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[Translate] Boy, this guy — Rep. Jim Welker, a Republican — really put his foot in it. According to the Rocky Mountain News of Colorado, He wrote a racist email that (I think) he felt was justified because it was based on an article that was insulting toward African American, yet written by a black minister. Hey, Rep., there are a lot of blacks who hate themselves for being, well, black. It’s a kind of sickness; check out what Bell Hooks said. My guess is Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, the black minister who wrote the...

[Translate] On this lovely Saturday, I went to the great Lake Merrtt Farmers Market on Grand Avenue, then put my food in the car and went to Gold’s Gym for a good, long workout. I like people. What I most enjoy about meeting others is they’re a window to another world. A different way of seeing, heck, just by the fact that they occupy different places in space than I do. But that’s not what this is about. I see so many people I know at both places that for me the market and the gym are community centers. ...

[Translate] I’m writing this having just arrived from a weird fund-raiser in the Marina District. Well, I came from having coffee and talking at The Balboa Cafe after attending the event nearby on Broadway. I was invited by a woman I met at Bix about two months ago, and with her friend, who was also at the party. As it turns out both know folks I know who were also there. Plus there was a black woman I just met the night before at the Balboa, but who seems to have some problem with talking to any other black person in a...

[Translate] NFL.com wire reports FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (March 9, 2006) — The New England Patriots released linebacker Willie McGinest in a salary-cap move, ending a 12-year relationship with the NFL’s all-time postseason sack leader. The release of the two-time Pro Bowler was announced March 9, the day after the NFL owners voted 30-2 at their meeting in Grapevine, Texas, to extend the collective bargaining agreement with the players for six more years, resulting in a new salary cap figure of $102 million. The 34-year-old McGinest...

[Translate] The new NFL CBA includes and adjustment where the richest revenue teams place a portion of their revenues into a pool which is then used by the smaller revenue organizations. This is very much like the system in the current Major League Baseball Collective Bargaining Agreement, but the percentage of the top-tier-teams revenue gotten is not as great. ...

[Translate] This from NFL Media.com today Commissioner Tagliabue: We just concluded two long days of meetings. Last night we went until about 1 a.m., and this morning we started around 7 a.m. and finished at about 6:59 and 59 seconds before the 7 p.m. deadline. The membership approved the Collective Bargaining Agreement and accepted the offer of the Players Association for the six-year extension of the CollectiveBargaining Agreement by a vote of 30 in favor and two voting against. It was really a tremendous effort by owners across...

[Translate] While Dems and Repubs are happy over the annouced deal that DPW was to give up stake in the operation of American Ports, I applaud their business intellect. They’ve gotten so much attention from this that their rights have skyrocketed in value. So selling was the right thing to do. ...

[Translate] (From The Dish List) Born in Topeka, Indiana on March 25, 1891, Byron Price graduated from Topeka High School (1908). While his father, John Price, was a farmer, Bryon Price chose to be a reporter. As a student at Wabash College, Price worked as cub reporter for the Crawfordsville Journal and Review and Indianapolis Star and News. After earning his B.A. degree, he joined the United Press staff and worked as a reporter and editor for the Chicago and Omaha bureaus before joining the Associated Press (AP) staff in 1912. With...

[Translate] And Raiders QB Kerry Collins remains with the Silver and Black. We”ll find out who’s going where starting Friday. NFL.com wire reports GRAPEVINE, Texas (March 8, 2006) — Labor peace was restored to the NFL when the owners agreed to the players union’s proposal, extending the collective bargaining agreement for six years. There were no further details on the agreement, or whether it includes expanded revenue sharing. The vote was 30-2, with Buffalo and Cincinnati, two low-revenue teams, voting against...

[Translate] The news about the new book “Game of Shadows,” which reportedly presents evidence of San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds use of steroids includes some comments that should be reviewed and removed. The one I’m focused on now is this excerpt from the book, and which I obtained at www.cnnsi.com “As he sometimes did when he was in a particularly bleak mood, Bonds was channeling racial attitudes picked up from his father, the former Giants star Bobby Bonds, and his godfather, the great Willie...

[Translate] This is from the Houston Chronicle’s John Mc Clain. It also explains that The Texans will use the same zone blocking system that Denver used. Here’s the article, in case the Chron fails to maintain the link: Although the start of free agency has been delayed a second time as owners and the NFL Players Association try to extend the collective bargaining agreement, it has not kept the Texans from doing business. Although the Texans had no problem getting under the $94.5 million salary cap, general manager Charley...

[Translate] After what was reported by ESPN’s John Clayton to be a stirring speech by NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, the NFL’s 32 owners are discussing the revenue sharing proposal presented by NFL PA Exec Director Gene Upshaw. The deadline for a deal is today. More later. ...