Steve Ballmer buys the team for $2B.
That was fast.
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Donald Sterling
Donald Sterling's lawyer Max Blecher did not return messages asking for comment on Shelly Sterling's actions. However, earlier in the day, Blecher said in an email to ESPN that his client had not signed off on the sale.
Bobby Samini, another attorney for Donald Sterling, told the Los Angeles Times, "There's been no sale. There can be no sale without Donald's signature."
Drama.
It's not me, it's someone else.
Because you can't make this shit up, Donald Sterling's mistress has now been caught on tape bashing black people.
That's the same chick who recorded him bashing black people starting this whole thing.
And she's half black...
That's the same chick who recorded him bashing black people starting this whole thing.
And she's half black...
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
You act as if self-loathing isn't a thing.Leisher wrote:Because you can't make this shit up, Donald Sterling's mistress has now been caught on tape bashing black people.
That's the same chick who recorded him bashing black people starting this whole thing.
And she's half black...
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Interesting that the day after that story breaks, she says a couple of racist white guys beat her up in NYC. I thought her story seemed really weird. Now I think I understand where it came from.Leisher wrote:Because you can't make this shit up, Donald Sterling's mistress has now been caught on tape bashing black people.
That's the same chick who recorded him bashing black people starting this whole thing.
And she's half black...
"... and then I was forced to walk the Trail of Tears." - Elizabeth Warren
Article about the guys attacking her.
I call bullshit. Two nondescript white guys that a crowd tried to apprehend, but apparently couldn't? No witness statements? No police report? She went to a doctor because her face was "extremely red"?
Meanwhile, Sterling went to an all black church.
I get that it's a PR move, and good on the pastor for inviting him, however:
Seems to me that the guy who left wasn't being very Christian.
I call bullshit. Two nondescript white guys that a crowd tried to apprehend, but apparently couldn't? No witness statements? No police report? She went to a doctor because her face was "extremely red"?
Meanwhile, Sterling went to an all black church.
I get that it's a PR move, and good on the pastor for inviting him, however:
TMZ added that Sterling did sit through the entire two-hour service, surrounded by bodyguards, though at least one of the 30 people in attendance "left with his children as soon as Sterling walked in with his entourage."
Seems to me that the guy who left wasn't being very Christian.
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
There are a lot of people who are confused about why Sterling was forced to sell his team. Especially since he never dropped the N word.
Basically, it came down to PR for the NBA. In their constitution they have the right to remove an owner from a team if that owner does something that can damage the league, and thus, other teams. That's what happened here.
The NBA is a league of mostly black players, and a large portion of their fan base is black. They couldn't have an owner making the comments that Sterling did as it'd be bad for business.
Meanwhile, the NBA's "bad boy" owner, Mark Cuban, got into a smaller controversy when he suggested that people shouldn't be punished for their opinions. He stated that everyone has prejudices. He's right. Nobody wants to admit that though.
Basically, it came down to PR for the NBA. In their constitution they have the right to remove an owner from a team if that owner does something that can damage the league, and thus, other teams. That's what happened here.
The NBA is a league of mostly black players, and a large portion of their fan base is black. They couldn't have an owner making the comments that Sterling did as it'd be bad for business.
Meanwhile, the NBA's "bad boy" owner, Mark Cuban, got into a smaller controversy when he suggested that people shouldn't be punished for their opinions. He stated that everyone has prejudices. He's right. Nobody wants to admit that though.
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
That completely depends on what's in your Home Owners Association Agreement as a rider to your house title. In some cases this thing you posit could certainly happen.GORDON wrote:All I know is that if I say something unpopular, I might be forced to sell my house. I am not sure how that is happening.
Think of the NBA as a shitty HOA and it all makes sense.
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Sterling investigating all NBA owners.
This could get really ugly.
This could get really ugly.
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell