Georgia senior receiver Malcolm Mitchell has played in two SEC championship games. He was the intended receiver of the ill-fated final play of the 2012 loss to Alabama. He knows how close it can be.
So he shakes his head at the idea that this year is championship-or-bust.
“It’s always funny how the people who don’t play tell us what it’s time for,” Mitchell said, chuckling. “But we know what needs to be done. And it’s our job to get it done. And if you’re part of the Bulldog Nation, you’ll let us get that job done, and just be there beside us as we do it so we can all reap the benefits from it.”
Malcolm Mitchell’s advice to (some of) Dawgnation
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What he meant to say was STFU.
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Yes. Yes. Yes.
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MM calls out the 15%ers.
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Oh, it’s the stupid, statistically unsupported, run into the ground, 15%er meme again. I never get tired of seeing that one.
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The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same. Carlos Castaneda …
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Sorry, but who the hell is Carlos Casteneda, and why do you feel the need to rip off his philosophy? Wait…never mind, I really don’t give a crap.
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Easy there Padawan. Carlos was a yaqui warrior. I blame Derek for his long Hunter S Thompson quote which got me flipping through some of his books. For some reason my bride put the Casteneda collection next to Hunters books. And I flipped through some of those. It’s been a long time since I read his work. 😉
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Actually, he was a cult-leading charlatan who abused his followers psychologically and talked them into committing suicide.
http://www.salon.com/2007/04/12/castaneda/
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An ancient Méxicano seer. His first hit record was The Teachings of Don Juan Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. He liked chewing on cactus buttons chased by Malibu® Rum Piña Coladas and walking in the Chihuahuan Desert searching for a Taco Belle
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In short, I guy we would like to emulate.
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Is it even 15%? Seems like maybe less than that.
They just loud, disappointed and mean when they mouth overload they football fortunes. Or, just generally disappointed with life.
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Think you are correct. We should begin to use 1% until we have another poll. 🙂
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“It’s always funny how the people who don’t play tell us what it’s time for.”
That includes you, Pawl, you insecure, attention-deprived soulless flesh mannequin.
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“I think the fan base deserves one.”
That’s a stretch.
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Great. Another in-the-arena guy. “Just support us no matter what and we’ll get done what we get done.” Let you get the job done? Didn’t realize we were in the way… Get over yourself Malcolm. You wouldn’t sell many books if it weren’t for obsessive fans.
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He is the asshole that thinks he’s entitled to have the football program perform for him and the rest of the assholes who are like him.
Personally, I think part of being a fan means supporting the program no matter what…almost. If they decide to be dirty or corrupt or if they descend into being quitters/losers, I leave the option open to do something else on Saturdays. However, as a mere fan, I am in no way entitled to a shiny new trophy of any kind. The only way to earn one of those is to be “in the arena.”
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Christ, I don’t think you even tried to understand what I said. My point is Malcolm pooh-poohs the die hards, not realizing where his bread is buttered. If fans glamour for titles, then good. That’s what puts pressure on guys making big money to go out and make good hires and build IPFs and fly to the far corners of the country to bring in Eason and Stafford.
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clamor*
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Don’t think you understood Derek’s reference to “fan” nor a remark from an In-the-arena guy to put us more at ease.
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He said that if you want “the football program perform” then you’re an asshole. That part is confusing.
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So is your reply. You aren’t from around here, are you?
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The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same. Carlos Castaneda …
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I’m sorry but I don’t buy into the notion that what wins championships is more assholes. If the correlation were true then Auburn would have broken Oklahoma’s winning streak record long ago. How does one explain Tennessee’s recent mediocrity if asshole psi mattered? How do you explain Clempson’s lack of relevance for more than 3 decades?
I know you want to feel good about being a “die hard” which really means feeling good about being an unreasonable dick, but you aren’t helping a thing and your unreasonable dickishness does not move any needles despite your self-important notions.
The players play just as hard for the reasonable fans as they do for those who egg their homes. In short, the fans attitudes, positive (me) or negative (you) don’t matter. Our presence and support at the games matters to be sure. However, the degree to which the fans are loud and stupid doesn’t. Wouldn’t Philadelphia have a Super Bowl by now if your math worked out?
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I don’t often agree with Derek, but, Damn, son that was spot on.
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Perhaps I can be of some help here.
How Not to Be a Dick: An Everyday Etiquette Guide [Hardcover]
by Meghan Doherty (Author)
On the one hand, nobody wants to be a dick. On the other hand, dicks are everywhere! They cut in line, talk behind our backs, recline into our seats, and even have the power to morph into trolls online. Their powers are impressive, but with a little foresight and thoughtfulness, we can take a stand against dickishness(H/T Derek) today. How Not to Be a Dick is packed with honest and straightforward advice, but it also includes playful illustrations showing two well-meaning (but not always well behaved) young people as they confront moments of potential dickishness in their everyday lives. Sometimes they falter, sometimes they triumph, but they always seek to find a better way. And with their help, you can too.
😉
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Exactly. Malcolm Mitchell just proved he doesn’t want championships. Why does Mark Richt recruit these kind of losers? If I was on the team I would do what it takes to be a champion!!!!1!!
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He said support them. He’s right. Now shut the fuck up.
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The “In the Arena” talk has always pissed me off. I haven’t been in the arena–and you know what? I am not a Chef either…but I can sure tell when my meal tastes like shit.
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Agree. Not sure who pissed in everyone else’s cornflakes. I generally dig this place, but it feels a bit reddit-like if you say something unpopular.
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Three gifs of Jackson? Talk about a man crush.
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There are 2 unequivocal truths in this world. Page Side = Rage Side and there is never too much Sam Jackson. Ask Tarantino–he knows.
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page side? I knew I liked you.
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Do you read jabo052’s handle with oo instead of o0 like I do?
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Jackson is a maroon who thinks he knows more than he actually does and thinks he’s cooler than he actually is.
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Stand behind me Satan
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He’s black, not maroon, and he’s a Dawg fan.
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Dark Maroon. I had a superintendent on a loft project in Midtown. who was African American. We had lunch together a lot at a little restaurant on Krog Street. We talked politics and race and one thing lead to another and he told me he was not black but dark maroon and his wife was a “high yellow”. That kind of surprised me but I didn’t have much to offer in response. I was reluctant to comment. But it sure surprised me.
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I think it depends on how you say it. You might get ganged up on eventually for saying the same thing over and over again for several years (love you JCDawg!)…but usually civility wins the day. (Full disclosure: I am 100% guilty of being a huge asshole a whole bunch of times.)
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I’m not sure you understand what Mitchell said. How the hell do you get “pooh poohing the diehards” out of his comments. enlighten us.
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Nope…you just get lambasted when you say something stupid and inaccurate.
That doesn’t sound like ‘you have no clue because you’re not in the arena’…it sounds to me like ‘there’s a difference between me putting my body on the line, going through winter drills, two knee surgerys, and all of the other crap I go through each season for the Red and Black and you ponying up money each year to watch me at the stadium, on tv, etc. One requires work. The other is a choice on how you spend your disposable income. So feel free to let me know how you feel…and you sure enough may be right…but you need to check yourself when you get over the top, son. So go buy my book, watch me ball, and let’s enjoy this thing together because we both want the same thing’
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So go buy my book, watch me ball, and let’s enjoy this thing together because we both want the same thing’
A video of MM saying that to lead the Dawgs onto the field would be better than any rock anthem.
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Here, here!
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Try talking about somebody’s church-going habits or Lewis Grizzard. I just have one ass cheek left, and it’s just hanging on by a sliver of skin.
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I remember that shootout. It reminds me a little song…
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You may nt be a chef and you know when your meal tastes like shit, but you don’t act is if you know that the problem was that the chef misapplied the culinary technique, or whether one ingredient was not room temperature when added, or braised at too high a temperature, or whether the problem was the poor quality of the ingredients.
By contrast, sure, we all know what the score of the game is, but, just like you being clueless about why the meal tastes the way it is, you may not know why a particular play was called in a certain situation.
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Well–I did order those books the Senator recommended. Until they start inviting me to the game planning meetings, that will have to do. I dig MM…but I have never liked the Arena talk. That all came out when Cox was shitting the bed all the time–which was really not the best time to be dismissive of the fans.
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FIFY
Hmmmm…. well if it doesn’t meet your standards return it to the kitchen and stay home and watch something else.
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-1 is a response to Q
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screw you Q
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Well said.
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Yikes, man – that seems a bit coarse. Just a disagreement.
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I think some of us “fans” tend to forget these are kids playing a game. I get so stressed out and mad during games, I truly think I may be close to a stroke. Or at least a good fist fight. As fans, just my opinion, “we” don’t served s**t. As a fan, your job is to SUPPORT your team. Period.
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But but…they owe me something since I pay[insert amount here] and this is my alma mater.
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Well, don’t they? I am not a championship-or-bust guy at all – I am perfectly happy with the program winning 10 games per year. But it does seem lousy to ask the people who support the program and whose cheers you enjoy to keep their other opinions to themselves – that the fans are only there to provide money and accolades and otherwise STFU.
I think most of our fans are pretty tolerant and rooting for the kids as well as the team, and will reserve the right to criticize or applaud any endeavor of my alma mater, thank you, Mr. Mitchell.
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Does this mean you won’t buy his book?
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No, they don’t owe me anything. It’s my choice to buy season tickets/donate…or not. They’re free to have an opinion, too, as far as I’m concerned. I’m not their employer or title holder. All I expect is for them to be decent people.
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It’s also his choice to suit up and have fans cheer him or be critical. Very few commenters here say negative thongs about the players. This tempest in a teapot didn’t begin because someone told Malcolm not to have an opinion. It got started because Malcolm told Georgia fans not to have one
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I have no problem with what he said and I certainly don’t consider it critical. In fact, I think he’s dead on.
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The “critical” referred to the fans. But love Mitchell and I am sure he gets unfair grief from some fans. Hope he has a great game tomorrow and a great season as well.
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This was my point. Didn’t approach it as diplomatically as most on here would like, I take it. I found the comment off-putting, but not really offensive. I like 26, just don’t agree with him this time.
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Its been a long, strange journey, this football fan thing, there. We mighta won the national championship in 1976 had it not been for a bad game at Ole Miss. Won it in 1980 with two miracles and the best college running back in the history of the game…and it took two miracles.
I’m as much to blame for the slings and arrows since then as anybody…I threw away a really good hat, into Lake Ponchartrain, there, after the Penn State thing.
Miss that hat.
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Penn State. Ugh. Todd Blackledge. That was such a buzzkill.
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Walker Lee Ashley.
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Did I tell you that I have an algae-tinted hat that a friend sent to me after he found it post-Katrina? And that I got a wet tin-foil hat in the mail yesterday?
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Oh Jesus Cojo….is it onea them olde ones with the mesh back? Could it be?
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It was all sorta permanent twisted and the “G” looked chewed, like someone who had worn it was pissed.
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They couldn’t have had the flotsam and jetsam without things like your hat
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I’m a total bean when it comes to the Dawgs. I don’t think it’s this year or bust. But even I know that expectations and talk about expectations are almost as important for fans as the game itself. If all fans could do was read the press releases and watch the games, and only players and coaches could have opinions, there would be a lot fewer fans out there to finance big stadiums and signing bonuses. That’s true in every sport and of “water cooler” topics in general. Who do you think will win the election? Can oil prices can go much lower? Can Rachael and Joey ever make it as a couple?
I think most of the players and coaches understand this. Expectations (often unrealistic) and lots of chatter (largely ignorant) are an integral part of what makes sports so popular. So sorry Malcolm, but you need to either embrace it or ignore it. Either way you’ll have to deal with it.
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What kind of bean? Human?
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Lima. Somehow I think Dubyadee’s family owns acreage in Peru. Or maybe Paraguay
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Winner. Best comment of the thread.
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I hope we can win a championship. I don’t expect that we do as some kind of birthright. And if the guys in the arena give it their all in trying to do so, then they are DGDs and have my respect.
Now spot the damn ball and get after it.
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The unmitigated gall of a Georgia player who has suffered terrible knee injuries and impressed a national audience with his reading for kids program dare talk about a bunch of sometimes moronic fans. The same assholes who don’t want to pay players are the same assholes who don’t want to hear from them either. Newsflash it’s a damn game played by 18-22 year olds for the glory of old UGA and not for a bunch of old guys who really only care about the spread. Hallelujah!! Holy shit!! Where’s the Tylenol??”
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Ho Lee! We’ve missed you.
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Malcolm seems to have become the elder statesman of the team, which is a role he’s well suited for. And it’s true, we fans aren’t in the arena. But we do support the program with our $, we deal with the traffic into/out of Athens, we walk in puddles of pee in the bathrooms, we swelter in the early-season heat, and did I mention the part about the $? So while we aren’t part of the micro team, we are members of the macro team that is Georgia Bulldogs football. We’ll do our part, Malcolm, albeit imperfectly and often impatiently. And you do yours, like you did in Jax in 2012 to score that huge 4th quarter TD to beat the hated Gators. And we’ll be just fine.
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Since he made that play, I’ve vowed that he can do and say anything he wants. Made the request also that, on my deathbed, someone leans over and whispers that play into my ears such that the undertaker will never get the smile off my face.
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And don’t forget, CannonDawg..somebody has to make the pee puddles for us to wade in..they’ve got their job to do too…(Seems like the puddles are deeper when GT visits).
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Whatever. They’ll do whatever they do regardless of asshole fans. Asshole fans will be asshole fans regardless of what they do.
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Asshole fans can’t even get a license to marry in Kentucky.
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I can’t believe you’d be so closed-minded as to think straight people can’t be asshole fans.
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Hell, straights can’t even get a licence in one county because the clerk has been jailed.
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And Woderick!
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And the hounds!
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They couldn’t get a license there before she was jailed, either. She wasn’t giving anybody a license. Right now they’re giving out licenses to all through the deputy clerks.
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Even to the asshole fans?
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Gold. You win the comments.
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Cojones…not Biggus. I am not sure that Biggus got it. Which is criminal with a Mel Brooks themed handle.
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The one in that movie was in the front of Gregory Hines. He doesn’t use an asshole fan.
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It’s a Monty Python-themed name. I thought my response made it pretty clear that I got it.
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We’re already cannabalizing ourselves around here? Damn, we’re in mid-season form before kick off.
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GooooooooooooooooooooDAWGS. Woof, woof.
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I never trash a player. They’re just kids, and they deserve a shitload of credit for their time and dedication. The coaches, on the other hand, are professionals and paid huge salaries. I believe its reasonable to expect them to be prepared. I’ve seen a lot of opportunities squandered, long before MM hit campus. When we see other schools win championships, I don’t agree we should dismiss fans who ask ‘what are we doing that has prevented us from achieving the same success?’
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^^this^^ Players are off limits to criticism in my book. Even the worst guy on the team is working his butt off every day and giving his best or he wouldn’t be playing.
Coaches get paid a ton to perform, When they don’t perform to expectations criticism of them is entirely reasonable.
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True but some of the critics and the criticisms aren’t reasonable. I like to armchair coach as much as the next guy but I’d like to think that not every play that doesn’t work is stupid and that every play that works is not indicative of coaching brilliance. That’s just stupid and lazy analysis. Given that sports radio and ESPN have done to the sports fan what Limbaugh and Fox News have done to political viewpoints (thanks for Trump btw) it’s not shocking that many opinions come in the form of knee jerk idiocy. We have to keep in mind that 1) the players have much more to do with any given win (or loss) than the coaches and 2) that there are a bunch of teams playing at a high level every year and 3) that luck (both good and bad) is a major factor in championships in football.
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Did I tell you that your comments say quite a bit? There’s a group of unapologetic Dawg fans here who blog my serious side and their words never swerve in their loyalty, whether their remarks are critical, objective critiques or uplifting. Yours is one.
It’s a game and we all are having fun.
Many don’t realize it, but some of us old farts are racing time to get in our feelings before the first stroke. And Bluto suspicions, to be the cactus in his garden.
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Looks like everyone on get the picture is tired of hitting the same people everyday. Need to get this season kicked off.
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You bet! We are howling because the summer is over with and we are about to see the Dawgs unleashed. Sic’em!
Glad we never say “Lick’em Dawgs” because it can be taken more than one way.
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“howling because the summer is over”
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Mutilations ARE pretty funny.
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Fetal Tissue Fallout. NEJM
“We have a duty to use fetal tissue for research and therapy….
And that duty includes taking advantage of avenues of hope for current and future patients, particularly if those avenues are being threatened by a purely political fight — one that, in this case, will in no way actually affect the number of fetuses that are aborted or brought to term, the alleged goal of the activists involved.
The current uproar was ignited when an antiabortion activist, posing as a biomedical research company representative, captured on video — which he then edited in the most misleading way possible — discussions by Planned Parenthood physicians of the procedures they use (when recovering specific fetal organ tissues) and the cost ($30 to $100 to reimburse for costs). The effect was to portray the organization as callous and possibly criminal in its actions. This orchestrated effort led, predictably, to state and federal calls to end funding for all Planned Parenthood services — more than 95% of which involve such things as contraception and screening for sexually transmitted diseases, rather than abortion….
A closer look at the ethics of fetal tissue research, however, reveals a duty to use this precious resource in the hope of finding new preventive and therapeutic interventions for devastating diseases. Virtually every person in this country has benefited from research using fetal tissue. Every child who’s been spared the risks and misery of chickenpox, rubella, or polio can thank the Nobel Prize recipients and other scientists who used such tissue in research yielding the vaccines that protect us (and give even the unvaccinated the benefit of herd immunity). This work has been going on for nearly a century, and the vaccines it produced have been in use nearly as long. Any discussion of the ethics of fetal tissue research must begin with its unimpeachable claim to have saved the lives and health of millions of people.”
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1510279?rss=mostViewed&
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I do realize you have a bit of silly creative genius going on here at GTP. Most of that flew over the top of me per how you meant it. I just gotta ask…
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Well, it all started with a Labor Day thing meant for Cojones that Biggus thought had something to do with mutilation which reminded me of Rick Scott…
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BTW, in cancer research and other research using human cells, a cell line that started with a cancer patient years ago has continued through over 60 years because the cell line has been the bulwark of information gleaned for cancer data and may give differing results with lesser known lines. They are called HeLa Cells after Helen Lane, a woman who unknowingly may have her cells investigated into perpetuity.
Stem cell research is different and is the foundation of many pharmaceutical companies and shed secrets every day that can be used for the benefit of humankind. DiF’s post is about a source of stem cells that is being attacked unfairly by those ignorant of research that affects us all. You have probably seen news stories of people growing another ear in a dish and having it grafted on as a replacement. That is accomplished through stem cells and to make my reply salient to today’s postings, it’s even possible to grow another asshole.
Asshole fans take a lot of grunting, hard pushing and care for about 20 years, so that’s a longer process. Some can be become asshole fans just by pouring liquor into’em to bring about this change.
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Of course. I trust that those pharm companies are investing in the well being of us all and not just for their profit margins. I know they have everyone’s permission to use those parts in research and aren’t breaking any rules. I hate it when they do that.
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/18724972/ns/health-health_care/t/charged-stealing-body-parts-corpses/#.VeolsZdUzqE
They don’t need them anymore and it’s benefiting someone. Right? It’s a small step on that road.
*Fetal tissue can be used only with the consent of the woman having an abortion. Some researchers receive the tissue from abortion clinics at their own institutions, or from tissue banks maintained by some universities. Many buy the tissue from companies that act as middlemen. Those companies pay small fees, usually $100 or less a specimen, to abortion providers like Planned Parenthood, who say they charge only what they need to cover their expenses. The companies then process the tissue and sell it to researchers for higher prices that reflect the processing.
The fees, which can run to thousands of dollars for a tiny vial of cells, do not break the law, according to Arthur Caplan, the director of the division of medical ethics at NYU Langone Medical Center.
“It appears to be legal, no matter how much you charge,” Dr. Caplan said, adding that there appears to be little or no oversight of the processing fees. “It’s a very gray and musty area as to what you can charge.”
Somehow Cojones… this just doesn’t feel right to me. Opinions may vary.
ww.nytimes.com/2015/07/28/health/fetal-tissue-from-abortions-for-research-is-traded-in-a-gray-zone.html?_r=0
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Stem cells are also harvested from the cord after birth.
Opinions vary wildly, but if you are looking for tinder instead of kinder, you can always find it.
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I nominate this whole thread for GTP Hall of Fame.
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I just wanna know what the licensing fee is to be eligible to buy and sell asshole fans, sounds refreshing.
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What do you bid for Dog in Fl???
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Ok. I’m toast today. Draw day. They’re like a real estate closing.
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Several billion for his enlightened post.
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That’s the best bid ever and well over my reserve of a slingblade and a set of steak knives
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Who’ll take the woman with the skinny legs?
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I don’t want no woman with skinny legs.
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Hopefully, tomorrow will be the genesis of a new era in Georgia football. Let the games begin! Go Dawgs!
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