I used to go to White Flint with my mom as a kid because it was the only Bloomingdale's in MD. I remember the classy I.Magnin in White Flint too. I also went to UMCP so I used to go to White Flint all the time. There were good stores in the strip mall right next to it too (Mandy's, Commander Salamander - I think or something similar that I loved as a teenager in the 80s).
I am fascinated by the "dead mall" series. I worked in Owings Mills Mall when it opened and it is still open but with about 5% occupancy.
I went the wrong way on an exit and accidentally drove through the owings mills mall parking lot the other day. It was kind of creepy. Midday and maybe ten cars there.
The issue with white flint is that Lerner wants to tear it down and put up mixed use residential/commercial buildings there but they screwed their tennants out of their leases. Last I read (maybe last year) they were still in litigation with dave and busters which was the only thing still open there and ironically still doing good business.
Lord and taylor is the only thing left. I wish they'd keep the lord and Taylor.
I'm guessing missed some protocols or standard procedures, don't you think?
But I have to say, I've only seen on autopsy and after you do the autopsy, the body is a different condition than before and so I wonder if doing it wrong first will impede this investigation a lot.
Ugh. I hate being so cynical but that sounds like it was sabotaged on purpose.
I don't know what it's supposed to mean, but I agree with pp that it sounds like some Piece of made up BS being said in order to sabotage any type of prosecution. II'm sure there are not so great medical examiners out there, like any other profession, but a botched autopsy just rings of BS and deceit
Also, don't do what I did and drink a daiquiri the moment you're off W30. It was so much sugar I thought I was going to die. It was like a hangover before even getting drunk.
good advice-thanks!! We go on vacation about 10 days after I finish-i'm not sure what to do about that.
I am seeing results in clothes (my husband told me "whole 30 crushed those pants" this morning and further said I needed to change b/c they were too big and looked goofy, so yay) and my skin, but damn, I am over it. I want to eat a big plate of spaghetti, with really good parmesan, and have a big glass of wine (okay the bottle). This seems right on track according to the whole 30 timeline and i'm sure i'll stick it out but damn.
DS, who is 2.5, potty trained himself-he's had one accident in over a week and has been in underpants the whole time. So we went to PBK to look at the bed and they were selling the floor sample at 60% off. It was in perfect condition and only $130-score!
he's also sick and had some hallucinations when his fever spiked the other night which was scary. His big sister dressed him up like Anna from Frozen earlier today and he came downstairs telling me I was dead because my ship sunk, lol
i loved Miss Nelson is Back, Rotten Ralph, and this one called Betty Bear's Birthday. I loved Reading Rainbow and remember rotten ralph from reading rainbow. My kids just started watching the old reading rainbow shows and they love it and it makes me so happy.
I don't know much about Ellen and Portia but do they have some kind of Vegas connection? I don't get the over/under, gambling lingo in that blind and how it relates to them.
They are supposedly renewing in Australia so I assumed down under
go read the Serena thread for Velvetshady's reaction to being told that what she was saying was problematic. She had no interest in engaging about why we were caung her on it. She just flounced out.
Then come back and tell me that Coates quote is off base.
I don't think Coates is off base, swear on my life. And I agree wholeheartedly with what Eclaires said. But, there is going to be a huge amount of people who read the NYT piece and get to the third paragraph and write him off for exactly the same reason the author of the federalist article said. Posters on this board won't, but I think a lot of white people will (which of course is the point Coates was making originally). I guess I wonder if those people will ever engage in any sort of conversation.
Clearly The Federalist has its own issues. But, I think if a white author did say he/she has low expectations of black people I would roll my eyes and write him/her off forever. Now, I'm not going to write Coates off and I hope (more than hope) that the majority in this country starts reading him more regularly, but, I can also see why people are asking why it's okay for Coates to say he has low expectations for white people without being called out on it. EDIT to clarify-I don't agree with people asking this, but I am sure many people stopped reading after the third paragraph.
Yet, sadly, at the outset of this piece, we are shown that Coates, for all the adulation he receives, is actually a remarkably narrow-minded and unpleasant person, as we find at the end of the article’s third paragraph: “When people who are not black are interested in what I do, frankly, I’m always surprised,” Coates said. “I don’t know if it’s my low expectations for white people or what.”
We’ve tricked ourselves into thinking such rhetoric is anything other than repulsive prejudice.
It is entirely fashionable, of course, for progressives to speak sneeringly and dismissively of “white people.” Coates is not the first person to evince such casual racism, and he will surely not be the last. Common as this low and ugly form of bigotry is, however, it’s still a wonder people put up with it to the degree that we do.
Imagine, for a minute, if a white writer—for the sake of argument, say, a guy named Daniel Payne, at, say, a fictional publication called the Federalist—expressed surprise that “people who are not white” ever read his work: “I don’t know if it’s my low expectations for black people or what,” he would remark. Would you be impressed at the jaded profundity of such a statement? Or would you think, “Gee, Daniel Payne sounds like a racist jerk?”
You do realize why he said this correct? He speaks about the struggle of Black people and addresses issues with the gloves off. So yeah, I could see being surprised when white people are interested. I will let the rest of these folks address the rest of your fuckery.
I don't agree with the article or the author's POV. I tried to clarify that I can see how MANY people are going to agree with his POV and write Coates off altogether.
Interestingly, my one anti-vax friend also refuses to feed her kid GMOs.
Anyway, I get the science of GMO food being fine. I really do. To me, there are 2... well, 2.5 issues.
1) In the vegan/vegetarian community, not knowing the source of the products is scary. Is this tomato spliced with fish DNA? Will using a known allergen, like peanuts, in growing a different product produce anaphylaxis? How can I be sure I'm eating what I personally choose to eat?
2) The massive amount of pesticides that are dumped on GMO products - and really, that's one of the main goals of GMOs. Reason 2.5 is big, evil Monsanto, which kind of goes along with this.
I have one friend who is very anti-GMO and this is what she always talks about.
Clearly The Federalist has its own issues. But, I don't necessarily disagree with what he's trying to get at below. I think if a white author did say he/she has low expectations of black people I would roll my eyes and write him/her off forever. Now, I'm not going to write Coates off and I hope (more than hope) that the majority in this country starts reading him more regulalry, but, I can also see why people are asking why it's okay for Coates to say he has low expectations for white people without being called out on it.
Yet, sadly, at the outset of this piece, we are shown that Coates, for all the adulation he receives, is actually a remarkably narrow-minded and unpleasant person, as we find at the end of the article’s third paragraph: “When people who are not black are interested in what I do, frankly, I’m always surprised,” Coates said. “I don’t know if it’s my low expectations for white people or what.”
We’ve tricked ourselves into thinking such rhetoric is anything other than repulsive prejudice.
It is entirely fashionable, of course, for progressives to speak sneeringly and dismissively of “white people.” Coates is not the first person to evince such casual racism, and he will surely not be the last. Common as this low and ugly form of bigotry is, however, it’s still a wonder people put up with it to the degree that we do.
Imagine, for a minute, if a white writer—for the sake of argument, say, a guy named Daniel Payne, at, say, a fictional publication called the Federalist—expressed surprise that “people who are not white” ever read his work: “I don’t know if it’s my low expectations for black people or what,” he would remark. Would you be impressed at the jaded profundity of such a statement? Or would you think, “Gee, Daniel Payne sounds like a racist jerk?”
We have been here together talking about these issues too long for you to say this right here.
This board has, but all I mean is that I can see that other people would have this same reaction. When I read the article yesterday (or maybe Tuesday), as soon as I read that line I thought to myself that people are not going to read him just b/c he said that. But maybe those same people wouldn't have read him anyway.
Clearly The Federalist has its own issues. But, I think if a white author did say he/she has low expectations of black people I would roll my eyes and write him/her off forever. Now, I'm not going to write Coates off and I hope (more than hope) that the majority in this country starts reading him more regularly, but, I can also see why people are asking why it's okay for Coates to say he has low expectations for white people without being called out on it. EDIT to clarify-I don't agree with people asking this, but I am sure many people stopped reading after the third paragraph.
Yet, sadly, at the outset of this piece, we are shown that Coates, for all the adulation he receives, is actually a remarkably narrow-minded and unpleasant person, as we find at the end of the article’s third paragraph: “When people who are not black are interested in what I do, frankly, I’m always surprised,” Coates said. “I don’t know if it’s my low expectations for white people or what.”
We’ve tricked ourselves into thinking such rhetoric is anything other than repulsive prejudice.
It is entirely fashionable, of course, for progressives to speak sneeringly and dismissively of “white people.” Coates is not the first person to evince such casual racism, and he will surely not be the last. Common as this low and ugly form of bigotry is, however, it’s still a wonder people put up with it to the degree that we do.
Imagine, for a minute, if a white writer—for the sake of argument, say, a guy named Daniel Payne, at, say, a fictional publication called the Federalist—expressed surprise that “people who are not white” ever read his work: “I don’t know if it’s my low expectations for black people or what,” he would remark. Would you be impressed at the jaded profundity of such a statement? Or would you think, “Gee, Daniel Payne sounds like a racist jerk?”
Lol @ these delicate flowers who cannot handle honoring the pain and loss of dignity that others suffered because it reminds them of the fact that their history isn't sunshine and roses.
I hate everyone today.
I'll bet you one million GBCN dollars that these people are not actually offended by the monument. They're just being assholes and trying to be tit-for-tat about the flag coming down.
Of course this is behind it. What really surprises me though is that when I picture the people in SC throwing this particular temper tantrum, I find myself surprised that they were capable of spinning their position this way. Like, it almost can't believe they were able to come up with this idea-seems too intelligent for the people who would want this.
The July 4th crowd is full of people who aren't the typical commuting crowd. The Green line travels across the Anacostia River which isn't as affluent as the areas off of the Redline. The Green line tends to have a pretty black crowd.
Also I am pretty sure the same circumstance in Atlanta would have had multiple people pulling out guns
I have been waiting for the NRA to chime in about how a gun could have prevented this
Just a shot in the dark, really: maybe to save an innocent man?
DERP.
Yeah. ..I don't know if I could have stopped him. But I would like to think I would try
I'm sure I couldn't have stopped him. I'm not sure I would have intervened-trying to intervene seems like the right thing to do when someone is being attacked in front of you. Like others, I'd like to think I'd do the right thing but not sure what I would do in the situation. I
I met plenty of white kids at USC who were full of southern pride. And by southern pride I mean they threw the N word around and were generally racist pricks. Also, I realize this is generalizing, but it really was my experience.
I've thought for a long time that she won't win and agree with this article-I have heard from many friends who have been Hilary supporters that Sanders is a candidate they are excited about.
i will admit that I questioned why no one intervened. I like to think I would have but I don't know. It is really scary how life can change in an instant like this.