I did read your entire comment, fwiw. I just don’t really get your argument. I still don’t understand the difference between an “entertainment channel” and an “athletic achievement channel” and, to me at least, your argument requires both meaningful definitions of each term and a clear distinction between them. I…

But again, your original point was about the difference between “[a] governing board of a sport looking to identify the best competitors” (i.e. an athletic achievement channel) and entertainment channels. Putting aside the funding source for a D3 swim meet, that meet’s ultimate governing board is the NCAA. So,…

As I understood it, your point wasn’t about “trials that aren’t televised” but it was about “[a] governing board of a sport looking to identify the best competitors.” I can see how both the IOC and the NCAA qualify due to the breadth of your definition, but, on the other hand, both largely rely on the sale of media…

I think he’s saying that the emotional connection component to sports is more important than the outcomes

Televised Olympic trials are focused on both entertaining viewers and identifying members of an Olympic team.

What’s your working definition of an “athletic achievement channel”?

Burkman is no Sunny Ann Davis.

The “riding _____ jock” guy always skips the first paragraph.

In 2019, there’s just no common ground between humor/actual fun and “I bet you’re fun at parties.”

It is unwise to predict an immediate primary challenge for Omar without having spent at least some time in Minnesota’s 5th and understanding its Democratic primary electorate. The district has some unique characteristics.

I’d spend at least some time in her district before making this claim.

I agree that the advertisement is more subtle than many (if not most) beer advertisements, but I do think it is objectively as an advertisement.

“Bye Mall.”

I get why he does it. And I get why some folks like the connection. When the Obama White House issued a heartfelt tribute to Frankie Knuckles upon his passing, I had visions of Michelle in her early 20s dancing to Chicago House and my fantasy, time-traveling self briefly communed with her.

I guess I generally think of “dog whistles” as bigoted statements made as a means to a political end. I don’t know whether Jadakiss had some Holocaust-denying quasi-political motive for his lyric (though he might be a 9/11 truther!), if not, then maybe it fails my arbitrary test. But that’s just semantics because the…

I would actually break this down into three groups:

It seems...we agree. Omar needs to be more careful with her words. And Omar critics need to be careful about indiscriminately lumping her in with David Duke or Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

It’s worth considering whether the Texas anti-BDS operates as a loyalty pledge for those who contract with the State of Texas. It’s certainly not difficult to characterize it as such. The Forward has wrestled with the issue here: https://forward.com/opinion/416216/republicans-want-you-to-believe-you-have-to-choose-betw…

I’m not being dismissive. I’m merely pointing out the fact that neither of us actually knows whether Omar is an anti-Semite.