mistake.” It takes us the realm of “novel,” the place where our national discourse will routinely be found."<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-46384992130130022842014-05-20T11:14:20.782-04:002014-05-20T11:14:20.782-04:00Do you realize how pathetic this defense is?
Dent...Do you realize how pathetic this defense is?<br /><br />Dent was class president, on a mayor's youth council, homecoming queen, track star, and had TWO (count them, two) choices of colleges to attend. And she was the best of Central high's graduating seniors. THAT is the point of the article. That Central High students were not being well prepared for college. <br /><br />You can focus on Somerby's failure to indpendently investigate the journalism in Hannah-Jones's article, or you can talk about why Tuscalooosa is not educating those high school students and why Hannah-Jones prefers to focus on resegregation instead of academic performance. Which do you think is more important?<br /><br />You think it is a better use of time to focus on trivialities of how Somerby talked about Dent's prospects -- which are limited, no matter how you slice it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-17132944969537626982014-05-20T10:28:45.738-04:002014-05-20T10:28:45.738-04:00Anon @ 8:51
Thanks, but credit for the link goes ...Anon @ 8:51<br /><br />Thanks, but credit for the link goes to Mr. J. Scrum-Half.<br /><br />KZAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-37349339510865971582014-05-20T10:12:31.789-04:002014-05-20T10:12:31.789-04:00I was at least eight years old before leading my l...I was at least eight years old before leading my life with solar predictions. Of course I speculated about the moon phases for two of those early years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-37557916836903583062014-05-20T10:07:51.680-04:002014-05-20T10:07:51.680-04:00Mobile is the home of the University of South Alab...Mobile is the home of the University of South Alabama, a Division 1 state university that is not historically black, like Miles. We can, of course, only speculate on what institution may have been interested in her from Kentucky.<br /><br />She may, of course, been embellishing her offers. Or Hannah-Jones may have diminished them to fit her meme. bob, on the other hand, either failed to find out the facts or ignored them, in order to fit his.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-87409153541214558082014-05-20T09:08:07.773-04:002014-05-20T09:08:07.773-04:00By the way, if you google the story that KZ found,...By the way, if you google the story that KZ found, you will find that D'Leisha chose Miles because her boyfriend got a football ride to Miles, and Miles is close to home in suburban Birmingham.<br /><br />The story also contains this quote from her: “This is the best opportunity, and also they’re offering me the most. I could have had the opportunity to go to Kentucky or Mobile."<br /><br />So I guess our lazy-as-Bob defender can stop twisting himself into a pretzel wondering if she was offered an actual scholarship.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-6125743008962017132014-05-20T08:58:16.807-04:002014-05-20T08:58:16.807-04:00KZ, I also find it fascinating now that you put in...KZ, I also find it fascinating now that you put in in one place how Somerby evolved from "may not move on to college" to "can't get accepted to college" in the span of a few short days.<br /><br />And of course, the BOBfans will ignore all that -- including the fact that she signed well before she "may not get to college" so they can pretend their hero is correct.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Bob will continue to pound his favored targets for using the wrong adjective.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-23522425490132560062014-05-20T08:51:27.409-04:002014-05-20T08:51:27.409-04:00Well, here is what the story that KZ linked to act...Well, here is what the story that KZ linked to actually said:<br /><br />"D’Leisha Dent, a three-sport athlete at Central High School, might find her work load a little lighter when she gets to college.<br /><br />"Dent signed Thursday to compete in volleyball and track at Miles College in Fairfield."<br /><br />Unlike the utterly incorrect nonsense Somerby foolishly continues writing weeks after she signed her letter of intent, she is going to college. Miles College, in fact.<br /><br />And now you want to say that she was offered the opportunity at Miles, but it wasn't a scholarship offer? Oh, good grief, the knots BOBfans tie themselves into to excuse his laziness and lack of intellectual curiosity once his mind is made up.<br /><br />If you know anything at all, then you know you don't sign a letter of intent without a scholarship offer. That's what letters of intent are for -- to bind the athlete to that school. And no "walk-on" needs to sign a letter of intent.<br /><br />And you know what? This is the real trouble with "American discourse" these days -- not Maureen Dowd, not Rachel Maddow, or any of Bob's favorite targets.<br /><br />It's people who already have their minds made up and won't let the truth get in the way.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-26865820966864391062014-05-20T02:08:01.329-04:002014-05-20T02:08:01.329-04:00That said, AC/MA, that said. Alas, your real or im...That said, AC/MA, that said. Alas, your real or imagined<br />ability to understand our points are masked by your own poor style and your failure to reference any such points in your repetitive complaints.<br /><br />That said, we cannot believe you wrote that Bob's style was "obnoxiously juvenile." We wouldn't go that far.<br /><br />KZAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-72290302880411349402014-05-19T18:59:43.695-04:002014-05-19T18:59:43.695-04:00KZ, it's not that I'm unable to understand...KZ, it's not that I'm unable to understand your usually dumb points, it's that the snarky mimicking of TDH's style is grating, unoriginal, overused, and not necessary to point out real or imagined errors on TDH's part.AC /MAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-64576847625425818222014-05-19T18:59:41.697-04:002014-05-19T18:59:41.697-04:00Here is what I said: "I don't believe th...Here is what I said: "I don't believe the offer mentioned by the article was for a scholarship"<br /><br />How does that conflict with anything you've said? Or maybe you were speaking to KZ and not me? But KZ isn't a fan of "Bob."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-7150298897162715042014-05-19T18:27:18.323-04:002014-05-19T18:27:18.323-04:00AnonymousMay 19, 2014 at 11:25 AM -- Note that if ...AnonymousMay 19, 2014 at 11:25 AM -- Note that if some reporter had praised Bennett for showing actual pictures of the Mohammed cartoons, that reporter would have been implicitly criticizing his own newspaper or TV station for not showing those pictures.David in Calnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-39825431878878596092014-05-19T17:35:45.479-04:002014-05-19T17:35:45.479-04:00Oh, good grief! Stop inventing a new narrative to ...Oh, good grief! Stop inventing a new narrative to cover a narrative that isn't true.<br /><br />No NCAA institution will offer a scholarship to an athlete if there is the least buit of doubt that the athlete can't be admitted. They don't have that many to offer under NCAA rules, and they are quite careful to whom they are offered. <br /><br />Please stop pretending you know anything at all about this.<br /><br />It is hilarious to see Bob's few remaining fans unable to admit that their guru is WRONG, and then when he is clearly shown to be WRONG twist themselves into pretzels trying to explain it all away.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-50883906650595412282014-05-19T16:56:38.580-04:002014-05-19T16:56:38.580-04:00GrossGrossAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-65355116306535464312014-05-19T16:51:37.333-04:002014-05-19T16:51:37.333-04:00There is a difference between a scholarship offer ...There is a difference between a scholarship offer and an offer of admission. I don't believe the offer mentioned by the article was for a scholarship (which means they pay your way). Also, the article said the acceptance letter hadn't arrived yet.<br /><br />I know he didn't "disappear" that fact because I read it here, not at the Atlantic. It is likely that when Somerby started writing about this, her situation had already been resolved, because that is the nature of publication leadtimes for magazines.<br /><br />It remains true that she couldn't get accepted to college on the basis of her academic work, which IS what Somerby was discussing. It has been traditional for athletes to be offered scholarships based on their sports ability, but NCAA has tightened up requirements that athletes be able to graduate, set minimum ACT/SAT scores for them, and gpa's because it is a scandal when athletes play well to the end of their eligibility and then cannot graduate.<br /><br />But we know you do not care about any of this. You care only that Somerby be shown to be hypocrite or monster.<br /><br />I suppose that is the nature of mental illness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-39574917123791274832014-05-19T16:41:34.530-04:002014-05-19T16:41:34.530-04:00Reading nothing at all is far better than reading ...Reading nothing at all is far better than reading whatever you write.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-86346787734095375842014-05-19T16:32:36.536-04:002014-05-19T16:32:36.536-04:00What? Why, he's giving me a handjob under the ...What? Why, he's giving me a handjob under the desk right now! <br /><br />(KZ will be by to lap it up in a bit, as always, then post that the flavor was not what he expected.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-19441391314782056072014-05-19T16:25:44.904-04:002014-05-19T16:25:44.904-04:00I'll go you one better, 3:32. Try the two lat...I'll go you one better, 3:32. Try the two later posts of Bob's today. They should be fairly clutter free for you.<br />Enjoy a KZ free discussion.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-63379102534977299832014-05-19T16:16:59.697-04:002014-05-19T16:16:59.697-04:00Which piece of gibberish can you factually discoun...Which piece of gibberish can you factually discount?<br /><br />KZ Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-20421595785688243422014-05-19T16:09:43.641-04:002014-05-19T16:09:43.641-04:00That's OK. My comment wasn't my comment. ...That's OK. My comment wasn't my comment. It was Bob's. It was written attacking the New York Times over an error made by Krugman. The Times didn'ty make the error either. Bob just chose to attack them for not correcting it to his satisfaction. <br /><br />So, to plagiarize again:<br /><br />When you ignore the facts to attack <strong>me,</strong> you reveal that you care nothing whatsoever about truth -- you only care about <strong>defending</strong> Somerby. So inquiring minds have to ask -- what did he ever do to you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-22565657589483980852014-05-19T16:02:46.210-04:002014-05-19T16:02:46.210-04:00It stated in the Atlantic article she had a tentat...It stated in the Atlantic article she had a tentative scholarship offer. By the time BOB began writing about her she accepted it.<br /><br />Your Blogmaster disappeared that fact. And as the series progressed, it went from "may not move on to college" to "can't get accepted to college." All the while, from start to finish she had been given and accepted an offer to attend college.<br /><br />As an entertainer once wrote: As an act of journalism, this was extremely bad work. As an act of novel construction, this piece of work was sublime. <br /><br />KZ<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-78041288267243961412014-05-19T15:54:30.623-04:002014-05-19T15:54:30.623-04:00This wasn't Somerby's error. It was a stat...This wasn't Somerby's error. It was a statement in the article he was discussing that was made obsolete by subsequent events. What don't you get about that?<br /><br />When you ignore the facts to attack Somerby, you reveal that you care nothing whatsoever about truth -- you only care about hurting Somerby. So inquiring minds have to ask -- what did he ever do to you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-44908269861702958952014-05-19T15:40:11.323-04:002014-05-19T15:40:11.323-04:00Guess it depends on whether you agree with the ope...Guess it depends on whether you agree with the opening and closing lines.<br /><br />On whether it is a quandry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-44895047327265532232014-05-19T15:37:31.762-04:002014-05-19T15:37:31.762-04:00What, them issue corrections: The Daily Howler is ...<br />What, them issue corrections: The Daily Howler is a real piece of work. Here’s why:<br /><br />For two weeks Somerby made a very rare mistake in a series. The error didn’t contradict the basic thrust of the series, but it was a large mistake, and it came early on and in every post in the series:<br /><br />Somerby: 5/5 "D’Leisha Dent is a superb young person. It’s astonishing, and a national problem, that she may not move on to college,....<br /><br />5/9 "Why is it that D’Leisha Dent, who seems to be one of Central’s best students, can’t get accepted to college?"<br /><br />Today Somerby repeated his error in this blog post, obscuring the size of the error a bit. But here we are, weeks later, and his posts remain uncorrected on-line.<br /><br />No correction has been posted on-line. No correction has been posted on Nexis.<br /><br /><br />We saw this same who-gives-a-shittism in the Times’ early, egregious misreporting about the killing of Trayvon Martin. In its first report on the younger woman headlined in this post, TDH made a truly egregious error. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com