According to the Miami New Times, Ali Jr.was held at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and asked a few questions about being a Muslim. Ali Jr. was flying on a United States passport. He has no criminal record.

I thought the last two sentences of your comment had all of the sophistication and nuance of one made by a closeted racist commenting on the Fox News website, so I was convinced the statistic in your first sentence was bullshit and I was determined to look up the most U.S. vital statistics and find the “real” number…

Frankly, there is no simple solution to the U.S. poverty problem; if there was, we would have tried to implement the solution (or some semblance of it) a long time ago. I firmly believe, though, that the first step in beginning to address the problem is that many need to understand and accept that, at a micro-level,…

I understand that the number of crown corporations in Canada has steadily declined and continues to decline, and that the privatization of Air Canada and CN in the late-80s and mid-90s effectively ended the idea of Canada being “socialist” within the true economic definition. That said, Canada’s economy has vestiges…

To be clear - the point of my original comment was not to advocate that we should go ahead and relieve billionaires of their money. The point of my comment was that the bases of Jeff Sommer’s argument, as described in Hamilton’s post, are tenuous. As I understand his basic assertion, he is positing that that taxing…

That would be great, but the point I was making is that Rockefeller gave a lot of money to private universities and, though that may have been a big part of the University of Chicago and Johns Hopkins developing into what they are now, schools of that caliber today receive huge donations from wealthy alumni even…

The results of various surveys and polls show that between 60% and 65% of Americans have less than $1,000 in savings, while less than 15% of Americans have $10,000 or more in savings. A study by the Federal Reserve Bank (Fed Study per PolitiFact), the results of which were released in 2014, asked respondents how or…

The poverty line for 2015 was less than $25,000 for a four-person household. I would say that, yes, giving $20,000 to a four-person household ($5,000/person) would change their lives, as they might finally be able to pay off high-interest credit card or other debt (one of the things that most compounds poverty),…

Some thoughts, in no particular order of importance:

...Tweets his way into a job he’s unqualified for. C’mon guys, you’re just giving us softballs now.

You’re absolutely correct, Hamilton, journalists are not heroes. Everybody knows that it is the copy editors who are the true heroes.

It was undoubtedly the rich guy and, without any suggestion or coaching by my attorney, I also want to say that I am 99% certain that he was acting within the scope of his duties as an employee such that his employer, who happens to have a ten-figure net worth, may be liable for his actions.

Seven pitchers during Betances’ three full MLB seasons have had a single season K/9 of 13.5 or better with an ERA+ of 140 or better (combining for a total of 11 such seasons during that time). Betances and Andrew Miller each have three such seasons, and Chapman, Boxberger, Wade Davis, Kimbrel, and Jansen each have…

All pitchers lose velocity over the course of their careers but, at least anecdotally, Jered seems to have had a quicker and steeper decline in velocity than the average pitcher. I know he has had some back and hip ailments/injuries over the years, but I wonder if he is struggling with rotator cuff or UCL damage. Have…

Why, back in my day of the ‘aughts, we only got to see truly batshit crazy politics once every four years, our president only lied to us to get support to start crackpot wars, and by God, that’s the way we liked it. I just don’t understand you kids today with your fake news, administrations with boundless conflicts…

Surprised? No. Depressed? Yes. Though I understand that the overt racism, xenophobia, and discrimination that we have seen, and are seeing more of, since the general election cycle began have been always been present in a quieter, less public way, the institutionalization and codification of ignorant and fearful…

I agree with your observation, as I have received numerous responses in the vein of “GO FUCK YOURSELF DICKHEAD!” and “YOU ARE A DISGUSTING EXCUSE FOR A PERSON AND SHOULD BURN IN HELL!” It is depressing that things have gotten so bad that people read my post and actually thought I was cheering for racism and slavery.

Like most people who comment on DS, I come here to read about sports, laugh at some funny comments, and post comments that hopefully give others a chuckle. I don’t know the rules for what you are supposed to do in terms of quotation marks, punctuation, or “/s” when it comes to commenting, so I sincerely apologize for…

Fuck, that guy is really good at finding bullshit in every corner of the Internet!!

I don’t know if you realize that you misread and/or completely misunderstood the point of my comment.