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Saturday Morning Open Thread: As Above… ?

by Anne Laurie|  January 10, 20156:25 am| 46 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads, Sports, #notintendedtobeafactualstatement

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I’m given to understand there is some kind of very serious footballery going on this weekend, so perhaps this is timely. From NYMag, “Dartmouth Charges 64 Students With Cheating in Ethics Class“:

Dozens of Dartmouth students were charged with violating the school’s honor code after they were caught cheating in an ethics class, reports the AP. The class, a sports ethics course targeted at student athletes struggling with academics, apparently did not leave a lasting impression on the 64 students the university has punished for cheating…

From David Roth at Vice Sports, “What the Mueller Report Doesn’t Have to Tell Us“:

… On Thursday, the NFL gave us a 96-page report detailing the NFL’s epically drowsy serial mishandling of Ray Rice’s domestic abuse case and the resulting fallout, and assuring those that needed assuring that everything happened exactly as the NFL said it did. It then gave us some forceful circularities from commissioner Roger Goodell to the effect that lessons had been learned…

If there are no real surprises in the report beyond the technicolor splendor with which it portrays the NFL’s determined refusal to give a shit, there is also a broader unsurprise here, and an increasingly unmistakable element of uneasy comedy. For all the real reasons for outrage that have been studded through this unusually nauseous NFL season, it’s increasingly difficult not to see the NFL as a lumbering and hugely expensive workplace comedy. It’s not just that the NFL continues to be categorically incapable of getting basic things right, but the outlandish and grandiose way in which it gets them wrong. After a season spent filling one diaper after another and holding stern press conferences to the effect that the latest round of self-beshittery stands in opposition to all the league’s values, is nothing less than unacceptable, and fundamentally isn’t us, the NFL has settled, ridiculously and predictably, on the one thing it already knows doesn’t work–doing just what it was doing…

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Apart from the watching of football, what’s on the agenda for the weekend?

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  1. 1.

    raven

    January 10, 2015 at 6:43 am

    What’s timely about it? It’s too early for the whiny anti-football people to launch into the same old shit.

  2. 2.

    Mustang Bobby

    January 10, 2015 at 6:59 am

    I will enjoy watching the Packers beat the snot of Murica’s Team. I have a soft spot for my old Lions rivals.

  3. 3.

    Baud

    January 10, 2015 at 7:08 am

    @Mustang Bobby:

    We’d get to see Christie’s sad face.

  4. 4.

    barbequebob

    January 10, 2015 at 7:11 am

    discussing the conspiracy against George Zimmerman

    http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/10/us/george-zimmerman-arrested/index.html

  5. 5.

    Raven

    January 10, 2015 at 7:11 am

    It’s 23 at the bakery and Lil Bit seems to be shivering!

  6. 6.

    Mike E

    January 10, 2015 at 7:15 am

    @Baud: Will the Whale even show up for this game?

  7. 7.

    Baud

    January 10, 2015 at 7:23 am

    @Mike E:

    Probably. The Dallas Cowboys are Jersey’s Team, after all.

  8. 8.

    OzarkHillbilly

    January 10, 2015 at 7:23 am

    @Mike E: I doubt it. This time he’d have to pay his own way.

  9. 9.

    Gvg

    January 10, 2015 at 7:24 am

    WHy are we even asking the NFL to do what law enforcement is supposed to? and I don’t care if the women doesn’t want to press charges, it’s a society issue.
    The NFL is a business. their business is a lot about publicity and they should worry about their image, especially since the concussion problem is starting to bother more people but if they want to destroy their popularity, they have a right to run the business into the ground. why weren’t more people calling for charges and police? why did all the attention go to the NFL instead of on prosecutors and local authorities? the NFL doesn’t actually have the right authority to deal with this. I have a problem with people automatically focusing on the NFL. But we don’t expect the government to deal with violence? that’s a problem in my view.

  10. 10.

    Baud

    January 10, 2015 at 7:25 am

    @Gvg:

    Who’s suggesting it’s either/or?

  11. 11.

    jayboat

    January 10, 2015 at 7:31 am

    @barbequebob:

    Leave George aloooooooooooone!!!!!!1!!!!!1!

  12. 12.

    Hillary Rettig

    January 10, 2015 at 7:31 am

    We’re going to finish watching Foyle’s War on Netflix – one of the best shows I’ve ever seen.

    Also, I hope it’s okay to self-promote a bit: my Weight Loss for Writers class starts at SavvyAuthors.com this Monday. It’s inexpensive, convenient, supportive, and you can participate anonymously from anywhere in the world, or just lurk. (Format is email discussion group.) “Weight Loss for Writers” b/c I frame the problem of overweight as “Dieter’s Block” and adapt solutions for the latter. More info here: http://www.hillaryrettig.com/2014/12/29/why-a-course-on-weight-loss-for-writers/

  13. 13.

    OzarkHillbilly

    January 10, 2015 at 7:32 am

    @Gvg: Hard to prosecute when there is no evidence of a crime. (“I ran into a door.”)

  14. 14.

    PaulW

    January 10, 2015 at 7:46 am

    Zimmerman’s been arrested again.

    And again it’s a domestic violence charge.

    Angry guy syndrome.

    I wrote this back in 2013 fer Gods’ sake… http://noticeatrend.blogspot.com/2013/11/another-moment-in-annals-of-angry-guy.html

  15. 15.

    satby

    January 10, 2015 at 7:46 am

    @Hillary Rettig: I’ve been watching the same series on Acorn TV (on Roku). Good stuff.
    Glad to see you after the huge pile up yesterday in your area.

  16. 16.

    satby

    January 10, 2015 at 7:49 am

    @PaulW: I think everyone, including the police and the previous judges, knew it was only a matter of time before Georgie got into another scrape. Ticking bomb and all that.

  17. 17.

    WereBear

    January 10, 2015 at 7:54 am

    @Hillary Rettig: We’re going to finish watching Foyle’s War on Netflix – one of the best shows I’ve ever seen.

    It really is; that first episode was socko.

    Good luck with the classes!

  18. 18.

    satby

    January 10, 2015 at 7:57 am

    I see the sun coming up, normally unremarkable but it hasn’t been visible for the last 4 days of winter storms. Still bitterly cold but with the sun out and the wind reducing it will be more bearable. I feel like I’ve been under house arrest since Wednesday, so this afternoon I hope to get out and pick up a few essentials. We’re almost out of dog cookies; life won’t be worth living without our dog cookies.

  19. 19.

    Elizabelle

    January 10, 2015 at 7:58 am

    @satby: LOL. Saw Hillary post and was just about to tell her you’d been looking out for her.

    @Raven: Kudos for being out. High forecast to be 25 here today in NoVA.

    Good morning all. (tips coffee cup)

  20. 20.

    Botsplainer

    January 10, 2015 at 7:58 am

    @barbequebob:

    They’re picking on him because he’s a Second Amendment conservative.

  21. 21.

    Elizabelle

    January 10, 2015 at 7:59 am

    @PaulW:

    I hope that every time Zimmerman is in the news, it gives a little wave of shame to the jurors who could not see Trayvon Martin as a kid who got murdered.

  22. 22.

    satby

    January 10, 2015 at 8:04 am

    @Elizabelle: That stretch of 94 is one people hop on and off of to get from one side of town to another. One of the universities is up there too. Just a miracle the death toll wasn’t worse.

  23. 23.

    catclub

    January 10, 2015 at 8:40 am

    on the one thing it already knows doesn’t work–doing just what it was doing

    Yeah, right. They are only hugely profitable and the dominant entertainment in the US. Tell me how they are failures.

  24. 24.

    WereBear

    January 10, 2015 at 8:58 am

    I stayed up a bit late last night. The help email for my Oyster app got answered, which is when the light went on about using their built-in booklists. So I couldn’t sleep until I had sorted the 1046 books on my list into subcategories.

    Now I can find science fiction or memoirs or whatever I’m in the mood for, instead of wading through all my books in all the possible categories.

    WIth all the enforced rest my illness has been forcing me to do, this library service ($10 a month for the use of half a million books) has been a miracle. What with juggling Mr WereBear’s chronic illness, my full time job, and the obsessive hobby/mission of my cat blog, I used to pay that much in library fines anyway :) Now, getting back and forth in a timely fashion would take far more energy than I have right now.

    Email me (news AT wayofcats DOT com) if you want a free month to try it out. I can send invitations!

  25. 25.

    MomSense

    January 10, 2015 at 9:04 am

    I’m getting a puppy! Just got the call. She is a chow, St Bernard, and border collie mix so who knows how big she will be but she was the runt of this litter and has very soulful little eyes.

    ETA Fortunately I have until the afternoon because I need to go get all the puppy things.

  26. 26.

    Baud

    January 10, 2015 at 9:06 am

    @MomSense:

    Great news! How are you feeling this morning?

  27. 27.

    Elizabelle

    January 10, 2015 at 9:08 am

    @MomSense:

    Are you going to name her Crash?

    Two serious near misses in one week (admittedly not your fault either time).

    Thinking of sending a limo to pick up puppy?

    ETA: you must share pictures, once she’s safely home.

  28. 28.

    MomSense

    January 10, 2015 at 9:19 am

    @Baud: @Elizabelle:

    I was laughing this morning that I feel like I was hit by a —– oh wait a minute I was. The rescuer is going to drop her off on her way back from an adoption event today. When she called one of my references she told her about the accident.

    The guy who hit us brought us a dozen fresh eggs this morning. Maine is a weird place. I’m achey mostly in my knees. I think they must have hit something. My neck and shoulders are really sore but it’s not too bad. My son chipped a tooth so he will have to go to the dentist to make sure it is ok.

    I’ll send pictures to Anne so you can see how cute she is. Our cat is feeling better today, too so hopefully things are going to get better.

  29. 29.

    Josie

    January 10, 2015 at 9:31 am

    @MomSense: Sorry to hear about your accident but very happy to hear of your new puppy. Puppies make everything better, and that mix of breeds sounds like a winner. We will be looking forward to many pictures.

  30. 30.

    WereBear

    January 10, 2015 at 9:42 am

    @MomSense: Oh my gosh, that sounds like a great combo!

  31. 31.

    MomSense

    January 10, 2015 at 9:52 am

    @Josie:

    Puppies do make everything better!!@WereBear:

    She’s a sweet little mutt who needs a family and we are sorely in need of some puppy energy.
    The kids are going to chronicle the adventures of Crash the punk rock puppy!

  32. 32.

    Baud

    January 10, 2015 at 9:57 am

    @MomSense:

    I’m jealous.

  33. 33.

    MomSense

    January 10, 2015 at 10:01 am

    @Baud:

    Go get a puppy! How are you feeling? Finally rid of the crud?

  34. 34.

    Cervantes

    January 10, 2015 at 10:03 am

    @raven:

    What’s timely about it? It’s too early for the whiny anti-football people to launch into the same old shit.

    Don’t know them, but what about the whiny anti-ethics people?

  35. 35.

    Cervantes

    January 10, 2015 at 10:06 am

    @Hillary Rettig:

    Michael Kitchen is a good actor.

  36. 36.

    Baud

    January 10, 2015 at 10:08 am

    @MomSense:

    My current dogs wouldn’t do well with a new dog.

    I’ve moved on to a new type of crud. ;) But I’m actually much improved. Thanks.

  37. 37.

    Cervantes

    January 10, 2015 at 10:10 am

    @Elizabelle:

    I hope they feel the requisite shame without further assistance from him.

  38. 38.

    Tenar Darell

    January 10, 2015 at 10:52 am

    @Cervantes: I have liked him since Enchanted April. He didn’t have a lot of lines, but his quiet presence as the accidental male guest in the villa was noticeable.

  39. 39.

    Mike in NC

    January 10, 2015 at 10:54 am

    Dartmouth has an Honor Code? Did anybody ever tell Dinesh D’Souza about that?

  40. 40.

    Tenar Darell

    January 10, 2015 at 10:58 am

    @WereBear:
    /begin librarian mode
    You can borrow e-books even from most local libraries now. No fines, because they return themselves. And you can renew them online too. Combine that with your subscription (when it’s a brand new bestseller), and you’ll be all set.
    /end librarian mode

  41. 41.

    Bob Munck

    January 10, 2015 at 11:33 am

    a sports ethics course targeted at student athletes struggling with academics

    According to the Ivy rules, Dartmouth isn’t supposed to have any such easy courses. On the other hand when I was a student athlete (wrestling) struggling with academics (physics) at a better Ivy, I signed up for a known “gut” course about computers to get some relief from the thermo course in my major. Unfortunately that year a new professor named van Dam arrived to teach it, and suddenly I had a new major.

  42. 42.

    OldDave

    January 10, 2015 at 12:04 pm

    @Bob Munck:

    Andries van Dam? You could have done worse. ;-)

  43. 43.

    Bob Munck

    January 10, 2015 at 12:47 pm

    @OldDave: Yep, Andy. I was in his very first class, just after he got one of the first two PhDs in computer science in the country. I ended up teaching and doing research (Hypertext, etc.) with him for eight more years, and he’s still a good friend 50 years later.

  44. 44.

    Cervantes

    January 10, 2015 at 2:09 pm

    @Bob Munck:

    His Ph. D. is in Electrical Engineering, if I recall correctly.

  45. 45.

    Cervantes

    January 10, 2015 at 2:11 pm

    @Tenar Darell:

    That villa you saw him in is where the book was written, decades earlier.

  46. 46.

    Mike in dc

    January 10, 2015 at 3:26 pm

    The normal punishment for cheating is a range from academic probation up to suspension and even expulsion from the school. If they did kick out 64 athletes it would send a strong message. Probably won’t happen though.

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